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Someone had tried to wire $400 from my MasterCard to an account in Bosnia. The transaction raised red flags at Western Union, which refused the transfer. Still, I was advised to shut down my credit card immediately. I called my bank, which had already taken that step--though not before nearly $2,000 in fraudulent charges had been put through in the hours since I had gone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Money: 'Tis the Season for ID Theft | 12/17/2006 | See Source »

Over the past few weeks, the Undergraduate Council (UC) and its presidential election have dominated the campus dialogue. Will Tom D. Hadfield ’08 and Adam Goldenberg ’08 actually be able to put all course packs online by the next study card day? Will the Ryan A. Petersen ‘08 and Matthew L. Sundquist ‘09 ticket deliver on its promise to effectively promote student advocacy on campus? And could they please start selling Hostess cupcakes at the Lamont Library caf?...

Author: By Stephen C. Bartenstein | Title: Kind Energy | 12/14/2006 | See Source »

...back to October of 2005. The university blocked further access to the private data and hired a consultant to help figure out how it happened. In a letter to those who may have been victimized, UCLA's Acting Chancellor Norman Abrams noted that the data does not include credit card or banking information, but apologized. "I deeply regret any concern or inconvenience this incident may cause you," Abrams wrote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lessons from the UCLA Hack Attack | 12/12/2006 | See Source »

...babysitting instead, or donate to a charity in their name. Oxfamamericaunwrapped.com invites donors to "buy," for example, a camel ($175), cow ($75), sheep ($45), building tools ($25) or the planting of 50 trees ($30) as a way to support Oxfam's programs in developing countries (the recipient gets a card with a photo, not an actual cow). For more ways to give, go to Treehugger.com...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Have a Green Christmas | 12/11/2006 | See Source »

...that pressure the institutions beneath them to comply with the law and settle out of court or even change laws and policies. In 2003, for example, a lawsuit by relatives of Sun Zhigang, a man beaten to death in police detention after being arrested for not carrying his ID card, provoked an intense public outcry, especially on Chinese Web sites. Three months after Sun's death, the State Council abolished the rules that had allowed police to detain the man in the first place. "The best lawyers have to be media savvy," says Phyllis Chang, an American expert on Chinese...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Quest for Justice | 12/11/2006 | See Source »

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