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Court Says Bush Illegally Wiretapped Two Americans

A federal judge on Wednesday rules the George W. Bush administration illegally eavesdropped on the telephone conversations of two American lawyers who represented a now-defunct Saudi charity. (News Source: Wired News - 22:15:51)

Don’t ever try to con Doris

Many scammers view the elderly as easy prey.They obviously haven’t run into Doris Alexander.The 71-year-old Willow Street woman has fended off a handful of the most ruthless high-pressure telephone con artists - and that’s just in the past few weeks.”They’re picking on older people… (News Source: Lancaster Online - 02:41:27)

Court Rejects Government’s Executive Power Claims and Rules That Warrantless Wiretapping Violated Law

Today, Chief Judge Vaughn Walker of the federal district court in San Francisco found that the government illegally wiretapped an Islamic charity’s phone calls in 2004, granting summary judgment for the plaintiffs in Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation v. Obama . The court held the government liable for violating the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). (News Source: Electronic Frontier Foundations - 21:20:08)

FONTMASTERS! No, really, like typefaces and stuff. CATCH THE FEVER!

FONTMASTERS! YES! It is a real thing. I speculated a couple of weeks ago, having taken note of this event on the CAM calendar. Fonts and typefaces (there’s a difference, but we’ll get to that later) fascinate me as the standardized visual representation of language, letter by letter. (News Source: San Antonio Current - 01:46:25)

If single, look out for passsion

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Wednesday, March 31, 2010: This year, partnerships prove to be instrumental. Unusual creativity and a honed-in intellect mix to help you come up with a lot of ideas and solutions and help you relax. If you are single, you tumble into a passionate relationship. Expect a spark or two. If you are attached, the two of you find a new intensity. Use it to draw closer. TAURUS has a … (News Source: Post-Tribune - 09:05:09)

The Herts Advertiser

A MAN from St Albans who committed suicide on New Year’s Eve was suffering from depression, an inquest heard. Russell Ford, who was first diagnosed with the illness in 1995, was found hanging at his St Albans home by his partner and was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. (News Source: Herts Advertiser - 11:02:25)

Chin admits to receiving multimillion-dollar Gov’t contracts

CROWN witness Rodney Chin yesterday admitted, under intense cross examination in the Cuban light bulb trial, to benefiting from several multimillion-dollar Government contracts for works in Jamaica Labour Party constituencies while he was still an accused in the high-profile case involving former junior energy minister Kern Spencer. (News Source: The Jamaica Observer - 09:58:14)

Don’t pass the artificial sweetner

An amazing ability to be polarized guided Galia Yahav in curating “Redemption via the Sewers,” opening tonight at an unusual venue - the Shafdan, the sewaged treatment plan for Gush Dan. Yahav, 41, has curated more than 10 exhibitions and is also an artist and the art critic for the weekly Time Out Tel Aviv. (News Source: Haaretz Daily - 23:38:02)

Is this the end for Macalester’s near-century-old policy-debate program?

Creative Commons/Photo by William Wesen Team policy debate: almost as old as Old Main. Is this the end for Macalester’s near-century-old policy-debate program? By Jeff Shaw Tuesday, March 30, 2010 Too few students? Can’t justify a coach. Can’t justify a coach? Extremely difficult to crack that “too few students” problem. (News Source: MinnPost - 15:37:01)

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