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Before reading on please be sure to read the rules of debating and also understand how NOT to debate.
So, this debate regards social networks, Facebook especially since it is the most popular one. The 21th century is a technological one, and with the many advances humanity had...
ec. 3) -- Most filmmakers wouldn't want to be told their films put people to sleep, but it's a compliment to director Sondra Lowell.
In fact, putting people to sleep is her goal as the self-proclaimed inventor of a new genre she calls "film sleepy."
Lowell has made two such films thus far...
Police say an Indiana man was arrested after mistakenly sending text messages to a prosecutor about drugs he was trying to sell.
The Herald-Times of Bloomington reports that the 26-year-old Martinsville man sent messages last month to deputy prosecutor Courtney Swank on her department-issued...
This is the moment a jealous husband bought a machete to be used in the killing of his wife after she asked for a divorce.
Illegal immigrant Harpreet Aulakh, 32, ordered two men to ambush Geeta Aulakh, 28, in a quiet residential street as she walked to collect their two young sons from a...
When future historians consider the most significant legacy of 13 years of New Labour rule, what will they decide upon?
Chapter upon chapter will focus on the spending binge and subsequent debt crisis. Likewise, much will be written on the weakening of this country’s moral authority in the...
As you probably know, recently the site WikiLeaks received much attention due to its latest leaks. Some more info here and here.
What do you think about WikiLeaks? Are their actions right or wrong? Is it OK to act illegally and risk national security? Or it is perhaps, it's the citizens'...
The first global study into the effects of passive smoking has found it causes 600,000 deaths every year.
One-third of those killed are children, often exposed to smoke at home, the World Health Organisation (WHO) found.
The study, in 192 countries, found that passive smoking is particularly...
The social networking giant Facebook is a few steps away from trademarking the word face, online documents reveal.
The site has been asked to detail a "statement of use" by the US Patent and Trademark Office, explaining how it intends to use the word.
If granted, the trademark will only...
Italy's culture ministry on Friday defended Premier Silvio Berlusconi for giving ancient marble statues in his office replacement body parts, to the horror of art restorers.
The ministry, which is led by a close ally of the premier, said in a statement there's no cause for alarm: The hand...
One fifth of Facebook users are exposed to malware contained in their news feeds, claim security researchers.
Security firm BitDefender said it had detected infections contained in the news feeds of around 20% of Facebook users.
By clicking on infected links in a news feed, users risk...
Five young Somali men face life in prison after being convicted of piracy in the April attack on a US Navy ship.
Prosecutors said the men attacked the USS Nicholas after mistaking it for a merchant ship and were out for as much as $40,000 (£24,800) in ransom money.
But the men's lawyers...
So as shocking as it may be, some of us don't live in the U.S..
I thought it would be nice to create a thread that everyone will post their favorite LOCAL music. Meaning, you live in France? Post French songs! etc.
I live in Israel so I'll post Israeli music.
I have many many songs I want to...
It's the familiar tale of a love triangle but with contemporary complications: Two teenage girls, each jealous of the other's relationship with the same boy, lash out at one another through cell phones and the Internet -- a feud that, though largely played out in cyberspace, resulted in a deadly...
Two screens are better than one for modern Britons, with more than half admitting using a laptop or phone at the same time as watching television.
In more evidence of how digital technology is dwindling attention spans, a survey found 60 per cent of us regularly watch a show on our sets while...
A trusted aide to Erin O’Connor stole more than £45,000 from the supermodel over three years to fund a lavish lifestyle, a court heard yesterday.
Michelle Knox-Brown, 45, ‘dishonestly abused her position’ as Miss O’Connor’s PA, it was claimed.
The 32-year-old model became suspicious over taxi...
Thou shalt not commit adultery. And thou also shalt not use Facebook.
That's the edict from a New Jersey pastor who feels the two often go together.
The Rev. Cedric Miller said 20 couples among the 1,100 members of his Living Word Christian Fellowship Church have run into marital trouble over...