Facebook reveals Bug Bounty numbers, has awarded over $1 million in reward

Facebook wants you to know it's taking security seriously -- enough for Zuckerberg and Co. to pay out over $1 million in reward within two years for its Bug Bounty program. According to a recent blog post, it's awarded a total of 329 digital bounty hunters at least $500 for discovering and reporting security issues to the social network. The participants came from all walks of life across the globe (the youngest being a 13-year-old), and the most resourceful ones have already made more than a hundred grand each. Facebook isn't alone in exchanging big money for bug reports -- Microsoft, for one, is offering up to $100,000 to anyone who discovers security exploits on the preview version of Windows 8.1. Despite Facebook's success, however, over 6 million accounts were still exposed in June... proving that when it comes to security, tech companies can never sit on their hands.

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PHOTO GALLERY: Families, high school classes join Black and White parade

Saturday, August 3, 2013 | 9:08 p.m. CDT

Caizon Malveaux, 3, rides in a train of cars pulled behind a lawn mower during the Black and White parade through downtown Columbia as part of the festivities surrounding the 19th Black and White Ball on Saturday. ??|??Quint Smith Anna Linzie, Hickman class of '87, throws beads to spectators during the Black and White parade through downtown Columbia as part of the festivities surrounding the 19th Black and White Ball on Saturday. This is the third time the class of '87 has participated in the event. ??|??Quint Smith From left, Bryce Kimberly, 9, Garrett Kimberly, 8, Chris Young, 11, and Catherine Kimberly, 13, pick up candy thrown from floats during the Black and White parade through downtown Columbia as part of the festivities surrounding the 19th Black and White Ball on Saturday. ??|??Quint Smith From left, Sylvia Jackson, Myra Cason and Tanya Gardner wave at spectators from the back of a truck during the Black and White parade through downtown Columbia as part of the festivities surrounding the 19th Black and White Ball on Saturday. ??|??Quint Smith Keetra Prince holds her daughter Ziyah Prince, 1, while walking a friend's dog named Diamond during the Black and White Parade through downtown Columbia as part of the festivities surrounding the 19th Black and White Ball on Saturday. Price participated in the parade as part of a family reunion. ??|??Quint Smith The Black and White parade pulled through downtown Columbia as part of the festivities surrounding the 19th Black and White Ball on Saturday. Candy and bead necklaces were some of the things thrown to spectators along the way. ?????Quint Smith

COLUMBIA ? Families and classmates reunited Saturday morning at the Black and White parade where 20 floats wound down Park Street to Douglass Park as spectators caught candy and necklaces.

The Black and White Ball reunites black alumni of Columbia Public Schools. The event is celebrated to maintain the city's tight-knit African-American community. Alumni come from all over the country. The parade was the first event of the weekend.

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US proposes resolution to Apple e-book price fixing

Just a few weeks ago, Apple found itself on the wrong side of a decision when US District Judge Denise Cote ruled that Apple had, in fact, conspired with book publishers to raise the price of e-books across the industry.

Today, the DOJ announced a proposed remedy for Apple's alleged wrongdoing. The remedy aims to stop Apple's "illegal activities" and restore competition to the e-book marketplace.

As laid out by the DOJ, the proposed remedy not only requires Apple to put an end to its existing agency-model contracts with book publishers, but also precludes Apple from entering into "new e-book distribution contracts which would restrain Apple from competing on price."

The DOJ writes:

Under the department's proposed remedy, Apple will be prohibited from again serving as a conduit of information among the conspiring publishers or from retaliating against publishers for refusing to sell e-books on agency terms. Apple will also be prohibited from entering into agreements with suppliers of e-books, music, movies, television shows or other content that are likely to increase the prices at which Apple's competitor retailers may sell that content. To reset competition to the conditions that existed before the conspiracy, Apple must also for two years allow other e-book retailers like Amazon and Barnes & Noble to provide links from their e-book apps to their e-bookstores, allowing consumers who purchase and read e-books on their iPads and iPhones easily to compare Apple's prices with those of its competitors.

