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Students bare all on FB ‘confession’ pages

“I’m a compulsive laundry room thief,” says one Facebook confession. “I’m the reason the ‘Public Urination is Illegal’ signs were put up,” says another. By turns rueful and raunchy,these anonymous admissions pop up on ‘confession’ pages unofficially linked to scores of high schools and universities. The confessions pages do not violate Facebook rules so long as the content remains within the bounds of civility,said a spokeswoman. But some college administrators and cops are protesting. Reuters

Miyazaki father and son team up for film

Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki and his Studio Ghibli have,under their belt,some of Japan’s biggest global anime movie successes,including Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away,which won an Academy Award in 2003. Far less known,until now,was Miyazaki’s son Goro,who worked as a landscaper for years so as not to compete with his famous father,but later designed the Ghibli Museum in Tokyo and debuted as a director in 2006 with Tales from Earthsea. Now,for the first time,the pair has teamed up on a film,From Up on Poppy Hill. Reuters