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AT&T, Sprint Claim Customers Agreed To Creepy Tracking Software
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Kim Jong Il Dies From 'Great Mental And Physical Strain'.. Heart Attack
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MISSILE TEST REPORTED.. Son Named 'Successor'.. Nuclear Diplomacy Delays..
WATCH: State TV Host In Tears.. South Korea In The Dark.. Bans Visits To North..Government Leaders React.. WATCH: North Koreans Grieve.. Twitter Reactions
Five California traffic laws that drivers might be confused about
How well do you know traffic laws? Can you wear headphones while driving? Can you drive barefoot? Must you turn your headlights on when your windshield wipers are on? Here's a look at five laws you might not know.
http://www.latimes.com/business/auto...,6985990.story
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LAPD steps up holiday DUI patrols, checkpoints
The Los Angeles Police Department announced its holiday campaign to combat drunken driving. It provided a list of planned sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols through this weekend.
http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_19555244
Kim Jong-un visits his father's body
Son and assumed heir of Kim Jong-il pays respects as Hillary Clinton says US stands ready to help North Korean people.
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Advocates of scaling back California's tough Three-Strikes law hope for place on ballot
Buoyed by a favorable financial analysis, advocates of an initiative to scale back the nation's toughest "three-strikes" law will soon launch a signature-gathering drive to put the measure on California's November ballot. Revising California's law would save state taxpayers tens of millions of dollars a year initially and up to $100 million a year in the long run, according to supporters, largely in reduced prison and parole costs. A brief analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office will appear on the ballot itself as well as on signature petitions.
http://www.mercurynews.com/californi...685?source=rss
In California mental hospitals, assaults rarely a crime
Violence in California's psychiatric hospitals has been increasing, partly because the kind of patients treated at the hospitals has changed. Generally, people with mental illness aren't especially dangerous. But these days, about 90 percent of the patients in California's mental hospitals are committed by the criminal justice system. They've been found not guilty by reason of insanity, for example, or incompetent to stand trial.
http://www.kpbs.org/news/2011/dec/20...-rarely-crime/
Congress' new terrorism rules leave open questions
After a bruising battle in Congress, the Obama administration retained the right to investigate and try suspected terrorists in civilian courts. But officials say newly enacted legislation raises a host of questions that will complicate and could harm the investigation of terrorism cases. During a struggle that began last May and ended this past week in a compromise defense bill, the administration waged an uphill fight against a majority of Republicans and some Democrats trying to expand the role of the military while reducing the role of civilian courts in the fight against terrorism.
http://newssun.suntimes.com/news/952...questions.html
TSA screenings aren't just for airports anymore
The Transportation Security Administration teams are increasingly conducting searches and screenings at train stations, subways, ferry terminals and other mass transit locations around the country. The TSA's 25 "viper" teams - for Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response - have run more than 9,300 unannounced checkpoints and other search operations in the last year. Department of Homeland Security officials have asked Congress for funding to add 12 more teams next year.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...,3213641.story
More ballot wars: The cost of crime and punishment
The cost of prisons, prisoners and public safety could be a major issue on November's ballot. If certain initiatives qualify for the ballot, voters will have to decide between their desire for taxpayer savings within the criminal justice system and California's traditional tough-on-crime stand. Initiatives are moving forward to change the Three Strikes law by giving courts more discretion on sentencing a third conviction. A second initiative will ask voters to do away with the death penalty.
http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/201...and-punishment