"roving" wiretaps

I missed this the first time around:

Cell phone users, beware. The FBI can listen to everything you say, even when the cell phone is turned off.

[...] According to the recent court ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan, "The device functioned whether the phone was powered on or off, intercepting conversations within its range wherever it happened to be."

Can You Hear Me Now?

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How bad will the 2007 housing market be? -- a fun nugget therein: "Housing starts in the Detroit area will be among the lowest in the country in 2007, plummeting 18.3% due to continuing economic woes. Interestingly, prices will not decline, but this is largely because they cannot go any lower (Read more about Detroit's market in "The foreclosure capital of the U.S.")."

Nanny Hunt Can Be a ‘Slap in the Face’ for Blacks

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Why is hentai not a Boggle word?