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Sony Pictures struggles to recover 8 days after cyber attack | Wednesday, December 03, 2014 2:38 AM | |
| By Ronald Grover , Mark Hosenball and Jim Finkle LOS ANGELES/WASHINGTON/BOSTON (Reuters) - Eight days after a massive cyber attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment, the Hollywood studio was still struggling to restore some systems on Tuesday evening as investigators combed for evidence to identify the culprit. Some employees at the Sony Corp entertainment unit studio were given new computers to replace ones that had been attacked with the rare data-wiping virus, which had made their machines unable to operate, according to a person with knowledge of Sony's operations. ...
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Florida State quarterback Winston faces conduct hearing on rape accusation | Wednesday, December 03, 2014 2:32 AM | |
| By Bill Cotterell TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Reuters) - Florida State University star quarterback Jameis Winston, accused of raping a female student nearly two years ago, on Tuesday faced the first day of a student conduct code hearing that both sides hope will resolve a nationally watched case. Winston, who won the Heisman Trophy last year as the nation's top college football player, is accused of violating the university's standards during an December 2012 incident, which his lawyers have maintained was a consensual sexual encounter. ... |
Comedian Bill Cosby accused in lawsuit of molesting girl in 1974 | Wednesday, December 03, 2014 2:05 AM | |
| LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comedian Bill Cosby was sued in Los Angeles on Tuesday by a woman alleging the entertainer sexually abused her in 1974 at the Playboy Mansion when she was aged 15. The five-page complaint alleges that Cosby molested plaintiff Judy Huth by putting his hand down her pants, and then "taking her hand in his hand and performing a sex act on himself without her consent. ...
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'Jackass' star Steve-O cited for defacing San Diego SeaWorld sign | Wednesday, December 03, 2014 2:02 AM | |
| By Marty Graham SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Video provocateur Steven Glover, better known as Steve-O from the "Jackass" movies and television show, has been cited with a violation of the California Vehicle Code for altering a SeaWorld Drive exit sign to read: "SeaWorld Sucks," prosecutors said on Tuesday. The MTV star in August posted a YouTube video of himself scaling the sign on Interstate 5 near San Diego three months earlier to tape a green banner with the word "Sucks" over the word "Drive. ...
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Missouri National Guard scales back, Ferguson protests probed | | By Carey Gillam REUTERS - The Missouri National Guard is starting to scale back its presence in the St. Louis area as angry protests over the lack of an indictment in the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager ease, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon said on Tuesday. St. Louis County police said on Tuesday they are probing who was responsible for setting fires, looting and destroying property last week after the announcement that a grand jury decided not to indict white Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson for killing 18-year-old Michael Brown on Aug. 9. ...
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Twitter unveils improved tools to report harassment | | By Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Twitter announced on Tuesday improvements to simplify the way users report abuse and harassment on the social media platform. The company said it will now require less information from users flagging inappropriate content and that it will be easier to submit tweets and accounts for review, even when wrongful behaviour is simply observed and not received directly. "We are nowhere near being done making changes in this area," Shreyas Doshi, director of product management and user safety said in a message posted on Twitter's website. ...
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