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Posted on January 21, 2012 by admin | No Comments
A Red Rock, Ariz., man accused of posing as a lawyer in a $12,500 insurance scam was indicted on charges of fraud by an Arizona grand jury. The man, Victor Paul Vasquez, 41, allegedly negotiated the settlement with State Farm Insurance Co. on behalf of a woman who was in a car accident, according to The Republic newspaper. The check... Read More →
Posted on January 20, 2012 by admin | No Comments
In what the U.S. authorities have called one of the largest criminal copyright cases ever brought, the Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have seized the Web site Megaupload and charged seven people connected with it with running an international enterprise based on Internet piracy. Megaupload, one of the most... Read More →
Posted on January 20, 2012 by admin | No Comments
Controversy is building around the Morgan County coroner. I-Team 8 has exclusive details into why some are calling for him to be removed from office, and why he quietly left the Morgan County Sheriff's Department. Garry Long’s personal website touts his "26 years serving Morgan County." It highlights a career that includes being... Read More →
Posted on January 20, 2012 by admin | No Comments
Paparazzi, underhanded spouses and sneaky private investigators have much to fear from a ground-breaking decision that gives individuals a legal weapon against intrusions into their privacy. Experts say the Ontario Court of Appeal judgment that created a right to sue for “intrusion upon seclusion” will send a chill through anyone... Read More →
Posted on January 20, 2012 by admin | No Comments
A Hennepin County jury convicted ex-Hell's Angel and former bail bondsman Joseph "Big Joe" Gustafson Sr. of racketeering and other felonies Friday, in an explosive hearing in which a family member screamed an expletive at the jury and Gustafson swore at the judge. The verdict was announced Friday afternoon after a two-week trial and... Read More →
Posted on January 20, 2012 by admin | No Comments
Corrections officials in Onslow County, Ga., said they think they have solved the mystery of how a man managed to smuggle a .38- caliber handgun into his jail cell: He used his rectum. According to a news release, the Onslow County Sheriff's Office said the 10-inch-long weapon was found in the jail cell of Michael Leon Ward, following... Read More →
Posted on January 20, 2012 by admin | No Comments
A study examining Canadian police officers' TASER use is "woefully out of touch" with the realities law enforcement faces and falsely implies TASERs caused at least two dozen deaths, a spokesman for TASER International said. Though TASERs can reduce injuries to suspects, protect police officers and may prevent harm to bystanders, according... Read More →
Posted on January 20, 2012 by admin | No Comments
In an about-face, the feds have admitted wrongdoing in the cases of two elderly women who say they were strip-searched at Kennedy Airport by overzealous screeners. Federal officials had initially insisted that all “screening procedures were followed” after Ruth Sherman, 89, and Lenore Zimmerman, 85, went public with separate accounts... Read More →
Posted on January 20, 2012 by admin | No Comments
An Elementary School janitor who was arrested after a drug round up by police agencies had avoided undergoing any background checks by the Beaumont Independent School District (BISD) that may have uncovered past drug charges because he was hired prior to 2008, according to a report from KMBT 12 News in Beaumont, Texas. 12 News reports... Read More →
Posted on January 20, 2012 by admin | No Comments
Explosive allegations of espionage that centre on a Canadian intelligence leak to Moscow have resulted in the expulsion of four Russian embassy staff members from their stations in Ottawa, CTV News has learned. The expulsion of the Russian staff, who are alleged to have taken part in the scheme, reportedly occurred four days after... Read More →
Posted on January 20, 2012 by admin | No Comments
The U.S. military’s struggling to prevent counterfeit goods from infiltrating their supply chains. Now, they’re considering a novel approach to give legit wares a mark of distinction: embed them with strands of plant DNA. Working with a sub-contract from the Defense Logistics Agency, researchers at Applied DNA Sciences Inc. have... Read More →
Posted on January 20, 2012 by admin | No Comments
Google is experimenting with a new signup form that eliminates the ability to create anonymous accounts. The new form is part of an effort to expand the Google+ social network by automatically adding every new Google account to Google+. Because Google+ requires a name and gender the new signup form effectively eliminates the anonymous... Read More →
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