Italian Supreme Court Rules Meredith Kercher Murder Was A Sex Game Gone Wrong And Order Amanda Knox Back For Trial

Italian Supreme Court Rules Meredith Kercher Murder Was A Sex Game Gone Wrong And Order Amanda Knox Back For Trial
Share Button

  Italy’s high court today faulted the acquittal of Amanda Knox by the appeals court for the murder of her roommate, ruling that it WAS a ‘sex game gone wrong’ and ordered her back for trial. The Supreme Court said…

Google Alternative DuckDuckGo Hit 3.1M Queries Yesterday, Up 50% In 8 Days As PRISM Fears Rise

Google Alternative DuckDuckGo Hit 3.1M Queries Yesterday, Up 50 In 8 Days As PRISM Fears Rise
Share Button

  Just over a week after passing a record 2 million searches in a single day, DuckDuckGo has announced a new milestone: the company processed 3,095,907 searches yesterday. DuckDuckGo made it clear that this stat does not include yesterday’s 18.9…

Journalist Michael Hastings Dies In L.A. Car Crash

Journalist Michael Hastings Dies In L.A. Car Crash
Share Button

Journalist Michael Hastings, best known for a Rolling Stone feature that led to the resignation of Gen. Stanley McChrystal, died early Tuesday in a car crash in Los Angeles, his employer said. Neither the Los Angeles Police Department nor coroner’s…

Protesters Clash With Police Across Brazil As Civil Unrest Roils Across Country

Protesters clash with police across Brazil as civil unrest roils across country
Share Button

Protesters in several major cities in Brazil are up in arms over hikes in mass transit prices — from $1.5 to $1.6 — as well as over the $15 billion earmarked for the two sports events amid calls for more…

Obama Pledges To Reduce Nuclear Weapons In Berlin Speech – VIDEO

Obama pledges to reduce nuclear weapons in Berlin speech
Share Button

President Obama called for a cut in nuclear weapon arsenals in a speech delivered Wednesday in front of Berlin’s iconic Brandenburg Gate. Obama’s speech came nearly 50 years after JFK’s June 26, 1963, speech in which he told a huge…

House GOP To Push For Bases On Mars, The Moon In New Bill

House GOP to push for bases on Mars, the moon in new bill
Share Button

House Republicans are pushing for a base on Mars and will discuss their plan at a meeting of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee on Wednesday. The plan is part of legislation to reauthorize NASA for two more years…

US House Passes Ban On Abortions After 20 Weeks Of Pregnancy

US House passes ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy
Share Button

The Republican-led House passed a far-reaching anti-abortion bill that would restrict almost all abortions to the first 20 weeks after conception. It mirrors 20-week abortion ban laws passed by some states, and lays further groundwork for the ongoing legal battle…

Montreal’s Interim Mayor Resigns After Arrest

Montreal’s interim mayor resigns after arrest
Share Button

Montreal’s interim mayor Michael Applebaum announced his resignation today. The move comes one day after he was arrested on corruption and conspiracy charges. Applebaum faces 14 charges, including fraud, conspiracy, breach of trust, and corruption in municipal affairs. He says…

FBI Resumes Hunt For Jimmy Hoffa’s Body Near Detroit

FBI Resumes Hunt For Jimmy Hoffa's Body Near Detroit
Share Button

FBI agents returned to an overgrown field in suburban Detroit on Tuesday to search for the remains of former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared nearly 38 years ago and is thought to have been murdered by members of organized…

NSA Head: Surveillance Helped Prevent More Than 50 Terror Plots

NSA Head: Surveillance Helped Prevent More Than 50 Terror Plots
Share Button

Intelligence officials said Tuesday that the government’s sweeping surveillance efforts have helped thwart “potential terrorist events” more than 50 times since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, and the officials detailed two new examples to illustrate the utility of the programs.…

Turkish ‘Standing Man’ Inspires Silent Vigil In Restive Square

Turkish ‘standing man’ inspires silent vigil in restive square
Share Button

A Turkish man held an 8-hour silent vigil on Monday in Istanbul’s restive Taksim Square. Erdem Gunduz decided to start his silent protest as a form of peaceful demonstration against violent police disruption of protests in the square over the…

Report: Women Could Begin Training For Combat Roles In 2015

Report: Women could begin training for combat roles in 2015
Share Button

Women could start training for Army Ranger and Navy SEAL units in mid-2015 under plans expected to be announced by the Pentagon on Tuesday, according to a Defense Department official. It is part of the next step in a longstanding…