Sunday paper tidbits

I felt the urge to share a couple of the interesting things from my paper today. Haven't done this in a while and I don't know if I will start doing it regularly or not. But here goes.

A woman was able to catch the thief who stole her iPhone because of an app she had installed. iGotYa will snap a photo if someone enters the incorrect password to unlock a phone. She was able to take this picture to the police department who recognized the man from a warrant poster and made an arrest. Makes me think I should get this one. Of course that means I'd have to password-protect my phone again. And I'd probably end up with a lot of photos of myself from trying to enter my number in too quickly.

A new book out called "Is Marriage for White People?" states that more than 70% of black children are born to unwed parents. The author says that this is not due to differing sexual mores between whites and blacks, but because black women are living what he describes as a "segregated existence." Asians, Latinos and even black men are much more likely to marry outside their race, but black women are socially pressured to marry within their race - encouraged to marry "down" before they marry "out." Black men aren't held to such standards. The article states "Their problem isn't so much frequent pregnancy as a dearth of appropriate partners." Interesting theory.

The Star-Ledger has a "Knucklehead of the Week" area in the editorial section. So many this week that they had five listed, but the one I liked was about Martha Stewart's daughter's new tell-all book: "Martha Stewart's daughter, Alexis, has written a book to let people know just how tough her privileged multimillion-dollar childhood was. Exhibit A: Martha often left the bathroom door open when she peed. Unbearable." To me that just sounds like every other mom I know, due to habits formed when you have toddlers who don't want you out of their sight!