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Principal apologizes for school phone message on marijuana

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The principal of an Anchorage elementary school has apologized after the school sent a message urging action against proposed marijuana businesses. The information sent through the school's automated phone message system urged parents to attend an Anchorage Assembly meeting Tuesday.



Student protesters berate university head in South Africa

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Student protesters berated the vice-chancellor of one of South Africa's top universities on Wednesday, venting their anger over school fees at what was supposed to be a peace-building event. The tense scene, which eventually eased when Habib left through a side door, reflected the bitter divisions still simmering after weeks of university student protests for free education across South Africa. While there is widespread support for the idea of free education, the South African... Читать дальше...

Regulators looking to strengthen banks' cyber defenses

«TDN» (tdn.com) 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators are looking to set up new standards for big banks' planning and testing for possible cyberattacks. The aim is to bolster the banking industry's defenses amid concern over periodic security breaches at U.S. banks.

Regulators looking to strengthen banks' cyber defenses

«La Crosse Tribune» (lacrossetribune.com) 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators are looking to set up new standards for big banks' planning and testing for possible cyberattacks. The aim is to bolster the banking industry's defenses amid concern over periodic security breaches at U.S. banks.

Regulators looking to strengthen banks' cyber defenses

«Seattle Post-Intelligencer» (seattlepi.com) 

The move announced Wednesday by the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and a Treasury Department banking agency is designed to get banks' senior executives and directors to pay closer attention to cybersecurity, agency officials said. The rules proposed by the three agencies would pile on a second set of stricter standards for big banks' computer systems that are considered critical to the functioning of the financial industry. The breaches raised concerns about the Fed's ability... Читать дальше...

Lawmaker says Indiana voter changes under review are common

«Gazette Times» (gazettetimes.com) 

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A leading Indiana legislator who also serves as a county elections administrator says her office has only seen one questionable change in voter registration this election season.

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Lawmaker says Indiana voter changes under review are common

«La Crosse Tribune» (lacrossetribune.com) 

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A leading Indiana legislator who also serves as a county elections administrator says her office has only seen one questionable change in voter registration this election season.

The Latest: Opening statements begin at missing-child trial

TheRepublic.com 

NEW YORK — The Latest on the retrial in one of the nation’s most influential missing-child cases (all times local): 12:05 p.m. Prosecutors are introducing jurors to one of the nation’s most influential missing-child cases as a suspect goes on trial for a second time. Opening statements began Wednesday in a retrial surrounding the 1979

Alleged fraud: EFCC closes in on Dogara, others

NAIJ.COM (Nigeria News) 

– A top EFCC operative says the anti-graft agency is currently conducting a thorough investigation into the allegations made by Abdulmumin against principal officers of the House of Representatives – The source says the investigation is being handled on a ministry-by-ministry basis and is going on well – The operatives says those who have any […]

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An East Coast Wedding Hub Faces End of an Era

WSJ.com 

The Historic Little Wedding Chapel in Elkton, Md., is the last vestige of the town’s marriage-mill past. Now the 19th century building faces closure, and could leave the town without a commercial wedding chapel for the first time in a century. Photo: Michelle Gustafson for The Wall Street Journal

'El Chapo' Guzmán's home turf is becoming a hotbed for synthetic-drug production

BusinessInsider.com 

Mexican Naval Secretariat

The northwest Mexican state of Sinaloa — where cartel boss Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán was born and lived — has become a focal point of the country's growing production of synthetic drugs like methamphetamine.

Parts of Sinaloa state, along with areas of Chihuahua and Durango states, make up Mexico's "Golden Triangle," an area so-named for intense marijuana and opium cultivation that also take place there.

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