Aug. 14, 2012 

A planned targeted advertising system can mine your Facebook pictures to identify you, and automatically check you in to a business you’re visiting. It will then offer you personalized deals and coupons, creators say.

Dubbed ‘Facedeals,’ the system is the brainchild of advertising agency Redpepper, based in Nashville, Tennessee. It uses…

Muslims who want to live under Islamic Sharia law were told on Wednesday to get out of Australia , as the government targeted radicals in a bid to head off potential terror attacks.

Separately, Gillard angered some Australian Muslims on Wednesday by saying she supported spy agencies monitoring the nation’s mosques.

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August 10, 2012

Two groups of activists known as the ‘Raw Milk Freedom Riders’ and ‘Lemonade Freedom Day’ are taking their raw milk and lemonade to the lawn of the US Capitol to celebrate what they call their right to voluntary exchange.

Recent shut downs of children's lemonade stands and swat-style raids on small farmers have inspired…

Aug 14, 2012 

A sprawling underground marijuana farm was discovered on Monday in an abandoned line of Rome’s subway. The record bust in the heart of Italy’s capital was apparently produced by sophisticated cultivation systems.

Some 340 kilograms of marijuana, with an estimated market value of over 3 million Euros, have been seized by Rome’s Financial Guard. The…

Currency with a red treasury seal and red serial numbers is one of the most curious types of money to be found in circulation. These notes are printed with the words "United States Note" in the scrollwork at the top center of the note. These notes,…

Aug 13, 2012

The facts behind TrapWire continue to surface in the days since WikiLeaks exposed the state-of-the-art surveillance system, but minute-by-minute more is being revealed about not just the scary intelligence infrastructure but its questionable ties.

Last week, WikiLeaks published their latest addition to trove of the so-called Global Intelligence Files…

August 13, 2012 

August 13, 2012

Footage uploaded by the rebels shows an aircraft bursting into flames amidst the sound of gunfire. 

The rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) say they shot a military aircraft down in the same area.

Experts who examined footage from the FSA of the downed plane say its camouflage and markings are consistent with those of a Syrian air force…

August 12, 2012

Park Kyung-sin, one of the few members of the government’s Internet regulatory board appointed by opposition parties, says political elites feel threatened by the openness of the Internet.

SEOUL, South Korea — A government critic who called the president a curse word on his Twitter account found it blocked. An…

August 12, 2012 

In May, when investors tripped over themselves to buy a piece of Facebook, not even the skeptics predicted what has happened. Three months after the offering, shares have lost more than 40 percent of their value, closing at just under $21.81 on Friday, from $38 on May 18.

The stock began to dip immediately after…

August 13, 2012

Two Syrian journalists have been killed in the capital, according to reports on Sunday from Syrian state news agency SANA and Al Arabiya.

SANA said its reporter, Ali Abbas, was killed at his residence in the Jdaidet Artouz area. The report blamed an “armed terrorist group” - the regime’s catch-all term for its opponents - and gave no…

August 13, 2012

Whistleblower site WikiLeaks says it is enduring a week-long attack on its sites, which is rendering them sluggish or inaccessible.

A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack overwhelms a website with bogus requests from thousands of different internet addresses, compromising its ability to reply to legitimate users.

The group has been…

We are writing to inform you that the Immunization Requirements for all rising 6th graders as it appears on your website and sent home letters to the parents is incorrect. Are you willing to understand the truth about the vaccine requirements. Why has the Vestavia Board of Education moved so quickly to correct their misinformation concerning the DTaP vaccines. We placed a call…

Aug 13, 2012

Published: July 25, 2012

BRUSSELS — The European antitrust chief said Wednesday that any changes Google offered to settle concerns that it might be…

August 12, 2012 

Quakes measuring 6.4 and 6.3 magnitude destroy six villages and injure about 1,800 people, according to officials.

August 11, 2012

TEHRAN, Iran - A 6.2-magnitude earthquake killed at least 87 people and injured over 400 others in northwestern Iran on Saturday, state TV said.

Iran's main news channel said the quake hit the towns of Ahar, Haris and Varzaqan in East Azerbaijan province at 4:53 p.m. local time (GMT 12:23), also damaging hundreds of homes.

The TV…

DAMASCUS, Syria – Aug. 11, 2012  

Gunmen detonated back-to-back roadside bombs and clashed with police in central Damascus Saturday in attacks that caused no damage but highlighted the ability of rebels to breach the intense security near President Bashar…