From the hallowed Supreme Court of Michigan, via the Detroit Free Press: A private investigator’s surveillance for an insurance company does not constitute harassment under the state’s anti-stalking law, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. Read the full story The...
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The Center for Public Integrity makes the links between legislators, companies and industries in this searchable database of outside interests, as reported in 2002. Our Private Legislatures Search Database draws data from the financial disclosure forms filed by state lawmakers....
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Perhaps we Americans have a distorted expectation for privacy in the car. But if it’s going to be challenged, we want a human, not a dog to do it. A 6-2 decision by the Supreme Court of this great land...
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The search engine at business.com associates corporate and professional websites with a personal name search term, returning links to those sites and news articles in which the names are mentioned. Like any search device that narrows the field, it misses...
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Here’s a curious finding from the Pew Internet and American Life Project, which I referred to in an earlier posting, that got me thinking about a serious problem. The Pew study findings reveal that a small percentage of Internet “researchers”...
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Far from the politico’s pulpit in D.C. emerges a deadly detailed blueprint of the near future debate that we will face in the State legislatures and Congress on sealing court records. A Minnesota Supreme Court advisory group recently issued report...
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New laws passed by 26 state legislatures in the 2004 session that impact law enforcement and criminal justice are summarized in this (pdf) 2004 State Report, issued by the International Association of Chiefs of Police. The Oregon Board of Investigators...
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There are varieties of search engines, all culling content by different means. Which gets to my prior post on the limitations of only running your search through Google. The word, many words have circulated about the new Microsoft MSN search...
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It’s a job tracking the bills in Congress that affect your well being and livelihood. But here’s a fresh, upstart site that really does it right. Search bills by number or subject, in the current or past legislative sessions. The...
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