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Obama May Respond to White House Petition to Build Moon-Sized Death Star

A petition urging the US government to construct a moon-sized Death Star like the one in the popular “Star Wars” films has collected enough signatures to qualify for a response from President Obama....

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#KnightSec Leaks Damning Michael Nodianos Video Implicating Trent Mays and...

A damning video showing a group of Ohio high school students laughing hysterically about the possible rape-in-progress of a 16-year-old girl at multiple alcohol-fueled parties was leaked by a...

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Obama Administration Will Not Build Death Star

The Obama administration has formally responded to an official White House petition urging the government to build a moon-sized Death Star like the one in the popular “Star Wars” films. A petition on...

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Texas Public Schools Teaching Christian Creationism and Scripture as...

Dozens of public and charter schools in Texas are teaching Christian creationism and biblical scripture as scientific and historical fact, a newly released study conducted by a professor at a leading...

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New ‘Bang With Friends’ Facebook Hookup App Attracts Plenty of Users– and...

A sexy and controversial new app that gives ‘poking’ a whole new meaning is taking Facebook by storm. It’s called ‘Bang With Friends.’ Moral Low Ground downloaded it, in the name of sound journalism,...

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DNA Evidence Leads to Release of Randolph Arledge, Texan Wrongfully...

A Texas who spent half of his life in prison after being wrongfully convicted of stabbing a woman to death 29 years ago has been freed after DNA evidence proved his innocence. The Associated Press...

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Vial of Potentially Deadly Guanarito Virus Missing from Galveston National...

A vial of a Venezuelan virus that can cause hemorrhagic fever and death has gone missing from a university laboratory in Texas. CBS news reports that staff at the Galveston National Laboratory, which...

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Obama Signs Pro-GMO ‘Monsanto Protection Act’ Into Law

Hidden inside a short-term congressional resolution that averts a government shutdown is an alarming rider that protects genetically modified seeds from lawsuits in the event of potential health risks....

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Dutch Teen Boyan Slat Develops ‘Ocean Cleanup Array’ to Profitably Sift 7...

A 19-year-old Dutch engineering student has devised what he claims is a profitable way to remove millions of tons of plastic waste from the oceans. Boyan Slat, an aerospace engineering student at the...

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NATO Study: US-Israeli Stuxnet Cyberattack Against Iran Was an Illegal “Act...

A study commissioned by NATO has found that the 2009 US-Israeli cyberattack on Iran’s nuclear program was “an act of force” that was likely a violation of international law. The Washington Times...

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Florida Teen Kiera Wilmot Arrested, Expelled over School ‘Science Project’

A Central Florida teen was arrested and expelled from her high school over what she claims was a harmless extracurricular science project involving an exploding water bottle. By all accounts,...

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Stephen Hawking Boycotts Israel in Solidarity with Palestine

The world’s most famous scientist has announced that he will boycott an upcoming Israeli conference to show solidarity with Palestinian academics and protest Israeli’s oppressive occupation of...

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Are Electric Motorcycles the Next Big Thing?

Hybrid Motorcycle Revolution? The hybrid revolution has come to cars, and some say motorcycles are next. With the technology becoming more commonplace, it has inspired DIY world records, and electric...

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Supreme Court Rules Against Patenting Human Genes

Jacob Chamberlain, Common Dreams The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that human genes cannot be patented, a victory for “patient care and medical innovation,” that will allow greater...

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UK’s Scheme to Block Pornography a Threat to Open Internet: Critics

‘In order to enforce internet censorship, the government first needs surveillance’ John Queally, Common Dreams Britain’s conservative Prime Minister David Cameron announced sweeping proposals on Monday...

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Google: No Expectation of Privacy for Gmail Users

Users who send or receive information via Google’s Gmail should not expect their messages to remain private, the Internet giant argued in a court motion seeking the dismissal of a class-action lawsuit....

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Is Chromecast the Future of Video Streaming?

More than 200 billion videos are viewed online every month, and a substantial number of them are viewed on tiny smartphone screens. SundaySky reports that in 2012, 20 percent of smartphone users...

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Ladar Levison, Owner of Snowden’s Email Service, on Why He Closed Lavabit

Democracy Now! Lavabit, an encrypted email service believed to have been used by National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, has abruptly shut down. The move came amidst a legal fight that appeared...

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Meet the Olinguito: New Mammal Species Discovered in Andean Cloud Forests

Native to the cloud forests of Ecuador and Colombia, the olinguito is the newest member of the raccoon family. Joseph Stromberg, Smithsonian For all of modern history, a small, carnivorous South...

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Israeli Government to Pay Students for Pro-Zionist Social Media Posts

Hundreds of Israeli university students who post pro-Israel propaganda on social media sites will receive scholarships under a new government program designed to improve the nation’s battered...

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