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WATCH Megadeth's Lead Singer Blames Aurora, Sikh Temple Shootings On Obama

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Megadeth's David Mustaine told concertgoers in Singapore President Obama "staged" the Aurora, Colo. shooting and the massacre at a Sikh temple near Milwaukee as part of a plot to outlaw guns, TMZ reported Wednesday.

Mustaine, who's notoriously political, previously told the music website Music Radar everybody who supports Obama has their heads "in the sand." He hopes a Republican ends up in the White House.

Watch the video below for his rant against Obama, courtesy of TMZ: 

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Is The UK Seriously About To Raid The Ecuadorean Embassy?

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In what may eventually result in a huge diplomatic incident, Ecuador has just offered WikiLeaks mastermind Julian Assange asylum.

Assange is of course due to be extradited from the UK for a number of sex crimes in Sweden. His supporters believe that once he arrives in Sweden, he will be extradited to the USA to face a death penalty for Wikileaks-related crimes.

Assange has technically broken his bail by hiding out in the Ecuadorean Embassy (he's been there since June), meaning that he would be arrested if he left the confines of the embassy. Ecuador, however, has said that Assange may be allowed to stay indefinitely in the embassy (which doesn't sound appealing at all — he spends almost all his time in a room with no windows).

The craziest part of this whole thing is that the UK has threatened to storm Ecuador's London Embassy and arrest Assange. Sky News have reportedly heard that the UK will give Ecuador one week's notice before they come in.

Can they really do this?

While an embassy is not technically sovereign territory of the represented state, they are generally not subject to the host state laws under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961, and the host nation's police cannot enter without permission. The UK is reportedly hoping to use a law known as the "Diplomatic and Consular Premises Act 1987" to enter and arrest Assange. The act was created after a British police officer, PC Yvonne Fletcher, was shot dead by a gunman believed to be shooting from the window of the Libyan embassy.

The law effectively ends the diplomatic immunity of the embassy if the embassy is being "misused". It's hard to find an instance of the law being used in a case as sensitive as this — it was used to evict squatters at the Cambodian Embassy in 1987 — and the AP reports it has never been used to force entry into an embassy.

The 1987 law does state that it can only be used if it is “permissible under international law”. Here, Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights comes into play:

Article 14.

  • (1) Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.
  • (2) This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from non-political crimes or from acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.

Are Assange's crimes "non-political" or "from acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations"? Technically, the crime he is being extradited for is a non-political sexual crime, but the crime he believes he will be extradited for once in Sweden could definitely be considered political.

The use of the law would certainly be controversial. Former UK ambassador Craig Murray said that the decision to enter the Ecuadorian embassy would "be, beyond any argument, a blatant breach of the Vienna Convention of 1961".

Perhaps an even bigger problem, however, is the practical implications of such a move. The UK would likely face retaliations from Ecuador and its allies. It may also find other, more powerful, states using the raid as a justification for their own actions against UK diplomatic missions. An additional problem is the large number of Assange supporters outside the embassy in London — any attempt to arrest Assange would surely result in some messy scenes being broadcast around the world.

The UK is reportedly trying to sort out a diplomatic agreement behind the scenes, perhaps the most realistic outcome. The big problem, however, is that their threat to enter the embassy and arrest Assange has ignited extreme anger — Ecuador's foreign minister said "We are not a British colony" last night. The vitriol from the UK is noticeable too —British MP Louise Mensch has called for the UK to break off relations with Ecuador. Finding a middle ground may be difficult.

Regardless, we'll be watching this live stream a lot in the next week.

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College Station Shooter 'Lived Outside The Realm Of Reality' Because Of Video Games

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Richard Weaver, the stepfather of College Station, Texas, gunman Thomas Caffall, called his stepson "crazy as hell," in the aftermath of Monday's shooting.

Now he's saying Caffall was so obsessed with video games he "lived outside the realm of reality," KVUE reported Tuesday.

KVUE also learned Caffall was two months behind on his rent at the time of the shooting.

He owed about $1,250 in rent.

Constable Brian Bachmann, the officer who died, was serving an eviction notice to Caffall the day of the shooting.

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A Horrifying Video Of A Cop Shooting An Unconscious Man's Dog

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A New York City police officer shot a pit bull mix named Star in the East Village Monday without trying to subdue the canine with mace first, Gothamist is reporting.

