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2 more arrested in connection with Detroit mob beating

Two men were arrested in connection with the severe mob beating of a Detroit motorist who had accidentally hit a 10-year-old boy who stepped in front of his truck, police said Monday. That brings to four the number of people arrested in the assault of 54-year-old Steve Utash.

Google, Facebook intrusion on personal data worry many

The personal data gathering abilities of Google, Facebook and other tech companies has sparked growing unease among Americans, with a majority worried that Internet companies are encroaching too much upon their lives, a new poll showed.

 
Pistorius apologizes, sobs at his murder trial

Stifling sobs, Oscar Pistorius took the witness stand Monday in his murder trial and apologized to the family of the girlfriend he shot dead, describing himself as traumatized and now on antidepressant medication, and sometimes waking from nightmares to the “smell of blood.”