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State News Headlines

December 6, 2006

The following headlines are compiled as an internal service for state Attorney General offices only. This list is not exhaustive and is a snapshot of news from around the country compiled through the use of various search engines.

Click here for drug offenders

Internet registries of rapists or pedophiles are now available in every state, but a new breed of criminal is now experiencing the notoriety of being outed online - people convicted of making or selling methamphetamine….The idea of posting the names of meth offenders online is gaining momentum. Four states have put in place laws to create Internet meth offender registries, two are putting final touches on similar laws, and several other proposed bills are in limbo until the state legislatures start the new session. Full Article

MySpace.com Moves to Keep Sex Offenders Off of Its Site

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 5 — MySpace.com, the social networking site, said Tuesday that it was developing technologies that would help combat the use of its site by sexual predators by cross-referencing its more than 130 million users against state databases of registered sex offenders. The Web site, which is owned by the News Corporation, said that within 30 days it planned to deploy the technology, which will seek to identify known sex offenders not just by their names, but also by date of birth, height, weight and ZIP code. Full Article

NYC, Ohio to enforce healthier living

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Smoking in Ohio is about to undergo a major change. Starting Thursday, forget about smoking in Ohio bars, restaurants, bingo halls and private clubs. Even the last bastions of smoke-filled heaven, bowling alleys, will be off-limits for smokers. Ashtrays have effectively been outlawed. Full Article

Leslie R. Kershaw
Communications Assistant
Office: (202) 326-6027
Fax: (202) 408-8061
Email: lnelson@naag.org

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