The dog began growling at officers when they approached her owner, who was having a seizure and appeared to be unconscious, witness Johnny Rodriguez told Gothamist.

Rodriguez didn't see the officer pull out mace before reaching for his gun and shooting the dog as it yelped pathetically. A person in the background yelled, "Why'd you do that?"

A police officer responded by saying the dog attacked. Later on in the video, another witness said, "The dog attacked the cop. The cop shot him."

Business Insider reached out to the NYPD for comment earlier this morning and did not receive an immediate response. The dog reportedly survived the shooting.

Watch the video below. Warning: It's very graphic.

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This Band Just Told Mitt Romney To Stop Stealing Its Music

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Los Angeles-based band Silver Sun Pickups have sent Presidential candidate Mitt Romney a letter of cease and desist after he used their 2009 song "Panic Switch" during recent campaign events, The Hollywood Reporter is reporting.

In response, the group have released this "biting" statement:

We don't like people going behind our backs, using our music without asking, and we don't like the Romney campaign. We're nice, approachable people. We won't bite. Unless you're Mitt Romney!

Romney's campaign has since apologized, stating the song was "inadvertently played during event set-up before Gov. Romney arrived at the location ... we will not play it again."

During the 2008 Presidential Campaign, Presidential candidate John McCain was also asked by the Foo Fighters, Jackson Browne, and John Mellencamp to stop using their songs.

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Chicago Police Officers Say They Were Demoted Because They Didn't Volunteer For Rahm Emanuel's Campaign

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Eleven Chicago police officers are crying discrimination, claiming Mayor Rahm Emanuel violated a citywide law that prohibits hiring based on political considerations.

In their lawsuit against the Emanuel administration, the officers, who served on the mayoral security team during the Daley administration, claimed their ranks were lowered and they lost a significant amount of pay and benefits when they were transferred off the mayor's security detail, The Chicago Tribune reported Thursday.

The officers, who aren't named in the Tribune's story, say they were replaced by other officers who had "either volunteered to work security on Emanuel's campaign or had political connections to the campaign," according to the Tribune.

Chicago's Law Department said the lawsuit was "baseless," adding that Emanuel and his staff didn't actually hire his security detail. The hiring was done by former interim police superintendent Terry Hillard.

The officers are seeking unspecified monetary damages. They also want to be reinstated to their former positions.

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SEC Charges Former NFL Player With $80 Million Ponzi Scheme

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A former NFL player who was also a college football coach was charged Thursday with operating a bogus wholesale liquidation business that cost investors $80 million.

Ex-NFL player Jim Donnan, who coached University of Georgia football and was a TV commentator, defrauded investors with his partner Gregory Crabtree through a West Virginia company called GLC Limited, the SEC announced.

Donnan and Crabtree allegedly told investors that GLC could make a huge profit by buying up leftover merchandise from big-time retailers and then selling it to discount retailers. Investors were promised sky-high returns of up to 380 percent, the SEC said.

In reality, they allegedly used most of the money to pay earlier investors or use it for other illicit purposes.

“Donnan and Crabtree convinced investors to pour millions of dollars into a purportedly unique and profitable business with huge potential and little risk,” said William P. Hicks, Associate Director of the SEC’s Atlanta Regional Office. “But they were merely pulling an old page out of the Ponzi scheme playbook, and the clock eventually ran out.”

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Family Research Council Shooting Suspect Has Been Charged

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Floyd Lee Corkins II has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon after he allegedly shot a guard for a conservative Christian activism and lobbying group in Washington DC, The Associated Press reported Thursday.

Corkins, who was reportedly armed with "two loaded 15-round ammo clips," entered the council's office in the heart of DC's Chinatown yesterday carrying promotional materials from Chick-fil-A.

The research council, much like Chick-fil-A, strongly opposes gay marriage.

Corkins "made a negative reference about the group's work," before shooting the security guard, the AP reported.

The FBI is still considering filing domestic terrorism charges, according to DCist. Before he can be charged with domestic terrorism, the FBI has to determine what Corkins' motive was when he allegedly opened fire.

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If You Really Want To Bring Weed On An Airplane Do Not Stash It In A Jar Of Peanut Butter

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The Transportation Security Administration's official blog announces all of the significant items confiscated by the airport security group, and there's a trend lately of people being caught trying to smuggle marijuana into the airport by stashing it in a Ziploc bag in peanut butter. 

