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Hungarian Citizen Sentenced for Hacking Into Marriott Computers to Extort Employment From the Company
Attila Nemeth, 26, a Hungarian citizen, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz to 30 months in prison for transmitting a malicious code to Marriott International Corporation computers and threatening to reveal confidential information...
NASA’S NPP Satellite Acquires First ATMS Measurements
The Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) on board NASA’s newest Earth-observing satellite, NPP, acquired its first measurements on November 8, 2011. The image shows the ATMS channel 18 data, which measures water vapor in the lower atmosphere....
Winds Force Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Plant Unit 1 Off Line
The Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Plant Unit 1 operated by Constellation Energy Nuclear Group (CENG) automatically went off line late Saturday after a piece of aluminum siding propelled by wind gusts hit the nuclear facility’s main transformer. Calvert Cliffs...
Maryland Man Convicted of Defrauding Cisco Systems Inc.
Iheanyi Frank Chinasa, 39, of Gaithersburg, Md., has been convicted by a federal jury in Richmond, Va., of multiple fraud charges and obstruction of an official proceeding related to his participation in a scheme to defraud Cisco Systems Inc.
Settlement Agreed for Falsely Obtaining Hubzone Contracts
CSI Engineering and CSI Design Build, located in Beltsville, Md., and their president, Debdas Ghosal, have agreed to pay the United States $200,000 to settle claims that they used false statements to obtain contracts from several government agencies....
More Benefits Found From Mild Exercise in Critically Ill Patients
A new report from critical care experts at Johns Hopkins shows that use of prescription sedatives goes down by half so that mild exercise programs can be introduced to the care of critically ill patients in the intensive care unit. Science Brief thanks...
2000-2009 the Decade of the Pulps
According to box office and publishing reports pulp fiction is back as mainstream entertainment. America’s fascination was evidenced with Hollywood’s top-grossing films for the first decade of the 21st century, of which 8 of the top 10 were...
Georgia Man Pleads Guilty to Transporting a Minor for Illegal Sexual Activity
Mack Gordon Harris Sr., 67, of Social Circle, Ga., has pleaded guilty to transporting a minor for illegal sexual activity. Harris was indicted by a federal grand jury in Richmond, Va., on July 21, 2009. According to court documents, in June 2005, Harris...
