A constitutional challenge to the NSA's mass surveillance program, brought by Wikimedia earlier this year, was dismissed by a U.S. district court judge on Friday. Read More
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October 26, 2015
Wikimedia's Challenge To NSA Surveillance Too "Speculative" To Persuade Judge
A constitutional challenge to the NSA's mass surveillance program, brought by Wikimedia earlier this year, was dismissed by a U.S. district court judge on Friday. Read More Trump Thugs Drag Radical Leftists Out Of Trump Event By Their Shirts
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Biden hangs Dowd out to dry
(Scott Johnson) 60 Minutes led off the show last night with a segment devoted to Vice President Biden and "Dr. Jill Biden" (video below, transcript here). The interview was conducted by CBS News White House correspondent Norah O'Donnell. O'Donnell kept the interview within the parameters of human interest related to Biden's announcement last week that he would not challenge Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination. Biden came across as a real
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Sheikh Salman intends to enter FIFA presidential race
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Bahraini royal family member Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa plans to run for FIFA president, a move that will put his human rights record under scrutiny.
Sheikh Salman, the president of the Asian soccer confederation, declared his intention to run Sunday, the official ...
Why The Trump Doctrine Should Concern You
During an interview on CNN the other day, Donald Trump told Jake Tapper that the "Trump Doctrine" is "strength." He was specifically talking about his foreign policy worldview, but strength isn't just Trump's national security strategy, it's his entire brand — his raison d'être. Strength isn't just something President Trump would employ to scare Putin or China, it's how […]
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7.5-Magnitude Earthquake Causes 'Casualties and Destruction' in and Around Afghanistan
"I was praying when the massive earthquake rattled my home."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Obama Admits Gov't Shares Blame for Too Much Standardized Testing — Here's What He Wants to Do About It
"Learning is about so much more than just filling in the right bubble."
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Android Probe Has "High Priority", Says Europe's Antitrust Chief
Europe's Competition Commissioner, Margrethe Vestager, has couched a probe of the Android OS as "high priority" for EU regulators. Investigations into other aspects of the company's operations are also being prioritized, she said, speaking in an interview with the WSJ. Read More 
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T&Cs Change Tracker Puts Shifting Small-Print In The Spotlight
As we've recently pointed out, here on TC, T&Cs suck. But what sucks even more than impenetrable, multi-clause legalize that no one reads is the fact these unlovely documents can change without warning — effectively requiring users of the services they govern to engage in a perpetual reading to ensure they are abreast of changes. Read More 
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Records: Lobbyist spending at $1.2M in Illinois this year
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - State records show that lobbyists have spent more than $1.2 million so far this year in Illinois.
The (Springfield) State Journal-Register reports (http://bit.ly/1KyVOe4 ) that reports from the Illinois Secretary of State office show the money was spent on meals, entertainment, gatherings and other expenses. Illinois' ...
New Obamacare Appeal to Be Filed With the Supreme Court: 'So Unconstitutional in So Many Ways'
"The court is going to be having Obamacare cases far into the future."
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VersionPress Picks Up Backing From Credo Ventures For 'WordPress Meets Git' Solution
Anybody who has ran or developed a WordPress-powered site, be it a humble blog or something more complex, knows that it's pretty easy to make undesirable changes. This can be either content-related or a change to the WordPress theme or plugin you're running. While backing up is crucial, a primitive backup doesn't always let you roll back to the exact point where everything… Read More 
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Hillary Clinton Accused of Revising History on Defense of Marriage Act
Bernie Sanders and gay rights activists are not buying Clinton's claim on why her husband signed the now-defunct DOMA into law.
Source: Bloomberg.com news
Elijah Cummings Yells at Clouds
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Donald Trump tops list of electable candidates, GOP voters say: AP-GfK poll
WASHINGTON (AP) — A majority of Republican voters view only four of their party's presidential contenders as potential general election winners, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll that reflects the sustained strength of the GOP's outsider candidates.
Billionaire businessman Donald Trump is viewed as the strongest. Seven in 10 Republican ...
Swiss Mobile-First Insurance Broker Knip Picks Up $15.7M Series B
The digitisation of legacy industries shows no signs of slowing and nor does the enthusiasm of VCs for startups doing just that. Knip, the Swiss 'mobile-first' digital insurance broker, has closed a $15.7 million Series B round led by U.S.-based Route 66 Ventures. Read More 
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Airbnb Rival HomeAway Ups Its Focus On Asia With Full Buyout Of Travelmob
HomeAway, the NASDAQ-listed rival to Airbnb, has fully acquired Travelmob, the Asia-focused rental and listings site that it bought a majority stake in back two years ago, in an undisclosed deal that sharpens its focus on the Asia Pacific region. Read More 
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Woman Makes Unexpected Discovery in Her Backyard That's Already Being Referred to as a 'Nightmare on Elm Street'
"… one of the guys said that he had seen bones."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Mark Zuckerberg Shows Off His Improving Chinese Skills With A 20 Minute Speech
Mark Zuckerberg has been learning Mandarin for some time, and it seems like the Facebook founder and CEO's language skills are picking up after he showed them off with a twenty minute speech done entirely in Chinese. Read More 
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Donald Trump does religion
(Paul Mirengoff) The big political news this weekend is Donald Trump's discussion of religion: his and Ben Carson's. Speaking in Florida, Trump said: I love Iowa. And, look, I don't have to say it, I'm Presbyterian. Can you believe it? Nobody believes I'm Presbyterian. I'm Presbyterian. I'm Presbyterian. I'm Presbyterian; boy, that's down the middle of the road folks, in all fairness. I mean, Seventh-day Adventist, I don't know about. I just
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Jimmy Morales, comedian, wins Guatemala presidential election
GUATEMALA CITY — TV comic and self-styled outsider Jimmy Morales won election as Guatemala's next president Sunday, riding a wave of popular anger against the political class after huge anti-corruption protests helped oust the last government.
Morales claimed victory and his opponent, former first lady Sandra Torres, conceded defeat after ...
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