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Taiwan man sentenced for selling "cursed" house
Taipei - A Taiwan man has been sentenced to eight months' imprisonment for selling a house without...
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Russian court refuses to drop new charges against Khodorkovsky
Moscow - A Moscow court Tuesday refused to dismiss new charges of embezzlement and fraud against...
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Man sentenced to prison in New Zealand's biggest embezzlement case
Wellington - Michael Swann, 47, was sentenced Wednesday to nine years and six months in prison for...
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Tough Cattle Shrug Off Europe's Snow
Kiel, Germany - As the bitter chill of winter grips Europe, one of the toughest of bovine breeds,...
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L’Oreal Heiress On Madoff’s Victims List
Liliane Bettencourt was the wealthiest woman in the world and the heiress of L’Oreal Empire....
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No Christmas For Bulgaria Because Of Corruption
Sofia - Bulgarian officials complained how the European Union stole their Christmas when it...
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Survey: Many Americans Turning To Complementary, Alternative Medicine
More and more Americans choose complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) to treat their health...
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Former head of New Zealand immigration charged with fraud
Wellington - The former head of New Zealand's immigration service, Mary Anne Thompson, 53, has been...
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French Socialists vote - and it's Sarkozy who wins
Paris - The French Socialists just spent two days voting for a new leader, and the big winner was -...
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Cheers, warnings greet detention of Taiwan ex-president
Taipei - Many people in Taiwan on Wednesday welcomed the detainment of former President Chen...
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Banda wins Zambia presidential poll - opposition cries foul
Lusaka - Acting president Rupiah Banda was announced the winner of Zambia's presidential...
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Virginia Anti-Spam Law Declared Invalid
Following the much-publicized case and subsequent release of
“Spam King” Jeremy Jaynes by the...
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Update: Infamous Spammer Found Breach In Constitution
The Virginia Supreme Court declared the state's anti-spam law unconstitutional because of its...
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Jacob Zuma Ahead of Key Corruption Case Ruling
Jacob Zuma,
South Africa's ruling African National Congress leader, was due to hear Friday...
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Jacob Zuma "Rape" Cartoon Elicits Outrage, Admiration
Johannesburg - Fair game or cheap shot? In a case recalling the Danish caricatures of the Muslim...
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New Zealand foreign minister steps down over fraud inquiry
Wellington - New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters stepped down from his post Friday pending...
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The Two Bigfoot Pranksters Are Very Likely To End Up In Court
Everyone must have heard something about the Bigfoot hoax by now, as last week the topic was widely...
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Boston Subway System Hackers From MIT Get Out Of Trouble
Three MIT students managed to hack into Boston's transit payment system (Charlie Ticket) and...
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The Discovery Of Bigfoot’s Body Was Just A Money Making Scheme
The saying What goes up must come down perfectly applies to people's enthusiasm with regard to the...
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Hospital Executives Detained For Using Homeless People In Medical Fraud
FBI discovered an alleged fraud scheme involving federal Medicaid and state Medi-Cal health...
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FBI Arrests LA Hospitals Execs for Using Homeless People in Medical Fraud
A top hospital official and an operator of a homeless facility were reached by the long arm of the...
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Cybercrime Case Solved
Eleven people, including a U.S. Secret Service informant,
have been charged for hacking into...
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Mobster "Junior" Gotti Arrested, Charged With Murder Conspiracy
John A. "Junior" Gotti, the former head of the Gambino family, is currently under arrest...
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Michael Savage Continues Autism Discussion, Maintaining His Point of View
When you have the opportunity to inform people on certain
subjects, the worst thing to do is to...
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Mongolia Faces Riots after Election
Thursday, things got back to normal in the Mongolian capital,
after some post-election riots ended...
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400 Arrests in Operation Malicious Mortgage
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested 406 persons which have been indicted on charges of...
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OC Teenagers Charged With Hacking School Computers
Instead of learning and working harder, two high school
seniors took the easy road and hacked...
