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San Fernando Valley roundup: Cyclist killed in North Hollywood, Miley Cyrus' home intruder sentenced to prison
Good morning, readers! Today is Saturday, October 13. An up-and-coming North Hollywood actress aspires to have a long career like Meryl Streep. Emayatzy Corinealdi, 32, stars in the film "Middle of Nowhere" and told the L.A. Times, "Moving here to L.A.,...
Tags: Democratic Party, Howard Lawrence Berman, Google+, Brad Sherman, Miley Cyrus
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Why is O'Malley silent on NSA spying?
As it turns out, we are "one" Maryland, as Gov. Martin O'Malley likes to say — one Maryland under surveillance by thousands of people who live and work in this state. The fact that Maryland is the spy capital of the United States is the story...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Fort Meade (military base), Interior Policy, Illegal Immigrants, Personal Weapon Control
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Obama: NSA secret data gathering 'transparent'
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama defended top secret National Security Agency spying programs as legal in a lengthy interview Monday, and called them transparent — even though they are authorized in secret. "It is transparent," Obama...
Tags: Fox News Channel (tv network), PBS (tv network), Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Politics, Dick Cheney
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NSA director says agency programs stopped around 50 terror plots
WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the National Security Agency said Tuesday the government's sweeping surveillance programs have foiled some 50 terrorist plots worldwide, including one directed at the New York Stock Exchange, in a forceful defense...
Tags: NYSE Euronext, Inc., Edward Snowden, Computer Networking and Internet, Barack Obama, Stock Market
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Apple says NSA made 5,000 requests for customer data
June 17 (Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc., the world's most- valuable technology company, received as many as 5,000 requests for customer information from U.S. law enforcement authorities amid widening revelations of government data collection. Between 9,000 and...Tags: Services and Shopping, Science and Technology, George W. Bush, Google Inc., Edward Snowden
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One-man rebellion: Sonny Vaccaro takes on the NCAA
Sonny Vaccaro can get lost in his words, the stories tumbling clumsily from one into the next, and if you aren't careful, the conversation can really end up in the desert. But when he's on point, when he knows exactly what needs to be explained, his...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, Trials, Gaming Industry, ESPN Classic (tv network)
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Too much secrecy threatens our security
After I downgraded the scandal value of the National Security Agency's massive gathering of our phone records and email data, a curious reader raised a thoughtful question: Would I "have the same tone if this story broke while (George W.) Bush was prez?"...Tags: Justice System, Politics, Email, Edward Snowden, White House
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Can the Obama administration be trusted?
— Thirty-five years ago in United States v. Choate, the courts ruled that the U.S. Postal Service may record "mail cover," i.e., what's written on the outside of an envelope — the addresses of sender and receiver. The National Security...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, Edward Snowden, Barack Obama, Michael Mukasey
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Another needless death in America's long, failed war on drugs
Thirteen years ago, Cpl. Ed Toatley was working undercover for the Maryland State Police when he was murdered during a botched drug deal in Washington, D.C. Ed was a close friend of mine, and his tragic death Oct. 30, 2000, began my quest to end America's...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Baltimore Police Department, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Murder, Law Enforcement
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Then what in Syria?
Two recent newspaper editorials illustrate the double-mindedness some feel about President Barack Obama's decision to provide small arms and ammunition to Syrian rebels. The Washington Post headlined an editorial: "No time for half-measures: Syria's...Tags: Ayman al-Zawahri, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), The Wall Street Journal, Iran
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Journalistic impartiality tested in NSA leak story
Edward Snowden may represent the archetypal leaker of the Internet age — a tech savant who justifies his civil disobedience as a righteous rebuttal to the big institutions he believes have intruded too far into ordinary people's lives. But it's...
Tags: Mitt Romney, George W. Bush, Journalism, Google Inc., Dick Cheney
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Mansion spending records indicate improper billing by Virginia governor and family
The Washington PostRICHMOND — Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell, R, and his wife, Maureen, have used taxpayer money for a range of small personal items they should have paid for themselves under state policy, according to spending records. The McDonnells have billed...Tags: Energy Drinks, Politics, Regional Authority, Credit and Debt, Vitamin Therapy
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