Rättegången mot åtta personer som misstänks för två spektakulära rån mot en juvelbutik inleddes i Paris i dag. Rånen gav byten värda över 100 miljoner euro (motsvarande över en miljard kronor).

itwbennett writes: The Federal Aviation Administration has issued eight more commercial drone licenses, the latest approvals for several hundred applications it has received. The newest licenses went to companies planning to use drones for video and TV production, aerial photography and surveying and inspecting flare stacks in the oil, natural gas and petro-chemical industry. Other readers sent in followups to last week's stories about an enthusiast's drone that crashed onto the White House grounds, and the subsequent firmware update from the drone's manufacturer to enforce a no-fly zone in that area. The EFF argues that this is a shortsighted solution and only serves to highlight how the concept of ownership is increasingly being pulled out of users' hands. Meanwhile, such "no-fly zone" updates give rise to a host of liability issues for manufacturers and enthusiasts alike.

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itwbennett writes: The Federal Aviation Administration has issued eight more commercial drone licenses, the latest approvals for several hundred applications it has received. The newest licenses went to companies planning to use drones for video and TV production, aerial photography and surveying and inspecting flare stacks in the oil, natural gas and petro-chemical industry. Other readers sent in followups to last week's stories about an enthusiast's drone that crashed onto the White House grounds, and the subsequent firmware update from the drone's manufacturer to enforce a no-fly zone in that area. The EFF argues that this is a shortsighted solution and only serves to highlight how the concept of ownership is increasingly being pulled out of users' hands. Meanwhile, such "no-fly zone" updates give rise to a host of liability issues for manufacturers and enthusiasts alike.

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No shocks in the replay at Old Trafford as goals from Mata, Rojo and Wilson help hosts beat Cambridge United.

No shocks in the replay at Old Trafford as goals from Mata, Rojo and Wilson help hosts beat Cambridge United.

Ett utkast till häktningsorder för Argentinas president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner har hittats i bostaden hos åklagaren Alberto Nisman, som avled under mystiska omständigheter i januari. Uppgiften kommer från en argentinsk rättskälla och återges av New York Times.

En 16-årig pojke som släpptes sedan han suttit häktad efter ett mord i Jönköping förra året har frihetsberövats igen, skriver Jönköpings-Posten.

En 80-årig man omkom i en villabrand i Grusåsen i Södertälje på tisdagskvällen, skriver Länstidningen i Södertälje.

McGruber writes: Yesterday, a ridiculously huge commotion and massive traffic jam occurred when Atlanta Police closed the downtown connector (Interstates 75 & 85) and called out the bomb squad to detonate a "suspicious device" taped to a bridge. Today, Georgia State University officials announced that the suspicious device was a student camera, "one of 18 used by students in an art project and deployed at various locations in the city." PetaPixel has additional information about Solargraphy, the style of pinhole photography apparently being done by the Georgia students.

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