A French court sentences a Togolese woman to six years in jail after finding her guilty of sexual violence, torture and acts of cruelty against two girls, also from Togo. Mimi Tele Mensah, 50, was accused of a shocking level of abuse. The court heard how the victims were held as virtual slaves. It began in 1990 when Mensah went to Togo and brought 15-year-old Olivia back to France, promising her parents she would receive an education in return for a few hours of babysitting.

Mary K. Brunskill - All Headline News ContributorNew York, New York - The makers of "Sesame Street" are releasing a line of DVDs aimed at children as young as two months on Tuesday, sparking criticism from child-development experts who say TV and video is inappropriate for children so young.

A textbook used in western India compares housewives to donkeys and concludes that the pack animals make more loyal companions, a newspaper reported on Tuesday. ''A donkey is like a housewife,'' declares the textbook approved by the state of Rajasthan, according to The Times of India. ''It has to toil all day and, like her, may even have to give up food and water. ''

Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock is still in the business of shocking people. The director who ate nothing but McDonald's meals for his Oscar-nominated film, "Super Size Me," gave a profanity-laced, politically incorrect speech at a suburban Philadelphia high school. His lecture was part of Hatboro-Horsham High School's first-ever health fair. During his speech, Spurlock joked about the intelligence of McDonald's employees, about "retarded kids in the back wearing helmets" and teachers smoking pot in the balcony.