Saturday, December 31, 2011

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Friday, December 30, 2011

Video: Disney Up 25% in Q4: Buy or Sell?

Is it too late to buy Disney, or can the company sustain its gains? Sharing advice for investors on whether to buy or bail, with David Joyce, Miller Tabak.

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Virginia Tech football player now out of jail

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Update 3:30 p.m.

He is not going to New Orleans, but Cody Journell is heading home to Giles County.

"The court will make it a 100,000 dollar secured bond," said Judge Josiah Showalter.

The suspended Virginia Tech place kicker's parents put up the family home as collateral to get him out of jail.

According to court testimony, prosecutors say Journell, Matthew Brady, and Matthew Dunton rushed into the Blacksburg home of Tech basketball player Dorenzo Hudson, and his roommate Sean Allen, using a BB gun a week ago.

"He and the other two boys are very lucky that somebody on the other side didn't shoot and kill them," said James Turk, Journell's attorney.

Prosecutors say a fourth man who drove the three to the home, but was not charged, told police the incident was all over stolen marijuana involving Allen.

"He stated that all three defendants, including this defendant Mr. Journell made a plan to go over to Mr. Allen's house in order to quote settle the score," said Patrick Jensen, Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney in Montgomery County.

The conditions of Journell's bail include living with his parents in Giles County, a 6 p.m. curfew, no contact with Hudson, and no drugs or alcohol. He also cannot leave the state.

Judge Showalter said he granted bond, because Journell has no criminal record, he was not the one holding the weapon, and the victim did not oppose him being released.

Brady and Dunton remain in custody after withdrawing their appeals, to hire new attorney's from their hometowns.

A preliminary hearing is set for all three on February 23rd.

Update 8:55 a.m.

Virginia Tech kicker Cody Journell and two other men appeared before a judge this morning (Wednesday) for a bond appeal.

Journell, Matthew Dunton, and Matthew Brady are accused of breaking into a Blacksburg home with a BB gun last week.

A judge released Journell on a $100,000 secured bond.? Dunton and Brady withdrew their motion to appeal bond, and are still in jail.

The suspended football player?s father put up the family home as collateral to get his son out of jail.

Stipulations of the bond are that Journell must:

  • Llive with his parents
  • Obey a 6 p.m. curfew
  • Have no contact with Dorenzo Hudson, a Virginia Tech basketball player who lived in the home that police say was broken into
  • Remain alcohol and drug free

A preliminary hearing for the three is also set for February 23rd.

Source: http://www2.dailyprogress.com/news/2011/dec/28/4/virginia-tech-football-player-now-out-jail-ar-1572643/

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Thursday, December 29, 2011

VuPoint Solutions Magic Wand PDS-ST415-VP


The VuPoint Solutions Magic Wand PDS-ST415-VP ($100 street) sounds like something that should be on the Hogwarts back-to-school recommended purchase list. But in reality (pun unavoidable), it's a portable scanner?one of the most portable available. If you need to scan on the go, and don't want to be weighted down with hardware, that alone makes it worth considering.

At 1.2 by 10.1 by 1.1 inches (HWD) and 0.4 pounds, you could argue that the PDS-ST415-VP is too big to call a magic wand. It certainly doesn't look as much like one as the PlanOn DocuPen Xtreme X05 ($369.99 direct 3.5 stars). However, both work essentially the same way for scanning. The sensor and rollers in both cases define the bottom. To scan, you start at the top of a page and sweep down, or start on the side and sweep across.

One other feature the two scanners share is that they don't need a computer to scan to. Instead they scan to memory and let you move the files to a computer later. Connect the PDS-ST415-VP by the supplied USB cable, and it will look like a USB drive to your computer so you can copy the files.

Setup and Scanning
There is not much to set up with this scanner. Just put in the two supplied AA batteries and insert a microSD or microSDHC card as memory to scan to. The only potential issue is that the scanner doesn't come with a memory card and there's no internal memory, so be sure you have one handy. According to the company, you can use cards with up to 32GB capacity.

