Group Forces Hearing on Homeland Security Web Monitoring
An electronic privacy group has convinced lawmakers to hold hearings next week to look into the Department of Homeland Security's practice of monitoring social media and other news and information Web sites like the Drudge Report.
Pentagon Addressing Obesity With New Food Choices9:44 am Eastern | USA News Aware that some 25 percent of American adults are too obese to serve in the military, the Pentagon is introducing new food choices to help members slim down, and first lady Michelle Obama is leading the charge.read more »
| Lawmaker Faces Ethics Investigation Over Insider Trading8:53 am Eastern | US Politics and Govt The Office of Congressional Ethics has launched an investigation into potential insider-trading violations by Rep. Spencer Bachus, according to a report published Friday.read more »
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Unprecedented $25 Billion Agreement With Mortgage Servicers to Address Abuses9 Feb 12:17 | Business The federal government and 49 state attorneys general have reached a landmark $25 billion agreement with the nation’s five largest mortgage servicers to address mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure abuses. read more »
| Pentagon Considering Military Options in Syria9 Feb 08:34 | USA News The Pentagon is weighing potential military options for Syria, as violence spreads throughout the country, though the Obama administration made clear it is leaning first towards diplomacy to resolve the widening humanitarian crisis there.read more »
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Pentagon to Lift Some Rules Banning Women in Combat9 Feb 09:38 | USA News The Pentagon is preparing rule changes that would allow more women into front line combat roles.read more »
| General Advises Use of Drones to 'Kill' Taliban Leaders in Pakistan9 Feb 09:16 | USA News A longtime adviser to U.S. military commanders says it is essential the Obama administration change tactics and order wider use of spy drones to target and kill Taliban leaders hiding out in Pakistan.read more »
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Bonded Child Labourers Used In Afghan Brick Kilns9 Feb 12:34 | World A new United Nations-backed survey has found that most workers in Afghanistan’s brick kilns are bonded child labourers, and calls for a strategy that will both provide relief to bonded families and help them escape the cycles of debt, dependence and poverty.read more »
| Alarm At Worsening Food Shortages In South Sudan9 Feb 12:06 | World Two agencies have warned that millions of people in South Sudan are facing worsening hunger and called for urgent action to improve food security through adequate food aid and projects to boost agricultural production.read more »
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Physical Activity Yields Feelings Of Excitement, Enthusiasm9 Feb 12:55 | SciTech People who are more physically active report greater levels of excitement and enthusiasm than people who are less physically active, according to Penn State researchers. read more »
| High-Paid NJ Union Chief Under Fire for 'Fair' Comments Regarding Poor8 Feb 14:09 | USA News The head of a New Jersey teacher's union whose annual salary tops $300,000 is under fire for saying in a recent interview that "life's not always fair" when arguing against voucher programs aimed at sending poor students to private schools.read more »
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People With Easy To Pronounce Names Win Friends And Favour8 Feb 13:07 | SciTech Having a simple, easy-to-pronounce name is more likely to win you friends and favour in the workplace, according to a study.read more »
| Will Bubble-Powered Microrockets Zoom Through The Human Stomach?8 Feb 12:52 | SciTech Scientists have developed a new kind of tiny motor — which they term a "microrocket" — that can propel itself through acidic environments, such as the human stomach, without any external energy source, opening the way to a variety of medical and industrial applications.read more »
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Bill Authorizes Use of Spy Drones over U.S.8 Feb 12:48 | US Politics and Govt The use of drones in skies over the United States would increase dramatically if a bill passed by Congress last week is signed into law by President Obama, as expected, giving pause to privacy advocates who say they could be used to spy on Americans.read more »
| More Ice And Snow On The Way For The UK8 Feb 12:36 | World The UK Met Office says the wintry weather is expected to continue over the next few days as Atlantic weather systems stall as they move across the UK, bringing the mix of rain, sleet and snow.read more »
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Europe's Deadly Cold Snap Should Ease From Next Week: WMO8 Feb 12:15 | World The current cold spell that has paralyzed much of Europe and reportedly killed almost 300 people over the past week should start to ease slowly from next week, according to a senior official at the World Meteorological Organization (WMO.read more »
