On the tiny Mediterranean island of Malta, two Italian hackers have been searching for bugs — not the island’s many beetle varieties, but secret flaws in computer code that governments pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to learn about and exploit.
Just how dangerous is it to your health to shack up with a Mexican hooker? That’s the question at the heart of a five-year, $3,029,663 study by researchers at the University of California San Diego funded by the National Institutes of Health.
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The country’s largest private employer dared Washington D.C. lawmakers to call its bluff. Just 24 hours before a key vote, executives and lobbyists from Wal-Mart issued the following threat to D.C. council members “try to force us to pay our employees a living wage, and we will not build stores in the District.”
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The Texas Senate late Friday passed tough new abortion restrictions after weeks of passionate and sometime vulgar protests, sending them to Gov. Rick Perry to sign into law.
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Dozens of alarmed residents called police to ask what was going on and said the noise and light from the mystery helicopters buzzing around the city panicked horses and other livestock.
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There are many, many questions that remain unanswered about the brave Navy SEAL team members who put on the boots and weaponry and defended America and how they may have been used as political pawns in a White House campaign to “reach out and coddle Islamist fundamentalists.”
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Rep. Tom Marino (R-Pa.) revealed in a Thursday interview that he is exploring avenues by which members of Congress could try to pursue criminal charges against President Barack Obama.
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The Texas teen who has been in jail since April for making alleged terror threats on Facebook was released on bail after an anonymous donor posted his bond.
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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder took 62 out-of-town trips in fiscal year 2011 at a cost of at least $1.45 million on travel, according to a set of disclosures sent to Bloomberg News.
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This is no idle hypothetical from Rasmussen. A photography studio in New Mexico was fined years ago under the state’s Human Rights Act for refusing to accept a lesbian couple’s request to photograph their commitment ceremony because it was contrary to the owners’ Christian beliefs. See what Americans think about that here.
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Two weeks after the end of his failed vice-presidential bid, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) was already thinking ahead to another big fight: immigration reform. And he was thinking about it in a bipartisan way.
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The White House is trying to generate support in the blogosphere for its failed Obamacare by meeting with left wing bloggers, including one who infamously praised Andrew Breitbart’s death.
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Standing before an audience of 80,000 rapturous supporters and framed by a pair of giant Greek columns, Barack Obama partly used his 2008 nomination acceptance speech in Denver to showcase a subject he has mostly seen fit, ever since, to avoid.
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Microsoft has collaborated closely with US intelligence services to allow users’ communications to be intercepted, including helping the National Security Agency to circumvent the company’s own encryption, according to top-secret documents obtained by the Guardian.
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The Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, cannot access evidence obtained through secret electronic surveillance, a federal appeals court ruled.
It could be a politically perilous affiliation but Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul says he’s standing by longtime aide Jack Hunter following reports about the former radio shock jock’s past.
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Sex. Drugs. Cheating on a spouse. Those words used to add up to shame. Put them in the same sentence as a politician’s name, and they ended careers. Apparently, not any more.
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Rising crude oil prices and a fall in U.S. supplies are driving wholesale gas prices up sharply. Unfortunately, that has yet to be fully reflected at the retail level. See what you can expect in the coming days.
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Acting IRS commissioner Danny Werfel’s promise to suspend taxpayer-funded bonuses to IRS officials might not be fully realized because it will violate a contract between the scandal-plagued agency and a public-employee labor union.
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White House Press Secretary Jay Carney apparently isn’t reading his hometown paper as it carried a fairly explosive story on Wednesday about a $34 million boondoggle.
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The civil case in Manhattan’s federal court pits half a dozen child sex offenders against the former governor of New York, George Pataki, and a slew of former state prison and health officials.
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The House on Thursday narrowly passed a massive farm bill, after Republicans took the risky step of carving out the food stamp program — a move Democrats effectively boycotted.
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A conservative watchdog group accused the Justice Department of helping manage the “pressure campaign” last year against George Zimmerman in the wake of the Trayvon Martin shooting, citing documents that show an obscure agency spent thousands assisting local demonstrations.
