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Thirty years ago this summer, America learned the name Love Canal. The working-class Niagara Falls neighborhood built atop tons of chemical waste became a synonym for environmental disaster.

Despite the outcry over Love Canal, little has been done to make schoolchildren safer from hazardous or toxic waste, says one advocate for environmental causes.

Italy's IRS created a grand snooping opportunity Wednesday when it posted on its Web site the taxable income of just about every Italian citizen — for a few hours.

There was a huge outcry, and the tax collector had to take the information down.

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