Security concerns over Facebook have been raised yet again after a security consultant collected the names and profile URLs for 171 million Facebook accounts from publicly available information. The consultant, Ron Bowes, then uploaded the data as a torrent file allowing anyone with a computer connection to download the data. Full Story »
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The Facebook Data Torrent Debacle: Q&A
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Dog Training: Animal Experts Debunk the Alpha-Dog Myth
Time.com – Fri Jul 30, 12:15 pm ET Sent 250 timesAP
Why Victoria Stilwell and other experts are opposed to the submission techniques espoused by Dog Whisperer Cesar Millan Full Story »
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Antarctica Experiment Discovers Puzzling Space Ray Pattern
LiveScience.com – Fri Jul 30, 8:15 am ET Sent 205 timesA puzzling pattern in the cosmic rays bombarding Earth from space has been discovered by an experiment buried deep under the ice of Antarctica. Full Story »
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Agency weighs skirting Congress on immigration
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WASHINGTON - The Obama administration, unable to push an immigration overhaul through Congress, is considering ways it could go around lawmakers to let undocumented immigrants stay in the United States, according to an agency memo. Full Story »
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NM governor considers pardon for Billy the Kid
AP – Fri Jul 30, 5:41 pm ET Sent 172 timesAP
SANTA FE, N.M. - The showdown between Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid has fascinated the American public for nearly 130 years with its classic, Old West storyline of the frontier lawman hunting down the notorious gunslinger. Full Story »
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Activist: Iranian with stoning sentence tormented
AP – Fri Jul 30, 3:42 pm ETAP
LONDON - An Iranian woman whose sentence of death by stoning was lifted earlier this month says she's grateful for the international support she's received, but remains heartbroken at the separation from her children and tormented by the fear she could still be executed, a rights activist said Friday. Full Story »
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Obama calls charges against Rangel 'troubling'
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WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Friday called ethics charges against Democratic Rep. Charlie Rangel "very troubling" and said he hopes the longtime lawmaker can end his career with dignity. Several House Democrats went further, flat-out urging the New York congressman to resign. Full Story »
- Video: Rangel Still Attempts To Avoid Public Trial CBS 2 New York
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Dead whale found pinned to Alaska cruise ship
Reuters – Fri Jul 30, 2:55 am ETANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A dead whale was discovered pinned to the bow of a Princess Cruises luxury liner near Juneau, the third such incident involving the company's Alaska fleet in a decade, officials said on Thursday. Full Story »
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Inmate sues man he's convicted of burglarizing
AP – Fri Jul 30, 3:13 pm ETST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - A Florida inmate is suing the man he's convicted of burglarizing, claiming the man and two others roughed him up during a citizen's arrest. Michael Dupree is serving a 12-year sentence for burglary and cocaine possession stemming from a 2007 break-in of a van in St. Petersburg. Dupree allegedly stole a bicycle locked inside and was apprehended after the owner, Anthony McKoy, saw him with the bike down the street. Full Story »
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Rangel: What’s in it for him to stand and fight?
The Upshot – Fri Jul 30, 5:33 pm ETCharlie Rangel's dealing days are over. Whatever else happens to the embattled Democratic congressman from New York — who's facing 13 charges from the House Ethics Committee, involving everything from incomplete financial filings to improper fundraising for a center named in his honor at New York's City College — he won't have a settlement in [...] Full Story »
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Obama spokesman says Dems will keep House in fall
AP – Fri Jul 30, 7:25 am ETAP
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's press secretary says he thinks the Democrats will keep control of the House after the fall elections. Full Story »
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Newman, Hamlin say they were fined by NASCAR
AP – Fri Jul 30, 6:11 pm ETAP
LONG POND, Pa. - Asked the amount of his NASCAR fine, Ryan Newman kept quiet. Full Story »
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Calcium supplements linked to heart attacks: study
AFP – Fri Jul 30, 5:19 am ETAFP/Getty Images
PARIS (AFP) - Ordinary calcium supplements taken by the elderly to strengthen bones may boost the risk of heart attacks, according to a study released Friday. Full Story »
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Google Cries Wolf as Outage Disrupts China Operations
NewsFactor – Fri Jul 30, 5:01 pm ETAfter assuming the worst with its China operations, Google on Thursday evening backed off accusations of censorship in the communist nation. Google said earlier Thursday that the Chinese government was blocking its search engine, Google Mobile, and Google Ad products. Google also said its news and image services were being "partially blocked." Full Story »
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Anthony Weiner Goes Ballistic At GOP For Killing 9/11 Responders Health Care Bill (VIDEO)
Huffington Post – Fri Jul 30, 10:04 am ETHouse Republicans late Thursday were able to corral enough votes to defeat a bill that would have provided up to $7.4 billion in aid to those sickened by toxins resulting from the 9/11 attacks. Full Story »
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