This is a horrible idea. 

At least four attempts this year have been foiled by TSA agents who saw canisters and other packages hidden in a can of peanut butter. Seeing a chunk of strange matter in an x-ray of a jar of peanut butter understandably sets off a bunch of red flags.

When agents found the pot, they reported the whole situation to the proper authorities. The TSA doesn't screen for drugs specifically — they focus on guns, bombs, knives, weapons and small quantities of liquid hygiene products — but when they do find drugs, they call it in to the local authorities. 

This spate of pot being concealed in peanut butter all started in February, when a passenger flying out of Oakland, California was caught concealing a baggie of marijuana in the hollowed out center of a peanut butter jar.

Evidently hearing this story but ignoring the part where the passenger was caught, one week later another passenger was caught with concealed marijuana in a peanut butter jar. The passenger was flying out of Seattle. 

Then, a month later in March, a third person was caught with a suspicious container (it was full of marijuana) inside a jar of peanut butter in Salt Lake City. This time, the TSA publicly indicated that peanut butter was no match for X-ray equipment and that people should really stop trying this. 

People took heed, and it wasn't until May that an innovative passenger flying out of Florence, South Carolina was caught trying to smuggle a bag of marijuana in a jar of raspberry jam. The TSA then emphasized that "an organic substance stuffed in a jar of jelly looks odd." 

By late July, smugglers were back to peanut butter. On the 27th the TSA blog reported that another passenger tried to conceal a bag of marijuana in a jar of peanut butter. This time, it was a passenger trying to fly out of Seattle and the peanut butter was creamy store brand. 

What's the moral? Don't bring marijuana on planes. And if you try, whoever told you to stuff it in a jar of peanut butter is wrong, that just makes it easy to spot on the x-ray monitor. 

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Bulgaria Releases Images Of A Suspected Accomplice To The Burgas Bus Bombing

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Bulgarian authorities have released a computer-generated image and a fake Michigan license of a suspected accomplice to the suicide bombing that killed five Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian bus driver on July 18, AP reports.

The Interior Ministry said “there is data that the man is related to the terrorist attack at the airport.”

Police say they found the fake Michigan driver's license ID on the bomber and "originally believed the license belonged to the bomber who was decapitated in the July 18 explosion but say a facial reconstruction proved that was not the case," according to AP.

But the fake license released today is different than the one that was reportedly found at the scene (along with a U.S. passport).

Here is the fake license reportedly found at the scene:

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Here is the fake license that authorities released today:

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Authorities, who have struggled to identify the bomber, previously released a digitized representation of the primary suspect by reconstructing the badly damaged face of the attacker.

There have been several contradictions in the reports about the suspected attacker.

• Airport security footage showed the primary suspect as a Caucasian man dressed like a tourist.

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• A forensic expert who took part in autopsies on the victims and the attacker told Bulgarian National TV that the bomber "had a white face, light eyes, and very thick brown hair."

• Prosecutors cited witness reports that the bombing suspect had dark eyes.

• The owner of a car rental company who denied the bomber a car on suspicion of his license described the suspect as having dark skin, short brown hair and speaking English with an Arabic accent.

BBC reported that she insisted to Bulgarian national TV that the man in the security footage was the same man, but he appeared to be wearing a wig.

The Bulgarian newspaper Troud reported that investigators believe "the bomber had two companions with him on the day of the attack, one of whom coordinated the operation while the other acted in support."

So perhaps witnesses described the European-looking bomber and an Arabic handler, but that wouldn't explain why the second fake ID was reportedly found on the bomber or why police have disregarded the first fake Michigan license.

Bulgaria's Channel 2 had previously named Mehdi Ghezali ast the bomber, but Swedish secret service and Bulgarian officials denied it.

On July 22 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told CBS that Israel has "unquestionable…intelligence that this was done by Hezbollah backed by Iran."

U.S. officials have echoed those claims, and House Intelligence Committee chairman Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) went as far as urging President Obama to "call Iran on the carpet very publicly and tell them what we know” because this is "his time to stand up and do something bold."

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Judge Quits Job Because Salary Couldn't Support A 'Judge's Life' In New York

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A $168,800 salary that was boosted by a pay raise wasn't enough to keep a New York City judge behind the bench.

