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Dan Rather: NSA ‘is demolishing the trust in the government’
AXS TV anchor Dan Rather and MSNBC host Rachel Maddow on Wednesday night said the National Security Agency couldn’t justify its sweeping surveillance powers. Maddow began her segment on MSNBC by noting...
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Neo-Nazi plans to build an all-white city of racists in North Dakota
A man living in North Dakota plans to turn his small town into a bastion of white supremacists, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. “I didn’t have a clue who the guy was until he showed up....
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‘Vitriolic coverage’: Study examines why Fox News viewers hate Obama
Those who think the growing popularity of highly-partisan opinion shows is tearing the United States apart now have some empiric evidence on their side. Research published in the September issue of...
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Palestinian activist arrested for selling ‘Morsi perfume’
Palestinian security services have arrested an Islamist sympathiser in the West Bank for selling perfume named in honour of Egypt’s ousted president Mohamed Morsi, family members said on Thursday....
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Retiring FBI director warns ‘the threat is still here’
He took the reins of the FBI a week before the attacks of September 11, 2001. Twelve years later, Robert Mueller is retiring, convinced that “the threat is still here.” Shortly before passing the baton...
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The world’s most accurate clock is made from the element ytterbium
US scientists said Thursday they have built the world’s most precise clock, whose ticking rate varies less than two parts in one quintillion, or 10 times better than any other. The clock, made from the...
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An ‘aporkalypse’ has Texas fighting losing battle against feral pig menace
Texans have penned them in state-of-the-art traps, tracked them with night-vision goggles, massacred them with machine guns and and even shot them from helicopters. But despite all the firepower and...
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Obama offers plan to deal with the high cost of college
Barack Obama took aim at the spiralling cost of higher education on Thursday, threatening US universities with a new official ranking system he claimed would help students identify whether they were...
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NSA promises transparency by launching new Tumblr blog
As scrutiny of the activities of the US National Security Agency (NSA) continues, a new Tumblr blog launched by the Office of the Director of National Security is promising more transparency on “lawful...
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Elon Musk condemns the ‘perversion of democracy’ in Texas
Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk is not at all pleased with lawmakers in Texas. “If the public is overwhelmingly in favor of something and then the legislators vote against the overwhelming public interest,...
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Watch: Obama heckled over sentencing of Chelsea Manning
President Barack Obama was interrupted by protesters on Thursday night amid a speech on college affordability. While Obama was speaking in Syracuse, New York, two woman began shouting at him. One of...
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In Washington ‘The game becomes more important than those for whom government...
O Little Town of Washington (via Moyers & Company) In the wake of all the talk surrounding Mark Leibovich’s controversial book about Washington, This Town, I was asked how that city has changed...
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Republican Rep. Joyce: Unemployment caused by drunk, high workforce not lack...
Add to the many reasons people can’t find jobs — a weak economy, offshoring, technology disruption, employer uncertainty — this rationale, from Republican Rep. Dave Joyce: too many of us are just too...
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Prosecutor: No race motive in shooting of Australian in Oklahoma
WASHINGTON — US prosecutors handling the case of two black teenagers accused of shooting dead a white Australian baseball player said Friday there was no evidence to suggest the killing was...
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U.S. preparing missile strike on Syria as evidence mounts of chemical weapons...
The Pentagon is reportedly preparing for a possible order to strike Syrian targets with cruise missiles, as evidence mounts of the use of chemical weapons emerges from an attack on a Damascus suburb...
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Former porn star Sasha Grey pens first erotic novel
AFP – With her first erotic novel, out in Brazil this week, US ex-porn star Sasha Grey says she aims to forge a new path in literature while promoting women’s self-empowerment. The 25-year-old was...
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Giant panda delivers cub at National Zoo in D.C.
AFP – A giant panda gave birth to a cub Friday at the US National Zoo in Washington, raising hopes for a rare success after a series of false pregnancies, officials said. “WE HAVE A CUB!!” the zoo...
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US photojournalist recounts horror of captivity after escaping al-Qaeda in Syria
AFP – A US photojournalist who escaped from Syrian rebels after seven months in captivity revealed details of his ordeal Friday and spoke of his anguish at leaving a fellow hostage behind. Matthew...
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Ancient banyan tree in Hong Kong succumbs to fungus, development
AFP – A 400-year-old banyan tree in Hong Kong will be cut down, authorities said Friday, after being hit by a fungal disease brought on when a park development starved its roots of oxygen and...
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Prisoner hunger striker demands end to indefinite detention in Pelican Bay’s...
Lawyers for a hunger-striking prisoner in Pelican Bay released audio describing the demands of the remaining hunger strikers protesting indefinite solitary confinement in the California prison. Todd...
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