That certainly seems heavy handed.

The DOJ also recommends that Apple be appointed an external monitor by the court who will ensure that the company doesn't run afoul of any antitrust laws going forward. And as if that weren't enough, the monitor's salary and expenses will, according to the proposal, be paid for by Apple.

Think the DOJ is done?

Not quite.

The DOJ also recommends that Apple hire an internal antitrust compliance officer who will not only ensure that Apple complies with court imposed remedies, but will also be tasked with training and educating Apple's senior executives and employees about pertinent antitrust laws.

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Android versus iOS phones for business

Once upon a time the only type of mobile phone you would consider for your business was BlackBerry, but those running on Android and iOS are now hot on its heels.

BlackBerry's secure servers and focus on email, coupled with the full on QWERTY keyboards on devices, made it the stand out candidate for workers. It is still a viable option, with the BlackBerry 10 software, new handsets including the Z10 and Q10 and the updated BES 10 backend infrastructure

But Android and iOS handsets have come on leaps and bounds and some now exceed the offerings of BlackBerry.

Devices

If you're looking at iOS then your choice of handsets is pretty slim. You've only really got two options - the iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S - although if you hold on a few months the iPhone 5S/iPhone 6 will make an appearance.

The iPhone 4S is slightly cheaper and offers many of the same features as the 5, which in turn has a larger display, beefier processor and slimmer body - but Apple products carry premium price tags.

Android, on the other hand, has a vast array of handsets available, including a strong range of budget offerings.

High end Android phones include the Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One, which easily rival Apple's offerings and won't look out of place in the boardroom. And if you fancy a slightly bigger screen check out the Samsung Galaxy Note 2, or the Galaxy Note 3 later this year.

eMail

Today's smartphones are more than capable of delivering a decent email experience and both Android and iOS offer fully featured email clients.

A little confusingly on Android devices you'll find two clients installed, 'Email' and 'Gmail'. But unless your company uses the Google ecosystem including Google Docs, Drive and Gmail, you're unlikely to require the latter.

The Email app allows you to set up multiple accounts and feed them into one inbox, but you can filter by address if things become too congested.

Over on iOS there's just the one email client out of the box going by the name 'Mail', and as with Android you can link several accounts into one app with the option to view a unified inbox or filter by account. It's all pretty simple.

Keyboard

The days of physical keys on phones seem to have gone, and while BlackBerry is still making handsets such as the Q10 and Q5, the majority of smartphones now on the market are fully touchscreen.

This may ring alarm bells for those wedded to their QWERTY keyboards, but the onscreen keyboard needn't be feared, as after spending a little time practising you'll be up to your normal typing speed.

On iOS you only get one option - the stock keyboard which Apple installs on every iPhone, iPad and iPod, with no third party solutions allowed. It's a pretty robust offering with good travel between keys, haptic (vibration) feedback if required, and spell check to ensure no embarrassing mistakes; but it's not the best typing experience on a smartphone.

By contrast, Android offers a stock keyboard and a huge array of free and paid for alternatives in Google Play. Our personal favourite is SwiftKey, but the joy of Android is that you can download as many as you want, try them all out and find the best one for your writing style.

With variable screen sizes on the handsets available you'll find the keyboard experience can range wildly between Android devices. If you're going to be doing a lot of typing we'd recommend getting a handset with at least a 4-inch display.

Contact management

Making sure you can contact the right people at the right time is extremely important, so you want to be able to rely on your phone having the details of everyone you may need at the touch of a button.

Android allows you to pool contacts from various sources, be it email accounts, Google or social networks. The phones can also store email addresses, physical addresses and home, office and mobile numbers.

You can even attach photos to contact cards (which can be pulled through automatically from social networks), allowing you to put a name to a face, which can be invaluable in networking.

The standard Android contact integration is solid and straightforward, but you can give it a boost by choosing a handset from the likes of Samsung or HTC.

