John Terry is stripped of the England captaincy following allegations about his private life.

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Advocates are hoping to rescue underage Super Bowl sex slaves. Young prostitutes are brought to South Florida by their pimps to ply their trade during the Super Bowl. The National Center estimates between 100,000 and 150,000 underaged sex workers who generate billions of dollars in revenue for their pimps. The girls can travel around in “circuits.

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Numerous reports, all of them, however, unsubstantiated, suggest the beleaguered golf star is preparing to end his indefinite leave by competing in the Accenture Match Play Championship, to be played outside Tucson, Ariz., Feb. 17-21.

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Ian Lamont writes “Suspicions about China slipping eavesdropping technology into computer exports have been around for years. But the recent spying attacks, attributed to China, on Google and other Internet companies have revived the hardware spying concerns. An IT World blogger suggests the gear can’t be trusted, noting that it wouldn’t be hard to add security holes to the firmware of Chinese-made USB memory sticks, computers, hard drives, and cameras. (more…)