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Wednesday April 18th, 2018 morning edition

Nova Scotia filled its public Freedom of Information Archive with citizens' private data, then arrested the teen who discovered it
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Nova Scotia filled its public Freedom of Information Archive with citizens' private data, then arrested the teen who discovered it.

So he wrote a one-line program to grab all the public records, planning on searching them once they were on his hard-drive.

The government had unwisely uploaded private, confidential documents to its open directory of public open records, and so they are charging this teen with improperly accessing these confidential documents.

They turned over mattresses, they took drawers and emptied out drawers, they went through personal papers, pictures," she said.

They also seized her younger son's desktop computer, after he was arrested on the street walking to high school.

"My little ones are asking, 'Will I be able to get a job because we were arrested?'"

Teen charged in Nova Scotia government breach says he had 'no malicious intent' [Jack Julian/CBC]. »

TIL Charles Rigoulot, a French weightlifter, was jailed for hitting a Nazi guard, but broke out of his jail cell by bending the bars. He allowed other prisoners to escape as well.
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In just 3 years, from 1923 to 1926, Charles managed to set ten world records in weightlifting.

One of those was one-handed snatch with 253 pounds, while Charles himself weighed only 215 lb.

He was actually able to bend the bars of his cell and beat the Nazi officer guarding him to allow himself and several other prisoners to escape. »

Former US First Lady Barbara Bush dies at 92
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Barbara Bush, the former US first lady and literacy campaigner, has died at the age of 92.

Barbara Bush was a fabulous First Lady and a woman unlike any other who brought levity, love, and literacy to millions.". »

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