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• US journalist shot dead as he walked to work

  - 2007-08-02

  SAN FRANCISCO AFP — The editor of the Oakland Post, a weekly newspaper in a town located across the bay from San Francisco, was shot to death as he walked to work Thursday morning, a friend and fellow journalist told AFP. Chanucey Bailey, 57, "was ambushed by a masked...

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• Virginia Tech says gunman in nation's deadliest shooting was student

  - 2007-04-17

  BLACKSBURG, Va. -- The gunman suspected of carrying out the Virginia Tech massacre that left 33 people dead was identified Tuesday as an English major whose creative writing was so disturbing that he was referred to the school's counseling service. News reports also said that he may have...

  Tags: attack, SECURITY, Tribune Co., U.S., Virginia, Virginia Tech

• News staffers take 6 top prizes in AP contest

  - 2005-06-04

  SUNDANCE -- Deseret Morning News writers, artists and photographers won more than 20 top honors in the 2004 Utah-Idaho- Spokane Associated Press Association's annual contest. Award winners were announced Friday at the group's annual meeting at the Sundance resort. The newspaper received six first-place awards in the Division...

  Tags: Associated Press, Hacking, Hunt, photography, Salt, SECURITY, Tribune Co.

• The International Herald Tribune Names Michael Oreskes Executive Editor

  - 2005-05-11

  NEW YORK & PARIS -- The International Herald Tribune IHT announced today that Michael Oreskes, deputy managing editor of The New York Times, has been named executive editor of the IHT. He succeeds Walter Wells who announced his departure earlier this year. Mr. Oreskes will move to Paris and take...

  Tags: Company, deputy, editor, INTERNET, NETWORKING, New York Times Co., SECURITY, Tribune Co., TVs

• No new cases of Florida citrus canker found in 2 days.

  - 2004-12-15

  By Liz Bleau, Tampa Tribune, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 15--SUN CITY CENTER, Fla. -- No new citrus canker infections were detected Monday or Tuesday, good news for residents and agriculture officials hoping to control the spread of the disease. ...

  Tags: infection, SECURITY, Tribune Co., U.S. Department of Agriculture

• Security at presidential debate concerns Tempe, Ariz., business owners.

  - 2004-09-30

  By Dennis Welch, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 30--Downtown Tempe business owners say the lack of information about security for the presidential debate Oct. 13 at Arizona State University has them worried. Many are concerned...

  Tags: SECURITY, Tribune Co., U.S. Secret Service

• Chicago Tribune Technology Notebook Column.

  - 2004-09-25

  By Jon Van, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 25--INJUNCTION IS A STEP TOWARD CANNING SPAM: Canning spam, even with a new federal law in place, isn't easy. But the government has had some success with a case under way in Chicago....

  Tags: Chicago, computer, E-mail, FTC, notebook, Patches, Phoenix Technologies, PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, Spam, Tribune Co.

• Chicago Tribune Technology Notebook Column.

  - 2004-09-04

  By Jon Van, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 4--CHICAGO-AREA FIRM HELPS FBI COMPUTERS SHARE DATA: After the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, it became apparent to management at the Federal Bureau of Investigation that their information systems needed help. ...

  Tags: bond, Chicago, computer, FBI, Government, notebook, PRODUCTIVITY, security, Tribune Co.

• Republican Jack Ryan was forced to end his campaign for the Senate from Illinois after the Chicago Tribune got a judge to release his divorce records

  - 2004-07-26

  * Republican Jack Ryan was forced to end his campaign for the Senate from Illinois after the Chicago Tribune got a judge to release his divorce records. Those records included his ex-wife's allegation that he had asked her to have sex with him in public in a club where such...

  Tags: Ryan, SECURITY, Tribune Co., U.S. Senate

• Iraqi security forces kill 13 suspected insurgents in gun battle.

  - 2004-07-26

  By Aamer Madhani, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 26--BAGHDAD -- Iraqi security forces killed 13 suspected insurgents Sunday after coming under a barrage of mortar and rocket-propelled grenade fire near the north-central town of Buhriz, according to U.S. military...

  Tags: Baghdad, Government, Iraq, officer, Pakistan, SECURITY, SOFTWARE, soldier, Tribune Co., troop, U.S.