December 05, 2008
EU Court: Governments' DNA Databases Are Illegal
Nearly a million innocent citizens could see their profiles deleted from the DNA database following a landmark court ruling. European judges said it was unlawful for police to store swabs and fingerprints from suspects later cleared of wrongdoing. In a damning verdict, the 17-strong panel said keeping the records 'could not be regarded as necessary in a democracy'. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said she was disappointed by the decision.
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Nearly a million innocent citizens could see their profiles deleted from the DNA database following a landmark court ruling. European judges said it was unlawful for police to store swabs and fingerprints from suspects later cleared of wrongdoing. In a damning verdict, the 17-strong panel said keeping the records 'could not be regarded as necessary in a democracy'. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said she was disappointed by the decision.
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EPA Orders Emissions System Warnings
The Environmental Protection Agency mandated yesterday that manufacturers of heavy diesel trucks and buses install dashboard lights by 2010, like those devised for cars more than a decade ago, to signal whether emissions control equipment is malfunctioning. The equipment is meant to help enforce compliance with pollution limits that the government tightened last year.
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The Environmental Protection Agency mandated yesterday that manufacturers of heavy diesel trucks and buses install dashboard lights by 2010, like those devised for cars more than a decade ago, to signal whether emissions control equipment is malfunctioning. The equipment is meant to help enforce compliance with pollution limits that the government tightened last year.
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Posted by Editor at 08:07 AM
Booby-Trapped Emails Fly Back Into Fashion
Malicious email attachments disguised as airline ticket receipts are being spammed across the internet as part of a new attack. The assault is the latest in a series of booby-trapped email attachments, which have seemingly become fashionable among VXers again, after many months of playing second-fiddle to website attacks.
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Malicious email attachments disguised as airline ticket receipts are being spammed across the internet as part of a new attack. The assault is the latest in a series of booby-trapped email attachments, which have seemingly become fashionable among VXers again, after many months of playing second-fiddle to website attacks.
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Posted by Editor at 08:05 AM
Italian President to Push for 'International Agreement to Regulate The Internet'
Italian president and media baron Silvio Berlusconi said that he would use his country's imminent presidency of the G8 group to push for an international agreement to "regulate the internet". Speaking to Italian postal workers, Reuters reports Berlusconi said: "The G8 has as its task the regulation of financial markets... I think the next G8 can bring to the table a proposal for a regulation of the internet."
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Italian president and media baron Silvio Berlusconi said that he would use his country's imminent presidency of the G8 group to push for an international agreement to "regulate the internet". Speaking to Italian postal workers, Reuters reports Berlusconi said: "The G8 has as its task the regulation of financial markets... I think the next G8 can bring to the table a proposal for a regulation of the internet."
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Posted by Editor at 06:28 AM
Three Airlines Drop Self-Reporting Safety Program
Three large airlines have abandoned a safety program credited with helping to lower accident rates, prompting criticism of the airlines and unions by safety advocates and government regulators. American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and Comair have dropped programs that encourage pilots to come forward and report their own mistakes without fear of being punished. Known as the Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP), the program has helped airlines and regulators uncover scores of potentially dangerous situations and make fixes before they caused crashes.
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Three large airlines have abandoned a safety program credited with helping to lower accident rates, prompting criticism of the airlines and unions by safety advocates and government regulators. American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and Comair have dropped programs that encourage pilots to come forward and report their own mistakes without fear of being punished. Known as the Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP), the program has helped airlines and regulators uncover scores of potentially dangerous situations and make fixes before they caused crashes.
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Posted by Editor at 04:20 AM
Malls Boost Security As Shopping Season Starts
Malls across the country have boosted security in recent months, adding rooftop observation posts, parking lot cameras and more patrols to keep shoppers safe. A handful of violent incidents occurred at malls this week as shoppers mobbed stores for deals at the start of the holiday shopping season.
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Malls across the country have boosted security in recent months, adding rooftop observation posts, parking lot cameras and more patrols to keep shoppers safe. A handful of violent incidents occurred at malls this week as shoppers mobbed stores for deals at the start of the holiday shopping season.
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Scripps Putting 'Rocky Mountain News' Up For Sale
DENVER -- E.W. Scripps Co. says it's putting the Rocky Mountain News up for sale after losing $11 million on the Denver operation in the first nine months of the year. The newspaper announced the development on its Web site Thursday. Cincinnati-based Scripps has owned the News since 1926. Since 2001, the News has been in a joint operating agreement with The Denver Post, owned by Denver-based MediaNews Group Inc. Rich Boehne, president and CEO of Scripps, says the company's 50 percent share of the joint operating agreement's cash flow "is no longer enough to support the Rocky, leaving us with no choice but to seek an exit."
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DENVER -- E.W. Scripps Co. says it's putting the Rocky Mountain News up for sale after losing $11 million on the Denver operation in the first nine months of the year. The newspaper announced the development on its Web site Thursday. Cincinnati-based Scripps has owned the News since 1926. Since 2001, the News has been in a joint operating agreement with The Denver Post, owned by Denver-based MediaNews Group Inc. Rich Boehne, president and CEO of Scripps, says the company's 50 percent share of the joint operating agreement's cash flow "is no longer enough to support the Rocky, leaving us with no choice but to seek an exit."
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VIACOM To Cut 7 Percent Of Its Work Force
LOS ANGELES -- Amid an ongoing debt crisis at controlling shareholder Sumner Redstone's movie theater company, National Amusements Inc., media giant Viacom Inc. said Thursday it will slash about 850 jobs -- 7 percent of its work force -- and freeze some senior-level salaries. Viacom, which owns MTV Networks, BET Networks and Paramount Pictures, said the cuts are a response to the global economic downturn and not related to the debt problems at the theater chain.
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LOS ANGELES -- Amid an ongoing debt crisis at controlling shareholder Sumner Redstone's movie theater company, National Amusements Inc., media giant Viacom Inc. said Thursday it will slash about 850 jobs -- 7 percent of its work force -- and freeze some senior-level salaries. Viacom, which owns MTV Networks, BET Networks and Paramount Pictures, said the cuts are a response to the global economic downturn and not related to the debt problems at the theater chain.
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Posted by Editor at 03:59 AM
NBC Cuts 500 Jobs, 3% Of Workforce
NBC Universal will be cutting up to 500 jobs in a round of layoffs which are now underway at all levels of the company — television, film and parks. That amounts to about 3% of the workforce. An insider with knowledge of the situation says the cuts are expected to continue into next week. The NBC News bureaus in Dallas and Los Angeles (Burbank) are already experiencing cuts, with the insider saying Dallas will experience more layoffs than in Burbank. Among those losing their jobs, NBC News correspondent Don Teague who has been with the network since 2002.
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NBC Universal will be cutting up to 500 jobs in a round of layoffs which are now underway at all levels of the company — television, film and parks. That amounts to about 3% of the workforce. An insider with knowledge of the situation says the cuts are expected to continue into next week. The NBC News bureaus in Dallas and Los Angeles (Burbank) are already experiencing cuts, with the insider saying Dallas will experience more layoffs than in Burbank. Among those losing their jobs, NBC News correspondent Don Teague who has been with the network since 2002.
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Posted by Editor at 02:07 AM
Destructive Virus Turns Up on Facebook
BOSTON -- Facebook's 120 million users are being targeted by a virus dubbed "Koobface" that uses the social network's messaging system to infect PCs, then tries to gather sensitive information such as credit card numbers. It is the latest attack by hackers increasingly looking to prey on users of social networking sites. "A few other viruses have tried to use Facebook in similar ways to propagate themselves," Facebook spokesman Barry Schnitt said in an e-mail. He said a "very small percentage of users" had been affected by these viruses.
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BOSTON -- Facebook's 120 million users are being targeted by a virus dubbed "Koobface" that uses the social network's messaging system to infect PCs, then tries to gather sensitive information such as credit card numbers. It is the latest attack by hackers increasingly looking to prey on users of social networking sites. "A few other viruses have tried to use Facebook in similar ways to propagate themselves," Facebook spokesman Barry Schnitt said in an e-mail. He said a "very small percentage of users" had been affected by these viruses.
