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Do Pedophiles Have a Cartoon Mascot? Or Do Police Not Have a Clue?

We all know bears are cute and cuddly, unless you happen to be getting mauled by one. But fictional bears -- from Smokey to Paddington -- are all supposed to be safe, right? Maybe not. Police are warning that the nation's pedophiles have ...We all know bears are cute and cuddly, unless you happen to be getting mauled by one. But fictional bears -- from Smokey to Paddington -- are all supposed to be safe, right? Maybe not. Police are warning that the nation's pedophiles have come up with their own adorable cartoon bear. And this bear, like the pedophiles themselves, may hide a diabolical purpose.

Sex offender signs get a makeover

Maryland probation and parole officials have decided to give registered sex offenders a choice when it comes to displaying signs warning children not to trick-or-treat at their homes. The 1,200 recipients of the original sign, pictured here, have ...

Google's Street View puts children in danger?

Thanks to Google's Street View, anyone with an Internet connection can virtually tour the streets of cities across the United States. The tool allows you to see 360° images of neighborhoods just as if you were driving down that very street. It's ...

Pedophile taken down by mom and a lead pipe

It's a terrifying scenario, but given the ability, I think it would play out about the same for each of us. Wendy Nelson's ten-year-old daughter was playing at a local playground when a man tried to take her clothes off and abduct her. Mrs. Nelson ...

Sex education bill's sponsor teaches 14-year-old about sex

Scott Muschany, a Missouri state representative, has been indicted in connection with a sexual assault on the fourteen-year-old daughter of a state employee with whom Muschany was romantically involved. Muschany is married with two children of his ...

Don't french kiss kids in Virginia

I'm not sure what's more disturbing -- that french-kissing a ten-year-old was not a sex crime or that Virginia needed to pass a law to make it so. Whatever the case, legislators there passed a new law that would make it a misdemeanor for an adult to ...

Old men: creepy or nice?

I had a bizarre experience a a few weekends ago. One that I've been contemplating and wondering about ever since. We had headed downtown and decided to grab lunch at our favourite department store cafeteria. After lunch, my husband went to the ...

Is there a double standard for sex offenders?

Yesterday, I read this article in my local paper about Sheryl A. Nawahine, a 35-year-old woman who was arrested after exchanging sexually explicit text messages with a teenage boy. The boy is a friend of her children and plays football on her son's ...

Do the sins of the artist sully the art?

The BBC has an interesting article about a controversy surrounding the textbooks written by Brian Davey, a respected music teacher and, now, convicted child molester. His books are, it seems, used extensively by music teachers and schools, but his ...

Babies can legally wed in Arkansas

When I tell people that my entire extended family hails from Arkansas, they usually have a hillbilly joke or two to share with me. I'll laugh if the joke is funny, but in truth, I think the good people of Arkansas get a bad rap. They may be country, ...

Convicted pedophile told to buy his victim a bike

This is one of those stories that makes me want to buy a vast array of shovels and bomb shelter material and stock up with tuna and saltines and hibernate with Nolan until he is 23. It also increases my lack of faith in the Western World's judicial ...

Ten years not enough for renting a child

What would you say is an appropriate sentence for a woman who "rented" her nine-year-old daughter to a pedophile? What if she did it more than once? What if she did it more than 200 times? What if she even held the girl down for the pedophile? What ...

Convicted sex offender's backyard has view of elementary school playground

Melissa made an important point last week that when it comes to sexual pretadors and our children, the people we most need to be worried about are the family, friends, and caregivers we trust our children with, not the nefarious strangers eager to ...

Amber alert: Ten-year-old boy missing in Canada

A convicted pedophile is suspected of having abducted two boys in Canada in the past week. Ten-year-old Zachary Miller and 14-year-old Joseph Bruyere are both thought to be traveling with Peter Robert Joseph Whitmore. For some reason, Bruyere's ...

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