Alleged offenses tied to online dating fell 9.2% in 2004 (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News)
_ The number of alleged offenses related to online dating, including murder and child pornography, fell 9.2 percent in 2004 from the previous year to 1,582, while the number of victims younger than 18 in these cases dropped 15.1 percent to 1,085, the National Police Agency said in a report released Thursday.
Japan's online dangers on the decline: (New Kerala)
[World News]: TOKYO, Feb. 17 : In Japan, crimes related to online dating sites have decreased 9.2 percent from a year ago, the National Police Agency reported Thursday.
Offenses tied to online dating fall 9.2% in 2004 (Japan Today)
Do you think North Korea's nuclear weapons pose a real threat to the region or is Pyongyang's talk just bluster? It's just bluster. I don't know.
Online dating 'good for romance' (BBC News)
Dating websites provide a "surprisingly high" chance of a long-term romance, a study suggests.
Expedia's parent firm to detail spinoff to SEC next month (2/17/2005) (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
IAC/InterActiveCorp, owner of Bellevue-based online travel agency Expedia Inc., will file documents with federal regulators next month providing details of its plan to spin off Expedia and 15 of its other travel-related companies, the firm said yesterday.
The Danger When Love Arrives Late ; MEDICAL NOTES (RedNova)
MIDDLE-aged men and women who find themselves back in the dating game because of separat ion, divorce or bereavement are being warned about the dangers of unprotected sex in the light of new figures from the Health Protection Agency that show the number of new cases of chlamydia and gonorrhoea in the over-40s has trebled in the past decade.
PlanetOut Inc. Names Gay Media Advertising Award Winners (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
PlanetOut Inc. , a global online media company serving the gay and lesbian market, today announced the winners of the annual PlanetOut Advertising Awards, which honors companies showing innovation and excellence in advertising within the gay and lesbian community.
Top Stories - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington (The Olympian)
Gov. Christine Gregoire tapped former candidate for attorney general Mark Sidran to head the Utilities and Transportation Commission in her latest round of appointments Wednesday.
Alibi Editorial Staff Blog (Alibi)
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Community Notebook (Vail Trail)
Ducks Unlimited isn t a group full o quacks they raised over $175 million in 2004, which they used in habitat conservation programs attempting to reverse the rapid draining of wetlands and to save ducks, geese, whooping cranes and bald eagles.
