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The RNC 8 and Scott DeMuth, Twin Cities anarchist organizers facing trial this fall on politically motivated conspiracy charges, are receiving donations to their legal defense funds from an unlikely source--zombies who settled a lawsuit with Minneapolis for $165K last week. [Video]

German homeowners and renters will be able to opt out of Google's controversial Street View program before it launches next year. With a single objection, Google will have to skip its surveillance of a property. The privacy measures are unique to Germany, according to Deutsche Welle.

Like it has done in America, Google sends out cars equipped with cameras along city streets to capture images for its website. Users of the search engine can then see 3D renderings of an area.

Preliminary data from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows that the region's murder rate has dropped to its lowest levels since 1975.

A patch of invasive reeds called Phragmites needs to be carefully removed.