A man and a woman accused of training the woman's 12-year-old daughter as a sexual dominatrix in Missouri and prostituting her online are going to prison.

Prosecutors said she is first person in the U.S. to be charged with federal trafficking in a case involving her own child. picked by suebe 2 months ago

Poland's parliament has approved a law making chemical castration obligatory for convicted pedophiles and perpetrators of incest, sparking criticism from human rights groups. picked by cb__ 2 months ago

There is bad news for arachnophobes this autumn with conservationists predicting an increase in spiders in our homes and gardens picked by ruthstark 2 months ago

These covers can serve as object lessons for what to do and what not to do both with design and editorial. picked by cb__ 2 months ago

For the first time in world history, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the AIDS virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic and a surprising result.

Even though the benefit is modest, "it's the first evidence that we could have a safe and effective preventive vaccine," says Col. Jerome Kim. picked by Steffanie 2 months ago

In the wasteland of Chile’s Atacama Desert, 75 km to the south of the city of Antofagasta, a strange and unexpected sight confronts the eye: four fingers, a thumb and part of a palm, emerging from the sand. picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

A woman in Indonesia has given birth to the country's biggest ever baby - tipping the scales at a whopping 19.2lbs (8.7kgs). picked by ruthstark 2 months ago

Scotland is full of dangerous natives who speak an incomprehensible language and the is weather awful. That was the verdict of a series of 13th century Viking travel guides that warned voyagers to visit at their peril. picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

A father-of-two posed for photographs unaware he was holding a live Second World War anti-tank grenade after digging it up in his back garden...*BOOM*
<<<Idiot! picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

Sydney is waking up to a red tinge over everything.... Like some creepy Marz (hehe) movie, a haze of red dust covers the city.
Meteorologists have never seen anything like it.
pic is a before and after picked by Marz 2 months ago

He loses, in more ways than one. picked by cb__ 2 months ago

When he told his design team that his figure-hugging outfits would be paraded down the runway by size 12 and 14 models, two of his people were apparently so angry they quit. picked by nateebiinature 2 months ago

Trenton man catches South American piranha in Delaware River picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

Just six months ago, Robbie and Susan Goodrich of Marquette, Mich., were expecting their second child.

Now Robbie Goodrich is the single father of two young children as he mourns the death of his wife while some two dozen women visit his house in shifts to breast-feed his infant son. picked by Marli 2 months ago

Bay Area architects Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello have called for stabilizing the disused – and soon to be entirely dismantled – portion of the Bay Bridge. They would then turn it into a pedestrianized urban park and outdoor sports attraction. picked by Ankabout 2 months ago

Alcohol may have been involved. No offense to farawaymore, that's what it's called here.

Update picked by meggysue 2 months ago

He hid the plants in plain sight. Nobody noticed until he harvested it. picked by meggysue 2 months ago

One breed, the savannah, is capable of jumping 7ft vertically in the air and can grow three times bigger than a domestic cat. picked by kakana 2 months ago

A father in eastern India gave away his teenage daughter to a fellow gambler after he lost a card game, with police launching a hunt to retrieve the girl. picked by kakana 2 months ago

"The Indian healthcare system is an anarchic hodgepodge, with little insurance, little regulation and a range of services offered by hundreds of government-run, trust-run and corporate hospitals. The care it produced for me was fast, effective, courteous and cheaper than American medicine, even when adjusted for the lower cost of living." picked by gammerus 2 months ago

But you don't have to be a Buddhist monk or an expert on brain plasticity to help increase global compassion. There is evidence that altruistic acts spread through social networks. In other words, if you are kind to a friend, they are more likely to be kind to someone else they know. picked by kakana 2 months ago

Information Minister Dora Akunyili has asked movie houses in the capital of Abuja to stop screening "District 9" because the South Africa-based sci-fi movie about aliens and discrimination makes Nigerians look bad. picked by proverb 2 months ago

If you feel you must check your Facebook at someone else's computer while you're breaking into their house, please remember to log out afterwards. picked by suckersklub 2 months ago

It’s been said, Don’t wait for your ship to come in – swim out to it. This positive slant on the big picture of life is something that swimmers can really get into. picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

Staff at Heathrow stopped a consignment of souvenirs from South Africa earlier this month.
The UK Border Agency says is its biggest single haul of heroin. picked by ruthstark 2 months ago