‘Hot Mugshot Guy’ from California gets 27 months in prison

By Michael Fleeman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Jeremy Meeks, the California man whose mugshot became a sensation among Web users admiring his male-model good looks, has been sentenced to more than two years in prison on a gun charge, federal prosecutors said on Friday. Meeks, 30, was arrested last June in a gang crackdown in Stockton, California, and pleaded guilty in November to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, according to U.S

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Indian activist’s car vandalized after "Shame the Rapist Campaign"

By Nita Bhalla NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – An Indian activist who started an online video campaign to shame rapists said on Friday that her car had been vandalized and she had received emails containing pornographic images. Sunitha Krishnan, co-founder of the anti-trafficking charity Prajwala, started the “Shame the Rapist Campaign” earlier this week by posting two videos on the Internet that showed men raping women. Just minutes after she announced the campaign on Indian television on Friday morning her car had its rear window smashed, she said

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TurboTax maker Intuit halts state tax filings over fraud concerns

(Reuters) – Intuit Inc, the developer of tax-preparation software TurboTax, halted e-filing of state tax returns after it noticed attempts to use stolen identity information to file fraudulent returns and claim refunds. “We’ve identified specific patterns of behavior where fraud is more likely to occur,” Chief Executive Brad Smith said in a statement. “We’re working with the states to share that information and remedy the situation quickly.” Intuit said fraudulent activity was not due to a security breach of its systems and that the information used to file fraudulent returns was obtained from outside sources

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