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Small firm hit by 3-year hacking campaign puts face on growing cyber problem
Published February 22, 2013
Solid Oak is one of the few small companies that have spoken out in detail about being victimized by hackers -- but the threat of cyber-assault has become all too common.
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US officials addressing cyber threat at 'highest levels' with China, on heels of hacker report
Published February 19, 2013
Obama administration officials said Tuesday they have "serious concern" with China's alleged cyber-snooping and are raising the issue "at the highest levels" in Beijing, on the heels of a report that claimed China's People's Liberation Army had stolen data from 115 U.S. companies over a seven-year period.
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Georgia pols ramp up campaign to shift Tennessee border, siphon water supply
Published February 17, 2013
Georgia residents are thirsty for Tennessee water. And state lawmakers are willing to try and move the border in order to get it.
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VFW slams Pentagon's drone medal, complains it would outrank Purple Heart
Published February 14, 2013
America’s largest combat veterans group is worried the creation of a new medal for drone strikes and cyber-warfare could bestow higher honor on those using a joystick to kill terrorists than soldiers wounded on the battlefield.
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Georgia pol wants to make lewd photoshopping a crime after being mocked in porn star pic
Published February 13, 2013
A Georgia state lawmaker with an unconventional grasp of the First Amendment is backing a bill that would make photoshopping a person’s head onto someone else’s body a crime punishable by a $1,000 fine.
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Maryland proposal to claim copyright on students' work prompts backlash, legal review
Published February 12, 2013
A proposal recently floated by the Prince George's County Board of Education would give the government the copyright to anything created by teachers, students and employees before, during and after school hours.
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Lawmakers accuse VA of covering up veterans' deaths
Published February 11, 2013
A group of lawmakers is accusing the government of engaging in a high-stakes cover-up that includes hiding the real reason why five veterans died in a Pittsburgh-area hospital of Legionnaires’ disease – an outbreak they say could have been prevented -- and how thousands more could still be at risk.
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Colorado Democrats want gun manufacturers held liable for crimes committed with their guns
Published February 07, 2013
The owners and makers of assault-style weapons could soon be held legally liable in Colorado for crimes committed with their guns, if sponsors of a new gun-control package have their way.
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Legalize it? Lawmakers push for end to federal marijuana restrictions
Published February 06, 2013
Democratic lawmakers from states that recently approved pot legalization measures are pushing a pair of proposals at the federal level that would end the national ban on marijuana -- regulating and taxing the drug instead.
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Virginia advances bill pushing for state to establish its own currency
Published February 06, 2013
A proposal to study whether Virginia should adopt its own currency is gaining traction in the state legislature from a number of lawmakers as well as conservative economists. The state House voted 65-32 earlier this week to approve the measure.
