Word: localitis
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...estimated that financial losses from computer crime exceeded $360 million from 1997 to 1999. With the volume of e-commerce predicted to rise, from more than $100 billion last year to $1 trillion in 2003, computer crime is expected to grow apace, and federal authorities are encouraging state and local lawmen to join the fight...
Earlier this year, the Justice Department launched Law Net, a network of federal, state and local computer-crime experts designed to share expertise and technology. The department is seeking $37 million in new federal funding for initiatives that include training officers to combat Internet crime, developing 10 regional computer forensic labs, hiring experienced cyberinvestigators and prosecuting child pornographers. "We have a limited pool of expertise and resources that we need to expand," says John Bentivoglio, associate deputy attorney general...
...things about her appearance that made her very uncomfortable," he recalls. "It just made me think about how the Internet has given pedophiles an excellent vehicle to get in touch with children." The fbi's struggle to handle its growing Internet caseload, coupled with a mountain of complaints from local parents and kids, prompted Ficano to form the task force...
There were two kinds of lynchings. At the "orderly" ones, local bankers and lawyers attended to keep the bloodlust in check. What that meant is merely that the victim was hanged without torture. At the wilder scenes, the crowd egged itself on into a frenzy beyond imagining. Before Sam Hose was doused with oil and set afire, he had his ears and fingers cut off and the skin stripped from his face. Jesse Washington, a retarded farm worker convicted of killing a white woman, was hung by a chain over a bonfire and repeatedly dipped into the flames...
Australia is home to 166 of the 370 species of shark in the world, but only four types are carnivorous. The last time a shark killed a swimmer in the harbor was 1963, and local marine scientists say the water will be too cold for sharks during the Games. This month's tests, however, while the weather is still warm, are another story. Organizers aren't taking any chances. Noises tend to scare off sharks, so inflatable boats with outboard motors may cruise the course during the race. McCormack says sharks tend to attack swimmers who are not sticking with...