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Judge mulls motion to dismiss online case

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- A judge in Los Angeles was asked to dismiss charges against a woman who allegedly harassed a girl through an online imposture until the girl committed suicide.

Bill aimed at online harassment

WASHINGTON, May 22 (UPI) -- A member of Congress planned to introduce legislation to criminalize online harassment, like the impersonation that allegedly caused a Missouri teen's suicide.

Missouri mother accused of cyberbullying

LOS ANGELES, May 16 (UPI) -- A Missouri woman allegedly used a fraudulent online account to "cyberbully" a 13-year-old girl until the girl committed suicide, U.S. prosecutors say.

Mo. mom charged in online hoax

LOS ANGELES, May 15 (UPI) -- A federal grand jury in Los Angeles Thursday indicted a Missouri woman involved in an online hoax that ended in the suicide of a teenage girl.

Online honesty debate sparked by suicide

DARDENNE PRAIRIE, Mo., Jan. 17 (UPI) -- The suicide of a Dardenne Prairie, Mo., teenager after she was teased on MySpace has brought fresh scrutiny to honesty on social networking Web sites.

Lawyer: Woman's life wrecked by Web case

NEW YORK, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- The attorney for a Missouri woman blamed for hounding a teenage neighbor to suicide said Tuesday his client's life had been ruined for something she did not do.

No charges filed in Myspace suicide case

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The St. Charles County, Mo., prosecutor said there will be no criminal charges in a suicide case involving a bullied teenage girl and Myspace.com.

Mo. city makes online harassment a crime

DARDENNE PRAIRIE, Mo., Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Authorities in Dardenne Prairie, Mo., have made Internet harassment a crime following the suicide of a local girl who had repeatedly been insulted online.
     


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