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Millions of JetBlue passenger records were used in a military effort whose methods closely resemble those employed in the notorious Terrorism Information Awareness überdatabase program, the Army confirmed Monday. Last week, defense contractor Torch Concepts came under heavy scrutiny after Wired News revealed that the company had crunched fliers' private data without their knowledge. On Monday, Army spokesman Maj. Gary Tallman said the information was used by Torch Concepts to test a prototype of a data-mining system designed to screen out terrorists who might want to infiltrate or attack Army bases worldwide. According to a corporate press release from May...

<p>A notorious e-mail scam has resulted in the murder of a Nigerian diplomat in the Czech Republic.</p> <p>Fifty-year-old Michael Lekara Wayid, Nigeria's consul in the Czech Republic, was shot dead by an unidentified 72-year-old Czech at the Nigerian Embassy in Prague on Thursday.</p>

It's not much bigger than a thumbtack, but if 17-year-old Matthew McKay shows up at school wearing it, he could be suspended. "It's unfair and I think very, very hypocritical," said McKay, who like all students at Denis Morris High School in St. Catharines, has been told to remove eyebrow or lip piercings by Feb. 4. Those who do not comply can be kicked out of school until they do. "The students are outraged. I'm outraged," said McKay, who has a small eyebrow piercing. "I was planning on coming back next year for extra credits. Now, I do not know...