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2:53 am
Fri December 7, 2012

To Catch A Suspect — On Pinterest

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People wanted by the police in Pottstown, Pa., are displayed on the Pinterest page of a local newspaper. The police department's social media strategy, which aims to get the images of criminals seen by more people, has also been adapted in Philadelphia.

Originally published on Fri December 7, 2012 9:35 am

Pinterest is known as a place where people share recipes, crafts or fashion. But a new set of images have started showing up on the social media site: mug shots.

Bonnie Stankunas has come to the post office in Pottstown, Pa., her entire life. She remembers, as a kid, spotting "most wanted" posters hung on a wall.

"It kind of reminded me of the Wild, Wild West," Stankunas says.

None of the people at this post office remembers exactly when the posters went away, but the FBI stopped sending the notices out a couple of years ago.

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NPR Story
1:39 pm
Thu December 6, 2012

Documenting Tragedy: The Ethics Of Photojournalism

Originally published on Thu December 6, 2012 1:52 pm

When the New York Post published a freelancer's photograph of a man trapped in the path of an oncoming subway train, many photojournalists, editors and consumers decried the decision as unethical. Others argue that the photo was essential to the story.

The Two-Way
9:28 am
Thu December 6, 2012

Blogging On The Lam: McAfee Is Posting Updates From Guatemalan Jail

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John McAfee, with a woman described as his girlfriend, on the way into the Supreme Court in Guatemala City on Tuesday.

Originally published on Thu December 6, 2012 3:26 pm

Wanted for questioning in Belize about the murder of a neighbor, anti-virus software pioneer John McAfee is sitting in a Guatemalan jail — and blogging about the experience.

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Economy
4:44 pm
Wed December 5, 2012

A Thin Line: Economic Growth Or Corporate Welfare?

Originally published on Fri December 7, 2012 8:59 am

In her new series for The New York Times called "The United States of Subsidies," investigative reporter Louise Story examines how states, counties and cities are giving up more than $80 billion each year in tax breaks and other financial incentives to lure companies or persuade them to stay put.

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The Two-Way
12:34 pm
Tue December 4, 2012

Betrayed By Metadata: John McAfee Admits He's Really In Guatemala

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A Facebook page shows photos of John McAfee, the founder of the eponymous anti-virus company.

Originally published on Wed December 5, 2012 11:05 am

The story of John McAfee just keeps getting weirder. If you remember, the McAfee anti-virus software founder is on the lam, wanted for questioning in Belize for the shooting death of Gregory Faull, another expat who lived near him.

McAfee claims he's innocent and the victim of a corrupt government who is trying to get him.

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The Picture Show
12:33 pm
Tue December 4, 2012

I Know Where You Tweeted Last Summer

Originally published on Tue December 4, 2012 2:04 pm

Ever get that odd sensation that someone's watching you? Well, if you're online, someone always kind of is.

There's that old caveat: Never say anything you wouldn't want published in The New York Times. And though we all understand the concept, we go on tweeting, Instagramming, blogging, pushing our personal data into the universe without really knowing how it might one day be used.

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Technology
6:25 am
Tue December 4, 2012

Online Privacy Fix

Originally published on Tue December 4, 2012 5:11 pm

The Internet is forever — and so are texts, tweets and Facebook updates — but a startup has big ambitions to bring privacy and impermanence to online communication. The company, called Wickr, lets users decide how long a message lives.

The people behind Wickr found inspiration in 1960s-era TV and messages that self-destructed. "I think everybody who's watched Mission Impossible has always wanted self-destructing messages," says co-founder Nico Sell.

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