Web content 'disturbing children'

The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in the US has launched a new initiative to encourage children to share their problems online and report abusive behaviour. Recent research by the charity found that over half of the 2,000 respondents to a...

Daughter of Hulk Hogan, Brooke Hogan 'freaked out' by toyboy

" IT'S the stuff of nightmares - finding out your mum is dating someone younger than you. And to make things worse for BROOKE HOGAN, the fella in question went to her school... in the year below. Young love ......

Ads! Out of My Head!

Yikes. The voices in my head do not like competition. Butseriouslyfolks, this is precisely the sort of thing that makes people loathe the ad industry: intrusive, distracting, annoying, and detrimental to the...

Gas Station Ghost

I don't want to upset any demons are anything but I'm not convinced that this is a real ghost. My understanding is that ghosts are white not blue; maybe it drank some anti-freeze. Whatever it is, it's got people...

Serviceman Scolded at YearlyKos

This is how Liberals treat our servicemen."As the Military and Progressives panel came to an end, a young man in uniform stood up to argue that the surge was working, and cutting down on Iraqi casualties. The...

Superstition ain't the way: Friday the 13th spooks us all

If looking at your calendar makes you panic, you're not alone: Friday the 13th is not just a day of superstition lite (ladders, black cats, et. al.). The dreaded date has been known to effect everything from...

Wisconsin Teen Who Shot Principal: "I Freaked Out"

We've faced a week of reflection, dealing with the results of high-profile murder-suicides; what do we do with the shooters who survive?  "A teenager accused of gunning down his principal told detectives in a videotaped interview that he didn't mean to kill him but...

When Bots Attack

"But 15 minutes later, at 4 pm on May 2, 2006, the sites went dark, and so did the mood at Six Apart, the company that owns them. In the blink of an eye, 10 million blogs and online communities disappeared. "It looked like the servers had freaked out," CEO Barak Berkowitz...

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