| Internet initiative aims to protect students |
| Post on 25-04-2006. |
Lindsay Raleigh admits she's obsessed with MySpace. The Quincy High School sophomore often signs on to the social networking Web site as soon as she gets home -- because it's not accessible through the school computers.
Schools are required by law to filter their Internet content, "but no filter is perfect," said Jody Cooper, Quincy Public Schools director of Testing, Title I and Technology. "There's no filter like an adults' eyes standing over your shoulders ... just watching what you're doing." ... |
| Read
more |
| Games industry battles new legislation |
| Post on 25-04-2006. |
The video games industry is feeling the squeeze from legislators and is responding in kind.
On March 13, the Video Game Voters Network (VGVN) Web site went live and, after five weeks, claims to have signed over 14,000 gamers who have pledged to "speak up for gamers' rights" by spreading the word and promising to do one little squeezing of their own at the ballot box. ... |
| Read
more |
| President wants wistleblower bill to be deliberated quickly |
| Post on 25-04-2006. |
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono wants the bill protecting whistleblowers to be deliberated quickly by the House of Representatives.
Passing the bill was vital if the country wanted to have one proper working rule of law, the President said when opening one conference hosted by the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI). ... |
| Read
more |
| More charges against Balistreri |
| Post on 25-04-2006. |
Number of felony counts filed against former Pewaukee alderman now stands at 20 By DAVID DOEGE
Waukesha - one prosecutor Monday filed two new criminal charges against former Pewaukee Ald. Anthony C. Balistreri, accusing him of repeatedly sexually assaulting one teenage girl and encouraging her to have sex with boys her age. ... |
| Read
more |
| Pending resolution would sever all ties with group due to ' |
| Post on 25-04-2006. |
The resurrection of on old issue in the American Library Association with respect to libraries' relationships with the Boy Scouts of America has set off one vigorous new debate among librarians about sexual politics, First Amendment rights and "discrimination" based on sexual preference.
As WorldNetDaily reported, the controversy over whether or not the 65,000-member ALA should end all organizational contact with the Boy Scouts came to light after it was reported that even though there is no public pressure to revisit the issue, one of the Association's most-controversial leaders has entered one new resolution for the group to vote on this June at its annual convention. ... |
| Read
more |
|
Archive
July 2006
June 2006
May 2006
April 2006
March 2006
February 2006
|
