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Some consumers are wary of making online purchases, fearing hackers would steal their credit card information. But as the security breach potentially involving 40 million payment cards at Target shows, even in-store transactions are vulnerable to high-tech thieves.

In California, the television airwaves are inundated with ads for and against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's ballot initiatives in next Tuesday's vote. The campaigns are also using a relatively new medium to get their messages out: Internet animation. Tamara Keith of member station KPCC reports.

Karl Zinsmeister, the new domestic policy advisor to President Bush, was quoted as calling people in the nation's capital "morally repugnant, cheating, shifty human beings." He tried to alter those remarks at a Web site that posted those original comments. Madeleine Brand discusses the controversy surrounding Zinsmeister's comments -- and his attempt to soften them -- with Slate White House correspondent John Dickerson.

Steve Inskeep talks to a 22-year-old graduate student about why he posts so much of his personal information online. Jonthon Coulson says he doesn't consider silly profiles, political views and biographical data as private or personal. He actually savors feedback from his online community.

Costs have gone way up and there are so many options — but we are here to help. NPR TV critic Eric Deggans suggests some streaming strategy best practices and looks carefully at the major providers.

For more than a year, YouTube has been trying to launch a music streaming service. It has reached licensing agreements with the major labels, but has put independents on notice.

The German international broadcaster Deutsche Welle is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its Web site -- which offers information in myriad languages -- by including a section in the Star Trek language Klingon. NPR's Scott Simon gets a review of the otherworldly pages from linguist Mark Okrand, who created the Klingon tongue.

Audie Cornish talks to Laura Sydell about the tech week ahead. They cover YouTube's new subscription service.

HBO has announced that it will launch a streaming service similar to its current HBO GO service in 2015. Analysts say the service could undermine cable's channel bundles and give viewers more control.

It's typical that former vice presidents have Secret Service protection for 6 months after leaving office. In Harris' case, she had received an extension of her detail. Trump is ending the extension.