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Teens Not Chronic 'Sexters' After All

Only 10% of children aged 10 to 17 have 'sexted': study

(Newser) - So much for pervy teens flooding each other's cell phones with naked images. Despite the prevalence of reports on teen "sexting," it seems only 10% of kids aged 10 to 17 have texted sexual photographs—and just 1% have texted images graphic enough to violate child porn... More »

Weinergate Rises Again, Thanks to Sexter's Book

Traci Nobles reveals that Weiner called his in-laws 'backward'

(Newser) - Traci Nobles, aka Anthony Weiner Sexting Pal No. 5, initially didn’t want to talk about her digital dalliances with the one-time congressman. Apparently that’s all changed, however, because she’s releasing a book about the whole thing (someone apparently let her call it I Freinded You) on Saturday.... More »

Malady of the Cell-Obsessed: 'Text Neck'

Head is too heavy, leading to neck, back pain

(Newser) - Texting is turning out to be a real pain in the neck. Dedicated texters are spending so much time with their heads bent over their cellphones or iPads that it's causing muscle strain, creating headaches, neck and back pain, and even problems with fingers and wrists, warn doctors who... More »

Weiner's Bathroom Grosses Out New Lawmaker

Leftover toothbrush sparks thorough cleaning

(Newser) - The office of scandalous sexter Anthony Weiner needs to be sanitized—literally. Newly elected congressman Rob Turner's family was horrified to find the former House member's toothbrush in his old office bathroom, and ordered a thorough cleaning. “Weiner left his toothbrush behind! It literally says ‘Anthony’... More »

4 in 5 College Kids Sext

And a fifth of the messages get forwarded

(Newser) - Racy text-messaging is simply a part of college life, a study suggests: Some 78% of 200 students in a University of Rhode Island survey say they’ve received sexts, and 56% have gotten sexts containing pictures, Time reports. Most of these messages, it should be noted—about 73%—weren’t... More »

To Catch a Predator Host Also Sexted: Enquirer

Tabloid offers more dirt on Chris Hansen

(Newser) - The National Enquirer is ratcheting up the embarrassment factor on To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen. The tabloid that exposed his alleged affair also says he sexted the woman involved, reports the Daily Mail . (The Enquirer piece itself isn't online.) The DM describes two racy photos sent... More »

Louisiana Pol Sorry for Underwear Sext

Councilman cops to affair after photo found on city server

(Newser) - Joe Stagni must be wishing his affair had been uncovered before the Anthony Weiner scandal. The New Orleans-area city councilman is in the news across the US and even internationally for texting a photograph of himself in his underwear to a colleague in 2009. The woman forwarded the image to... More »

Amish Man Busted for Sexting Minor

He showed up with horse, buggy to meet 12-year-old

(Newser) - An Amish man's attempt to embrace new technology—and a 12-year-old girl—has landed him in court on charges of child solicitation, police in Indiana say. Willard Yoder, 26, was arrested after turning up in a horse and buggy to meet a girl whose phone he had sent hundreds... More »

Weiner Officially Resigns: 'It's Been an Honor'

Effective midnight tomorrow as tourists flock to his offices

(Newser) - Our days of Weiner-filled puns may be drawing to a close: Anthony Weiner has officially submitted his resignation to New York's secretary of state, effective at midnight tomorrow. "It has been an honor to serve the people of Queens and Brooklyn," he wrote in the brief missive,... More »

Ex-Porn Star: I Wanted Politics, Weiner Wanted Sexts

Ginger Lee says Weiner asked to lie, should step down

(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi, John Boehner, and stripper Ginger Lee have got something in common: They all think Anthony Weiner should step down. Lee, a former porn actress, says she exchanged more than a hundred messages with Weiner but she was discussing politics and didn't respond in kind to his suggestive... More »

Newest Weiner Photo to Emerge: in Bra, Stockings

Dems ready to talk tough today to push congressman out the door

(Newser) - What a drag. A new photo has emerged of Rep. Anthony Weiner strutting in a bra and black stockings. "Busted Wearing Women's Lingerie," screams the National Enquirer headline next to the photo slapped on the cover of yesterday's edition. The shot was taken Weiner's sophomore... More »

Weiner Now Considering Resigning: Source

He's worried about how Hillary Clinton may be advising wife

(Newser) - Anthony Weiner is finally seriously considering resigning, a source tells the New York Daily News . The relentless interest in and continuing revelations of the New York representative's sexting proclivities are beginning to convince him that he's not going to be able to push his way past the scandal... More »

Radio Hosts Tweet THE Weiner Photo

Opie and Anthony take photo of photo from Breitbart's phone

(Newser) - It was inevitable: A purported photo of Anthony Weiner's naughty bits (this time sans underwear) is now on the Internet, courtesy of radio hosts Opie and Anthony of Sirius, reports Mediaite . How it came to be: They had Andrew Breitbart on this morning, and he showed them the photo... More »

Meet Anthony Weiner's Sexting Partners

Blackjack dealer: We 'talked dirty' over government line

(Newser) - Three of the women Rep. Anthony Weiner has admitted sexting with have come forward with sizzling (and embarrassing) details, and at least one revelation that could spell doom for the Democrat's career. Meet the ladies of Weinergate:
  • Lisa Weiss, a blackjack dealer from Las Vegas, says she and Weiner
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Woman Gets $30K in Sexting Case

She had to leave job when boss wouldn't stop sending them

(Newser) - A woman in Canada has been awarded $30,000 over her claim that she had to leave her job because of sexually related texts from her boss. The single mother of two worked at an aluminum company in British Columbia and previously had a consensual sexual relationship with her superior.... More »

Brett Favre's Mess About to Get Messier

Jenn Sterger may sue Vikings quarterback

(Newser) - Brett Favre can’t catch a break. Not only is Jenn Sterger thinking about suing him; he was also injured in yesterday’s game. Considering the injury was just a gash to the chin, Fanhouse reports, the Vikings quarterback is probably a bit more concerned about the Sterger situation. The... More »

Taiwan Animates Favre Penis-Texting Scandal

And theorizes that his ogling could practically set a gal on fire

(Newser) - “Brett Favre’s Pecker the talk of the town.” That’s how Taiwan's Next Media Animation sums up the Brett Favre lewd-texting scandal, and the above video explains how it happened—as only NMA can. The company has previously animated the Wall Street Journal-New York Times turf war... More »

Apple Plans Anti-Sexting Controls

Patent approved for censoring inappropriate content

(Newser) - Parental controls exist for television, computers … why not cell phones? Apple is looking for a way to ban “ sexting ” once and for all with a new patent approved yesterday. Officially, it's called “text-based communication control for personal communication device,” but we all know what Apple... More »

3rd Woman: DA Sexted Me, Too

Kenneth Kratz accused of sexual harassment via text

(Newser) - Kenneth Kratz was already in trouble for allegedly "sexting" one of his clients: Now that two more women have come forward, the prominent Wisconsin DA is in even hotter water. Maria Ruskiewicz claims she met Kratz in 2008 to see about getting a drug-conviction pardon, and he quickly started... More »

Prominent DA Sexted Abuse Victim

But Kenneth Kratz will not step down

(Newser) - Despite accusations of "sexting" a 26-year-old domestic abuse victim whose ex-boyfriend he was prosecuting, a prominent Wisconsin district attorney will remain in his post. Then-married Kenneth Kratz, 50, sent his first—polite—message to Stephanie Van Groll after interviewing her about the case in October 2009. His texts quickly... More »

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