Justice Ariel Belen said the raise was "too little, too late" for him to stay as a judge of the Appellate Division, the New York Law Journal reported Thursday.

"The pay raise was welcome, but it really was long overdue and I don't think really changes substantially a judge's life, particularly in New York City," Belen told the Journal.

Belen, along with his fellow judges, got a 17 percent salary boost in April and was slated to get an even higher hike over the next two years, according to the Journal.

But Belen received an offer from a private alternative dispute resolution company, JAMS, which beat even the prospect of a raise.

"There comes a point where the prospects of substantially increasing your income just outweigh everything else," Belen told the Journal.

Belen's also claims he feels "bad" about vacancies in the court and the extra workload his colleagues have to carry.

"It was a very difficult and heart-wrenching decision for me," Belen told the Journal.

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FTC: Facebook’s Privacy Policy Was A Complete Lie

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As anyone who’s ever used Facebook knows, it’s not exactly a bastion of the private: Users voluntarily cough up unbelievable amounts of personal information about themselves on a daily basis. Everyone has read a post by a friend and thought, “I would never put that on Facebook!”

But when it comes to what Facebook itself does with all that information, it’s a whole other ball game, and now the feds are watching. Facebook settled charges on August 10 brought by the Federal Trade Commission over the social media giant’s privacy policy. According to the FTC, the settlement resolves charges that Facebook “deceived consumers by telling them they could keep their information on Facebook private, and then repeatedly allowing it to be shared and made public.”

Groups including the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) in Washington, DC, and consumer advocacy organizations complained to the FTC in 2009 after Facebook changed the privacy settings of its users and misrepresented how much user information third-party apps could access. For instance, certain information that users may have designated as private – such as their Friends List – was made public, and Facebook failed to warn users this was happening.

Facebook Promises to Be More Transparent

“We believed that was an unfair business practice and made it virtually impossible for even diligent users to control the use of their information they provided to the company,” says EPIC President Marc Rotenberg, who teaches information privacy law at Georgetown University Law Center.

In November 2011, Facebook announced it would settle the charges with the FTC. (Read the complaint here.) Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg responded, where else but on Facebook, with a long ramble about how much his company prized its users’ privacy. “Even before the agreement announced by the FTC [on November 29], Facebook had already proactively addressed many of the concerns the FTC raised,” he claimed.

Under the settlement, Facebook agrees to:

  • give consumers clear and prominent notice and obtain their express consent before sharing their information beyond their privacy settings (i.e., with third-party apps)
  • maintain a comprehensive privacy program to protect consumers’ information
  • undergo biennial privacy audits from an independent third party for the next 20 years

The settlement didn’t carry any fines, but any future violations of the settlement will cost the company $16,000 a day.

The Facebook settlement comes on the heels of an FTC-record-breaking $22.5 million fine against Google over allegations that it violated the privacy of users through tracking cookies on Google sites for Apple Safari users and then sending them targeted ads. Coming the day before the settlement, that whopper of a fine makes the Facebook action look rather paltry by comparison.

What the Settlement Means for Users

“Fundamentally, users will have more control over the personal information that they make available to Facebook,” says Rotenberg. He adds that the provision requiring 20 years of privacy audits is typical of such settlements.

In fact, EPIC is not thoroughly impressed with the settlement. “We believe the FTC could have done more,” Rotenberg says. “The most obvious would have been to restore the user privacy settings as they were before Facebook changed them.” Why did the company change them in the first place? In its effort to “monetize” its user base (a favorite term of art among social media marketers), “Facebook is collecting vast amounts of information on Internet users,” he says.

Rotenberg said the FTC could have also required Facebook to let users actually see the information that is being collected about them, and it should have limited facial recognition techniques for auto-tagging photos. The FTC claims facial recognition data is covered by the settlement.

“Overall, it is a good outcome,” Rotenberg allows. “Still, privacy remains a top concern for Facebook users. We expect that there will be more developments in the future.”

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Suit Claims Hundreds Of Homeowners Were Tricked Into Paying $90 Million For Worthless Land

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Fifteen consumers claim Bank of America helped a developer lead them and hundreds of others to buy $90 million worth of unfinished lots in what was supposed to be a luxury North Carolina subdivision, according to lawsuits filed in North Carolina.

