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Thursday, March 28, 2013  An Onondaga County Probation Officer has been suspended without pay and faces charges for allegedly using a county probation database inappropriately.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013  Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver says New York will spend $27.74 million to develop the first statewide electronic handgun permit database as part of its new gun control law.

Friday, February 15, 2013  Facebook Inc. says it was the target of hackers but no user information was compromised during the attack.

Friday, February 01, 2013  In the latest online attack, Twitter says hackers may have gained access to information on 250,000 of its more than 200 million active users.

Thursday, August 02, 2012  Changes intended to include more people in New York's DNA database of criminals has taken effect.

Tuesday, June 19, 2012  U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is asking Google Maps to blur out images of people in its newest data collection, which includes photographs from planes.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012  Verizon Wireless, the nation's largest cellphone company, is dropping nearly all of its phone plans in favor of pricing schemes that encourage consumers to connect their non-phone devices, like tablets and PCs, to Verizon's network.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012  It can be an easy task for identity thieves to get private information from your computer if you don't properly delete those files. Simply emptying your desktop trash folder doesn't do it. So how can you protect yourself?

Friday, March 30, 2012  New York is moving up to August the start for collecting DNA samples from everyone convicted of a felony or penal misdemeanor.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012  Twenty-three mayors and town supervisors from Buffalo to Long Island are endorsing a bill backed by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to fight prescription drug abuse.

Monday, March 19, 2012  Anyone convicted of a felony and most misdemeanors will have to submit their DNA as part of new legislation signed into law today.

Thursday, March 15, 2012  Onondaga County's top prosecutor is publicly supporting a push by the governor to expand the state's DNA database.

Thursday, March 15, 2012  New York would see up to seven Las Vegas-style casinos, a doubled DNA database to fight crime and free innocent people, and a less cushy pension for future public workers under deals struck behind closed doors Wednesday.

Wednesday, February 29, 2012  Governor Andrew Cuomo's push to expand the DNA database is getting a lot of support.

Thursday, February 16, 2012  Onondaga County District Attorney Bill Fitzpatrick was among those who turned out to show their support for the use of an expanded DNA database.