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conulyI can hardly see across the street from my window!
NSA plans to expand collection of American phone metadata
http://rt.com/usa/nsa-wsj-expand-metadata-970/
The NSA has become too big and too powerful. What was supposed to be a single agency with a dual mission -- protecting the security of U.S. communications and eavesdropping on the communications of our enemies -- has become unbalanced in the post-Cold War, all-terrorism-all-the-time era.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/20/opinion/schneier-nsa-too-big/
The Ultra-Strong Robotic Muscles of the Future Could Be Made From Fishing Line
http://bit.ly/MgIdBo
More fliers, less tickets in NYC jaywalking fight
http://on.wsj.com/1gS3Gg2
From farmers to Trekkies, niche online dating sites narrow the search for romance
http://bit.ly/1jVbYXw
How an amateur sleuth and rock musician became a player in a Chillicothe, Mo., murder case
http://bit.ly/NiCYCj
Dogs' brain scans reveal vocal responses
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-26276660
For Defying Village Rules in India, A Penalty of Rape
Practice Shows Limits of New Legislation Aimed at Protecting Women in Face of Deep Cultural Resistance
http://on.wsj.com/1mifQ3i
Scientists: Don’t make “extreme cold” centerpiece of global warming argument
http://wapo.st/1goeRuz
Basque Eta militants 'put some arms beyond use'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26286651
Kwame Seku claims he’s the former Winston Bright, a Verizon worker missing for 20 years. Wife Leslie Bright, who’s been getting widow benefits from Verizon — which Seku wants — says he just walked away: ‘He hasn’t come back to me as his wife or to have a relationship with his children … I will go at him for back child support, cat support, everything!’
http://nydn.us/1cygfvo
The Hubble Telescope's new set of Frontier Fields images includes a galaxy some 13-billion light-years away, which makes it a candidate for the most distant object ever seen.
http://bit.ly/1eZ3zdC
Rafting ants use babies as floating life-preservers during floods
http://lat.ms/1cygGpy
Graphic cow abuse video released as Idaho advances 'ag-gag' bill
http://lat.ms/1jUc5T4
Americans Are Taking on Debt at Scary High Rates
http://ti.me/1mtblXb
A yearlong investigation of Greek houses reveals their endemic, lurid, and sometimes tragic problems—and a sophisticated system for shifting the blame.
http://bit.ly/1feFdlY
NSA plans to expand collection of American phone metadata
http://rt.com/usa/nsa-wsj-expand-metadata-970/
The NSA has become too big and too powerful. What was supposed to be a single agency with a dual mission -- protecting the security of U.S. communications and eavesdropping on the communications of our enemies -- has become unbalanced in the post-Cold War, all-terrorism-all-the-time era.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/20/opinion/schneier-nsa-too-big/
The Ultra-Strong Robotic Muscles of the Future Could Be Made From Fishing Line
http://bit.ly/MgIdBo
More fliers, less tickets in NYC jaywalking fight
http://on.wsj.com/1gS3Gg2
From farmers to Trekkies, niche online dating sites narrow the search for romance
http://bit.ly/1jVbYXw
How an amateur sleuth and rock musician became a player in a Chillicothe, Mo., murder case
http://bit.ly/NiCYCj
Dogs' brain scans reveal vocal responses
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-26276660
For Defying Village Rules in India, A Penalty of Rape
Practice Shows Limits of New Legislation Aimed at Protecting Women in Face of Deep Cultural Resistance
http://on.wsj.com/1mifQ3i
Scientists: Don’t make “extreme cold” centerpiece of global warming argument
http://wapo.st/1goeRuz
Basque Eta militants 'put some arms beyond use'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26286651
Kwame Seku claims he’s the former Winston Bright, a Verizon worker missing for 20 years. Wife Leslie Bright, who’s been getting widow benefits from Verizon — which Seku wants — says he just walked away: ‘He hasn’t come back to me as his wife or to have a relationship with his children … I will go at him for back child support, cat support, everything!’
http://nydn.us/1cygfvo
The Hubble Telescope's new set of Frontier Fields images includes a galaxy some 13-billion light-years away, which makes it a candidate for the most distant object ever seen.
http://bit.ly/1eZ3zdC
Rafting ants use babies as floating life-preservers during floods
http://lat.ms/1cygGpy
Graphic cow abuse video released as Idaho advances 'ag-gag' bill
http://lat.ms/1jUc5T4
Americans Are Taking on Debt at Scary High Rates
http://ti.me/1mtblXb
A yearlong investigation of Greek houses reveals their endemic, lurid, and sometimes tragic problems—and a sophisticated system for shifting the blame.
http://bit.ly/1feFdlY
