Public television stations are bracing for major cuts in federal funding. Some smaller stations, already financially strained, may be forced to shutter their doors for good.

Facebook scams can have consequences for some users who have unknowingly sent embarrassing messages or wall posts to all their friends. And with friends’ lists growing — to include family members, coworkers, bosses, professors, even pastors — the potential for more humiliation and harm has made some users increasingly wary of their online vulnerability.

Books that let readers choose from different plot twists sold millions in the 1980s and 1990s. Now they are being revived and improved for the digital age.

Call it “friends with benefits,” “no strings attached,” or something cruder, the phenomenon of people being friends and having sex is moving into mainstream pop culture with a twist — it’s the women who want sex for sex’ sake.