Snowden attorney discusses mass surveillance at UNL
If they aren’t doing it already, Ben Wizner imagines a time when kitchen appliances are capable of collecting and storing data about their owners.
If they aren’t doing it already, Ben Wizner imagines a time when kitchen appliances are capable of collecting and storing data about their owners.
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Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling has been suspended by ESPN for the rest of the Major League baseball regular season.
A fight over how cars are assembled is pitting North America’s auto industry against Japan’s in a dispute now holding up a major trade agreement spanning the Pacific.
More than 3 trillion trees exist on Earth - roughly 422 per person - but the total number of trees has plummeted by 46 per cent since the start of human civilisation, according to a new Yale-led study.
The spread from the Sinaloa truck. Photo: Instagram/@paololucchesi One of East Oakland’s most popular taco trucks, Sinaloa, is opening its first brick and mortar restaurant in a surprise location: Berkeley near the Cal campus. Per Sinaloa’s Facebook, the new storefront will be located at 2384 Telegraph Avenue near Channing Street and it’s expected to open its doors soon: as in later this month, according to a Facebook post by Telegraph Berkeley Improvement District. (When reached by phone today,... Читать дальше...
Samia Tecle, who works in a shelter for people seeking asylum as refugees in Toronto, speaks about the obstacles migrants face
Afroman was given a suspended six-month jail sentence Thursday (Sept. 3), fined $330 and ordered to undergo anger management and impulse behavior...
The Victory Day parade has been accompanied with strict guidelines for what's on TV - and thousands of sarcastic jokes online
U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene, late on Thursday, became the sixth member of Washington’s congressional delegation to support the agreement negotiated by the Obama administration and five major powers, under which Iran would stand down from its nuclear weapons program in exchange for lifting of economic sanctions. DelBene and Rep. Rick Larsen became the 100th and 101st House Democrats to back the deal. Thirty-seven Democratic senators have announced support for the Iran agreement, enough to sustain a veto... Читать дальше...
A North Bend man accused of fatally shooting a childhood friend while showing off a pistol he knew had been recalled has been charged with manslaughter.
Cat Deeley has announced that she is pregnant with her first child! The 38-year-old So You Think You Can Dance host, who is married to Irish comedian Patrick Kielty, announced the exciting news on her Twitter account. “Exciting news…. Paddy and I are so happy to be expecting our first child in the Spring….. Lucky [...]
China's encouraging its technology and infrastructure companies to export their skills abroad, the New York Times reports.
The Coast Guard says the crewmembers were on a routine patrol over the Hudson River when the plane made an emergency crash landing at about 4:45 p.m. The Coast Guard Auxiliary is a volunteer organization that supports the Coast Guard in promoting safety for recreational boaters
Indonesia is stepping up efforts to lure much needed foreign investment into the country, but will investors bite?
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CHAMPLIN, Minn. (AP) — Authorities are investigating a speedboat accident that killed a man on the Mississippi River in the northwestern Twin Cities. A spokeswoman for the Hennepin County sheriff's office says the accident was reported just before 4 p.m. Thursday at Mississippi Point Park in Champlin. Authorities say the accident involved only one boat. The only person involved was the man who died. His name was not immediately released. The county medical examiner's office will release the victim's name and cause of death.
By Richard Read Everybody loves a “top ten” list. At work, at home, in the dentist’s office, we happily tumble into slideshows of the world’s Top Ten Vacation Spots, America’s Top Ten Entrepreneurs, or for the meta-minded,David Letterman’s Top Ten Top Ten Lists . ALSO SEE: Report: Jeep Cherokee, Infiniti Q50, Cadillac Escalade Are The Most Hackable Cars In America But some top ten lists aren’t so lovable – like, say, the world’s Top Ten Murder Hotspots, or the Top Ten Deadliest Diseases. Also in that number... Читать дальше...
Just over a year after the release of his acclaimed debut album, Worlds, Porter Robinson is revisiting the album with help from friends like Mat Zo,...
(AP) — Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio said Thursday that the popular "Minecraft" video game is a good example of how to prepare young people for the new economy. Rubio said a key part of that is for the government to avoid new regulations and to roll back existing ones that can serve as barriers to entry. Rubio met with several entrepreneurs, including moving service Bellhops, which coordinates the logistics of managing thousands of college student contractors around the country; image digitizer Southtree; and Torch... Читать дальше...
Photos courtesy SIVAG The long and slow collapse of the Bertone coachbuilding corporation appears as though it will come to an end this month as Lilli Bertone, the widow of company scion Nuccio Bertone, has put up for sale the last vestiges of the company, including dozens of concept cars and the rights to the Bertone name itself. Bizarre concept cars from Stile Bertone After Nuccio Bertone’s death in 1997, the once Turin-based company - which included both a coachbuilding factory and a design firm - saw a variety of leaders... Читать дальше...
NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on a federal judge's decision to overturn the NFL's four-game suspension of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady in the "Deflategate" scandal (all times Eastern):
NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on a federal judge's decision to overturn the NFL's four-game suspension of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady in the "Deflategate" scandal (all times Eastern):
NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on a federal judge's decision to overturn the NFL's four-game suspension of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady in the "Deflategate" scandal (all times Eastern):