These manufacturers add additional features to improve contact matching from various accounts - linking up people's profiles from various networks and combining them into one manageable contact card.

On iOS things don't quite match up to the Android offering. Sure the contacts app is easy to use and simply laid out, but if you're keen to pull in data from different mediums then you're out of luck.

But you can still add all the details on a person and the simple user interface may be easier for some to understand on iOS.

Software upgrades

When new software becomes available you'll want to roll it out to your staff as soon as possible so they can take advantage of the new features, improvements and fixes it offers.

For Apple devices this is easy as the firm pushes out updates to all devices (we're currently on iOS 6, with iOS 7 round the corner) at the same time, allowing you to quickly upgrade all handsets with minimum fuss. Just remember to back up your data first.

Things are a little trickier for Android thanks to the number of different handsets from various manufacturers. You'll find that when Google pushes out an Android update (the latest is Jelly Bean) it first goes to the manufacturers who do their own tinkering and tests before pushing it out to their devices - and usually it's one or two models at a time.

If your workforce has a range of Android devices then you may find that some receive updates before others and the discrepancy in software between colleagues may cause compatibility problems.

Security

On balance, iOS has the upper hand here. It offers a fully integrated security platform for devices which spans iPhones, iPads and iPods, allowing you to ensure all data stored on them is safe. Hardware encryption protects all the data on the devices and it can't be turned off by the user, so there's no fear of it being accidentally disabled.

The iOS architecture also provides security for third party applications, meaning you can trust the apps you download as Apple prevents malware and viruses sneaking in.

Over on Android things are not so clear cut, with no protection built into the OS for businesses. But there are remedies: various security apps can be downloaded from Google Play, and the openness of the Android ecosystem allows companies to develop their own security software.

Apps

Both iOS and Android have well stocked stores in the form of the App Store and Google Play, which boast over 800,000 applications each.

They offer similar quantities, but Apple's offering beats Android when it comes to the quality of apps. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of business orientated applications in the App Store with everything from word processors and spreadsheet managers to social media tools and PC remote controls.

Android still has a decent array of business focussed apps, but it's not as strong in this department as iOS.

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Is DeGeneres part of academy's push for diversity?

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences isn't as much of an old-boys' club as it used to be.

The group named two women to prominent positions this week, including Friday's announcement that Ellen DeGeneres will host the 2014 Oscar show. Earlier in the week, the academy's board of governors elected Cheryl Boone Isaacs president, the first African-American to hold the post and the first woman in three decades.

In June, the organization invited 276 new members to join ? 100 more than the previous year and arguably its most diverse slate ever.

Could this be in response to the 2012 Los Angeles Times study that stung the academy by pointing out what many suspected: Hollywood's pre-eminent film organization is a mostly white, male group?

"This is all in the shadow of Dawn Hudson's appointment as C.O.O. last year," said awards expert Tom O'Neil. "The academy is making an extraordinary effort to embrace women and minorities, and be (more) inclusive."

Other industry watchers say these visible appointments are part of the academy's continuing effort to shed its old-boy image ? one that may have been reinforced last year by Seth MacFarlane's sexist humor and the departure of short-lived Oscar producer Brett Ratner after publicly making homophobic remarks.

"If you wanted to pick somebody that would tacitly or implicitly be an absolute rejection of the bad behavior of the last couple years, what could be a better way to distance yourself from that than to pick the most famous and popular lesbian entertainer in the world?" said Scott Feinberg, an industry analyst for The Hollywood Reporter.

Such prominent academy appointments for Hudson, DeGeneres and Boone Isaacs send a message to women interested in making movies.

"This is the kind of leadership and these are the kinds of examples that stand out for those women who will follow," said Cathy Schulman, president of Women in Film. "This is what gives people hope and encouragement."

DeGeneres is also a proven commodity. She successfully hosted the Oscars in 2007, drawing almost as many viewers as MacFarlane did last year.

