” rendering the law powerless to override copyright claims by government agencies. “Citizens should not have to beg a state agency for access to government information.” Assembly Passes Bill Copyrighting Public Works SACRAMENTO (CN) — The California Assembly on Thursday… Read More ›
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Russian to supply nuclear fuel to US nuclear reactors
Russia will supply nuclear fuel to the USA for operation of American nuclear power plants’ reactors. TVEL, a fuel division of Russian nuclear corporation Rosatom, and Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas (GNF-A), a subsidiary of the US based-GE Hitachi, signed an… Read More ›
California will vote to kill the First Amendment
First Amendment Advocates Attack CA Bill to Copyright Public Works “He pointed out that even speech — all forms of expression — can be copyrighted.” Wednesday, June 01, 2016 By NICK CAHILL SACRAMENTO (CN) — A bill giving California a… Read More ›
Former Miss Turkey convicted of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Merve Buyuksarac was handed a 14-month suspended sentence on the condition she does not re-offend within five years. Credit: Reuters A former Miss Turkey has been convicted of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan via a social media post. Merve… Read More ›
Theft behind Planet 9 in our solar system
Public Release: 31-May-2016 Lund University IMAGE: This is an illustration from the video interview. Credit: Lund University Through a computer-simulated study, astronomers at Lund University in Sweden show that it is highly likely that the so-called Planet 9… Read More ›
‘Super Mario Brothers’ is harder than NP-hard
Public Release: 31-May-2016 Analysis shows popular video game is among the hardest problems in the ‘complexity class’ PSPACE Massachusetts Institute of Technology Completing a game of “Super Mario Brothers” can be hard — very, very hard. That’s the conclusion… Read More ›
Ethics Classes Ordered for Government’s Lawyers
By CAMERON LANGFORD BROWNSVILLE, Texas (CN) — The federal judge who blocked President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration ordered Justice Department attorneys to take an ethics class as punishment for lying about the status of more than… Read More ›
Lord of the Rings star Elijah Wood says Hollywood is gripped by a powerful pedophile ring and Tinseltown is covering up a ‘seedy’ underbelly full of predatory ‘vipers’
Elijah Wood, 35, claims young actors are being abused in Hollywood Says Tinseltown is allegedly sheltering around ‘100 active abusers’ By ABE HAWKEN FOR MAILONLINE PUBLISHED: 09:09 EST, 22 May 2016 | UPDATED: 10:53 EST, 22 May 2016 Elijah… Read More ›
Your friends have more friends than you do
Public Release: 18-May-2016 Research uncovers the inherently hierarchical nature of social media McGill University No matter how smart and funny you think you are, those you follow on Twitter really do have a larger following than you. And the… Read More ›
Chinese jets intercept U.S. military plane over South China Sea
WORLD MAY. 19, 2016 – 11:15AM JST WASHINGTON — Two Chinese fighter jets carried out an “unsafe” intercept of a U.S. military reconnaissance aircraft over the South China Sea, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, a further escalation of tensions in… Read More ›
30 percent of female physicians report sexual harassment
Public Release: 17-May-2016 Study is ‘sobering reminder’ of gender equity gap University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich. — In a survey of high-achieving physician-scientists, nearly a third of women reported experiencing sexual harassment. “This is a sobering… Read More ›
Europa’s Ocean may support life
NEWS | MAY 17, 2016 Europa’s Ocean May Have An Earthlike Chemical Balance A new NASA study modeling conditions in the ocean of Jupiter’s moon Europa suggests that the necessary balance of chemical energy for life could exist there,… Read More ›
Montana Justices rule citizen or not you get tax payer benefits
Montana Justices Shut Down Immigration Law By EMMA GANNON HELENA, Mont. (CN) — The en banc Montana Supreme Court struck down a voter-approved provision that denied state services like unemployment benefits and student financial aid to illegal immigrants. House… Read More ›
"Secret" Harvard meeting on synthesizing human genome triggers debate
Source: Xinhua 2016-05-18 02:56:11 WASHINGTON, May 17 (Xinhua) — A “secret” meeting held at Harvard University last week to discuss the possibility of creating an entirely synthetic human genome in 10 years using simple chemicals has triggered debate in… Read More ›
Clinical trial to bring back dead
Monday, 16 May 2016 No, it’s not science fiction. Indian researchers are embarking on a study to try to literally revive the brain dead. A person is both medically and legally dead when the brain stops working, an irreversible… Read More ›
Turkey quickly heading towards dictatorship
Spotlight: Erdogan’s push for executive presidency poses risks for Turkey Source: Xinhua | 2016-05-14 22:23:29 | Editor: huaxia BRUSSELS, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) — European Council President Donald Tusk on Monday met with visiting President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan, calling… Read More ›
RUSSIA is planning a ‘parasite tax’ which will fine unemployed people who refuse work.
