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Hamilton County Sheriff Billy Long — who after his election victory in August 2006 pledged to “take the department to a higher level” — now is in federal custody on extortion, money laundering and gun charges. Sheriff Long, 55, was escorted into U.S. District Court Saturday afternoon in jeans, a denim jacket and handcuffs. FBI agents had arrested him several hours earlier, the next step in what they said was an approximately 10-month investigation that is still continuing. Authorities said he will remain in custody in an undisclosed location pending the outcome of a bond hearing set for 2 p.m....

<p>A computer hacker gained access to private files at Acxiom Corp., one of the world's largest consumer database companies, and was able to download sensitive information about some customers of the company's clients, the company said Thursday.</p> <p>"The data on the servers was a wide variety of information, some of which was personal, some of which was not," Jennifer Barrett, the company's chief privacy officer, said in an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday. The AP was notified of the intrusion by an anonymous caller who would not identify himself or his connection with the company.</p>

While Hamilton County Prosecutor Mike Allen's admitted extramarital affair with his employee, Rebecca Collins, likely is unethical, Ohio's attorney general couldn't determine whether it was illegal. That was the general finding of an report released Thursday by the Ohio attorney general's office after a three-month investigation.

Subject: Noblesville-Southeastern Public Library Board Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 13:54:59 -0500 ============================================================FYI...I am sending this e-mail message to you because you will be affected by the matter that it focuses on.The Noblesville-Southeastern Public Library Board is pursuing a $30 million bond to more than double the size of the Noblesville and Fishers library branches.This non-elected board is going to bind taxpayers in Delaware, Fall Creek, Noblesville and Wayne Townships to a 22-year debt. That debt will be paid through a property tax hike. They are hoping that nobody notices the proposed bump in taxes.Homeowners with a house valued at...