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Posted by Editor at 01:34 AM
December 04, 2008
Barry Teapot - Global Warming Is What It's All About
By Phil Brennan / Ether Zone
A patient in a mental institution was being asked how he would earn a living if he were released, but every possible occupation he mentioned was knocked down on the grounds that given that he'd been a mental patient he might not qualify. Asked what his alternative would be he answered "Well then I'd do what I always wanted to do - be a teapot." Having surprised many with his pragmatic choices for his cabinet and other administration posts, Barack Obama suddenly veered off course and showed his teapot side. In a video to be shown at a U.N. Conference called to revive the discredited Kyoto Treaty approach Teapot Barry declared that the science behind global warming "is beyond dispute and the facts are clear." He went on to claim that "sea levels are rising, coastlines are shrinking, we've seen record drought, spreading famine and storms are growing stronger with each passing season."
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By Phil Brennan / Ether Zone
A patient in a mental institution was being asked how he would earn a living if he were released, but every possible occupation he mentioned was knocked down on the grounds that given that he'd been a mental patient he might not qualify. Asked what his alternative would be he answered "Well then I'd do what I always wanted to do - be a teapot." Having surprised many with his pragmatic choices for his cabinet and other administration posts, Barack Obama suddenly veered off course and showed his teapot side. In a video to be shown at a U.N. Conference called to revive the discredited Kyoto Treaty approach Teapot Barry declared that the science behind global warming "is beyond dispute and the facts are clear." He went on to claim that "sea levels are rising, coastlines are shrinking, we've seen record drought, spreading famine and storms are growing stronger with each passing season."
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Posted by Editor at 03:01 PM
Behavioral Screening The Future Of Airport Security?
Keep your shoes and belts on: Waiting in long airport security lines to pass through metal detectors may soon be a thing of the past. Security experts say focus is shifting from analyzing the content of carry-ons to analyzing the content of passengers' intentions and emotions. "We are seeing a needed paradigm shift when it comes to security," says Omer Laviv, CEO of ATHENA GS3, an Israeli-based security company. "This 'brain-fingerprinting,' or technology which checks for behavioral intent, is much more developed than we think."
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Keep your shoes and belts on: Waiting in long airport security lines to pass through metal detectors may soon be a thing of the past. Security experts say focus is shifting from analyzing the content of carry-ons to analyzing the content of passengers' intentions and emotions. "We are seeing a needed paradigm shift when it comes to security," says Omer Laviv, CEO of ATHENA GS3, an Israeli-based security company. "This 'brain-fingerprinting,' or technology which checks for behavioral intent, is much more developed than we think."
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Posted by Editor at 03:01 PM
Coerced Medication Used In Psychiatric Care Despite Lack Of Clinical Evidence
Researchers are calling for more studies into the practice of forcing psychiatric patients to take medication, after a research review showed that there have been very few rigorous investigations of the procedure. The review, published in the latest Journal of Advanced Nursing, suggests that patients receiving coerced medication (CM) are more likely to be in their thirties with a diagnosis of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or another psychotic disorder.
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Researchers are calling for more studies into the practice of forcing psychiatric patients to take medication, after a research review showed that there have been very few rigorous investigations of the procedure. The review, published in the latest Journal of Advanced Nursing, suggests that patients receiving coerced medication (CM) are more likely to be in their thirties with a diagnosis of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or another psychotic disorder.
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Obama Nominee for Homeland Security Would Lead Real ID Program
WASHINGTON -- As governor of Arizona, Janet Napolitano, Barack Obama’s choice for homeland security secretary, pledged that her state would not cooperate with a major domestic security initiative, the Real ID drivers’ license program. In June, she signed into law a bill that forbids Arizona from cooperating with the federal requirements. The state law had no immediate effect, because Arizona already had a federal waiver allowing it to delay enactment until 2009. Real ID follows the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission; it was passed without hearings or debate, attached to a mostly unrelated bill.
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WASHINGTON -- As governor of Arizona, Janet Napolitano, Barack Obama’s choice for homeland security secretary, pledged that her state would not cooperate with a major domestic security initiative, the Real ID drivers’ license program. In June, she signed into law a bill that forbids Arizona from cooperating with the federal requirements. The state law had no immediate effect, because Arizona already had a federal waiver allowing it to delay enactment until 2009. Real ID follows the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission; it was passed without hearings or debate, attached to a mostly unrelated bill.
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Posted by Editor at 02:59 PM
Obama's 'Circus Parade': National Security Team of Reprobates, Baby Murderers and Sexual Deviant Perverts
Barack Obama's high-powered national security team, introduced at a Chicago news conference, faces the challenge of managing two wars and various ongoing foreign policy crises even as it helps the president-elect shape what he called "a new beginning, a new dawn of American leadership" in the world. In announcing his choices of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) to be secretary of state, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates to continue in office and retired Marine Gen. James L. Jones to serve as national security adviser, Obama laid out a vision of an America whose global stature is restored and whose military, diplomatic and economic power are balanced with one another and with "the power of our moral example."
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Barack Obama's high-powered national security team, introduced at a Chicago news conference, faces the challenge of managing two wars and various ongoing foreign policy crises even as it helps the president-elect shape what he called "a new beginning, a new dawn of American leadership" in the world. In announcing his choices of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) to be secretary of state, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates to continue in office and retired Marine Gen. James L. Jones to serve as national security adviser, Obama laid out a vision of an America whose global stature is restored and whose military, diplomatic and economic power are balanced with one another and with "the power of our moral example."
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Obama's Pick For Attorney General `May Be Damaged Goods'
Barack Obama's nomination of Eric Holder to be Attorney General has raised new questions about Holder's involvement in the controversial pardon of fugitive financier Marc Rich by President Bill Clinton shortly before he left office. Holder may be damaged goods and another ethically-challenged attorney general is not what voters expected from the President-elect.
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Barack Obama's nomination of Eric Holder to be Attorney General has raised new questions about Holder's involvement in the controversial pardon of fugitive financier Marc Rich by President Bill Clinton shortly before he left office. Holder may be damaged goods and another ethically-challenged attorney general is not what voters expected from the President-elect.
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Posted by Editor at 02:58 PM
Big Brother Police To Get War Time Power
State officials are to be given powers previously reserved for times of war to demand a person’s proof of identity at any time. Anybody who refuses the Big Brother demand could face arrest and a possible prison sentence. The new rules come in legislation to be unveiled in today’s Queen’s Speech. They are presented as a crackdown on illegal immigration, but lawyers say they could be applied to anybody who has ever been outside the UK, even on holiday.
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State officials are to be given powers previously reserved for times of war to demand a person’s proof of identity at any time. Anybody who refuses the Big Brother demand could face arrest and a possible prison sentence. The new rules come in legislation to be unveiled in today’s Queen’s Speech. They are presented as a crackdown on illegal immigration, but lawyers say they could be applied to anybody who has ever been outside the UK, even on holiday.
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Judge Issues Gag Order in TV Anchorwoman's Slaying
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- A judge imposed a gag order Wednesday in the capital murder case against a man accused of fatally beating a Little Rock television anchorwoman. District Judge Lee Munson issued the order at the request of a lawyer for Curtis Lavelle Vance, who is charged in the death of Anne Pressly. Pressly, 26, was found beaten and unconscious in her home Oct. 20 and died five days later in a hospital without ever gaining consciousness. Her parents say she had been sexually assaulted and beaten so severely that part of her jaw bone was broken away.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- A judge imposed a gag order Wednesday in the capital murder case against a man accused of fatally beating a Little Rock television anchorwoman. District Judge Lee Munson issued the order at the request of a lawyer for Curtis Lavelle Vance, who is charged in the death of Anne Pressly. Pressly, 26, was found beaten and unconscious in her home Oct. 20 and died five days later in a hospital without ever gaining consciousness. Her parents say she had been sexually assaulted and beaten so severely that part of her jaw bone was broken away.
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The Day The Web Went Dead
The heart of the Internet is utterly unregulated. Is that dangerous--or desirable? LOS ANGELES -- Imagine life without the Internet. Hard? Just ask state officials in Maine to tell you about the ugly surprise they had on Halloween. On Oct. 30, Sprint Nextel severed its last connection to Cogent Communications, disconnecting two of the Internet's five largest backbones. Instantly, major American and Canadian universities lost contact with each other. Officials in Maine's state government found they couldn't link up with many town governments. Millions of Sprint's wireless broadband customers found themselves cut off from thousands of Web sites. Yet neither the Federal Communications Commission nor the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission took any action to restore global connectivity and the Web stayed broken for three days.
