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Three teenage boys have been found alive after being lost in their boat in the Pacific Ocean for 50 days. The boys, from the Tokelau Islands, a New Zealand-administered territory in the South Pacific, had been given up for dead after an unsuccessf
"Socialism and other coercive centralized planning schemes have failed to improve, and indeed have worsened, the human condition. As such, the Freedom Summit does not encourage or promote any particular centralized plan to achieve freedom."
If you had any doubt that someone could steal your credit card numbers by simply walking past you, a few minutes with Walt Augustinowicz will probably chance your mind. By simply using a credit card scanner attached to a battery pack, Augustinowicz s
A Pennsylvania Jewish group claimed the Internal Revenue Service is targeting pro-Israel groups introduced in federal court a letter from an IRS agent that tax experts said was likely outside the usual or appropriate scope of an IRS inquiry.
The city is installing 250 to 300 cameras at downtown intersections in an effort to prevent and fight terrorism and crime, part of a security initiative sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
News reports declared the National Opt-Out Day protest against TSA screening procedures a bus....But reports from travelers and local news sources suggest that at some of the busiest airports in the US the TSA has backed down and resorted to using th
"For a lot of people, this will be their first experience of the Internet. They are at a huge advantage to previous Internet generations because they are leapfrogging all those fixed line technologies.
"Can it be supposed that one day Russia will be in some joint currency zone with Europe? Yes, quite possible," Putin said in answer to a question on a visit to Berlin.
North Korea warned Friday that U.S.-South Korean plans for military maneuvers put the peninsula on the brink of war, and appeared to launch its own artillery drills within sight of an island it showered with a deadly barrage this week. The fresh a
Brace yourselves, commuters — body scanners may be coming to trains, subways and boats, according to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.
China warned on Friday against military acts near its coastline ahead of U.S.-South Korean naval exercises that North Korea, days after shelling a South Korean island, said risked pushing the region toward war. Beijing's warning came as the Seoul
A woman who planned on flying out of LAX airport decided she would try and avoid a pat-down by leaving little to the imagination in a tiny black bikini.
Italian students have been protesting the country's education reform since Wednesday. The most recent cuts "eliminate some areas of study and force schools that are running at deficit to close."
In a 2007 analysis of bankruptcy mortgage claims, University of Iowa law professor Katherine Porter found that about 40 percent of the time, banks didn’t provide the proper paperwork—specifically, the note—to enforce a mortgage claim...
A Miami man whose beating at the hands of police was captured on cell phone video has been charged with resisting arrest without violence, a charge his lawyer says came from nothing more than the man's attempts to cover his head from the blows.
"All he tried to do is cover his head, until he passed out. They beat him until he was unconscious, and they had to take him to Jackson [Memorial Hospital]," said Martinez-Cid.
Under the Orwellian standards governing federal "civil asset forfeiture," Tebeau's property has already been found "guilty" of involvement in a crime. The agencies that seized it will be permitted to keep and divide it among themselves...
Swiss researchers studying the projected effects of climate change on alpine plant species have discovered that mountain ranges may represent a 'safer' place to live during changing climate conditions. The research, published in the Journal of Bioge
"As Earth orbits the sun, it creates a sort of shell or depression that dust particles fall into, creating a thickening of dust – the tail – that Earth pulls along via gravity," explains Werner. "In fact, the tail trails our planet all the way aro
Animal products cause more damage than [producing] construction minerals such as sand or cement, plastics or metals. Biomass and crops for animals are as damaging as [burning] fossil fuels."
Antonio told me, one of his animals had been killed, after darkness had fallen, by the now familiar puncture marks to the neck. In this case, however, the animal exhibited three such marks, rather than the usual two. In addition, a number of rabbit
Columbia University doctor: people will get cancer - David J. Brenner, an expert on the effects of radiation stated that it's quite likely the TSA scanners will cause cancer in some individuals. Brenner, whose Columbia's Center for Radiological Res
Opting out of Google Maps’ Street View in Germany will blur image of your building on the photographic map, and make you hideously uncool. So says a group of vandals who egged homes in Essen that appear pixelated on the search engine’s map
Future cars may eat their own exhaust, converting heat from their emissions into electricity. The conversion can improve fuel economy by reducing an engine’s workload.
In which one writer defends the (fantastic) Kindle from the assaults of another
Investment in hard assets such as agricultural land may provide stability in a world where the value of dollars and other currencies are in doubt. “Cash in the bank” used to be the ultimate expression of safely stored wealth—but not anymore. Internat
A large file-sharing link site dedicated to rap and hiphop music and news has been raided by the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The servers of RapGodFathers, a site with close to 150,000 members, were seized
Big Sis is already beta-testing technology that goes even further, by forcing Americans to undergo a behavioral interrogation before they are allowed to enter sports events, rock concerts and shopping malls.
It’s not just the Bush tax cuts that expire at the end of the year. The maximum lending limits at Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and FHA were set to expire. The Build America Bond (“BAB”) program is another. They both have been “fixed”. We kicked the can..
An entertaining, and no holds barred fictional look at what America's post QE4 future may look like.