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The National Security Agency, probably the most secretive of the U.S. intelligence branches, has very limited congressional oversight, and those privileged few – generally the chairmen of the respective intelligence committees in the House and Senate – cannot divulge information to other members.
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A local Army veteran is fighting for permission to own a gun after a misdemeanor pot conviction from 1971 stopped him from buying .22 caliber rifle.
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Computer Security Vanishing: Hackers Exploit Vulnerabilities for NSA, Governments
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by NICOLE PERLROTH and DAVID E. SANGEROn the tiny Mediterranean island of Malta, two Italian hackers have been searching for bugs — not the island’s many beetle varieties, but secret flaws in computer code that governments pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to learn about and exploit.
NIH Spends $3 Million To Study Health Risks of “Dating” Mexican Prostitutes
/6 Comments/in Featured, News /by Ryan KiermanJust how dangerous is it to your health to shack up with a Mexican hooker? That’s the question at the heart of a five-year, $3,029,663 study by researchers at the University of California San Diego funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Wal-Mart Says No To Living Wage, Could Leave Washington DC
/7 Comments/in Featured, News /by Susan L RuthThe country’s largest private employer dared Washington D.C. lawmakers to call its bluff. Just 24 hours before a key vote, executives and lobbyists from Wal-Mart issued the following threat to D.C. council members “try to force us to pay our employees a living wage, and we will not build stores in the District.”
Texas Passes Historic Abortion Restrictions While Protesters Attempt to Bring Feces, Urine into Capitol
/28 Comments/in Featured, News /by News EditorThe Texas Senate late Friday passed tough new abortion restrictions after weeks of passionate and sometime vulgar protests, sending them to Gov. Rick Perry to sign into law.
Washington Mayor: Mystery Helicopters “Terrorized” City
/7 Comments/in Featured, News /by Fox NewsDozens of alarmed residents called police to ask what was going on and said the noise and light from the mystery helicopters buzzing around the city panicked horses and other livestock.
Unanswered Questions Plague Seal Team 6 Losses
/7 Comments/in Featured, News /by Bob UnruhThere are many, many questions that remain unanswered about the brave Navy SEAL team members who put on the boots and weaponry and defended America and how they may have been used as political pawns in a White House campaign to “reach out and coddle Islamist fundamentalists.”
Tom Marino, GOP Congressman, Floats Idea Of Filing Criminal Charges Against Obama
/17 Comments/in Featured, News /by Katie BurkhartRep. Tom Marino (R-Pa.) revealed in a Thursday interview that he is exploring avenues by which members of Congress could try to pursue criminal charges against President Barack Obama.
Mystery Donor Posts Bail for Texas Teen Jailed for Allegations of Terrorist Threats on Facebook
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by Perry ChiaramonteThe Texas teen who has been in jail since April for making alleged terror threats on Facebook was released on bail after an anonymous donor posted his bond.
Holder Living High on the Hog, Too: Spent Almost $1.5 Million on Travel in 2011
/3 Comments/in Featured, News /by Jim Snyder and Danielle IvoryU.S. Attorney General Eric Holder took 62 out-of-town trips in fiscal year 2011 at a cost of at least $1.45 million on travel, according to a set of disclosures sent to Bloomberg News.
A Whopping 85% of Americans Believe Businesses Should Be Able to Turn Away Homosexual Customers
/15 Comments/in Featured, News /by ALLAHPUNDITThis is no idle hypothetical from Rasmussen. A photography studio in New Mexico was fined years ago under the state’s Human Rights Act for refusing to accept a lesbian couple’s request to photograph their commitment ceremony because it was contrary to the owners’ Christian beliefs. See what Americans think about that here.
Paul Ryan Has Been Working Behind the Scenes on Bipartisan Amnesty Deal Since Last Year
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Paul Kane and Ed O’KeefeTwo weeks after the end of his failed vice-presidential bid, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) was already thinking ahead to another big fight: immigration reform. And he was thinking about it in a bipartisan way.
White House Holds Obamacare Briefing With Left Wing Bloggers
/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by Patrick HowleyThe White House is trying to generate support in the blogosphere for its failed Obamacare by meeting with left wing bloggers, including one who infamously praised Andrew Breitbart’s death.
