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3 perfect summer books for Anglophiles

Calling all Anglophiles: Here are 3 new summer titles that will take you to London without requiring you to leave your armchair.
Bestselling books the week of 6/21/12, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
6 men alleged to be LulzSec hackers

Tuesday saw the news that the FBI had identified and charged six men allegedly behind the hacktivist group LulzSec. Who are the men that the FBI says are behind LulzSec's mayhem?
Five key questions: How the London police plan to protect the royal wedding

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Bestselling books the week of 4/8/13, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
Death of Irish woman could reshape US lawsuit over IRA tapes

IRA veteran Dolours Price, whose death is not believed to be foul play, is at the heart of a lawsuit between Boston College and Northern Irish police over the release of tapes on her time in the IRA.
3 perfect summer books for Anglophiles

Calling all Anglophiles: Here are 3 new summer titles that will take you to London without requiring you to leave your armchair.
Bestselling books the week of 6/21/12, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
UK Parliament: Murdoch unfit to lead

The damning language came amidst further investigation into the phone hacking scandal which has enveloped British media and politics.
London neighborhood sealed off by armed police after suicide bomb threat

Scotland Yard said in a statement that police were called to Tottenham Court Road, a busy central London avenue, just before noon and had sent a negotiator to the site.
Rebekah Brooks arrest: phone-hacking scandal isn't going to fade

Many media observers predicted that the News Corp. phone-hacking scandal would peter out. But Rebekah Brooks's arrest today indicate the inquiry is still very much alive.
News of the World's Rebekah Brooks arrested with husband

Rebekah Brooks and her husband were arrested today on suspicion of attempting to thwart Scotland Yard's investigation into last year's phone-hacking scandal.
6 men alleged to be LulzSec hackers

Tuesday saw the news that the FBI had identified and charged six men allegedly behind the hacktivist group LulzSec. Who are the men that the FBI says are behind LulzSec's mayhem?
Pwned: FBI infiltrates hacktivist group LulzSec

The FBI charged five alleged leaders of LulzSec, an offshoot of Anonymous, after flipping another leader last June.
Charles Dickens as journalist

Charles Dickens – the great novelist – was also a journalist in love with the streets.
Backchannels The chutzpah of Rupert Murdoch's Sun

Murdoch's tabloid The Sun is under pressure over phone hacking and bribing cops. A deputy editor decries a 'witch hunt' that shows the British press is less free than ex-Soviet states.
How did Anonymous hackers eavesdrop on FBI and Scotland Yard?

The FBI and Scotland Yard said no systems were breached, which suggests Anonymous might have hacked an e-mail account and stolen information to listen to a conference call.
Anonymous hacks FBI email, eavesdrops on call to Scotland Yard

Anonymous hackers listened to a sensitive conference call between the FBI and Scotland Yard that discussed strategy for dealing with a hacking case.
How much are Twitter and BlackBerry to blame for British riots?

British officials have criticized social media for its role in organizing and fanning the riots throughout England. But experts suggest that much of the criticism is misplaced.
Another phone hacking victim, another blow to Murdoch's power in Britain

Revelations of another phone hacking victim – the mother of 8-year-old murder victim Sarah Payne – adds to a culture war that pits Rupert Murdoch’s profit-driven ethos against Britain's establishment press.
Scotland Yard top ranks see resignations from phone hacking scandal

Scotland Yard: The crisis triggered upheaval in the upper ranks of Britain's police, with Monday's resignation of Assistant Commissioner John Yates following that of police chief Paul Stephenson.
Phone hacking rocks Scotland Yard, News Corp. – and Cameron?

Phone hacking fallout leads to multiple resignations. But can the phone hacking scandal reach Prime Minister David Cameron's government?
Expanding Murdoch scandal claims second Scotland Yard officer

Two senior Scotland Yard officers have now resigned over a scandal at Rupert Murdoch's News of the World tied to bribing police and illegally hacking into cellphone messages.
Rupert Murdoch phone-hacking scandal: US connections grow

In London Saturday, Rupert Murdoch issued full-page apologies for the phone-hacking scandal that has hit his media empire. Critics say his free-wheeling and politically conservative approach may have affected US journalism as well.
FBI to investigate Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.: Did it hack 9/11 victims?

At the urging of several members of Congress, the FBI has begun investigating whether victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and their families were subject to phone hacking from Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.
Will Rupert Murdoch's woes cross the Atlantic?

Rupert Murdoch's troubles in the UK could spread throughout his global media empire, say experts. A lawsuit filed Monday in Delaware may be just the beginning.
The Monitor's View: Time to clear the underbrush of bribery

New efforts around the world signal a moment to make headway against corruption
LulzSec attacks, shuts down Brazilian government Websites

LulzSec has targeted another major government site. Meanwhile, the group is denying that the recently-arrested Ryan Cleary is a member of LulzSec.
LulzSec sting: UK nabs alleged hacker

Scotland Yard arrests a man with alleged ties to LulzSec. While initial reports fingered the suspect as a "mastermind," LulzSec called him only "mildly associated" with the group.