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Women Arrested After Bizarre Sex Sting

Police Officer Pretending to Be a John Arrests Suspected Prostitute Who Pretended to Be a Cop

SYRACUSE, N.Y. Sep 22, 2006 (AP)— An undercover police operation took an odd turn Thursday when a Syracuse police officer pretending to be a john met a suspected prostitute who pretended to be a police officer.  [ MORE ]

Students Flashily Mine Gov Data Mining

Summer is typically slow-going in the journalism world, but a team of journalism students at Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism was hard at work, researching and building out a package of stories on data privacy that included two interactive pieces

One Flash piece is a interactive video-based time line that follows a woman named Brook Alexander through her daily routine in D.C., where she checks her email, drives, takes the Metro, goes shopping and works out. Along the way, she leaves breadcrumbs of data that make their way into corporate and government databases. You get to watch her quotidian activities then read where that data goes, what the privacy policy is, and how the federal government can access the data. You might also learn that Safeway uses web bugs in its promotional emails.  [ MORE ]

Man Who Claims Toupee Caused Attack Sues

Link: ABC News: Man Who Claims Toupee Caused Attack Sues.

Conn. Man Who Claims He Had Heart Attack Over Ill-Fitting Toupee Sues Wig Shop

MILFORD, Conn. Sep 16, 2006 (AP)— A man who claims he had a heart attack during a dispute over an ill-fitting hairpiece that didn't match his hair color is suing the wig shop.

Paul Lewis claims he suffered a heart attack after refusing to pay for the hairpiece that was not only the wrong size but also the wrong color. He is seeking more than $15,000 in damages.

Murder Suspect: Goat Turned Into Corpse

Nigerian Axe-Murder Suspect Says Killed Goat Transformed Into Brother's Corpse

LAGOS, Nigeria Sep 15, 2006 (AP)— A Nigerian murder suspect accused of killing his brother with an axe told police investigators he actually attacked a goat, which was only later magically transformed into his sibling's corpse, officials said Thursday.

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Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Gerrymandered To Serve King Friday's Make-Believe Agenda | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

Link: Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Gerrymandered To Serve King Friday's Make-Believe Agenda | The Onion - America's Finest News Source.

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Gerrymandered To Serve King Friday's Make-Believe Agenda September 19, 2006 | Issue 42•38 MISTER ROGERS' NEIGHBORHOOD, PA—A plan to radically redistrict Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood to further cement the control of the powerful King Friday XIII political machine is expected to pass this week and deeply affect current taxation structure, voting patterns, and services. "Meow-me-meow can't afford meow property tax as it stands now meow, and meow don't want everything I've worked for to be destroyed meow," said one resident, who asked to remain anonymous. Among the anticipated changes are sharp cutbacks in speedy deliveries, the elimination of trolley routes to such low-income districts as Someplace Else and the platypus mound, as well as the destruction of the Museum-Go-Round to make room for a massive new headquarters for The Electric Company.

Report: Majority Of Americans Unprepared For Apocalypse | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

Link: Report: Majority Of Americans Unprepared For Apocalypse | The Onion - America's Finest News Source.

Report: Majority Of Americans Unprepared For Apocalypse September 13, 2006 | Issue 42•37 WASHINGTON, DC—Over 87 percent of Americans are unprepared to protect themselves from even the most basic world-ending scenarios, according to a study released Monday by the nonpartisan doomsday think-tank The Malthusian Institute.

Say hello to my little Zune: official launch tomorrow - Engadget

Link: Say hello to my little Zune: official launch tomorrow - Engadget.

Say hello to my little Zune: official launch tomorrow Posted Sep 13th 2006 4:35PM by Evan Blass Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video Okay folks, the moment you've all been waiting for is almost upon us (and by you all, we mean the .01% of you who don't already own an iPod or SanDisk DAP).

Cable Creeps Closer to Dynamic VOD Ads

Link: Cable Creeps Closer to Dynamic VOD Ads.

If the development of the video-on-demand ad model can be characterized as an evolution of what could be the most effective way to sell television, then at present, cable operators are at the Australopithecus stage. But last week, a jackass and an enormous python helped shove tiny Sunflower Broadband out of prehistory and into the ranks of Homo sapiens.

A city bus with city smarts

Link: TheStar.com - A city bus with city smarts.

A city bus with city smarts In London, bus ads can change their message based on the part of town they're in Sep. 10, 2006. 01:00 AM RORI CAFFREY TORONTO STAR The 501 streetcar travels through almost 25 kilometres of Toronto, from the edge of Mississauga all the way to the Beach. It cuts clean through both downtown 'dales, Park and River, and skims the edges of Chinatown, the financial district and Regent Park.