"The academy doesn't want to take any chances with the performance skills of the host," O'Neil said. "This is a good, smart choice that will put the focus back on the content of the show, rather than will the host crash and burn."

Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, who produced the 2013 telecast, are returning for next year's show. O'Neil notes that the veteran producers are also openly gay and vocal supporters of gay rights.

DeGeneres, 55, has developed a devoted following with her 10-year-old daytime talk show, which can serve as a built-in platform to promote the Academy Awards.

Boone Isaacs, the academy's new president, is a veteran marketing executive and longtime academy member and governor.

"She's a very worthy candidate regardless of what she looks like," Feinberg said. "But the fact that she is a relatively younger African-American woman and that's the face of the academy, that's a significant symbolic thing."

For real change, these appointments can't just be exceptions, Schulman said, but "exceptions converted into the norm."

"Change happens when the numbers increase," she said. "Change doesn't happen overnight, but it was long overdue that the academy made some appointments like this."

Among the diverse new members invited to join the academy are Prince, Jennifer Lopez, writer-director Ava DuVernay, Sandra Oh, Paula Patton and songwriter Siedah Garrett.

DeGeneres, Boone Isaacs and the Oscar producers were not available to comment on this story.

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A look at WSU football's fall camp position battles on offense

We've already taken a look at the defense. Who's fighting for playing time on the other side of the ball? Here's an offensive depth chart and some analysis to get you thinking.

Fewer questions surround the offensive two deep heading into camp this year than did last season, with the new coaching staff and influx of fresh talent, but that doesn't mean there won't be some intense competition down in Lewiston, Idaho.

Here's a look at the depth chart, and major players at each position battle on the offensive side of the ball.

OFFENSIVE LINE

Bold names are starters, names in red are freshman.

The coaching staff hasn't been afraid to shuffle the line around in an effort to find the combination of the five best lineman, so it's reasonable to expect more of the same and that these positions listed in the two deep may change a bit.

TACKLES: Eduardo Middleton moved from right tackle to back up Gunnar Eklund at left tackle. Left tackle is arguably one of the more important positions, protecting the blind side of a right handed quarterback. Eklund started seven games for the Cougs in 2012, missing the final three due to an arm injury, and held the starting spot through the spring. Middleton swapped back up duties with Jacob Seydel, who is now competing with Rico Forbes for the start at right tackle. Every indication is that Forbes will get the start, as Forbes was a likely starter a year ago if it wasn't for injuries.

GUARDS: Joe Dahl, John Fullington, and Matt Goetz are in a three-way battle for starting guard duties. All have played on one side or the other and this is likely a case where the best two will start with the odd man out will providing depth at both positions. Goetz earned his letter as a redshirt sophomore in 2011, playing center. Last season, he played right guard for games against Oregon, OSU, UCLA, Utah, and Washington. Fullington is a senior, starting out the first two games of 2012 at left tackle before moving to left guard for the rest of the season. Dahl is a redshirt sophomore walk on who sat out last season after transferring from Montana.

CENTER: Elliot Bosch has this position locked up. Simple as that.

It will be interesting to see what happens with the incoming freshman, Carlos Freeman, Cody O'Connell and Riley Sorenson. Freeman is a center and isn't expected to beat out Bosch, but he could fight his way onto the two-deep out of camp and earn some spot work this season as Bosch's back up.

Sorenson and O'Connell are both huge, physical lineman that likely have every intention of getting on the field as freshman. O'Connell is coming off an ACL injury he suffered his senior season in high school, but he could be healed enough to get in and push to crack the two-deep. Sorenson could also get in and compete right away. We aren't sure where they would be slotted, as they are capable of playing any position on the line that doesn't snap the ball, but they both seem to have an offensive tackle skill set. I'd expect all of these guys to come into camp and make the decision to redshirt as difficult as possible for Coach Leach.

SKILL POSITIONS

Players in bold are starters, gray are transfers, and red are incoming freshman.

