Hacker group vows to 'kill Facebook'
CNN
Apparently, "Anonymous" won't be accepting your friend request. Members of the shadowy collective known for its politically motivated Web hacks and attacks are targeting Facebook for what they claim to be the social-networking giant's misuse of personal information.More

The end of human resources as we know it
Human Resource Executive
The challenges are great, and a new kind of human resources executive is emerging to meet them. In the process, these strategic leaders are turning our traditional concept of human resources on its head. Here are five major forces that are driving the changes that will end human resources as we know it by the year 2020.More

Alabama's Jefferson County declares biggest municipal bankruptcy
Bloomberg Businessweek
Jefferson County, Ala., declared the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history, capping a more than three-year saga that turned it into one of the biggest casualties of Wall Street's credit crisis.More

Jury rejects city liability in death caused by collision with firetruck
The Sacramento Bee
A Sacramento Superior Court jury recently rejected a mother's claim that the city was liable for the death of her daughter in an early-morning collision with a firetruck three years ago. The panel found that the driver of the truck was negligent in the April 12, 2008, crash that killed Kirsten Helene Ross, 20.More

Personality survey shows risk managers
displaying more proactive traits
Property Casualty 360
While risk managers with traditional skills are still in the majority, a large group of risk managers — 40 percent — exhibit non-traditional characteristics, and are "drivers" and "evangelists," with more social skills and charm, according to a study based on profiling methodology.More

Are police being targeted?
Daily Mail
A spate of police shootings has left officers across America worried they are being deliberately targeted. Fears of more attacks grew after eleven police officers were shot in five states in just 24 hours. Two of them died, bringing the total to 14 officers killed in the line of duty this month.More

JFK runway collision spotlights dangers
on the ground
USA Today
The violent collision between a double-decker Airbus A380 and a regional jet at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport is a sobering reminder that the ground can be a dangerous place for an airliner. Air France Flight 7, flying the largest passenger plane in the world, was taxiing toward takeoff at 8:08 p.m. when its left wing struck the tail of a Comair jet.More

Massive 5-year hack infiltrates US government, UN, IOC
PCMag.com
"Operation Shady RAT," a concerted effort by a single hacker or group of hackers, penetrated multiple U.S. government agencies, the United Nations, foreign governments and many technology companies and defense contractors, a McAfee report disclosed recently.More