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"Tony” Rezko, a Former Obama Fundraiser, Found Guilty
There’s no turning back for Antoin "Tony" Rezko, a
former fund-raiser for Barack Obama,...
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Former Gov. George Ryan’s Appeal Rejected
George Ryan, the ex-governor of Illinois tried to make an appeal at the
United States Supreme...
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University Professor Accused of Passing Military Secret Documents
J. Reece Roth, a retired professor at the University of
Tennessee, was charged Monday of passing...
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U.S.
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Oversight group fears fraud, criminal acts in US financial rescue
Washington (dpa) - The United States' dramatic efforts to stabilize the financial system are...
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Former Illinois governor pleads not guilty to corruption
Washington - Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, who was booted from office by the state...
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Former governor indicted on charges of selling Obama's Senate seat
Washington - Rod Blagojevich, former governor of the Midwestern state of...
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Madoff's waterfront Florida home, three boats seized
Washington - Prosecutors started seizing the property of the fraudster-financier Bernard Madoff on...
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Prosecutors go after Madoff's luxury homes, cars, boats
Washington - US prosecutors intend to seize millions of dollars of homes, cars and other...
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Madoff jailed, pleads guilty to massive fraud in court
Washington - Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff will go to jail after admitting in court Thursday...
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Madoff pleads guilty to massive fraud in court
Washington - Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty in court Thursday to a...
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Pilot Who Tried to Fake Own Death Faces Criminal Charges
The Indiana businessman who tried to fake his own death in order to avoid financial and legal...
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Blagojevich defies party; names replacement for Obama
Washington - Embattled Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich appointed a replacement Tuesday for...
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Obama calls on Blagojevich to resign
Washington - President-elect Barack Obama called on Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich to resign...
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Illinois governor arrested for trying to sell Obama's Senate seat
Washington - Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and his chief of staff were arrested Tuesday on...
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Fourteen Felons Granted Clemency In the 12th Hour Of Bush's Term
In addition the more high-profile commute of rapper John
Edward Forte’s sentence, President George...
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Bush The Clement Grants 14 Pardons and Commutes 2 Sentences
In on of his last actions as the United States President, George W. Bush has granted 14 pardons and...
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Campaigns grow nasty as Obama, McCain ready for debate
Washington - As Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain prepare for the second...
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Disgraced former governor hopes for reality show remake
Los Angeles - The US governor ousted from office after allegedly trying to sell the Senate seat...
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Court hears Hong Kong tycoon tricked into giving away fortune
Hong Kong - Asia's richest woman signed a will giving away her entire...
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Michigan Man Tricks Apple into Sending him over 9,000 iPod Shuffles
A Michigan man was accused of tricking Apple Inc into sending him more than 9,000 replacement iPod...
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Yahoo Limits Personal Data Retention To 90 Days
Yahoo! Inc., owner of the eponymous search engine, will reduce the time it retains personal data it...
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Anthony Pellicano Sentenced to Jail
Private investigators have always been surrounded by an addictive dose of mystery. Usually, you...
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Former Star Detective Pellicano Sentenced to 15 Years Behind Bars
Anthony Pellicano, former celebrity detective, was sentenced
Monday to 15 years in prison in his...
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The Dishonest Mayor
The mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, was arrested by the FBI Monday, on federal charges including...
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MySpace Suicide Brings New Legal Twist
The tragedy involving the suicide of 13-year-old Megan Meier because of cyberbullying brought on by...
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Lori Drew Convicted On Three Misdemeanor Counts In MySpace Hoax Case
The highly debated case related to the MySpace hoax that led
to the suicide of 13 year old Megan...
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Web Site Operators Investigated For Not Taking Action To Prevent Young Man’s Live Suicide
Abraham Biggs Jr. was found dead in his father's bed Wednesday, 12 hours after he first declared on...
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Opening Statements in Cyberbullying Case
Recently, a
woman in the United States went on trial after she was charged
with posing as a boy...
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Former Intel Employee Accused Of Trade-Secret Theft
Biswamohan Pani is a former Intel employee who was recently accused by the huge microchip producing...
