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A former crime reporter coaches online daters on simple (and legal) investigative techniques anyone can use to ferret out dating scammers.

Thanks to Amanda Todd, we know this story all too well: Sexual abuse leads to online harassment, and as the police drag their feet, a teenage girl ends her life.

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Two masked men wearing hoodies and wielding handguns burst into the Pine Eagle Charter School in this tiny rural community on Friday. Students were at home for an in-service day, so the gunmen headed into a meeting room full of teachers and opened...

UPDATED: LivingSocial is the latest major online property to be hacked. Here are more details about what to do next from company leaders.