Now THAT’s how to deal with scroungers: Putin installs FINE for unemployed who REFUSE work By TOM BATCHELOR PUBLISHED: 09:00, Fri, May 13, 2016 | UPDATED: 16:16, Fri, May 13, 2016 Jobless Russians who refuse work face a ‘parasite… Read More ›
Russian openly hints at nuclear war
Russian rhetoric goes nuclear as US opens missile defence system May 13 2016 – 7:52AM Andrew E. Kramer Moscow: As US and allied officials celebrated the opening of a long-awaited missile defence system in Europe, the reaction in Moscow on… Read More ›
Federal Reserve Chair will not rule out the Fed using negative interest rates.
JANET YELLEN: I won’t completely rule out negative interest rates Myles Udland Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen will not rule out the Fed using negative interest rates. In response to a question submitted by US Rep. Brad Sherman (D-California) as… Read More ›
Are Italians or Swedes more likely to cheat on their taxes?
Public Release: 11-May-2016 Study uncovers differences in national ‘styles’ of dishonesty between countries Frontiers Wide variations can be seen in how far citizens from different countries evade tax. While this can be attributed to how well institutions deter tax… Read More ›
Study: First Amendment offers scant protection for professors
“When academics choose to litigate speech disputes with colleges and universities, they end up losing nearly three-quarters of the time – a finding that points to the growing tension between academic freedom and campus speech codes,” Public Release: 9-May-2016 University… Read More ›
NATO won’t surrender if Russia nukes Warsaw – ex-US Supreme Commander
Published time: 7 May, 2016 11:31 “Putin-dominated” Russia is mistaken if it expects the US to surrender in a hypothetical conflict after Moscow nukes “say, Warsaw,” a former NATO Supreme Allied Commander for Europe told CNN, promising retaliatory measures…. Read More ›
Resurrecting Leonardo da Vinci
Public Release: 5-May-2016 Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA: Experts unite to shine modern light on a Renaissance genius The Leonardo Project: Illuminating the art, life, characteristics, talents, and brilliance of one of humanity’s most extraordinary figures Human Evolution IMAGE: Cover of… Read More ›
The contented shall inherit the Earth — The glum? Not so much
Public Release: 4-May-2016 Between pleasure and contentment: Evolutionary dynamics of some possible parameters of happiness Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. – The survival of the fittest might just be the survival of the steadfast instead. Having a positive attitude… Read More ›
Muslim Woman Suing Long Beach Police For Forcibly Removing Her Hijab, Complaint Says
BY JULIA WICK IN NEWS ON MAY 2, 2016 5:57 PM A Muslim woman has filed a lawsuit against the City of Long Beach and the Long Beach Police Chief, alleging that police forcibly removed her hijab (a religious… Read More ›
Political chaos erupts in Iraq amid ceaseless military havoc
Source: Xinhua 2016-05-01 21:43:08 CAIRO, May 1 (Xinhua) — Ceaseless warfare has been wrecking Iraq for years, leaving the country more fragile to a recent political chaos after an attempted reform. Thousands of followers of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr… Read More ›
Russia’s, China’s Real Hypersonic Gliders Able to Break US THAAD System
13:39 30.04.2016(updated 13:40 30.04.2016) Both Russia and China have recently successfully tested their offset hypersonic gliders, capable of breaching the American THAAD system (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense), which it plans to deploy in South Korea; the test comes as… Read More ›
ISIS hackers release hit list of 3,600 ordinary New Yorkers and urge terrorists to target them
UPDATED 20:41, 29 APR 2016 BY GEMMA MULLIN Individuals are being contacted about the threat from Caliphate Cyber Army, which includes leaks of their names, home and email addresses ISIS-linked hackers Caliphate Cyber Army have leaked the information of… Read More ›
China blocks US Aircraft Carrier access to Hong Kong port
Friday, 29 April 2016 China has denied a US request for an aircraft carrier group led by USS John C. Stennis to make a port visit to Hong Kong, the US State Department said on Friday, confirming earlier media… Read More ›
Virginia ex-governor plans to argue to the Supreme Court that buying political access is a constitutional right
At issue is a federal law that bars public officials from accepting money or gifts in exchange for “official acts.” Justices Hear McDonnell Appeal of Corruption Case 4/27/2016 11:42:00 AM, CHARLY HIMMEL WASHINGTON (CN) — Hearing its final case of… Read More ›
Communists ask Putin to deploy missiles to Cuba in reply to Pentagon’s Turkey expansion
Published time: 27 Apr, 2016 12:16 Two senior lawmakers representing the Communist Party propose to deploy missile systems to Cuba and resume the work of the Lourdes spy base in reply to US plans that could threaten Russia and… Read More ›
Mystery foreign warships in formation off Gwynedd
UPDATED 14:50, 26 APR 2016 BY ERYL CRUMP Two warships from Belgium are in coastal waters , but coastguard haven’t been told what they’re doing Two Belgian naval ships have been sighted off the Gwynedd coast this morning. The… Read More ›
Hungary PM: Islamization is Banned by the Constitution
Tuesday, 26 April 2016 Hungary’s constitution bans “Islamization” because the document is there to protect Hungarian language and culture, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Monday. Orban also said the constitution forces the government to oppose any kind of mass… Read More ›
Yakuza quick to mount rescue operations in Kyushu