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ICANN Takes Aim at Estonian Domain Name Seller
On Tuesday, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
Numbers (ICANN) informed EstDomains,...
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Anne Hathaway to Play in Disney’s “Alice in Wonderland”
After some trouble with her Italian boyfriend, Anne Hathaway entered wonderland, but not as...
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Castroneves Cha-Cha-Charged For Tax Fraud
The dancing Brazilian Helio Castroneves got caught while trying to dance around the tax laws and...
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Amerindo Investment’s Fraud Trial Began
The top two executives of Amerindo Investment Advisers Inc., Alberto Vilar, who is also recognized...
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Mindy McCready Behind Bars!
The American country music artist, Mindy McCready, begins her sixty day sentence on Tuesday. She...
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Anne Hathaway Talks about Her Jailed, Italian Boyfriend
The "Princess Diaries" and "Devil Wears Prada" star Anne Hathaway opened up...
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Anne Hathaway’s Ex-Boyfriend to Serve Time
From serving the Vatican to serving time. This is the path
that Anne Hathaway’s ex-boyfriend...
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Google Shortens User Data Retention Period To Nine Months
Google has taken a new step toward protecting user privacy
by changing their log retention policy...
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Amerigroup to Resolve Fraud Allegations for $225 Million
Health insurer Amerigroup Corp will pay $225
million to resolve allegations that it defrauded the...
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Music Teacher Arrested For Soliciting Santa Cruz Girl
James Robert Barany, 37, of Campbell, the band director at Overfelt High School in San Jose, was...
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LA Hospitals Used Homeless People For Fraud
After raids on three hospitals in Los Angeles and Orange counties, two hospital executives were...
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Anne Hathaway's Diaries Confiscated by the FBI
Anne Hathaway's diaries have been confiscated by the FBI during a raid at her ex-boyfriend's...
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ICANN Opens Internet Domain Suffix Names
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, also known as ICANN, voted at a meeting in...
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Anne Hathaway's Ex Is In Over His Head
Ups and downs for actress Anne Hathaway. And only
downs for her ex boyfriend Raffaello Follieri...
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Anne Hathaway's Ex Boyfriend Arrested on Fraud Charges
Italian businessman Raffaello Follieri, the former boyfriend of actress Anne Hathaway, has been...
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Teenager Faces 38 Years In Prison For Modifying Grades
Two teenagers from Orange County, California have been caught attempting to change their grades by...
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Missouri Woman Pleads Not Guilty To MySpace Harassment Charges
The Missouri mother accused of harassing a 13-year-old girl via MySpace until the teen killed...
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Leona Helmsley's Pooch Shafted By New York Judge
When luxury hotelier Leona Helmsley, also known as "Queen of Mean," passed away in August...
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People
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New Zealand opera star Kiri te Kanawa defrauded by bank manager
Wellington - New Zealand opera diva Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, 65, suffered the theft of more than...
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Kevin Bacon and Wife Are Latest Victims in Madoff Ponzi Scheme
Hollywood actor Kevin Bacon and his wife, as well as a major Wall Street economist are the latest...
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Pellicano Gets 15 Years Behind Bars
Anthony Pellicano, former celebrity detective, was sentenced
Monday to 15 years in prison in his...
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Columbo Star Peter Falk Is a Victim of Alzheimer’s Disease
Catherine Falk claims her 81-year-old acting legend best known for his playing detective “Columbo...
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Lori Drew Case Started Today. Open Statements Made
In what promises to be one recent times’ most convoluted
cases, 49 year old Lori Drew is accused...
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Anne Hathaway’s Ex Sentenced to 54 Months in Jail
A sadder chapter in Anne Hathaway’s life has ended – former
boyfriend Raffaello Follieri, who...
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Raffaello Follieri, Anne Hathaway's ex, Gets Four And A Half Years In Jail
New York - Movie star Anne Hathaway's former boyfriend, Raffaello Follieri, was sentenced to four...
