Finding the right balance for home safety (San Francisco Chronicle)

Everyone wants to feel safe and secure when they're home. No one wants to worry about their house being burglarized when out for the night or away on vacation. One way to feel more secure is to have professionals install an electronic alarm system. But a...

Avoiding Twitter hacks, Koobface, and other security holes (The Christian Science Monitor)

The messages are sent by friends, family, and trusted acquaintances. Some appear to carry embedded images or videos. Most arrive under innocuous subject lines: “You look just awesome in this new movie,” or “Funny moments.” But when users of popular social networks Facebook, MySpace, and Bebo click on the link inside ...

Karen Russo, Sac Union Columnist (The Sacramento Union)

Yesterday (Sunday) 45 rockets and missiles hit southern Israel, but none hit Beersheba, so here, we had a day of quiet – except for the stream of helicopters over the house, ferrying injured soldiers to the local Soroka Hospital, which is the nearest to Aza. With every chopper that flies over, I wonder whose husband, whose father, whose son, might be in there, hurt.

THE OBSERVER STAFF LOOKS AT THE WIDE OPEN GATE FOR 2008 (Observer)

The Observer staff kicked off with a bang, heading up the year’s first issue with the state-mandated child vaccination controversy and ended with overdevelopment issues.

2008: Year in Review (The Woodlands Villager)

Editor’s note: The following is a month-by-month recap of some of the top newsmaking events of 2008.