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The lifeless body of an unidentifed woman was found last night inside a house on Crowson Street near Church Lane in East Germantown. Police investigators said it was unclear how the woman had died. So far this year, the city has recorded 51 homicides. At this point last year, there were 71 murders. Man shot during robbery A man was wounded in a shooting Wednesday night during a robbery at a take-out eatery on 29th Street near Harper in Fairmount, police said. The shooting occurred when a struggle developed between the suspect and his victim during which a bullet ricocheted off his cell phone and struck him in the leg. He was treated at a hospital and released. The suspect, carrying a silver handgun, fled south on 29th Street in a blue/green Oldsmobile or Pontiac minivan.
Youth helpline provides counselling to Canadian Muslims
Mississauga, Ont. - A new helpline may be able to ease some of the difficulties Muslim youth are faced with in Canada. 1-800-naseeha is a toll-free number that these youth can dial to reach people who will provide confidential counselling. The helpline is based in Mississisauga and is one of its kind in the country. Even though the service is aimed to Canadian youth, the counsellors have received some calls from the U.S. Naseeha co-founder, Yassen Poonah, told Omni Telvision that people answering the phones are all Muslims born in Canada who had to overcome their own obstacles. Counsellors are available weeknights from 6-9 p.m. and speak various South Asian languages. The service hopes to expand and become a 24-hour operation.
Clark County hosting 3-on-3 tournament
KAHOKA, Mo. - Clark County is hosting a 3-on-3 basketball tournament on April 5, for boys and girls under the age of 18.New this year is an individual "Shoot Out" similar to the NCAA 3-point shoot out.Entry forms can be picked up at Clark County Middle/High School, The Athletic Center or from Denise Martin by calling 319-795-8281. .
Bozeman boys basketball: Hawks deal Sentinel first loss in sloppy ...
Perhaps Bozeman just needed to see how it was done. ERIK PETERSEN/CHRONICLE Bozeman's Gabe Rucker made the game-winning layup with three seconds remaining to hand Missoula Sentinel its first loss of the season. How an underdog might ground a high-flying favorite with nothing but defense and rebounding. How a team, undersized and stumbling, would find a way to stick around for that last shot.Tough-luck C.M. Russell had done it to Bozeman a week earlier. On Saturday in Bozeman's South Gym, it was the Hawks' turn as they dealt top-ranked Missoula Sentinel its first loss of the season, 36-35.Probably to Bozeman's advantage, it was anything but pretty, a defensive slog that negated Sentinel's up-tempo tendencies.The Spartans entered the game averaging a Class AA-high 77.5 points per game and were outscoring their opponents by 25 a game.
Internet Does Linking to Copyrighted Material Infringe? Warner Says ...
Warner Bros. Records files suit against music search engine, SeeqPod for infringement of copyrighted material Warner Bros. Records announced on Friday that it has filed suit against music streaming search engine, SeeqPod. According to Ars Technica, the media giant claims that the search engine, though it does not host any of its available files, infringes on the copyrighted works of intellectual property owners. SeeqPod defends itself, using the DMCA's "safe harbor" provision to protect it from lawsuits. Under the provision, companies that only link intellectual property, and not host them, are protected from lawsuits. The provision was meant to defend search engines that link to illegal websites, so long as the web service does not hand select certain material that can be linked. Only as long as the service automatically links without specifically selecting the recipients of the material or the material itself, is it protected under the provision.
Julian Lennon Invests in MyStore.com
LAS VEGAS, Nov. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Today MyStore.com confirmed Julian Lennon, son of Beatles icon John Lennon, is among the group of private investors behind yourStore, LLC. The company owns and operates http://www.mystore.com/, an online marketplace. "In addition to his monetary investment, Julian has contributed some great ideas to the options MyStore.com offers to musicians and artists who want to resell or self distribute their music and art online. As an independent artist himself, Mr. Lennon was an early user of MyStore.com, setting up his own MyStore and linking it to several places he has a presence online including his MySpace page. We are glad to have him involved. He's been a friend for a long time," stated Todd Meagher, the company's CEO. About MyStore: MyStore.com is owned by yourStore, LLC (http://www.yourstore.com/) which is a virtual real estate company and application service provider offering individuals and businesses with FREE online "retail" space and software usage in the form of personalized web stores located within the company's marketplace http://www.mystore.com/ and an e-commerce service provider offering seller support and software services; including web hosting, site design, marketing, fulfillment and inventory and customer management tools.
Moniker.Com Hosts Domain Name Auction in Las Vegas
POMPANO BEACH, Fla., Jan. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Moniker (http://www.moniker.com), an Oversee.net company and the leading provider of Domain Asset Management(TM) services, is bringing two live domain name auctions to T.R.A.F.F.I.C. West 2008 (http://www.targtedtraffic.com) at The Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas. The premium domain name auction will be held on Wednesday, February 20 at 3:30 pm PT. This auction will feature more than 250 premium, marketable domain names. Additionally, Moniker has introduced a special auction on Monday, February 18 at 8:30 pm PT, prior to the premium auction, specifically for domains with no reserve or low reserve prices. This auction will feature more than 50 domain names of various appraised values. More than 80,000 domains were submitted for this auction; Moniker will finalize selections for the two live auctions and a corresponding online auction.
Forging A Merger -- Or Not
More than two weeks after the Chinalco news broke, markets are still obsessing about the Chinese connection. The latest to weigh in on this subject is Stratfor, which provides strategic intelligence on global business, economic, security and geopolitical affairs. The U.S. intelligence firm says Chinalco would consider bidding for a majority stake in Rio Tinto if another company attempted a takeover. Stratfor claims it has spoken with a source 'close to the Australian government' who says Chinalco will block any competing bid. "Beijing appears set on blocking an attempt by the world's largest mining company, Australia's BHP Billiton, to swallow up Rio Tinto, a move that would create a mining goliath worth nearly $350 billion," Stratfor said in a briefing. "Considering that domestic energy security tops the Chinese government's agenda, it is a given that Beijing is looking to carve out a niche in the world's key resource sectors using state-owned energy companies." It's unclear exactly how much of a stake the Chinalco-Alcoa consortium would be willing to buy and at what price though the highest stake rumored until now has been up to 20 percent.
Vista SP1 still vulnerable to speech recognition ‘analog’ hole
A little more than a year ago, Sebastian Krahmer posted a question on the Dailydave security mailing list whether Vista's speech recognition was exploitable or not via malicious sound files that could be hosted on websites. I was the first to answer his call with some initial skepticism but that turned in to astonishment when I ran some tests that confirmed the vulnerability. Stories ran a few months ago before the finalization of Vista Service Pack 1 that SP1 would close this speech recognition vulnerability but I couldn't get any confirmation or denial from Microsoft after multiple queries. I finally got tired of waiting and decided to test the exploit again with Vista SP1 RTM installed and found that the vulnerability still exists. The test sound file I created managed to wake Vista speech recognition, highlight all the files on my desktop or all my pictures via Windows Explorer, and invoke the shift-delete command which wipes the files without the ability to undelete from the Recycle Bin.
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