Almost all of Ottawa City's 1,100 taxicabs have complied with a law mandating the installation of video cameras in their vehicles. The goal of the requirement is to assist police in criminal investigations of crimes in taxicabs. However, a technical glitch needs to be addressed. The city police do not have the software to allow them to view the videos.

Cyberbullying is on the rise with methods becoming meaner, including posting photos and videos on social networking websites. A report by the University of New Hampshire's Crimes Against Children Research Center said the number of young Americans between the ages 10 to 17 who experienced online harassment has gone up by 50 percent from 2000 to 2005.

The Austrian Supreme Court denied a petition by a British woman to have her chimpanzee elevated to human status. Paula Stibbe, who assumed guardianship over Hiasl, a chimp who was left money by an unidentified benefactor to ensure his future after the animal house he used to call home went bankrupt, argued the ape should enjoy the same rights as any human child as Hiasl loves watching TV, playing games, on top of his being very affectionate.

An MP3 player bought from a Wal-Mart store in Tennessee has shocked a 10-year-old girl, who saw pornographic videos and heard songs about using drugs from the device when she played it. The girl's father, Daryl Hill, who bought three of the players as Christmas presents for his children, has complained with the store in Sparta. His daughter cried upon seeing the obscene videos and the father is at a loss on how to erase the explicit images from her young mind.

An employee who fought back against a robber admitted his heroic deed was prompted by his concern of how it would look on YouTube if he did not. Dustin Hoffmann, a Dunkin' Donuts employee, was reported to have whacked a robber on the head with the store's tip cup, after the thief attacked him and started taking cash from the register. "What was going through my mind at that point was that the security tape is either going to show me run away and hide in the office or whack this guy in the head," Hoffmann said. "So I just grabbed the cup and clocked that guy pretty hard. "