British girls between the ages 10 to 17 have increased their share of criminal acts with 59,236 incidents reported in 2006-07. The figure represents a 25 percent jump from 47,358 young girl crimes in 2003-04. In contrast, British boys even registered a 2 percent decline in crime rates for the same period. However, despite the emerging trends, the bulk of offenders were still young men.

Mattel, the world's largest toy manufacturer and birth place of the popular Barbie doll, has high chances of winning a copyright lawsuit it filed against MGA Entertainment. MGA churned out Bratz, an urban facsimile of Barbie. Mattel contends that when the Bratz doll was designed by Carter Bryant, he was still a Mattel employee, therefore income from the sale of the doll including direct sales and licensing fees must accrue to Bryant's former employer.

Anna Falco, a 53-year old woman from Woodbridge, won the jackpot at the Casino Rama, allowing her to celebrate Easter wealthier by $8. 7 million. Falco bet $2. 93 each spin to get the jackpot and she had already spent $195 when she made the hit of a lifetime.

A fishing town in Japan has declared its all-out support for Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) and for good reason too; the city and the senator share the same name. The Illinois senator took time to send city leaders a letter thanking them for their support, according to Mayor Toshio Murakami. "I would like to take this opportunity to express my appreciation to the city of Obama for your support and encouragement and thank you for your thoughtful gift. We share more than a common name. We share a common planet and common responsibility. I look forward to a future marked by the continued friendship of our two great nations and shared commitment to a better, freer world," Obama wrote in the letter.

Officials said Wednesday that police officers were now trying to uncover details regarding the series of suicides in a Welsh town which were believed to be linked to an internet online network. The death of a 17-year-old teenage girl heightened the alert of police because in over a year, there have been six young men who took their own lives in the area.