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FBI wants to use social networks to predict the future
February 12, 2012 11:17 AM
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The U.S. government is seeking software that can mine social media to predict the future. Solicitations posted online show federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies hope to anticipate everything from terrorist attacks to foreign uprisings by sifting billions of posts from Twitter and other social networks.... more » -
Appeals planned in $3.4B Indian trust settlement
September 1, 2011 4:14 PM
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - A 15-year-old lawsuit over the U.S. government's mismanagement of Native American land royalties may not be over yet, despite a $3.4 billion settlement that's been approved by Congress and a federal judge. A Colorado woman and a group of Native American objectors to the settlement... more » -
July jobs data could heighten Wall Street jitters
August 5, 2011 12:56 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) - Investors seeking reason for optimism after the worst stock-market sell-off since the 2008 financial crisis probably won't find it in Friday's July jobs report. Economists forecast that employers added only 90,000 jobs last month and that the unemployment rate was unchanged at 9.2 percent, according to... more »
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