Scanning is easy. The scanner offers one button to set it to color or black and white mode and another to set it to 300 or 600 pixels per inch (ppi). Simply choose your settings, and then scan. Just as important, there isn't much of a learning curve. I got acceptable scans starting with my first try, both for recognizing text, and for scanning photos well enough for, say, scanning an article and winding up with recognizable images in the photos.

Recognizing Text
In addition to setting up the hardware, you can optionally install Abbyy Screenshot Reader, which comes with the scanner and offers a limited ability to translate images of text into editable text. However, it's important to understand that Screenshot Reader is an OCR (optical character recognition) utility rather than a full-fledged OCR program.

The PDS-ST415-VP scans to JPG image file format. An OCR program would be able to recognize the text for at least one full file at a time. Screenshot Reader recognizes text showing on screen, and it can recognize only as much text as can fit on the screen.

Depending on your screen resolution, you may need to recognize a letter-size page of text in two or more pieces. In my tests using a 1,280 by 1024 screen resolution, for example, with the image zoomed in Photoshop to 33 percent and the text just fitting within the screen width, I had to recognize each page in three sections.

At smaller zoom sizes I could recognize more of the page, but the recognition accuracy dropped. At 33 percent zoom, the program read our Arial test page at font sizes as small as 8 points without a mistake and our Times New Roman test page at 12 points. At 12.5 percent, which is the largest zoom size that showed the full page at once, it couldn't read any font size without mistakes.

Other Issues
It's worth mention that although not needing a computer for scanning has the advantage of giving you less to carry with you, it has a disadvantage too. You can't see the scan and confirm that it's good enough to be usable until you connect to a computer, at which point you may no longer have the original handy to rescan. Depending on the situation, you may be better off skipping the scanner and taking a photo instead, so you can check the image quality on your camera or cameraphone's screen.

You can't count this too heavily against the PDS-ST415-VP, because it's pretty much standard today for portable scanners that don't need a computer, including, for example, the IRIScan anywhere 2 ($199, 3 stars) from I.R.I.S. and the Pandigital Personal Photo Scanner/Converter PanScn06 ($149.99, 3 stars). One the few exceptions is the Editors' Choice Visioneer Mobility ($199.99 direct, 4 stars), which lets you scan to a smartphone and see the results on the spot.

Despite this limitation, if you want to use a scanner rather than a camera, and you want one that's portable enough to carry with you virtually all the time, the PDS-ST415-VP is definitely in the running. When you compare prices with the alternatives, keep in mind that you'll need to buy a memory card and may want a more capable OCR program or a document management program as well. Even so, the VuPoint Solutions Magic Wand PDS-ST415-VP is a more than reasonable choice. It has little to no learning curve, it's easy to use, and its scan quality is up to the task.

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New year brings new risks for California politicians

Ask most people what's significant about Dec. 30 and you may get a puzzled look. But politics junkies know that's the official start of California's next election season.

It opens on a markedly altered stage, set with a new primary system and different voting districts. Lingering uncertainties about some of those districts, thanks to a federal lawsuit and a possible state referendum aimed at overturning them, are adding to the drama.

Not since term limits for state offices took effect in the mid-1990s have California politicians faced such risks to their careers.

"There are more wild cards in the 2012 elections than we've seen" in nearly two decades, said Thad Kousser, a UC San Diego political scientist.

Friday is the first day candidates for legislative and congressional races can take out papers to run. But given the new wrinkles in the state election system, hundreds of candidates started raising money and campaigning months ago, some even before the redistricting commission finished the new political maps.

"There's been a lot of work done [by candidates] trying to strategically position themselves into a district," said consultant Paul Mitchell, who advises politicians on redistricting. To some, early announcements seemed "like a big advantage."

But there are still opportunities for those who hadn't made up their minds so soon, he added: "We still see some people running around looking for districts, and we still have some retirements and [contest] shifts to go."

Those who wish to collect nomination signatures rather than pay a filing fee to get on the June primary ballot have until Feb. 23 to do so. After that, the filing period ends March 9 for most races.

In the new "top-two" primary, the first- and second-place finishers, regardless of political party, will go head to head in November. Candidates may state on the ballot that they belong to a state-recognized political party or that they have "no party preference."

