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Terror suspect pleads guilty
Terror suspect Najibullah Zazi has pleaded guilty to three charges in New York. He admits he conspired with al Qaeda to make bombs and that their target was the city's subway system. The case is fueling the debate over the best place for terror trials – in civilian courts or military tribunals. Our Jeanne Meserve has the report.
Read more: Zazi admits role in terror plot; plea deal sealed
FBI investigates allegations webcam used to monitor student
The FBI confirms it is now investigating a Pennsylvania student's stunning claim that he was spied on in his own home by school administrators using a remotely-activated webcam.
15-year-old Blake Robbins was one of 2,300 students at Harriton High who took home a school-issued laptop. Now the boy's family claims the school used that laptop to spy on Blake and accuse him of doing drugs.
The school maintains any webcams activated were only done so on laptops that were reported lost, missing or stolen. The Robbins family has filed a civil suit.
To break it all down for us we were joined on Tuesday's American Morning by Paul Callan, a criminal defense attorney and a professor of media law at Seton Hall University.
Read more: FBI probes school spycam allegation
American student arrested over Arabic flashcards
Airport security is America's first line of defense against potential terrorist attacks. But that front line can sometimes be a very fine line.
Our Jeanne Meserve reports on an American student who was arrested after he was seen with Arabic flashcards while boarding a plane.
RI closes loopholes on minors stripping, indoor prostitution
Editor's Note: These are new developments to a story American Morning first brought you over the summer.
[cnn-photo-caption image= http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/images/11/02/cheaters.wpri.art.jpg caption="In June, police found a 16-year-old Boston runaway working as a dancer at Cheaters, a Providence strip club."]
By Beth Rotatori
CNN
A legal loophole that allowed minors to perform at strip clubs in Rhode Island has been closed, according to a Rhode Island state lawmaker.
State Representative Joanne Giannini (D-Providence) tells CNN that legislation she introduced to bar anyone under 18 from working in adult entertainment establishments in any capacity was approved by the Rhode Island General Assembly Thursday.
The bill, which takes effect upon passage, is now headed to the desk of Gov. Donald L. Carcieri (R), she said.
“Children should not be publicly performing in any sexual way, ever,” said Rep. Giannini. “It’s called ‘adult entertainment’ for a reason. Minors aren’t supposed to be admitted to those clubs, so they certainly shouldn’t be working in them.”
Before this new legislation, teenagers could perform at strip clubs as long as they were 16, had a work permit and were home by 11:30 p.m. on school nights.
“Having underage girls or boys performing in this way is child exploitation and corruption,” Giannini went on to say. “We’re fixing this law to make it clear that it’s not allowed.”
Watch State Rep. Joanne Giannini discuss the loophole in July 
The loophole came to light in June when Providence police found a 16-year-old Boston runaway, who had been working as a dancer at Cheaters, a Providence strip club. When police investigated her employment at the club, they found there was no law under which they could charge anyone for employing a minor as a stripper, Giannini explained.
Rhode Island lawmakers also passed a bill banning indoor prostitution, which, until Friday, had been legal in the state. Before passage of the ban, another loophole on the state’s books permitted prostitution, as long as solicitation didn’t occur outdoors (ie: as long as prostitutes were not walking the street trying to strike up business).
Giannini said the two issues are closely intertwined, because the indoor prostitution loophole allowed exotic dancers – including any minors who may have legally been working in strip clubs – to engage in prostitution without breaking the law.
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