Watch CBSN Live

29% Accessed Porn on Work Computers Last Month

By Brian Montopoli

April 23, 2010 / 4:29 PM / CBS News

AP

Amid reports that Securities and Exchange Commission staffers accessed pornography while working as the economy crashed, the Nielson Company reports that more than 21 million Americans accessed adult websites on work computers in March.

That's 29 percent of working adults.

Trending News

On average, users who looked at adult websites spent about an hour and 45 minutes on the sites in March, according to Nielson.

The company told CBS News Producer Jill Jackson that the average time per session workers spent looking at adult websites from work computers was 12 minutes and 38 seconds.

"Adult" sites were the fifth most accessed subcategory of sites accessed by workers (ranked by time spent per person), after member communities, online games, e-mail and instant messaging. It beat out classifieds/auctions and current events/global news, among other areas.

WASHINGTON UNPLUGGED: Grassley Calls for More Firings After SEC Porn Charges

World

US Immigrants Temporary Status

U.S. extends work permits for Salvadorans with protected status

Under the agreement, more than 200,000 Salvadorans will have more time to live and work in the U.S. after their Temporary Protected Status (TPS) expires in 2021

COLOMBIA-ELECTION-REGIONAL-LOPEZ

Colombia's capital elects first woman and lesbian mayor

With the victory, she becomes the first openly lesbian mayor of a capital city in Latin America

Al-Baghdadi's death will be warning to terrorists in hiding, says Esper

Video of al-Baghdadi's final moments exists. "We have video and photos," Milley told reporters, though those images aren't being released yet.

Invisible men of the pines on the front lines of battling wildfires

An urgency to reduce fire hazards is now a year-round struggle for a group of men known as "men of the pines," or pineros

Britain Brexit

European Union agrees to delay Brexit

The U.K. will not leave the EU on Thursday after the bloc approves so-called "flextension" to the previous October 31 deadline

U.S.

Beyond Meat

Beyond Meat posts first profitable quarter since going public

Alternative meat company also raised its sales forecast for year after an upbeat earnings report

Tips lead to arrest in deadly Texas party shooting

The shooting at a Halloween party in Greenville late Saturday left two dead and a dozen injured

2020 Daily Trail Markers: Dems make their way to Iowa this week

Candidates will be going to the Liberty & Justice Celebration, a key event in Iowa politics. "From here on, it's a sprint to Caucus Day for a lot of these candidates and campaigns," says Iowa's Democratic Party chairman

Alphabet earnings fall short of Wall Street forecasts

Google's parent company reported healthy revenue growth in its latest quarter, but profits disappointed

updated 40M ago

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Holds Weekly News Conference At The Capitol

Democrats to vote on impeachment inquiry and next phase

The full House is expected to vote this week on formalizing the impeachment inquiry of President Trump

Politics

2020 Daily Trail Markers: Dems make their way to Iowa this week

Candidates will be going to the Liberty & Justice Celebration, a key event in Iowa politics. "From here on, it's a sprint to Caucus Day for a lot of these candidates and campaigns," says Iowa's Democratic Party chairman

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Holds Weekly News Conference At The Capitol

Democrats to vote on impeachment inquiry and next phase

The full House is expected to vote this week on formalizing the impeachment inquiry of President Trump

US Immigrants Temporary Status

U.S. extends work permits for Salvadorans with protected status

Under the agreement, more than 200,000 Salvadorans will have more time to live and work in the U.S. after their Temporary Protected Status (TPS) expires in 2021

Trump tweets photo of heroic dog wounded in al-Baghdadi raid

The dog, a Belgian Malinois, was sent into a tunnel to subdue the ISIS leader during the early-morning raid on a compound in Syria

House Energy And Commerce Committee Holds Hearing On Opioid Crisis

A 16th House Republican retires from Congress

After 11 terms, Oregon Representative Greg Walden said, "I will close the public service chapter of my life"

More in Politics

Entertainment

More Entertainment

How scary music makes movies scarier

Composers and scientists discuss how the scores for such horror films as "The Shining" and "Get Out" work their magic

The life of Prince, revealed in "The Beautiful Ones"

Begun just months before his death in 2016, a memoir by the legendary singer-songwriter is now being published – and a vault of his unreleased music is beginning to disclose its secrets

Hugh Murphy's humorous T-Rex

What if a Tyrannosaurus Rex could be brought to life today? Cartoonist Hugh Murphy (who is also a practicing dentist in Raleigh, N.C.) has published three books exploring how confounding life might be for a creature with such short arms. Martha Teichner reports.

