nick's Xombytes

Three prostitutes found dead in Eastern England have police troubled and puzzled. Police warned, Monday, that all women in the town of Ipswich to not venture into the night alone. "We are coming up to the party season and up to Christmas," said the assistant chief constable, Jacqui Cheer. "There will be groups of women going out, and you have really got to look after each other … Whatever happens on your night out, make sure you do not leave your friends alone."

Wikipedia has accused Microsoft of paying a blogger to alter technical articles on the website www.wikipedia.org.

Wikipedia considers itself an "open-source" encyclopedia and forbids people making money for writing copy on Wikipedia . In the past, Wikipedia has banned PR Firms to Campaign workers for altering content based on conflicts of interest.

Unfortunately, in today's world you never know who to trust. Whether it is your new love interest or your boss a background check could reveal any dark secrets that under normal circumstance you would never know. When you hear the word background check you may automatically assume they just report on a person's criminal record. However, many background checks not only search for criminal records, but financial records as well. You may want to conduct a background check on yourself just to see your credit history and make sure your identity has not be stolen.

Over the weekend we may our first round of changes to Xomba.

For one we added new search bars to make it easier to perform a search on the site.

The second thing we did was get rid of our old rating system per popular feedback. Have no fear we'll have a new one in about a month after the last of the redesign.

Former Playboy Model Anna Nicole Smith died Thursday after collapsing at a hotel and being being rushed to the hospital, one of her lawyers said.

Officials said that an autopsy would be conducted Friday to determine the cause of death.

I received the following email from Movement Magazine (www.MySpace.com/MovementMagazine) in regards to an Alternate Reality Game created by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails. ARG and NIN fans are in for a treat.