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Bad news today for Netflix subscribers. The streaming and DVDs-by-mail company sent out a message to its members explaining new price changes and plans for its subscription service. Instead of offering a combined $9.99 plan, which includes unlimited streaming and DVDs by mail (one out at-a-time), Netflix said it will split the service into two distinct plans, beginning in September.

With social media and a unique civic iPhone app, Ecko is making a national issue feel locally relevant. In the United States, every class of citizen, from prisoners to soldiers, is legally protected from corporal punishment--except for children.