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dealbook.nytimes.com The Securities and Exchange Commission is questioning why some traders got economic data before others.
www.france24.com More than 22 million people have signed a petition in Egypt demanding the departure of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi and a snap election, the opposition Tamarod (Arabic for rebellion) group said...
www.alternet.org The US Conference of Mayors unanimously passed a resolution telling the federal government to respect state and other local pot laws.
www.pbs.org Visitors to the Parque EcoAlberto in the central Mexican state of Hidalgo await instructions for their fake illegal broder crossing. Photo by Irina Zhorov/Fronteras
spectrevision.net Since diving is an everyday activity, the Bajau deliberately rupture their eardrums at an early age. “You bleed from your ears and nose, and you have to spend a week lying down because of the dizziness.”
www.eff.org San Francisco - As the FBI is rushing to build a "bigger, faster and better" biometrics database, it's also dragging its feet in releasing information related to the program's impact on the American public. In response, the Electronic Frontier...
With characteristic subtlety, yesterday Vice launched "Hello, NSA", a site that generates keyword-laden,
www.geekosystem.com Calling all boys from Brazil: Get ready to see your name up in lights, because a new mini-series about World War II has issued a casting call for the part your were born to play. That's right -- the makers of a six-hour docudrama are...
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www.pbs.org Visitors to the Parque EcoAlberto in the central Mexican state of Hidalgo await instructions for their fake illegal broder crossing. Photo by Irina Zhorov/Fronteras
ars.to UK site blocked to prevent employees from accidentally accessing still-classified docs.
discovermagazine.com Crusading mycologist Paul Stamets says fungi can clean up everything from oil spills to nuclear meltdowns.
www.forbes.com Video When the online drug sales site Silk Road first appeared in 2011, the idea of anonymously buying any drug imaginable from the Internet seemed like cyberpunk fiction. Watch the cheery video ad for the latest dark-web drug marketplace...
mashable.com Amidst surveillance programs like PRISM and Project Tempora, it might have come the time for privacy-enhancing cryptography apps.
en.trend.az Turkish hacker group Redhack hacked Istanbul's administration’s website and removed some public organizations’ debts to the state, Radikal newspaper said on Friday.
www.nytimes.com The N.S.A.’s mass surveillance violates the Constitution and has never been authorized by Congress or the courts.
www.treehugger.com After over 50,000 bumble bees were killed in one swoop by pesticides in Oregon, a conservation group calls for new rules, and your help.
www.alternet.org From incest to sperm competition and polyamory, anatomy—not social arrangements—explain how a species mates and partners.
news.mongabay.com After a colder-than-average spring, Alaska is suffering a sudden and record-breaking heatwave. Temperatures on Monday, June 17th hit a stunning 96 degrees Fahrenheit (35 degrees Celsius) in Talkeetna, Alaska, just below the state's highest...
www.detroitnews.com The former president of a Georgia company that filed more than 1 million forged foreclosure documents in Michigan and other states was sentenced to five years in federal prison Tuesday.
www.forbes.com The rate of home ownership is 36% less among those currently repaying student debt. You didn't have to own a home to feel the effects of the housing crash. The student loan problem could have similar ripple effects. Student loan debt has...
www.guardian.co.uk More than 100,000 join demonstrations as students seize 30 polling stations to be used for presidential vote on Sunday
www.geekosystem.com That need most of us have to bond with others? The drive to maintain a semblance of social acceptability when we would rather hide under the blankets in ratty pajamas binge watching Netflix? Turns out, it's not just good manners and...
ow.ly With less room, the woman and her fellow test subjects are good drivers, and indeed good citizens, a study found. However, when sitting with an expansive posture, people are more likely to drive recklessly and, in other scenarios, they are more...
www.wired.com Sigurdur “Siggi” Thordarson served two masters, working for the secret-spilling website and simultaneously spilling its secrets to the U.S. government in exchange for $5,000.