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Anne Hathaway’s Ex Tries to Reduce Prison Term
Harsh times are ahead for Anne Hathaway’s ex-boyfriend and
he is apparently going all-out to...
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Helio Castroneves Cha-Cha-Charged For Tax Fraud
The dancing Brazilian Helio Castroneves got caught while trying to dance around the tax laws and...
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Anne Hathaway Confesses About Ex-Beau, Raffaello Follieri
Just before her ex-beau pleaded guilty to federal charges of
wire fraud, money laundering and...
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Hathaway Ex Will Not Get Away With Charges
The so-called Vati-con, also known as Anne Hathaway’s ex was facing up to nine years in prison,...
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Con Man Follieri, Hathaway's Ex, Pleaded Guilty for Vatican Scheme
One would think that somebody like Anne Hathaway would have good taste in men. Well, it appears...
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Anne Hathaway’s Fraudulent Ex-Boyfriend Near Plea Deal
Raffaello Follieri, an Italian businessman initially famous
for dating Anne Hathaway and then for...
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Anne Hathaway Allegedly Paid Her Ex’s Rent before Phone Break Up
Could a guy ask for more than a good-looking, famous
girlfriend who also pays his thousands of...
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Hollywood Private Eye Convicted In Wiretapping Case
Former private investigator, who once worked for celebrities, Anthony Pellicano, was convicted...
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Kate Hudson Sued over Misappropriation of Hair Trade Secrets
Now that’s a mouthful – or a headful to grasp – Kate Hudson
has been sued by a California
company...
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Kate Hudson Sued In Hair Care Controversy
Actress Kate Hudson is again in the headlines. This time,
it’s not bad luck in love, but in...
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Alex Rodriguez Strikes Back With the Prenup Reminder
Four weeks after Cynthia Rodriguez filed for divorce from New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez, the...
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FBI Gets Hold of Anne Hathaway’s Intimate Diaries
The situation regarding Raffaello Follieri’s case is clearly
affecting actress Anne Hathaway, his...
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Anne Hathaway's Ex: From Courthouse To Hospital
Raffaello Follieri, Anne Hathaway's former boyfriend, who was arrested the other day on wire fraud...
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Anne Hathaway's Ex, Raffaelo Follieri, Arrested On Fraud Charges
Raffaelo Follieri, an Italian businessman, known for his four
year relationship with the actress...
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LA Hotel Sues Spector Over Due Payment
Los Angeles hotel the Westin Bonaventure claims record producer Phil Spector owes it more than...
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Former Wonder Woman Finds Body in Potomac River
Lynda Carter, the actress who played the title role in the fantasy-adventure TV series Wonder Woman...
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Boy Band Creator Pearlman Gets 25 Years In Jail
Music mogul Lou Pearlman, who created and promoted the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync, was sentenced...
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Wesley Snipes Gets 3-Year Prison Sentence
Wesley Snipes, the “Blade” movie star, was sentenced to
three years in prison Thursday for tax...
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Prosecutors: Wesley Snipes Should Get 3 Years in Jail
US prosecutors would like to make an example out of Wesley Snipes for tax evasion. The prosecutors...
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Dan Rather's Lawsuit against CBS Partly Dismissed
A Manhattan
judge dismissed Thursday most of the claims made by Dan Rather in his $70
million...
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Lindsay Sued by Ex-Bodyguard for Due Salary
A man claiming to have worked as Lindsay Lohan’s bodyguard
for five months last year filed a...
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LA Times Retracts Fake Rapper Article
The Los Angeles Times announced it had decided to retract an
article that linked associates of...
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Pamela Anderson's Third Marriage Dissolved
Pamela Anderson’s surprising third marriage to sex tape star Rick Salomon is now officially...
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Technology
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Botnet Creator Gets 48 Months In Jail for Stealing Private Information
A former security consultant with Mahalo was sentenced to 48 months in jail, after being accused of...
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Heartland Payment Gets Breached by Hackers
On Tuesday, Heartland Payment System officially announced that their electronic payment database...
