fertiliser -- shaken, not stirred

James Bond moonlighting as fertiliser salesman? Whatever happened to James's life of luxury, high society and beautiful women?

Japanese cow leads police on wild chase

"A cow being delivered to a Japanese slaughterhouse tried to bolt to freedom Sunday, leading nearly two dozen police on a 3.7-mile car chase through town and sending one man to the hospital unconscious. Security camera footage of the wild escape, aired by public broadcaster...

BBC NEWS | Americas | High hopes for drone in LA skies

UAVs or drone aircraft are being used by the LAPD to keep an eye on, well, you and me. Hooray! Robot Policemen. Popular culture (Robocop, The Terminator series) says this does not end well. And remember what those armed drone aircraft are doing in Afghanistan and Iraq: ...

Universities use social networks to find misbehaving students

"(U-WIRE) PROVO, Utah - Photographs and messages posted on Facebook.com have been getting university students in trouble with university administrators and police who can use their .edu addresses to browse the social network."

Critical Mass Winnipeg Attacked by Police

"A bike ride through the streets of downtown Winnipeg ended in chaos and arrests yesterday. Members of Critical Mass Winnipeg -- an activist group that promotes bicycle use over automobiles -- claim police used excessive force when several cyclists were arrested near the...

RFID Viruses and Worms

An RFID worm propagates by exploiting security flaws in online RFID services. RFID worms do not necessarily require users to do anything (like scanning RFID tags) to propagate, although they will also happily spread via RFID tags, if given the opportunity.

French youths clash with police in Paris suburbs (Reuters)

"French youths clash with police in Paris suburbs  —  PARIS (Reuters) - Around a hundred youths clashed with police during the night after setting fire to cars and rubbish bins in a Paris suburb that was the scene of violent riots last November, a local...

Road rage driver takes policeman for ride

"Reuters - Threatened with a ticket, a Russian motorist trapped a traffic policeman's hand in his car window then drove off with the officer attached, police said on Tuesday."

Peel For the Police

"Those whacky cops with the Peel Police Department are at it again. Transsexuals facing a strip search by Peel Region police should be allowed to choose the gender of the officer conducting the search, the Human Rights Commission has ruled."

To The NSA Your Book Club Looks Like A Terrorist

"Privacy issues aside, it's worth wondering what the NSA plans to do with the mountains of call records it has allegedly been collecting. In the past we've expressed serious doubts on the efficacy of data mining and social network analysis as techniques for combating...

Misjudgments Marred U.S. Plans for Iraqi Police

" As chaos swept Iraq after the American invasion in 2003, the Pentagon began its effort to rebuild the Iraqi police with a mere dozen advisers. Articles in this series are examining the police and other...

OPP charge 500 in weekend blitz

"Ontario Provincial Police said 500 charges had been laid in the Toronto area alone, and hundreds more around the province as officers patrolled the province's highways on the lookout for reckless drivers on the long weekend."