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USA: FBI puts up reward for lost external hard drive

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After recent “reports” that the FBI has lost 160 laptops in the last 44 months it has now put up a USD 25,000 reward to locate and return an IOMEGA external hard drive missing since last month. The hard drive was reported missing on January 23rd from the Birmingham, Alabama Veterans Administration Medical Center where it was used by an employee in medical research to…

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WSJ: Eighth annual survey of U.S. corporations with the best and worst reputations

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Earlier this week the Wall Street Journal released its latest survey about corporate reputations. Microsoft for the first time overtook long time leader Johnson & Johnson as company with the best reputation – due to the positive effects of Bill and Melinda Gates philanthropy. As the WSJ describes…

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USA: H. Clinton’s web site traffic peaking

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Interest in U.S. Democrats front runner Hillary Clinton seems to be on the rise – at least when you believe in web site statistics. Her web site was this week’s number two of Alexa’s “movers and shakers” with a rise of 40,000% in traffic…

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USA: Homeless Heat Map

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Los Angeles based cartographic technology company “Cartifact” is providing an online map of homeless people in downtown L.A. Downtown Los Angeles has the largest homeless population in the United States. The Downtown Los Angeles Homeless Map uses raw data collected bi-weekly by police counts of those sleeping on the streets for the map display…

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations

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Today throughout the US celebrations will be held to honor Martin Luther King Jr. who was murdered 1968 in Memphis. Many things have changed since the march to Washington and his famous speech in 1963, but with the deterioration of civil rights throughout the world’s leading nations latest since 9/11 it is good to be reminded that there was a time not so long ago when people stood up for their rights and did not indulge in indifference to such changes.

A video of his famous speech is available online in full length (link below)…

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Video: Gerald Ford tells the story behind his famous “national nightmare” remark

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In this video from an never-before-seen 1984 CBS interview former President Gerald Ford tells the story behind his famous “national nightmare” remark. He had requested that this would not be broadcasted before his death…

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