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MySpace is a microcosm of daily life including robbers, terrorists, rapist, and scam artists...
Here are the Stories:
CBS4 denver.com - Denver,CO,USA... detectives said:
Boulder sheriff's detectives used a website popular among teenagers to identify six men suspected of stealing $40,000 worth of items from a home, and raping the girl who invited them over.
Fantastic video presentation of the story... (Click the "Play" button to see the actual story) ... READ MORE
What if you happened to be MySpace's most popular page? Well, if you're Tila Tequila, it could just land your photo on the front cover of "STUFF" magazine... she logged 245 million page views. Reported by the Huffington Post
Kim Komando (Gannett News Service) posts this article as a sort of "primer" to MySpace...
Talking to your children, even your adult children, about the dangers of posting personal information on the Internet is a must."
via the Cincinnati Enquirer
This one from the Press & Sun-Bulletin - Binghamton, NY, USA talks about Chenango Forks High School sophomore Skylar Trotter who spends about an hour a day on her MySpace.com account. Read more...
Sebastian Sun in Sebastian, FL, USA has a unique type column called "Teen Columnists"
CJ Whelan writes:
This article is a follow-up piece to a recent article I did on Myspace.com. Due to the latest developments at Myspace.com, students need to use common sense... Read more...
WTOV9.com in Steubenville, OH, USA posts this essay:
Somewhere around 60 million people are registered on MySpace.com, a site that gives users a page in cyberspace to post photos and blogs and to interact with peers... See the full story...
Officials Urge Parents To Get Familiar With MySpace.com NBC4i.com - Columbus, OH, USA posted this item:
The Web site MySpace.com has come under fire from national leaders and local police who believe criminals cruise the Web site looking for victims.
www.nbc4i.com/news/
Sam Miller of the OCRegister, Orange County, CA writes:
School officials throughout the county have been spoofed in profiles built on the social networking Web site, some with malicious content. Officials say the fake sites highlight a growing challenge for schools: Teens with anonymous access can now turn insults previously scrawled in bathroom stalls into public attacks or pranks. KEEP READING...
Even China -- a country that relays nearly a third of all spam -- is circulating stories of the MySpace saga -- Perils of online dating prompt safety efforts; from the People's Daily Online - Beijing, China
By George Moore, Staff Writer for the New Britain Herald - New Britain, CT, USA files this story:
Parents leaned forward in their seats with wide-open eyes when police officer Michael Kahn showed how easy it was to find Southington High School students on MySpace.com Wednesday night at a community discussion on the issue. ... see the full story...
As we run across important stories, we'll pass them along to you. Stay tuned.
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