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Report: U.K. spies hacked foreign diplomats’ emails, phones

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:40:38 MDT

Report: U.K. spies hacked foreign diplomats’ emails, phones

By RAPHAEL SATTER The Associated Press

Updated Jun 16, 2013 11:40PM MDT

London • The Guardian newspaper says the British eavesdropping agency GCHQ repeatedly hacked into foreign diplomats’ phones and emails when the U.K. hosted international conferences, even going so far as to set up a bugged Internet café in an effort to get an edge in high-stakes negotiations. The report — the latest in a series of revelations which have ignited a worldwide debate over the scope of Western intelligence gathering — came just hours before Britain was due to open the G-8 summit Mond...

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Colorado city wants to ban people taking pictures of public records

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 10:07:10 MDT

Colorado city wants to ban people taking pictures of public records

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated Jun 15, 2013 10:07AM MDT

Durango, Colo., officials are trying to close what they see as a public-records loophole that is costing them money. The Durango Herald reports that the city is proposing an ordinance that would ban people from photographing public records they request. It seems people are using their cellphones and tablet computers to get around photocopying fees by taking pictures of the documents. The city charges 25 cents per page after the first 10 pages, whether the information is photocopied or scanned fo...

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Key Nazi official’s missing diary recovered in New York

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:04:54 MDT

Key Nazi official’s missing diary recovered in New York

By Randall Chase The Associated Press

Updated Jun 13, 2013 02:04PM MDT

WILMINGTON, Del. • Federal authorities have recovered about 400 handwritten pages from the wartime diary of a key Nazi adviser to Adolf Hitler after a 17-year search for the documents, officials said Thursday. Alfred Rosenberg played a significant role in the slaughter of millions of Jews and other non-Aryans considered inferior under the Third Reich. He was convicted of war crimes at the Nuremberg trials after World War II and executed in 1946. Officials from the Department of Homeland Security...

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Police: St. George man claims he had sex with unconscious woman to ‘save’ her life

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 23:27:48 MDT

Police: St. George man claims he had sex with unconscious woman to ‘save’ her life

By Janelle Stecklein | The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated Jun 10, 2013 11:27PM MDT

A 50-year-old St. George man is in trouble after he allegedly found a female neighbor unconscious on her front porch and allegedly claimed he had sex with her to try to warm her. Rodger William Kelly told police he inserted his penis inside the unconscious 29-year-old on May 19 because “he was trying to save her life,” according to court documents. “He said he did place it inside of her to try and get her temperature up,” police wrote in a probable cause statement filed in 5th District Court. P...

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Former CIA worker says he leaked U.S. surveillance data

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 06:34:07 MDT

Former CIA worker says he leaked U.S. surveillance data

By BRIAN KNOWLTON New York Times News Service

Updated Jun 10, 2013 06:34AM MDT

WASHINGTON - The British newspaper The Guardian on Sunday revealed the identity of the source of its information for a series of articles on surveillance practices by the National Security Agency. In an article on its website, the newspaper identified the source as Edward Snowden, 29, a former technical assistant for the CIA who has worked at the NSA as an employee of outside contractors. The British newspaper said it was revealing Snowden’s identity at his request. It said he had decided from t...

Former Cedar City youth home director charged with sex crimes

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 23:33:21 MDT

Former Cedar City youth home director charged with sex crimes

By stephen hunt The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated Jun 5, 2013 11:33PM MDT

The former executive director of a Cedar City home for troubled girls has been charged with six felonies alleging he raped or sexually abused three young clients of the facility. Daniel Sandberg Taylor, 42, was charged this week in 5th District Court with three counts each of rape and aggravated sexual abuse of a child, all first-degree felonies. The victims were all staying at Integrity House, a residential treatment center for troubled girls 12 to 17 years old. According to court documents, T...