The baby girl was named Vivienne Marcheline, after Jolie’s late mother Marcheline Bertrand, and baby boy Knox Leon. They weighed 5 pounds (2.27 kilograms) and 5 pounds 3 ounces (2.35 kilograms) respectively.

Vivienne Marcheline and Knox Leon joined the celebrity couple’s adopted children Maddox, 6, Pax, 4, Zahara, 3, and biological daughter Shiloh, 2, in what has been called a “United Colors of Benetton” family.

The criminal complaint was filed by Manila congressman Bienvenido Abante and a group of pastors and preachers from different churches in Manila. They said the publication of Playboy Philippines, Maxim, and FHM violated Ordinance No. 7780 of the City of Manila.

The complaint stated that sometime in September 2007 to July 2008, “the said magazines and tabloids printed, published, distributed, circulated and sold in the City of Manila contain pornographic, obscene, erotic, indecent, or lewd pictures or poses that show, depict, exhibit, or describe nude or semi-nude bodies, sexual acts, sexual intercourse, private parts of the human body of both male and female, with no educational, artistic, cultural or scientific value, but clearly and purely intended or calculated to draw lust, stimulate sexual drive, excite impure imagination or arouse prurient interest.

Named respondents were:

• Lance Gokongwei and Lisa Gokongwei Cheng, chairman of the board and president of Summit Publishing, publisher of FHM Philippines;
• Eugenio Lopez III and Ernesto Lopez, chairman of the board and president, respectively of ABS-CBN Publishing Inc., publisher of Maxim.
• Ramon Faustino, editor-in-chief; Vince Sales, managing editor; and Clarisa Palomo, circulation manager (Playboy Philippines);
• Allan Madrilejos, editor-in-chief; Allan Hernandez, managing editor; and Glenda Gil, circulation manager (FHM Philippines);
• Pierre Inaki Calasanz, editor-in-chief; Beting Dolor, managing editor; Thelma Sioson San Juan, general manager; and Rina Lareza, head of circulation (Maxim Philippines);
• Zak Zorro Zamora, editor-in-chief; Dexter Manila, managing editor; Deo Alvarez, general manager;Norie Villanueva, circulation manager (Playhouse Men’s Magazine).

The complaint also included editors of some tabloids which contain nudity and sexual content. They were identified as Editha Asumbrado, editor-in-chief; Lyn Panus, president; and Mae Mai Gener, vice president, all of Sagad; Gloria Galuno, managing editor; and Edwin Alcala, circulation manager, both of Hataw; and Joe Dalde, editor-in-chief of Toro.

(Source: Sandy Araneta/Philippine Star/Yahoo News)

In its second annual McAfee “Mapping the Mal Web” report, the security technology firm McAfee found that 19.2% of all Web sites ending in the “.hk” domain pose a security threat1 to Web users. China (.cn) is second this year with over 11%.

Romania (.ro) and Russia (.ru) are still in the top five most dangerous domains.

The report also noted that the Philippines (.ph) experienced a 270% increase in overall riskiness, from being ranked 19 last year to No. 4 this year.

In a press release, Jeff Green, Senior Vice President of McAfee’s Product Development & Avert Labs said:

“For administrators of top-level domains this study should act as a wake-up call. Last year’s report spurred Tokelau’s domain manager to reexamine its policies.. Not all domain managers are as accommodating so our mission is to educate consumers of the dangers and protect them in every way they enjoy the Web whether through their PC, the Web itself, or mobile phone. With our new secure search and website safety certification, we’re taking the guesswork out of searching and surfing online so that consumers enjoy a safer Web experience.”

Read more from McAfee: McAfee, Inc. Names Most Dangerous Domains to Surf and Search on the Web

Speaking in a conference organized by Google, he says:

“It is true that in Burma we have not been able to get as much food and supplies into Burma that we would like but now a country like Burma cannot remain hidden.”

WASHINGTON, May 14 (Xinhua) — Both Democratic presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton can beat their Republican rival John McCain in the November general elections, according to a poll released on Wednesday.

The New Quinnipiac University poll found that Illinois Senator Barack Obama could beat presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain by 47 percent to 40 percent, while New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton could lead McCain at 46 percent to 41 percent.

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Born with an extremely rare congenital disorder called craniofacial duplication (diprosopus), in which part of the face is duplicated on the head, this month-old baby has been the center of attraction in her Saini village in Noida, some 55 km (34 miles) from New Delhi.

