Morning radar: Three things we're talking about this morning
'A hired gun:' Ed Dante (a pseudonym) shares his story with The Chronicle - he makes a living writing papers for a custom-essay company.
He churns out 5,000 pages a year and earns (U.S.) $66,000 annually, helping nearly illiterate students earn their degrees.
A sample of one of his clients: "You did me business ethics propsal for me I need propsal got approved pls can you will write me paper?"
Business is booming at his company, which employs 50 writers who can spin off quality work on everything from your thesis on cognitive theory to your essay on postmodern architecture.
Alone and happy: Contrary to popular belief that only children are just plain weird, a new British study says people without brothers or sisters grow up to be the happiest.
The study tracked 100,000 people in 40,000 British households and revealed that the fewer siblings children have, the happier they are.
Researchers surmise that sibling beatdowns could be part of the problem, with 31 per cent of children saying they are hit, kicked or pushed by a brother or sister "quite a lot" or "a lot."
Web awakening: A British man says Google Street View shamed him into shedding a few pant sizes after he spotted himself on the map service, rotund belly and all.
Bob Mewse, 56, ballooned to almost 300 pounds thanks to his love of cakes, crisps and biscuits.
But enough was enough when he saw himself "side-on" on the Web: "I was massive. My belly was sticking out and I looked huge," he told the Daily Mail.
He lost "seven stone" - or 98 pounds in one year.
Editor's Note: Bob Mewse once weighed nearly 300 pounds. Incorrect information appeared in an earlier version of this article.