Michigan Walmart Worker Says He was Fired for Helping Assaulted Woman
Fox News.com | 17 October 2013
A Michigan man says he was fired from his job at Walmart after he tried to help a woman being assaulted…
A New Shutdown Clock is Ticking. Can Washington Avoid a Rerun?
The Christian Science Monitor | 17 October 2013
The deal that ended the shutdown funds the government only until Jan. 15…
Feds Studying How to Use Twitter For ‘Depression Surveillance’
The Washington Free Beacon | 16 October 2013
$82,800 study will examine social media to study depression…
Things That Make You Go “Hmmm…” : Dr Craig Venter on the 3D Printing of Martians…
Giza Death Star | 17 October 2013
This has been a week for “things that make you go ‘hmmm….’”
To Ousted Boss, Arms Watchdog Was Seen as an Obstacle in Iraq
The New York Times | 13 October 2013
More than a decade before the international agency that monitors chemical weapons won the Nobel Peace Prize…
Russia Pushes for Level-Playing Field Between West, Iran
The Hindu | 17 October 2013
Russia has proposed a nuclear deal with Iran…
Thirty Million People are Slaves, Half in India: Survey
Yahoo! News | 16 October 2013
Some 30 million people are enslaved worldwide…
David Talbot – “The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years”
YouTube | 18 June 2013
Founder and former Editor-In-Chief of Salon.com David Talbot reads an excerpt from his book…
Who’s Murdering Iran’s Scientists? An Ex-Mossad Agent On Assassinations
Motherboard | 16 October 2013
It’s espionage season in the Middle East…
Glenn Greenwald, the Journalist Who Broke US Surveillance Story Exits Guardian
NDTV | 16 October 2013
Glenn Greenwald, the Guardian reporter who broke many of the stories about secret US surveillance programs…
Congress Passes Debt, Budget Deal
The Wall Street Journal | 17 October 2013
Bill to Reopen Government Through Jan. 15, Lift Debt Ceiling Until Feb. 7…
Typhoon Threatens Japan; Precautions at Fukushima Nuclear Plant
Reuters | 15 October 2013
A once-in-a-decade typhoon threatened Japan on Tuesday…
FBI Stats say Tennessee is Most Dangerous State in US
The Tennesean | 06 October 2013
You might think that going to California…
IMF Eyes Tax Potential of the World’s Super-Rich
The Guardian | 13 October 2013
US budget crisis should not deflect attention from the fact the rich need to help economies balance the books…
Judge Sides with Amazon on $600M CIA Cloud Contract
Federal Times | 08 October 2013
A federal judge on Monday ruled that Amazon Web Services could resume work on a $600 million CIA cloud computing contract…
Which is the World’s Biggest Employer?
BBC News | 19 March 2012
The National Health Service (NHS) in England is at the centre of a big political row about its reform…
Senators Struggle to End U.S. Shutdown as Default Looms
Bloomberg | 13 October 2013
Senate leaders struggled to draft an accord that averts a U.S. default and restores full government operations…
Solution to the “Shutdown”: The Fed Could Simply Cancel $2 Trillion of Government Debt
Global Research | 12 October 2013
Bipartisan Proposal Would Take Pressure Off the Budget Crisis…
U.S. Air Force Fires General In Charge of Nuclear Missiles
Cryptogon | 12 October 2013
Two top officers involved with nuclear weapons have been removed within a couple of days…
Big Data Could Create an Era of Big Discrimination
Yahoo! Finance | 12 October 2013
Personal data harvested by marketers is growing so vast and far reaching that it is threatening to unleash a new wave of digital discrimination…