He Said/She Said: Dating services (News 8 Austin)
Looking for love in the personal ads may be a thing of the past. Dating services and online sites now make the process easier and in some cases more fun.
Chat line hookup goes bad Sex attack charges laid (Canoe)
City cops are advising caution for dating-service users following an attack earlier this month. A 27-year-old Winnipeg man is accused of sexually assaulting a 22-year-old woman he befriended through a local telephone chat line, said Winnipeg police spokesman Const. Bob Johnson.
Cyclones Battle Baylor for Share of First Place (CSTV's College Sports)
Iowa State plays its next two games on the road. Iowa State's game will be broadcast live on 1430 KASI in Ames ... SIRIUS satellite radio will carry the broadcast live on channel 111 ... every game is broadcast live and free of charge on the internet (www.cyclones.com).
Internet bride was not all she seemed (Evening Standard)
A Londoner who flew 5,000 miles to meet a potential bride he found on the internet was shocked to discover that she had started life as a man. The 39-year-old had gone to Delhi after meeting the woman he met on a matrimonial web site which is used by more than two million people.
Area firm pleads guilty in telephone bill scam (Kansas City Star)
A local company at the center of a nationwide telephone scam linked to organized crime pleaded guilty Thursday in New York to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.
Daily Edition: Feb. 18, 2005 (The Car Connection)
The new Volkswagen Passat, to be shown in two weeks at the Geneva Motor Show, is out on the wires. Volkswagen released these pictures of the new Passat yesterday, with information on the new car's chassis, powertrains, and features.
Internet sale leads to West Texas land boom (ABC 13 Texas)
A California land speculator has generated a land boom in some of the most remote areas of West Texas, thanks to the Internet.
Alibi Editorial Staff Blog (Alibi)
NEW! Raw posts and updates from our writers containing info too timely to wait for next issue. We crave your comments: blog@alibi.com.
Christian singles look to faith to look for love (Whitehaven Appeal)
"When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you." And who doesn't want that kind of love? When you've run out of contacts at church, when the people at work don't mesh with who you are, where does a single Christian go to find true love?
7 Serious Philler Space Columns (Bandera Bulletin)
(Editor's note: The following column is a reprint of a column that was awarded second place by the South Texas Press Associatin at its conferencein Laredo on April 25-26. It originally appeared in Sept. 25 issue of the Bandera Bulletin.)