QUARTERBACK: Connor Halliday has thankfully taken charge and put any real indecision about who the starter is to bed. Backing him up will likely be Austin Apodaca, so the real competition will be between Lucas Falk, Connor Ennis, Isaac Dotson and top recruit Tyler Bruggman for the No. 3 spot. Bruggman will likely get a redshirt, unless there is a serious lack of ability in the others to be a viable third stringer and some injuries (please, no) happen during the season.

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RUNNING BACK: Teondray Caldwell looks to be a solid lock for the top running back spot, with a slew of others beneath him. Marcus Mason is currently edging out Leon Brooks in the two deep, but a kid to watch will be incoming freshman Gerard Wicks. Wicks has every intention of starting, and could climb past Mason in camp to get on the field in 20 personnel sets and play behind Caldwell, perhaps even pushing him for starter reps by the end of the season.

WIDE RECEIVER: This will be the most intense in camp, and will almost certainly leave someone very talented on the outside looking in with regards to playing time. Marks has all-conference potential and has a pretty good lock on the Z position. Dominique Williams came on in the last few games of the season, including an 8-catch, 143-yard Apple Cup performance, and was second on the team with seven receptions of 25 yards or more.

Incoming JC transfer Vince Mayle is good enough to challenge him for a starting role at X (want to get justifiably excited about Mayle? -- WATCH THIS). If Dominique Williams is good enough to hold on to the spot, Mayle will push both Kristoff Williams for backup duties at X, and Isiah Myers at Z. Both guys had solid seasons, and some think Kristoff Williams is primed to have the break out year we've been waiting for since he arrived on campus. Mayle's talent might be impossible to keep off the field. If the outside positions are too solid to crack, he could see some time at Y, or it's possible he splits time at X and Kristoff Williams moves inside.

There may need to be some shuffling at receiver to make room. Outside receiver is talent rich and it should be a lot of fun watching them all compete for the right to start.

Brett Bartolone stepped up as a freshman and shouldered the load at H after Rickey Galvin's injury against UNLV last year. He still holds onto that number one spot going into camp, but that competition should be another to keep an eye on. H wasn't nearly as productive for the Cougs as it needed to be last season and Bartolone will have to greatly improve his ability to turn targets into yards, or he could get passed by Galvin.

Bobby Ratliff looks to be the guy at Y this season, although Robert Lewis is a dynamic athlete that could play his way onto the field if Ratliff struggles.

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Results from the local golf courses - 1 August 2013

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Mixed

Open: 1 John & Toni Rudd (King?s Lynn) 44pts; 2 Kevin & Christine Hardy (Lincoln) 43pts; 3 Ted Deeprose & Myra Landsburgh (Aylesbury & Nene Park) 43pts; 4 John & Linda Double (Spalding) 43pts; 5 Alan & Rose West (Priors Hall) 41pts. Milton Members - 1 Graham & Christine Goodall 36pts. Nearest the Pin - Hole 2 Roger Tacq (Ramsey), Hole 9 John Harris (Ramsey), Hole 11 Wilma Elam (John O?Gaunt), Hole 16 Jackie Frary (King?s Lynn).

75th Anniversary Invitation: 1 Adrian & Benjamin Mackenzie; 2 Andrew & Charlie Armitage; 3 Tom Burgh & James Clark.

Juniors

Red Robin Trophy (Under 14): 1 William Firman 46pts; 2 Sam Ballaam 41pts; 3 Zain Ali 37pts.

Eric Robinson Trophy (Over 15): 1 Conor Brennan 92-26=66; 2 Alex Salam 74-7=67; 3 Thalia Martin 79-11=68.

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Mixed

President?s Day: Overall winner - Nigel Baines 43pts. Men?s Competition - 1 Ray Wright 39pts; 2 Chris Davies 37. Seniors Competition - 1 Pete Vinter 39pts; 2 Jim Starbucki 37. Ladies Competition - Chris Bennett 39pts; 2 Jacqui Rust 39. Nearest the Line ? Jenny Venters. Nearest the Pin ? Hole 3 Pete Vinter; Hole 4 Gareth Thomas; Hole 11 Rob Warlow; Hole 12 Pete Evans.

