NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — We all know that feeling of frustration when you go to sign into a bank or online store and can’t remember what password you used. Many people try to solve this problem by picking passwords they can remember easily. Unfortunately, those passwords can also be guessed easily by hackers looking to drain your bank account or ring up fraudulent purchases. In fact, this practice of using easy to guess passwords is so common that Time magazine culled a list of the Top 25 worst passwords for 2017, including: • 123456 • Password • QWERTY (the first six letters on a keyboard) Hackers can guess these passwords and not only break into personal accounts, but also to break into company networks when employees use weak passwords. Fortunately, there are tools and tricks you can use to avoid putting yourself at risk, CBS2’s cyber security expert Siobhan Gorman reports. First, use long passwords-with at least 12 letters. Second, avoid obvious substitutions-like changing out let letter O for ZERO. Hackers guess those all the time. Third, avoid using the same password at least for sensitive accounts like banking. To track all these passwords, you may want to use a password manager. Popular ones include Norton’s Identity Safe Password Generator and LastPass. It may take a little extra time to set up a strong password system, but you can avoid a lot of frustration and risk of cyber break-ins later on.
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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — We all know that feeling of frustration when you go to sign into a bank or online store and can’t remember what password you used. Many people try to solve this problem by picking passwords they can remember easily. Unfortunately, those passwords can also be guessed easily by hackers looking to drain your bank account or ring up fraudulent purchases. In fact, this practice of using easy to guess passwords is so common that Time magazine culled a list of the Top 25 worst passwords for 2017, including: • 123456 • Password • QWERTY (the first six letters on a keyboard) Hackers can guess these passwords and not only break into personal accounts, but also to break into company networks when employees use weak passwords. Fortunately, there are tools and tricks you can use to avoid putting yourself at risk, CBS2’s cyber security expert Siobhan Gorman reports. First, use long passwords-with at least 12 letters. Second, avoid obvious substitutions-like changing out let letter O for ZERO. Hackers guess those all the time. Third, avoid using the same password at least for sensitive accounts like banking. To track all these passwords, you may want to use a password manager. Popular ones include Norton’s Identity Safe Password Generator and LastPass. It may take a little extra time to set up a strong password system, but you can avoid a lot of frustration and risk of cyber break-ins later on.
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Chance The Rapper's Chicagoist Purchase Sets A Dangerous Precedent For Artist-Media Relations
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Chicagoist is one of eight local news and culture websites operated by … But it's dangerous to christen Chance the Rapper the savior of Chicago …
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Time magazine has released a provocative new cover depicting President Trump morphing into Russian President Vladimir Putin
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Time magazine has released a provocative new cover depicting President Trump morphing into Russian President Vladimir Putin
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The customer circled the server’s name on the bill and scrawled the words, “we don’t tip terrorist”
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The customer circled the server’s name on the bill and scrawled the words, “we don’t tip terrorist”
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JOHNSON COUNTY, Ind. (CBS Local) – A year-long spat between an Indiana woman and her homeowner’s association over goldfish is coming to an end. Carol Hanquier of Johnson County has decided to sell her home after the local HOA demanded the disabled resident relocate two goldfish ponds she keeps in her family’s front driveway. Hanquier was seriously injured in a 2008 car crash and is on permanent disability. To deal with anxiety, the Indiana mother had the two large tanks installed three years ago. Hanquier says the golfish provide her emotional support. “The fish are extremely soothing,” Hanquier told WRTV in August of 2017 after the Silver Springs HOA filed a lawsuit against her. “It’s something I look forward to. I’m by myself all day long.” Hanquier claims a proposal to move her fish to the backyard was not possible as the area is home to the disabled mother’s other service animal, a miniature horse. The family says their HOA has refused to help find any other solution after Silver Springs claimed Hanquier installed the ponds without permission. The HOA lawsuit says it’s a violation to keep the ponds in the driveway because they “are visible from the street” and may “diminish the aesthetic appearance of the real estate.” The Indiana family claims they have no choice but to sell their home out and have been harassed by HOA officials. “We are being forced out of our home, and they want us gone by August 10,” Hanquier said, via WTVF . “They have done nothing but harass by coming to our home four times a week to inspect.” Scott Tanner, attorney for Silver Springs HOA, disputed the family’s allegations. Tanner adds August 10 is the date Hanquier must respond to the HOA lawsuit, it is not a deadline to move.
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JOHNSON COUNTY, Ind. (CBS Local) – A year-long spat between an Indiana woman and her homeowner’s association over goldfish is coming to an end. Carol Hanquier of Johnson County has decided to sell her home after the local HOA demanded the disabled resident relocate two goldfish ponds she keeps in her family’s front driveway. Hanquier was seriously injured in a 2008 car crash and is on permanent disability. To deal with anxiety, the Indiana mother had the two large tanks installed three years ago. Hanquier says the golfish provide her emotional support. “The fish are extremely soothing,” Hanquier told WRTV in August of 2017 after the Silver Springs HOA filed a lawsuit against her. “It’s something I look forward to. I’m by myself all day long.” Hanquier claims a proposal to move her fish to the backyard was not possible as the area is home to the disabled mother’s other service animal, a miniature horse. The family says their HOA has refused to help find any other solution after Silver Springs claimed Hanquier installed the ponds without permission. The HOA lawsuit says it’s a violation to keep the ponds in the driveway because they “are visible from the street” and may “diminish the aesthetic appearance of the real estate.” The Indiana family claims they have no choice but to sell their home out and have been harassed by HOA officials. “We are being forced out of our home, and they want us gone by August 10,” Hanquier said, via WTVF . “They have done nothing but harass by coming to our home four times a week to inspect.” Scott Tanner, attorney for Silver Springs HOA, disputed the family’s allegations. Tanner adds August 10 is the date Hanquier must respond to the HOA lawsuit, it is not a deadline to move.
