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Zeitgeist!
- A US citizen who tried to board a domestic airplane while carrying $4700 in cash was detained by the TSA and subjected to abusive language and threats when he said that he would only answer the TSA's inquiries, such as, "Where do you work?" and,"Why are you carrying cash?" if he was required to by law.
- New York City's Metropolitan Transit Authority ( Read more... )
- A US citizen who tried to board a domestic airplane while carrying $4700 in cash was detained by the TSA and subjected to abusive language and threats when he said that he would only answer the TSA's inquiries, such as, "Where do you work?" and,"Why are you carrying cash?" if he was required to by law.
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Zeitgeist!
- With the economy in trouble, funding has dried up for green tech companies trying to bring new clean energy technologies to market, according to two new research reports.
- More than three years after an immigration detainee died in custody in New Jersey, the mere fact of his death proved troublingly hard to confirm.
- Russia is keeping troops in ( Read more... )
- With the economy in trouble, funding has dried up for green tech companies trying to bring new clean energy technologies to market, according to two new research reports.
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- Boat owners whose boats have become too expensive to keep are abandoning ship.
- An EU plan that provides government subsidies to drivers who trade in their old jalopies for new cars has exceeded expectations.
- FBI agents in Arkansas are enlisting the online public's help in catching bank robbers with a mashup of bank spycams and Google Maps. And it ( Read more... )
- Boat owners whose boats have become too expensive to keep are abandoning ship.
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- The need for constant updates has created a cottage industry that celeb fans may not be aware of: Twitter ghostwriters.
- Foreign men have been losing their attraction as potential husbands for unmarried Chinese women since the global financial crisis started.
- A US judge has ordered that the morning-after pill, "Plan B", be made available to 17-year- ( Read more... )
- The need for constant updates has created a cottage industry that celeb fans may not be aware of: Twitter ghostwriters.
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- The use of BlackBerrys, iPhones, Google and Twitter by jurors is wreaking havoc on trials around the country.
- Spurred by anger over A.I.G., the House voted 328 to 93 to a 90 percent tax of bonuses paid by any company owing more than $5 billion in bailout money.
- A.I.G. is using taxpayer money to sue the United States for the return of $306 million ( Read more... )
- The use of BlackBerrys, iPhones, Google and Twitter by jurors is wreaking havoc on trials around the country.
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Zeitgeist
- Disagree with a flight attendant, and you may be branded a terrorist. According to the LA Times, more than 200 people have been placed on the No Fly List for cursing, talking too loudly, or having misbehaving children. Under the USA Patriot Act, the government now considers these people "terrorists".
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- Disagree with a flight attendant, and you may be branded a terrorist. According to the LA Times, more than 200 people have been placed on the No Fly List for cursing, talking too loudly, or having misbehaving children. Under the USA Patriot Act, the government now considers these people "terrorists".
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Some Bad News
- A former Guantanamo detainee released in 2007 has reportedly emerged as deputy leader of a branch of Al-Qaeda based in Yemen.
- The John Williams piece performed by Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman at Obama's inaugural ceremony was not only god-awful, it was pre-recorded.
- Former National Security Agency analyst Russell Tice, who helped expose the NSA's ( Read more... )
- A former Guantanamo detainee released in 2007 has reportedly emerged as deputy leader of a branch of Al-Qaeda based in Yemen.