CULTURE WATCH

Protestor against ‘white supremecy’ sets tone for Rand Paul’s gutsy speech to majority black audience at Howard University

Chinese col. says bird flu virus is U.S. biological weapon

Cicada-Obsessed Prepare to Scratch a 17-Year Itch

Broadcasters worry about “zero TV” homes

A growing number of them have stopped paying for cable and satellite TV service, and dont even use an antenna to get free signals over the air. These people are watching shows and movies on the Internet, sometimes via cellphone connections. Last month, the Nielsen Co.
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To Hack Health Care Costs, Employers Can Now Track How You Grocery Shop

A just-launched online service called NutriSavings will give workers coupons and cash back to encourage the purchase of more nutritious foods. In exchange, you’ll have to lift the curtain a little on what you buy at the grocery store.
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MONEY WATCH

Everyone’s Talking about “False Flags … Isn’t that Another Bogus Historical Conspiracy Theory?

Billionaires Dumping Stocks, Economist Knows Why

Israel’s richest man risks anger over UK move

Israel’s richest man risks anger over UK move.
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Fake Twitter Followers Become Multimillion-Dollar Business

Andrea Stroppa and Carlo De Micheli, two Italian security researchers, spent the last several months investigating the underground economy for Twitter followers and said they had found a thriving market.
There are now more than two dozen services that sell fake Twitter accounts, but Mr.
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Two Weekend Developments: Portugal and Italy

In Italy, the caretaker government confirmed yesterday that it pay down about half of the debt it owes largely to small and medium businesses for services rendered. The payments may begin within days, according to some reports.
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The END of MF Global

Big Banks and D.C. Politicians Doing the EXACT SAME THINGS Which Caused the Financial Crisis In the First Place

Currency Positioning and Technical Outlook: Dollar Heavy, Losses Loom

The World’s First Bitcoin ATM Is in Cash-Strapped Cyprus

Quantitative Easing, Cyprus and Housing

…But more than anything else, events in Cyprus should remind us all that the supposed economic stability in the US and EU is about an inch deep.
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POPE WATCH

Pope at Mass: A big heart to avoid selfish isolation

Meeting with Peres

Letter #64: Benedict to Return to Vatican City

Pray

How Jorge Mario Bergoglio Became Pope Francis

Cardinal Joge Bergoglio: an Anthology

Francis Taps Franciscan Director for Religious Life Post

In his first curial appointment, Pope Francis has chosen the minister-general of the Order of Friars Minor to serve as the secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.
The appointment of Fr.
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Mercy Is the Flower of Love

World map of @Pontifex followers

Clean Sweep

SCIENCE WATCH

Beyond Unlocking: Don’t Let Them Kill the First Reasonable Copyright Reform Bill

Boston to Deploy Mass-Casualty Tablet Device During Marathon

The True Battle of Chernobyl Uncensored

Mysterious Structure Discovered Beneath Sea of Galilee

Secrets of FBI Smartphone Surveillance Tool Revealed in Court Fight | Threat Level

“It shows you just how crazy the technology is, and [supports] all the more the need to explain to the court what they are doing,” says EFF Staff Attorney Hanni Fakhoury. “This is more than just [saying to Verizon] give us some records that you have sitting on your server.
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For Scientists, an Exploding World of Pseudo-Academia

FBI wants real-time Gmail, Dropbox spying power

Last week, during a talk for the American Bar Association in Washington, D.C., FBI general counsel Andrew Weissmann discussed some of the pressing surveillance and national security issues facing the bureau.
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Report: Big Okla. quake in 2011 likely man-made

An unusual and widely felt 5.6-magnitude quake in Oklahoma in 2011 was probably caused when oil drilling waste was pushed deep underground, a team of university and federal scientists concluded.
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Yahoo Paid $30 Million in Cash for 18 Months of Summly Founder’s Time

What Yahoo is getting, though, is perhaps more valuable — the ability to put the fresh-faced D’Aloisio front and center of its noisy efforts to make consumers see Yahoo as a mobile-first company.
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WH Petition for developing a test Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor

VATICAN WATCH

Letter #69: Mary, and the Deceiver

Letter #70: Giulio Andreotti

Letter #71: The Choice of a Word

Vatican Reaffirms Need for LCWR Oversight

Today the Superiors of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith met with the Presidency of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) in the United States of America. Most Rev. J.
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Next stop: Sainthood

La Civiltà Cattolica Goes Digital

Letter #62: Staying in the Domus

Everyone likes a home they can be comfortable in. And the new Pope is no exception. And he likes the Domus Santa Marta. He’s comfortable there.
And so, for the moment, Pope Francis will not move into the grand, majestic Apostolic Palace which overlooks St.
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