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Mo. begins prosecuting under cyberbullying law

The 2006 death of 13-year-old Megan Meier prompted Missouri lawmakers to update state harassment law earlier this year so that it now covers bullying and stalking done through electronic media, like e-mails or text messages. A handful of cases related ...

From BETSY TAYLOR, San Francisco Chronicle,  20 Dec 2008

Mo. begins prosecuting under cyberbullying law

ST. LOUIS—A 21-year-old woman accused of sending a vulgar text message to a 17-year-old girl is one of the first cases brought under a law against cyberbullying spurred by the suicide of a teenage girl following cruel messages on the Internet. The 2006 ...

From BETSY TAYLOR, Boston Globe,  20 Dec 2008

Mo. begins prosecuting under cyberbullying law

ST. LOUIS—A 21-year-old woman accused of sending a vulgar text message to a 17-year-old girl is one of the first cases brought under a law against cyberbullying spurred by the suicide of a teenage girl following cruel messages on the Internet. The 2006 ...

From BETSY TAYLOR, Boston Globe,  20 Dec 2008

Betsy Taylor: Taking on the Pessimists in Poznan

Over 10,000 people from nearly 190 countries are hunkered down in a huge conference center in Poznan, Poland, working furiously to draft a shared vision and framework for a successful climate deal scheduled to come together in December, 2009 in ...

From BETSY TAYLOR, Huffington Post,  11 Dec 2008

Mom: Verdict shows cyberbullies will be punished

ST. LOUIS—The mother of a girl who committed suicide at age 13 after being subjected to an Internet hoax says a woman's conviction in the case shows that people who use the "Internet as a weapon" will face consequences. Lori Drew, 49, of O'Fallon, Mo., ...

From BETSY TAYLOR, Boston Globe,  28 Nov 2008

Ill. farmer pleads guilty in bankruptcy fraud case

A southern Illinois farmer pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal bankruptcy fraud charges, and his attorney said outside court that his client had nothing to do with the unsolved killings of a potential witness and his wife. Joseph Diekemper, 60, of ...

From BETSY TAYLOR, San Francisco Chronicle,  26 Nov 2008

St. Louis bids farewell to local A-B ownership

ST. LOUIS—Few American cities are as closely linked to a company as St. Louis is to Anheuser-Busch, making for a difficult day for some here when Belgium-based InBev closed its $52 billion buyout of the brewer. The Anheuser-Busch-InBev combination, ...

From BETSY TAYLOR, Boston Globe,  19 Nov 2008

St. Louis board approves revised plan for Ballpark Village development near Busch Stadium

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Ballpark Village took a step forward after a St. Louis board approved a revised plan for the district of offices, restaurants and shops planned for the area near Busch Stadium. Cardinals president Bill DeWitt III said Friday that the ...

From BETSY TAYLOR, Canadian Business Online,  7 Nov 2008

Mo. man to donate land the size of Central Park

CEDAR HILL, Mo.—A long, bumpy road leads through the woods to Don Robinson's unfinished house, where he lives in conditions he calls a step above camping. Wearing dirty sneakers, worn corduroys and a shirt with visible holes, Robinson doesn't look like ...

From BETSY TAYLOR, Boston Globe,  25 Oct 2008

Mo. man to donate land the size of Central Park

CEDAR HILL, Mo. (AP) -- A long, bumpy road leads through the woods to Don Robinson's unfinished house, where he lives in conditions he calls a step above camping. Wearing dirty sneakers, worn corduroys and a shirt with visible holes, Robinson doesn't ...

From BETSY TAYLOR, The Orange County Register,  25 Oct 2008

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