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...Wednesday, a Milan judge convicted three Google executives of privacy violation for not blocking the video from the site. The officials - senior vice president and top legal officer David Drummond, chief privacy counsel Peter Fleischer and former chief financial officer George Reyes - each received a suspended six-month jail sentence. The ruling, which Google said it would appeal, has sparked a vigorous debate about the free flow of information and the legal responsibility of Web-platform companies to monitor the type of material that is posted to their sites. (See pictures of work and life at Google...
...during emotional testimony, recounted a 2006 incident in which her Lexus ES 350 accelerated to more than 100 m.p.h. despite repeated braking. NHTSA "failed all along the way," Joan Claybrook, who formerly led the agency and who is scheduled to speak at Wednesday's hearing, told TIME earlier this month...
...Toyota, a company that built its reputation through its dogged commitment to reliability, that has plunged the farthest. Wednesday's appearance will mark the culmination of a brutal month for its chief, who has been battered by the media for his sluggish response to the crisis. Toyota surely hoped that the worldwide recall of its flagship Prius and other hybrid models earlier this month would close an ugly chapter in its storied history. But a series of damaging revelations has rekindled whispers that the automaker has valued profits over safety. In a document dated July 6, 2009, and obtained...
...seats in the lower house of parliament, making it the largest opposition bloc to face off against Mubarak's ruling National Democratic Party. The regime now seems ready to make sure that doesn't happen again. Three senior leaders among the 16 Brotherhood members arrested earlier this month, including the deputy leader of the group, are, according to Reuters, being charged with setting up training camps to plan terror attacks as well as setting up an internal body that heeds militant Islamist ideals preached by a firebrand Brotherhood intellectual who was executed in 1966. The Brotherhood, however, renounced violence...
...latest brouhaha was sparked by René Vandierendonck, the socialist mayor of the northern city of Roubaix, who this month railed against his local Quick outlet over its Nov. 30 decision to remove bacon burgers from its menu and replace them with a version using halal beef and a slice of smoked turkey. "It's discrimination" against non-Muslim customers, Vandierendonck said. The mayor has filed charges with justice authorities against Quick for what he says is prejudicial religious catering. He has also lodged a complaint with France's main antidiscrimination authority on the matter. "Yes to diversity...