Meet a "Jurassic World Live" dinosaur

In this web exclusive correspondent Martha Teichner goes backstage at "Jurassic World Live," a touring extravaganza in which dinosaurs are brought to life via animatronics and puppetry, and gets up-close-and-personal with a raptor.

Why it's tough to be a dinosaur

Cartoonist Hugh Murphy's series of books details the tribulations modern life poses for a Tyrannosaurus Rex with very short arms

Oct 27 13 photos

More in Entertainment

Technology

More Technology

Alphabet earnings fall short of Wall Street forecasts

Google's parent company reported healthy revenue growth in its latest quarter, but profits disappointed

updated 40M ago

Alert: Scam targets bank customers via text message

Fraudsters pretending to be with bank's fraud department call about fake suspicious withdrawals, and send one-time verification PINs via text to obtain access to accounts

Air Force spaceplane lands after 780-day mission

The fifth flight of an X-37B spaceplane set a new endurance record for the secretive program

Amazon Buys Whole Foods For Over 13 Billion

Pentagon snubs Amazon for $10 billion "war cloud" contract

Trump waded into the fray earlier this year, saying that the administration would "take a very long look" at the process, saying he had heard complaints

Amazon stock drops on slim holiday-profit forecast

Amazon has said its push to provide customers with faster delivery has been costlier than expected

More in Technology

Science

gulf-fritillary-butterfly-laying-egg-on-passionflower-vine-verne-lehmberg-promo.jpg

Nature up close: A plant that tricks butterflies

Passionflowers have created an unusual and effective defensive against Gulf Fritillary butterflies laying eggs on them, to protect against emerging caterpillars from eating the plant's leaves

Invisible men of the pines on the front lines of battling wildfires

An urgency to reduce fire hazards is now a year-round struggle for a group of men known as "men of the pines," or pineros

Our fascination with Tyrannosaurus Rex

Why are we captivated with a creature that hasn't existed on Earth for about 66 million years? "Sunday Morning" digs for answers

NASA's new lunar rover will search for water on the moon

NASA wants to send a woman and a man to the moon in 2024 — but it needs to find water first

Tiny beetle species named for climate activist Greta Thunberg

The golden-colored beetle belongs to a group of some of the smallest known free-living animals

More in Science

Health

Surgeon picking up surgical tool from tray

Shortage of surgical tools as sterilization plants close

Plants that use a gas to sterilize equipment for heart surgery, knee replacements, C-sections and more have been closed

Mylan Alprazolam Recall

Nationwide recall of Xanax due to possible "foreign substance"

Drugmaker Mylan cites risk of infection posed by unnamed material in popular prescription anti-anxiety drug

US-HEALTH-DRUGS-ADDICTION-COURT

CVS, Rite Aid and Walmart pull J&J baby powder from shelves

Moves follow Johnson & Johnson's recall of 33,000 bottles after trace amounts of asbestos found in a single sample

FDA proposes "black-box warning" for breast implants

The move comes as the agency is taking heat from women who say they weren't warned of potential complications linked to breast implants before surgery

villafranca-cahoots-101619en-trt-2-23-copy-01-frame-684.jpg

Crisis team responds to mental health emergencies in Oregon

A program called CAHOOTS responded to nearly 23,000 calls in Eugene and Springfield, Oregon last year

MoneyWatch

More MoneyWatch

Beyond Meat

Beyond Meat posts first profitable quarter since going public

Alternative meat company also raised its sales forecast for year after an upbeat earnings report

Alphabet earnings fall short of Wall Street forecasts

Google's parent company reported healthy revenue growth in its latest quarter, but profits disappointed

updated 40M ago

Surgeon picking up surgical tool from tray

Shortage of surgical tools as sterilization plants close

Plants that use a gas to sterilize equipment for heart surgery, knee replacements, C-sections and more have been closed

LVMH wants to buy Tiffany's for $14.5 billion

Tiffany & Co. could be a crown jewel for French luxury powerhouse that owns Louis Vuitton, Dior, Givenchy and more

Donald Trump

Most Democrats in 2016 Trump districts outraising GOP challengers

This is the case even as Republican opposition to Trump's impeachment remains high

More in MoneyWatch

Crime

Tips lead to arrest in deadly Texas party shooting

The shooting at a Halloween party in Greenville late Saturday left two dead and a dozen injured

cbsn-fusion-woman-charged-with-urging-boyfriends-suicide-via-text-thumbnail-388420-640x360.jpg

Woman faces charges after boyfriend's suicide

Former Boston College student Inyoung You has been charged with involuntary manslaughter for allegedly abusing her boyfriend Alexander Urtula and encouraging him to kill himself in a barrage of text messages. Urtula jumped to his death in May. CBSN Boston reports.

