Hackers can use smartphones to track movements, steal info

NEW BRUNSWICK — Researchers at Rutgers University say in a study that mobile devices, especially smartphones, are vulnerable to hackers who can track people’s movements, steal personal information and eavesdrop on conversations, a report in the Press of Atlantic City said. Professors and graduate...

AIG Sells Alico Unit For $15.5 Billion to Metlife

American International Group will sell its overseas life and health insurance unit for $15.5 billion to MetLife Inc., the insurer said Monday, as it attempts to repay billions in government aid. In the deal announced Monday, MetLife will pay $6.8 billion in cash, and the rest in stock and equity units. The...

Inside the world of Obama’s secret-service bodyguards

The Southern Poverty Law Center began life in 1971 as a tiny law firm specialising in civil rights cases. It took on the might of the Ku Klux Klan, and was duly rewarded by having its offices razed and its senior lawyers targeted for assassination. But it kept on going and grew to be one of the most...

Defaults on student loans rising

Every year, tens of thousands of college students and graduates stop making payments on their student loans. For more than a decade, that loan-default rate was in decline because the federal government toughened penalties for schools with high shares of defaults. Now, the rate is increasing again and not...

GM Recalling 1.3 Million to fix Power Steering

DETROIT (AP) – General Motors says it is recalling 1.3 million compact cars in the U.S., Canada and Mexico to fix power steering motors that can fail. Models covered by the recall include 2005 to 2010 Chevrolet Cobalts, the 2007 to 2010 Pontiac G5s, 2005 and 2006 Pontiac Pursuits sold in Canada and...

Senate impasse puts federal employees out of work

WASHINGTON — Two thousand federal transportation workers are being furloughed without pay on Monday, and the Obama administration said they have a Kentucky senator to blame for it. Federal reimbursements to states for highway programs will also be halted, the Transportation Department said in a statement...

Obama yet to kick smoking habit, should eat better

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama hasn’t kicked the smoking habit, takes anti-inflammatory medication to relieve chronic tendinitis in his left knee and should eat better to lower his cholesterol, his team of doctors concluded Sunday after the 48-year-old’s first medical checkup as...

Former Vice President Dick Cheney hospitalized after having chest pains

WASHINGTON — Former vice president Dick Cheney was hospitalized after experiencing chest pains today, an aide said. Cheney assistant Peter Long issued a statement that the 69-year-old Cheney was resting comfortably and his doctors were evaluating the situation. Cheney has a history of heart problems and...

Photos: Petition to save Martin Grossman’s Life in BMG

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/save-martin-grossman Appeal to Save Martin Grossman from Capital Punishment February 10, 2010 Click here for mobile pictures As you may or may not know, a Jewish man is slated for execution in Florida this Tuesday. Martin Grossman was convicted of killing Margaret Parks, a...

Individual Insurance Rates Soar In 4 States

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) ― Consumers in at least four states who buy their own health insurance are getting hit with premium increases of 15 percent or more — and people in other states could see the same thing. Anthem Blue Cross, a subsidiary of WellPoint Inc., has been under fire for a week from regulators...

Rabbi M. Weissmandel removes Hashgacha of Rubashkin

Rabbi M. Weissmandl wishes to inform the public that as of Feb. 12 2010 he is removing his Hashgacha of AgriStar in Postville IA. These products are packaged under the “Aarons Best”, “Supreme Kosher” and Agri-Star Labels Rabbi Weissmandel’s Kosher Certification will no longer...

Video: Another Week Another Snow Storm

URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ345 AM EST MON FEB 8 2010 …THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT OUR AREA FROM LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING… .AN EXPLOSIVELY DEVELOPING NOR/EASTER MAY BRING HEAVY SNOW TO MUCH OF OUR AREA...

Fatalities Reported After Massive Explosion at Connecticut Power Plant

Mass casualities and multiple injuries were reported Sunday after a massive explosion at a Connecticut power plant, police confirmed to Fox News. The explosion occurred just before 11:30 a.m. local time at the Kleen Energy plany on River Road in Middletown, Conn., according to authorities. About 100 people...

Video: Update and final for the this storm….NOW the Next storm

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