LITTLE ROCK — QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Even though a lot of folks are saying this race is over, the people in Louisiana said,‘No, it’s not.’”
Former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania,
who is pressing on with his GOP
presidential campaign
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Toll climbs to 9 in W.Va. house fire
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The death toll in a fire at a West Virginia home rose to nine after police said a 7-year old boy was taken off life support at a Charleston hospital.
Jason Bausley of Dunbar, who lost his niece and several other relatives in the fire, said Sunday that the family made the decision to take 7-year-old Bryan Timothy Camp off life support.
The child was taken off life support between 8:30 a.m. and 9 a.m. Sunday, Charleston police Sgt. Bobby Eggleton said.
That was about two hours before relatives of several victims attended church services.
Six other children and two adults were killed in the fire early Saturday at a two-story home. Authorities called it the deadliest house fire in Charleston in 60 years. The cause remains under investigation.
Mississippi State student shot, dies
STARKVILLE, Miss. - A 21-year-old student was shot to death in a Mississippi State University dormitory, though the killing appears to be isolated and there is no indication others may be in danger, officials said Sunday.
The killing of 21-year-old John Sanderson of Madison, Miss., was the first time a student had been shot on the campus, university President Mark Keenum said Sunday in a statement on the school’s website. Officials could reveal few other details because of the ongoing investigation, Keenum said.
Police received a call about the shooting at Evans Hall about 10 p.m. Saturday, university spokesman Maridith Geuder said. Sanderson was taken to Oktibbeha County Hospital, where he died.
Three male suspects fled the building in a blue Crown Victoria. No arrests have been made.
Shortly after the shooting, the university began sending a series of text-message alerts to students. Police officers stepped up patrols, Keenum said.
Applicants’ logins targeted for probe
WASHINGTON - Two U.S. senators will ask the Justice Department to investigate whether employers who require job applicants to hand over confidential passwords to Facebook and other social networking sites are violating federal law, the lawmakers said Sunday.
New York Sen. Charles Schumer, the Senate’s third ranking Democrat, and Sen.
Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., will ask the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to examine the practice as well.
On Friday, Facebook Inc., the world’s biggest social-networking site, said reports that some businesses were asking potential employees for passwords in order to view private posts and pictures as part of the job application process were “alarming.” The two Democratic lawmakers said the practice could violate federal anti-hacking statutes.
“Employers have no right to ask job applicants for their house keys or to read their diaries. Why should they be able to ask them for their Facebook passwords?” Schumer said.
Blumenthal said that by requiring job applicants to provide login credentials, employers could gain access to protected information that would be impermissible for them to consider when making hiring decisions, such as religious affiliation and sexual orientation.
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