HOMELAND SECURITY: Potential Terrorist Technologies

The Next Attack? Terrorists' Attempts to Hijack Technology: Scientific American:

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NEUROSCIENCE: Explaining Out of Body/Near Death Experience

Peace of Mind: Near-Death Experiences Now Found to Have Scientific Explanations: Scientific American:

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CELEBRITIES: Michale Moore Combats Death threats

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LEGAL: Law developing on right to insult employer

Yes, insults on Facebook can still get you fired | Politics and Law - CNET News:

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POLITICS: Early polling rejects Perrry

What we know so far about Rick Perry’s electability - The Fix - The Washington Post:

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CRIME: An Academic Examination of The Killings of Jack the Ripper

Jack the Ripper's Interdisciplinary Rap Sheet - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education:

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MILITARY TECHNOLOGY: Advancements in lasers, exoskeletons, and nonlethal weapons

Post-9/11 Technology Brings Exoskeletons, Laser Cannons to 21st-Century U.S. Military [Slide Show]: Scientific American:

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CRIME: Anatomy of Rioting

Freedom to Riot: On the Evolution of Collective Violence | The Primate Diaries, Scientific American Blog Network:

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EDUCATION: Clickers the new cheating enhancers

Cheating Is Now Only a Click Away, So Professors Reduce Incentive - Technology - The Chronicle of Higher Education:

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POLITICS: 2012 Cadidate positions to be clarified this month

2012 presidential race begins in earnest this month for Obama and Republican slate - The Washington Post:

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MILITARY: Iraq Deployment Duration in Question

Mission for Md. soldiers unclear with Iraq exit in limbo - The Washington Post:

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EDUCATION:: College Rankings Disputed

U.S. News college rankings are denounced but not ignored - The Washington Post:

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EDUCATION: In Depth analysis Atlanta School Cheating

Cheating report confirms teacher's suspicions - CNN.com:

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EDUCATION: Good Grades for teachers -- Why!

MinnPost - Americans adore teachers and think schools are doing quite well:

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MILITARY: Top Secret America

Top Secret America: Who is TSA? | washingtonpost.com:

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‘MILITQRY: The JSOC Srory

‘Top Secret America’: A look at the military’s Joint Special Operations Command - The Washington Post:

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MILITARY: CIA Counter Terrorism Drone War

CIA shifts focus to killing targets - The Washington Post:

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IMMIGRATION: If nothing else, Republicans dead on, RE: Illegal Immigration

Illegal immigration is flash point for Republican White House hopefuls - The Washington Post:

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ECONOMY: Hiring a big fat zero in August 2011

Hiring grinds to halt in August, U.S. data show - Economic Report - MarketWatch:

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EDUCATION: Nw Jersey implements major anti-bullying legislation

Bullying Law Puts New Jersey Schools on Spot - NYTimes.com:

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ECONOMY: Life in the dumper!

Virginia house painter fights to keep business as recession becomes a way of life - The Washington Post:

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CYBER CRIME: Stalking or free speech?

Man Accused of Stalking via Twitter Claims Free Speech - NYTimes.com:

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EDUCATION: Spending leaps as quality crashes!

Why Increase Education Spending? Countless Billions Wasted - Washington DC SCOTUS | Examiner.com:

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POLITICS: How can we elect someone who disbelieves evolution?

Attention Governor Perry: Evolution is a fact - On Faith - The Washington Post:

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EDUCATION: School supensions ca lead to suicide

Suicide turns attention to Fairfax discipline procedures

EDUCATION: Student demographics FROM CHE

Almanac 2011: Student Demographics - Almanac of Higher Education 2011 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

CHILDREN: Corpporate profit hurts children in many ways

Corporate Interests Threaten Children’s Welfare - NYTimes.com

EDUCATION: Higher Ed more expensive for the poor than the wealthy

The Hidden Costs of Higher Ed - NYTimes.com

EDUCATION: Higher Ed more expensive for the poor than the wealthy

The Hidden Costs of Higher Ed - NYTimes.com

EDUCATION: Higher Ed more expensive for the poor than the wealthy

The Hidden Costs of Higher Ed - NYTimes.com

OPED DOWD: Our Wussy, do-nothing President

Of Dystopias and Alphas - NYTimes.com

MILITARY: Lasers increase efficiency of Uranium enrichment

Laser Advance in Uranium Enrichment May Risk Bomb Spread - NYTimes.com

UNEMPLOYMENT: Depression and suicides up with Unemployment

Unemployment is Killing People | The Dissenter

UNEMPLOYMENT: Time to learn to get a job!

