Millions of T-Mobile customers exposed in Experian breach

(Reuters) - Experian Plc , the world's biggest consumer credit monitoring firm, on Thursday disclosed a massive data breach that exposed sensitive personal data of some 15 million people who applied for service with T-Mobile US Inc . Connecticut's attorney general said he will launch an investigation into the breach. Experian said it discovered the theft of the T-Mobile customer data from one of its servers on Sept. 15. The computer stored information about some 15 million people who had applied for service with telecoms carrier T-Mobile during the prior two years, Experian said. T-Mobile Chief Executive John Legere said the data included...

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Gunman opens fire at Oregon college; at least 9 killed

ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) — A gunman opened fire at a rural Oregon community college Thursday, killing at least nine people before dying in a shootout with police, authorities said. One survivor said he demanded his victims state their religion before he started shooting. The killer, identified only as a 20-year-old man, invaded a classroom at Umpqua Community College in the small timber town of Roseburg, about 180 miles south of Portland. Authorities shed no light on his motive and said they were investigating. Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin said 10 people were dead and seven wounded after the attack. He did not clarify whether the number...

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5 fired at Miami-Dade lockup where teen died in beat-down

BY CAROL MARBIN MILLER At a since-shuttered juvenile corrections center in Pahokee, staff members used Snickers bars to get kids to beat each other up. In Broward County’s juvenile lockup, free iced tea has purportedly been similarly employed. Department of Juvenile Justice administrators won’t say if they think that’s what happened to Elord Revolte, the 17-year-old who died last month after a vicious attack by more than a dozen detainees at the Miami-Dade juvenile lockup. But they did say this late Wednesday evening: Five staffers at the lockup, including three supervisors, have been fired for infractions that include failing...

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Principal Wounded in South Dakota High School Shooting

A student shot and injured the principal of a South Dakota high school on Wednesday morning, shortly before the unnamed suspect was tackled to the ground by the assistant principal and athletic coach, according to local reports. The school's superintendent, James Holbeck, said in a statement that no students were hurt in the shooting, according to the Associated Press. Sioux Falls Police said the school's assistant principal Ryan Rollinger, who is the assistant football coach at Harrisburg High School, ran to the scene after hearing a gunshot. Together with athletic director Joey Struwe, the men tackled the student, who has since been...

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US Defense Official: Russia Launchs Airstrikes in Syria

A U.S. defense official tells The Associated Press that Russia has launched airstrikes in Syria. The move follows a unanimous vote by Russian lawmakers to allow President Vladimir Putin to order airstrikes in Syria, where Russia has deployed fighter jets and other weapons in recent weeks. The Kremlin sought to play down the decision, saying it will only use its air force in the Mideast country, not ground troops. UPDATEDMom Threw Newborn Out 7th-Floor Window to Death: Police The U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to discuss the airstrikes publicly, said they were launched Wednesday...

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The United Nations has a radical, dangerous vision for the future of the Web

It may not have intended to, precisely, but the United Nations just took sides in the Internet’s most brutal culture war. On Thursday, the organization’s Broadband Commission for Digital Development released a damning “world-wide wake-up call” on what it calls “cyber VAWG,” or violence against women and girls. The report concludes that online harassment is “a problem of pandemic proportion” — which, nbd, we’ve all heard before. But the United Nations then goes on to propose radical, proactive policy changes for both governments and social networks, effectively projecting a whole new vision for how the Internet could work. Under U.S. law...

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$600K Settlement for NYPD Officer Who Made Quota Tapes

An NYPD officer who claimed he was handcuffed and hauled off to a psych ward after he blew the whistle on supervisors faking crime statistics to make the stats look better reached a $600,000 settlement with the city on Tuesday. It was Halloween night in 2009 when Adrian Schoolcraft said his fellow officers burst into his Queens home, declared him an emotionally disturbed person and brought him to a psychiatric facility. UPDATEDMom Threw Newborn Out 7th-Floor Window to Death: Police The officer, who worked in Brooklyn, had made hundreds of hours of secret tapes while on duty that chronicled everything from roll calls to locker room chatter...

