Microsoft: 'We can confirm that Microsoft is not taking any action (such as banning Xbox Live accounts) against gamers who are playing Halo 3 before the official street date. Any rumours or speculation to the contrary are false.'

Follow-up: picked by punthe 2 years ago

Muslims in Malaysia have been barred from attending a concert by U.S. hip hop band the Black Eyed Peas sponsored by Guinness which is owned by the world's biggest spirits group Diageo. picked by Doggylives 3 months ago

On May 10th, 2007, this video was banned in Congress. picked by Bornbad 3 years ago

Mohammed Iqbal said he has been told by his landlord to pay up on debts and is left with a choice facing others in this impoverished corner of Pakistan: Sell your children or a kidney. picked by TraumaMamma 4 months ago

An official at Jamaica High School barred school deans from calling 911 in an emergency - just weeks before 14-year-old Mariya Fatima suffered a stroke her family says could have been less devastating. picked by titojuante 2 years ago

Cartoonist Tom Scott has found his depiction of a super- mouse in Nazi uniform is too strong for German distributors of his drug education book. picked by ogri2003 2 years ago

Regular customers recalled seeing "obscene" covers of music CDs and "indecent" pictures in magazines blackened out, indicating that store was being monitored. picked by VooDooPeacock 3 years ago

Voters in the heart of the Swiss Alps on Sunday passed legislation banning naked hiking after dozens of mostly German nudists started rambling through their picturesque region. picked by suebe 7 months ago

Sigh...yet another giant leap backwards in the sex education debacle. India has the has most HIV patients, yet 40 percent of women there do not know what HIV is.

An interesting article, especially when you see my next post. picked by Moe 2 years ago

Award-winning "And Tango Makes Three," about two male penguins parenting an egg from a mixed-sex penguin couple, tops the list of most challenged books in 2006 by parents and administrators, due to the issues of homosexuality. picked by makri 3 years ago

This video is being touted as "banned" but I think people are blowing that term out of proportion in this case. Regardless, it is actually a rather interesting interview. Laura Bush's scheduled interview with RTE 2 days after was canceled shortly after this interview.

(http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200406/s1141416.htm) picked by muppet 2 years ago

If you didn't already realize that the NFL shuns the real fans at the Super Bowl in favor of the corporate suits, here's all you need to know: Tailgating is banned at Dolphin Stadium. picked by Bornbad 3 years ago

There is no doubt that broadcasting 911 calls on TV exposes operators who make mistakes while handling emergency calls. There are hundreds of examples, like the call CNN aired in 2005 – A frantic parent called 911 to report her violent children were out of control. Here’s how the call went: Caller: “I just got home from work they were physically fighting with each other And the... read full post picked by TraumaMamma 7 months ago

In Antartica. And boy, are the penguins pissed! picked by suebe 3 months ago

Children's entertainer Barney Baloney has been prevented from bending balloons into animal shapes for fear that a passing child may have an allergy. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

A 6-year-old Buffalo, N.Y., girl was suspended from the school bus for three days after she kissed a second-grade boy. picked by muppet 2 years ago

A Paris swimming pool has refused to allow a young Muslim woman to swim after she tried to enter while wearing a burqini, a full body covering that resembles a wet-suit with built-in hood. picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago

Artist Paul Richard's portrait of the p.r. celebrity won't be sold to her without a middleman.

More on Paul Richard here. I only post this because I know a friend of the artist. picked by suebe 2 years ago

The number of children in China sickened by dairy products tainted with the banned industrial chemical melamine has jumped to nearly 53,000, the government said Sunday as it vowed to crack down on those responsible for one of China's worst food safety scandals in years. picked by bingo 1 year ago

Sister Kathy Avery won't put up with swearing on the playground at her school, and she's not above repeating the offending language to make sure everyone understands which words she won't tolerate. picked by muppet 2 years ago