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cnn news 2014-11-13

CARL AZUZ, cnn ANCHOR: Commemorating Veterans Day this November 11. History and tributes are coming up on cnn STUDENT NEWS. I`m Carl Azuz.

First up, a major data breach, but not like the ones we`ve told you about before in retail stores or in the cloud, in databases.

Hackers tried to get personal information anywhere it`s stored digitally. That includes systems of the U.S. government.

Officials say the U.S. Postal Service was hacked (ph). Information on almost 3 million customers, people who use the Postal Service was

compromised. Names, addresses, phone numbers, email records.

That`s in addition to birth dates and payroll records for 750,000 postal service workers. The USPS is paying to help protect their credit, the FBI

is investigating, mail service wasn`t affected. But one lawmaker says the frequency and sophistication of cyber-attacks highlights the need for

better cyber security.

Police, the media and the government are keeping a close eye on Ferguson, Missouri. This is a town of just over 21,000 people, and it`s been on edge

since August 9. That`s when a white police officer named Darren Wilson shot and killed an African-American 18-year old named Michael Brown. Brown

was unarmed. Some witnesses say he was trying to surrender to the officer when he was shot.

Police say Brown attacked the officer and reached for his gun before he was shot.

Massive protests, some peaceful, some violent followed the shooting. Most demonstrators want a grand jury to charge Officer Wilson with a crime. But

a cnn legal analyst said recent leaks about the case have supported the police`s side of the story.

The grand jury`s decision could come this month, people there are preparing.

SARA SIDNER, cnn CORRESPONDENT: Ferguson is on edge. Some business owners are busy fortifying their shops.

CONSTANCE GARNETT, BUSINESS OWNER: It`s hurtful. It is really, really hurtful.

SIDNER: Salon owner Constance Garnett says she can`t afford to take a chance that unrest will crash head on into the business she built here for

the past 11 years.

GARNETT: If they should come and loot our area, then it`s going to cost us.

SIDNER: Protests haven`t stopped for three months on her street so we asked one of the police`s most confrontational protesters about those

concerns.

BASAM MASRI, ST. LOUIS RESIDENT: Now, as far as what`s happened within the last 90 days, people will know that if you have been paying attention,

there hasn`t been any looting, or violence, what not. We`ve been completely peaceful.

CROWD: (INAUDIBLE)

SIDNER: Nevertheless, plenty of folks worry that may change. If the grand jury announcement goes against what protesters want -- the indictment of

Officer Darren Wilson for the killing of unarmed teenager Michael Brown.

At a gun shop near Ferguson, the manager says sales of firearms for personal protection are up about 50 percent.

JOHN STEPHENSON, BUSINESS OWNER: Every time that door opens we`re seeing new faces every day. Dozens of new faces coming in.

SIDNER (on camera): Do you think that`s because of what`s happened in Ferguson?

STEPHENSON: I think it is. I think - I think people in general, because it`s spread beyond Ferguson now.

SIDNER (voice over): The mayor of Ferguson says he`s heard all about it, too.

MAYOR JAMES KNOWLES, FERGUSON, MISSOURI: The plus side of that is that, you know, every one of them I spoke to have went out and taken a training

class, have went out and tried to learn the law.

SIDNER: But not everyone is convinced there`s going to be chaos. At the Ferguson Burger Bar and More, which opened just a day before Brown was

killed, no boards. Unlike most of his neighbors.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I`m here, I`m open, I`m not going anywhere.

AZUZ: The U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs says major changes are ahead for his department. It`s biggest reorganization since it was established

in 1930.

A scandal at the VA began to unfold late last year. That`s when it was revealed U.S. veterans were having to wait, sometimes for months to get

medical care.

Nationwide, more than 100,000 veterans were affected, some died waiting for treatment.