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Rights groups challenge UK cyber-snooping 07/14/2014 08:09am • LONDON (AP) -- Civil liberties groups took Britain's spy agencies to court Monday in a bid to limit electronic surveillance, as the government tries to pass legislation to extend snooping powers.A special court, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, is hearing a challenge to mass online snooping from g Washington's Top News - Monday, July 14, 2014 07/14/2014 02:51am • Here's a look at some of the day's top stories from WTOP: Israel says it's downed drone along southern coast Israel's military says it has downed an unmanned drone along its southern coastline, the first time it has encountered such a weapon since its struggle with Gaza Strip militants began l Va. delegate wants drivers to use hands-free devices 07/12/2014 02:33pm • WASHINGTON -- Texting behind the wheel is now a primary offense in Virginia, but drivers can still talk on the phone. One lawmaker wants to ban that, too. Delegate Rich Anderson was successful in making texting while driving illegal in 2013. Now, the Prince William County politician says he w A look at California serial rapist's release rules 07/12/2014 12:00pm • The Associated Press "Pillowcase Rapist" Christopher Hubbart has been conditionally released to live in a desert community outside of Palmdale, California, about 70 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles.Hubbart has acknowledged raping and assaulting about 40 women between 1971 and 1982. He got hi Serial rapist's freedom comes with strict limits 07/12/2014 11:16am • TAMI ABDOLLAH Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) -- He can't be alone outside after dark, needs permission to walk through his neighborhood or go to a bowling alley, and must allow random searches and polygraph tests. For the first time in roughly two decades, serial rapist Christopher Hubbart is fre German FM to meet Kerry to discuss spying claims 07/12/2014 10:24am • BERLIN (AP) -- Germany's foreign minister said Friday he will tell U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at a meeting this weekend that Berlin wants to reinvigorate the two countries' friendship "on an honest basis" after asking Washington's top spy to leave.Thursday's decision to demand the departure Aereo presses case despite Supreme Court setback 07/12/2014 09:54am • ANICK JESDANUN AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Aereo, the television-over-the-Internet service that suspended operations after the Supreme Court ruled against it, is refusing to disband for good.The company is now using the Supreme Court's own language to force broadcasters to treat it just li Obama cites letter writers in pitching economy 07/12/2014 07:10am • WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says his travels beyond the capital and his visits with selected letter writers demonstrate the need for Congress to act on his stalled economic agenda.In his weekly radio and Internet address Obama cited meetings this week with a college student and with ow Report: Chinese hackers hit US personnel networks 07/11/2014 05:48pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- Chinese hackers broke into the computer networks of the Office of Personnel Management earlier this year with the intention of accessing the files of tens of thousands of federal employees who had applied for top-secret security clearances, according to The New York Times.Senior U Pediatric doctor in child porn case gets prison 07/11/2014 03:50pm • ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS AP Legal Affairs Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A former top pediatric cancer doctor was sentenced to a year and one day in federal prison Friday following his guilty plea to a charge of accessing child pornography.Before sentencing, Christopher Pelloski told federal Judge James Judge challenges prosecutors on terror case claim 07/11/2014 03:39pm • JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN Associated Press NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- A federal judge preparing to sentence a British citizen for supporting terrorists in Afghanistan challenged U.S. prosecutors Friday on their claim that the defendant supported al-Qaida.Babar Ahmad's support for the Taliban regime in Afgha Getting and using free Wi-Fi in the D.C. area 07/11/2014 11:37am • WASHINGTON -- D.C.-area restaurant must-haves include good food, competitive prices, a pleasant staff and -- more than ever -- a reliable wireless Internet connection. Internet accessibility is vital to an on-the-go society, and many D.C.-area customers are finding out just how important it is f UK govt seeks data retention law after EU verdict 07/11/2014 10:44am • DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) -- Concerned after a European court ruled in favor of citizens' right to privacy, Britain's prime minister pledged Thursday to rush through emergency measures to force phone and Internet companies to store call and search records for a year.The European Cour Scientists turn to public to help pay for research 07/11/2014 10:32am • MALCOLM RITTER AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- In over three decades of studying ferns, Duke University professor Kathleen Pryer has received her share of grant money. But for her newest project, she's getting help from a retired nurse in Canada and a 17-year-old in Arkansas.It's her first foray China tells reporters to work within state media 07/11/2014 09:40am • DIDI TANG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) -- Chinese regulators have banned the country's journalists from sharing information they have obtained on the job with overseas media or publishing it in any venue, such as blogging sites, outside the media they are employed, in a move that critics say will f