If you are looking for an entry level job, been doing it for a while, and, are still unsuccessful, this  is a must read for you,

MEDICINE: All addiction seen as neurological disorder

A Radical New Definition of Addiction Creates a Big Storm | Drugs | AlterNet

MILITARY Abuse of religious freedom outlined

Chris Rodda: U.S. Soldiers Punished for Not Attending Christian Concert

STATISTICS: All the Census in one place

Census Bureau Home Page

STATISTICS: All the Census in one place

Census Bureau Home Page

EDUCATION: 1st Amendment rights end at schoolhouse door?

Florida Teacher Suspended For Anti-Gay Marriage Posts On Personal Facebook Page | FoxNews.com

NEUROSCIENCE: Mirrors to trick the Brain

Reflections on the Mind: Scientific American

COMPUTING: In Development: Chips that learn like human brain - IBM

IBM announces a milestone in pursuit of chips that behave like human brains - The Washington Post

COMPUTING: In Development: Chips that learn like human brain - IBM

IBM announces a milestone in pursuit of chips that behave like human brains - The Washington Post

ROMNEY V. PERRY - Jobs - Neither offers specifics

Perry, Romney offer contrasting approaches to job creation in GOP race - The Washington Post

UNEPLOYMENT: Waiting for Obama

Obama to issue new proposals on job creation, debt reduction - The Washington Post

UNEMPLOYMENT: Personal stories

Help Wanted: Stories of Unemployment

UNEMPLOYMENT: MAP BY COUNTY

Interactive Map: Unemployment Rate by County (washingtonpost.com)

OP ED: FRIEDMAN A Theory of Middle class rioting

A Theory of Everyting (Sort of) - NYTimes.com

For those who wonder about the rise of middle class rioting in the streets, this is among the best explanations I have seen.

POLITICS: Perry/Obama - A study in contrast

Rick Perry’s entry sets up a clarifying contrast - The Washington Post

UNEMPLOYMENT: Job Fair draws thousands - few offers made

Portrait of Hard Times as Jobs Fair Draws Thousands - NYTimes.com

POLITICS: Perry's supernatural buddy (AKA God) a dud

Rick Perry's Unanswered Prayers - NYTimes.com

POLLS: WAPO Political effectiveness

Washington Post Poll (washingtonpost.com)

PSYCHOLOGY; Political ideology and Negativism

The Ideology of No: Scientific American

OPED: A Paralyzed Obsma

The most powerful man on Earth? - The Washington Post

ECONOMY: Slouching Toward a Double-Dip, for No Good Reason - NewsTrust.net

Slouching Toward a Double-Dip, for No Good Reason - NewsTrust.net

HISTORY: Design and building of USS Monitor, 1861

A Brief Dry Spell for the U.S.S. Monitor’s Ironclad Turret - NYTimes.com

FECONOMY: Nowhere to go, but down

Frozen by Uncertainty, Economic Action Stalls - NYTimes.com

EDUCATION: OPED - Need for review and upgrade

Education Needs a Digital-Age Upgrade - NYTimes.com

OPED: America is ecconomic road kill

America’s Economic Crisis Has Political Roots - NYTimes.com

POLITICS: Another Republican nut case ready to be a fool!

Texas Gov. Rick Perry to host major prayer event in Houston - The Washington Post

ECONOMY: Prediction of "New," 2012 Recession

New recession begins next year, Shilling says - Howard Gold's No-Nonsense Investing - MarketWatch

ECONOMY: Krugman on Obama Surrender

The President Surrenders on Debt Ceiling - NYTimes.com

ECONOMY: Signs of 'Doble Dip' ecession

Meredith Whitney: 'Increasing Signs' Of A Possible Double-Dip Recession

OPED: The Tea Party’s War on America - NYTimes.com

The Tea Party’s War on America - NYTimes.com

SOCIETY: 8 ways to Quell Resistance in the young

8 Reasons Young Americans Don't Fight Back: How the US Crushed Youth Resistance - NewsTrust.net

PHYSICS: Space is curved - Thanks Einstein!

What Do You Mean, the Universe Is Flat? Part II: In Which We Actually Answer the Question | Degrees of Freedom, Scientific American Blog Network

TECHNOLOGY: Progress slowing - End of Moore's Law coming?

Progress hits snag with transistors overheating, as ever more transistors are added to chips

EDUCATION: PA School cheating

In Pennsylvania, Suspicious Erasing on State Exams at 89 Schools - NYTimes.com

DEBT CEILING: Good for country or good for Obama?

