Monday, October 31, 2016

No, the presidential election can't be hacked and other top stories.

  • No, the presidential election can't be hacked

    The public is understandably concerned about the integrity of next month's election.But election officials and cyber experts say it's virtually impossible for Moscow or some other outside group to influence the election outcome.Hackers could create mischief -- some say "chaos" -- but the election system is resilient enough to withstand shocks. The key concern, experts feel, is public perception: Sowing distrust is easily achieved even without successful hacks. Here are five things you should kno..
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  • On strike: Faculty at 14 state-owned universities ... - Pittsburgh Post

    On strike: Faculty at 14 state-owned universities ... - Pittsburgh Post
    Faculty at the 14 state-owned universities went on strike today and began taking up picket lines on campuses statewide and at the Dixon Center in Harrisburg after bargaining to prevent the first classroom walkout in the system's 34 years collapsed. The strike against the State System of Higher Education by the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties affects 105,000 students and more than 5,000 faculty. Both sides had negotiated for five days but the talks broke apart ..
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  • Jailed 96 days on bogus charge: It is no one's fault?

    Jailed 96 days on bogus charge: It is no one's fault?
    By JEFF AMY, Associated PressACKERMAN, Miss. — Pulled over for traffic violations, Jessica Jauch was held for 96 days in a Mississippi jail without seeing a judge, getting a lawyer or having a chance to make bail. She was charged with a felony based on a secretly recorded video that prosecutors finally acknowledged showed her committing no crime. Only when she finally got a hearing and a lawyer, who persuaded prosecutors to watch the video, did the case fall apart. Then, the 34-year-old ..
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  • NYC Police Probe Why Stun Gun Wasn't Used in Fatal Shooting

    NYC Police Probe Why Stun Gun Wasn't Used in Fatal Shooting
    A New York police officer shot and killed an emotionally disturbed, 66-year-old woman wielding scissors and a baseball bat, and investigators want to know why he didn't use his stun gun instead. Police say the sergeant had persuaded the woman to drop the scissors Tuesday night, but then fired after she swung the bat in a Bronx apartment. Assistant Chief Larry Nikunen (nih-KOO'-nihn) says the sergeant had a Taser. He says the reason it was not deployed will be part of the investigation. Bro..
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  • Presidential debate: What to watch for in the last Clinton-Trump face-off

    Presidential debate: What to watch for in the last Clinton-Trump face-off
    Both nominees enter Wednesday's presidential debate -- the final showdown of the election season -- with historically high unfavorability ratings, and need to convince undecided voters why the country would be worse off with their opponent in the White House. The match-up also comes as Trump is making perhaps his most outlandish argument yet -- that the 2016 election is rigged to help Clinton win. Clinton, meanwhile, will have a fresh set of questions to answer around newly released hacked email..
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  • Suspects on loose in San Francisco school shooting

    Suspects on loose in San Francisco school shooting
    In the end, four students were shot in the parking lot of the small public high school, San Francisco Police Officer Carlos Manfredi told CNN. According to CNN affiliate KRON, investigators are now searching for multiple suspects who may have targeted a female student who is now in critical condition.The San Francisco Unified School District said the shooting was "an isolated incident outside of the school building where one student was being targeted by outsiders."Once the shooter struck the st..
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  • 'Stop. Prevent Your Death!' said sign at Fla. underwater cave. These experienced divers ignored it.

    'Stop. Prevent Your Death!' said sign at Fla. underwater cave. These experienced divers ignored it.
    Sign in Eagle's Nest Sink, a popular and extremely deadly cave diving location pic.twitter.com/brHrrqpzFj — GarbageDay (@Day4Garbage) June 12, 2016 The sign at the mouth is black and white, its macabre message clear. “STOP. PREVENT YOUR DEATH!” it warns. “THERE’S NOTHING IN THIS CAVE WORTH DYING FOR!” Beside these words looms an image of the grim reaper. The sign guards one of Florida’s most treacherous underwater caves, Eagle’s Nest Sinkhole. It’s near a spot famous for its “mermaid” shows:..
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  • Study Urges Tougher Oversight for Police Use of Facial Recognition

    Study Urges Tougher Oversight for Police Use of Facial Recognition
    Photo The report found that 16 states allow law enforcement officials to compare the faces of suspects to photos on driver’s licenses and other IDs without a warrant. Credit Caspar Benson/Getty Images A new report by a think tank at Georgetown University calls for greater oversight in the use of emerging facial recognition software that makes the images of more than 117 million Americans — a disproportionate number of them black — searchable by law enforcement agencies...
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  • How Donald Trump Hacked the Politics of Foreign Policy

    How Donald Trump Hacked the Politics of Foreign Policy
    Mr. Trump has exploited this dynamic, offering ideas that experts consider unworkable, but that tap into some voters’ desire for a strong-handed leader. Foreign policy, some research suggests, provided an ideal medium for this message. Typically, candidates cannot reach the national stage without first proving their fitness to certain institutions that care deeply about foreign policy: the news media that vets them, the parties that provide them with crucial support, the policy makers they will..
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  • Yes, an after-school Satan Club could be coming to your kid's grade school

    Yes, an after-school Satan Club could be coming to your kid's grade school
    Lilith Starr, a devil’s advocate in every sense, is in a rush to get her After School Satan Club started.As founder of the Satanic Temple of Seattle, she’s under pressure from national satanic headquarters — located in the Colonial witch trials city of Salem, Mass. — to launch a counter-strike strike against grade school Christianity by opening an after-school Satan Club. “I think many people have the misunderstanding that we are some kind of tongue-in-cheek troll group,” said Starr, 44, a Har..
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