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Tropical Storm Joaquin Strengthens East of Bahamas; East Coast Landfall Potential Still Very Uncertain

Tropical Storm Joaquin underwent a period of noticeable strengthening Tuesday afternoon over the western Atlantic Ocean, and it appears likely to become a hurricane just east of the Bahamas before a complicated atmospheric pattern makes its future track – including any potential landfall on the U.S. East Coast – extremely difficult to forecast. Residents along the East Coast of the U.S. should pay close attention to the forecast now through this weekend. It's a particularly difficult forecast that hinges on the behavior of several different atmospheric features over North America and the North Atlantic Ocean. Computer forecast models (see...

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Strong Solar Flare Captured in NASA Image; Some Radio Communication Impacted

A moderate solar flare was unleashed by the sun Monday, and NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured an image of the stunning event. Classified as a mid-level solar flare, it peaked at 10:58 a.m. EDT on Monday morning, according to NASA. It was an M7.6 flare, which is more than seven times as strong as an M1 flare. M-class flares are only 10 percent as strong as X-class flares, NASA said, but they still rank on the higher end of moderate flares. "The moderate eruption is unlikely to cause space weather strong enough to affect Earth, but scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center...

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Nearly 20 Million People Were Displaced Last Year Because of Extreme Weather

Extreme natural disasters like floods, storms and earthquakes displaced nearly 20 million people in 2014, a new report by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has found. Since 2008, an average of 26 million people have been forced to flee their homes every year, due to disasters brought on by natural hazards. That's equivalent to one person being displaced every second, the report said. However, Mother Nature isn't the only factor to be blamed for the severity of the crisis. Often, the weather or earthquake isn't dangerous in and of itself, but when coupled with poor housing and or infrastructure in densely populated areas, can cause immense...

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Retired Firefighter Breaches Security at JFK to 'Give Pope His Business Card': Complaint

A former New York City firefighter carrying five bullets and marijuana breached security at JFK Airport and drove onto the tarmac in order to give Pope Francis his business card, according to a criminal complaint filed against him. Chris Cannella, 39, followed a United Nations motorcade into JFK around 6 p.m. Saturday and flashed his retired FDNY badge at a security check to get onto the tarmac, the document says. Jim Carrey's Ex-Girlfriend Dies of Apparent Suicide: Coroner Cannella was driving a black Chevy Tahoe similar to the SUVs used by the NYPD and the United Nations, authorities said. The retired firefighter was stopped by detectives...

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'Swatting' plagues New Jersey

" It is called swatting... Fake calls that send police to an unsuspecting home... And it is a growing problem." NEW YORK (FOX 5 NEWS) - Police across New Jersey have responded to dozens of phony 911 calls in recent months. The prank is known as "swatting" and investigators say it's often difficult to catch those responsible. Robert Ianuale has been swatted multiple times. The first time was in April. He happened to be live streaming on his webcam when officers burst into his Keyport, New Jersey, apartment and the camera continued to roll. "Out of nowhere I hear in the back 'Police!' I'm just like what? I turn around and I see police officers...

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Putin Rules Out Russian Troops Fighting in Syria After Meeting With Obama

Hours after President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin exchanged barbs during the UN General Assembly on Monday, the two leaders met for 90 minutes inside the UN Security Council. The bilateral meeting, held in the company of ministers and advisers, including Secretary of State John Kerry, was perhaps the most eagerly anticipated conclave during this year's General Debate, which began earlier in the day. The topic of discussion was largely expected to be Syria's civil war, where Russia has recently increased its military presence, sending personnel, planes, and vehicles. Related: Why the Hell Did Russia Intervene in Syria? The...

