| Former state employee sues DEP over destroyed records
He's a whistleblower with no protection," Joyner-Kelley said. Nine defendants were named in the lawsuit, including DEP, DEP Inspector General Pinky Hall and several current and former officials in DEP Southeast District, which is headquartered in West Palm Beach. "The agency is currently reviewing the lawsuit, however DEP stands behind all agency actions to date," DEP spokeswoman Dee Ann Miller said. A message seeking comment from Hall was left with the DEP. The Florida Commission on Human Relations also was named because it failed to act on White's original whistleblower complaint within the 90 days prescribed by law, according to the lawsuit. The commission could not comment on the lawsuit, spokeswoman Leah Barber-Heinz said. A 2006 state audit found that much of the work done by White's lab from January 2001 to July 2005 lacked indicators that note vital information such as whether a sample had been held beyond the acceptable time and whether results could be questionable in certain cases, DEP stated during a disciplinary hearing last year.
FTC: More spyware-fighting tools needed
Federal Trade Commission said Monday. One of the spyware bills passed by the House of Representatives earlier this year, the Spy Act, would give the FTC authority to impose civil fines on companies that distribute spyware to consumers' computers. The bill, along with the Internet Spyware Prevention (or I-SPY) Act have stalled in the Senate since passing the House in May and June. The FTC has the authority to collect profits from spyware operations and collect money for consumer redress, but it lacks the authority to impose other fines, as it does when going after spammers, said Commissioner Jon Leibowitz, speaking at a spyware forum in Washington, D.C. Assigning a dollar figure to consumer harm is tricky in many spyware cases, especially when the spyware delivers pop-up advertisements to computers, Leibowitz said.
Tom Cruise
Ben Stiller and other celebrities are defending Tom Cruise after several Scientology videos were leaked last week and an unauthorized autobiography about Tom was released. People reports: "Imagine having a baby and people talking about it the way they did," says Stiller. "People lose sight of the fact that Tom Cruise is actually a person. I feel for him." Ben Stiller has a point. I mean, Tom Cruise is a person. Who's really an alien - trapped inside a person. That can talk to other aliens inside other persons. It all makes sense when you think about it and are really, really high. NOTE: I reposted the FunnyOrDie spoof because, well, it's freaking hilarious. I still can't get over it's Jerry O'Connell. I thought he was just a myth. Continue Reading "Ben Stiller defends Tom Cruise" .
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