Outside groups do candidates' dirty work – Seattle Post Intelligencer

What instrument did Soviet dictator Josef Stalin and his Politburo invent in the 1930s that is being perfected 75 years later by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Building Industry Association of Washington? The political front group, that’s what …

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How chemicals cues can make friendly ants turn against each other – The Gaea Times

WASHINGTON – Experiments led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have demonstrated that normally friendly ants can turn against each other by exploiting the chemical cues they use to distinguish colony-mates from rivals. The new …

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LA approves US$7.2 million Google Apps deal – Zd Net Asia.com

The city council in Los Angeles on Tuesday unanimously approved a US$7.2 million deal to use Google Apps. The contract is tentative, contingent on integration provider Computer Sciences Corp.’s agreement to pay a penalty in the event of a security …

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Sheriff's employee charged with video voyeurism – Idaho Statesman

Meridian police say Shawn Beach used his phone to snap two unauthorized images from a computer monitor connected to the Ada County Jail’s security cameras and sent them to his wife’s phone. He has been charged with one count of felony video voyeurism …

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