Nazi resistance fighter Moltke dead at 98: report
(AFP) – 6 days ago
NEW YORK — Freya von Moltke, a prominent member of the German resistance during World War II alongside her husband, has died at the age of 98 in the United States.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gRMu6FOilUxTnJBeZtPURFP5yX1g
U.S. lowers threshold for inclusion on no-fly lists
By Elise Labott, CNN
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
* Government overhauls criteria it uses because of failed Christmas Day attack
* Suspect Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab was not put on a no-fly list
* Sources say intelligence community has reviewed entire terrorist database since attack
* They say names have been added to watch, no-fly lists and visas revoked
Washington (CNN) -- The U.S. government has lowered the threshold for information deemed important enough to put suspicious individuals on a watch list or no-fly list, or have their visa revoked, senior State Department officials tell CNN.
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/01/05/terrorism.watch.list/index.html
guardian.co.uk home
White House: no 'smoking gun' clue in Detroit airline plot
* Ed Pilkington in New York
* guardian.co.uk, Sunday 3 January 2010 19.29 GMT
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/03/smoking-gun-detroit-airline-plot
Full body scanners may break child pornography laws
The full body scanners being introduced to Britain's airports risk breaking child protection laws against making indecent images of children, campaign groups have claimed.
By Heidi Blake
Published: 8:00AM GMT 05 Jan 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/6933898/Full-body-scanners-may-break-child-pornography-laws.html
BBC NEWS
Venezuela to devalue its currency
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has announced that the national currency, the bolivar, will be devalued for the first time since 2005, by at least 17%.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8449721.stm
Crash O's 'Cadillac'!
By SALLY GOLDENBERG and CARL CAMPANILE
Last Updated: 11:15 AM, January 8, 2010
Posted: 3:46 AM, January 8, 2010
Local unions are waging war against President Obama's proposed "Cadillac tax" on higher-cost health-care plans -- with one leader warning New York Democrats who approve the levy to watch out at the polls this year.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/crash_cadillac_mGWWhsbbhlkYHAD01Bx7QK
33% - Global Warming: A Hoax ... with Serious Ramifications
Tue Jan 5, 12:00 am ET
From April 2008 to October 2009 the percentage of Americans saying there is solid evidence of global warming has fallen from 71% to 57%. A third of the country now says there is no evidence of global warming, up from 21% last year.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20100105 ts_pew/33globalwarmingahoaxwithseriousramifications
Gang violence boosts death tally
A spike in the number of deadly gangland quarrels pushed last year's homicide count to 60
by Lou Michel
News Staff Reporter
Updated: January 03, 2010, 2:46 PM /
Just when it looked like Buffalo had a chance to begin a trend of fewer homicides, gang violence derailed the possibility.
City and police officials began last year buoyed by 2008's near-record low of 37 homicides, and they predicted the city was headed in the right direction.
But deadly quarrels among gang members fighting over drugs, money and turf pushed the number of homicides to 60 during the last 12 months.
That represents a 62 percent increase over 2008.
http://www.buffalonews.com/home/story/910802.html
Christian Science Monitor
More guns equal more crime? Not in 2009, FBI crime report shows.
FBI's latest crime report, for the first half of 2009, shows America is a less violent place even though ownership of guns has surged. Deterrent effect may have a role, but others see no correlation.
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By Patrik Jonsson Staff writer
posted December 23, 2009 at 2:44 pm EST
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2009/1223/More-guns-equal-more-crime-Not-in-2009-FBI-crime-report-shows.
How Automakers Abuse Intellectual Property Laws To Force You To Pay More For Repairs
from the it's-all-a-big-scam dept
Back in May, we wrote about the effort to get a Right to Repair bill passed for automobiles:
http://techdirt.com/articles/20091228/0345127515.shtml
Litigation and Trial - Max Kennerly
Posted at 8:49 AM on November 2, 2009 by Maxwell Kennerly
Does Copyright Law Care If James Cameron's Avatar Ripped Off Parts Of "Call Me Joe?"
The sharp readers of io9, themselves a collective Library of Alexandria of science fiction, noted surprising common elements between James Cameron's Avatar and a 1957 short story by Poul Anderson, "Call Me Joe:"
http://www.litigationandtrial.com/2009/11/articles/the-law/for-people/does-copyright-law-care-if-james-camerons-avatar-ripped-off-parts-of-call-me-joe/print.html
Washington DC sues AT&T over calling cards
Thu, Dec 31 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The attorney general for Washington D.C. has filed a lawsuit against an AT&T Inc unit, seeking to recover consumers' unused balances on prepaid calling cards.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BU3NF20091231
BBC NEWS
Mobile use 'may help' Alzheimer's
After all the concern over possible damage to health from using mobile phones, scientists have found a potential benefit from radiation.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8443541.stm
Mom of 9 cries foul
Claim: I was sterilized against my will
By Jessica Fargen | Sunday, January 3, 2010
Photo Christopher Evans
A 35-year-old mother of nine is suing a Springfield hospital, three doctors and two nurses, claiming they permanently sterilized her against her will, violating her reproductive rights, according to a lawsuit filed in Superior Court.
http://bostonherald.com/news/regional view/20100103mom_of_9_cries_foul_claim_i_was_sterilized_against_my_will/
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