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Police Officer Shoots 13-yr-old Boy Who Pointed A Gun At Him www.chron.com — A police officer investigating reports about gunfire in a Pasadena (TX) neighborhood critically wounded a 13-year-old boy after the boy turned toward him with a pistol. The boy was life-flighted to Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston, with 3 bullet wounds in the right side of his lower back. He is reported to be in critical, but stable, condition. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Government, Humanity, Other |
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Nigerian 419 Advance Fee Scammers Move To... LinkedIn? techdirt.com — It still seems difficult to believe that anyone falls for those "Nigerian" advance fee 419 scams, but time and time again we read about smart people who should know better who fall for them. And reports come in about just how much money these scams make. And, the really amazing thing, is that many of the victims are so convinced by the scam that even after it's all revealed, and they've lost all their money, they still believe the scammer's story. However, times are getting harder to convince people about these scams over unsolicited email, so apparently they're starting to move onto social networks, including business social networks like LinkedIn. Perhaps I just use LinkedIn in a very different manner than most people, but I find it hard to believe that if some random unknown person suddenly "connected" to you on LinkedIn and offered you a cut of a multi-million dollar stash, you wouldn't be suspicious. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Other, Technology |
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Mafia 'super-witness' gunned down www.guardian.co.uk — A "super-witness" who was due to testify on the links between politicians and mafia mobsters in Naples was gunned down in the street yesterday - the fourth victim in a month of shootings directed against witnesses who turn state's evidence. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Humanity, Other |
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Web 2.0 Sites a Thriving Marketplace for Malware www.washingtonpost.com — Malware is big business, and groups like the Albanian hackers are trying to cash in, using the latest Web 2.0 tools: social networking profiles, blogs, and other publicly available media and Web pages. The digital desperados are moving more and more into wide-scale advertising and brand building on public sites and networks More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Other, Technology |
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Fire Breaks Out in Hill Valley! Destroys Iconic Clock Tower ap.google.com — A fire at Universal Studios has destroyed a set from "Back to the Future," the King Kong exhibit and a video vault containing more than 40,000 videos and reels. Officials say the iconic courthouse square, and the famous clock tower, from "Back to the Future," has been destroyed. This is heavy. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Business, Entertainment, Other |
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Entire Minnesota Town Removed From Google Street View techdirt.com — Apparently a small "privately-owned" Minnesota town, called North Oaks, that includes "no trespassing" signs on all streets entering the community, wasn't particularly happy when it found out that Google's Street View vehicles made a trip through the town. After discovering (gasp!) images of houses in the town on Google Maps, the town demanded that Google take down the images -- which Google did. There's no real controversy here, since the town (correctly) asked Google to remove the images rather than rush to sue, but the whole thing still seems bizarre. What really is the big deal about Google Street View having photos online? It's difficult to see how this is any sort of privacy violation, but it does seem these days people go out of their way to think that they can control things that really shouldn't be controlled. Legally, the town may be on solid ground, since the community is on private land -- but it's difficult to see why they would object so strenuously to this offering. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Other, Technology |
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Women Fight For Right To Join Al Qaeda www.cbsnews.com — Muslim extremist women are challenging al Qaeda's refusal to include - or at least acknowledge - women in its ranks, in an emotional debate that gives rare insight into the gender conflicts lurking beneath one of the strictest strains of Islam. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Other, Religion |
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Ever wonder where Spam Originates from? www.technologyreview.com — Where does all that malicious Internet content come from? More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Other, Technology |
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Japanese woman caught living in man's closet www.chicagotribune.com — He became suspicious when the food started disappearing. But she lived there FOR A YEAR. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Humanity, Lifestyle, Other |
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Another Crane Collapse In Manhattan www.wnbc.com — A crane has collapsed at a construction site near 91st Street and First Avenue. Initial, unconfirmed reports say two people have died. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Business, Other |