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Fugitive wanted for child rape may be in L.A., the FBI says
The FBI was alerting the public Thursday about a fugitive wanted on five counts of child rape who may be in Los Angeles. The bureau is offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of John Joseph Hartin, a Dorchester, Mass., resident who has been on the run for 18 years. He has family and friends in Los Angeles, the FBI said.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lano...-fugitive.html
California colleges take back seat to California prisons
San Francisco State University President Robert Corrigan, who is retiring this year, and Provost Sue Rosser noted today in Washington that California is spending nearly as much money on prisons ($8.7 billion, or 9.45 percent of its budget), as it does on all of higher education ($9.3 billion, or 10.1 percent of its budget). Corrigan said the numbers are actually more stark. Total operational budgets for all 23 campuses of the state universities and for all nine UC campuses is $4.6 billion, less than half what the state spends on prisons.
http://blog.sfgate.com/nov05election...ornia-prisons/
State lawmakers want answers on prison spending
When California's prison system ran into the red last year, lawmakers forked over an additional $380 million. But now lawmakers say they can't get answers on where the money went, and prison officials have missed two deadlines to explain the spending. "The bureaucrats running our prisons habitually break their budgets and refuse to open their books to show us why," Assembly Budget Chairman Bob Blumenfield (D-San Fernando Valley) said in a statement.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/cali...a-prisons.html
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Deadly tornadoes tear across the Midwest, South
At least six people are confirmed dead and an undetermined number of people injured, emergency officials and forecasters say.
http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Co...5.grid-8x2.jpg
An employee of Henryville High School examines the remains of the building following severe storms. (Timothy D. Easley / AP)
Up-to-the-minute reports from NOAA
Tornado rips through Indiana town
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Hacker helped FBI break into Anonymous
An influential computer hacker turned FBI informant led investigators to his former accomplices, helping federal agents make their first significant crack into Anonymous, a cybergroup that attacks corporate and government websites. Four members of the international computer hacking group LulzSec were charged Tuesday with a worldwide conspiracy after the legendary hacker known in Internet circles as Sabu exposed the inner workings of the sophisticated attacks.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/st...ted/53389988/1
Guards quell riot at Folsom State Prison
Correctional officers at Folsom State Prison put down a wild prison melee involving up to 70 suspected gang members Tuesday, firing pepper spray and nonlethal rounds to quell the riot. No serious injuries were reported in the clash that broke out between two apparent rival gang factions. The brawl prompted correctional officers to summon reinforcements from the nearby California State Prison, Sacramento, said corrections agency spokesman Lt. Paul Baker.
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/03/07/431...s=Our%20Region
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FBI chief: Court ruling forces bureau to use agent surveillance instead of GPS in some probes
A recent Supreme Court ruling is forcing the FBI to deactivate its GPS tracking devices in some investigations, agency director Robert Mueller said Wednesday. Mueller told a congressional panel that the bureau has turned off a substantial number of GPS units and is using surveillance by agents instead. "Putting a physical surveillance team out with six, eight, 12 persons is tremendously time intensive," Mueller told a House Appropriations subcommittee.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politi...KxR_story.html
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