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Australia govt expands proposed broadband network (AP) AP - Australia's government expanded its ambitious plan to bring broadband to much of the vast country, adding 300,000 homes and businesses to the coverage area Friday in hopes of winning votes in next month's federal election. July 30, 2010 8:16 AM FBI access to e-mail and Web records raises fears (AP) AP - Invasion of privacy in the Internet age. Expanding the reach of law enforcement to snoop on e-mail traffic or on Web surfing. Those are among the criticisms being aimed at the FBI as it tries to update a key surveillance law. July 30, 2010 6:19 AM Google says China services back up (AFP) AFP - Google said Friday its services appeared to be back up and running normally in China, after the US web giant reported that access to its search engine and other products were being blocked. July 30, 2010 2:36 AM Australia pledges expansion of fibre broadband network (AFP) AFP - The Australian government Friday committed to expanding its fibre broadband Internet network to a further 300,000 homes across the vast island continent if re-elected at next month's polls. July 30, 2010 1:02 AM Attacking the edges of secure Internet traffic (AP) AP - Researchers have uncovered new ways that criminals can spy on Internet users even if they're using secure connections to banks, online retailers or other sensitive Web sites. July 29, 2010 11:51 PM False alarm: Google search still working in China (AP) AP - Google Inc. triggered a false alarm Thursday by posting a notice that its search engine and several other services had been cut off from mainland China - a key market where the company has been locked in a high-profile battle over online censorship. July 29, 2010 9:28 PM Google Reports Brief Search Outage in China (PC World) PC World - Google's search engine in China appeared to have been partially blocked overnight Thursday, but a Google spokeswoman said the service was up and running again by Friday morning local time. July 29, 2010 8:00 PM Google says China search block may be tech glitch (Reuters) Reuters - Google Inc said its earlier report that Internet search services in China were being fully blocked could have been the result of a technical glitch that overstated the problem. July 29, 2010 7:53 PM Smartphones, Tablets Seen Boosting Mobile Health (PC World) PC World - Smartphones, tablet PCs and other wireless devices are poised to play a greater role in health care as doctors and patients embrace the mobile Internet, panelists at a mobile health technology conference in Boston said Thursday. July 29, 2010 7:50 PM Analysts' View: Google says search service blocked in China (Reuters) Reuters - Google Inc said its Web search and mobile services in China were blocked on Thursday, weeks after Beijing agree to extend the company's Chinese webpage license. July 29, 2010 5:38 PM

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Two ‘NutCreek residents charged with fraud United States Attorney Benjamin Wagner and FBI Special Agent-in-Charge Drew Parenti announced that a federal grand jury indicted Clint Gregory, 48, of Sacramento, Siavash “Mike” Poursartip, 56, and Sara Shirazi, 52, both of Walnut Creek, today, charging them with bribery, bid rigging, and fraud in connection with contracts issued by the California Department of Transportation. [...] July 29, 2010 8:18 PM Welcome back, Mr. & Mrs. Anonymous We turned anonymous commenting off for a few days on CLAYCORD.com, but now, it’s back. Feel free to comment anonymously when/if you want. Thanks to all of you who signed up for a user name while anonymous commenting was down. Please use that in the future, it makes it easy to identify you during a conversation. -The [...] July 29, 2010 4:41 PM The old “Wheeler-Dealer” Concord board game, from the early 80′s This game called “Wheeler-Dealer” is just like monopoly, and was distributed around the year 1980 in many different cities throughout the United States. Our fellow CLAYCORDIAN Josh recently found this board game at a local thrift shop, and decided to buy it. All the proceeds of the sale of this game in the 80′s went [...] July 29, 2010 3:00 PM Attempted kidnapping in Concord Thursday afternoon, 12pm: An attempted kidnapping occurred just after 11am today, according to the Concord Police Department. The alleged crime happened on Sunshine Drive, near Detroit Avenue. The victim’s boyfriend says two hispanic males in a white, older Honda Civic tried to kidnap the victim. One suspect was driving the car, and the other was in [...] July 29, 2010 1:57 PM TODAY: Bone marrow drive for Martinez Police Sergeant Sgt. Brian Carter has worked for the Martinez Police Department since 2000. The 36-year-old father of two young sons was diagnosed last year with Non Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, an aggressive form of cancer involving the cells of the immune system. His cancer went into remission after he underwent chemotherapy and radiation, but returned recently and he [...] July 29, 2010 1:00 PM City of Pleasant Hill places utility tax proposal on November ballot In an effort to get money back from state takeaways and declining revenue, the Pleasant Hill City Council has voted to place a utility tax proposal on the November ballot. This is how it would work…. The proposed tax would apply equally to all businesses and households in Pleasant Hill. To estimate the average cost, [...] July 29, 2010 11:57 AM Look, up in the sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane, no wait, it’s CoCo Supervisor Susan Bonilla? If this isn’t funny, then I don’t know what is! What you’re looking at is a plane, made from a campaign sign. Seriously! Mike over at HobbyTown in Concord (Treat & Bel-Air) tells us the story on how this plane was made, and why Susan Bonilla is the center of attention…. Some of the guys that [...] July 29, 2010 10:00 AM Loud “boom” in CLAYCORD, what was it? Who heard the loud boom near Pleasant Hill last night? We received tons of reports about it, so we contacted the Pleasant Hill PD, who say they believe it was just some sort of fireworks, because no power went out. It was heard in parts of Concord, Martinez & Walnut Creek, too. July 28, 2010 7:23 PM Concord woman gets 10-years for near fatal DUI crash on Clayton Road A Concord woman was sentenced to 10-years in prison today for a DUI crash on Clayton Road that nearly killed a 39-year-old Walnut Creek woman who was crossing the street at Roslyn Drive. The suspect, Cindy Norma Sayad, had a blood alcohol level of almost twice the legal limit during the crash in March of 2008. [...] July 28, 2010 6:41 PM How do you prepare your kids for school after a very long summer? Today’s July 28th, and we have only about four weeks left until the little ones head back to school, and summer is over. So, since it’ll come up quick, how about we all share some tips with eachother on how to get your kids back into the “school mode” after a long summer? Tips can [...] July 28, 2010 6:04 PM