Over 6 Million LinkedIn Passwords Stolen

Hackers managed to infiltrate and steal over six million passwords from LinkedIn, and then posted them online.

EHarmony was apparently also a victim of the same attack.

Security experts blame the success of the attack on the low level of security which the sites were using.

The sites use SHA-1 hash coding, which uses one of the most basic forms of online cryptography.

For most hackers SHA-1 hash is one of the first forms which they learn to hack.

So far no user names have been listed along side of the passwords, so there is no solid threat against users, though they are advised to change their passwords immediately.

Some experts are concerned though as the hack came from Russia, where hackers are known to be expert and enjoy pranks, as well as multiple levels of information release, so the user names could very well be released soon.

High School Withholds Diplomas Due to Excessive Celebration

Mount Healthy high school has withheld diplomas from four students.

The Cincinnati, Ohio school says that during the graduation, proceedings had to be halted due to the duration of cheers for specific students.

After disruptions in previous years, the school started a new policy this year, in hopes that all names could be heard.

In the terms of service for ordering graduation tickets, it clearly stated that disruptive behavior would result in diplomas being withheld until twenty hours of community service is completed.

Family and friends can assist or even do all of the hours for the students, who are still listed as graduated, just are not allowed to have their paper diploma until the twenty hours are finished.


So far one of the students at Mt. Healthy has finished their hours, but one family is fighting the school on the issue.

Seven Tornadoes Strike Near Denver Metro

The greater Denver Metro area dealt with severe thunderstorms Wednesday night.

Storms produced strong winds, pouring rain, hail, some flooding, and seven tornadoes.

Twisters were spotted near Grover, Kiowa, Elizabeth, Bennett, Parker, and one came near the Denver International Airport.

Luckily, none of the tornadoes caused much damage.

Denver is in for another set of storms starting later this afternoon, and lasting through the night.

Walker Survives Recall Election

Governor Walker, of Wisconsin, survived his recall election by only a few points. This despite massively out spending his challenger.

The victory with fifty-three percent of the vote versus forty-six percent, is being hailed as huge victory against labor unions.

Lieutenant governor Rebecca Kleefisch and state senate majority leader Scott Fitzgerald also both survived their recalls.

As of early Wednesday, the other seat up for grabs in the state senate was being won by less than 800 votes, by the challenging Democrat.


Some controversy arose when Madison reported that 119% of registered voters, had voted in the recall.


State laws do allow for same day registrations, and Democrats are claiming that is how such a high turnout is possible.

Republicans are largely ignoring the matter, due to winning anyways.

Colorado Reclaiming Over Payed Jobless Benefits

Colorado has announced that it over payed as much as $128 million in unemployment in 2011.

The state is now seeking to reclaim every cent of that money.

While four percent of the money is due to fraudulent claims, ninety-six percent is purely from clerical errors.

Many of the people who were over payed, are still unemployed, and simply do not have the money.

For people that can not pay, the state is offering waivers, that allow for them to pay once they are employed.

Based on national rankings, Colorado is seventh in the nation for improper unemployment payments.

Across the US, there are nearly $5.1 billion in over payed unemployment.

Remembering: D Day

On June 6, 1944, after years of preparation, and months of training, the Allies launch their assault on Nazi Europe.

Over night more than 18,000 British and US paratroopers dropped behind enemy lines.

13,000 aircraft provided air cover for 6,000 landing craft, ships, and other vessels which carried 176,000 soldiers across the channel.

At 6:30 am troops hit the beaches, slowly but constantly gaining ground.

By the end of the day over 155,000 Allied troops would be in the beachheads, and working their way further into France.

The invasion was a huge success, despite not reaching all of it's original objectives.

Part of the success was the confusion amongst the German ranks, who's command staff were giving countermanding orders.

Hitler himself was sure that the invasion would come elsewhere, convinced that Patton would lead any invasion force into Calais.

But Patton was purely being used as a decoy, and the attacks came at Normandy, led by Bradley.

Allied air power also was key in taking out bridges, causing German troops long delays in responding to the invasion.

Around 4,500 Allied troops sacrificed their lives on D Day alone.

It would be the true beginning to the end of the war in Europe.

Maryland Expands Brewing Laws

Governor Martin O'Malley has signed into law a bill which greatly expands beer brewing abilities in Maryland.

It establishes a Class 8 Farm Brewing license, which legalizes any brewery under 15,000 barrels a year, as long as they use only Maryland grown ingredients.

The bill goes into effect July 1, and comes with other benefits as well.

Holders of the licenses will also breweries to sell kegs and cases, as well as six ounce glasses for on site drinking.

They can also sell various foods, as well as apply for as many as a dozen special permits which would allow them to host beer festivals and other special events.

Several companies are already applying for the licenses. Til now, Maryland only has had one malt house.

Ben & Jerry's Continued Pro Occupy Stance

Ben & Jerry's is once again going beyond their announced support for Occupy.

The top ice cream company in the US has already taken time to raise funds to aid Occupy groups.

Now they're going beyond that and initiating their own campaign against the government and corporations.

Ben Cohen, one of the two founders of the company, is helping start a campaign that would see Ben & Jerry's locations pass out rubber stamps, with Occupy messages on them.

The goal would be for customers to then stamp any and all currency, they come upon, with anti corporate slogans.

Some of the slogans would be; "Corporations are not people", "Money is not free speech", and "Not to be used for bribing politicians".

In the US defacing money is an illegal act, though it is rarely enforced.

A company such as Ben & Jerry's to purposefully be part of a conspiracy to do so, could easily be grounds for the government to take legal action against the company as a whole.

So far the government has not made a response to the company's plans, but it is clearly a direct challenge to them, and a response is necessary.

Syria Expells Foreign Ambassadors

Syria has announced that ambassadors from seventeen countries are no longer welcome in the country.

Many of them had already been withdrawn, for various reason, including fears over their safety.

This comes after thirteen of those countries have expelled Syria's ambassadors from their own lands.

They were asked to leave after government forces massacred over one hundred civilians using artillery.

On Monday, a spokesman for the rebels declared that they could no longer abide by the UN delegated cease fire, which has struggled to accomplish anything, unless the UN was to send in troops or at least enforce a no fly zone.

The UN was quick to respond that no troops would be used, and that it wasn't even being considered.

Gas Can Replaces Child in Safety Seat

Whilst conducting click it or ticket stops last week in Aurora, Colorado police found something unexpected.

Police found that a gas can had been strapped in a child safety seat, and a child in a regular seat belt, next to it.

The officer took a picture of the sight, and it was posted on the Colorado Department of Transportation's Facebook.

Per Colorado law, any child under the age of eight is required to be in a safety seat whilst traveling in a motor vehicle.

An $82 fine is attached to a violation. In this case the driver was cited with three violations.

Police said the driver told officers the child lets himself out of the car seat. The officer then asked if the child put the gas can in the car seat and buckled it up, then buckled himself into a seat belt on the other side of the car.