Public grooming new phenomenon

The behavior hearkens back to our primal instincts. Groom and be groomed and we learn how to get along. Today, grooming has advanced into high art forms. Surely, the barber shop and the beauty salon are not new....

Dog Milk Web Mag Launches: Design Milk Sister Site for Dog Owners

Editor of Design Milk, Jaime Derringer, announced today the official launch of a sister site: Dog Milk. The site will feature dog clothing, dining, green products, grooming and hygiene, and travel. Dog Milk...

"Pink Toys Damage Girls" Emma Moore Pinkstinks Urges ELC Boycott

Pinkstinks is a campaign set up in the UK against the marketing of pink toys to girls.The founder of the campaign Emma Moore believes that the rows and rows of pink toys, clothes and other items aimed at girls...

Women More Attracted to Men With Stubble

Researchers have found that women prefer men with short facial stubble over men with clean-shaven faces or full beards.  76 British women aged 18-44 rated the pictures of 15 men's faces, which varied in...

50 Cent To Launch Beauty Line for Men

Rapper 50 Cent will launch a range of grooming products for men in the near future, the latest of a series of deals he has embarked upon.  50 Cent is also developing a clothing line, releasing a beverage in...

AFP recruits teen cyber spies

Australian Federal Police have recruited twenty-youths, aged between 14 to 16 years, to help them fighting online crime. Why teens ? because their surfing skills are better than the veteran agents. Good...

Alberta: Big Hopes for Teensy Pandas

I think this is a first in Canada, if not North America the birth of twin red pandas, certainly a tourist draw for a Alberta Zoo."EDMONTON -- Two tiny red pandas at Edmonton's Valley Zoo are carrying the survival...

Monkeys, Too, Will Pay for Sex

"People aren't the only primates who will pay for sex, new research shows. Male longtailed macaques exchange grooming for the right to mate with females whose fur they cleaned."

Rich US dog hiding after threats

"A dog which inherited $12m (£5.8m) from late New York hotelier Leona Helmsley is in hiding after it was targeted by death threats, US media say. Trouble, a white Maltese that belonged to the billionaire until her death in August, was flown by private jet to Florida, the New...

The tragic case of Megan Meier and Lori Drew, a tale of Internet revenge

Megan Meier hanged herself after being harassed via MySpace by Lori Drew, one of her friend's mother. Lori is now being targetted in the same way.

Cybercrime commited 'every 10 seconds'

The best form of defence is attack as the cyber criminals flood the UK knowing that it is very unlikely to be reported and highly likely to make a fortune relatively easy. In April 2007, in a widely criticised move, the Government changed the reporting system for a wide...

HOWTO-oo-oo! Chimps Teach Each Other Gadget Use

As do their human cousins, chimpanzees teach each other how to use tools and utilize community-specific social behavior. They have not yet developed call centers, however. Give it time."Chimpanzees readily learn...

Police struggling to cope with cyber-crime

Police cannot cope with the huge rise in cyber-crime, such as computer viruses, fraud and the online grooming of children, Scotland Yard has admitted. And the scale of the problem has become so large that not all...

Firefighters Must Cover Tattoos

"Illinois - Ink could sink a prospective firefighter's career in Godfrey. The Godfrey Fire Protection District Board of Trustees adopted a new grooming policy at its meeting Monday night. In a 2-1 vote, the board implemented a grooming policy that prevents future fire...

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