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- Gun-rights activists pack heat as form of protest in Pasadena
- Sen. Ensign Resignation Raises Questions
- Glenn Beck tells ‘thin skinned’ Mike Huckabee not to run
- Mitt Romney tops weak Barack Obama in New Hampshire Poll
- Apple, Google Secretly Collecting User Data
| Gun-rights activists pack heat as form of protest in Pasadena Posted: 23 Apr 2011 10:48 AM PDT By Brian Charles, Staff Writer PASADENA – Gun-rights advocates strolled through Old Pasadena on Thursday night strapped with unloaded guns to protest a firearms law proposed by state Assemblyman Anthony Portantino. The gun-toting protesters were from South Bay Open Carry, a gun-rights advocacy group. With .357s, Glocks and Colt pistols on their hips, they walked leisurely along Colorado Boulevard looking for a place that doesn’t require reservations and doesn’t require partons to leave their firearms at the door. They chose to dine in Pasadena to send a message to Portantino, who has authored a bill to outlaw the open carrying of guns in public places. “If Portantino’s bill passes it will take away the only way you or I can defend ourselves,” said Gene McCarthy, president of South Bay Open Carry. McCarthy, who spent three years on the Los Angeles Police Department, said residents can’t always count on the police for protection. “When you call 9-1-1 it takes time to process the call and it takes time to get there,” McCarthy said. “The victims are first responders and police officers are second responders.” Click Here for the full article. |
| Sen. Ensign Resignation Raises Questions Posted: 23 Apr 2011 10:09 AM PDT Published April 23, 2011 | Associated Press The resignation this week by U.S. Sen. John Ensign raised questions about what an ongoing Senate ethics probe has uncovered, while also muddling the field of candidates for congressional seats now held by the GOP headed into a key election year. The decision to step down marked an unexpected change of heart for the Nevada Republican who as recently as last month said he would remain in office until his planned retirement from politics because he had not violated ethics rules. “If I was concerned about that, I would have resigned, because that would make the most sense, because then it goes away,” Ensign said then as he announced he would retire after 2012. It’s not immediately clear what, if anything, has changed since he made those remarks. An ethics committee official said Friday that neither a vote nor a public hearing had been scheduled in the Ensign investigation prior to his announcement. Leaders of the Senate Ethics Committee noted tersely that Ensign made the proper decision in turning in a letter of resignation amid their unfinished two-year probe of his conduct. Ensign, 53, cited “wear and tear” on himself and his family in his announcement Thursday, which came nearly two years after he acknowledged having had an extramarital affair with a former staffer. The ethics probe has explored Ensign’s handling of the affair and whether he tried to illegally cover it up. |
| Glenn Beck tells ‘thin skinned’ Mike Huckabee not to run Posted: 23 Apr 2011 10:00 AM PDT By MAGGIE HABERMAN | 4/22/11 11:07 AM EDT | POLITICO Conservative radio host and Fox News personality Glenn Beck fired back at Mike Huckabee on Friday, saying the former Arkansas governor was “co-opting” liberal talking points and should consider staying out the race if he’s so “thin-skinned.” There are “really tough issues that real conservatives will have with Mike Huckabee,” Beck said on his radio show of the politician, who’s weighing another run for president in 2012. “If, sir, you are this thin-skinned about your politics, it might be best for you to stay on the sidelines” and not run, he added. It’s the latest salvo in a week-long back-and-forth over comments from Beck calling Huckabee as a “progressive” because he had defended the first lady from criticism over her good-eating initiative. |
| Mitt Romney tops weak Barack Obama in New Hampshire Poll Posted: 23 Apr 2011 09:54 AM PDT By ALEXANDER BURNS | 4/22/11 6:37 AM EDT | POLITICO Mitt Romney is the only Republican candidate leading President Obama in New Hampshire, according to a new poll from Dartmouth College’s Nelson A. Rockefeller Center. In the center's fourth "State of the State" survey, Romney tops Obama in a general election matchup by 8 points, 47 percent to 39 percent. No other Republican comes close to that mark: Obama leads Mike Huckabee by 8 points, Tim Pawlenty by 16, Haley Barbour by 19, Donald Trump by 22 and Sarah Palin by a yawning 27-point margin. Romney's stronger performance comes from his appeal to independent and undeclared voters, who make up a hugely influential bloc in New Hampshire's primary and general elections. Among voters unaffiliated with either party, Romney beats Obama, 44 percent to 36 percent. He is the only active Republican contender tested in the poll who beats Obama with those key voters. While no Republican candidate defeats Obama except Romney, several — including Barbour, Pawlenty and Huckabee — hold him under 50 percent of the vote and have room to grow as they become better known. Pawlenty drew only 25 percent support against Obama, and Barbour was at just 23 percent, but Obama didn't take a majority of the vote against either of them. |
| Apple, Google Secretly Collecting User Data Posted: 23 Apr 2011 09:47 AM PDT By JULIA ANGWIN And JENNIFER VALENTINO-DEVRIES | 4/22/2011 | Wall Street Journal Apple Inc.’s iPhones and Google Inc.’s Android smart phones regularly transmit their locations back to Apple and Google, respectively, according to data and documents analyzed by The Wall Street Journal—intensifying concerns over privacy and the widening trade in personal data. Google and Apple are gathering location information as part of their race to build massive databases capable of pinpointing people’s locations via their cellphones. These databases could help them tap the $2.9 billion market for location-based services—expected to rise to $8.3 billion in 2014, according to research firm Gartner Inc. In the case of Google, according to new research by security analyst Samy Kamkar, an HTC Android phone collected its location every few seconds and transmitted the data to Google at least several times an hour. It also transmitted the name, location and signal strength of any nearby Wi-Fi networks, as well as a unique phone identifier. Google declined to comment on the findings. Until last year, Google was collecting similar Wi-Fi data with its fleet of StreetView cars that map and photograph streets world-wide. The company shut down its StreetView Wi-Fi collection last year after it inadvertently collected e-mail addresses, passwords and other personal information from Wi-Fi networks. The data that Mr. Kamkar observed being transmitted on Android phones didn’t include such personal information. Apple, meanwhile, says it “intermittently” collects location data, including GPS coordinates, of many iPhone users and nearby Wi-Fi networks and transmits that data to itself every 12 hours, according to a letter the company sent to U.S. Reps. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Joe Barton (R-Texas) last year. Apple didn’t respond to requests for comment. |
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