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The Statesman Journal reported that Keizer, once again, is considering establishing a complete public library.

WOBURN - From an unmarked cruiser in a quiet corner of the parking lot, Woburn police Detective Lieutenant Bob Rufo trained his binoculars on a man who had just parked a luxury car near the entrance to one of this city's chain hotels. The man, clad in a blazer, carried a cellphone but no luggage and walked swiftly to the door.

January 11, 2008 - Bloomtools, developer of leading online business tools, officially launched its franchising system today.

According to Travel Hawaii LLC (http://Travel-Hawaii.com), a leading Hawaii Internet booking service, guests at Hawaii hotels can enjoy free high-speed Internet access in their rooms, or they can pay up to $20/day. Different Hawaii hotels have wildly varying charges for this new "must have" amenity.

Federal prosecutors in Hammond have indicted a man who distributed a video of himself on the Internet sexually assaulting a pre-pubescent girl.

The Cape's new Police 2 Citizen (P2C) computerized record management system, inaugurated online last week, is a cool innovation that can revolutionize public administration.

Study history and you'll find that everything that comes in contact with China and its ancient culture tends to become "Chinese."

LAS VEGAS — After years of booming sales supported by videotapes, DVDs and the Internet, the adult film industry is being challenged by easy video-sharing websites offering explicit content for free.

South Burlington, VT. (AP) _ A Connecticut man has been sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison for using the Internet to try to set up a sexual encounter with a 14-year-old Vermont girl.

HALIFAX - The Gaelic Council of Nova Scotia has been awarded $39,000 to help put recordings of those fluent in the ancient tongue on the internet.

California’s lawmakers are no strangers to privacy legislation. Over the past decade, they have passed more than 80 laws, dictating safeguards for many sources of consumer information ranging from rental cars to supermarket club cards. In 2003, California became the first state to legislate how online businesses store and share customer data. The “Shine the Light” law, described by California’s top privacy official as “bizarre,” asserts the state’s ques...

For the third year in a row, Fonality, a leading open source telephony company, announced today that Technology Marketing Corporation's (TMC(R)) INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine (www.itmag.com) has named one of its products as a recipient of its Product of the Year Award. trixbox Pro, the business-grade phone system that allows companies with five to 500 employees to make free VoIP calls, has been named winner of the INTERNET TELEPHONY Product of the Year Award for 2007.

BOCA RATON, Fla., Jan. 9, 2008 - Law Videos, Inc. has announced the launch of its revolutionary legal information website, http://www.LawVideos.com. The website provides immediate answers to volumes of general legal questions, on a variety of topics, such as personal injury, real estate, criminal law, etc., in a clear, crisp, video format, available entirely free of charge to the user.

Corporation announced a new service in its Online Wellbeing offering, a portfolio of consumer solutions that enable Internet users to take full advantage of the opportunities in their networked lives without the need to worry about vulnerabilities or security risks on their PC's.