Plaintiff Robert Nagel says property developer LR Buffalo Creek — which is not named as a defendant — sold 435 lots to buyers and went bankrupt in 2008 before any construction began. The owners were allegedly left without the "roads, utilities, infrastructure, and amenities" they were promised, according to the complaint obtained by Courthouse News.

More than 200 of the properties on the troubled development were financed by the bank, which Nagel claims "aided and abetted" the developer by giving "substantial assistance or encouragement" in their business. He also claims that:

"The Bank was aware that the developers of Grey Rock were using very aggressive sales tactics with elaborate launch events that included helicopter rides, boat rides, formal dinners and sale boards that were used to create demand for lots and resulted in sales of between 50-100 lots in a day.  The Bank participated in these launch events by setting up booths in tents alongside the Developers to meet with prospective purchasers of lots in Grey Rock."

The suit goes on to accuse the bank of a host of risky lending practices, including inflating lot appraisals and distributing loans with "loan-to-value ratios of between 90% and 95% of the value of each lot."

Bank of America spokesperson Shirley Norton told Business Insider Wednesday that "the lawsuit is without merit and we will vigorously defend against the allegations."

This past year Bank of America paid a record $335 million to settle claims that it sold minority borrowers more expensive loans than other borrowers during the peak of the housing crisis. It was also among five major mortgage lenders who agreed to a $25 billion settlement in last year's joint state and federal investigation into the robosigning scandal.

Whether or not these latest suits pass muster in court, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has issued new rules it hopes will prevent predatory mortgage lending. New amendments to the Truth In Lending Act went into effect Wednesday that would require lenders to give home loan applicants copies of written appraisals and other home value estimates before they close on a new property. 

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Court Rules James Holmes Doesn't Have A Right To Have His Own Expert Analyze Evidence Against Him

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A judge ruled the man allegedly behind the Aurora, Colo. massacre doesn't have a legal right to have his own experts watch over scientific testing of evidence.

James Holmes' attorneys petitioned the court to have their own expert present while the prosecution's experts test firearms, bullets, and other evidence.

"Without an expert present during testing to observe the People's experts' methods and procedures he will lose any realistic ability to confront the People's evidence as to such testing," a newly released court document states.

Holmes' attorneys also claimed there is a possibility the prosecutions' testing methods might "destroy or alter the evidence."

But the court isn't buying it. While Holmes will be able to confront state experts and examiners at trial, the law doesn't guarantee him the ability to have his own expert oversee the prosecution's evidence testing, the judge ruled.

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Now Macy's Is Suing JCPenney Over Martha Stewart

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Macy's is suing JCPenney so it won't be able to carry Martha Stewart-branded products. 

It's the latest twist in a battle that started in January when Stewart announced she was opening a store in JCPenney.

Macy's, which has sold her products for years, is also in a legal battle with Stewart's company. It already won a preliminary injunction against Martha Stewart, who can't sell certain products at JCPenney for the time being.

Now they've set their sights on JCPenney, Alexandra Steigrad at Women's Wear Daily reported: 

“The lawsuit filed today seeks to expand injunctive relief to J.C. Penney and seeks to have J.C. Penney pay damages for its tortious interference with the contract between Macy’s and MSLO,” Macy’s said. “This requested injunction would cover, but is not limited to, any current designs in Macy’s exclusive product categories that were developed by MSLO for J.C. Penney at any time in the past or that may be in the future.

Macy's plans to continue to fully support its exclusive Martha Stewart-branded product sold in its stores and online under its contract with MSLO, which currently extends through January 2018. Given that this is a matter in litigation, the company will not comment further.”

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'Killer Clown' Complained About Being A 'Media Monster' In Newly Discovered Letter

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Reddit user Shipyaad got the surprise of a lifetime when he discovered a letter from legendary serial killer John Wayne Gacy tucked away in his new home.

"I moved into a new place and found it wedged in between a couple of boards in a wall downstairs. It's like someone was trying to hide it or something," he wrote when he posted the letter on Reddit.

The house belonged to the son of a famous Chicago lawyer at one point, Shipyaad claimed, according to The Huffington Post, which first reported the letter.

Gacy was executed in 1994 after he was convicted of killing 33 young boys between 1972 and 1978.