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NASA Confirms Signs of Water Flowing on Mars, Possible Niches for Life

Scientists have for the first time confirmed liquid water flowing on the surface of present-day Mars, a finding that will add to speculation that life, if it ever arose there, could persist now. “This is tremendously exciting,” James L. Green, the director of NASA’s planetary science division, said during a news conference on Monday. “We haven’t been able to answer the question, ‘Does life exist beyond Earth?’ But following the water is a critical element of that. We now have, I think, great opportunities in the right locations on Mars to thoroughly investigate that.” That marks a shift in tone for NASA, where officials have repeatedly...

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When It Goes Down, Facebook Loses $24,420 Per Minute

At 6:52 p.m. Eastern, Facebook went down. (It began working again at 7:27 p.m.) This is the third such outage in the last several months, and it happens to coincide with the company’s announcement of impressive summer earnings. The close proximity of outage and earnings makes some uncomfortable math possible. In the third quarter, Facebook posted revenue of $3.2 billion. The third quarter lasts 91 days, from July 1 to September 30. This amounts to: $35,164,835 per day $1,465,201 per hour $24,420 per minute If we consider “revenue per minute” as a benchmark for potential losses, Facebook took a bit of a hit this evening. Their last outage,...

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Tropical storm system Juaqun could bring torrential rain flood to NY, NJ and CT

 NEW YORK – A strong onshore flow and an approaching cold front will bring the return of showers across the region for the next few days. On top of this, a tropical system which could become Joaquin by Monday night, and will drift northwest before getting caught with the cold front on Thursday. The moist flow off the ocean could bring some drizzle and fog Monday night. Temperatures will be in the mid to upper 60s. On Tuesday, the morning fog will eventually burn off by midday. The cold front will start to make its way east reaching the Appalachians by the afternoon. That could bring a few scattered showers late in the day. Ahead of...

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Vladimir Putin Doesn’t Think Obama Is Weak [VIDEO]

Vladimir Putin told Charlie Rose in an interview airing Sunday on “60 Minutes” that he doesn’t think President Obama is weak and that in America, “foreign political factors are used for domestic political battles.” (RELATED: Trump Says He Would ‘Enjoy’ Meeting With Putin) Putin, a former KGB agent, dodged Rose’s question about his own opinion of Obama, suggesting, “I don’t think I’m entitled to give any views regarding the president. That’s up to the American people.” Charlie Rose: Let me ask you this, what do you think of President Obama? What’s your evaluation of him? Vladimir Putin: I don’t think I’m entitled to give any views regarding...

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Facebook will help the UN bring internet access to refugee camps

Refugees already have a hard life, but that's made worse by the typical lack of internet access at refugee camps -- unless you resettle, you may never get online. Facebook isn't content with this state of affairs, however, and is promising to help the United Nations bring internet access to those camps. Company chief Mark Zuckerberg (who revealed the plans at a luncheon) didn't explain how and where this would take place, but it won't be shocking if Facebook relies on its upcoming internet drones to connect these sometimes remote places. As with efforts from Google and Microsoft, this gesture isn't strictly about kindness. Facebook knows...

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How to Backup your Facebook Account?

Downloading Your Info | Facebook Help Center | Facebook show much racial and    You can download your information from your settings. To download your information: Click  at the top right of any Facebook page and select Settings Click Download a copy of your Facebook data below your General Account Settings Click Start My Archive Because this download contains your profile information, you should keep it secure and be careful when storing, sending or uploading it to any other services. Read More >> relatedPostsWidget({ 'containerSelector':'div.post-body' ,'loadingText':'l...

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I'ts not just you, Facebook is Down! 9 28 2015

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Boehner: GOP ‘false prophets’ are making unrealistic promises

BY LAURIE KELLMAN, ASSOCIATED PRESS  September 27, 2015 at 3:35 PM EDT WASHINGTON — House Speaker John Boehner warned Sunday against “false prophets” in his own party making unrealistic promises, saying his resignation had averted a government shutdown this week but not the GOP’s broader battle over how to wield power. Speaking on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Boehner unloaded against conservatives long outraged that even with control of both houses of Congress, Republicans have not succeeded on key agenda items, such as repealing President Barack Obama’s health care law and striking taxpayer funding from Planned Parenthood. He refused...

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