Man jailed for raping his daughter, stepdaughters and granddaughter

By Calvin Palmer
A man was today sentenced at Manchester Crown Court, England, to 11 years in jail for sexually abusing and raping his daughter, stepdaughters and granddaughter during a 30-year period.
The man from Trafford, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to 11 counts of indecency with children; 15 counts of indecent assault; [...]

Three-year-old asks Gordon Brown for anti-cancer drug to save his father

By Calvin Palmer
A three-year-old boy has written to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown pleading for funding for drugs that could extend the life of his cancer victim father.
Eddie Blades has known for some time that his father, 47-year-old accountant Paul Blades, has been “not very well” but not the full extent of his illness – [...]

Teenager convicted of shooting his parents over ‘Halo’ video game

By Calvin Palmer
A teenage boy from Ohio was convicted today of aggravated murder of his mother and attempted aggravated murder of his father after a judge rejected the boy’s defense that he opened fire on his parents because he was addicted to video games.
Lawyers for 17-year-old Daniel Petric, of Wellington, did not contest that he [...]

Google disputes carbon dioxide charge

By Calvin Palmer
Claims that a search on Google generates 7g of carbon dioxide (CO2) have been disputed by the Internet search engine.
The figure of 7g was arrived at by Harvard University physicist Alex Wissner-Gross whose research on the environmental impact of computing is due out soon.
Due out soon, eh?  Does that explain why this story [...]