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What to know about the Wisconsin recall vote

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 14:39
Q: What started the effort to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker?...
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TheHill.com: "Keeping your cell phone from spying on you"

FourthAmendment.com - News - Thu, 2024-11-28 14:39

TheHill.com: Keeping your cell phone from spying on you by Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah):

In the age of Onstar, smartphones and GPS tracking devices, we are more effective than ever at tracking people. But the line between a convenient tool and an unreasonable search has become increasingly nebulous.

No one wants their every move surreptitiously monitored without permission – whether it be law enforcement, a spurned partner, or a nefarious stranger keeping tabs on us. Given the legal ambiguities associated with modern technology, we must update and clarify the law.

Although the Supreme Court ruled attaching a GPS device to a person’s car without their knowledge constitutes a search under the Fourth Amendment, there are no rules governing the use of geolocation information obtained from other types of devices.

Wisconsin holds recall more than a year in making

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 14:39
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- After a brief but bruising campaign that followed a more than yearlong fight over union rights and Wisconsin's cash-strapped budget, voters in the narrowly divided state began casting ballots Tuesday on whether to recall Gov. Scott Walker....
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Obama, Senate Dems court women with fair pay bill

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 14:39
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama and his allies in the Senate pushed Tuesday for a bill that calls for equal pay in the workplace, an election-year effort to merge political appeals to women with the No. 1 concern for all voters: the cash in their wallets on the heels of recession....
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Northeast Ohio teen indicted in 3 school-shooting deaths

CLEVELAND (AP) — A 17-year-old has been indicted in Ohio in the school shooting deaths of three students and the wounding of three others.

The indictment was returned Tuesday in Geauga County, east of Cleveland, against T.J. Lane.

A judge ruled last month that the youth must be tried as ...

Walker to mend political divide with brats, beer

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 14:39
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Gov. Scott Walker, fresh from becoming the nation's first governor ever to survive a recall election, wants to go about mending Wisconsin's political divide in an egalitarian way: over brats and beers....
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The cast of characters as Penn State trial starts

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 14:39
The main players in the Penn State scandal:...
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Sandusky jurors include Penn State senior, ex-prof

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 14:39
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) -- Most of the men and women who may render a verdict in Jerry Sandusky's child sexual abuse case have been chosen, and their ranks reflect the strong role Penn State plays in its surrounding community....
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Clinton in Georgia to bolster US ally's defenses

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 14:39
BATUMI, Georgia (AP) -- The United States announced Tuesday new military assistance to Georgia, and expressed solidarity with the former Soviet republic's hopes of regaining the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia....
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Zimmerman delays filing for new bond hearing

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — An attorney for the former neighborhood watch volunteer charged with killing Trayvon Martin is delaying his request for a new bond hearing.

George Zimmerman's attorney announced on his legal team's website Tuesday that he would put off filing a new bond motion. He offered no further ...

Clinton to China, Russia: Syria needs change

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 14:39
BATUMI, Georgia (AP) -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is inviting China and Russia to "be part of the solution in Syria" but says that must include a political transition from the Assad regime....
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Get a filter and look up: That dot is Venus

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 14:39
HONOLULU (AP) -- Stargazers around the world are setting up special telescopes and passing out cardboard eclipse glasses to view the rare celestial cameo of Venus passing in front of the sun....
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Disney to banish junk-food ads from kid shows

NEW YORK — Disney says its programming will no longer be sponsored by junk food.

The Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday that it will become the first major media company to ban such ads for its TV channels, radio stations and websites intended for children. That means kids watching Saturday ...

Zimmerman delays filing for new bond hearing

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 14:39
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- An attorney for the former neighborhood watch volunteer charged with killing Trayvon Martin is delaying his request for a new bond hearing....
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