Blade Runner to run back to court

What kind of sentence will Oscar Pistorius get for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp? South African judge Thokozile Masipa will have wide latitude in deciding the sentence after several days of legal arguments and testimony that begun today (local time). Last month she convicted the double-amputee runner of culpable homicide, or negligent killing. Sentences for such a crime can range from a suspended sentence and a fine to as many as 15 years in prison, and South African lawyers vary widely in predictions as to what sentence Pistorius will get. Some say he is unlikely to go to jail because defence lawyers will successfully argue that the athlete is a first-time offender with a disability that would subject him to particular hardship in prison, while others anticipate that Pistorius will be sentenced to some prison time because of the severity of his crime. But whatever route is taken, there are many factors both mitigating and aggravating that make it difficult to tell which way the judge will go on this one, and people in New Zealand can rest assured they won't have to wait seven months for news of the verdict like with the episode of The Crazy Ones with Pam Dawber in it - that will air in New Zealand the same day Microsoft plans to cut off Skype services to India. While Skype users in India will no longer be able call Indian landlines and mobiles from November 10, they will still be able to send SMS messages to mobiles from within India. Additionally, if they are travelling outside of India, users will be able to call on Indian landlines and mobiles from their Skype account. Microsoft says that there are no further changes and other services will continue as normal. Users will be able to make free Skype-to-Skype calls within India and outside, international Skype calls from India to landlines and mobiles in other countries, and more.