www.huffingtonpost.com WASHINGTON -- The White House says President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will attend the opening of former President George W. Bush's presidential library later this month in Dallas. Bush and former first lady Laura...

rt.com Over 10 billion pounds (US$15 billion) worth of food is thrown away in the UK each year while thousands of families struggle to feed themselves in a country where one in five lives below the poverty line, according to Oxfam.

"Back in November 1999, Congress passed legislation pushed by then Sen. Phil Gramm (R-TX), rescinding the Depression-era Glass-Steagall Act. The measure, backed by the Clinton administration, and overwhelmingly passed by the Senate (90-8) and the House...

www.guardian.co.uk Grant to cover household running costs rises to £36.1m – up from £31m in diamond jubilee year

www.eff.org Let’s face it: most of us have no idea how companies are gathering and sharing our personal data. Colossal data brokers are sucking up personal facts about Americans from sources they refuse to disclose. Digital giants like Facebook are teaming...

Just a quick side note: I know that the video is not full HD (720p or 1080p) but to me and obviously alot of other people (read some of the comments) say that 480p is good enough quality especially for this video on YouTube, just saying the HD comments...

"Senator Mikulski understands the anger over this provision. She didn't put the language in the bill and doesn't support it either,” begins the statement" rt.com The blowback caused by a new law that lets biotech companies like Monsanto escape litigation...

"The $240 billion net income in 2012 of the richest 100 billionaires would be enough to end extreme poverty four times over" http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/the-cost-of-inequality-how-wealth-and-income-extremes-hurt-us-all-266321 policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk An...

www.thenation.com The NYPD's emphasis on arrest numbers and the police union's cooperation has led to millions of suspicion-less stop-and-frisks.

blog.foreignpolicy.com The undercover CIA officer who signed off on a controversial decision to destroy videotapes of prisoners being tortured in 2005 has ascended to the top job within the agency's clandestine service.