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The heart of the Internet is utterly unregulated. Is that dangerous--or desirable? LOS ANGELES -- Imagine life without the Internet. Hard? Just ask state officials in Maine to tell you about the ugly surprise they had on Halloween. On Oct. 30, Sprint Nextel severed its last connection to Cogent Communications, disconnecting two of the Internet's five largest backbones. Instantly, major American and Canadian universities lost contact with each other. Officials in Maine's state government found they couldn't link up with many town governments. Millions of Sprint's wireless broadband customers found themselves cut off from thousands of Web sites. Yet neither the Federal Communications Commission nor the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission took any action to restore global connectivity and the Web stayed broken for three days.
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Posted by Editor at 09:00 AM
Family of Man Trampled by Shoppers Sue Wal-Mart
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. -- The family of a worker trampled to death in a "Black Friday" crush of bargain hunters at a Long Island Wal-Mart store filed a wrongful-death lawsuit on Wednesday, claiming store ads offering deep discounts "created an atmosphere of competition and anxiety" that led to "crowd craze." The lawsuit claims that besides failing to provide adequate security for a pre-dawn crowd estimated at 2,000, Wal-Mart "engaged in specific marketing and advertising techniques to specifically attract a large crowd and create an environment of frenzy and mayhem and was otherwise careless, reckless and negligent."
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GARDEN CITY, N.Y. -- The family of a worker trampled to death in a "Black Friday" crush of bargain hunters at a Long Island Wal-Mart store filed a wrongful-death lawsuit on Wednesday, claiming store ads offering deep discounts "created an atmosphere of competition and anxiety" that led to "crowd craze." The lawsuit claims that besides failing to provide adequate security for a pre-dawn crowd estimated at 2,000, Wal-Mart "engaged in specific marketing and advertising techniques to specifically attract a large crowd and create an environment of frenzy and mayhem and was otherwise careless, reckless and negligent."
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December 03, 2008
Feds to Judge: Don't 'Second Guess' Bush Domestic Spy Program
SAN FRANCISCO -– The Bush administration on Tuesday urged a federal judge to dismiss lawsuits against the nation's telecommunications companies accused of complying with the government's once-secret spy program adopted in the wake of the 2001 terror attacks on the United States. "That was designed to protect from a terrorist attack," Deputy Assistant Attorney General Carl Nichols told U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker.
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SAN FRANCISCO -– The Bush administration on Tuesday urged a federal judge to dismiss lawsuits against the nation's telecommunications companies accused of complying with the government's once-secret spy program adopted in the wake of the 2001 terror attacks on the United States. "That was designed to protect from a terrorist attack," Deputy Assistant Attorney General Carl Nichols told U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker.
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In Courtroom Showdown, Bush Demands Amnesty for Spying Telecoms
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Bush administration on Tuesday will try to convince a federal judge to let stand a law granting retroactive legal immunity to the nation's telecoms, which are accused of transmitting Americans' private communications to the National Security Agency without warrants. At issue in the high-stakes showdown — set to begin at 10:00 a.m. PST — are the nearly four dozen lawsuits filed by civil liberties groups and class action attorneys against AT&T, Verizon, MCI, Sprint and other carriers who allegedly cooperated with the Bush administration's domestic surveillance program in the years following the Sept. 11 terror attacks. The lawsuits claim the cooperation violated federal wiretapping laws and the Constitution.
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Homosexuality Editorial Puts 1st Amendment On Trial
A woman is suing the university where she worked for firing her over a privately written newspaper commentary expressing her Christian views on homosexuality. Crystal Dixon, the former associate vice president of human resources at the University of Toledo, was fired in May after she objected to an opinion article in the Toledo Free Press that compared striving for "gay rights" with the civil rights struggles of black Americans.
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A woman is suing the university where she worked for firing her over a privately written newspaper commentary expressing her Christian views on homosexuality. Crystal Dixon, the former associate vice president of human resources at the University of Toledo, was fired in May after she objected to an opinion article in the Toledo Free Press that compared striving for "gay rights" with the civil rights struggles of black Americans.
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Bush Signs Law Promoting Censorship Of Kids' Programming
President Bush on Tuesday signed the Child Safe Viewing Act, requiring the Federal Communications Commission to explore the market for technologies that allow parents to censor the programming their children watch. The new law requires the FCC to issue a notice of inquiry to examine what advanced content-blocking technologies are available for various communication devices and platforms. It also calls for the FCC to consider how to encourage the development and use of such technologies without affecting content providers' pricing or packaging.
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President Bush on Tuesday signed the Child Safe Viewing Act, requiring the Federal Communications Commission to explore the market for technologies that allow parents to censor the programming their children watch. The new law requires the FCC to issue a notice of inquiry to examine what advanced content-blocking technologies are available for various communication devices and platforms. It also calls for the FCC to consider how to encourage the development and use of such technologies without affecting content providers' pricing or packaging.
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Posted by Editor at 07:14 AM
St. Louis Alderman Calls On Residents To Arm Themselves
ST. LOUIS -- A city alderman frustrated with the police response to rising crime called Tuesday on residents to arm themselves to protect their lives and property. Alderman Charles Quincy Troupe said police are ineffective, outnumbered or don't care about the increase in crime in his north St. Louis ward. St. Louis has had 157 homicides in 2008, 33 more than last year at this time. "The community has to be ready to defend itself, because it's clear the economy is going to get worse, and criminals are getting more bold," Troupe, 72, said Tuesday.
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ST. LOUIS -- A city alderman frustrated with the police response to rising crime called Tuesday on residents to arm themselves to protect their lives and property. Alderman Charles Quincy Troupe said police are ineffective, outnumbered or don't care about the increase in crime in his north St. Louis ward. St. Louis has had 157 homicides in 2008, 33 more than last year at this time. "The community has to be ready to defend itself, because it's clear the economy is going to get worse, and criminals are getting more bold," Troupe, 72, said Tuesday.
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Wounded Deer Attacks Hunter Who Shot Him
SEDALIA, Mo. -- A Sedalia hunter bagged a big buck on the second day of firearms season, but the kill caused him a lot of pain. Forty-nine-year-old Randy Goodman said he thought two well-placed shots with his .270-caliber rifle had killed the buck on Nov. 19. Goodman said the deer looked dead to him, but seconds later the nine-point, 240-pound animal came to life. The buck rose up, knocked Goodman down and attacked him with his antlers in what the veteran hunter called "15 seconds of hell." The deer ran a short distance and went down, and died after Goodman fired two more shots.
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SEDALIA, Mo. -- A Sedalia hunter bagged a big buck on the second day of firearms season, but the kill caused him a lot of pain. Forty-nine-year-old Randy Goodman said he thought two well-placed shots with his .270-caliber rifle had killed the buck on Nov. 19. Goodman said the deer looked dead to him, but seconds later the nine-point, 240-pound animal came to life. The buck rose up, knocked Goodman down and attacked him with his antlers in what the veteran hunter called "15 seconds of hell." The deer ran a short distance and went down, and died after Goodman fired two more shots.
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Posted by Editor at 12:32 AM
50 Strange Buildings of the World
Village Of Joy.com
1. The Crooked House (Sopot, Poland)
2. Forest Spiral - Hundertwasser Building (Darmstadt, Germany)
3. The Torre Galatea Figueras (Spain)
4. Ferdinand Cheval Palace a.k.a Ideal Palace (France)
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Village Of Joy.com
1. The Crooked House (Sopot, Poland)
2. Forest Spiral - Hundertwasser Building (Darmstadt, Germany)
3. The Torre Galatea Figueras (Spain)
4. Ferdinand Cheval Palace a.k.a Ideal Palace (France)
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Posted by Editor at 12:06 AM
December 02, 2008
New World Order: Lawyers Call For International Court For The Environment
Lawyers call for international court for the environment. A former chairman of the Bar Council is calling for an international court for the environment to punish states that fail to protect wildlife and prevent climate change. By Louise Gray, Environment Correspondent Last Updated: 2:19PM GMT 01 Dec 2008. Previous1 of 2 ImagesNext Stephen Hockman QC said an international court will be needed to enforce any binding climate change agreement.
