electronicintifada.net Hawking’s decision was first announced yesterday by BRICUP, the UK campaign for the academic boycott of Israel.

talkingpointsmemo.com WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force stripped an unprecedented 17 officers of their authority to control — and, if necessary, launch — nuclear missiles after a string of unpublicized failings, including a remarkably dim review of their...

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk In a recent interview about the digital currency Bitcoin, Stephen Colbert asked Adam Davidson of NPR's Planet Money about the value of money, sparking the response 'The problem with thinking too much about these questions is you...

on.io9.com There's a famous trick question: "When did you stop beating your wife?" The structure of the question is funny — or disturbing — because any response condemns you. You'd assume that a quick-witted person could see through it. But this study...

www.gata.org U.S. diplomatic cables show that three years after the United States canceled the dollar's official convertibility into gold for foreign governments, thereby ending gold's official role as money, Western governments and central banks were...

rt.com Italy appeals court has upheld the tax fraud conviction against former PM Silvio Berlusconi sentencing him to four years in prison.

dcist.com D.C.'s police chief says that people who join an Independence Day march in which participants carry loaded rifles can expect to be turned back at the District border.

boingboing.net Civil liberties and civil rights attorney Harvey Silverglate made this video to show you how to protect yourself from FBI agents who will interview you, then claim you lied so they can threaten you with imprisonment unless you become their...

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aptn.ca APTN National News Of the 30,000 children under 14-years-old in foster care in 2011 nearly half were Aboriginal children despite representing about four per cent of Canada’s population says a report released Wednesday.