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...companies can't protect this information, they shouldn't collect it," says Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC). Earlier this year, Google refused a Department of Justice request for collections of search terms, for which EPIC applauded the search giant. But Rotenberg argues that companies shouldn't store search strings at all, to avoid future subpoenas or data breaches. Ultimately, federal legislation may help bolster Internet security. "We need some new privacy laws," Rotenberg says, "because Net users shouldn't be left with the choice of giving up their privacy or turning off their computer...
...Burton said shutting the sites down is a "double-edged sword." As a former U.S. counterterrorism official, he sees the value of keeping the sites up so intelligence services can collect "forensic" evidence. "It's important to see what they are saying," he says, noting that Hizballah has resource bases in Indonesia and the tri-border area (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay) of South America. Given Hizballah's links to Iran, which offers its operatives diplomatic cover around the world, according to Burton, monitoring Hizballah's Internet presence is vital as part of the "cat and mouse" game with Western intelligence...
...separates bull riding from many other sports is fear, says Glen Young, who runs events for Professional Bull Riding Australia: "You're in a ring with an animal that weighs a ton and wants to kill you." The wages of fear in Australia are modest. Tonight's winner will collect $2,800 and a DVD player; the national champion, if he has a good year, can earn $40,000. But he'll also get a shot at November's world championship in Las Vegas, worth seven million American bucks...
...catwalk - a picket line outside the series' production studios in West Los Angeles. Early this week the entire writer-producer staff of Top Model walked off the job, alleging that the show's executive producers are hindering their efforts to join the Writers Guild of America and collect the pension and pay benefits that all television writers receive as union members. The signs they carry brandish their sentiments: "Top Model means Top $," "Reality Needs a Re-write" and "Tyra is Union...
...most out of your visit to the 191-year-old distillery where it's made, join the loyalty club, Friends of Laphroaig. You'll get your own square foot of land on Islay, and on arrival at the distillery you'll be entitled to collect "rent" - in this case, a dram of Laphroaig's finest. DEWAR'S: With its slick Brand Centre, featuring an auditorium, multimedia displays and historical exhibits, Dewar's is the Disneyland of whisky companies. Together with Aberfeldy, the working distillery next door, the center makes up Dewar's World of Whisky...