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Submission + - MIT-organized team wins DARPA Network Challenge (darpa.mil)

Submitted by tgtanman
tgtanman writes: A online team organized by MIT has won the DARPA Network Challenge by submitting the locations of 10 8-foot balloons moored at fixed locations across the US. The team organized by the MIT Media Lab (previously discussed on Slashdot) offered $2,000 to the first individual to report each balloon's location and smaller cash prizes to whoever referred them to the team)
Government

Submission + - Obama continues use of "state secrets privileg (cnn.com)

Submitted by tgtanman
tgtanman writes: CNN reports that "the Obama administration has informed a federal judge it will continue to invoke the "state secrets" privilege in a legal battle with an Islamic charity suspected of funding terrorism...The group, which has sued the government over alleged warrantless wiretapping, is demanding classified information about the program ... Attorney General Eric Holder has ordered a review to determine whether the government's use of the state secrets privilege can be sharply narrowed. The government brief, however, reveals the legal tool will continue to be used despite strong objections from civil liberties groups and their political allies."
United States

Submission + - Lawyer asks RIAA to investigate Bush twins 1

Submitted by tanman
tanman writes: After reading an article in the Miami Herald that said "[President] Bush's twin daughters, gave him a CD they had made for him to listen to while exercising", a Florida lawyer calculated statutory damages of 1.8 million dollars and has sent a letter to the RIAA asking that they "display the same vigor in prosecuting this matter and protecting the rights of your rights-holders that it has displayed in enforcing those rights against other alleged violators." From the letter, "This is a serious violation of copyright. As you know, whichever of your member organizations that are right-holders for the copied musical works may be entitled to statutory damages of $150,000.00 per musical work copied."
Censorship

Submission + - Student Arrested for Making Video Game Map of Scho

Submitted by tanman
tanman writes: A Chinese student at the Houston-area Clements High School was arrested, sent to an "Alternative Education Center" and banned from graduation after school officials found he created a video game map of his school (Google mirror). School district police arrested the teen and searched his home where they confiscated a hammer as a "potential weapon". ' "They decided he was a terroristic threat," said one source close to the district's investigation. ' With an upcoming May 12 school board election, this issue has quickly become political, with school board members involved in the appeal accusing each other of pandering to the Chinese community in an attempt to gain votes.

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