A young woman in Elgin leaves her laptop computer on the front seat of her car, parked in front of where she works. In broad daylight someone smashes one of the car's windows, grabs the computer and a flash drive and is gone without anyone noticing. Lost

So far in the 2007-2008 Supreme Court term the justices have heard oral arguments for 70 cases and returned opinions in 54 of them. One case was dismissed.

It is not just government forces, the resistance and sectarian strife that have wrought chaos in Iraq. The US invasion of Iraq and subsequent policies were what triggered the security breakdown and unleashed the chaos.

Control it Via the Net! Throughout my career, people have told me that “computers will be used for everything!” After attending some of the high tech trade shows and conventions, I find myself believing them.