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Federal websites back online after Anonymous attack
Most of the websites shut down by a hackers group were up and running early Friday, including the U.S. Department of Justice, FBI and some entertainment sites after one of the federal government's largest anti-piracy crackdowns. "Hacktivist" collective Anonymous took credit for taking down the sites Thursday after the arrests of leaders of Megaupload.com and shut down the popular hub for illegal media downloads.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/20/busine...own/?hpt=ju_c2


After $350 million, law enforcement wireless network success still "doubtful"
A new report from the Justice Department's Inspector General finds DOJ has spent $350 million on developing an integrated wireless network that has "yet to achieve the results intended," and that after 10 years of trying "its success is doubtful." This stunning assessment comes a decade after the 9-11 tragedy highlighted a lack of coordination and effective communication between law enforcement and first responders, and spurred a commitment to fix the problem.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics...till-doubtful/


Medical marijuana dispensary laws to get state Supreme Court hearing
The California Supreme Court has again jumped into the fray over the legality of medical marijuana laws, deciding this week to review two lower-court rulings that affect how and whether local governments can regulate pot dispensaries across the state. The justices voted unanimously to review cases from Long Beach and Riverside that dealt with the ongoing conflict between California's 1996 voter-approved law allowing medical marijuana and federal laws barring the use or sale of the drug.
http://www.mercurynews.com/medical-m...680?source=rss


Convicted felons sent to Bay Area nursing home
Four prisoners are among the first 29 prisoners to be granted medical parole under a 2010 California law intended to save the state tens of millions of dollars in medical and guarding costs for permanently, medically incapacitated prisoners. Some of the parolees are bedridden, while others can be moved by wheelchair, and officials said that the parolees posed no threat to others. Yet the medical parole program is raising concerns among the state's long-term care ombudsmen, who investigate complaints from residents of nursing homes.
http://www.baycitizen.org/crime/stor...elons-nursing/

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Damning Evidence Emerges Against Apple & Google

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10-Year-Old Girl Swallowed By Giant Crocodile

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Victim identified in Hollywood severed head case
A man whose severed head, hands and feet were found in the hills below the famed Hollywood sign overlooking Los Angeles was identified by the coroner's office on Friday as 66-year-old Hervey Coronado Medellin. A mother and daughter who were walking dogs in a popular hiking area stumbled upon the Los Angeles resident's severed head earlier in the week, and a search nearby later turned up hands and feet. Homicide detectives were still questioning witnesses and potential suspects in the bizarre case, Los Angeles Police Department Lieutenant Andrew Neiman said.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/s...,3914924.story


Number of registered sex offenders in the U.S. nears three-quarters of a million
Today, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children released the results of its latest survey regarding the number of registered sex offenders located in the U.S. The organization's most recent survey of states found there are 747,408 registered sex offenders in the country today, which represents an increase of 7,555 offenders from the previous survey in June 2011. The first sex offender registry was created in 1947 in California. Today, every state has such a registry.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/num...ion-2012-01-23

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Hackers-for-Hire are easy to find
Sitting in his Los Angeles home, Kuwaiti billionaire Bassam Alghanim received an alarming call from a business associate: Hundreds of his personal emails were posted online for anyone to see. Mr. Alghanim checked and found it to be true, according to a person familiar with the matter. The emails included information on his personal finances, legal affairs, even his pharmacy bills, this person said. Cost to hire the hackers: about $400.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...543496380.html


Supreme Court rules warrant needed for GPS tracking
In a major decision on privacy in the digital age, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that police need a warrant before attaching a GPS device to a person's car. The ruling, which marked the justices' first-ever review of GPS tracking, was unanimous. The justices divided, however, on how the Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable searches and seizures applies to such high-tech tracking.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washing...GPS/52754354/1


Counterterror, emergency response centers not sharing information
Dozens of high-tech command centers built or beefed up throughout the United States after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to promote better information sharing and disaster preparation have struggled to do just that. A decade later, federal auditors found that two networks - one heavily focused on law enforcement and the other on emergency management - are often unaware of what the other is doing and in the process might be missing critical opportunities to improve efficiency.
http://californiawatch.org/dailyrepo...ormation-14587

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