"lot of liability for the paper there, imagine the ramifications of just posting names and addresses, criminals could find ways to take advantage of that. would the paper be liable?"
RR

There is no liablitiy on the part of the newspaper if it's a public record under the FOIA that they used to obtain the information. If it was exempt from FOIA, which IMHO it should be, and they got hold of it and posted it, then they're in deep doodoo!