GOODLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a 40-year-old Lapeer County man beat his girlfriend with a cell phone, bound her with duct tape and held her captive for about nine hours because of text messages from a friend.

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GOODLAND TOWNSHIP (AP) — Authorities say a 40-year-old Lapeer County man beat his girlfriend with a cell phone, bound her with duct tape and held her captive for about nine hours because of text messages from a friend.

The top 10 online events during the past year are open to debate. But whatever list you settle on would result in the same conclusion: The Internet has quickly grown into a boisterous behemoth, able to amuse us with mindless video on one hand and build a presidential victory — or a vice presidential sensation — with the other. Columnist Andy Ratner counts down his top 10.

GOODLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a 40-year-old Lapeer County man beat his girlfriend with a cell phone, bound her with duct tape and held her captive for about nine hours because of text messages from a friend.

GOODLAND TOWNSHIP (AP) — Authorities say a 40-year-old Lapeer County man beat his girlfriend with a cell phone, bound her with duct tape and held her captive for about nine hours because of text messages from a friend.

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T he top 10 online events during the past year are open to debate. But whatever list you settle on would result in the same conclusion: The Internet has quickly grown into a boisterous behemoth, able to amuse us with some mindless video on the one hand and build a presidential victory with the other.

T he top 10 online events during the past year are open to debate. But whatever list you settle on would result in the same conclusion: The Internet has quickly grown into a boisterous behemoth, able to amuse us with some mindless video on the one hand and build a presidential victory with the other.

While I'm away, readers give the advice. On spying on teenagers : The sooner that children learn that electronic communications are not private, the better they will be. Teenagers, and for that matter, many adults, seem to think that their electronic communications can remain private. Messages (and photos) on Facebook, MySpace, e-mail, iChat and cell phones are not private. They are easily ...