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Terror Attacks On Scientists Force Universities To Beef Up Security For Staffs
      Razor blades in the mail. Leafleting at children's soccer games. Broadcasting researchers' home addresses. And in Santa Cruz over the weekend, firebombing scientists' home and cars. 
      Borrowing strategies used by anti-abortion extremists, some radical animal rights activists are increasingly taking their rage to scientists' doorsteps. That has forced universities to adopt tougher security steps to protect their staff and led to researchers retreating into secrecy, limiting details about their science, in a field which relies on sharing information.
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Air Conditioner Thefts Heating UP
      Scrap metal is selling for more than it used to, and thieves are taking note of the high price copper fetches. Tired of the hassles that come with being a landlord, Darlene Cooper is trying to sell her three-bedroom, two-bath stucco rental house in Shadow Ridge off State Road 52. The 65-year-old retired teacher mows the grass herself. She did so one recent Saturday and noticed some damage to the wood fence, as if someone had messed with it. Six days later, she got a call from her real estate agent: the air conditioning unit - replacement cost $3,800 - was gone.
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COUNTDOWN TO BEIJING: Many eyes will watch visitors
      The blocking of human rights websites in China leading up to the Olympics is part of an information control and surveillance network awaiting visitors that will include monitoring devices in hotels and taxis and snoops almost everywhere. Government agents or their proxies are suspected of stepping up cyber-attacks on overseas Tibetan, human rights and press freedom groups and the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement in recent weeks. And China is spending huge sums on sophisticated surveillance systems that incorporate face recognition technology, biometrics and massive databases to help control the population.
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SMS Holdings Acquires Brantley Services 
      SMS Holdings, one of the nation's leading providers of security and facility management services and parent company of top 20 security company Valor Security Services, today announced a major business expansion with the acquisition of Brantley Services of Louisville, Ky., according to Keith Wolken, chairman.
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Literature Can Help Educate Subscribers About the Risks of VoIP

      This SDM exclusive reviews the consumer benefits of VoIP, but also examines the potential technical difficulties between VoIP service and alarm monitoring, such as power failures and Internet maintenance shut-downs.

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