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Lawyers call for international court for the environment. A former chairman of the Bar Council is calling for an international court for the environment to punish states that fail to protect wildlife and prevent climate change. By Louise Gray, Environment Correspondent Last Updated: 2:19PM GMT 01 Dec 2008. Previous1 of 2 ImagesNext Stephen Hockman QC said an international court will be needed to enforce any binding climate change agreement.
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Hot Air: UN Global Warming Talks To Create 13K Tons Of Carbon
Staging a global forum on climate change is a dilemma, as it adds to the very problem it is trying to solve. Around 13,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) will be added to the Earth's greenhouse effect from the December 1-12 meeting of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the UNFCCC said. That estimate is based on a turnout of 8,000 people, but as of Sunday 10,657 people had registered for the talks. Poland, which is hosting the meeting, "plans to offset the total emissions resulting from the conference once a final calculation has been made," the UNFCCC said.
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Staging a global forum on climate change is a dilemma, as it adds to the very problem it is trying to solve. Around 13,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) will be added to the Earth's greenhouse effect from the December 1-12 meeting of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the UNFCCC said. That estimate is based on a turnout of 8,000 people, but as of Sunday 10,657 people had registered for the talks. Poland, which is hosting the meeting, "plans to offset the total emissions resulting from the conference once a final calculation has been made," the UNFCCC said.
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Posted by Editor at 06:22 AM
Bailed-Out Bank Goes on Toll Road Buying Binge
Bailed out Citigroup fund spends $10 billion buying 44 toll roads.
Citi toll roadJust one week after receiving a pledge of $306 billion in support from US taxpayers, Citigroup announced the intended $10 billion acquisition of a debt-laden Spanish toll road group. Citi Infrastructure Partners will hand over $3.6 billion in cash and assume $6.3 billion in debt from Sacyr Vallehermoso, the parent company of the Intinere Infraestructuras toll road group. Itinere operates 32 toll roads in Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Portugal and Spain and Ireland. Another twelve concessions are under construction. Sacyr today issued a statement to Spanish investors noting that the company succeeded in offloading 37 percent of its total debt to the US firm.
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Bailed out Citigroup fund spends $10 billion buying 44 toll roads.
Citi toll roadJust one week after receiving a pledge of $306 billion in support from US taxpayers, Citigroup announced the intended $10 billion acquisition of a debt-laden Spanish toll road group. Citi Infrastructure Partners will hand over $3.6 billion in cash and assume $6.3 billion in debt from Sacyr Vallehermoso, the parent company of the Intinere Infraestructuras toll road group. Itinere operates 32 toll roads in Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Portugal and Spain and Ireland. Another twelve concessions are under construction. Sacyr today issued a statement to Spanish investors noting that the company succeeded in offloading 37 percent of its total debt to the US firm.
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Posted by Editor at 06:22 AM
Liberal Group Charges 'Hate Speech' Against Broadcaster
CINCINNATI -- He is well known, outspoken and often the target of criticism, but now 700 WLW's Bill Cunningham is being called out by a Washington, D.C.-based media watchdog group. "What we're trying to call attention to is the real extremist rhetoric that really feeds on hate and poisons our democratic discourse," Media Matters representative Paul Waldman said. The group said that they've zeroed in on Cunningham for comments such as, "people are poor because they don't work," and, "America is the only country in the world with poor fat people." Cunningham, for his part, remains unconvinced.
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CINCINNATI -- He is well known, outspoken and often the target of criticism, but now 700 WLW's Bill Cunningham is being called out by a Washington, D.C.-based media watchdog group. "What we're trying to call attention to is the real extremist rhetoric that really feeds on hate and poisons our democratic discourse," Media Matters representative Paul Waldman said. The group said that they've zeroed in on Cunningham for comments such as, "people are poor because they don't work," and, "America is the only country in the world with poor fat people." Cunningham, for his part, remains unconvinced.
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Posted by Editor at 06:21 AM
Robot Soldiers That Won't Commit War Crimes?
The US Army and Navy have both hired experts in the ethics of building machines to prevent the creation of an amoral Terminator-style killing machine that murders indiscriminately. By 2010 the US will have invested $4 billion in a research programme into "autonomous systems", the military jargon for robots, on the basis that they would not succumb to fear or the desire for vengeance that afflicts frontline soldiers. A British robotics expert has been recruited by the US Navy to advise them on building robots that do not violate the Geneva Conventions. Colin Allen, a scientific philosopher at Indiana University's has just published a book summarising his views entitled Moral Machines: Teaching Robots Right From Wrong.
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The US Army and Navy have both hired experts in the ethics of building machines to prevent the creation of an amoral Terminator-style killing machine that murders indiscriminately. By 2010 the US will have invested $4 billion in a research programme into "autonomous systems", the military jargon for robots, on the basis that they would not succumb to fear or the desire for vengeance that afflicts frontline soldiers. A British robotics expert has been recruited by the US Navy to advise them on building robots that do not violate the Geneva Conventions. Colin Allen, a scientific philosopher at Indiana University's has just published a book summarising his views entitled Moral Machines: Teaching Robots Right From Wrong.
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Posted by Editor at 05:00 AM
Cheney, Gonzales Indictments Dropped
A judge in Raymondville, Texas has dropped indictments against Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Judge Manuel Banales, after surviving a motion to have him removed from the case, threw out eight of the indictments brought by Willacy County District Attorney Juan Guerra, including those against two special prosecutors, two district judges, and a district clerk. Judge Banales ruled the grand jury returned the indictments against Cheney and Gonzales unlawfully.
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A judge in Raymondville, Texas has dropped indictments against Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Judge Manuel Banales, after surviving a motion to have him removed from the case, threw out eight of the indictments brought by Willacy County District Attorney Juan Guerra, including those against two special prosecutors, two district judges, and a district clerk. Judge Banales ruled the grand jury returned the indictments against Cheney and Gonzales unlawfully.
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Posted by Editor at 04:59 AM
Texas Gun Law Battle Brewing Over 'Open Carry' Proposal
They're setting their sights on Texas and coming out firing. More than a month before the legislative session starts Jan. 13, gun-rights supporters are asking state lawmakers to pass an "open carry" law to let Texans stop covering up the guns they carry and wear them openly. They are putting their message on billboards, on banners on cabs and in radio ads, asking others to sign on to the cause. "We are targeting Texas," said Mike Stollenwerk, co-founder of www.opencarry.org, a champion of the growing nationwide effort. "Texas is probably the most pro-gun state, but doesn’t have open-carry laws.
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They're setting their sights on Texas and coming out firing. More than a month before the legislative session starts Jan. 13, gun-rights supporters are asking state lawmakers to pass an "open carry" law to let Texans stop covering up the guns they carry and wear them openly. They are putting their message on billboards, on banners on cabs and in radio ads, asking others to sign on to the cause. "We are targeting Texas," said Mike Stollenwerk, co-founder of www.opencarry.org, a champion of the growing nationwide effort. "Texas is probably the most pro-gun state, but doesn’t have open-carry laws.
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Posted by Editor at 04:59 AM
Treasury Department Investigating U.S. Attorney For Leaking State Supreme Court Justice's Tax Returns
The Department of Justice's Office of Professional Responsibility and the US Treasury Department are investigating allegations that a Bush-appointed US Attorney inappropriately shared private income tax information on one of his targets with a state judicial commission that included one of his relatives, according to court documents and a source close to the investigation.
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The Department of Justice's Office of Professional Responsibility and the US Treasury Department are investigating allegations that a Bush-appointed US Attorney inappropriately shared private income tax information on one of his targets with a state judicial commission that included one of his relatives, according to court documents and a source close to the investigation.
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Posted by Editor at 04:58 AM
Texas Spends $10 Million a Year Promoting Toll Roads
Texas Department of Transportation has 130 employees dedicated to lobbying and spin. Rep Lois KolkhorstThe Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) spends more than $10 million a year on a governmental and public affairs operation which rivals in size that used by many federal agencies. Using documents obtained under the freedom of information act, the San Antonio Express News found 63 headquarters employees were assigned to the Government and Public Affairs division at an annual cost of $6.5 million. Another 67 were assigned media relations duties at the headquarters and in regional offices at a cost of $4 million per year.
