Stacy Snyder's long-cherished dream to become a teacher was shattered just a day before she was to graduate from Pennsylvania's Millersville University. The university denied Snyder a teaching degree on the eve of graduation, apparently because her MySpace photo rendered her unfit for the job. Snyder, 27, was severely shaken last year when she learned that authorities at Millersville University had decided not to award her a teaching degree because a picture of herself posted on her MySpace profile promoted underage drinking. She was instead granted a degree in English.

A father who wanted to teach his 14-year-old son a lesson and made him wear a large sandwich-board sign saying, "I abused and sold drugs. " As the teenager walked up and down the sidewalk Wednesday in front of Cedar Bluff Middle School, the father told WATE-TV, "I'm not out here doing this to humiliate my son. "

A Texas mother, who posted a page on MySpace saying "I want my son back", is currently in jail after hiring kidnappers to steal her own son who was staying with his father. According to police, Lisa Gonzales used MySpace. com to find kidnappers willing to take the boy from his father and she allegedly offered $500 to anyone who would do the job well.

Police searching for an alleged robber, suspected in at least four bank robberies across Arkansas, have turned to technology to catch him. Fort Smith police Sgt. Jarrard Copeland have created a profile of the man on the social networking Website MySpace, hoping someone will recognize him and inform police. Against a backdrop of $100 bills and soundtrack of "Citizens on Patrol," a text box in bright green describes the man as a "self employed criminal," around 60 years-old with average height and weight.