Despite the fact that the FBI was accused of hiding information from judges when obtaining authorization for use of the secretive “Stingray” cell phone tracking device, a judge has ruled that the use of the device by federal agents was lawful. … Read More
Bombing suspects originally plotted July 4 attack
BOSTON — The brothers suspected in the bombing of the Boston Marathon initially envisioned themselves as suicide bombers who would strike on the Fourth of July, according to a new report.Two law enforcement officials told The New York Times that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, who survives, admitted the plans two days after he was captured in a suburban Boston backyard on April 19.Dzhokhar Tsarnaev also confessed that he and his older brother had watched online sermons of radical American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki before carrying out the attacks, according to the Times sources.The Tsarnaev brothers moved up the date of the attack to April 15, Patriot Day in Boston, when they finished making their pressure-cooker bombs ahead of schedule, according to the officials. The paper said the bombs were assembled in the Cambridge, Mass., apartment of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was killed in a shootout with police.Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s body had lain unclaimed, but Boston Department of Public Safety spokesman Terrel Harris said a funeral home retained by the 26-year-old’s family picked up the remains Thursday afternoon.He said he had no more information about plans for the remains.Continue Reading… … Read More
LG to ship smartphone with flexible OLED screen later this year
LG vice president of mobile Yoon Bu-hyun recently told the Wall Street Journal that his company would be launching a smartphone featuring a flexible OLED display later this year. Specifically, the handset will reach consumers during the fourth quarter but he came up short with any other details. … Read More
Officer Thinks a Cell Phone is a Weapon, Assaults Man Filming Him
Carlos Miller from Photography is Not a Crime has done an exemplary job at exposing police brutality that has resulted from simply filming them. … Read More
Ken Cuccinelli challenges Virginia’s sodomy ruling
Ken Cuccinelli, Virginia’s Attorney General, has asked a federal court to reconsider a decision to overturn the state’s ban on sodomy, which is currently part of Virginia’s “Crimes Against Nature” statute.Cuccinelli filed a petition with the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, asking for the full 15-judge court to review a decision made last month by a three-judge panel. The panel ruled 2-1 that the statute is unconstitutional based on the Supreme Court’s 2003 decision in Lawrence vs. Texas.The Washington Blade reports:Continue Reading… … Read More
Fannie Mae posts record $17.2 billion profit
Fannie Mae earned $17.2 billion in 2012, the biggest annual profit in the US mortgage giant’s history, helped by a record fourth quarter. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP/File) The mortgage giant Fannie Mae said it racked up its highest profit ever during… ;
Fannie Mae posts record $17.2 billion profit in 2012
Fannie Mae earned $17.2 billion in 2012, the biggest annual profit in the US mortgage giant’s history, helped by a record fourth quarter. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP/File) The mortgage giant Fannie Mae said it racked up its highest profit ever during… ;