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Texas Department of Transportation has 130 employees dedicated to lobbying and spin. Rep Lois KolkhorstThe Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) spends more than $10 million a year on a governmental and public affairs operation which rivals in size that used by many federal agencies. Using documents obtained under the freedom of information act, the San Antonio Express News found 63 headquarters employees were assigned to the Government and Public Affairs division at an annual cost of $6.5 million. Another 67 were assigned media relations duties at the headquarters and in regional offices at a cost of $4 million per year.
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Posted by Editor at 04:58 AM
Investigation Uncovers Irregularities in DC Speed Camera Contract
Washington, DC officials ignored legal procedures when awarding a multimillion dollar speed camera contract. DC Inspector General Charles WilloughbyThe Inspector General for the District of Columbia concluded earlier this month that the city ignored proper legal procedures when awarding a highly lucrative contract to run Washington's red light camera and speed camera program.
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Washington, DC officials ignored legal procedures when awarding a multimillion dollar speed camera contract. DC Inspector General Charles WilloughbyThe Inspector General for the District of Columbia concluded earlier this month that the city ignored proper legal procedures when awarding a highly lucrative contract to run Washington's red light camera and speed camera program.
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Posted by Editor at 04:56 AM
Report: U.S. War On Drugs Has Failed
The United States' war on drugs has failed and will continue to do so as long as it emphasizes law enforcement and neglects the problem of consumption, a Washington think tank says in a report co-chaired by a former president of Mexico. The former president, Ernesto Zedillo, in an interview, called for a major rethinking of U.S. policy, which he said has been "asymmetrical" in demanding that countries such as Mexico stanch the flow of drugs northward, without successful efforts to stop the flow of guns south. In addition to disrupting drug-smuggling routes, eradicating crops and prosecuting dealers, the U.S. must confront the public health issue that large-scale consumption poses, he said.
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The United States' war on drugs has failed and will continue to do so as long as it emphasizes law enforcement and neglects the problem of consumption, a Washington think tank says in a report co-chaired by a former president of Mexico. The former president, Ernesto Zedillo, in an interview, called for a major rethinking of U.S. policy, which he said has been "asymmetrical" in demanding that countries such as Mexico stanch the flow of drugs northward, without successful efforts to stop the flow of guns south. In addition to disrupting drug-smuggling routes, eradicating crops and prosecuting dealers, the U.S. must confront the public health issue that large-scale consumption poses, he said.
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Posted by Editor at 04:55 AM
Psychiatric Institute: 1 In 5 Young Adults Has Personality Disorder
CHICAGO -- Almost one in five young American adults has a personality disorder that interferes with everyday life, and even more abuse alcohol or drugs, researchers reported Monday in the most extensive study of its kind. Study co-author Dr. Mark Olfson of Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute called the widespread lack of treatment particularly worrisome. He said it should alert not only "students and parents, but also deans and people who run college mental health services about the ``need'' to extend access to treatment." The study was funded with grants from the National Institutes of Health, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and the New York Psychiatric Institute. Dr. Sharon Hirsch, a University of Chicago psychiatrist not involved in the study, praised it for raising awareness about the problem and the high numbers of affected people who don't get help.
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CHICAGO -- Almost one in five young American adults has a personality disorder that interferes with everyday life, and even more abuse alcohol or drugs, researchers reported Monday in the most extensive study of its kind. Study co-author Dr. Mark Olfson of Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute called the widespread lack of treatment particularly worrisome. He said it should alert not only "students and parents, but also deans and people who run college mental health services about the ``need'' to extend access to treatment." The study was funded with grants from the National Institutes of Health, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and the New York Psychiatric Institute. Dr. Sharon Hirsch, a University of Chicago psychiatrist not involved in the study, praised it for raising awareness about the problem and the high numbers of affected people who don't get help.
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Posted by Editor at 04:55 AM
Research on Mice Links Fast Food to Alzheimer's
LONDON -- Mice fed junk food for nine months showed signs of developing the abnormal brain tangles strongly associated with Alzheimer's disease, a Swedish researcher said on Friday. The findings, which come from a series of published papers by a researcher at Sweden's Karolinska Institutet, show how a diet rich in fat, sugar and cholesterol could increase the risk of the most common type of dementia. "On examining the brains of these mice, we found a chemical change not unlike that found in the Alzheimer brain," Susanne Akterin, a researcher at the Karolinska Institutet's Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, who led the study, said in a statement.
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LONDON -- Mice fed junk food for nine months showed signs of developing the abnormal brain tangles strongly associated with Alzheimer's disease, a Swedish researcher said on Friday. The findings, which come from a series of published papers by a researcher at Sweden's Karolinska Institutet, show how a diet rich in fat, sugar and cholesterol could increase the risk of the most common type of dementia. "On examining the brains of these mice, we found a chemical change not unlike that found in the Alzheimer brain," Susanne Akterin, a researcher at the Karolinska Institutet's Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, who led the study, said in a statement.
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Posted by Editor at 04:54 AM
CNN Pitches a Cheaper Wire Service to Newspapers
CNN, in the afterglow of an election season of record ratings for cable news, is elbowing in on a new line of business: catering to financially strained newspapers looking for an alternative to The Associated Press. For nearly a month, a trial version of CNN’s wire service has been on display in some newspapers. But this week editors from about 30 papers will visit Atlanta to hear CNN’s plans to broaden a service to provide coverage of big national and international events — and maybe local ones — on a smaller scale and at a lower cost than The A.P.
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CNN, in the afterglow of an election season of record ratings for cable news, is elbowing in on a new line of business: catering to financially strained newspapers looking for an alternative to The Associated Press. For nearly a month, a trial version of CNN’s wire service has been on display in some newspapers. But this week editors from about 30 papers will visit Atlanta to hear CNN’s plans to broaden a service to provide coverage of big national and international events — and maybe local ones — on a smaller scale and at a lower cost than The A.P.
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Posted by Editor at 01:34 AM
Man Says God Ordered Him To Ram Vehicle At 100 Mph
SAN ANTONIO -- A man who rammed his truck into a woman's vehicle on a highway early Friday told authorities he crashed into her while going more than 100 mph because God told him "she needed to be taken off the road." The truck rear-ended the car on U.S. Highway 281, both vehicles spun across a median then came to a stop along a barrier in the opposite lanes. Both drivers suffered only minor injuries. "He just said God said she wasn't driving right, and she needed to be taken off the road," Bexar County Sheriff's Office spokesman Kyle Coleman said in the online edition of the San Antonio Express-News. "God must have been with them, 'cause any other time, the severity of this crash, it would have been a fatal."
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SAN ANTONIO -- A man who rammed his truck into a woman's vehicle on a highway early Friday told authorities he crashed into her while going more than 100 mph because God told him "she needed to be taken off the road." The truck rear-ended the car on U.S. Highway 281, both vehicles spun across a median then came to a stop along a barrier in the opposite lanes. Both drivers suffered only minor injuries. "He just said God said she wasn't driving right, and she needed to be taken off the road," Bexar County Sheriff's Office spokesman Kyle Coleman said in the online edition of the San Antonio Express-News. "God must have been with them, 'cause any other time, the severity of this crash, it would have been a fatal."
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December 01, 2008
Pentagon to Detail U.S. Troops to Bolster Domestic Security
The U.S. military expects to have 20,000 uniformed troops inside the United States by 2011 trained to help state and local officials respond to a nuclear terrorist attack or other domestic catastrophe, according to Pentagon officials. The long-planned shift in the Defense Department's role in homeland security was recently backed with funding and troop commitments after years of prodding by Congress and outside experts, defense analysts said. There are critics of the change, in the military and among civil liberties groups and libertarians who express concern that the new homeland emphasis threatens to strain the military and possibly undermine the Posse Comitatus Act, a 130-year-old federal law restricting the military's role in domestic law enforcement.
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The U.S. military expects to have 20,000 uniformed troops inside the United States by 2011 trained to help state and local officials respond to a nuclear terrorist attack or other domestic catastrophe, according to Pentagon officials. The long-planned shift in the Defense Department's role in homeland security was recently backed with funding and troop commitments after years of prodding by Congress and outside experts, defense analysts said. There are critics of the change, in the military and among civil liberties groups and libertarians who express concern that the new homeland emphasis threatens to strain the military and possibly undermine the Posse Comitatus Act, a 130-year-old federal law restricting the military's role in domestic law enforcement.
