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Is the Internet to blame for stars’ security issues?

Michael Ventre of MSNBC claims celebrity Twitter accounts may be to blame for unwanted attention.

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Actor Charlie Sheen arrested for domestic violence; majority of victims associated with their attackers

Charlie Sheen’s plans for a Merry Christmas this year were thwarted as he spent the holiday in an Aspen, Colorado jail after wife Brooke Mueller called 9-11and had the Two and a Half Men star arrested on domestic violence charges at 11:20 that morning.

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X-Box 360 Leads Cops to Catch a Thief

A notorious criminal from the Bronx who racked up over 200 larcenies has been caught by police in New York after getting onto Xbox Live with a stolen 360. 22 year-old Jeremiah Gilliam was traced to his home after the machine in question had been reported as stolen. Cops had asked Microsoft if the 360 had been taken online since its theft. Microsoft in turn was able to track it down and confirm that it had.

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Flight 253 Christmas terrorist scare sheds new light on airport security procedures

The Christmas Day scare aboard Flight 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit in which Nigerian passenger Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab attempted to—but failed to—detonate an explosive device strapped to his body, is raising questions about the effectiveness of airport security in a post-9/11 world.

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Samsung Companies to Unite Under One Brand

Samsung Electronics and Samsung Techwin, Samsung | GVI Security will combine its brands to market under one Samsung label in the United States beginning in the new year, according to Security Sales and Integration online magazine. The companies will merge effective January 1st in an effort to reorganize the separate video surveillance operations into one Samsung security business.

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“Shoplifting is criminal offense,” warn British officials after priest gives ‘certain types’ of shoplifting his blessing

Reverend Tim Jones, a parish priest operating in the north of England, garnered national attention after giving a sermon on Sunday wherein he expressed his approval of shoplifting when it is committed by people who are in need during times of economic desperation.

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Los Angeles hopes to avoid False Alarms

Repeated false alarms work against the homeowners, police, and fire departments.   Nowhere is that more evident than in the city of Los Angeles where nearly 57,000 false alarms went off in the year 2009.  Overall, there was an average of 163 alarm calls, 97% of which were false.  Police say the most frequent offenders were [...]

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Trained Dogs for sale for $30,000

Published on 17 December 2009 by in Security News

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In Westport, Massachusetts, there is one dog trainer that is selling trained personal protection dogs for a price tag from $18,000 to $30,000. His dog of choice is the German Shepherd. I read an article about 35 year old Roy Medeiros and his protection dog business in the South Cost Today newspaper. Medeiros is the [...]

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