http://www.wkbw.com/news/local/64682097.html
Goodbye to Ghouls and Goblins
Its no trick - the Town of Tonawanda is shutting down a haunted house
and that's no treat for Halloween lovers this October.
For 15 years, the Deck family has been scaring neighbors and
trick-or-treaters at their
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2009/oct/19/simi-shuts-familys-hau
nted-house-attraction
Simi shuts family's haunted house attraction
A popular haunted house in Simi Valley that attracts thousands of
children each Halloween has been shut down because the city deemed it an
unsafe struc
October 19, 2009 , 5:59 am
The Digital Afterlife
By Jenna Wortham
Internet Protocol Columnist
NY Times
http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/19/dealing-with-the-digital-afterlife-and-morning-after-messaging/?ref=technology
In this edition, we’re helping readers plan for the digital after
October 19, 2009
Twitter and a Newspaper Untie a Gag Order
By NOAM COHEN
NY Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/19/technology/internet/19link.html?ref=technology&pagewanted=print
TWITTER has been credited with helping to organize political protests
and shine a light on abuses around the world
October 20, 2009
New York Times Moves to Trim 100 in Newsroom
By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA
NY Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/business/media/20times.html?_r=1&ref=business&pagewanted=print
The New York Times plans to eliminate 100 newsroom jobs — about 8
percent of the total — by year’s end,
Book scanning prompts review of EU copyright laws
Oct 19, 2009 12:15 PM (ET)
By AOIFE WHITE
Associated Press
http://apnews.myway.com//article/20091019/D9BE91E80.html
BRUSSELS (AP) - The European Commission said Monday it may revise
copyright law to make it easier for companies like Google In
UK cops to be kitted out with smartphones
By James Sherwood
TheRegister.co.uk
19th October 2009 15:03 GMT
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/10/19/police_smartphone/
Smartphones look set to become the law of the land in Blighty, because
it has been announced that most British police forces wil
Washington Fiddles as Infrastructure Crumbles
By Zach Rosenberg
Wired.com
October 16, 2009 | 6:30 am
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/10/transportation-bill-2/
America’s infrastructure is crumbling. The Highway Trust Fund, which
finances the maintenance of our congested highways, flirts with