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Posted by Editor at 06:56 AM
No Messing Around Obama's Motorcade
Chicago drivers have been adjusting to a new reality since the Nov. 4 election: Wherever President-elect Barack Obama goes, traffic disruptions follow. [A]fter the election when the president-elect's motorcade was traveling to FBI headquarters downtown for Obama's first intelligence briefing, according to a pool report to the media from a Los Angeles Times reporter. "Some of the drivers here in Chicago do not seem to understand that a) the Chicago police car at the end of the president-elect's motorcade is serious about having traffic pull over when the officers flash their lights and hit their sirens, and b) it's not a great idea to jump ahead of traffic by trying to cut around the black SUV filled with five heavily armed Secret Service members," the reporter noted. On Van Buren Street, a tan sedan attempted to drive around Obama's motorcade. "The SUV cut the car off immediately, and the security team aimed their weapons at the car," the pool report said.
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Chicago drivers have been adjusting to a new reality since the Nov. 4 election: Wherever President-elect Barack Obama goes, traffic disruptions follow. [A]fter the election when the president-elect's motorcade was traveling to FBI headquarters downtown for Obama's first intelligence briefing, according to a pool report to the media from a Los Angeles Times reporter. "Some of the drivers here in Chicago do not seem to understand that a) the Chicago police car at the end of the president-elect's motorcade is serious about having traffic pull over when the officers flash their lights and hit their sirens, and b) it's not a great idea to jump ahead of traffic by trying to cut around the black SUV filled with five heavily armed Secret Service members," the reporter noted. On Van Buren Street, a tan sedan attempted to drive around Obama's motorcade. "The SUV cut the car off immediately, and the security team aimed their weapons at the car," the pool report said.
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Posted by Editor at 06:56 AM
Contractors May Have To E-Verify Workers' Status
Putnam lawmakers are considering a bill that would require plumbers, electricians and others who are licensed or registered in the county to use the federal E-Verify program to ensure that their newly hired employees have authorization to work in the U.S. "My main purpose is to combat document fraud and protect the consumer," said Legislator Dan Birmingham, R-Brewster, a Wall Street lawyer who drafted the proposed law. "It's not an anti-immigration issue. The consumer has a right to know who is working on their property." The Internet-based system operated by the Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration allows employers to electronically verify the employment eligibility of workers and the validity of their Social Security numbers.
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Putnam lawmakers are considering a bill that would require plumbers, electricians and others who are licensed or registered in the county to use the federal E-Verify program to ensure that their newly hired employees have authorization to work in the U.S. "My main purpose is to combat document fraud and protect the consumer," said Legislator Dan Birmingham, R-Brewster, a Wall Street lawyer who drafted the proposed law. "It's not an anti-immigration issue. The consumer has a right to know who is working on their property." The Internet-based system operated by the Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration allows employers to electronically verify the employment eligibility of workers and the validity of their Social Security numbers.
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Posted by Editor at 06:55 AM
Warning Boosts Security On N.Y. and D.C. Transit
Holiday travelers in New York and Washington yesterday faced heightened security in subway and rail stations after federal authorities warned of "uncorroborated but plausible information" received in late September about a possible al-Qaeda attack. The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security issued the warning to state and local officials, saying that al-Qaeda may have discussed targeting New York City transit systems, DHS and New York police spokesmen said.
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Holiday travelers in New York and Washington yesterday faced heightened security in subway and rail stations after federal authorities warned of "uncorroborated but plausible information" received in late September about a possible al-Qaeda attack. The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security issued the warning to state and local officials, saying that al-Qaeda may have discussed targeting New York City transit systems, DHS and New York police spokesmen said.
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Posted by Editor at 06:55 AM
Mall Displays Shoplifters' Mugs
The Staten Island district attorney hopes to discourage shoplifting over the holidays by running mug shots of five convicted shoplifters on video monitors in the local mall. The mug shots flash every six minutes onto 65-inch, high-definition plasma screens encased in 10-foot, double-sided cabinets. The advertising displays are scattered through the Staten Island Mall's common spaces. By mid-January, the ads, which run on 11 monitors, will have 2 million exposures. "Want to be famous?" the ad asks. "Shoplift in this mall and you could have your face right here."
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The Staten Island district attorney hopes to discourage shoplifting over the holidays by running mug shots of five convicted shoplifters on video monitors in the local mall. The mug shots flash every six minutes onto 65-inch, high-definition plasma screens encased in 10-foot, double-sided cabinets. The advertising displays are scattered through the Staten Island Mall's common spaces. By mid-January, the ads, which run on 11 monitors, will have 2 million exposures. "Want to be famous?" the ad asks. "Shoplift in this mall and you could have your face right here."
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Posted by Editor at 06:52 AM
Thief Steals Thanksgiving Dinner Off Woman's Porch
OREGON, Wis. -- A Wisconsin family found it hard to be thankful after a thief made off with their turkey dinner. Lillian Moore says she sent a cooler stuffed with Thanksgiving food to her daughter Cindy, only to have it stolen from her porch. Moore packed the cooler with half a turkey, potatoes and salad. She left it on her daughter's porch Wednesday evening because her daughter's refrigerator was too small to hold the food. When Cindy Moore went to get the turkey Thanksgiving morning, the cooler was gone.
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OREGON, Wis. -- A Wisconsin family found it hard to be thankful after a thief made off with their turkey dinner. Lillian Moore says she sent a cooler stuffed with Thanksgiving food to her daughter Cindy, only to have it stolen from her porch. Moore packed the cooler with half a turkey, potatoes and salad. She left it on her daughter's porch Wednesday evening because her daughter's refrigerator was too small to hold the food. When Cindy Moore went to get the turkey Thanksgiving morning, the cooler was gone.
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Posted by Editor at 06:51 AM
Companies Push Biking To Work
A growing number of companies across the USA are offering incentives to their employees to promote bike commuting. In October, Congress passed the Bikes Commuters Act, which was included in the bailout plan. It will give companies a tax credit of up to $20 per month per cycling employee beginning in January, according to Lucia Graves, spokeswoman for Democratic Rep. Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, sponsor of the act. Although there is no national data on the number of businesses providing incentives to employees bicycling to work, bicycle groups say more companies are working toward it.
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A growing number of companies across the USA are offering incentives to their employees to promote bike commuting. In October, Congress passed the Bikes Commuters Act, which was included in the bailout plan. It will give companies a tax credit of up to $20 per month per cycling employee beginning in January, according to Lucia Graves, spokeswoman for Democratic Rep. Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, sponsor of the act. Although there is no national data on the number of businesses providing incentives to employees bicycling to work, bicycle groups say more companies are working toward it.
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Posted by Editor at 06:50 AM
Children's Welfare Groups Slam Australia Net Filters
Support for the Government's plan to censor the internet has hit rock bottom, with even some children's welfare groups now saying that that the mandatory filters, aimed squarely at protecting kids, are ineffective and a waste of money. Live trials of the filters, which will block "illegal" content for all Australian internet users and "inappropriate" adult content on an opt-in basis, are slated to begin by Christmas, despite harsh opposition from the Greens, Opposition, the internet industry, consumers and online rights groups.
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Support for the Government's plan to censor the internet has hit rock bottom, with even some children's welfare groups now saying that that the mandatory filters, aimed squarely at protecting kids, are ineffective and a waste of money. Live trials of the filters, which will block "illegal" content for all Australian internet users and "inappropriate" adult content on an opt-in basis, are slated to begin by Christmas, despite harsh opposition from the Greens, Opposition, the internet industry, consumers and online rights groups.
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Posted by Editor at 06:49 AM
Microsoft In $20 Billion Yahoo Deal
Software giant Microsoft is in talks to acquire Yahoo’s online search business for $20 billion (£13 billion). The proposal forms the centrepiece of a complex transaction that would see Microsoft support a new management team to take control of Yahoo. But there is no intention of Microsoft tabling another takeover bid for the web giant, after its aborted $47.5 billion offer this summer.
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Software giant Microsoft is in talks to acquire Yahoo’s online search business for $20 billion (£13 billion). The proposal forms the centrepiece of a complex transaction that would see Microsoft support a new management team to take control of Yahoo. But there is no intention of Microsoft tabling another takeover bid for the web giant, after its aborted $47.5 billion offer this summer.
