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School kids are plugged in, uploading, downloading, and connected to the world more than ever before. They're going online to for help with school work, connect with friends and to learn about sex. But what message are they getting?  Eyewitness  News reporter Dave Roberts sat down with kids to find out. Look for his report Thursday night at 10:00.

More people are using internet dating to meet Mr. or Mrs. Right but how can you make sure you won’t become a target or put yourself at risk? Are you nervous about putting up an on-line profile? To stay safe, talk with our expert, Lt. Clark Wiemeyer from the Wichtia Police Department on Monday, May 2nd at 5:00 PM. Just go to KWCH.com to join the conversation with Lt. Wiemeyer and Eyewitness News anchor Cindy Klose and learn what you should do to stay safe when searching for love over the internet.

Kelli Richards of Newton is a mother of three.  She works from home and earns about $9000 a month.  At least, that’s the case if you believe everything you read on the internet. “I wish”, says the newlywed from her small two bedroom apartment in Newton. Richards, who now goes by Kelli Pease, after her marriage last December, says she became worried someone was using her to promote an internet work from home scam. Last week, a stranger on Facebook contacted Kelli to ask questions about the part-time job that pays her so much money.

by Kim Setty One computer and a family of kids means taking turns---and getting off when Mom and Dad ask.  Oh really? "I have to ask them nearly five times to get them off the internet," complains Richard, a local father.  "The volume gets higher and patience is gone until it's finally 'Get off the internet now!' " Parents take note:  This Does It Work product could give you back the power in that struggle.  Introducing the $40 Best Netguard.  It says you can push its remote anywhere in the house and it will instantly cut off the internet.

When you send an email, you trust that the only person reading that email is the person you addressed it to. But on April 8, 2010, China hacked forty percent of the US's internet usage, and collected tons of data for 18 minutes. Data was sent through servers in Beijing before being sent back to the US. China says this was an accident, but some are not so sure. Dr. Ravi Pendsi at Wichita State University is not accusing China of doing anything malicious, however he has a theory about how it happened.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - The inauguration of President Barack Obama was shown live on the Internet, which caused a glitch at the University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Kan. The Kansas City Star reported Tuesday that employees were told not to watch the ceremonies on the Internet after an "extreme high volume of traffic" caused problems on the hospital's computer network. The high traffic volume caused difficulty accessing some patient records. --- Information from: The Kansas City Star, http://www.

CHICAGO (AP) - As Americans look for ways to help ease the suffering in Haiti, the FBI and security experts are warning people to watch out for scams. Internet security expert Joel Esler says hundreds of Internet addresses related to Haiti have been registered since the quake. He says many of them will probably be legitimate, and refer people to proven charity sites. But he says many more will probably be bogus. He says a lot of them feature a "donate" button, but the money won't ever go to a relief fund.

By Rebecca Gannon (NEWTON, Kan.) You can do a lot of things with the Internet today, some of which is illegal. That's why law enforcement in Harvey County is also turning to the Internet. A week ago, Harvey County Law Enforcement officers raided this home in Sedgwick. That resulted in the arrest of Robert Stevens, Senior, who now faces eight charges. None of that would have been possible without OSCAR. "OSCAR is the Online Sex Crime Apprehension and Removal task force," explained Newton Police Detective Brad Celestin.

You've probably heard something along those lines. The internet is killing television, etc. But you might be interested in some new survey numbers. Let me first say the survey was commissioned by TVB, the TeleVision Bureau...which obviously has a vested interest in the television business. But still...here are the numbers. On the particular day of the survey, television reached more people 18 and over than any other medium...by far. 89.5% of those people were reached by television, compared to 67.5% by the interneet and 60.6% by radio.

Are you planning to shop online this holiday season?  Many companies out there are waiting to track your every internet move, so they can sell you something later or sell information about you to someone else.  It's called "retargeting. " Danielle Dafneotis recently bought a purse online from a major retailer.  Now, she sees ads for matching shoes on other websites she visits. Dafeneotis asks, "How did they know I bought that bag a week ago, and now I'm getting specials for shoes?"

To save on TV, Internet, and phone bills, many people get all three services from the same company. Those “triple plays” get you steep discounts, but only for a limited time. Then bills often shoot up. But Consumer Reports says there are ways to save. Consumer Reports' annual survey of subscribers shows 44 percent of those who bargained got up to $50 a month off their bill, and 7 percent got an even bigger discount. If you use your cell phone more than your home phone, some companies are letting you make a triple play with your cell phone instead of a landline.

Local toddler a basketball prodigy

Jansen Lockhart, a sophomore at Heights High School, took blow after blow to the face from a classmate in the middle of the school day Monday, before a teacher finally intervened. But even more disturbing, someone else knew it was coming and waited with a camera to record the fight. "I was really surprised, I was really angry. It was staged, and when I found out it was, it was even more shocking because nobody was there to have my back. Nobody was there who knew about it to have my back or warn me about it," said Jansen.

The campaign won a national award and grabbed the attention of child safety advocate John Walsh. A group of Wichita School students decided to take on inter-net safety and will continue the program through the summer.    The "wonder who's watching" campaign took home first place for the northwest high school students in a national marketing and entrepreneurship competition.  The campaign teaches students about the dangers of posting...

Northwest DECA students Alex Wespi, Taryn Thomas and Broc Cramer were awarded first place in the Public Relations Project event at the International DECA Career Development Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah.  DECA is an organization that gives students an opportunity to apply classroom learning to the business word. The organization helps high school and college students for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management The three member team put together a 30-page project and presentation on internet safety titled, “Wonder Who's Watching.” The campaign teaches elementary students about the dangers of posting information online, telling students that phone numbers, addresses and pictures aren't necessarily private and can be dangerous when used incorrectly on the internet.

School kids are plugged in, uploading, downloading, and connected to the world more than ever before. They're going online to for help with school work, connect with friends and to learn about sex. But what message are they getting?  Eyewitness  News reporter Dave Roberts sat down with kids to find out. Look for his report Thursday night at 10:00.

Some Kansas universities are buying pornography websites, but it is all an effort to protect their names. Just like .com or .org, there is a new internet domain being launched specifically for porn websites, .xxx. The change is meant to safely filter adult content on the web. Schools like the University of Kansas are purchasing the .xxx domain names that contain university trademarks, like jayhawks or KU. Officials with KU tell our news partners at 6News Lawrence that the move is all so others cannot buy the sites.

Cox Communications is among many other cable companies to reach an agreement with the FCC to offer Internet service for $9.95 to homes with children that are eligible for free school lunches. The offer will start next year and is part of an initiative the Federal Communications Commission put together to get more homes connected to broadband. The FCC says about a third of homes don't have broadband.   The plan, called Connect-to-Compete, also includes Microsoft, which says it will sell PCs with its Office software for $250 to low-income families.

Are you planning to shop online this holiday season?  Many companies out there are waiting to track your every internet move, so they can sell you something later or sell information about you to someone else.  It's called "retargeting. " Danielle Dafneotis recently bought a purse online from a major retailer.  Now, she sees ads for matching shoes on other websites she visits. Dafeneotis asks, "How did they know I bought that bag a week ago, and now I'm getting specials for shoes?"