PARIS - SEX among electric fish in the Congo River is a rather charged business, according a to new study reporting on an unusual experiment.

LOS ANGELES - A FEDERAL jury delivered a mixed verdict on Wednesday convicting a Missouri mother of misdemeanour charges in a nationally watched cyber-bullying case in which the woman was accused of using a fake MySpace account to torment a teenage girl who later committed suicide.

The jurors rejected more serious felony charges against Lori Drew, 49, who was involved in a hoax on 13-year-old Megan Meier. The panel deadlocked on a conspiracy count.

TOKYO - SALES of Nintendo's Wii have topped seven million in Japan since its launch nearly two years ago, as the family-friendly game console continues to grow in popularity, a survey showed on Wednesday.

Nintendo had sold 7,024,239 units as of November 23 since the launch on December 2, 2006, according to magazine publisher Enterbrain.