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Posted by Editor at 03:04 AM
US Military Recruiting Children Under 17 to Serve in the Armed Forces
In violation of its pledge to the United Nations not to recruit children into the military, the Pentagon “regularly target(s) children under 17,” the American Civil Liberties Union(ACLU) says. The Pentagon “heavily recruits on high school campuses, targeting students for recruitment as early as possible and generally without limits on the age of students they contact,” the ACLU states in a 46-page report titled “Soldiers of Misfortune.” This is in violation of the U.S. Senate's 2002 ratification of the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Pentagon recruiters are enrolling children as young as 14 in the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps(JROTC) in 3,000 middle-, junior-, and high schools nationwide.
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In violation of its pledge to the United Nations not to recruit children into the military, the Pentagon “regularly target(s) children under 17,” the American Civil Liberties Union(ACLU) says. The Pentagon “heavily recruits on high school campuses, targeting students for recruitment as early as possible and generally without limits on the age of students they contact,” the ACLU states in a 46-page report titled “Soldiers of Misfortune.” This is in violation of the U.S. Senate's 2002 ratification of the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Pentagon recruiters are enrolling children as young as 14 in the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps(JROTC) in 3,000 middle-, junior-, and high schools nationwide.
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Posted by Editor at 02:58 AM
Students Lie, Cheat, Steal, But Say They're Good?
NEW YORK -- In the past year, 30 percent of U.S. high school students have stolen from a store and 64 percent have cheated on a test, according to a new, large-scale survey suggesting that Americans are too apathetic about ethical standards. Educators reacting to the findings questioned any suggestion that today's young people are less honest than previous generations. Michael Josephson, the institute's founder and president, said he was most dismayed by the findings about theft. The survey found that 35 percent of boys and 26 percent of girls - 30 percent overall - acknowledged stealing from a store within the past year. One-fifth said they stole something from a friend; 23 percent said they stole something from a parent or other relative.
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NEW YORK -- In the past year, 30 percent of U.S. high school students have stolen from a store and 64 percent have cheated on a test, according to a new, large-scale survey suggesting that Americans are too apathetic about ethical standards. Educators reacting to the findings questioned any suggestion that today's young people are less honest than previous generations. Michael Josephson, the institute's founder and president, said he was most dismayed by the findings about theft. The survey found that 35 percent of boys and 26 percent of girls - 30 percent overall - acknowledged stealing from a store within the past year. One-fifth said they stole something from a friend; 23 percent said they stole something from a parent or other relative.
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"Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God." (1 Corinthians 6: 9-10)
Posted by Editor at 02:21 AM
Santa Ana Police Pull Over, Taser Naked DUI Suspect
SANTA ANA, Calif. -- California authorities got a shock of their own when they discovered that a drunken driving suspect they had just stunned with a Taser was completely naked. Santa Ana police say the naked man was pulled over by police Wednesday night after his van hit a car. Police Commander Stephen Colon says a driver alerted officers to the van that had just hit his car. He says the driver was fumbling in the front seat and refused to put his hands up. Policed used a stun gun on his head and neck and then saw he was completely naked.
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SANTA ANA, Calif. -- California authorities got a shock of their own when they discovered that a drunken driving suspect they had just stunned with a Taser was completely naked. Santa Ana police say the naked man was pulled over by police Wednesday night after his van hit a car. Police Commander Stephen Colon says a driver alerted officers to the van that had just hit his car. He says the driver was fumbling in the front seat and refused to put his hands up. Policed used a stun gun on his head and neck and then saw he was completely naked.
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Posted by Editor at 02:19 AM
November 29, 2008
11 Boys Removed At Faith-Based Reclamation Ranch
EMPIRE, Alabama -- A faith-based program plans a protest near the Blount County Courthouse where a hearing is to be held on what will be done with a group of boys removed Saturday from one of its facilities by law enforcement officers investigating allegations of severe abuse, beating and torture. The faith-based program is calling the accusations false and misleading on its Web site. About 11 boys were removed from a Reclamation Ranch facility in Empire on Saturday and, based on court orders, placed into the custody of the Blount County Department of Human Resources, said Blount County District Attorney Tommy Rountree. The pastor and founder of the facility put the number at 17 boys.
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EMPIRE, Alabama -- A faith-based program plans a protest near the Blount County Courthouse where a hearing is to be held on what will be done with a group of boys removed Saturday from one of its facilities by law enforcement officers investigating allegations of severe abuse, beating and torture. The faith-based program is calling the accusations false and misleading on its Web site. About 11 boys were removed from a Reclamation Ranch facility in Empire on Saturday and, based on court orders, placed into the custody of the Blount County Department of Human Resources, said Blount County District Attorney Tommy Rountree. The pastor and founder of the facility put the number at 17 boys.
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News Clip: Eastpointe Catholic Church Vandalized
Vandals go on a rampage inside St. Barnabas Catholic Church in Eastpointe. They shattered windows, smashed equipment and even committed an act of desecration in the sanctuary.
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Vandals go on a rampage inside St. Barnabas Catholic Church in Eastpointe. They shattered windows, smashed equipment and even committed an act of desecration in the sanctuary.
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Judge Scolds San Diego County For Closing Church
A federal judge scolded San Diego County for closing a Christian church's worship center and ordered officials to process permits needed by the congregation to remedy violations. The ruling found that Guatay Christian Fellowship, on Old Highway 80 in San Diego County, probably will win its lawsuit against the county, which had shut down the building and banned the congregation from meeting there over a zoning issue.
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A federal judge scolded San Diego County for closing a Christian church's worship center and ordered officials to process permits needed by the congregation to remedy violations. The ruling found that Guatay Christian Fellowship, on Old Highway 80 in San Diego County, probably will win its lawsuit against the county, which had shut down the building and banned the congregation from meeting there over a zoning issue.
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Freedom From Religion Foundation Sues Rancho Cucamonga Over Removed Billboard
A group that promotes separation of church and state filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the city of Rancho Cucamonga after a billboard on Route 66 that read "Imagine No Religion" was taken down and destroyed. The Freedom From Religion Foundation is suing the city because it says Redevelopment Director Linda Daniels, who is also named in the suit, contacted the billboard company telling it of the numerous complaints the city had received regarding the billboard and asked if the company could do anything.
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A group that promotes separation of church and state filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the city of Rancho Cucamonga after a billboard on Route 66 that read "Imagine No Religion" was taken down and destroyed. The Freedom From Religion Foundation is suing the city because it says Redevelopment Director Linda Daniels, who is also named in the suit, contacted the billboard company telling it of the numerous complaints the city had received regarding the billboard and asked if the company could do anything.
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Posted by Editor at 10:17 AM
God in Middle of Homeland Security Debate
A Kentucky lawmaker says the state's Homeland Security office should credit God with keeping Kentucky safe. State Rep. Tom Riner, a Southern Baptist minister who was instrumental in establishing that requirement in 2006, disapproves of the fact that Homeland Security doesn't currently mention God in its mission statement or on its Web site. State Rep. Tom Riner, a Southern Baptist minister who was instrumental in establishing that requirement in 2006, disapproves of the fact that Homeland Security doesn't currently mention God in its mission statement or on its Web site.
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A Kentucky lawmaker says the state's Homeland Security office should credit God with keeping Kentucky safe. State Rep. Tom Riner, a Southern Baptist minister who was instrumental in establishing that requirement in 2006, disapproves of the fact that Homeland Security doesn't currently mention God in its mission statement or on its Web site. State Rep. Tom Riner, a Southern Baptist minister who was instrumental in establishing that requirement in 2006, disapproves of the fact that Homeland Security doesn't currently mention God in its mission statement or on its Web site.
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Dead Sea Scrolls To Be Displayed In Rome
JERUSALEM -- Italian President Giorgio Napolitano said that he will open an exhibition of the famed Dead Sea Scrolls in Rome next year. Israel's Antiquities Authority announced Thursday that parts of the scrolls will be shown in Rome next year. Segments of the scrolls are lent out regularly to museums around the world but have not yet been shown in Italy. Napolitano viewed the scrolls on Wednesday during a visit to Israel. He said he will "personally inaugurate" the scrolls when they arrive in Rome. A firm date for the exhibit was not given.
