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Austin Police: Drunken Cowboys Arrested on Horse and Donkey You can lead a horseback-riding cowboy to a watering hole, but you can't make him drink responsibly. Police in Austin, Texas, arrested two men on charges of drunken driving after they allegedly blocked traffic on East Sixth Street...

While Google seems ok with handing over information to advertisers, it is less keen to help a couple get back their stolen caravan. Street View cameras might help Derbyshire police solve a crime which may have been captured by Google's cameras. However the search engine is saying that it will...

Man survives after been shot 21 times by police (August 2010) A 23-year-old man is counting his luck today after he survived being shot 21 times by police. Armed officers were involved in a shoot-out with the 23-year old named as Angel Alvarez at a New York street party. It’s claimed that...

MANATEE — A search of a 25-year-old man following a traffic stop Wednesday morning revealed one bag of marijuana and one bag of cocaine in the driver’s buttocks, according to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office. The driver said only the marijuana belonged to him. Raymond Stanley Roberts was...

Woman robs bank inside Spokane grocery store Link Removed The woman left with an undisclosed amount of cash after threatening a teller at Banner Bank in Safeway, 933 E. Mission Ave., about 1:25 p.m., police said. She’s described as a white, 45 to 50, 5-foot-5 and heavy set with red hair and...

In early March, Anthony Graber, a 25-year-old staff sergeant for the Maryland Air National Guard, was humming a tune while riding his two-year-old Honda motorcycle down Interstate 95, not far from his home north of Baltimore. On top of his helmet was a camera he often used to record his...

Link Removed Link RemovedPolice had put out an appeal for information on a black robber after six strikes on banks and pharmacies in the space of a month. After a tip-off police tracked down 30-year-old Conrad Zdierak - trouble was though he was white. The Springdale Police Department in the...

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. -- An argument over sex may have caused a Seminole County man to burn down his home. Deputies think the flames were set by an angry, naked man seen running from the scene AT THE SCENE: Images Of Flames, Fire Crews Link Removed due to 404 Error Investigators believe...

ST. LUCIE, Fla., March 18 (UPI) -- Florida authorities said an 80-year-old man was arrested for attacking his neighbors' door with a garden hoe because he thought they stole his cookies. The St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office said the St. Lucie residents called 911 Sunday and reported they were...

http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/12/protect-yourself-from-cofee-with-some-decaf-1.ars Two developers have created "Detect and Eliminate Computer Assisted Forensics" (DECAF). The tool tries to stop Microsoft's Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor (COFEE), which helps law...

First commercial tool to crack BitLocker arrives (Updated) Passware a software firm that provides password recovery, decryption, and evidence discovery software for computer forensics, has updated its flagship application this week to support breaking Microsoft's BitLocker hard drive...

Link Removed due to 404 Error Consumer reports of counterfeit software, often riddled with viruses, have doubled over the past two years, and today Microsoft is holding a Consumer Action Day to highlight the risks of counterfeits and connect people with resources that can help them. Most...

Microsoft starts antipiracy initiatives in 70 countries - KezNews.com Microsoft has simultaneously launched education initiatives in more than 70 countries to help protect consumers and increase awareness of the risks of counterfeit software. Named Microsoft Consumer Action Day, the push...

Sprint Nextel provided law enforcement agencies with customer location data more than 8 million times between September 2008 and October 2009