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Can cops use a phone left at scene of a crime to call 911 and find its owner?

(credit: Kārlis Dambrāns)

On Thursday morning, a federal judge in Sacramento will evaluate a novel legal theory recently raised by the defense lawyer representing an admitted California burglar and suspected kidnapper.

The lawyer, Thomas Johnson, claims that cops shouldn’t have been able to pick up his client's Samsung Galaxy left at the scene of a burglary, where they...

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Circa news app to re-launch under new owner Sinclair, will open office in Seattle
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Circa is making a comeback. The news app that shut down operations this past June after failing to raise funding is being re-launched under new ownership. The Wall Street Journal reported that Sinclair Broadcast Corp., a publicly-traded company based in Maryland, acquired Circa and has hired a former Washington Times executive to help start a new version of...
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