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Twitter Detected Phishing Scam
The social networking website Twitter announced this weekend that it has detected a phishing scam...
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Yahoo Limits Data Retention to Three Months
Yahoo! Inc., owner of the eponymous search engine, will
reduce the time it retains personal data...
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Craiglist Rant Means Jail?
The Los Angeles Times reported that a man from Colorado
who posted anonymous comments on the...
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MySpace Verdict And Social Networks' Responsibility
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Lori Drew Found Guilty: Fake Online ID = Murder?
This controversial case has now the potential of leading to some serious legal reconsideration of...
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MySpace Case Draws Attention On The Vulnerability Of Teens Online
The increasing popularity of social networking sites has
brought a lot of attention and concern...
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L.A. Jury Resumes Deliberations In MySpace Suicide Case
The Los Angeles trial in the case of 49-year-old Lori Drew,
approached its finale, after the jury...
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L.A.: Jury Looking at First Testimonies in MySpace Suicide Case
It was an overwhelming day for the friends and family of
Megan Meier, as Lori Drew, the...
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Daily Spam Down 75% After ISP McColo Is Cut Off By Providers
Spam world received a major hit on Wednesday, when U.S.
based ISP McColo Corp., which offered Web...
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Intel Engineer Indicted for Stealing Trade Secrets
Back in August, police raiding the apartment of former Intel
engineer Biswamohan Pani on a tip...
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FCC Chairman Disappointed Over Decision To Delay Phone-Rate Voting
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin J. Martin has
halted the voting on the...
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Sinowal Trojan So Far Stolen 500,000 Account Details
Findings by security group RSA, which they
have posted on their blog,
indicated that the Trojan...
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Judge Ceases iPhone Battery Lawsuit
District judge Matthew F Kennelly in Chicago dismissed a lawsuit against Apple without it even...
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Google Reduces Privacy Policy to 9 Months
Google Inc announced this week its decision to reduce the period of information retention from 18...
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Google Shortens User Data Retention Period To 9 Months
Google has taken a new step toward protecting user privacy
by changing their log retention policy...
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MIT Students Found Not Guilty
The three students from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology taken to court by the...
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Facebook Dragged into Class-Action Lawsuit over Beacon
Facebook, along with 8 of the participants in Beacon, the social networking Web site’s...
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Lori Drew Has “No Law” On Her Side, Seeks Dismissal Of All Charges
Lori Drew, the woman allegedly responsible for the suicide
of 13-year-old MySpace user Megan...
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“Spam King” Behind Bars: Robert Soloway Gets 4 Years In Prison
Robert Soloway, also known as the “Spam King,” has been sentenced
to almost four years in...
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Justice Is Served: AOL Spammer Gets 30 Months Behind Bars
Another spammer was sentenced to some “quality time” in
prison, this time for 30 months, after...
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Internet Trafficking Of Prescription Drugs – A Thriving Business
Illegal Internet sales of prescription-free drugs is a thriving business, despite efforts by...
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PayPal Denies Safari Is On Its Black List
PayPal’s strategy of blocking
certain browsers, considered to be “unsafe” due to no anti-phishing...
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Greedy ISPs Expose Users to Unsecure Websites
Greedy ISPs in the U.S. and other parts of the world are cashing in on their customers' mistyped...
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PayPal’s Anti-Phishing Strategy Includes Blocking Some Browsers
As phishing attacks get tougher,
PayPal is working on preventing this phenomenon by blocking older...
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GAO: Sensitive Defense Items for Sale On eBay and Craigslist
The Government Accountability
Office (GAO) confirmed in a report released on Thursday that...
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Men – The Favorite Target of Internet Scams
The Internet is known to offer
endless possibilities and opportunities to its users, and that...
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Real Congressional Hearing On Second Life: Limits And Dangers
What are the limits and extent of a virtual world? This was the
topic on Tuesday’s congressional...
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Data Theft From 'Secure' Networks Becomes Harder To Contain
These days, it seems there is no
limit to what cyber-criminals can do, and as surprising as it may...
