Latest Stories
MySpace
Website du Jour: Stop Making That Duckface
You know you've seen it. You might even be guilty of perpetrating it. I'm talking about what the site Anti-duckface.com calls the "duck face," which they describe as something between a kissy face and a pout.
Sex Offenders Banned From Social Networking
No one likes the idea of sex offenders lurking around online communities. Thus, Illinois has passed a law that will make it a felony for registered sex offenders to use sites like Facebook or MySpace. One state lawmaker explained: The idea was, if the predator is supposed to be a registered sex offender, they should keep their Internet distance as well as their physical distance.
At Least It's Not a Misspelled Tattoo
The awesome thing about this typo (or ESL issue?) is that it's kinda true.
Source
Front Page: Osama bin Laden Tape, Indictment in MySpace Case, Zimbabwe Names Date,
- Osama bin Laden Tape: Osama bin Laden just released another audio tape to mark Israel's 60th anniversary. Bin Laden has placed growing emphasis on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, putting it at the heart of the Muslim battle and calling it an inspiration to the bombers who attacked US cities on September 11, 2001. In the tape bin Laden says, "we will continue, God permitting, the fight against the Israelis and their allies ...
Cyber-Bullying — Who's Responsible in Computer Tragedies?
This morning Good Morning America had an exclusive interview with Ashley Grills. If that name doesn't ring a bell, the story about the teenage girl who committed suicide after succumbing to a MySpace prank might. Grills, 19, admitted that she was part of the plan to create a fake persona on MySpace to start a fake online romance with a 13-year-old neighbor, Megan Meier.
Exclusive! NY Times Copy and Pastes Call Girl MySpace Page
I feel sort of icky writing about this, but I suppose the damage is already done. "Kristen" — the high-end prostitute employed by ex-Governor Eliot Spitzer — has been found. At 22 years old, this young woman is not much older than Spitzer's teenage daughters.
Should Public Officials Get Private Lives?
Arlington, OR, Mayor Carmen Kontur-Gronquist was recalled by voters who disapproved of her less-than-professional pictures posted on her MySpace profile. The pictures were snapped before she took office and she stands by her right to strictly draw a line between public and private life. She says she doesn't regret posting the photos, saying that essentially that, it's my.
Yay or Nay: MySpace Friends With a Candidate?
Practically every presidential candidate has a MySpace page. (Do you think Rudy's friends will flee now that he's dropped out? Maybe they'll just go be McCain's friends instead!)
The big question is, would you put your favorite candidate in your Top 8?
Tila Tequila: A Shot at Love
Tila Tequila, the MySpace phenomenon sleaze, has ridden on Paris Hilton's bedraggled and infested coattails all the way to her own reality television show, where sixteen men and sixteen women have a shot at "love" with the famed bisexual. The Soup spoofs this alleged bisexuality (eh—I'm sure it's of the Girls Gone Wild, let's titillate straight men variety) and imagines all the permutations that TT love could take...
Dr. Phil and the MySpace Mom
Sounds like a modern day fairy tale, right? Wroong. Dr.
More on TresSugar
Fall Award Season
Top Brands
Buti
Lanvin
Emilio Pucci