The Privacy Commissioner has urged the government to give serious consideration to making unauthorised sales of personal data a criminal offence.

Copyright owners, take note: If you're going to use the streamlined Digital Millennium Copyright Act process to require a service provider to remove allegedly infringing content, you'd better make sure you actually comply with the DMCA notice requirements.

George Huggins Jr., 24, and his girlfriend of five years, Althea Housley, 33, accosted Jinghong Kang, 45, on the 1900 block of Webster Street the night of July 18, said Tom Rogers, Alameda County's chief deputy district attorney.

Plans for a massive expansion of clean energy in California are being jeopardized by federal foot-dragging, according to state officials who say that more than 20 nearly shovel-ready solar and wind projects are being held up by the U.S. Department of Energy.

President Obama must address the growing rift with congressional Democrats soon, Julian E. Zelizer says.

AP - The calls from fellow Democrats for New York Rep. Charles Rangel to resign could quickly turn from a trickle to a flood unless he can quickly negotiate a plea bargain to prevent a congressional trial on allegations of ethical misconduct.