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Security is found off-line
More than a decade ago, I ordered a book from a publisher specializing in technical books. I then received notice that my credit card information, along with hundreds of others, had been compromised by an Internet hacker who had penetrated the publisher's...
Tags: U.S. Department of State, National Security Agency, Viral Diseases and Infections, Computer Networking and Internet, Linux
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READER SUBMITTED: Discount Power And Emendee Offer Businesses A Break On Energy Costs
StatewideThe most successful businesses thrive by keeping a close eye on controlling their own costs. Since 2008, Discount Power has offered commercial clients the opportunity to save on energy costs. Emendee Technologies, LLC is a company that offers energy...Tags: Energy and Resource Industries, Energy, Thomaston, Energy Saving, Environmental Issues
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Rare U.S.-Cuba talks to explore resuming mail services
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and Cuba are exploring the possibility of resuming direct mail services between the two countries after a 50-year ban, U.S. officials with knowledge of the talks said on Monday. Representatives from the U.S. State...Tags: U.S. Department of State, Barack Obama, Cuba, Immigration, Fidel Castro
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Can the Obama administration be trusted?
— Thirty-five years ago in United States v. Choate, the courts ruled that the U.S. Postal Service may record "mail cover," i.e., what's written on the outside of an envelope — the addresses of sender and receiver. The National Security...
Tags: Elections, Barack Obama, National Security Agency, Edward Snowden, Michael Mukasey
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Board has a duty to protect owners from disruptive tenant
Question: I am very concerned about who's really running my gated community's association. A tenant next door suffers from severe problems. For the last year, three nights a week, he is either throwing furniture around, banging on the walls and screaming,...
Tags: Insurance, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice
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NSA leaks: Privacy in the Facebook age
Last Sunday, a few days after news broke that the National Security Agency was running a massive electronic surveillance program, The Times published a letter from Arcadia resident David Strauss implying that the Facebook generation had this coming. "[...
Tags: National Government, National Security Agency, Edward Snowden, September 11, 2001 Attacks, National Security
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Glenn C. Haynes, 93
Glenn C. Haynes, 93, of Boonsboro, Md., died peacefully at his home in the early morning hours of Sunday, June 16, 2013. Born Nov. 19, 1919, in Rohrersville, Md., he was the second son of David Harold and Elsie (Haines) Haynes. Glenn married his...
Tags: Lutheranism, Christianity, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), American Legion, Religion and Belief
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Our Voice: Paper mail more secure than computer mail
Now that Americans have been reminded that the government is really, really, really interested in our emails and text messages, it makes us think of the alternatives. We should have picked up on this idea during the George W. Bush administration,...Tags: George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Government Postal Delivery
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Problem Solver: Woman moves, but mail doesn't follow
After her husband died in March, Catherine Wirtz's children wanted her closer. So in May, the 77-year-old moved from an assisted living facility in Ottawa, Ill., to a similar facility in Oak Park. To ensure her mail made the move, Wirtz called the...
Tags: Rentals, Jon Yates, Government Postal Delivery, Mail Order Industry
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Airline fees complicate travel cost comparisons
Reuters(Reuters) - Trying to find the best deal for a flight used to be a lot easier. All you had to do was look at the price of airfare - and you could easily compare one to the next. Not anymore. As the summer travel season ramps up, it's all about the fees:...Tags: Consumers, U.S. Department of Transportation, Air Transportation, Orlando, JetBlue Airways
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Letters: Postal Service deserves a break
Re "Ailing Postal Service may yet fail to deliver," May 28 If the Department of Defense is the only other federal agency that pre-funds future retiree health benefits, it seems only right that the U.S. Postal Service should receive funding from...Tags: U.S. Congress, Bankruptcy, Mail Order Industry
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