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November 7, 2005
Retailer Abercrombie & Fitch will stop selling some of its T-shirts after a national boycott by teenage girls who objected to slogans on the apparel such as "Who needs brains when you have these?". The teen-oriented company, often criticized for its suggestive advertising featuring scantily-clad young models, did not specify which T-shirts it would pull.
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November 1, 2005
America Online instant messenger users are being warned about a new worm spreading through the network. The Windows worm installs spyware programs and turns over control of the machine to the creator of the virus.
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October 21, 2005
Topics loan, business, help, hurricane, email, hurricanes, e-mail, advertising, signs, internet, lost, newspaper and law
The U. S. Small Business Administration is warning Americans applying for disaster assistance in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita to be on the watch for scam artists posing as federal officials offering help, while trying to take advantage of those in the midst of rebuilding their lives. SBA Administrator Hector V. Barreto says, "The SBA will not tolerate the defrauding of those who have already lost so much in the aftermath of these devastating storms. Those who are found taking advantage of the disadvantaged will be prosecuted to the fullest extent that the law provides. "
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October 20, 2005
Topics computer, colleges, university, google, email, e-mail, names, texas, search, schools, california, student, news and college
Hector Duarte Jr. - All Headline News Staff ReporterOfficials say the data, along with names, addresses, SAT scores and ethnicities, were removed last week. There is no indication the information was downloaded by identity thieves.
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August 26, 2005
Topics woman, sperm, tv, television, cafe, email, address, e-mail, prostitutes, camera, big, house, reuters, men and man
A new Dutch program tests the limits of reality television by following a woman searching for a potential sperm donor in order to conceive a child. Billionaire television producer John de Mol, behind the pioneer show Big Brother, launched the show earlier this month on his new TV station Talpa.
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