Security is being beefed up to the highest level for Super Bowl XLI, being held this Sunday in Miami, Fla. National Football League officials have said there is no specific threat against the event, but that the "high profile" of the event makes it "attractive to terrorists," said Milt Ahlerich, NFL vice president of security.
You still think your personal information is safe in the hands of the government? Think again. Every time they come up with a way to keep your information secure, they also come up with a more creative -- or more stupid -- way to lose it. And now, the government can lose your personal information even if you never gave it to them.
Two Ohio election officials were convicted last week of rigging the state's recount of the 2004 presidential election.
The Transportation Security Administration's special identification cards it plans to issue to transportation, port and maritime workers are fraught with problems which could compromise the security of the whole system.
There are actually a few things the government is good at. Misusing, abusing and especially losing your personal information rank high on the list. Sometimes they don't even bother losing it; they just put it up on the Internet for anyone to download. Here are a few incidents from last week in which government lost, had stolen and gave away your personal information.
On Thursday, the Fairfax County, Virginia, school board voted to defy the U.S. Department of Education and not test immigrants with the same reading exams as their native English-speaking peers.
Local police departments are outfitting themselves with the latest in military gear they'd never be able to afford themselves. But they aren't paying a dime for their shiny new and slightly used helicopters and tanks. You are.
The city of Texarkana, Texas, has found the terrorists, and with money from the Department of Homeland Security, is going to go round 'em all up. Or, perhaps, not.
In yet another blow to the Chinese people's online liberty, the PRC's Paramount Leader Hu Jintao has vowed to "purify" the Internet.
California Assemblywoman Sally Lieber plans to give California parents a lesson in parenting -- whether they like it or not. Next week, she will introduce a bill that will outlaw the spanking of children under four by their parents, a move that has sparked a flurry of both criticism and support in California and beyond.
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