San Jose police mount cameras on officer’s heads to record encounters with public – Minneapolis Star Tribune

San Jose police mount cameras on officer’s heads to record encounters with public – Minneapolis Star Tribune
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Grainy cell phone images are often used against cops accused of using excessive violence. Now, officers are being armed with their own cameras. The so-called head cameras are the latest technology to come from Taser International Inc., makers of the stun guns popular with law

Comedy Central not renewing `The Jeff Dunham Show’ – WJLA
NEW YORK – Comedy Central won’t be renewing “The Jeff Dunham Show” for a second season. The show, featuring comedian Jeff Dunham and his repertoire of puppets, attracted plenty of attention, both positive and negative. Its debut drew 5.3 million viewers, a season premiere record for Comedy Central

San Francisco’s famous sea lions have vanished – San Jose Mercury News
SAN FRANCISCO Last month, marine scientists counted more than 1,500 sea lions on fabled Pier 39, a record number that delighted tourists and baffled experts. Why so many? Why were they sticking around? But now, almost all the sea lions are gone, leaving the experts guessing where they went

Obama says ’systemic failure’ allowed airline plot – Washington Post
HONOLULU — President Barack Obama said Tuesday that “a systemic failure” allowed the attempted Christmas Day attack on a Detroit-bound flight from Amsterdam. He called it “totally unacceptable.” The president said he wants preliminary results by Thursday from two investigations he has ordered to

Professional journalists’ group condemns NBC for bringing NJ man, son home from Brazil on jet – Minneapolis Star Tribune
NEW YORK – The Society of Professional Journalists condemned NBC News for practicing “checkbook journalism” by chartering a jet that carried a New Jersey man involved in a bitter custody battle and his son home from Brazil. David Goldman, who successfully fought the Brazilian family of his now

Hacker pleads guilty in huge credit card theft case – PhysOrg
A 28-year-old Florida man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to hacking into corporate computer networks and carrying out what US officials have described as the largest credit card theft in US history. Albert Gonzalez, of Miami, pleaded guilty in US District Court in Boston to two counts of conspiracy to