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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