Men

Clarke Steel Trophy: 1 Steve Horton net 68; Carol Plume net 68; 3 Colin Rust net 68.

Seniors

Captain?s Day: Overall - 1 David Lord 43pts.

Cat 1 - 1 Peter Orbine 40pts. Cat 2 - 1 Neil Sargeant 41pts. Cat 3 - 1 Don Hinshelwood 42pts. Ladies Winner: Jenny Venters 41pts. Guests Winner: Malcolm Taylor 37pts. Nearest the Pin - Hole 3 Neil Sargeant; Hole 4 Eric Cowles; Hole 11 Peter Orbine; Hole 12 George Davis.

Gedney Hill 4, Sudbrook Moor 2 (Gedney names only): Leonard Kempster/Peter Orbine won 5&4; Wally Lawes/Bill Sharpe won 2&1; Pete Evans/ Bill Smith lost 2&1; John Venters/Neil Sargeant lost 3&2; David Lord/Keith Cooper won 2&1; Bob Townsend/Tom Melvin won 5&4.

Rabbits Section

Gedney Hill 6.5, Hovenden Park 2.5 (Gedney names only: Chris Bennett/Gary Moore lost 1 down; Nicky Weller/Johnny Rust won 2&1; Neil Sargeant/Peter Orbine won 4&3; Tom Penning/Marilyn Sayer won 1up; Graham East/Stuart Turnell lost 6&5; Phil Davis/Joseph Timms halved; Bill Sharpe/Wally Lawes won 1up; Greg Walsh/Mo Parling won 3&2; Paul Hanson/Ray Wright won 2&1.

THORNEY LAKES

Men

Peacock Pairs: 1 Garry Richardson/Ben Templeman 47pts; 2 Paul Pamphillon/Malc Mitchell 47pts; 3 Matt Deegan/Darren Hunt 45pts; 4 Steve Leonard/John Zajac 44pts.

Midweek Stableford: Division One - 1 Mick Hinch 39pts; 2 Paul Pamphillon 38pts; 3 Ian Fane 37pts. Division Two - 1 Charlie Rennie 45pts; 2 Dave Gibson 37pts; 3 Gary Messenger 36pts.

ELTON FURZE

Men

Furzegate Pairs: 1 S. Anderson/S. Furzeland net 64; 2 M. Smith/ C. Bayliss net 67; 3 G. Dandrilli/ K. Stableford net 67.

Mixed

Elton Furze 3.5, Nene Park 2.5 (Elton names first): T. Crighton/P. Fowler halved with C. Alban/N. Alban; A. Keen/ P. Eustace lost to A. Hawkins/K. Hawkins 3&2; J. Elliott/S. Keen halved with L. Glossop/P. Hawkins 2&1; M. Poulter/ T. Toyne halved with M. Davey/M. Davey; E. Toyne/ J. Richardson beat V. Morris/ B Morris 2&1.

GREETHAM VALLEY

Ladies

Greetham Valley 3, Stoke Rochford 0, South Lincs Scratch League (Greetham names first): Emma Tipping beat Pam Watson 7&6; Sophie Beardsall beat June Miller 4&2; Gilly Grant beat Sue Booth 2&1.

Mixed

Captains Day: Men?s comp: 1 Marc Joyce 46pts; 2 Ken Mason 44pts; 3 Ross Mawhinney 44pts; 4 Nick Pearce 44pts. Ladies comp: 1 Liz Haughton 38pts; 2 Gilly Grant 38pts; 3 Lesley Young 37pts.

Seniors

Invitation: 1 David Wallace/Colin Allinson 42pts; 2 Fred Aspin/David Jackson 41pts; 3 Peter Perryman/P. Williams 40pts. Nearest the pin - 12th Neil Lowndes, 14th Les Stroud. Longest driver - John Taylor.

