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North Korea: In Sunday's Travel section, an article about visiting North Korea, where tourism is highly controlled, contained incorrect contact information for an agency that arranges trips to the country. The correct telephone number for Koryo Tours, based in Beijing, is 011-86-10-6416-7544, and the e-mail address is info@koryogroup.com.

Federal prosecutors said Tuesday that they had charged two men with stealing e-mail addresses and other information from about 120,000 Apple iPad tablet users. Daniel Spitler, 26, of San Francisco and Andrew Auernheimer, 25, of Fayetteville, Ark., each were accused last week of conspiring to hack into AT&T Inc.'s servers and possessing subscriber data from those servers, according to the U.S. attorney's office in New Jersey, where the case is being prosecuted. Prosecutors said the criminal charges stem from a "brute force" hacking spree that took place over several days last June.

So the "father of spam" is careful not to really use the Internet so he doesn't get a lot of spam ("Opening Pandora's In-Box," May 11). Every day I have to delete 100 to 150 messages when I open up my e-mail. It seems your article left out one important detail about the father of spam -- his e-mail address. Frank Shofner Mission Viejo

Perhaps now, after suffering an injured ankle, losing to the Clippers and enduring endless criticism of the tweet that wouldn't die, LeBron James has a better understanding of karma. ? James, Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat won't be the last contenders swept under by the rising tide that is Blake Griffin & Co. ? All-in efforts by Baron Davis are always a pleasant surprise. ? If it comes down to a choice between Griffin and Lamar Odom for an All-Star spot, Odom might be out of luck.

Perhaps now, after suffering an injured ankle, losing to the Clippers and enduring endless criticism of the tweet that wouldn't die, LeBron James has a better understanding of karma. ? James, Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat won't be the last contenders swept under by the rising tide that is Blake Griffin & Co. ? All-in efforts by Baron Davis are always a pleasant surprise. ? If it comes down to a choice between Griffin and Lamar Odom for an All-Star spot, Odom might be out of luck.

You've probably heard it a thousand times: There's no free lunch. But sometimes it helps to get a little reminder. And so we turn our attention to e-mails making the rounds from something called BestShoppingRewards. The company has a variety of come-ons, all basically structured the same. The e-mail I'm looking at says, "Vote for your favorite item at McDonald's and get a FREE $50 McDonald's Gift Card!" When I visited the BestShoppingRewards website the other day, the pitch was for a "FREE $500 Visa Gift Card!"

THE DUMP -- Dr. Renee Cobos, who recently took a chunk out of my head, came to the telephone with test results, said I was fine and I wouldn't have to come home from The Dump right away for treatment. I told her to check those test results again -- there had to be something there. "Enjoy yourself in Detroit," she said, and for a doctor, she sure knows how to hurt a guy. * I CHECKED with the wife. "Stay in Detroit as long as you want," she said, and I think she meant it.

These are the times that try men's souls? Not that it takes much to try souls these days in Lakerdom, or Cavalierdom, or Whereverdom. So, it wasn't altogether surprising to see the Lakers' Game 3 loss, cutting their lead over the Jazz to 2-1, taken as a signal of impending doom. One website led with headlines blaring: "Are Lakers losing Kobe Bryant's waiting game?" "Lakers in need of a wake-up call." "Lakers might make a change at center." And that was The Times' Lakers page.

SOCCER/FOOTBALL URBAN LEGEND : Pele was paid to tie his shoelaces in the 1970 World Cup Final. Nowadays, the idea of athletes endorsing sneakers is well ingrained in the public consciousness. Seemingly every draft class in the NBA has at least one player sign an endorsement deal with one of the major sneaker companies in the United States (for instance, Anthony Davis, the first pick of the 2012 NBA Draft, has already signed with Nike). However, in the early days of the so-called "sneaker wars" between rival shoe companies Adidas and Puma, athlete endorsements were seen as a much bigger risk.

A small wooden cabinet went up for auction on EBay. Inside were two locks of hair, one granite slab, one dried rosebud, one goblet, two wheat pennies, one candlestick and, allegedly, one "dibbuk," a kind of spirit popular in Yiddish folklore. The seller, a Missouri college student named Iosif Nietzke, described the container as a "haunted Jewish wine cabinet box" that had plagued several owners with rotten luck and a spate of bizarre paranormal stunts.

You've probably heard it a thousand times: There's no free lunch. But sometimes it helps to get a little reminder. And so we turn our attention to e-mails making the rounds from something called BestShoppingRewards. The company has a variety of come-ons, all basically structured the same. The e-mail I'm looking at says, "Vote for your favorite item at McDonald's and get a FREE $50 McDonald's Gift Card!" When I visited the BestShoppingRewards website the other day, the pitch was for a "FREE $500 Visa Gift Card!"

North Korea: In Sunday's Travel section, an article about visiting North Korea, where tourism is highly controlled, contained incorrect contact information for an agency that arranges trips to the country. The correct telephone number for Koryo Tours, based in Beijing, is 011-86-10-6416-7544, and the e-mail address is info@koryogroup.com.

Los Angeles County launched a new emergency notification system Thursday. Alert LA County, similar to reverse 911 systems in some Southland cities, will automatically call residents and businesses in areas facing an emergency, such as a natural disaster or evacuation. The county already has a television and radio emergency notification system, but the new system is expected to be quicker and more targeted. It includes 7.

These are the times that try men's souls? Not that it takes much to try souls these days in Lakerdom, or Cavalierdom, or Whereverdom. So, it wasn't altogether surprising to see the Lakers' Game 3 loss, cutting their lead over the Jazz to 2-1, taken as a signal of impending doom. One website led with headlines blaring: "Are Lakers losing Kobe Bryant's waiting game?" "Lakers in need of a wake-up call." "Lakers might make a change at center." And that was The Times' Lakers page.

Gabriela Villegas scrolled through the online profiles, searching for a photo and description that appealed to her. She wasn't surfing for a date or networking for new friends. She was on the Kiva website, reading through stories of impoverished entrepreneurs in developing countries, trying to decide to which venture she would extend a $25 business loan. "Twenty-five dollars -- that's probably how much I spend on just one meal," said Villegas, 25, of Manchester, Conn.

Convicted sex offenders released from prison must register their home addresses with authorities. Now some in Congress want to extend that requirement to cyberspace. To prevent sexual predators from trolling the Internet for young victims, a bipartisan group of lawmakers Tuesday introduced legislation that would require sex offenders to register their e-mail addresses and make them available to social networking sites.

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A new worm called Netsky.B emerged on the Internet, spreading by mimicking familiar e-mail addresses and enticing users to open file attachments containing malicious software, security experts said. The worm, once activated, forwards itself to e-mail addresses found on an infected computer's hard drive. Netsky.

Has there ever been a political party so prone to adolescent crises of insecurity as the Democrats? After every dispiriting election, the Democrats turn themselves into a desperate high school suitor, begging a would-be prom date: "Tell me who you want me to be. I promise I'll change."

A federal judge refused to accept a guilty plea Tuesday from a former America Online Inc. software engineer accused of stealing 92 million e-mail addresses and selling them to spammers. Judge Alvin Hellerstein of U.S. District Court in Manhattan said he was not convinced that Jason Smathers, 24, had committed a crime under federal anti-spam legislation that took effect this year. Smathers, of Harpers Ferry, W.Va.