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Vet: Don't Wash Rabies Bites
In the past few days, there have been several incidents of rabid raccoons in Radnor , Pa.
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Pa. district accused of student spying puts IT workers on leave
Two IT employees of the suburban Philadelphia school district accused of spying on students by activating the cameras on their school-issued laptops have been placed on administrative leave.
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Restaurant, Ringing Projects Win Conditional Uses
In the case of Ringing Rocks, which the Pottsgrove School District hopes to expand beginning this summer, commissioners agreed to allow construction on some parts of the property that have slopes of more than 15 or 25 percent.
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EDITORIAL: Web cams spying on your kids
They see you when you're sleeping, they know when you're awake. No, we're not talking about Santa Claus and his elves; this is a school district in Pennsylvania.
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OSHA looking into Lower Merion accident
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating an industrial accident yesterday in which an aerial lift fell, injuring a worker on a construction site in Lower Merion.
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Unsealed records: Race part of L. Merion redistricting
Court records unsealed in a federal case yesterday reveal that officials discussed race as an integral part of their work to create a 2009 redistricting plan for the Lower Merion School District.
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Where are all the spying laptops in Philadelphia?
By now, you have to be tired of hearing about the ongoing soap opera that has taken over the Lower Merion School District.
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'Spygate' teenager demands webcam pix from Pa. school
The suburban Philadelphia teenager who has accused his high school of spying on him in his home using the camera in his school-issued laptop called on school district officials to hand over copies of all photographs snapped by students' MacBooks.
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Pa. school spying case: What's the law?
The suburban Philadelphia school district accused of spying on students through their school-issued laptops doesn't have a legal leg to stand on, the legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union said today.
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Federal judge orders Pa. schools to stop laptop spying
"A federal judge yesterday ordered the Pennsylvania school district accused of spying on its students to stop activating the cameras in school-issued MacBook laptops.
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Judge opens records in Lower Merion redistricting case
Saying he was unaware that the records were being filed under seal, a federal court judge in Philadelphia opened filings yesterday in a case alleging racial bias in Lower Merion's school-redistricting plan.
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Irate parents in Pa. say schools use 'peeping tom technology'
The parents of a Pennsylvania high school student have asked a federal judge to bar school district personnel from switching on cameras in school-issued MacBook laptops, calling the security feature "peeping tom technology." Federal officials have also stepped up their investigation of Lower Merion School District of Ardmore, Pa., according to ...
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Teen says school spied on him at home via school-issued laptop
A Pennsylvania high-schooler has accused school officials of spying on him at home by remotely activating his laptop webcam. The case has sparked a new flurry of attention to the legal and ethical issues swirling around technology and education. Blake Robbins and his parents filed a class-action suit against the Lower Merion School District in Ardmore, Pa., alleging "indiscriminate remote activation of a webcam" and "intentional interception of ... private webcam images" by school officials.
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Pennsylvania School Accused of Cyberspying on Students
A Philadelphia-area school district finds itself under scrutiny after remotely activating a MacBook Web cam and capturing a young student engaging in "improper behavior at home." The student was confronted by a Harrington High School official and shown photographs of his actions.
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Pa. schools spy on students using laptop webcams, claims lawsuit
A suburban Philadelphia school district remotely activates the cameras in school-provided laptops to spy on students in their homes, a lawsuit filed in federal court Tuesday alleged.
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School Issued Laptops With Webcams Used To Spy On The Kids
The named plaintiffs say they learned that Big Brother was in their home when an assistant principal told their son that the school district knew he "was engaged in improper behavior in his home, and cited as evidence a photograph from the webcam embedded in minor plaintiff's personal laptop issued by the school district." The families say the ...
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Gold Million Records - Where vinyl is king
BRYN MAWR, Pa. - February 16, 2010 -- Before the iPod, there was the CD player. Before that, there was the cassette tape.
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Local Toyota dealers say drivers taking recall in stride
The stream of news stories about Toyota's safety recalls - including reports last night from Japan of a new recall of hybrid Priuses for a braking problem - may be raising the anxiety of the automaker's customers.
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Area Braces for Weekend Snowstorm
AccuWeather says a major snowfall is on the way for the Delaware Valley region, Friday night into Saturday.
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Skateboarder, 10, fatally struck by SUV
A 10-year-old South Jersey boy was killed when he rode his skateboard onto a Delaware County street and was struck by an SUV.
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