Study: Obama Could Care Less About the Poor, Hardly Ever Mentions Them
/3 Comments/in Featured, News /by James RosenStanding before an audience of 80,000 rapturous supporters and framed by a pair of giant Greek columns, Barack Obama partly used his 2008 nomination acceptance speech in Denver to showcase a subject he has mostly seen fit, ever since, to avoid.
Microsoft Giving NSA Access to All Encrypted Files from Skype, SkyDrive, Hotmail, and Outlook
/3 Comments/in Featured, News /by Glenn Greenwald, Ewen MacAskill, Laura Poitras, Spencer Ackerman and Dominic RusheMicrosoft has collaborated closely with US intelligence services to allow users’ communications to be intercepted, including helping the National Security Agency to circumvent the company’s own encryption, according to top-secret documents obtained by the Guardian.
Fort Hood Terrorist Trial: Court Denies Nidal Hasan’s Motion to Access NSA Surveillance Evidence
/3 Comments/in Featured, News /by News EditorThe Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, cannot access evidence obtained through secret electronic surveillance, a federal appeals court ruled.
Sen. Rand Paul Stands by Aide Amid Reports Over Shock Jock ‘Southern Avenger’ Past
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by Fox NewsIt could be a politically perilous affiliation but Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul says he’s standing by longtime aide Jack Hunter following reports about the former radio shock jock’s past.
Where’s the Shame? Scandals May No Longer End Political Careers
/6 Comments/in Featured, News /by David LightmanSex. Drugs. Cheating on a spouse. Those words used to add up to shame. Put them in the same sentence as a politician’s name, and they ended careers. Apparently, not any more.
Gas Prices Expected to Surge Again Soon
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Gary StraussRising crude oil prices and a fall in U.S. supplies are driving wholesale gas prices up sharply. Unfortunately, that has yet to be fully reflected at the retail level. See what you can expect in the coming days.
Union Prevents Commissioner From Canceling IRS Bonuses as Promised
/6 Comments/in Featured, News /by Patrick HowleyActing IRS commissioner Danny Werfel’s promise to suspend taxpayer-funded bonuses to IRS officials might not be fully realized because it will violate a contract between the scandal-plagued agency and a public-employee labor union.
What Boondoggle? Carney Unaware of $34M Military HQ Troops Won’t Use
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by Fox NewsWhite House Press Secretary Jay Carney apparently isn’t reading his hometown paper as it carried a fairly explosive story on Wednesday about a $34 million boondoggle.
Convicted Child Sex Abusers Sue For $10M, Claim NY State Program Violated Their Rights
/3 Comments/in Featured, News /by Eric ShawnThe civil case in Manhattan’s federal court pits half a dozen child sex offenders against the former governor of New York, George Pataki, and a slew of former state prison and health officials.
House Narrowly Passes Farm Bill After Republicans Carve Out Food Stamps
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by Fox NewsThe House on Thursday narrowly passed a massive farm bill, after Republicans took the risky step of carving out the food stamp program — a move Democrats effectively boycotted.
Report: Feds Helped Orchestrate Anti-Zimmerman Protests after Trayvon Martin Shooting
/21 Comments/in Featured, News /by News EditorA conservative watchdog group accused the Justice Department of helping manage the “pressure campaign” last year against George Zimmerman in the wake of the Trayvon Martin shooting, citing documents that show an obscure agency spent thousands assisting local demonstrations.
International Human Rights Group: NSA Surveillance Undermining US Democracy
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by News EditorThe National Security Agency, probably the most secretive of the U.S. intelligence branches, has very limited congressional oversight, and those privileged few – generally the chairmen of the respective intelligence committees in the House and Senate – cannot divulge information to other members.
Army Vet Discovers Feds Now Digging Up Decades Old Minor Convictions to Prevent Gun Ownership
/8 Comments/in Featured, News /by Dane SchillerA local Army veteran is fighting for permission to own a gun after a misdemeanor pot conviction from 1971 stopped him from buying .22 caliber rifle.