Ben Popper is a reporter born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. His work and thoughts can be found at benpopper.com

Demi Moore saved a Twitter user who wanted to slit her wrists and Meghan McCain intervened when a man Tweeted about his death wish. Benjamin Popper on the cries for help in the Twitterverse.

A federal indictment accuses Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich—whose phones and offices were bugged—of plotting to bribe Barack Obama in hopes of winning a lucrative job in the new administration.

The decision to send Osama bin Laden’s driver, Salim Hamdan, back to Yemen to serve out his remaining sentence raises a key question: What will become of the remaining detainees if Guantanamo Bay is closed?