British girl accidentally invites 21,000 to her 15th b irthday party

A British teen intending to invite a few close friends to her 15th birthday party next month accidentally attracted tens of thousands of would-be attendees after failing to mark the event "private" on Facebook.

Rebecca Javeleau sent the invitation using the social networking site early last week and had meant to include 15 of her friends, a number on which she and her mother had agreed. But within hours, the number of attendees began to grow, eventually reaching 21,000 as word caught on about the open party.

So police in the small town of Hertfordshire, located 30 miles north of London, say they're prepared to provide security on the day of the party, to be held on 7 October, which has since been cancelled.