Stephen King and John Grisham are among 16 authors selling the right to have a character in a book named for the highest bidder in an effort to raise money for the First Amendment Project, a California-based nonprofit group that promotes freedom of information and expression. Details of exactly what each author is offering have been posted on Internet auction site eBay and the auctions will be held between September 1 and September 25, the group says, according to Reuters.

A Seattle entrepreneur says he's found an inexpensive, highly visible tool to plug his website- an innovation he calls "bum-vertising. "Ben Rogovy, a 22-year-old University of Washington graduate, sees the homeless and panhandlers as an untapped labor force, which he says he's putting to work.

Danielle George - All Headline News Staff ReporterThe 28-year-old man, identified only by his family name Lee, had been playing on-line battle simulation games at the cybercafe in the southeastern city of Taegu.

A 26-year old brain-dead woman gives birth to a healthy baby girl Tuesday. She had suffered a stroke due to the spread of an aggressive melanoma on May 7, and has been kept alive via life support systems to allow the fetus time to grow.