NSA Prism is motivated in part by fears that environmentally-linked disasters could spur anti-government activism
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A filmmaker is suing to make the song “Happy Birthday to You” free for everyone to use. The plaintiff, Good Morning to You Productions Corp., a New York-based company that is making a documentary about the song, said it belongs in the public domain.
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The Greek public broadcaster ERT is to close down almost immediately, the government has announced, causing shockwaves across the country.
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The Foreign Secretary William Hague has said that British intelligence gathering operates within a strict legal framework, and that law-abiding citizens have nothing to fear from it.
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In short the coroner knows who or what killed Alexander Litvinenko, but a judge gagged him. How convenient for the UK.
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Despite attempts by the U.S. government to seal off the transcripts of Pfc. Bradley Manning’s trial this week, a crowd-funded stenographer is now working in the courtroom and has posted transcripts from the first day online.
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When confronted about the practice, Starbucks made no attempts to deny it. “Tap water from the restroom is fit for drinking,” a spokesperson for the chain asserted.
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A high-tech United States surveillance tool which sweeps up all communications without a warrant was sent to New Zealand for testing on the public, according to an espionage expert.
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A publicity campaign called “Stop the Cyborgs” (seriously guys?) has sprung up offering Google Glass Ban Signs for places that want to ban the as-yet-unreleased technology.
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By a majority of almost 99.99% to .01%, the US public overwhelming rejected steps toward the legalization of genetically engineered trees during the USDA APHIS public comment period that ended yesterday. The comments were in response to a petition by genetically engineered (GE) tree company ArborGen requesting permission to commercially sell their GE freeze tolerant eucalyptus trees.
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