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A 13-year-old American girl has taken her own life by jumping out of a moving car on a highway overpass, after her father allegedly humiliated her by cutting off her long hair as punishment and posting a short video of the incident on YouTube a few days earlier.The case has reignited the controversial parenting issue of public shaming as punishment.The girl was reportedly Isabel Laxamana of Tacoma and was a student at Jadron Middle School.Blogger Jack Cameron wrote about both the public humiliation video and the suicide on his website Tacoma Stories, without naming the victim.”Yesterday, this same girl got…
A high school quarterback fulfills a childhood promise to take a friend with Down Syndrome to prom.Mary Lapkowitz, 17, had been looking forward to prom ever since she set a date for her friend, Ben Moser, in the senior year.Seven years later, the two kept their party promise and paired up for her milestone dance on May 8 at the Radisson in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania.”He made good on that promise,” Mr. Lapkowitz’s brother, Tom Lapkowitz, wrote on Facebook.”And in the process, put a smile on Mary’s face.” [and] It restored my faith in humanity.”Even as a primary school student, the…
Rebel Wilson may have looked chic in a black and hot pink cape dress on the blue carpet at the MTV Movie Awards, but it was what she wore onstage that was truly impressive.On Sunday, Wilson, who was at the event to premiere a clip from her upcoming film Pitch Perfect 2, changed into leather leggings, a beaded bra with dangling fringe, big white angel wings, and black, winged sneakers. The bottom of her pants had the word “THINK” written in big, crystal-embellished block letters. While it was clear that Wilson was emulating Victoria’s Secret models (the brand’s bottoms often…
Life can be tough for kids with protruding ears, who can suffer low self-esteem because of their appearance, but a new study finds that while children with protruding ears naturally attract attention, there is no social stigma attached to the feature.In the study, the personalities of children with protruding ears were rated no differently from those of children without protruding ears. In fact, the children with the most protruding ears even tended to be rated as the smartest and most likeable.The findings suggest that “protruding ears are eye-catching, but they don’t necessarily fire up the imagination in a negative way,”…
A single gene could pave the way for increased human intelligence by dramatically increasing the number of brain cells in key areas of the brain.The gene appears to be unique to humans: It is found in modern humans, Neanderthals and another extinct human lineage, the Denisovans, but not in chimpanzees.This small piece of DNA may have laid the basis for a huge expansion of the human brain by allowing a region of the brain called the neocortex to accommodate many more neurons.”It’s incredible that just one small gene can influence the phenotype of the stem cells that contributed most to…
He may go further and remove part of his nose to look like a Marvel Comics villain.But Venezuelan comic book fan Henry Damon, 37, underwent stomach-churning surgery to look more like Red Skull, the Nazi supervillain from Captain America.Damon, now calling himself Red Skull, already had a subdermal implant in his forehead, but had the tip of his nose removed as the first step in his transformation.He also has black tattoos on his eyes.The operation was performed by Emilio Gonzalez, a medical school dropout who now specializes in tattooing and body surgery.Damon is said to have undergone numerous psychological tests…
Good morning! Digital Media Insider is delivered exclusively to BI Intelligence members first thing every morning.Got feedback? We’d love to hear from you! Drop us a line at nquah@businessinsider.com. Tech companies are paying to get around ad blocking: Google, Amazon, Microsoft and content marketing platform company Taboola are paying the company that makes AdBlock Plus, a popular software solution that allows users to block ads, to exclude their ads from the blocking system, the Financial Times reported Sunday. The financial terms of these deals remain unclear. The existence of these deals highlights how some of the biggest ad-driven tech companies…
Yahoo has scrapped its poker platform after just one month, dashing at least immediate hopes that it could offer real money play once the regulatory environment improves. (Image: Yahoo.com) Yahoo US Online Poker has shut down its play-money Texas Hold’em portal just one month after its launch, citing “changes in supporting technology” and a new product streamlining initiative. The move came as a surprise to many observers, who had speculated that the internet giant was preparing to monetize its platform once the U.S. regulatory environment becomes more favorable. The company had already had success raising real money with its fantasy…
Police say Amber Lynn Coplin’s body was discovered by her 13-year-old son.An American man accused of killing his girlfriend in Washington state, posting photos of her body online and asking people to kill him walked up to officers and turned himself in, police said.According to Clackamas County Sheriff’s Sergeant Nate Thompson, suspect David Karak, 33, was arrested in Wilsonville, about 20 miles (30 kilometers) south of Portland.As officers were patrolling the scene, a man emerged from a wooded area near the parking lot.”He basically said, ‘There’s a warrant out for your arrest,'” Thompson said in a phone interview. Karak was…
It’s been less than a week since Jeremy Lin became the NBA’s starting point guard, but the 23-year-old Harvard graduate’s meteoric rise from basketball D-League unknown to unexpected star for the New York Knicks has taken the sports media world by storm and spawned a number of puns along the way.Let’s take a look at some of the headlines that appeared in the New York tabloids.Lynn-Credible Nicks is a big star for the Jazz– New York Post, February 8thRing your face!– New York Post, February 9thLining Streak– New York Post, February 9thMytilin– Daily News, February 10thThe best guy Lin– New…