A man was killed in a wreck early Friday on the Lake Hefner Parkway in Oklahoma City, police Sgt. Greg Driskill said.

Jace Shea, 26, was speeding southbound on a motorcycle near Britton Road when he lost control and crashed about 2 a.m., Driskill said.

Shea was not wearing a helmet and died at the scene.

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The nation’s largest media and marketing trade associations introduced a set of self-regulatory principles on Thursday to enhance privacy protection for consumers surfing the Web.

Among other things, advertisers and Web sites will be required to clearly inform consumers about the data-collection practices they use. The new guidelines also will enable online users to exercise control over their personal information.

“This historic collaboration represents businesses and trade associations working together to advance the public interest,” said Interactive Advertising Bureau CEO Randall Rothenberg. read more…

Tickets for a public memorial service for Michael Jackson in Los Angeles on Tuesday will be available via the internet, organisers have revealed.

Details were announced by AEG Live, the star’s promoter, which owns the Staples Center where the service will be held.

Eleven thousand free tickets are to be issued for the service. Only US residents can apply.

Fans wishing to attend must register at staplescenter.com for their tickets and names will later be chosen at random. read more…

NEW YORK – In the fight of pachyderms vs. people — the pachyderms now have the upper trunk.

Three circus elephants scored a decisive victory over three human competitive eaters at a cross-species eating contest Friday, chomping down on 505 hot dog buns in six minutes. The humans forced down only 143 buns in the bout at Brooklyn’s Coney Island.

The elephants, Bunny, Susie and Minnie — all in their 40s — ate at what appeared to be a leisurely pace from behind a table piled high with buns. read more…

On Thursday, a federal judge threw out the conviction of Lori Drew for her part in a MySpace ruse that ended with a 13-year-old girl committing suicide. Drew was convicted in November, but appealed her case.

The indictment alleged that Drew, along with others, registered as a member of MySpace under the name Josh Evans. Drew and her co-conspirators then used the Josh Evans account to contact Megan and began what the girl believed was an online romance with a 16-year-old boy.

After approximately four weeks of flirtations between Evans and Megan, Drew and her co-conspirators broke off the relationship. read more…