Topic: POLICE REPORT - on October 24, 2013 at 2:38:00 PM CEST
UC Davis pepper-spray officer awarded $38,000
A former UC Davis police officer whose pepper-spraying of protesters gained worldwide notice thanks to a viral video has been awarded more than $38,000 in workers' compensation from the university for suffering he experienced after the incident.
Former police Lt. John Pike, who gained a degree of infamy for his role in the incident, was awarded the settlement Oct. 16 by the state Division of Workers' Compensation Appeals Board. The claim "resolves all claims of psychiatric injury specific or due to continuous trauma from applicant's employment at UC Davis."
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Topic: SECURITY - on October 24, 2013 at 2:35:00 PM CEST
NSALeaks as of 10/22/13 Chronological order
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Topic: SECURITY - on October 24, 2013 at 2:32:00 PM CEST
Angela Merkel's call to Obama: are you bugging my mobile phone?
The furore over the scale of American mass surveillance revealed by Edward Snowden shifted to an incendiary new level on Wednesday evening when Angela Merkel of Germany called Barack Obama to demand explanations over reports that the US National Security Agency was monitoring her mobile phone.
Merkel was said by informed sources in Germany to be "livid" over the reports and convinced, on the basis of a German intelligence investigation, that the reports were utterly substantiated.
theguardian.com Germany summons US ambassador over claim NSA bugged Merkel's phone NSA files – Germany summons US ambassador over Merkel phone – live Merkel OUTRAGED by claim US SNOOPED on her phone calls
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Topic: SECURITY - on October 24, 2013 at 2:30:00 PM CEST
Kanzler-Handy im US-Visier? Merkel beschwert sich bei Obama
Haben US-Dienste das Handy der Bundeskanzlerin überwacht? Die Regierung nimmt entsprechende Hinweise sehr ernst. Kanzlerin Merkel telefonierte bereits mit US-Präsident Barack Obama. Auslöser der scharfen Reaktion der Bundesregierung ist eine SPIEGEL-Anfrage im Zuge einer Recherche.
Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel war möglicherweise über Jahre hinweg Ziel US-amerikanischer Geheimdienste. Ernstzunehmende Hinweise darauf haben Merkel veranlasst, sich am Mittwoch direkt bei US-Präsident Barack Obama zu beschweren.
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 24, 2013 at 2:28:00 PM CEST
Gallup poll: 58% of Americans support legal weed
For marijuana advocates, the last 12 months have been a period of unprecedented success as Washington and Colorado became the first states to legalize recreational use of marijuana. And now for the first time, a clear majority of Americans (58%) say the drug should be legalized. This is in sharp contrast to the time Gallup first asked the question in 1969, when only 12% favored legalization.
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