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rt.com If you are what you eat, residents of the Big Apple might want get themselves in order.
www.educateinspirechange.org Former Drone Operator Speaks Out -Haunted By His Death Toll Of 1626 people
www.democracynow.org A leaked court order has revealed the U.S. gov't is conducting a mass domestic surveillance program by collecting phone records of millions of Verizon customers. Democracy Now! talks to NSA whistleblowers William Binney and Thomas...
www.globalresearch.ca Did you know that Barack Obama has been secretly negotiating the most important trade agreement since the formation of the World Trade Organization? Did you know that this agreement will impose ver...
gizmo.do We're being watched. Or listened to. Or recorded. Probably all three. The National Security Agency is collecting the phone records of millions of US citizens on Verizon right now. It's ongoing. It's daily. It's happening right now. How is that...
www.rte.ie Local councils in Northern Ireland have painted fake shop fronts and covered derelict buildings with huge billboards to hide the economic hardship being felt in towns and villages near the golf resort where G8 leaders will meet this month.
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pressfreedomfoundation.org The US military has refused to release transcripts of Bradley Manning's trial. In addition, they've denied press passes to 270 out of the 350 media organizations that applied. Without public transcripts or a press pass, it's...
readersupportednews.org 'The struggle in Iceland is ongoing, but the nation's people have achieved monumental results in a relatively short amount of time due to the nature of their movement building.' Carl Gibson, RSN
thehill.com The House late Wednesday voted to stop the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from entering into new contracts to buy millions of rounds of ammunition until DHS reports to Congress on the need for the ammo, and its cost.
www.nypost.com WASHINGTON — The State Department has hired an alarming number of law-enforcement agents with criminal or checkered backgrounds because of a flawed hiring process, a stunning memo obtained by...
www.techdirt.com The attempts to limit the press during the Bradley Manning trial have been somewhat ridiculous. The press hasn't been allowed to record anything, even though someone clearly did so surreptitiously. Furthermore, there's been no plan for...
mondoweiss.net Why is 97 percent of Homeland Security grant money going to Jewish organizations?
www.wbur.org Former U.S. Attorney Don Stern says the "Whitey" Bulger trial will "pierce the boil" that still festers among law enforcement agencies over the FBI's relationship with the alleged mobster.
boingboing.net The hilariously named "Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property" has finally released its report, an 84-page tome that's pretty bonkers. But amidst all that crazy, there's a bit that stands out as particularly insane: a...
www.huffingtonpost.com WASHINGTON -- Some of President Barack Obama's political appointees, including the secretary for Health and Human Services, are using secret government email accounts they say are necessary to prevent their inboxes from being overwhelmed...
www.dailymail.co.uk Food producers are investigating building ‘plantscrapers’, which could accommodate hundreds of storeys worth of crops, in a bid to make farming more economical, sustainable and meet increasing demand.
www.reuters.com Secretary of State John Kerry quietly acted last month to give Egypt $1.3 billion in U.S. military aid, deciding that this was in the national interest despite Egypt's failure to meet democracy standards.
www.theatlanticcities.com Our first in a series examining the changing geography of venture capital and high-tech companies.
www.www.alternet.org It's perverse: the top 10 hedge funds managers make as much as 196,000 registered nurses. Here's how we change that.
http://myscienceacademy.org New observations by Japan’s Subaru Telescope are helping astronomers get a grip on the density of dark matter, this mysterious substance that pervades the universe.
thinkprogress.org So many people have been seeking beds at shelters in central Britain that some homeless people have been forced to live in caves on the outskirts of town. Britain’s economy continues to reel from the austerity policies enacted by the...
www.independent.co.uk Former President Nicolas Sarkozy’s political party, already enfeebled by a chaotic national leadership election last year, faces further ridicule in a Paris town hall primary election which ends tonight.
www.bbc.co.uk Turkey's Kesk trade union confederation prepares for a two-day strike in support of anti-government protests which began last week.
www.washingtonpost.com The $45 million cyber bank heist is a sign that the days of Bonnie and Clyde and even Danny Ocean are over.
