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Phila. marchers protest Israeli attack on aid flotilla

Hundreds marched through Center City on Tuesday, protesting a deadly Israeli attack on a flotilla of aid ships bound for Gaza. Carrying signs and raising fists in the air, the group started at the Israeli consulate at 19th Street and John F. Kennedy Boulevard and marched to City Hall and then to the Inquirer-Daily News Building at 400 N. Broad St. "We march for Palestine," said Cherine Morsi, 28, of Philadelphia. "My family's from the Middle East. Stuff like this hits pretty close to home." Next to her, Khaled Mostafa, 39, of Abington, clutched a sign that read: "Israel, you can stop one boat, but you can't stop a movement." On Monday, the "Freedom Flotilla" - a convoy of ships with about 600 passengers - was attempting to break Israel's three-year blockade of Gaza and bring supplies to the area when it was attacked in international waters. At least nine people were killed and others wounded in the attack. The local protest, w...

Sania Mirza Engagement

Sania Mirza got engaged with her childhood friend and industrialist, Mohammed Shorab Mirza at the Taj Krishna Hotel in Hyderabad on Friday. It was an exclusive, by-invitation only function. She got a ring with a solitaire and was dressed in Shantanu & Nikhil, Swarovski-studded ghagra

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The Internet's most successful scams

Most people think they'll never fall for a scam. In fact, that frame of mind is precisely what con artists look for. Those who believe that they know better are often the last to raise their defenses when criminals are nearby. Yes, Virginia, people lose money online. A lot of it. They wire cash to London, they can't help investigating the one-in-a-million chance they really are related to a dead prince from Africa, and they sometimes even travel to Nigeria to find out. Just in case. Many of the scams you read about are sensational, such as the silly "hit man" scam created by real amateurs (recipients get an e-mail that says send me all your money or I'll kill you). And you've also seen lists that offer oddly skewed results, such as the recent FBI announcement that scammers pretending to be FBI agents are now the most prevalent Internet crime. You’d figure those numbers are a bit exaggerated because victims of FBI scams are a bit more likely to report those ...