That change and the new voting districts, drawn for the first time by a citizens group instead of by lawmakers protecting incumbents, were promoted as ways to help end partisan gridlock. The combination, proponents said, would lead to more competitive races, produce more moderate officeholders and reduce the extremism that has bedeviled Sacramento and Washington.

But voters, who approved both new systems, may be disappointed if they expect significantly more competition between the main parties, experts say. That's partly because Democrats account for nearly half of the voters in California, and there are too few Republicans to compete in many areas.

Another factor is what Mitchell calls "residential sorting." Like-minded voters tend to live in the same areas. Liberal Democrats cluster in urban centers, and conservative Republicans tend to dominate in more rural areas.

Still, it wouldn't take many more swing districts to change the dynamic in Sacramento, said Dan Schnur, director of the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics at USC and a former Republican advisor.

Even a dozen or so competitive districts in the 120-member Legislature "can create some common ground that makes it easier for the two parties to work together," Schnur said.

He and other politics experts agreed that the unknown factors in the new election environment will help keep officeholders and candidates on their toes.

"The combination of redistricting and the open primary is going to produce unpredictability, and politicians faced with unpredictability tend to be nervous politicians," Schnur said. "And nervous politicians tend to be responsive politicians.

"Regardless of how either of these reforms works out in the long run, large numbers of candidates are likely to spend more time listening to voters than they have in the past.... And that's a good thing."

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Forrest Gump, Hannibal Lecter join film registry (AP)

WASHINGTON ? Bambi, Forrest Gump and Hannibal Lecter have at least one thing in common: Their cinematic adventures were chosen by the Library of Congress to be preserved in the world's largest archive of film, TV and sound recordings.

"The Silence of the Lambs" (1991), a harrowing psychological thriller about the cannibalistic serial killer Lecter, and "Forrest Gump" (1994), starring Tom Hanks as the guileless hero who thinks "life is like a box of chocolates," were critical and commercial successes that won the Academy Award for Best Picture. The animated Disney classic "Bambi" is among the most beloved movies ever made.

A majority of the 25 titles chosen this year for inclusion in the National Film Registry are lesser-known ? including silent films, documentaries, avant-garde cinema and even home movies. The Library of Congress announced the selections Tuesday.

The registry began in 1989 under an act of Congress and now includes 575 films. Its aim is not to identify the best movies ever made but to preserve films with artistic, cultural or historical significance. Previous titles chosen range from "The Birth of a Nation" to "National Lampoon's Animal House."

"Forrest Gump" has its critical detractors but was praised for its technical achievements, including the seamless incorporation of the title character into historical footage.

More than 2,200 films were nominated for the registry this year. The National Film Preservation Board pares them down before Librarian of Congress James H. Billington makes the final selections.

"Each year, we do try to pick one of the titles that the public nominated the most, and `Forrest Gump' was way up there on that list," said Stephen Leggett, program coordinator for the National Film Preservation Board. "Everything on the list is subject to dissenting opinion."

Staffers at the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation in Culpeper, Va., work to ensure that each title is preserved for future generations, packing away original negatives or unreleased prints into the facility's massive vault and collaborating with other preservationists, movie studios and independent filmmakers.

"These films are selected because of their enduring significance to American culture," Billington said in a statement. "Our film heritage must be protected because these cinematic treasures document our history and culture and reflect our hopes and dreams."

Leggett said he was pleased by the inclusion of "The Negro Soldier," a 1944 documentary produced by Frank Capra that was groundbreaking for its realistic and positive depiction of African-Americans. It became mandatory viewing for soldiers entering the army in the latter stages of the war and was shown in commercial theaters.

"It was kind of ironic because the official Army policy at the time was still segregation. You had a film which was implicitly if not explicitly promoting integration," he said.

Films must be at least 10 years old to be considered for the registry.

The oldest movies selected this year are both from 1912. "The Cry of the Children" is about the pre-World War I child labor reform movement, and "A Cure for Pokeritis" stars John Bunny, regarded as the American film industry's earliest comic superstar.

"A lot of people would argue that the humor is kind of dated," Leggett said of Bunny's films ? mostly short domestic comedies in which he played a henpecked husband. "He really was a major figure at the time. It doesn't help your reputation when people like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton come after you."