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Spain's Rajoy says he was wrong to trust treasurer in party funding scandal

By Andr?s Gonz?lez

MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy apologized on Thursday for mishandling a major corruption scandal, but denied he or his center-right People's Party accepted illegal payments and rejected opposition calls to step down.

It was the first time Rajoy had admitted any error since it emerged in January that the ruling party's former treasurer Luis Barcenas - in jail pending trial on charges of bribery and tax evasion - hid up to 48 million euros in Swiss bank accounts.

"I was wrong. I'm sorry but that is how it was. I was wrong in trusting someone we now know didn't deserve it," Rajoy told parliament at the start of a debate on the funding scandal.

He made no other admission of wrongdoing, but acknowledged the scandal has damaged Spain's image abroad at a time when the economy is shrinking and unemployment painfully high.

Investors have shrugged off the scandal as it has not destabilized the government and on Thursday Spain sold debt more cheaply than two weeks ago. A European Central Bank back-stop for ailing euro zone countries has held Spain's borrowing costs at a reasonable level after they spiked up last year and ignited fears of an international bailout.

Barcenas, who left his post in 2009 but continued receiving financial support from the party, told a judge he collected millions in cash donations from construction magnates and distributed them to senior PP figures, including Rajoy.

The Spanish leader has been criticized for maintaining contact with Barcenas up until recently. In January the prime minister sent the former treasurer a text message that read: "Luis. I understand. Be strong. I'll call you tomorrow."

During the debate, opposition leaders from the Socialist and other parties repeated demands that Rajoy quit.

"The only dignified thing for you to do is to step down," said Joan Coscubiela, member of parliament for the Catalan Green Party.

However, Rajoy said he would stay in office and continue with economic reforms which have included spending cuts, tax hikes and rules to make hiring and firing less costly, policies welcomed by investors and Spain's European partners.

Rajoy agreed to testify before lawmakers after opposition parties threatened to call a vote of no confidence in order to force him to take their questions, a sign he was sensitive to public pressure for accountability.

TAXES PAID

Rajoy said he had always declared all his income to tax authorities and said a judicial investigation would prove that there was no illegal financing in the party.

Barcenas, who worked 30 years for the PP, has testified that he maintained for almost two decades a set of shadow accounts tracking a slush fund of cash donations and payments that were hidden from tax authorities and auditors.

Rajoy dismissed the allegations as "a surprising and imaginative collection of lies", and said his party would be vindicated by the official investigation.

"The judge will determine how to proceed with each insinuation but I can tell you now that there was no shadow accounting and no crime was covered up," he said.

The scandal has damaged Rajoy's credibility and eroded voter support for the PP. But with the prime minister expected to hold on to power because the party has a strong majority in parliament, investors have barely reacted.

"There was some market concern about a month ago that Rajoy was going to be forced to resign but since then he's said he would carry out the full term, so no one's really paying attention to it," said Bhavisha Patel, strategist at consultancy 4Cast.

Opinion polls show politicians and political parties are widely mistrusted and the Socialists and the PP have lost significant ground to smaller parties perceived to be more honest.

A Metroscopia poll of 1,000 voters published on Sunday showed 90 percent of respondents thought Rajoy was only taking questions because he had been forced to do so by opposition parties, and 89 percent said they did not believe his answers would clarify what had happened.

(Writing by Fiona Ortiz; Editing by John Stonestreet and Jon Boyle)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/spains-rajoy-faces-lawmakers-over-corruption-scandal-071225328.html

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Defense seeks merger of some Manning verdicts

FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) ? It is now up to a military judge to determine if Army Pfc. Bradley Manning will spend the rest of his life in prison even after being acquitted of the most serious charge against him for his release of thousands of documents to the website WikiLeaks.

The sentencing phase of the soldier's court-martial began Wednesday. He faces up to 136 years in prison, though his attorneys have asked the military judge to merge two of his espionage convictions and two of his theft convictions. If Army Col. Denise Lind agrees to do so, he would face up to 116 years in prison.