KUCHIKOMI APR. 25, 2016 – 05:00AM JST TOKYO — In the wake of the powerful earthquake and hundreds of aftershocks centered in Kumamoto Prefecture from the 14th of this month, it was not only the Japan Self Defense Force… Read More ›
German Politician arrested for insulting the Turkish President
Berlin Pirate Party Leader Arrested for Erdogan Insult Published 23 April 2016 Bruno Kramm was arrested while protesting against a German law allowing the prosecution of citizens for insulting foreign leaders. The head of Berlin’s Pirate Party branch has been… Read More ›
New synthetic opiate W-18 hits street-drug market and is TEN THOUSAND times stronger than morphine
W-18 produces a heroin-like high but is 100 times more powerful than fentanyl and 10,000 times more powerful than morphine High quantities of the drug have been seized in Canada although it not yet a prohibited substance A Florida… Read More ›
Obama Bows to Turkish Genocide Denial as Erdogan Calls for War on Armenia
23:42 22.04.2016(updated 03:21 23.04.2016) Get short URL President Obama broke a campaign promise in refusing to honor the genocide of 1.5 million Armenians so as not to anger Erdogan, his dictatorial, terror sponsoring counterpart. On Friday, US President… Read More ›
Turkey seizes Christian churches; Declares ‘state property’
Thursday, 21 April 2016 President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has taken control of six churches in the war-torn southeastern city of Diyarbakir in his latest move to squash freedom of speech and religious movement.The state-sanctioned seizure is just the latest… Read More ›
British Schools tell 4 year olds to Choose Gender
Wednesday, 20 April 2016 ANGRY parents have blasted a council that wants kids as young as four to choose the gender “they most identify with” before starting school.It wrote to parents urging them to support their child’s choice of… Read More ›
Presidential elections: Electoral College increases ad spending in typical election
Public Release: 18-Apr-2016 Different voting systems influence advertising strategies during presidential election campaigns Springer The advertising landscape during presidential elections could look a whole lot different if each American were to vote for his or her own preferred candidate,… Read More ›
Vocal signals reveal intent to dominate or submit, study finds
Public Release: 18-Apr-2016 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — You may not win friends, but a new study finds that you can influence people simply by lowering the pitch of your voice in the first moments of… Read More ›
6% of Americans have trust in their Media
Monday, 18 April 2016 You’d be hard pressed to find an American that trusts the media these days, citing skepticism, bias, and inaccuracy, though Democrats are more likely to believe than Republicans or Independents. Only 6% of those polled… Read More ›
Saudi Arabia Blackmails Washington on 9/11 Bill
TEHRAN (FNA)- Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister purportedly informed the lawmakers during a trip to Washington that the country would be forced to sell a huge chunk of American financial assets on the world market, fearing the legislation could become… Read More ›
Insurers warn Obamacare is unsustainable and expect premiums to rise again
Affordable Care Act is in third year of new insurance markets Anthem and UnitedHealth have complained about exchanges Some companies are talking about ditching their participation in the marketplace or dramatically increasing prices Affordable Care Act opened up new… Read More ›
Angela Merkel bows to pressure from Turkey by agreeing to prosecute comedian who insulted President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
The decision blew open a divide in her Christian Democratic-led government, with ministers among the junior partner Social Democrats dissenting. UPDATED : Saturday, 16 April, 2016, 7:57pm Chancellor Angela Merkel granted Turkey’s request to prosecute a German satirist who… Read More ›
A US Air Force reconnaissance plane was intercepted by a Russian SU-27
U.S. Air Force plane intercepted by Russian jet in ‘unsafe’ manner By AFP 51 mins ago in A US Air Force reconnaissance plane was intercepted by a Russian SU-27 jet in an “unsafe and unprofessional” manner while flying a routine… Read More ›
US military, which intends to provoke Russia in the Baltic Sea, was humiliated by its Russian counterpart instead
Editors Note (Ralph Turchiano) – The original semi-inflammatory Op-Ed from the Global Times Putin’s Russia defies simple interpretation Source:Global Times Published: 2016-4-15 0:18:01 Russian President Vladimir Putin has become the focus of global attention again Thursday by holding… Read More ›
Pentagon chief to sail aircraft carrier through disputed South China Sea
Published time: 15 Apr, 2016 05:41 China has accused the US of “sabotaging regional peace” after the Pentagon chief announced a military buildup in the Philippines, disputing Chinese territorial claims. Ash Carter said he will visit an aircraft carrier… Read More ›
Small eruption on Mount Aso after earthquake
NATIONAL APR. 16, 2016 – 09:55AM JST TOKYO — A small eruption occurred at Mt Aso in southern Japan on Saturday around 8:30 a.m., following a strong earthquake in the area, with smoke rising about 100 meters high, public… Read More ›
Kremlin spokesman claims US officials apologized to Putin before Panama Papers publication
April 08, 12:56 UTC+3According to the Kremlin spokesman, the activity of Russian cellist Sergey Roldugin, whose name emerged in the massive data leak known as the Panama Papers, is his private affair Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov © Mikhail Metzel/TASS… Read More ›
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