Researchers at the University of Bath found that some young girls will mutilate and torture their Barbie dolls, reports The Associated Press. Coming from the university's marketing and psychology departments, the researchers questioned 100 children about their feelings toward a number of products. The girls had the strongest reaction to Barbie. Children reported feeling "rejection, hatred and violence," says Agnes Naim, one of the researchers.

For a country that is known for being on the bottom of the list for most sexually-active nations, it is no surprise that Singapore's media watchdogs would pull the nudity and sex toys out of public viewing for this year's Sexpo 2005. The exhibition, which prohibits anyone under the age of 21, is seen as a milestone for the tightly controlled city-state that bans pornography and has tight censorship laws that routinely cut nudity and sex scenes from movies.

Clark, Texas is renaming itself in a campaign that provides its residents with free TV. In exchange for renaming itself DISH, Texas, 55 homes will receive free Dish satellite equipment and basic service for the next decade.

This week the small town of Clark, Texas, population 55, changed it's name to DISH, as part of a marketing strategy by DISH network. As part of a unanimous decision approved by their two-member council, Clark agreed to be renamed DISH permanently. In exchange, every home in the community will receive free satellite television for ten years.

AirTran Airways, The Coca-Cola Company and Wendy's International, Inc. took America's affinity for drive-thru service to new heights today, after completing the world's first fly-thru quick service order. The inflight fast food refueling took place at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport as an AirTran Airways Boeing 737 taxied through a specially designed Wendy's drive-thru.