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US Tries to Make It Easier to Wiretap the Internet

New York Times - Charlie Savage - ‎Sep 26, 2010‎
WASHINGTON - Federal law enforcement and national security officials are preparing to seek sweeping new regulations for the Internet, arguing that their ability to wiretap criminal and terrorism suspects is “going dark” as people ...

Echols of West Memphis 3 talks about appeal, death row

CNN - Deborah Feyerick, Stephanie Chen - ‎13 hours ago‎
Don't miss "AC360°" tonight and tomorrow at 10 pm ET for it's two-part series on the case of the West Memphis 3. Grady, Arkansas (CNN) -- Some things about Damien Echols remain unchanged since he was ...

Sharron Angle, the Elusive Everywoman

Newsweek - ‎11 hours ago‎
The Senate candidate may be known for some extreme positions, but on the campaign trail she has the ability to connect. It's 2 pm on a Tuesday afternoon and the tour bus of country musician Bobby Freeman is parked in front of Sharron Angle's campaign ...

Basic Religion Test Stumps Many Americans

New York Times - Laurie Goodstein - ‎Sep 27, 2010‎
Americans are by all measures a deeply religious people, but they are also deeply ignorant about religion. How much do you know about religion?

Morris: Carolina defense overrun in Auburn

The State - ‎Sep 25, 2010‎
This was the season for South Carolina to win football games with its defense. At least for one night on the Auburn plains, USC lost a game because of its defense, or lack thereof.

Why So Many People Can't Make Decisions

Wall Street Journal - Shirley S. Wang - ‎Sep 27, 2010‎
Some people meet, fall in love and get married right away. Others can spend hours in the sock aisle at the department store, weighing the pros and cons of buying a pair of wool argyles instead of cotton striped.

Ancient Italian Town Has Wind at Its Back

New York Times - Elisabeth Rosenthal - ‎Sep 28, 2010‎
With renewable power, Tocco da Casauria, in central Italy, produces more electricity than it uses, making money off the surplus. By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL TOCCO DA CASAURIA, Italy - The towering white wind turbines that rise ramrod straight from gnarled ...

Web snooping is a dangerous move

CNN - Bruce Schneier - ‎12 hours ago‎
Editor's note: Bruce Schneier is a security technologist and author of "Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World.

5 Steps to Kill Hidden Bugs in Your Gut That Make You Sick

Huffington Post - ‎Sep 25, 2010‎
Doctors are trained to identify diseases by where they are located. If you have asthma, it's considered a lung problem; if you have rheumatoid arthritis, it must be a joint problem; if you have acne, doctors see it as a skin problem; ...

Richt: Its "Obvious" this is a Difficult Time

Dawg Post (subscription) - Seth Emerson - ‎Sep 26, 2010‎
ATHENS - A span of a few hours between Saturday night and Sunday morning summed up the current woes of the Georgia football program.

Structure of Excuses

New York Times - Paul Krugman - ‎Sep 26, 2010‎
What can be done about mass unemployment? All the wise heads agree: there are no quick or easy answers. There is work to be done, but workers aren't ready to do it - they're in the wrong places, or they have the wrong skills.

The Coming Terror War

Newsweek - ‎8 hours ago‎
Intelligence agencies have stepped up drone attacks in Waziristan, but the Taliban says they're still plotting a big attack on the West.

Schools struggle to feed kids healthy food

CNN - Jen Christensen - ‎15 hours ago‎
Editor's note: all week, CNN Newsroom, Rick's List and Eatocracy are teaming up to take a look the effects our dining choices have on our minds, bodies and wallets.

Vdara visitor: 'Death ray' scorched hair

Las Vegas Review - Journal - Joan Whitely, Alan Maimon - ‎Sep 25, 2010‎
Bill Pintas, a Chicago lawyer and businessman, took this photo of his melted plastic bag after he was caught unexpectedly at the Vdara pool deck in a "hot spot" of reflected sunlight.

Move Over, Bedbugs: Stink Bugs Have Landed

New York Times - Ken Maguire - ‎Sep 26, 2010‎
Kelli Wilson and her father, Richard Lee Pry, cleared stink bugs from her porch Friday in Burkittsville, Md. The shield-shaped invaders have damaged fruit and vegetable crops.

India Launches Project to ID 1.2 Billion People

Wall Street Journal - Amol Sharma - ‎Sep 28, 2010‎
India's vaunted tech savvy is being put to the test this week as the country embarks on a daunting mission: assigning a unique 12-digit number to each of its 1.2 billion people.

Tapes describe US servicemen killing for sport in Afghanistan

CNN - Drew Griffin, Kathleen Johnston - ‎Sep 27, 2010‎
Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- Tapes obtained by CNN of interrogations of a group of US servicemen charged with unprovoked killings of Afghan civilians describe gruesome scenes of cold-blooded murder.

China moving heaven and Earth to bring water to Beijing

Los Angeles Times - Barbara Demick - ‎Sep 28, 2010‎
The $62-billion South-North Water Diversion, which will bring water to the parched capital, is being compared to the Great Wall. But environmentalists are up in arms about the 'replumbing' of the nation's great rivers.

Republican Economics as Social Darwinism

Huffington Post (blog) - ‎Sep 26, 2010‎
John Boehner, the Republican House leader who will become Speaker if Democrats lose control of the House in the upcoming midterms, recently offered his solution to the current economic crisis: "Liquidate labor, liquidate stocks, liquidate the farmer, ...

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