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Glenn Greenwald: 'Slavishly Partisan' Democrats In The Media Are Cheerleading...
New revelations about the National Security Agency's surveillance programs have divided members of Congress and of the media apart from the normal partisan split.One person who isn't surprised about...
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Ariel Castro Pleads Not Guilty To Holding 3 Women Captive For A Decade
The man suspected of kidnapping three women and holding them captive in his Cleveland home for about a decade pleaded not guilty to all 329 charges related to the crime, the Associated Press...
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The Time Insiders Said The NSA Has Been Collecting Data On Almost All US...
The NSA has been collecting detailed call records from America's three largest telecommunications providers since shortly after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, officials with direct knowledge of the...
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Lawyers Are Apparently Huge Procrastinators
Many states require lawyers to respond promptly to their clients. One Vermont lawyer allegedly ignored this rule when she avoided a client for almost three years — from 2009 to 2012, the Wall Street...
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Burger King Customer Claims She Found A Razor Blade In Her Whopper
A Burger King customer claims a recent sandwich contained an unpleasant surprise: a razor blade. Yolanda Orozco from Willits, California, told local station News10 that she checked the burger for...
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If You're Still Freaking Out About The Government Grabbing Your Phone...
Last week, it was revealed that the nation's biggest telecom companies are sending the government records of every phone call made on their systems every day.These revelations have caused not just...
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A Single, Controversial 'Poison Pill' Could Totally Derail Immigration Reform
Though the immigration reform bill cleared its first significant hurdle in the Senate on Tuesday, certain developments still threaten to derail the legislation's passage in the legislative body. One...
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'Young, Hungry Professionals' Win Fight In Battle Against Unpaid Internships
A judge has issued a "very favorable" ruling for ex-Fox Searchlight interns who say their unpaid gigs violated the law, the Hollywood Reporter reports.Federal judge William Pauley ruled Tuesday the...
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Colorado Is Debating How Stoned Is Too Stoned To Drive
Last fall, voters in Colorado and Washington state gave a big thumbs-up to recreational marijuana use. Rick Steves and Doritos retailers rejoiced, but lawmakers have been far less excited -- largely...
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Only One Big Telecom CEO Refused To Cave To The NSA ... And He's Been In Jail...
Former Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio is currently serving a six-year sentence after being convicted of insider trading in April 2007 for selling $52 million of stock in the spring of 2001 as the...
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GOP CONGRESSMAN: Glenn Greenwald Should Be Prosecuted
U.S. Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) said Wednesday afternoon that Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald should be prosecuted for his reporting that exposed new details about the National Security Agency and...
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New York Accuses Major Life Insurers Of Using State Loopholes To Cook Their...
A New York regulator is accusing major life insurers of tapping loopholes in individual states and countries to make themselves look bigger and richer, the New York Times' Mary Williams Walsh...
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Philadelphia Schools Superintendent Says 'Doomsday Budget' Forcing...
Philadelphia's schools superintendent has called the massive layoffs forced by the district's financial crisis "nothing less than catastrophic."Last week, the district announced that it will lay off...
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Two Men Rescued After Scaffolding Collapse At Top Of Hearst Tower
Two window cleaners were reportedly trapped after scaffolding collapsed at the top of Hearst Tower in Manhattan, NBC New York is reporting.The men were rescued after the scaffolding was secured, and a...
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NSA DIRECTOR: Phone Surveillance Has Prevented 'Dozens' Of Terrorist Attacks...
Gen. Keith Alexander, the director of the National Security Agency, told a Senate committee on Wednesday that the agency's phone surveillance programs have helped foil "dozens" of terrorist plots in...
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NSA DIRECTOR: Edward Snowden Was Lying When He Said He Could Tap Into...
Gen. Keith Alexander, the director of the National Security Agency, told a Senate committee on Wednesday that former NSA contractor Edward Snowden was wrong when he claimed he had the ability to tap...
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REVEALED: Edward Snowden's Dorky Teenage Years
SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Long before he became known worldwide as the NSA contractor who exposed top-secret U.S. government surveillance programs, Edward Snowden worked for a Japanese...
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Old Internet Comments Appear To Show Edward Snowden Was Angry About The NSA...
Edward Snowden, the NSA whistleblower who has been at the center of a surveillance scandal, was revealed to have been using the online "The True HOOHA" when he worked for an anime company called...
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Russia Is On The Verge Of Making It Illegal To Tell Kids Gay People Exist
Yesterday, the lower Russian parliament approved a bill that would make "propaganda of non-traditional sexual orientation" illegal, The Associated Press and other news outlets reported.The legislation...
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China Says It Has 'No Information To Offer' On Leaker Edward Snowden
China said Thursday it "has no information to offer" about a former US government subcontractor who leaked information about massive US phone and Internet spying and has taken refuge in Hong Kong."I...
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