The cyber snoops: how Internet gumshoes breach personal privacy

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There are around 200 information vendors on the Internet who will provide personal information about someone for a fee. Most of these firms use legal means to obtain the information and charge fees ranging from $12.50-$150. The FTC is conducting hearings on privacy issues and the Internet.

Social aspects, Laws, regulations and rules, Internet, Information services, Privacy, Right of, Right of privacy, Computer crimes, Information services industry

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Why the Big Apple feels safer

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New York City's serious crime rate has dropped 27% since 1993, and the city's police claim they have a lot to do with this. Police commissioner William Bratton's emphasis on community policing and arresting people on minor charges has been influential in preventing crime.

New York, New York, New York, Law enforcement officers, Crime prevention, Police patrol, Police patrols

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The war of the world views

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Boutros Boutros-Ghali is traveling the world attempting to muster support for a second five-year term as United Nations secretary general. The US has vowed to veto Boutros-Ghali's bid for a second term due to his failure to reform the UN's bureaucracy.

Officials and employees, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, United Nations, Boutros Ghali, Boutros

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