Inside the Daily Planet, 8/4/08

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NEWS YOU CAN USE Chance to comment on Central Corridor by Jeremy Stratton, The Bridge
A Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) for the Central Corridor light-rail transit project is available for public review through Aug. 25. An environmental impact statement is a comprehensive study and document intended to guide local decision-making on a wide range of impacts related to large development projects.

You don’t know MNJAC: anti-terror fusion center grapples with security flaw, new privacy policy by Dan Haugen, Minnesota Independent
A post-9/11 intelligence agency created to collect and analyze suspicious activity reports from across Minnesota is operating without an important and widely used safeguard meant to check against inappropriate use of data.

New laptop theft tracking device debuts by Devin Henry, Minnesota Daily
The program, called Adeona, tracks where stolen laptops log onto the Internet.

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