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Business
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Tech Mahindra to take over fraud-hit IT firm Satyam
New Delhi - Tech Mahindra Ltd, the technology arm of India's Mahindra Group,...
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Tech Mahindra Highest Bidder for Fraud-Hit Satyam
Tech Mahindra, an Indian joint venture between BT Group and Mahindra & Mahindra, is the top...
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US launches new crackdown on mortgage fraud
Washington - The United States launched a new crackdown Monday on mortgage fraud that may have...
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Head of Austria's Meinl Bank detained in fraud case
Vienna - The head of one of Austria's oldest business dynasties, Julius Meinl V, was detained on...
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Indian government names new board for fraud-hit IT firm
New Delhi - The Indian government on Sunday nominated three members to the new board of information...
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Wall Street fraudster Madoff under house arrest
New York - Bernard Madoff, the high-flying Wall Street investor charged with a...
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Madoff under house arrest
New York - Bernard Madoff, the high-flying Wall Street investor charged with a...
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Yahoo To Held Users' Personal Data Only 90 Days
Yahoo! Inc., owner of the eponymous search engine, will
reduce the time it retains personal data...
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Bernard Madoff, Not As Impeccable As Thought
Bernard Madoff has been arrested for a multibillion fraud that stretched from Europe to Asia and...
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Geneva firms said to have lost 4.2 billion dollars in Madoff scheme
Geneva - Banks and financial institutions in Geneva have lost possibly some 5 billion Swiss francs...
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Ex Intel's Engineer Faces Long Jail Term
Design engineer Biswamohan Pani, who previously
worked for Intel, was charged on Wednesday with...
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US District Judge Ceases iPhone Battery Lawsuit
District judge Matthew F Kennelly in Chicago dismissed a lawsuit against Apple without it even...
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Former Samsung Head Convicted to 3-year Suspended Jail Term
Ex-Samsung Group head Lee Kun-hee was sentenced to 3-years suspended jail on Wednesday for tax...
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ID Theft Security Company CEO Gets ID Stolen
After putting his social security number in
ads as part of the marketing strategy of its company,...
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Boeing Doesn't Know How to Lose
Apparently, legendary plane maker Boeing doesn't know how to lose. The company, despite being...
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EADS and Northrop Grumman Win Air Force Tanker Contract
European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company (EADS) and Northrop Grumman have prevailed over...
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Wesley Snipes Acquitted Of Tax Fraud Accusations
The star of Blade Trilogy, the actor Wesley Snipes was
acquitted on Friday of of felony tax fraud...
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Societe Generale under ‘Shock’ after the Century’s Biggest Hit
Societe Generale SA on Sunday accused trader Jerome Kerviel, 31of losing 4.9 billion euros ($7.2...
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SocGen Hit by $7 B Fraud, Bank of France to Begin Inquiry
The Bank of France announced on Thursday it has decided to open an inquiry into a suspected fraud...
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Ex-mogul Conrad M. Black Gets 6 Years for Fraud
On July 13,
2007, a Federal Court in Chicago declared press mogul Conrad Moffat Black, also
known...
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Nortel Gains Profit, Sales Drop
Nortel Networks Corp. gained profit in the third quarter
that ended on September 30 but due to...
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Texas Oilman Oscar Wyatt Pleaded Guilty to Conspiracy
Texas oilman billionaire Oscar S. Wyatt Jr. pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He...
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Gap Inc. Announces It Lost Data of 800,000 Job Applicants
Gap Inc. announced that one of its laptops which contained personal information of 800,000 people...
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Hyundai Motor Chief Released By Court Decision
A South-Korean appeals court ruled the suspension of
three-year jail sentence for fraud given to...
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Fallen Oil Giant Yukos Sold Its Last Assets
Bankrupt Russian oil company Yukos sold its last large
assets for $3.89 billion at auction on...
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Rosneft Scoops Up Yukos' Last Assests
Neft Aktiv, a subsidiary of Russian oil company Rosneft,
bought Thursday at an auction a major...
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