NY case underscores Wi-Fi privacy dangers

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- Lying on his family room floor with assault weapons trained on him, shouts of "pedophile!" and "pornographer!" stinging like his fresh cuts and bruises, the Buffalo homeowner didn't need long to figure out the reason for the early morning wake-up call from a swarm of federal agents.

That new wireless router. He'd gotten fed up trying to set a password. Someone must have used his Internet connection, he thought.

"We know who you are! You downloaded thousands of images at 11:30 last night," the man's lawyer, Barry Covert, recounted the agents saying. They referred to a screen name, "Doldrum."

In Misrata clinic, doctor keeps a grim record

MISRATA, Libya (AP) -- Dr. Mohammed al-Fagieh, chief surgeon at Hilal Hospital in Misrata, carries around a gruesome catalog of recent cases that have come through his wards.

When asked about common wounds, he pulled a cell phone from the pocket of his blue scrubs and flipped through a sampling of images.

"This was yesterday morning," he said Wednesday, showing a photo of a man with a gaping hole in his head. "His brains are out."