In the latest chapter of the infamous Conficker worm saga, security experts say its creators appear to be modifying the virus so that it can turn computers into breeding grounds for fake anti-virus software.

The dreaded Conficker Internet worm became more aggressive in communicating with its creators on Wednesday, as the malicious code reached the April 1st trigger date upon which it was set to modify itself to become harder to stop.

By Clint Swett, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Oct. 4--Federal regulators came close to yanking Internet access for all California government Web sites Tuesday after discovering that related servers had been hacked and sown with links to pornographic content.

By JESSICA SHAUGHNESSY RADICAL changes to the region's ambulance service will mean faster response times to emergency calls, a senior official said last night.

By Jeff Sturgeon jeff.sturgeon@roanoke.com 981-3251 Environmental, consumer and local-government voices pleaded Thursday for Virginia to not re-regulate the electrical industry as state lawmakers recently proposed. Legislation now before Gov.