| Oil Prices Top $99 As U.S. Stocks Slide8 Feb 08:51 | Business Oil prices topped $99 a barrel Wednesday on news that U.S. stocks declined unexpectedly on heightened demand and fears Iran could cut supplies.read more »
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Santorum Surges in First Multi-State Primaries8 Feb 08:37 | US Politics and Govt The big winner in Tuesday's string of GOP primaries and caucuses was former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, whose appeal among conservatives in Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado vaulted him to the top of each of those races.read more »
| World Leaders Reminded Of Their 'Responsibility To Protect' Syrian People8 Feb 12:41 | World The United Nations human rights chief has urged the international community to protect civilians in Syria, stating that the Security Council’s failure to agree on collective action seems to have fuelled the Government’s readiness to massacre its own people.read more »
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Nine In 10 U.S. Adults Get Too Much Sodium Every Day8 Feb 12:21 | USA News Nearly all Americans consume much more sodium than they should, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Most of the sodium comes from common restaurant or grocery store items.read more »
| 'Global New Deal' Needed To Fix Broken Global Economy8 Feb 12:10 | Business The world needs “a global new deal” to break the mould of economic thought that led to the international financial crisis, according to the head of the United Nations agency tasked with promoting trade and development. read more »
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U.S. Military, Allies Conduct Amphibious Landing Exercises7 Feb 16:06 | USA News About 20,000 U.S. military members, along with personnel from eight other nations, are conducting amphibious landings at a Marine Corps base on the east coast, part of an exercise aimed at a fictional enemy that resembles Iran.read more »
| Federal Court Strikes Down Calif. Gay Marriage Ban7 Feb 13:37 | USA News A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld a lower court's decision overturning California's Proposition 8, which banned gay marriages.read more »
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Scientists Make Computer Processing Breakthrough7 Feb 12:23 | SciTech An international team of scientists has demonstrated a revolutionary new way of magnetic recording which will allow information to be processed hundreds of times faster than by current hard drive technology.read more »
| Researchers Offer New Insights Into How To Correct False Knowledge7 Feb 12:08 | SciTech The abundance of false information available on the Internet, in movies and on TV has created a big challenge for educators.read more »
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Call For Halt To Escalating Violence Across Syria7 Feb 12:00 | World The UN has strongly condemned the escalating violence in Syria, calling on President Bashar al-Assad’s Government to immediately cease all hostilities against the country’s civilian population.read more »
| Call For More Nations To Ratify Treaty Banning Nuclear Tests7 Feb 11:56 | World UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged eight key countries that have not ratified the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) to do so and thus accelerate its entry into force, following the addition of its newest member, Indonesia.read more »
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Obama Reverses Course, Backs Super PACs7 Feb 11:28 | US Politics and Govt In a reversal of position, President Obama's reelection campaign will begin sending administration and fundraising aides to raise funds for Priorities USA Action, a super PAC (political action committee) that backs the president.read more »
| Catholic Leaders Vow Fight With Obama Over Birth Control Payments7 Feb 08:52 | USA News U.S. Catholic leaders on Monday vowed to fight the Obama administration over a new provision of the health care law that requires all employers, including religious institutions, to pay for birth controlread more »
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New Report Shows Medical Debt Keeps Rising7 Feb 12:27 | USA News Hard hit by one of the worst recessions in nearly a century, hundreds of thousands of Californians lost insurance coverage across the state as employers shed jobs and the health plans that came with those jobs, according to a new report from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.read more »
| Madonna Announces 2012 World Tour7 Feb 12:34 | Entertainment Madonna has announced a 2012 World Tour which begins May 29th 2012 in Tel Aviv, Israel it was officially announced by Live Nation Entertainment, the tour's international promoter. read more »
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