DHS talks trash to Anonymous DHS called Anonymous members "Script Kiddies" The Department of Homeland Security has belittled the hacker group Anonymous, by calling them “Script Kiddies.” ­For those who don’t know the term “Script Kiddies” it’s an “unskilled individual who... [Read More]

Afghan-soldier The Afghan police and military are scrambling to find ways to root out insurgents lurking within their ranks. Screening of new recruits and soldiers has been intensified following fears over Taliban infiltration in the Afghan national security forces. Insurgents dressed in Afghan military... [Read More]

Australian floods Queensland’s disaster co-ordinator says he hopes to finish the search of Grantham tomorrow, paving the way for residents to return to the community. Deputy police commissioner Ian Stewart says the rigorous search for bodies in the Gatton and Grantham areas in the Lockyer Valley... [Read More]

Gabrielle-Giffords-Arizona-shooting Walgreens turned the photos over to police, according to a police source that spoke to CBS News. Police say Loughner had dropped the photos off to be developed. The New York Times reports that according to police, in some photos Loughner is holding the weapon by his... [Read More]

Australia flood-wide Extra police are being brought in to patrol vast flooded areas in Brisbane and Ipswich as the death toll from south-east Queensland’s devastating floods continues to rise. The number of people confirmed dead in this week’s flood rose to 15 today with the recovery of bodies... [Read More]

craigslist AKLAND, Calif., Dec. 28 (UPI) — Police in Oakland, Calif., say a group of thieves have been using Craigslist ads for fancy cars to lure victims to the city with large amounts of cash. In the most recent incident, a Lodi man was beaten up Sunday night after being robbed of thousands of... [Read More]

French police ended the blockade of an oil refinery near Paris early Friday morning as protests against government plans to raise the retirement age continued. Members of the Gendarmerie Nationale instructed strikers to free the refinery at 3:15 a.m. (9:15 p.m. ET Thursday) and encountered no resistance,... [Read More]

Workers opposed to raising France’s retirement age have blocked access to airports in Paris and around the country, while hooded youths smashed store windows amid clouds of tear gas. Riot police in black body armor on Wednesday forced striking workers away from blocked fuel depots in western France,... [Read More]

Thousands of demonstrators have been held back by a chain of police officers as work begins on cutting down trees in a Stuttgart park. The trees are being cleared for building work on the “Stuttgart 21″ rail project. An estimated 1,500 demonstrators were held back behind police cordons as... [Read More]