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- California employees owe state US$13.3 million in unpaid loans
- Massachusetts study finds links between bullying and family violence
- Qur'an-burning pastor jailed after mosque protest barred
- U.S. drones enter Libya conflict
- Apple collecting location data from iPhone, iPad
- Murderer of road accident victim sentenced to death
| California employees owe state US$13.3 million in unpaid loans Posted: Sunday, April 24, 2011
The California Controller's office reports that eleven state agencies have given US$13.3 million in pay and travel advances that have not been collected. More... |
| Massachusetts study finds links between bullying and family violence Posted: Sunday, April 24, 2011 Both bullies and their victims are linked with an increased incidence of violence in the home, according to a report on Massachusetts middle and high school students released on Thursday. In a survey of 5,807 students in 138 schools covering incidents in the past year, about 25 percent of middle school students and 16 percent of high school students reported being bullied at school. More... |
| Qur'an-burning pastor jailed after mosque protest barred Posted: Sunday, April 24, 2011 A controversial Florida pastor who had planned a demonstration outside a Michigan mosque Friday evening was briefly jailed after a court decided the protest would cause a breach of the peace and he refused to post a "peace bond" of US$1 required by the judge. Fifty-nine-year-old Terry Jones, the pastor of a small church in Gainesville, Florida whose burning of the Qur'an sparked deadly protests in Afghanistan earlier this month, was denied a permit to stage a protest against "radical Islam" in front of the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn, Michigan, where one of the largest communities of Muslims in the US is located. Dearborn police cited concerns about violence and offered alternate sites for the protest, which Jones rejected, saying his protest would go ahead as planned. More... |
| U.S. drones enter Libya conflict Posted: Saturday, April 23, 2011
The first attacks carried out by United States Predator drones in Libya reportedly occurred today, as the Pentagon confirmed a strike carried out by the U.S. Air Force but declined to give further details. More... |
| Apple collecting location data from iPhone, iPad Posted: Saturday, April 23, 2011 Apple Inc.'s iPhone and iPad periodically send location information back to the company, according to new reports. The data is transmitted to a secure database that only it can access, Apple claims. Bruce Sewell, an attorney for Apple, sent a letter to two US Representatives last year, discussing the company's data collection techniques and policies. The thirteen-page letter states that location information is recorded and sent to Apple every twelve hours, but only if the user enables the device's location settings. More... |
| Murderer of road accident victim sentenced to death Posted: Saturday, April 23, 2011
Yao Jiaxin, a 21-year-old student at the Xi'an Conservatory of Music, was sentenced to death on Friday. Yao, from Xi'an in China's Shaanxi province, was convicted of homicide after stabbing a cyclist to death. More... |
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