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An Oklahoma man was beat for seven minutes by police because he did not respond to their yelling. 64-year-old Pearl Pearson, a deaf diabetic driver who lives in Oklahoma City was hospitalized as a ...

http://www.nytimes.com/... When Historians in 2100 look back at the events of the early 2000's they will conclude that the most profound and far-reaching characteristic of the political gridlock in

"This is the inaugural article in a Theory Thursday series commissioned by the Occupy Solidarity Network to encourage intellectual curiosity, strategic thinking and tactical innovation within the ...

The study, to be released Monday, corroborates the findings of a White House- appointed review group, which said last month that the NSA counterterrorism program "was not essential to preventing ...

From Somalia to Greece, from New York to rural Spain, an increasing number of communities around the world are taking back the right to build their own Internet, by setting up wireless communication n

Hold on to your hats, people - Freedom Industries, the company that poisoned 300,000 West Virginians with a chemical leak is now immune against any civil complaints or judgements that may be brought

If the so-called "sharing economy" grows into some significant piece of the U.S. economy at large - as many of its advocates predict - Wednesday will mark the day when Congress first began to ...

The Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence (SAAII) have voted overwhelmingly to present the 2014 Sam Adams Award for Integrity in Intelligence to Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning. A ...

The April 10 New York Times devoted half its op-ed space to an elaborate attempt to demonstrate the benefits of globalization, with charts showing that "more globalized" nations do better than "les...

Aqualibrium is raising funds for The Aqualibrium Garden - The Future of Food on Kickstarter! Imagine a closed-loop ecosystem that can fit anywhere... offering the freedom to grow food year round.