Chaplin's first feature, "The Kid" (1921), was also chosen for the registry.

It was a big year for actress Sally Field, who co-starred in "Forrest Gump." "Norma Rae" (1979), featuring her Oscar-winning performance as a single mother who fought to unionize a Southern textile mill, also made this year's list.

Among the other titles chosen: "The Big Heat," a 1953 film noir starring Glenn Ford; "The Lost Weekend," Billy Wilder's Oscar-winning alcoholism drama; "Porgy and Bess," starring Sidney Poitier and Dorothy Dandridge; "Stand and Deliver," starring Edward James Olmos as an inspiring East Los Angeles math teacher; and John Ford's epic 1924 Western "The Iron Horse."

Among the lesser-known titles chosen this year, "A Computer Animated Hand" (1972) by Pixar Animation Studios co-founder Ed Catmull was one of the earliest examples of 3D computer-generated imagery. The one-minute film shows a hand turning, opening and closing.

Documentaries picked for the registry include "Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment," which focuses on Gov. George Wallace's attempt to prevent two African-American students from enrolling in the University of Alabama and the response of President John F. Kennedy. "Growing Up Female" from 1971 was one of the first films to document the women's liberation movement.

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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Santa takes a break to surf at California beach

Surfing Santa Michael Pless, 61, catches a wave at Seal Beach, south of Los Angeles in California. Pless, who runs a surfing school in the area, has donned his Santa costume and taken his board out to sea every December since the early 1990's.

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Before settling into his sleigh for his long slog to deliver presents around the world, Santa Claus took a few hours' break to go surfing Saturday on the waves of the Pacific near Los Angeles.

Surfing teacher Michael Pless, 61, took the waves on Seal Beach wearing a custom-fitted "Surfing Santa" suit and a red bonnet, completing the looks with Santa's traditional white beard.

"I wanted to bring the spirit of Christmas to the beach," this beach boy Santa told AFP.

Pless, who has surfed as Santa Claus since the 1990s, said adults "think it's absolutely great" and kids "think it's absolutely fun" to bring a bit of the North Pole to sunny California.

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WordPress for Android 2.0 ? Blogging Re-Imagined

The biggest and most used blogging platform available right now is WordPress, and having apps for our mobile devices to be able to?approve comments, write/edit posts and much more is pretty essential to the success of any small, personal, or even major blog.

WordPress for Android 2.0 has brought a ton slew of new features for us to utilize including:

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Tuesday, December 27, 2011

'Unwavering respect' Patriot Guard Riders shield mourners of military dead

They are from all walks of life. The only common denominators are a love of motorcycles and a passionate desire to shield the families of the fallen from callous and insensitive acts.

There is no political litmus test one must pass before joining the Patriot Guard Riders, an honor guard described as "a diverse amalgamation of riders" from across the nation defined by its "unwavering respect for those who risk their very lives for America's freedom and security."

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There is no political litmus test one must pass before joining the Patriot Guard Riders, an honor guard described as ?a diverse amalgamation of riders? from across the nation defined by its ?unwavering respect for those who risk their very lives for America?s freedom and security.?

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South Carolina Patriot Guard Riders stand in a ceremonial flag line at a funeral service.

The Riders' chief mission is to attend the funeral services of servicemen and women killed in action. Appearing as invited guests of the family, the members demonstrate their support, set up flag lines and offer motorcycle escorts while shielding mourners from disruptions created by protesters.

"We are a group of patriots that honor veterans, first responders and their families," said Bruce Ballou of Charleston, assistant state captain of the riders. "We do this with pride and a deep sense of respect. The PGR mission has also expanded to welcome-home (celebrations), send-offs and honor flights."

There are approximately 255,000 members nationwide, with chapters in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. South Carolina boasts 2,700 riders, with an estimated 200 to 300 living in the Lowcountry, Ballou said.

"But we are not a 'club.' We do not collect dues or have monthly meetings. We communicate using the Internet and phone, and we only gather when we are executing a mission."

Origins

The Patriot Guard Riders were born in August 2005 with the American Legion Riders Chapter 136 in Kansas.