The former intelligence analyst was convicted of 20 of 22 charges for sending hundreds of thousands of government and diplomatic secrets to WikiLeaks, but he was found not guilty of aiding the enemy, which alone could have meant life in prison without parole.

"We're not celebrating," defense attorney David Coombs said. "Ultimately, his sentence is all that really matters."

Military prosecutors said they would call as many as 20 witnesses for the sentencing phase. The government said as many as half of the prosecution witnesses would testify about classified matters in closed court. They include experts on counterintelligence, strategic planning and terrorism.

The judge prohibited both sides from presenting evidence during trial about any actual damage the leaks caused to national security and troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, but lawyers will be allowed to bring that up at sentencing.

The release of diplomatic cables, warzone logs and videos embarrassed the U.S. and its allies. U.S. officials warned of dire consequences in the days immediately after the first disclosures in July 2010, but a Pentagon review later suggested those fears might have been overblown.

The judge also restricted evidence about Manning's motives. Manning testified during a pre-trial hearing he leaked the material to expose U.S military "bloodlust" and diplomatic deceitfulness, but did not believe his actions would harm the country. He didn't testify during the trial, but he could take the stand during the sentencing phase.

Lisa Windsor, a retired Army colonel and former judge advocate, said the punishment phase would focus on Manning's motive and the harm that was done by the leak.

"You're balancing that to determine what would be an appropriate sentence. I think it's likely that he's going to be in jail for a very long time," said Windsor, now in private practice in Washington.

The judge, Army Col. Denise Lind, deliberated three days before reaching her verdict in a case involving the largest leak of documents in U.S. history. The case drew worldwide attention as supporters hailed Manning as a whistleblower and the U.S. government called him an anarchist computer hacker and attention-seeking traitor.

The verdict denied the government a precedent that freedom of press advocates had warned could have broad implications for leak cases and investigative journalism about national security issues.

Whistleblower advocates and legal experts had mixed opinions on the implications for the future of leak cases in the Internet age.

The advocacy group Reporters Without Borders said the verdict was a chilling warning to whistleblowers, "against whom the Obama administration has been waging an unprecedented offensive," and threatens the future of investigative journalism because intimidated sources might fall quiet.

However, another advocate of less government secrecy, Steven Aftergood of the Federation of American Scientists, questioned whether the implications will be so dire, given the extraordinary nature of the Manning case.

"This was a massive hemorrhage of government records, and it's not too surprising that it elicited a strong reaction from the government," Aftergood said.

"Most journalists are not in the business of publishing classified documents, they're in the business of reporting the news, which is not the same thing," he said. "This is not good news for journalism, but it's not the end of the world, either."

Glenn Greenwald, the journalist, commentator and former civil rights lawyer who first reported Edward Snowden's leaks of National Security Agency surveillance programs, said Manning's acquittal on the charge of aiding the enemy represented a "tiny sliver of justice."

But WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, whose website exposed Manning's spilled U.S. secrets to the world, saw nothing to cheer in the mixed verdict.

"It is a dangerous precedent and an example of national security extremism," he told reporters at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, which is sheltering him. "This has never been a fair trial."

Federal authorities are looking into whether Assange can be prosecuted. He has been holed up in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London to avoid extradition to Sweden on sex-crimes allegations.

The material WikiLeaks began publishing in 2010 documented complaints of abuses against Iraqi detainees, a U.S. tally of civilian deaths in Iraq, and America's weak support for the government of Tunisia ? a disclosure Manning supporters said helped trigger the Middle Eastern pro-democracy uprisings known as the Arab Spring.

To prove aiding the enemy, prosecutors had to show Manning had "actual knowledge" the material he leaked would be seen by al-Qaida and that he had "general evil intent." They presented evidence the material fell into the hands of the terrorist group and its former leader, Osama bin Laden, but struggled to prove their assertion that Manning was an anarchist computer hacker and attention-seeking traitor.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/defense-seeks-merger-manning-verdicts-142751854.html

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