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Don't think alternative app markets save your money
Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 3:53 PM EDT (Avast blog)
The Avast people note that those alternative sites for buying apps may want more from you than your patronage. You're tricked into downloading malware instead of Android apps. "So what is the lesson? Never trust weird looking alternative markets and always check the app permiss …
Sneaky New Identity Theft Scams
Seeded on Thu May 10, 2012 8:44 AM EDT (Yahoo!)
THE SCAM: Trolling social networking sites HOW IT WORKS: Thieves check out Facebook and Twitter looking for any piece of personal information they can use to search for your address, such as your name or phone number. "Once they know where you live, they can submit a change of …
Viewing Child Pornography Online Not A Crime in NY; New Ruling
Seeded on Thu May 10, 2012 7:35 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)
In a controversial decision that is already sparking debate around the country, the New York Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday that viewing child pornography online is not a crime. "The purposeful viewing of child pornography on the internet is now legal in New York," Senior J …
Bizarre Claim for $1 Trillion is conspiracy-nut's treat
Seeded on Tue May 8, 2012 6:24 PM EDT (Courthouse News)
"An American expatriate in Bulgaria claims the United Nations, the World Economic Forum, the Office of International Treasury Control and the Italian government conspired with a host of others to steal more than $1.1 trillion in financial instruments intended to support humani …
The Gruesome History of Eating Corpses as Medicine
Seeded on Tue May 8, 2012 5:50 PM EDT (Smithsonian)
Is it cannibalism if the person has been dead 2,000 years? (give or take) You may be shocked or amused to read what body parts were commonly prescribed as medicine in the Western world as late as 1908 -- when a last attempt to drink fresh blood at the scaffold was made in German …
Man grabbed woman 'for leather skirt, not body'
Seeded on Tue May 8, 2012 12:00 PM EDT (The Local - Germany's news in English)
A German man arrested for grabbing a woman told police he only wanted her "leather skirt, not her body." His story was backed up by a stash of leather gear found in his flat later.
4 High-Tech Ways the Federal Government is Spying on Private Citizens
Seeded on Mon May 7, 2012 7:15 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
1. The NSA is building a massive data center in Utah to read every email you'll ever send. Many of us are aware that little of what we say on social networks is really private. But you'd think your emails would be safe from prying eyes — especially those of you …
Mother Allowed Professor to Have Sex with Her 5-month-old Daughter, Gets 2 Life Sentences
Seeded on Fri May 4, 2012 10:06 PM EDT (the Mail online)
A woman who admitting allowing her five-month-old daughter to be raped by a man she met online was handed down two consecutive life sentences without probation today. Tessa L. Vanvlerah, 22, from St Louis, was charged with first-degree statutory rape and sodomy, as well as inc …
Bullet Casing Falls Out Of Suspect's Rear End During Search
Seeded on Thu May 3, 2012 10:00 PM EDT ()
Police say a spent bullet casing fell out of a drug dealer's rear end during a strip search. Authorities say the bullet fell out of 25-year-old Nathaniel Whack Jr. during a strip search after police arrested him following a shooting incident in North Charleston. On Wednesday …
Rude biker gave speed cameras the finger
Seeded on Thu May 3, 2012 1:11 PM EDT (The Local - Germany's news in English)
Munich police have caught a biker who was caught 26 times by the same speed camera – and often photographed giving traffic cops the finger.
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