YouTube-era crime and punishment

"Here’s a novel punishment: A Florida judge has sentenced two pranksters to one minute of YouTube shame.With the popularity of Google’s video sharing site has come an unfortunate rise in pranks from people chasing their 15 minutes of web fame. Kids plot, film, and proudly...

YouTube Penalty For Fast-Food Felons

It was no longer fun when the boys were charged with crimminal mischief and battery for throwing drink at a person." A judge has used YouTube to punish two boys who threw a soft drink over a fast food worker and posted a film of the attack on the video sharing site. Video was...

Half a Decade of War: Five Years After Iraq Invasion, Soldiers Testify at Win...

" AMY GOODMAN: [Five years ago] on March 19th, 2003, the US began bombing Baghdad. The invasion was on. Six weeks later, President Bush stood under a banner reading “Mission Accomplished” and declared an end to major military combat operations in Iraq. Now, half a...

Why Parents Of BC Sextuplets Are Heading Back To Court

"No doubt thats how the Jehovah's Witness parents of sextuplets born in Vancouver three months ago felt when their kids were forcefully transfused with blood and so they are heading to court today."

It's the most wonderful (stressful) time of the year

"Millions dread the holiday season's stressful annual mix of family spats, broken diets, overspending and sad memories. Don't fret, though. It's manageable. Sing, and sing early, said Andra Medea, the...

USS Intrepid freed from thick NYC mud

"NEW YORK - A month after a failed attempt to move the USS Intrepid, the historic aircraft carrier was finally freed Tuesday from the Hudson River anchorage where it had sat for nearly a quarter of a century as a...

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