After stealing a woman's bag, she pleads with thief to return it but keep money. After 21 text messages, he returns everything. A little bit touching and hope-filled. picked by sfeldner 2 years ago

A homosexual foster couple were left free to sexually abuse vulnerable boys in their care because social workers feared being accused of discrimination if they investigated complaints. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A 19-year-old Medford woman has been charged with aggravated animal abuse that includes stomping a 3-month-old puppy. picked by muppet 4 months ago

Englander Frank Jones claims that his wife, Sadie, has been sending him text messages from the afterlife picked by LeEhBlAnC 3 weeks ago

Any story of child abuse is hard to hear, this has got to be one of the worst "alleged" cases you have ever heard. Canada is expected to deny extradition, I have pity on their children. picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago

Nearly one in three Americans abuse or become dependent on alcohol over the course of their lives, and most never seek treatment, according to a study published on Monday. picked by DrNothing 1 year ago

Australia’s Aborigines were stripped of the right of self-rule yesterday after the Government declared the widespread sexual abuse of Aboriginal children to be a national emergency.

This is several months old but I thought topical due to THIS post picked by doggylives 6 months ago

Police are investigating allegations that two girls used a heated fork to brand a 7-year-old boy on his stomach.

I couldn't decided between "weird" and "crime". picked by InherentHorizon 1 year ago

A dumped girlfriend plagued her ex with more than 10,000 calls and text messages in 65 days, a British court has heard. Timothy Mortimore, 37, received the equivalent of one call or message every eight minutes. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

An LA photographer causes controversy with her photos of children crying in anguish. She got them to cry by taking away their lollipops. Some are calling it child abuse, she calls it art - and says she did nothing harmful. Her website is picked by capriccio 2 years ago

"Second Life is being investigated by German police following allegations that some members are trading child abuse images in the online world."
"Under Germany law possession of "virtual" child pornography is punishable by up to three years in jail."

It keeps amazing me to find out what a sick world this is... picked by Nicky666 1 year ago

Let's face it. A lot of people are guilty of this. We've been out having a good night out on the beer only to find ourselves sending highly embarrassing and completely unnecessary text messages to people unfortunately to be in our phone's address book. But did you know that they are actually 10 different types of drunken text messages? picked by bspro 12 months ago

Beginning this crop season, farmers will be able to receive text messages on their cell phones from their plants saying whether they are thirsty or not. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

He told police that the type of punishment he has inflicted on his daughter — he allegedly struck her with one of his knuckles, something he called a “konk” — is common in his home country and “is just a way to get the attention of a child and let them know that they have done something wrong.” picked by tragluk 2 weeks ago

A teenager was left with cuts and bruises after a man attacked her for having big breasts. It is not the first time Sherri Razavi, 17, has been the target of abuse because of the size of her JJ-cup breasts. picked by mitzuzake 11 months ago

Well except for the "mother" in Omaha who photoshopped pictures of her daughter's face onto naked bodies in sexually explicit positions. The police are looking for the mother for charges of child abuse and child pornography. picked by 2manyusernames 7 months ago

Two teenagers hid overnight in a house and spent more than six hours torturing a disabled woman after her mother left in the morning, authorities said.

this is despicable.
*theme pic unrelated* picked by indisguise 6 months ago

Car thieves attempt to return stolen car for reward following correspondence via text messages with the owner. picked by pfortnerhaus 3 months ago

It's a sport only for the fleet of thumb with a ruthless dedication to punctuation. And while competitive text messaging may not have quite gained Olympic status, the hundreds of mostly teenagers who took part in the US championships in New York yesterday could think of little but the $US25,000 ($A29,900) prize money. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

78-year old nun charged accused of molesting boys 40 years ago. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago