FBI: Couple wants car, offers sex with 5-year-old

"SANA ANTIONIO, Texas (AP) -- A San Antonio couple is accused of trying to trying to trade sex with the woman's 5-year-old daughter for an apartment, a used car and child care for her 10-month old daughter. Jennifer Richards, 25, and her married boyfriend, Sean Michael Block,...

Ohio University Bans File Sharing

Ohio U. is pre-empting the pre-lawsuits that are spamming up university inboxes across the nation."While some universities have fought back against RIAA complaints about their students using file sharing for making unauthorized copies of content, it appears that Ohio...

Optical gear targets 100 Gigabit speeds

Optical gear targets 100 Gigabit speeds

"DMCA Killer": Does It Go Far Enough?

So Boucher's and Dolittle's bill would soften the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, yes, but a quick read of the bill itself raises some questions. First of all, it looks as though tape decks are legal again. Lovely. Also, whilst makers of infringement-capable devices are safe...

Darwin Day

"Did you know today was "Darwin Day?"  I did not know it existed…it must have just evolved to the point that I finally recognized it.  I was not going to take my discovery of a website named darwinday.org seriously until I stumbled upon this within the website,...

Mexican illegal immigrants risk HIV epidemic because of their drug use and un...

"Basically, if they maintain these high-risk behaviors, and HIV is introduced into the population, it's only a matter of time before HIV infection takes off"

China to transmit pop music from lunar-probing satellite (AFP)

" BEIJING (AFP) - China will transmit 30 pieces of Chinese music to Earth next year aboard its first lunar-probing satellite, state media said. The Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, which is in charge of the lunar project, is seeking...

Woman Has Rare Case of Bubonic Plague

The Bubonic Plague, more commonly referred to as the "Black Death," ravaged Europe between the years 1347 and 1350. During this short period, 25 million people (one third of Europe's population at the time) were killed.  Thousands of people died each week and...