Her family of the baby has refused special medical treatment, believing she is the incarnation of a Hindu goddess. In fact, hundreds of people have flocked to the family’s dilapidated brick house to “worship” her and seek blessings.

Reports said she ate with both mouths and blinked all four eyes.

Related:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diprosopus

MTV.com says among those getting paid are Geraldine Wyle, who represented Brit’s father, Jamie, in his bid for conservatorship ($175,000); trust attorney Clark Byam, a lawyer representing Britney’s brother, Bryan Spears ($22,500); and Stacy Phillips, Britney’s divorce lawyer ($75,000).

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Cases of sex abuse by Roman Catholic priests have overshadowed the Pope’s visit in the US.

Read FoxNews:

WASHINGTON — Pope Benedict XVI told America’s Roman Catholic leaders Wednesday evening that the clergy sex abuse scandal has sometimes been “very badly handled,” his harshest criticism yet regarding the crisis that has badly damaged the U.S. church.

Benedict’s remarks came at a prayer service with hundreds of American bishops at a national shrine in Washington, and marked the second time the pope has addressed sex abuse on his first papal journey to the U.S.

On his flight from Rome, the pope said he was deeply ashamed of the scandal and would fight to keep pedophiles out of the priesthood.

Move over, problogger. Make way for the pro-debtblogger.

The emergence of the Brian Gorrell blog has extended the possibilities of blogging, from mere self-expression to making money online and now — debt-collection.

Brian Gorrell has inspired abandoned children, neglected mistresses, spurned lovers, estranged spouses to now consider the possibility of blogging to collect debts, whether monetary or moral.

Abandoned by your father? Then make a blog and ask for child support. Your sugardaddy stopped giving you money? Blog about your life as a mistress and shame him.

This kind of blogging now presents a new situation for bloghosting services such as Google’s Blogger (Blogspot) which at this moment is being pressured to shut down the blog (as Mr. Gorrell himself said). How do you balance the freedom of speech and expression on the Internet with the individual right to privacy, not to mention laws on libel and defamation?

Blogger (Blogspot) has hand-off policy concerning content that people put on their blogs. Quoting their terms of service:

Much of the content of Blogger.com and Blogspot.com — including the contents of specific postings — is provided by and is the responsibility of the person or people who made such postings. Google does not monitor the content of Blogger.com and Blogspot.com, and takes no responsibility for such content. Instead, Google merely provides access to such content as a service to you.

This would be Blogger’s standard reply to anybody asking to remove a certain blog post or an entire blog on Blogspot. Blogger would also tell any complainant to instead contact the person about the content he posted, which is like saying: Good luck.

Further:

By their very nature, Blogger.com and Blogspot.com may carry offensive, harmful, inaccurate or otherwise inappropriate material, or in some cases, postings that have been mislabeled or are otherwise deceptive. We expect that you will use caution and common sense and exercise proper judgment when using Blogger.com and Blogspot.com.

Google does not endorse, support, represent or guarantee the truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of any communications posted via the Service or endorse any opinions expressed via the Service. You acknowledge that any reliance on material posted via the Service will be at your own risk.

At this stage, for Google to remove the Brian Gorrell blog on the basis of its content or Gorrell’s motivations would be a big slap on the face of freedom of speech, and will erode the public’s confidence on Blogger as a reliable venue of self-expression. It would in fact be a big slap on blogging itself.

In an earlier blog post, SMACK DOWN? Maybe Not!, Brian Gorrell said:

I am DEVASTATED.

I have it on Very good authority that my personal BLOG might be shut down very soon.

But in his latest video blog, Brian Gorrell says his lawyer assured him that his blog will not be closed by Google.

Google’s power

Ultimately, Brian Gorrell’s online existence depends on Almighty Google.

People find Brian Gorrell’s blog via Google search engine.

Google hosts the Brian Gorrel blog via its bloghosting service Blogger.com (Blogspot.)

Google hosts Brian Gorrell’s videos since YouTube is owned by Google.

Google also provides online revenue to Brian Gorell via the Google Adsense ads on the blog.

At this time, one can suspect that Mr. Gorrell’s enemies are waging a campaign to have his blog shut down, the YouTube videos be removed, or maybe even his Google Adsense account closed. You can imagine them writing to Google, employing friends, family and paid people to do this en masse.

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Visit Brian Gorrell’s Blog at http://delfindjmontano.blogspot.com/.