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Submission + - Court Orders Facebook Disclosure to Employer (stuff.co.nz)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 10, 2013 @08:14PM

An anonymous reader writes: A flight attendant was forced to let her bosses examine her Facebook pages and bank accounts in a stoush over what she was up to on sick leave.

Australian Politician Caught Viewing Porn 150

Posted by samzenpus on Monday September 13, 2010 @02:00PM from the stiff-opposition-party dept.

destinyland writes "An Australian Parliament member has resigned after admitting he'd used government computers to access porn and gambling sites. McLeay 'gave an uncomfortable press conference outside Parliament House,' notes one technology site, 'during which he admitted he had acted in a standard not expected of cabinet ministers.' Paul McLeay was also the Minister for Mineral and Forest Resources as well as the Minister for Ports and Waterways. In resigning, he apologized to his constituents and parliamentary colleagues, as well as to his wife and family."

First Halophile Potatoes Harvested 117

Posted by timothy on Saturday July 17, 2010 @03:36PM from the integrated-dill-is-the-next-step dept.

Razgorov Prikazka writes "A Dutch-based company from Groningen is trying to create a potato race that is able to survive in a saline environment. The first test-batch was just harvested (English translation of Dutch original) on the island Texel and seem to be in good shape. The company states that rising sea-levels will create a demand for halophile crops. I do wonder if one still has to put salt on ones potatoes when they are grown in salt water."

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