Appalled to learn that a fallen soldier's memory was being sullied by religious zealots protesting at funerals, they developed a strategy to counter the activities of Fred Phelps and the Topeka-based Westboro Baptist Church, which had targeted the funeral of Sgt. John Doles in Chelsea, Okla.

"There are 100 or so members of this church who have attended funerals as anti-gay advocates, claiming that because America condones or tolerates homosexuality, 9/11 was our punishment," said documentary filmmaker Ellen Frick of Seattle, director of "Patriot Guard Riders." "They will hold up placards and say things like 'Thank God for dead soldiers.' "

The church and the family that leads it were also the subject of Louis Theroux's 2007 BBC documentary, "The Most Hated Family in America."

Using legal, nonviolent means, the riders limited the church's planned intrusion at the Doles service. The new group promptly established a mission statement and renamed itself the Patriot Guard in October 2005. Their ultimate goal was to "get veterans and motorcycle organizations involved in every state so that each state could handle the situation internally."

Riders on film

Produced and financed by Frick's company Wall Fly Films and distributed by New Day Films, the 73-minute documentary "Patriot Guard Riders" was shot mainly in Seattle and Evansville, Ind., and was two years in the making. A local screening of the film was held this month at Low Country Harley-Davidson.

"My main characters are in Evansville -- a bereaved couple who lost a son in Iraq," said Frick, who had earlier published an article in Time magazine about the behavior of the church and the Riders' response. "The climax of the film is a kind of confrontation in Iowa between the PGR and members of Westboro Church. We also shot footage in the church's compound. They were more than willing to talk. That's their thing."

But when Frick began traveling with the riders and shooting footage of their activities, she learned the story went deeper.

"It was challenging not to make it be about the Westboro Baptist Church, and the harassment by this hate group," said the director, a former engineer whose social documentaries have appeared on PBS and the History channel. "The story seems at first to be about them, but it's really about the origin of the Riders.

"No one was going to military funerals before them. It is also a matter of camaraderie and brotherhood, especially for Vietnam veterans. The film deals quite a bit with these men and women and with those (suffering) post-traumatic stress disorder."

Receptive families

Ballou, president of the local business firm Nicanor Consulting, said most families have been receptive to the idea of the Riders' participation.

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For more information go to www.patriotguard.org and www.wallflyfilms.com.

"We actively seek out the services of those who have been killed in action. Some of our senior ride captains will work with military or clergy to get permission to go. In other cases, like the death of a veteran, it is we who are approached.

"Occasionally we run across a family that is a little timid and not familiar with who we are and they don't want to make a spectacle of the funeral. Neither do we. So we counsel them to go to our website (www.patriotguard.org) and learn about the Riders.

"Typically, a funeral director or one of the ride captains of the PGR will talk with the family's representative and tell them everything we do is highly respectful of the family. We then coordinate the specifics working with a family member or representative."

Meanwhile, Ballou has high hopes for Frick's documentary, which he said would be useful in explaining to a wider audience "who we are, what we do and why we do it."

Reach Bill Thompson at 937-5707.

Source: http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2011/dec/26/unwavering-respect/

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Four men with baseball bats scared off potential assault by bear spray

Police state that the men showed up to the home at 10020 Third Street with the bats, intent on fighting the occupants inside. One or all of the male suspects kicked in the door to the home, but fled when one of the occupants sprayed the would-be attackers with bear?spray.

One of the attackers received stitches at the hospital, but it is unknown at this time how he received cuts to his face. There were no other injuries?reported.

Police believe this was a targeted act as the occupants of the residence and their would-be attackers are known to each other.??

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Monday, December 26, 2011

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Sunday, December 25, 2011

India Post extends sim card facility for customers in remote areas

Informing this official sourcers here today said following large number of complaints from the mobile phone subscribers, specially those in farthest corner of the country, about the non availability of any sim card in their locality, the India Post had decided to use its vast network of Post Offices across the country for selling BSNL sim card and their top up facilities to the common people at normal rates However, the sources said, before launching the all India programme in a phased manner in over 1500 post offices, the India Post had introduced a Pilot project in nine rural post offices in West Bengal in association with Bengal Telcom Circle.

