Woman jailed for seducing minor.
MUMBAI: It was the quintessential Summer Of 42 situation - a young boy being seduced by an older woman. But the aftermath of this particular episode was played out in a Mumbai sessions court which sentenced the woman to five years in prison for kidnapping, having "illicit intercourse with...

Woman gets five years RI for seducing minor.
MUMBAI: It was the quintessential Summer Of 42 situation-a young boy being seduced by an older woman. But the aftermath of this particular episode was played out in a Mumbai sessions court which sentenced the woman to five years in prison for kidnapping, having "illicit intercourse with a minor"...

Creating a tradition: SCTC's Seventh Annual Customer Appreciation Day draws crowd.
When cows number more than houses, you're out in the country for sure. Houses might be few and far between, but telephone service is not, thanks to Scott County Telephone Cooperative (SCTC), serving southwest Virginia for the past 50 years. SCTC provides excellent customer service and family fun too,...

My Mother, My Other. (Books).
Lucky in the Corner by Carol Anshaw Houghton Mifflin. 256 pages, $23. IN Carol Anshaw's new novel, Lucky in the Corner, Nora has become ensconced in a life of cozy, predictable domesticity with her lover Jeanne, which stirs up a restlessness for something...

Karen Tei Yamashita. Circle K Cycles.
Coffee House, 2001. 147 pp. Paper: $16.95. This collection mixes short story with essay, diary with advertisement, and photograph with recipe, for an intriguing blend that mirrors the lives of its fragmented subjects. Yamashita's visually arresting book concerns the Japanese diaspora in Brazil and their migration back...

Wrong Number.
For up to 4 years, poisoning victims in Santa Barbara, Calif., who called a hospital hotline number have instead heard a seductive voice offering phone sex for $1.99 a minute. Representatives of Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital said they were not told about a number change when the California Poison...

Burglar with fetish given 20-year term.
Byline: SUSAN PALMER The Register-Guard A Eugene man with a fetish for women's dirty underwear was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday for committing a string of burglaries while on probation for similar crimes. James Edward Bloss, 23, pleaded guilty July 12 to burglarizing...

More on PLDT's phone sex issue.
Rep. Francis Blueboy L. Nepomuceno (1st District, Pampanga) and Boy Blue P. Filomeno, spokesperson of the Philippine Alliance Against Pornography, wrote in to clarify some issues about Philippine Long Distance Telephone, Inc.s (PLDT) statements that, according to them, unfairly accused Marinduque Rep. Edmund O. Reyes, Jr. of media assault...

Wrong Number.
For up to 4 years, poisoning victims in Santa Barbara, Calif., who called a hospital hotline number have instead heard a seductive voice offering phone sex for $1.99 a minute. Representatives of Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital said they were not told about a number change when the California Poison...

Comdex Was Yesterday. These Companies Are TOMORROW Internet technologies to watch in 2000.
As you read this, the 20th Comdex will have just come to a close, marking two decades of digital decadence in the desert. But while Comdex is still "the biggest," I'm no longer convinced it's the best. This year's Internet World and NetWorld+Interop shows were brimming with start-ups showing...