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3 In Weld County Face Abuse Charges After Cattle Video Released
2013-11-16 23:00:54| Agriculture - Topix.net
Three people in northeastern Colorado are facing misdemeanor animal abuse charges after an animal rights group released a video showing calves being dragged by their ears and legs, lifted by their tails, kicked and thrown, authorities said Friday.
Google Must Face Wiretapping Charges Over Gmail Scanning
2013-09-27 19:34:45| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
A California judge this week rejected Google's request to dismiss a class-action case that accused the search giant of violating federal and state wiretap laws via a program in Gmail that scans emails to serve up targeted ads.
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Greenpeace Activists Face Possible Piracy Charges in Russia
2013-09-24 10:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Russia announced on Tuesday that it had opened a piracy investigation against the crew of a Greenpeace ship after its activists scaled an offshore oil platform in the Arctic last week. The step signaled that the authorities intended to act decisively to thwart more protests against Russia's ambitious plans to expand energy exploration in the region. The Greenpeace ship, the Arctic Sunrise, was seized by Russian border guards in international waters in the Pechora Sea on Thursday, a day after several...
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Greenpeace activists face piracy charges over Gazprom oil protest
2013-09-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Russian authorities are threatening to bring criminal charges against Greenpeace activists, including an Australian man, over piracy for scaling an oil platform in the Arctic. Special forces officers armed with guns stormed Greenpeace's ship, the Arctic Sunrise, after the protest and locked up the activists. Tasmanian Colin Russell and British-born Australian resident Alex Harris are among several dozen activists onboard the ship, which is being towed back to the port of Murmansk under armed...
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Google Must Face Wiretap Charges in Street View Wi-Fi Case
2013-09-11 20:34:30| PC Magazine Security Product Guide
Google must face charges that it violated wiretap laws when its Street View vehicles collected unsecured data traveling over Wi-Fi networks, an appeals court ruled this week.