updated 26M ago 03:14

Woman allegedly urged boyfriend to kill himself with barrage of texts

Alexander Urtula leapt to his death from a parking garage hours before he was to graduate from Boston College in May

updated 59M ago

Matthew Shepard's parents praise hate crime progress despite "hypocritical" DOJ

Monday marks 10 years since the signing of the historic Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. hate crimes prevention act

Cyntoia Brown to younger self: "God hears you"

Cyntoia Brown made headlines when she was sentenced to life in prison at age 16 for killing a man who she says picked her up for sex. She was granted clemency earlier this year after spending 15 years behind bars. Now at 31 years old, she shares intimate advice for her 16-year-old self in a Note to Self.

Space

Air Force spaceplane lands after 780-day mission

The fifth flight of an X-37B spaceplane set a new endurance record for the secretive program

Space heavyweights join Jeff Bezos' moon lander project

Amazon founder says proposed moon lander could be ready within five years

Astronauts say all-female spacewalk a sign of the times

Historic spacewalk shows increasing diversity at NASA and across the science and technology world

Night Sky,meteor shower

Orionids meteor shower peaks tonight. Here's how to watch

Considered to be one of the most beautiful meteor showers of the year, the Orionids will light up the night sky tonight

cbsn-fusion-trump-talks-to-astronauts-during-first-all-female-spacewalk-thumbnail-377777-640x360.jpg

Trump talks to astronauts during spacewalk

President Trump congratulated NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir in a phone call from the White House as the two wrapped up the first all-female spacewalk in history. Mr. Trump also talked about plans for future NASA missions to the moon and Mars.

Latest Galleries

More Latest Galleries

Why it's tough to be a dinosaur

Cartoonist Hugh Murphy's series of books details the tribulations modern life poses for a Tyrannosaurus Rex with very short arms

Oct 27 13 photos

50 essential horror films for Halloween

Check our guide to the most unforgettable cinematic shockers

Oct 25 51 photos

New on Netflix, Hulu and Amazon

Shows and movies you'll want to stream soon

Oct 24 28 photos

Evidence photos: The Heather Bogle murder case

See evidence related to the April 10, 2015 murder of the 28-year-old Ohio woman and how her killer was caught

Oct 19 14 photos

spider-woman-new-york-comic-con-2019-nia-a-stevens-promo-nas3290.jpg

Halloween comes early at New York Comic Con

The largest pop culture event on the East Coast drew hordes of sci-fi, fantasy, anime and comic book fans, many of whom came in disguises (or, in the case of some superheroes, discarded them)

Oct 13 34 photos

More in Latest Galleries

Popular

Popular

CBSN Originals "Non-monogamy"

"One big orgy": That's the stereotype about the lifestyle of consensual non-monogamy — an arrangement where committed partners agree to have relationships with other people. But in this CBSN Originals documentary, people who have practiced non-monogamy for years say it's not all wild sex — or even all that wild. It takes a lot of work and carries a lot of stigma. And it's more popular than you may think.

cbsn-fusion-what-protections-does-the-whistleblower-have-as-lawmakers-call-for-testimony-thumbnail-388440-640x360.jpg

What protections does whistleblower have?

President Trump and Republicans in Congress are demanding that Democrats call the whistleblower to testify in the impeachment inquiry. What legal protections does the anonymous official have? John Kostyack, executive director of the National Whistleblower Center joined CBSN's "Red and Blue" with more.

updated 4M ago 05:25

cbsn-fusion-health-watch-artificial-intelligence-may-help-treat-depression-thumbnail-383519-640x360.jpg

How A.I. could help treat depression

A new study is using artificial intelligence to stop the trial-and-error process of prescribing antidepressants to patients. Two-thirds of patients with depression do not respond to their first prescription. Dr. Jay Faber joins CBSN to explain how artificial intelligence tracks brain activity and how patients may benefit.

cbsn-fusion-woman-charged-with-urging-boyfriends-suicide-via-text-thumbnail-388420-640x360.jpg

Woman faces charges after boyfriend's suicide

Former Boston College student Inyoung You has been charged with involuntary manslaughter for allegedly abusing her boyfriend Alexander Urtula and encouraging him to kill himself in a barrage of text messages. Urtula jumped to his death in May. CBSN Boston reports.

updated 26M ago 03:14

Getty fire threatens homes in Los Angeles

A dangerous wildfire broke out overnight in Los Angeles. The Getty fire is threatening thousands of homes in the evacuation zone. CBS News correspondent Chris Martinez joined CBSN from the 405 freeway in Los Angeles with the latest.

More in Popular