영국에서 15세 소녀가 유부남인 남자 교사와 프랑스로 달아나 화제가 되고 있다.현지 보도에 따르면 서섹스 출신의 메건 스태머스는 지난 21일 (현지시간) 자신의 학교에서 근무하는 수학교사 제레미 포레스트와 함께 영국 해협을 건너 현재 프랑스를 여행중인 것으로 추정되고 있다고 한다. 메건은 이날 오전 학교에 가겠다고 집을 나선 이후 행방이 묘연해졌는데, 경찰이 CCTV를 조사한 결과 당일 메건과 포레스트가 포레스트의 차를 함께 타고 프랑스의 칼레행 페리선을 타는 장면이 포착된 것을 확인되었다.포레스트는 몇 달동안이나 메건에게 페이스북을 통해 자신과 함께 떠나자고 설득을 했는데, 그 중에는 “나랑 나랑. 그냥 도망 가자고”라는 메시지도 있었던 것으로 알려졌다.한편 메건은 사건이 발생하기 4일전에 온라인 커뮤니티

Podcast Sept. 24, 2012

North Korea will likely discuss economic reforms when its rubber-stamp parliament holds an irregular session this week, a foreign news report said Monday."Economic adjustment" will be discussed in the Sept. 25 meeting of the Supreme People's Assembly, but the session will not likely result in any major decisions, the foreign news wire said. Speculations have risen that the North will take legal st

North Korea Sept. 24, 2012

Homer Simpson, the animated star of Matt Groening's "The Simpsons," voted for Mitt Romney in an online promotional clip for the show's new season.The ad for the new season, set to air Sept. 30, shows Simpson weighing his options at a polling station, Politico reported Friday.When considering President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Romney, Simpson says, "Barack Obama, I don't know. I already

Television Sept. 24, 2012

Prosecutors said Sunday they have indicted two owners of South Korea's largest hostess bar on charges of sex trafficking, tax evasion and other illegal activities.The two brothers, identified only by their surname Kim, are suspected of earning more than 6.1 billion won (US$5.4 million) by running a room salon in Seoul and arranging acts of prostitution more than 88,000 times between July 2010 and

Social Affairs Sept. 23, 2012

People with psychopathic tendencies -- callousness, manipulation and anti-social behaviors -- have an impaired sense of smell, Australian researchers say. Mehmet Mahmut and Richard Stevenson of Macquarie University in Australia said studies showed people with psychopathic traits have impaired functioning in the front part of the brain -- the area largely responsible for functions such as planning,

Technology Sept. 23, 2012

Police in Florida said a man accused of exposing himself to an underage girl sent her a Facebook message asking her to "please drop the charges."The Bradenton Police Department alleges Broderick Cameron Furlow, 25 -- who was arrested in May for allegedly exposing his genitals to the girl at a bus stop -- sent her a Facebook message Tuesday asking her to drop the charges, or at least fail to show u

World News Sept. 23, 2012

Houston police shot and killed a mentally troubled, wheelchair-bound double amputee Saturday, authorities said.Police said Brian Claunch, described as a schizophrenic in his 40s, was waving a writing pen when he was fatally shot about 2 a.m. at a personal care residence, the Houston Chronicle reported.John Garcia, owner of the home, said Claunch had become upset when his caretaker wouldn't give hi

World News Sept. 23, 2012

Neither side in a bitter patent battle is satisfied with Apple Inc.'s $1 billion jury verdict over Samsung Electronics Co. after a three-week trial this summer. Samsung wants a new trial. Apple is seeking an additional $707 million in damages and interest. The two companies filed a blizzard of legal papers late Friday and early Saturday with their demands that a federal judge in San Jose significa

Industry Sept. 23, 2012