| Murdered OAP discovered by son
Detective Chief Inspector Paul Barton said there were no signs of a break-in, but that she was of a generation to leave her door unlocked. "At the moment there is no sign of forced entry. However, Mrs Edmonds was of a generation who would leave her house unlocked. It would be normal that the house was unlocked if she was at home." Mr Barton added: "Her son lives close by and was returning home from work and went to check on his mother with a family friend and made the discovery." .
Indonesian hacker touches souls by bringing down police website
The path to enlightenment got a little shorter for the citizens of Tucson, Arizona and they have a hacker half-way around the world to thank. An Indonesian man who goes by the handle Hmei7 bypassed the city's firewall and executed a SQL injection on the website of the Tucson Police Department. That gave him access to the media section of the department's site, where he changed the titles of all the media releases to "Hmei7 has touched your soul." .
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As voters head to the polls today in New Hampshire, Barack Obama leads in all 8 new polls released in the last 24 hours, while John McCain tops Mitt Romney in 7 of the 8. The Washington Post reports, "Polls point to a mirror image of the Republican contest of 2000 and the Democratic race four years ago. If the results match those forecasts, Barack Obama will have followed John Kerry in securing the Democratic nomination by backing up his victory in the Iowa caucuses with a decisive win," while McCain "could once again defeat the early Republican favorite, as he did in 2000, setting up a further set of showdowns in other states." An American Research Group poll of 600 likely Democratic voters conducted January 6-7 has Obama at 40%, followed by Clinton, 31%; Edwards, 20%; and Richardson, 4%.
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