Rants -

Miley Cyrus, 15-year-old star of television show Hannah Montana has been swept up in controversy regarding risqué photos for a Vanity Fair shoot. The photographs reveal her back, and many parents disapprove the shots.

At the polygamist sect’s compound in west Texas, 31 of the 53 girls aged 14-17 are pregnant or have children.

Raves -

Coldplay is offering its new single, “Violent Hill,” for free on the band’s Web site for one week.

On Monday, a legally blind man in Indianapolis held an intruder at knifepoint until police arrived at his home.