Y! Big Story: In search of a simple explanation of Higgs boson, aka the God Particle. Click image to see more photos.
Higgs boson verified at Level 5 sigma signal at around 125 GeV????? Yowza. OK, let's try this again: Scientists are now within reach of finding the so-called God particle.
Chick-Fil-A came under criticism this month after. Ben & Jerry’s, Chick-fil-A & Political Correctness. Ben & Jerry’s, Chick-fil-A & Political Correctness.
Shootings. Fired Philly area teacher with controversial blog sues district. Natalie Munroe, a teacher at Central Bucks East High School in Doylestown, Pa., was fired Tuesday night after a long controversy over the content of her foul-mouthed, tell-all blog, "Where are we going & why are we in this hand basket.
" In it, the honors English teacher complained of "disengaged, lazy students" and of feckless faculty and administrators (and used plenty of profanity throughout). On Wednesday, she filed suit against the district for violating her right to free speech. Munroe received national attention in February of last year, when she was suspended because of her blog. She returned to teach for the 2011-2012 academic year—but only due to her contract-stipulated employee rights.
Internet Strikes Back After Bus Monitor Harassed. On June 19, a video went viral on YouTube of a group of 12-15-year-old children verbally abusing a 69-year-old bus monitor in Greece, N.Y. named Karen Klein.
Storify user Ben Doernberg has documented the overwhelming response to the video on Reddit, 4chan, and in the media. As of 9:50 am ET, more than $150,000 dollars had been raised to send the harassed woman on vacation. Several Reddit users have reached out to local authorities, and members of 4chan are trying to locate the young individuals who were involved in the incident. Check out the Storify below for more details.
What to Do When A Potential Employer Asks for Your Facebook Password. Tony Morrison is the Vice President of Business Development at Cachinko.
Find him on Talent Connection and connect with Cachinko on Facebook or Twitter. Could you imagine a job interview during which your interviewer asks you for your Facebook password? Koch Brothers sue Cato Institute, president - Think Tanked. Posted at 08:49 AM ET, 03/01/2012 Mar 01, 2012 01:49 PM EST TheWashingtonPost This story was updated at 5:42 p.m.
The billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch filed a lawsuit Wednesday for control of the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank in Washington. Rutgers Trial: Dharun Ravi's Texts to Witness. Rutgers University student Molly Wei received text messages from Dharun Ravi while she was questioned by police about the alleged webcam spying of Tyler Clementi's gay tryst, she said today in court.
Wikileaks Lets Loose "Global Intelligence Files" from Stratfor Emails. Early Monday morning (GMT), Wikileaks started publishing the first of "more than five million emails" from Strafor.
The company, a "subscription-based provider of geopolitical analysis" by its own description, is (according to Wikileaks) also a provider of "confidential intelligence services" to Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and several governmental agencies, such as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Wikileaks claims – and it's important to note up-front that it's not verified – that it has emails from Stratfor showing "privileged information about the US government's attacks against Julian Assange and WikiLeaks and Stratfor's own attempts to subvert WikiLeaks," among other less-than-savory practices: There are more than 4,000 emails mentioning WikiLeaks or Julian Assange. The emails also expose the revolving door that operates in private intelligence companies in the United States. So far, Wikileaks has only released 167 files.
The Push for Online Privacy - Advertising. Police employ Predator drone spy planes on home front - Page 2 - latimes.com. Reporting from Washington — Armed with a search warrant, Nelson County Sheriff Kelly Janke went looking for six missing cows on the Brossart family farm in the early evening of June 23.
The Future Of Drones In America. Towson.patch. A federal judge in Greenbelt has ordered the two Internet service providers to identify customers—known only by their numeric "Internet Protocol" addresses—who have been sued for allegedly unlawfully downloading pornographic movies.
Two California pornography companies are attempting to sue 140 Maryland residents for unlawfully downloading and distributing their adult films. Patrick Collins Inc. and Third Degree Films have one problem—the California companies don't know the names of the people they want to sue for copyright infringement. But two of Maryland’s largest Internet service providers—Comcast and Verizon—have been ordered by a federal judge in Greenbelt to turn over the personal identities of 22 subscribers known to Patrick Collins Inc. only by numeric Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. FTC Targets Acai Berry Seller That Used Fake News Sites. Lisa Lacy | December 2, 2011 | 0 Comments inShare23 Affiliate sites appeared to be objective, with names like channel8health.com and online6health.com. The Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint with the State of Connecticut to stop LeanSpa LLC, an Orange, Conn.
-based weight loss company that has allegedly used fake news websites from affiliate marketers to promote its products. Breaking News: Feds Falsely Censor Popular Blog For Over A Year, Deny All Due Process, Hide All Details...
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