When fully implemented, expectedly from next month, the project would cover the remote areas in all border states, including West Bengal, Assam, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, Punjab, Sikkim, and the Union Territories of Andaman and Nicobar islands, the sources added. (UNI)

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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Fujitsu Arrows ES IS12F coming to Japan next year: thick name, thin phone

KDDI's au network in Japan has revealed that it'll be stocking the slender Fujitsu Arrows ES IS12F starting January 2012. Fujitsu fans may recall seeing a very similar handset with the same (mostly) 6.7mm profile when NTT DoCoMo's version sashayed into those stuffy FCC offices. The phone runs on a single core processor, which is responsible for powering the image-stabilizing five megapixel camera and Gingerbread OS. The 4-inch, 480 x 800 AMOLED screen is cocooned in the same water resistant armor found on other Arrows devices, helping to protect those essential keitai functions like the One-Seg digital TV tuner and IR receiver. The skinny smartphone will go on sale in both black and red options for KIDDI, while NTT DoCoMo customers will have to settle for black.

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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

The 7 Absolute Worst Tech Gifts to Give This Holiday [Holidays]

The Non-Denominational Secular Thing Buying Period is upon us! Now is the time to start thinking about which shiny, sorta-expensive gadget gift you're going to bestow upon friends and lovers. Make sure you don't pick these. They're worse than coal. More »


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Chinese Motorola XT928 gets hands-on: less RAZR, more double-edged sword


China's own Motorola RAZRs have arrived, and have plenty to differentiate themselves from the Verizon-coated version available in the US. Thankfully, our colleagues over at Engadget Chinese have managed to get some intimate hands-on time with the dual-SIM capable XT928. Whether it's the upgraded 13 megapixel camera, or the 4.5-inch HD display crammed inside, this Motorola mobile arrives slightly chunkier than the RAZR we're used to. In fact, it looks more like a distant cousin than a simple variant. A not-particularly tapered backing is now removable, giving access to the two SIM card slots. Ports and buttons have also been rejigged, although the main difference is certainly the carrier's decision to opt for network flexibility over the wafer-thin styling and Kevlar credentials of its fellow Moto countryman, China Mobile's MT917. See how they both measure up against the Droid RAZR in an awkward family portrait after the break or check the full gallery (and some hands-on footage) at the link below.

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Chinese Motorola XT928 gets hands-on: less RAZR, more double-edged sword originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:51:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Thursday, December 1, 2011

Germany probes if Iran pondering attacks (AP)

BERLIN ? German prosecutors are investigating information authorities received that Iran has been planning attacks on American targets inside the country, but has no indication of anything in the works, a spokeswoman said Thursday.

Germany is home to many U.S. military installations, including the Ramstein and Spangdahlem air bases, and the investigation was opened after authorities received information that Iran might be planning retaliatory attacks to be launched in the event of an American strike on Iran.

A search turned up no evidence, however, and there have been no arrests, the prosecutors' office spokeswoman said on customary condition of anonymity. She would not say where the search took place, or how authorities received the information that led to the investigation.

"Despite the search, there are no indications that there was a planned crime nor an imminent danger," she said.

The Iranian Embassy could not be reached by phone and did not return an email request for comment.

Both the U.S. Embassy and U.S. military said they were aware of the reports, but could not comment on cooperation with German authorities or whether security had been heightened at bases.

"As a rule we do not discuss specific security measures," said U.S. Army Europe spokesman Joe Garvey. "We constantly monitor the security situation and take every credible threat very seriously."

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Facebook?s Settlement With FTC Confirmed: Privacy Changes Must Be Opt In ? UPDATED

Facebook Privacy FTCFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg just issued a statement on the Facebook Blog confirming that his company has settled with the FTC over charges that it has violated user privacy over the years. Facebook is now "required to obtain consumers' affirmative express consent before enacting changes that override their privacy preferences", effectively making opt in all future privacy control changes to the audience of previously shared data or content. Facebook must also submit to privacy audits every 2 years for the next 20 years, bar access to content on deactivated accounts, and avoid misrepresenting the privacy or security of user data.

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