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Well, say something happening in school or with their friends something happening with their body they might ask you, mom and dad, what is happening. wishful thinking. >>clayton: now most kids before they go to mom and dad for answers about the birds and bees, they go to google first, 54 percent of kids responded they go to google before they ask their parents or teachers and this is more surprising 25 percent do not know what an encyclopedia is. >>alisyn: a sign of times and frye percent have never used one and 19 percent have never used a dictionary. you just go to dictionary.com. to happene...

And it turns out there are data aggregates that put cookies on your computer, not only take the photos but look at every google search you do and look at particular web sites. when consumers have sued and say that violates my privacy, the federal courts have said we are willing to allow these things as long as one party gives consent so if you're on a web site like dictionary.com, as long as dictionary.com has said ok and put 233 cookies on your computer, it doesn't matter that the personal information that's being taken is, in fact, your information. one judge even said that your e-mails shou...

With an i where the e is, which would make it another word. >> paralepsis. special lady to lives in the computer that proannounces things at dictionary.com. that's a term from rhetoric that means you make a point about something by explicitly saying you are not going to talk about that thing. so i don't want to talk about david vitter and all the hookers, i want to talk about whether he is a good family values candidate. >> paralepsis. >> thank you, nice lady. this is also paralepsis. >> the only people cheering for government shutdown around here are democrats led by harry reid and chuck schu...

To make the big switch. these students at clearwater high in clearwater, florida are digital pioneers. >> the way technology is. it will evolve and get better. >> reporter: this school is the first in america, to offer every student a wiz-bang gadget called the kindle. >> dictionary.com. >> reporter: a half inch thick and loaded with the student's courses and the teens can kiss the heavy textbooks good-bye. >> you have it in a little device and you want to carry the textbooks and you can have all six of them in one little thing. it is help. >> reporter: the public school bought 2200 kindles, o...

If that's you, you can always check out fda.gov to find out more. another trend we've been following is fall fashion. for years women have worn body-slimming garments to create that nice, sleek-looking silhouette to reduce the battle of the bulge. now thanks to spanx, there's a guy version. who'd have thought? spanx for men is spiking 26%. think of it as male swimwear. or slim wear. if you think that's odd, you'll get a kick out of this. men's skinny jeans are spiking by 36%. otherwise known as meggings. for all you guys out there strutting your meggings with your spanx throw one last accessor...