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PA: 'Operation Safe Surf' warns of Web dangers
By Chris Togneri, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Teenagers don't know everything, but they know more than their parents when it comes to computers and technology. And that puts them at risk, state Attorney General Tom Corbett said Monday.
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SC: Program aims to put laptops in hands of state's low-income children
By Ron Barnett, The Greenville News
Cheap laptop computers that are being used to bring technology to children in developing countries are now being put in the hands of low-income public school children in South Carolina.
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KY: State lab's DNA testing halted in 1979 murder
By Jason Riley, The Courier-Journal (Louisville)
With Kentucky lab technicians just hours away from completing DNA testing that could exonerate death row inmate Brian Keith Moore in the 1979 murder of a Louisville man, the testing was halted at the request of state prosecutors last week, Moore's attorney said.
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CT: Rell restricts use Of purchasing cards
By The Associated Press, The Hartford Courant (registration)
Gov. M. Jodi Rell is directing the state's Department of Administrative Services to restrict the use of state purchasing cards, which are similar to credit cards.
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MS: Gov. OKs measures on ethics, ID theft
By Natalie Chandler, The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson)
Mississippians will find public officials' sources of income on a Web site. A training school for troubled teens will close its doors in seven weeks. A conviction for identity theft committed through a violent crime will mean more prison time.
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NY: Picture worth a thousand words?
By Marc Parry, Times Union (Albany)
Pay Alain Kaloyeros the highest salary of any state employee, and officials gush about why he's worth it. Splash a picture of him flipping the bird at a photographer in the New York Post, and lawmakers tell you about his great sense of humor.
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WORTH NOTING: Voters' guide promotes phone sex
By Pauline Vu, Stateline.org Staff Writer
An Oregon voters’ guide lists a very wrong number. California’s governor insults rural legislators. And Pennsylvania considers selling wine in vending machines. In case you missed those stories this week, “Worth Noting” fills you in.
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