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www.digitaltrends.com As the campaign against the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) heats up, it's important for the opposition movement to understand just how many companies directly or indirectly support the legislation (i.e. through...
blogs.wsj.com Some details about the fertilizer plant that was the site of Wednesday’s fatal explosion can be gleaned from a 2007 lawsuit its owners filed against agribusiness giant Monsanto
www.techdirt.com You may recall a couple weeks ago the discovery that the IRS believed that it did not need a warrant to view emails over 180 days old. That got a fair bit of attention, and recently, Senator Wyden asked the IRS about this.
www.theatlantic.com Today the Sunlight Foundation unveils Churnalism, which will compare any text online to a corpus of corporate, government, and other promotional content.
boingboing.net For the past few months I’ve been reporting a big story on the copper industry for Pacific Standard. It takes a broad look at how the global economic boom of the past decade, led by China and India, is pushing copper mining into new regions...
www.huffingtonpost.com Female DNA was found on at least one of the explosive devices used in April 15's Boston Marathon bombing, sources have told the Wall Street Journal and CBS News. Citing "officials familiar with the case," the Journal emphasizes...
nj1015.com Radiation from a solar flare on Thursday may trigger a spectacular northern lights show for us on Saturday night. he Aurora Borealis glows over a lake
www.adweek.com Gil Zamora is an FBI-trained forensics artist with over 3,000 criminal sketches under his belt. Dove and Ogilvy Toronto hired him to interview and draw seven different women—two sketches of each. The first sketch was based on each woman's...
www.bbc.co.uk Cyprus is to sell off much of its gold reserves in order to help finance part of its bailout.
www.correntewire.com Hearing video here Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Hearing: Outsourcing Accountability? Examining the Role of Independent Consultants Thursday,...
www.guardian.co.uk Grant to cover household running costs rises to £36.1m – up from £31m in diamond jubilee year
www.thetrumpet.com Australia chooses a side in the global currency war.
nymag.com Thomas Herndon is definitely getting an A this semester.
www.guardian.co.uk Exclusive: Offshore financial industry leak exposes identities of thousands of holders of anonymous wealth from around the world
rt.com A massive surge in the number of Bitcoin users and reports of hacking attempts are being blamed for a worldwide panic that caused the cryptocurrency’s worth to fluctuate drastically in recent days.
www.zerohedge.com Things sure are getting weird in the fifth subbasement of 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza...
www.vice.com Despite America's claims that he did.
www.usnews.com Members of Congress who voted for CISPA had their personal information posted online.
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rt.com The investigation into Monday’s deadly bombing at the Boston Marathon has officially gone international: law enforcement officials from Israel have been sent to the United States to assist in the probe.
disinfo.com Just as governments spy on activists, so do corporations. In an interview, investigative reporter Eveline Lubbers is asked which corporations have the most extensive intelligence-gathering operations. The answer (maybe) via Parapolitical.com:...
www.rawstory.com A Tennessee lawmaker has relented and agreed to drop his bill linking academic performance to the family’s welfare benefits after an 8-year-old girl shamed him by following him around the state Capitol.
news.cnet.com After sitting in Swedish prison for months following a high-profile arrest and extradition from Cambodia, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg is expected to go to trial in May.
www.thetrumpet.com Australia chooses a side in the global currency war.
www.bbc.co.uk Jason Webster looks at the flash mob flamenco phenomenon - the latest version of an art form that has reconnected flamenco with its origins in social protest.
