Monday, July 09, 2012

Surveillance requests to cellphone carriers surge | Fox News

Surveillance requests to cellphone carriers surge | Fox News: "Law enforcement agencies in the U.S. made more than 1.3 million requests for consumers' cellphone records in 2011, an alarming surge over previous years that reflected the increasingly gray area between privacy and technology.

Cellphone carriers, responding to inquiries from a member of Congress, reported responding to as many as thousands of police requests daily for customers' locations, text messages and call details, frequently without warrants. Special legal teams operating round-the-clock have been set up to field requests"

3 dead after gunfire at Del. soccer tournament | Fox News

3 dead after gunfire at Del. soccer tournament | Fox News: "Investigators said one of the suspects, 43-year-old Sheldon Olge, was fatally shot by someone in the crowd after he and two accomplices opened fire Sunday afternoon before fleeing in a car."

Identity theft scam claims Obama will pay your utility bills | Fox News

Identity theft scam claims Obama will pay your utility bills | Fox News: "Last week, 2,000 people were tricked in Tampa, and at least 10,000 people fell for the fake deal in New Jersey in recent weeks."

Conservatives make it rough for business | Fox News

Conservatives make it rough for business | Fox News: "They and their ideological leaders argue that the marketplace should dictate what businesses thrive and falter, not Washington.

"What we find now is this cronyism and this corporate welfare, it's corrupting the politics because there's nothing now that goes through that doesn't have a corporate interest," Republican Sen. Jim DeMint told The Associated Press in an interview. "It's not just the Ex-Im Bank. It's the transportation bill that has huge entities involved. The farm bill basically guarantees large corporate farmers."

The South Carolina lawmaker warned that the combination of big government and big industry is creating a nation that is becoming "too big to succeed.""