Did Obama capitulate — or is this a cagey move? - NewsTrust.net

EDUCATION: Can reading be changed from, "necessary evil," to pure pleasure?

We Can't Teach Students to Love Reading - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education

CRIME: Faked IDs beat inspection

Latest counterfeit IDs are so good they’re dangerous - The Washington Post

DEBT CEILING: wHAT IF? 5 DAYS AND COUNTING!

The US debt ceiling: What if the talks fail? | The Economist

GOVERNING: Unstoppable Force (Obama) Meets Immovable Object (Republicans)

Debt talks show breakdown in governing - The Washington Post

DEBT CEILING 11 Days and Counting

Lawmakers Renew Push to Reach Deal on Cutting Deficit - NYTimes.com

ECONOMY: Debt Explained

Five truths about the deficit and the national debt - The Washington Post

COGNITION: Internet replacing memory pro/con

Piece of Mind: Is the Internet Replacing Our Ability to Remember?: Scientific American

NEUROSCIENCE: Debt Crisis, Distrust, and game theory

The Neuroscience of the Debt Debate, or Why Cooperation Takes a Backseat to Mistrust: Scientific American

POLITICS: Bachmann Husband gay, say rumors

Bachmann Rumor Grows Louder

ECONOMY: The Consumer spending bust

How the Bursting of the Consumer Bubble Continues to Hold the Economy Back - NYTimes.com

CRIME: Bath Salts - a new, dangerous drug

An Alarming New Stimulant, Sold Legally in Many States - NYTimes.com

UNEMPLOYMENT: Silicon Valley v. The rest of America

A Tale Of Two Countries: The Growing Divide Between Silicon Valley And Unemployed America - The Washington Post

ECONOMY: The silent credit killers

Little-known firms tracking data used in credit scores - The Washington Post

PSYHOLOGY: 18 Attributes of Liars

Bering in Mind: 18 Attributes of Highly Effective Liars

DEBT CEILING: What a total mess!

With no debt deal, Obama would face tough choices Aug. 3 about what bills to pay - The Washington Post

ROBOTICS: Problems with AI & Perception

In Robotics, Human-Style Perception and Motion Are Elusive - NYTimes.com

FORENSICS: 18 elements composing the effective liar

Good Liars 18 factors going into the development of the effective liar

UNEMPLOYMENT: Major slowing in hiring, with rate rising

Unemployment rose to 9.2 percent in June as US employers add only 18,000 jobs - The Washington Post

EMPLOYMENT: Recruitment - Gaming the System

Recruiting Software: 10 Ways Job Seekers Can Beat the System CIO.com

EDUCATION: Atlanta school cheating scandal

Systematic Cheating Is Found in Atlanta’s School System - NYTimes.com

EDUCATION: Atlanta school cheating scandal

Systematic Cheating Is Found in Atlanta’s School System - NYTimes.com

EVOLUTION: Fairness/Reciprocity heritable attributes?

Tendency Toward Egalitarianism May Have Helped Humans Survive - NYTimes.com

ECONOMY: Who loses when debt ceiling remains unchanged?

What failure to raise the debt ceiling will look like - Ezra Klein - The Washington Post

SCOTUS: Teaches "Big Guys," how to screw "Little Guys"

The Supreme Court shows corporate America how to screw over its customers and employees without breaking the law. - By Dahlia Lithwick - Slate Magazine

MATH: Modeling predicts terrorist attack frequency

Terrorists Get Better with Practice: New Mathematical Model Shows How Fatal Attacks Escalate Over Time: Scientific American

NEUROSCIENCE: The ghost in our brains

Can Neuroscience explain our obsession with the paranormal?

UNEMPLOYMENT: A Viable Jobs Plan

Payroll Tax Holiday Could Help Create Jobs - Economic View - NYTimes.com

BOOKS: Friendly psychopaths

Sympathetic Serial Killers - NYTimes.com

ROBOTICS: Carnegie-Mellon, leader in robot development

Carnegie Mellon institute in Pa. designs robots for households, military and industry - The Washington Post

MILITARY: Exponential growth of Drone technology

Microdrones, Some as Small as Bugs, Are Poised to Alter War - NYTimes.com

ECONOMY; Primary care model ends medical hyperinflation

The Most Important Organization In Silicon Valley That No One Has Heard About | LinkedIn

INTERNET: The growing war with Hackers

Deploying New Tools to Stop the Hackers - NYTimes.com