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JERUSALEM -- Italian President Giorgio Napolitano said that he will open an exhibition of the famed Dead Sea Scrolls in Rome next year. Israel's Antiquities Authority announced Thursday that parts of the scrolls will be shown in Rome next year. Segments of the scrolls are lent out regularly to museums around the world but have not yet been shown in Italy. Napolitano viewed the scrolls on Wednesday during a visit to Israel. He said he will "personally inaugurate" the scrolls when they arrive in Rome. A firm date for the exhibit was not given.
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Posted by Editor at 10:16 AM
November 28, 2008
Arizona Treasurer Calls Speed Cameras Unconstitutional
Another top elected official in Arizona has spoken out against photo radar in response to increasingly vocal resistance from the driving public. State Treasurer Dean Martin (R) on Monday wrote to the state's solicitor general instructing her to side with the League of Cities and Towns -- and against himself -- in a lawsuit brought against the state budget. As custodian of the state's monies, Martin is a defendant in the suit which argues that several of the revenue-raising provisions in the $9.9 billion budget adopted in June were unconstitutional.
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Another top elected official in Arizona has spoken out against photo radar in response to increasingly vocal resistance from the driving public. State Treasurer Dean Martin (R) on Monday wrote to the state's solicitor general instructing her to side with the League of Cities and Towns -- and against himself -- in a lawsuit brought against the state budget. As custodian of the state's monies, Martin is a defendant in the suit which argues that several of the revenue-raising provisions in the $9.9 billion budget adopted in June were unconstitutional.
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Posted by Editor at 08:54 AM
Web Spies Monitor Activists Online For Police, Attorney-General
A private intelligence company has been engaged by police to secretly monitor internet and email use by activist and protest groups, a report says. The company was hired to monitor and report on the internet activities of anti-war campaigners, animal rights activists, environmental campaigners, and other protest groups, Fairfax Media reported. It was hired by Victorian Police, the Australian Federal Police and the federal Attorney-General's department.
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A private intelligence company has been engaged by police to secretly monitor internet and email use by activist and protest groups, a report says. The company was hired to monitor and report on the internet activities of anti-war campaigners, animal rights activists, environmental campaigners, and other protest groups, Fairfax Media reported. It was hired by Victorian Police, the Australian Federal Police and the federal Attorney-General's department.
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Posted by Editor at 08:54 AM
NSA 'Kept Files On Tony Blair's Private Life', Claims ex-US Navy Operator
US intelligence officials kept a file on former prime minister Tony Blair's "private life", a former US navy communications operator claimed today. David Murfee Faulk, who worked at a listening post in Fort Gordon, Georgia, told ABCNews.com he saw the file on Blair in 2006. But he refused to provide details of what the file, held in an intelligence database called Anchory, contained, other than to say it was a file on his "private life" and included information of a personal nature.
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US intelligence officials kept a file on former prime minister Tony Blair's "private life", a former US navy communications operator claimed today. David Murfee Faulk, who worked at a listening post in Fort Gordon, Georgia, told ABCNews.com he saw the file on Blair in 2006. But he refused to provide details of what the file, held in an intelligence database called Anchory, contained, other than to say it was a file on his "private life" and included information of a personal nature.
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Posted by Editor at 08:53 AM
Guns Go Tax-Free For S.C. Shoppers
TVs and laptops won't be the only hot items in South Carolina this Black Friday. The state is offering an unusual perk to shoppers: no sales tax on handguns, rifles and shotguns. The so-called "Second Amendment Weekend" is thanks to a little-debated amendment legislators tacked on this summer to a tax break for energy-efficient appliances. While the energy-efficiency measure doesn't go into effect until next year, on Friday and Saturday gun buyers won't have to pay state and local sales taxes that can total 8 percent. Taxes still apply to ammunition and accessories.
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TVs and laptops won't be the only hot items in South Carolina this Black Friday. The state is offering an unusual perk to shoppers: no sales tax on handguns, rifles and shotguns. The so-called "Second Amendment Weekend" is thanks to a little-debated amendment legislators tacked on this summer to a tax break for energy-efficient appliances. While the energy-efficiency measure doesn't go into effect until next year, on Friday and Saturday gun buyers won't have to pay state and local sales taxes that can total 8 percent. Taxes still apply to ammunition and accessories.
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Posted by Editor at 08:12 AM
Cops Tase 54 Year Old Woman For Sitting In Wrong Seat At Football Game
MADISON -- Videotape obtained by 27 News of a woman fan who was subjected to a taser during a Badger football game suggests the incident created chaos. The videotape recorded by eyewitness Seth Dahmen captures fans yelling at UW police officers over police handling of ejected fan Margaret Hiebing. Hiebing, 54, a long time season ticket holder who had not been drinking, was ejected from Camp Randall stadium during the Oct. 11 game against Penn State after she was discovered sitting in a stadium aisle, with her seat occupied by someone else. Authorities said a taser was used to subdue Heibing.
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MADISON -- Videotape obtained by 27 News of a woman fan who was subjected to a taser during a Badger football game suggests the incident created chaos. The videotape recorded by eyewitness Seth Dahmen captures fans yelling at UW police officers over police handling of ejected fan Margaret Hiebing. Hiebing, 54, a long time season ticket holder who had not been drinking, was ejected from Camp Randall stadium during the Oct. 11 game against Penn State after she was discovered sitting in a stadium aisle, with her seat occupied by someone else. Authorities said a taser was used to subdue Heibing.
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Posted by Editor at 02:07 AM
Canadian Troops Undergo Urban Warfare Training
HOHENFELS, Germany -- A unit of Canadian soldiers is at a multinational training facility conducting exercises to prepare for evolving risks in an urban combat zone. The 2nd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment is at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Germany as part of the Cooperative Spirit 2008 training initiative along with troops from the United States, Britain, Australia and New Zealand, the Canadian National Defense Force reported.
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HOHENFELS, Germany -- A unit of Canadian soldiers is at a multinational training facility conducting exercises to prepare for evolving risks in an urban combat zone. The 2nd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment is at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Germany as part of the Cooperative Spirit 2008 training initiative along with troops from the United States, Britain, Australia and New Zealand, the Canadian National Defense Force reported.
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Posted by Editor at 02:04 AM
Man Who Threw Pie At Vt. Governor Gets 5 Work Days
BARRE, Vt. -- A man who hit Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas in the face with a pie during an Independence Day parade in Montpelier will spend five days on a work crew for the stunt. Matthew Manning pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct Wednesday and apologized. He called himself a disappointment to his community. The 23-year-old dressed as Santa Claus and ran up to Douglas during the July 3 parade and hit him with a pie before being tackled. The governor wasn't injured.
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BARRE, Vt. -- A man who hit Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas in the face with a pie during an Independence Day parade in Montpelier will spend five days on a work crew for the stunt. Matthew Manning pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct Wednesday and apologized. He called himself a disappointment to his community. The 23-year-old dressed as Santa Claus and ran up to Douglas during the July 3 parade and hit him with a pie before being tackled. The governor wasn't injured.
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Posted by Editor at 01:55 AM
Sling.com Like Video Site Hulu With A Twist
NEW YORK -- Since its launch in March, video-streaming site Hulu has become a popular place to catch TV shows, video clips and movies for free on the Web. Apparently, the folks behind Hulu - which is a joint venture between General Electric Co.'s NBC Universal and News Corp. - aren't the only ones that think this is a good idea. This week, Sling Media, which makes the Slingbox device that lets you watch your home TV remotely, rolled out a "beta" version of its own video-streaming site, Sling.com. Owing to deals with Hulu and a number of the same partners that Hulu has, Sling.com has much of the same content. But there is one neat twist: if you have a Slingbox device, which lets you control and watch your TV from any Mac- or Windows-based computer equipped with high-speed Internet access, you can also use the site to control your Slingbox.
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NEW YORK -- Since its launch in March, video-streaming site Hulu has become a popular place to catch TV shows, video clips and movies for free on the Web. Apparently, the folks behind Hulu - which is a joint venture between General Electric Co.'s NBC Universal and News Corp. - aren't the only ones that think this is a good idea. This week, Sling Media, which makes the Slingbox device that lets you watch your home TV remotely, rolled out a "beta" version of its own video-streaming site, Sling.com. Owing to deals with Hulu and a number of the same partners that Hulu has, Sling.com has much of the same content. But there is one neat twist: if you have a Slingbox device, which lets you control and watch your TV from any Mac- or Windows-based computer equipped with high-speed Internet access, you can also use the site to control your Slingbox.
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