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HOLLYWOOD (CBSLA) – Comedian Cedric the Entertainer received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Thursday. Cedric The Entertainer and Magic Johnson. (CBS2) Joining Cedric in the ceremony in front of the El Centro apartment complex on Hollywood Boulevard was comedian George Lopez and Basketball Hall of Fame member Earvin “Magic” Johnson. The star is the 2,640th since the completion of the Walk of Fame in 1961 with the first 1,558 stars. Cedric began his career as a stand-up comedian after receiving encouragement from comedian Percy Crews. Cedric said Crews helped him write a set, which he first performed in 1987 at an open mic night at the Funny Bone comedy club in the St. Louis suburb of Maryland Heights, Missouri, winning $500. Cedric’s success as a stand-up comedian led to an acting career, which began as a cast member of the 1996-2002 WB comedy “The Steve Harvey Show.” Cedric starred in the 2000 comedy concert film, “The Original Kings of Comedy” with Harvey, D.L. Hughley and the late Bernie Mac. Cedric’s other film credits include the 2007 action film comedy “Code Name: The Cleaner,” the 2005 comedy “The Honeymooners” as bus driver Ralph Kramden, the role made famous by Jackie Gleason. Cedric supplied voices for the animated film “Madagascar” and its two sequels and “Charlotte’s Web.” Cedric is a cast member of the Tracy Morgan-starring TBS comedy “The Last O.G.” and will star in the CBS comedy “The Neighborhood,” set to premiere Oct. 1. (©2018 CBS Local Media, a division of CBS Radio Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Wire services contributed to this report.)
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A New York City man became a real-life “fruit ninja” when he sliced 27 watermelons in half on his own stomach in 60 seconds
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A New York City man became a real-life “fruit ninja” when he sliced 27 watermelons in half on his own stomach in 60 seconds
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NEW YORK (CBS Local) — A man has set a new Guinness World Record for slicing the most watermelons in half on his own stomach in 60 seconds. Ashrita Furman, who has been setting Guinness World Records for 35 years, set his new record on Tuesday in New York. Furman sliced through 26 of the gourds in one minute, six more than Guinness organizers said he needed to establish a new record. “It went really well,” said Furman. “My first reaction is I’m relieved that I didn’t kill myself and the second is I’m exhilarated because it not only is a skillful record but also it’s something that I invented and now it’s out there and other people can challenge it.” (Photo: Reuters/CBS) Furman previously set a Guinness Record slicing watermelons on a friend’s stomach. This time he made a few tweaks. “They came up with the rules and said I had to at least 20 watermelons, which I thought was actually a little high, because I thought 15 would be safe , but 20 was pushing it a little and fortunately we had a good team and everything worked well,” he said. Furman said controlling the danger involved a combination of proper aim, and just the right about of strength. “As it went along, I have to sort of regulate how hard I hit the blade, and so doing that but trying to be very conscious of where the blade was and I noticed at one or two points it was getting very close to my arms so I had to make an adjustment,” said Furman. Whoa — Jeff Glor (@jeffglor) July 19, 2018
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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The man charged in the death of a Brooklyn teenager was expected to be arraigned Thursday. Ralief Bradford, 24, is charged with murder, gang assault and criminal use of a firearm. Police said Justin Richey was gunned down Sunday in East New York in front of a bodega near Pine Street and Blake Avenue, one day after celebrating his 16th birthday. MORE : 16-Year-Old Boy Shot Dead In East New York, Brooklyn Witnesses told CBS2’s Natalie Duddridge the incident started with some kind of dispute. They said Richey went into a bodega, came out, and then someone pulled a gun and shot him in the torso. Richey ran across the street where he collapsed. The teenager was taken to Brookdale Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. His friends said Richey was a funny guy who worked a lot of odd jobs, like doing yard work, to help his mom and siblings. He may have been doing a cleaning job before he was shot, Duddridge reported. “The reason that he was working so hard was to take care of his family,” friend Decory Peele said. “He would like clean up, walk dogs. He just did anything anybody asked him.”
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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The man charged in the death of a Brooklyn teenager was expected to be arraigned Thursday. Ralief Bradford, 24, is charged with murder, gang assault and criminal use of a firearm. Police said Justin Richey was gunned down Sunday in East New York in front of a bodega near Pine Street and Blake Avenue, one day after celebrating his 16th birthday. MORE : 16-Year-Old Boy Shot Dead In East New York, Brooklyn Witnesses told CBS2’s Natalie Duddridge the incident started with some kind of dispute. They said Richey went into a bodega, came out, and then someone pulled a gun and shot him in the torso. Richey ran across the street where he collapsed. The teenager was taken to Brookdale Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. His friends said Richey was a funny guy who worked a lot of odd jobs, like doing yard work, to help his mom and siblings. He may have been doing a cleaning job before he was shot, Duddridge reported. “The reason that he was working so hard was to take care of his family,” friend Decory Peele said. “He would like clean up, walk dogs. He just did anything anybody asked him.”
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