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Email privacy legislation clears Senate committee

By By RICHARD LARDNERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Over objections from law enforcement officials, the Senate Judiciary Committee has approved legislation that would require police to obtain a search warrant from a judge before they can review a person's emails or other electronic

NH couple arrested at Fla. parade after boy burned

By By LISA RATHKEAssociated Press A New Hampshire couple suspected of abusing the woman's 3-year-old son have been arrested while leaving a parade at a theme park in Orlando, Fla., after two weeks on the run, authorities say. Jessica Linscott and her boyfriend, Roland Dow, were taken into

Family learns of student's death on Facebook

By By JEFF MARTINAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) - The parents of a south Georgia college student first learned from Facebook that their daughter had been found dead in a dormitory study room shortly before Thanksgiving. Now, they hope that Facebook and other social media sites can help solve the

Watchdog: US should explain probe of halal company

By By RYAN J. FOLEYAssociated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - A national civil rights organization called on U.S. authorities Wednesday to explain their investigation into a leading maker of food for observant Muslims, saying it is troubled by the secrecy surrounding the seizure of the company