In the letter, Gacy says he contacted attorney Luis Kutner because he was "as famous as I am infamous." Kutner cofounded human rights organization Amnesty International.

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California Police Are Investigating Whether Wade Michael Page Killed Two Sikhs Last Year

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Two elderly Sikh men were walking around Elk Grove, Calif., in March 2011 when someone driving a gold or tan pickup truck drove by and shot them.

And now local police are wondering whether the suspect who killed those men is the same man responsible for killing six Sikhs at a Milwaukee-area temple on Aug. 5, The Sacramento Bee reported Thursday. 

Wade Michael Page opened fire on the temple earlier this month before turning his gun on himself.

"The possibility of a connection seems remote, but I haven't ruled it out," Elk Grove Police Detective Kevin Papineau told the Bee.

The murders of Surinder Singh, 65, and Gurmej Atwal, 78, remain unsolved. The men were killed by a semi-automatic or assault weapon, police said.

"I hope it produces the break we need," Papineau said of the investigation's new angle. "There's a good possibility we haven't yet reached the witnesses who know what we need to put it together."

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Oracle Pays $2 Million To Settle The SEC's Foreign Bribery Charges

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Tech giant Oracle will pay $2 million to settle charges that a subsidiary made payments to bogus vendors in India.

The Securities and Exchange Commission said Thursday it charged Oracle with violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act after the subsidiary kept about $2.2 million of cash off the books by making the phony payments.

Oracle's employees paid supposed local vendors that never actually provided any services to Oracle, the SEC claimed.

"Through its subsidiary's use of secret cash cushions, Oracle exposed itself to the risk that these hidden funds would be put to illegal use," Marc J. Fagel, director of the SEC's San Francisco office, said in a statement Thursday.

Oracle voluntarily disclosed the FCPA violations and fired the employees who were involved, according to the SEC.

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Gap Employee Discovers Hidden Camera In Unisex Dressing Room

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A Gap employee found a hidden camera inside a unisex dressing room and now police are looking for the culprit. 

The employee found the hidden camera last Saturday, CBS Los Angeles reported

Sheriff’s deputies have the camera at a crime lab to see if it contains any images, Amormino said.

“Investigators are unsure if a customer or an employee may have hid the camera in the unisex dressing room, (Police Chief) Jim Amormino said.

Surveillance camera footage for the mall and the store were being checked for clues, he said. Many dressing rooms are equipped with security cameras that could reveal who brought the device in. 

Gap released a statement saying that the camera was an "isolated incident."

Read the CBS story here. 

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The Majority Of The FBI's Most-Wanted Domestic Terrorists Are Women

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The FBI is considering possible domestic terrorism charges against the man accused of shooting a guard at the conservative Family Research Council.

The FBI defines domestic terrorism as "Americans attacking Americans based on U.S.-based extremist ideologies."

It's currently hunting down seven people charged with such crimes. Five are women.

A Communist wanted for allegedly blinding a Port Authority police officer.

Donna Joan Borup threw an acidic substance into the face of a Port Authority police officer during an anti-apartheid protest at JFK in 1981, the FBI claims.

At the time, Borup, a graphic designer, belonged to a Marxist-Leninist group called the May 19th Communist Organization that pushed for an armed revolution against the U.S. government, according to the FBI.

Borup failed to appear for her May 1982 trial and has been on the run ever since. She wears baggy clothes, had a photographic memory, and is considered to be quite smart.



A member of the Black Liberation Army accused of killing a state trooper "execution-style."

Joanne Deborah Chesimard and two accomplices opened fire on state troopers during a traffic stop in May 1973, according to the FBI.

One trooper was wounded, while the other was shot dead at point-blank range.

Chesimard – a member of the Black Liberation Army – was sentenced to prison in 1977 but escaped two years later. The FBI believes she lives in Cuba.



An animal rights activist accused of arson.

Joseph Mahmoud Dibee attempted to destroy an energy facility and deliberately set fires as part of his activist work with the Earth Liberation Front and the Animal Liberation Front, according to the FBI.

In August 2009, The New York Times reported Dibee still had a pilot's license because the Transportation Security Administration doesn't compare the FBI's most-wanted list with the Federal Aviation Administration's list of pilots.

At the time, Dibee was trying to sell his plane on the Internet, the Times reported.

The FBI believes he fled to Syria.



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