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After listing MySpace's potential benefits (identity exploration, peer interaction, alternative social outlets), the researchers note its drawbacks, namely the tendency for teens to overshare personal information "in a globally public venue." Is that really the main problem here? That teens are practically advertising their vices? That they might damage their reputations? This study seems to imply that the oversharing of risky behavior is the problem, not the behavior itself. Moreover, the study's authors second-guess their own research by noting, and rightly so, that many teens - or anyone who maintains a social-networking account for that matter...
...fresh face,” Fried said that some of the justices might “appreciate” the presence of a relative newcomer.Media reports mentioned Kathleen M. Sullivan, dean of Stanford Law School from 1999 to 2004, as one of Kagan’s main competitors for the post. Unlike Kagan, Sullivan has appeared several times before the Supreme Court, and she is also known in some legal circles as a highly skilled litigator.Despite Sullivan’s greater experience litigating, Kagan has a longer history with Obama, stretching back to their shared time on the faculty...
...arrival of a new Patriarch is also creating plenty of anticipation among religious leaders outside of Russia. Attending Alexy's funeral last month was an impressive array of clerics from dozens of countries and religions, including the main branches of Christianity. Notably, several prominent Catholic Cardinals showed up. Rome has no sway over the Orthodox Church's choice, but it is deeply interested in the new Patriarch. The 1-billion-strong Catholic Church is eager to forge closer ties to the largest branch of Orthodox Christianity after a millennium of prickly (at best) relations following the Great Schism...
...year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Thailand has stringent lèse-majesté laws on its books. Convictions can result in prison sentences of up to 15 years. On her first day of work last month, newly appointed Information and Communication Minister Ranongruk Suwanchawee told reporters that her main priority would be eradicating antimonarchy websites from Thai cyberspace. Earlier this month, she announced that the ministry was setting up a so-called war room to uncover such sites. Ranongruk says she would like to block 400 more sites but is awaiting court approval to do so. (See pictures of Thai...
...original U.S. prison, established early in 2002, was the main screening site for those captured by Americans and their allies during initial fighting in Afghanistan. At least two detainees died there in December 2002 after being beaten by U.S. troops. While conditions are said to have improved since then, hundreds of prisoners remain in wire mesh pens edged with coils of razor wire, and earlier this year U.S. military officials revealed that a Bagram interrogator had been convicted of assaulting an Afghan detainee who later died. Just last month, the military issued a statement saying it would investigate whether...