A quarter of a million Twitter accounts have been compromised by hackers, according to the social network. This follows similar attacks on the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times in the last two weeks. Analysis: Why Twitter may ...
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Washington Post reports that the mandate and funding of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR), which was established in October 2004, is due to expire in March, marking what it describes as the end of an effort to ...
The Kurdistan Regional Government is proud of the achievements of its oil and gas industry since the fall of the former regime in 2003. It expects the federal government of Iraq to be proud of them, too. Since oil exports from the ...
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Q. My wife just got laid off from her job, which has been supplying our health insurance for the past 15 years. I'm switching to my employer's plan but it says that pre-existing conditions won't be covered for the first 12 months. My wife ...
Let's use the occasion of the shortest day of the year to say so long to another energy-wasting incandescent lightbulb. Federal law mandates that 75-watt bulbs can no longer be made in the U.S. or imported as of January 1, although ...
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As 2013 comes, Americans say goodbye to 75-watt incandescent light bulbs. Under federal law, 75-watt bulbs can no longer be produced or imported as of January 1st, though retailers can still clear remaining stock. And traditional 60 and 40 ...
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A delegation of nine American specialists in the fields of federal law enforcement,justice,and cultural heritage protection visited Baghdad from December 17 to 20,2012,to attend a conference on Countering Antiquities Trafficking. At ...
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U.S. law enforcement surveillance of email and other Internet communication has skyrocketed in the last two years, according to data obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union. The number of so-called pen register and trap-and-trace ...
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The software allows stalkers to continuously track a person's whereabouts. But the US Congress's Senate judiciary committee has approved a bill that makes it a crime for companies to make and intentionally operate such stalking apps. ...
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The study examines the medical device coating and surface modification treatment industry, a global enterprise that BCC Research anticipates will reach nearly $8 billion by 2017. It describes the eight coating and surface treatment ...
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In the midst of a tough job market, prospective employees are now dealing with a troubling trend of employers seeking Facebook and other social media passwords as part of their vetting process. After a recent Associated Press report, ...
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The New York Court of Appeals carved out a rather large exception when it ruled that a man could not be accused of certain child pornography charges because he did not "possess" the images - he'd viewed them online. And in early 2011, the ...
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Toyota Motor Corporation has agreed to pay a record US$17.35 million($16.49 million)fine for failing to report a safety defect to the US federal government"in a timely manner"without admitting to any violation of its obligations under the ...
Tags: Toyota, fine US$17m, safety defect, NHTSA
CardioKinetix has started enrolling patients for its PARACHUTE III, a post-market safety surveillance trial, in Germany. The dual-arm, multi-center, open-label trial, which will enroll up to 100 ischemic heart failure patients, is ...
The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) called on President Barack Obama to immediately seek resolution to contract negotiations between the International Longshoremen Association (ILA) and United States Maritime Alliance (USMX). ...
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