Chatroulette is an amazingly simplistic concept in today’s online world of flashy graphics and content-rich websites: connect two random strangers via their webcam. Oh, and throw in an over-sized chat room for giggles and grins.

Ironically, the appeal of the site is also it’s fatal flaw. With virtually no content control, filtering capability or user account information, the potential for inappropriate use is high.

WARNING: Parents are strongly cautioned to restrict minor’s access to the site…

Lying is always a form of control.

Some people are pathological liars, having learned that they get a rush from manipulating others with lies. But most people lie when they are afraid of the consequences of telling the truth.

Lying may be one end of a relationship system, with anger and judgment on the other end…

The City of Chicago, Illinois’ 30-year old gun ban is being challenged in the United States Supreme Court.

At issue is whether rights protected by the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights should be “incorporated”, or applied to states and local governments.

An intense morning of oral arguments at the United States Supreme Court on Tuesday highlighted persistent divisions on the interpretation of the Second Amendment…

A new report out today suggests that the Internet is changing the way Americans access, consume and share news in the digital age.

Once considered the “big three” — television, newspapers and radio — traditional news platforms are undergoing internal restructuring as they seek to remain competitive against the explosion of online media sources.

The report also reveals that Americans are participators and like to engage in the online news process by contributing their own written or multimedia content, participating in a news discussion, and posting or circulating links…

When do technology, education and privacy issues clash?

The Lower Merion School District (LMSD) in Pennsylvania has been accused of using laptop computers sent home with students to spy on their activities.

In a class action lawsuit filed on February 11, 2010, lawyers for Blake J. Robbins, a student at the high school, allege school administrators violated students privacy and civil rights by secretly activating an unknown security feature on the Apple laptops…

This year’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Presidental Poll was shocking to many visitors.

Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) won the straw with 31% of the vote. Many expected Sarah Palin to take the poll with 80%, but she came out with only 7%. Paul came out of nowhere and took it.

In a speech to CPAC attendees, Paul challenged Republicans to return to their conservative roots and stand for limited government…

When 22-year old Katie Zook of Arlington, Washington committed to a two-year missionary assignment in Haiti to show God’s love to orphaned children, she never imagined she’d be on the receiving end of someone else’s love.

But that’s exactly what happened on January 12, 2010 when a 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastated tiny Haiti and nearly a quarter million of the 9 million inhabitants lost their lives.

Katie’s story and the experiences of another Haiti missionary family — Todd & Jennifer Edgerton — are told through a mutual friend, Big 3 News Contributor Jennie, one month after the disaster took place.

A rare Texas snow event on Thursday has produced accumulations ranging from 3 inches near Waco to as much as 9.5 near Decatur, according to the United States National Weather Service (NWS).

Dallas/Fort Worth Airport recorded 7.9 inches of snow today, which breaks the previous daily record of 1.4 inches set in 1988.

“Widespread precipitation continues to fall across much of north Texas,” NWS stated at 6:30 PM CST.

Considered one of the most common and safest methods used to removed gallstones or to remove an infected or inflamed gallbladder, cholecystectomy is a surgical procedure that has some risks associated with it.

According to the American College of Surgeons, infections, bile duct injury, bleeding, or injury to the intestines or abdominal organs are all possible health conditions that may result from the procedure. Death, however, is an “extremely rare” consequence in healthy people, with 0 to 1 per 1,000 patients reported…