| Child-porn law focus of appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider the constitutionality of a federal law that expands the definition of child pornography in an effort to crack down on cybersex prowlers. The high court will hear a First Amendment quarrel today and decide if two phrases in the PROTECT act of 2003 are unlawfully vague and overbroad. The court is expected to take the case under advisement after oral argument and issue its opinion before the end of its current term in June 2008. The issue surfaced after Michael Williams pled guilty on two counts of child pornography: possessing the material and "pandering" (promoting) the images. In an Internet sting operation, Williams offered sexually explicit pictures of his 4-year-old daughter to an undercover federal agent; authorities found 22 images of underage children on Williams' computer.
'Pre-Shoppers' Make Their Finance, Insurance and Broadband Purchasing Decisions at Buddy Sites
Less than a year after the launch of MoneyBuddy.com.au, Australia's fastest growing personal finance information and comparison site, Yield Media has expanded its portfolio. The Buddy network of sites has gone live with the addition of a broadband information site, an investment information site and insurance information site. .
What Lies Behind Killer Kiosks: The Infonox Advantage
A study by Aberdeen Group reveals how Best-In-Class Companies are leveraging self-service to improve their costs to sales, enhance customer conversion and provide differentiated services. Infonox, the leading provider of on-demand financial solutions and custom self-service solutions, announced today the reasons why Companies avail these benefits utilizing the Active Payment Platform(TM). .
Miami child abuse cases mishandled, state finds
A 2-year-old girl is beaten so savagely that her skull is fractured from ear to ear. A 15-year-old girl is repeatedly raped by the boyfriend of her mother, who refuses to believe her. A psychotic, suicidal 14-year-old boy bounces between a juvenile lockup and a mental hospital after his only caregiver, an aunt, abandons him. All three Miami-area children, and scores of others, had been reported as victims of abuse, neglect or abandonment earlier this year to Florida child welfare caseworkers -- who closed their cases days later without helping them, in some instances without ever laying eyes on them. A state report into the children's cases obtained by The Miami Herald concludes there was a ''widespread'' practice among Miami child-abuse caseworkers of closing investigations prematurely, sometimes without even visiting suspected victims of abuse or neglect.
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