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Pummeled by Special Interests, TSA Reverses Changes to Small Blade Restrictions
After roughly three months of contentious argument, the Transportation Security Administration announced Wednesday that it was reversing its decision to allow certain small knives aboard planes. While discussion over just how to screen passengers for maximum security benefit continues, passengers will not be able to bring even the smallest pocketknives into the cabin any... »
“Hold Your Fire, On I’m Facebook!”
A 31-year-old upstate New York man who held police at bay for nearly 12 hours apparently was updating his Twitter and Facebook postings during the standoff, officials said. Police finally used flash-bang grenades and tear gas to remove Ryan Whidden and his wife, Nina, from their home, where Whidden barricaded the pair after discharging... »
Switcheroo: Obama Voters Jumping Ship For Romney?
Recent reports that Mitt Romney has lessened or eliminated the so-called “gender gap” among female voters, which once so favored Barack Obama, has prompted renewed speculation that more Americans, regardless of sex, are switching their vote to Romney. Last week, a Luntz focus group of former Obama voters proclaimed Romney “confident,” “presidential” and “forceful”... »
Bitcoin: Virtual World Cashing In On Currency
The virtual world now is cashing in, to the tune of up to $500,000 daily, on online transactions, even though there remains a “legal gray area” about Bitcoin. But the growing popularity of the anonymous, decentralized, digital currency is prompting concern among users and law enforcement agencies that it may be misused. Since its... »
Alarm Sounded Over Google ‘Stranglehold’
Google has been described as having a “stranglehold” on the search engine market, which theoretically could make or break anyone on the Web. So does it? “Google definitely ‘sandboxes’ websites,” asserts Jeff Ramos, a branding, social media, and public relations expert based in New York City. To be “sandboxed” is to be excluded from... »
Grassroots ‘FUBO’ Campaign Goes National
A controversial grassroots effort devoted to the profane phrase, “F— You, Barack Obama” has grown from a local venture to a national movement, using the Internet and social media to build momentum. The campaign is built around local AM radio talk show host Bob Lonsberry’s t-shirts and bumper stickers critical of President Obama. Using... »
Welcome to Three Weeks Ago, New York Times
Covering the story as if it were breaking news — albeit with the inclusion of song lyrics that bloat the article — the New York Times has caught on to the controversy over the CERN neutrino experiments that I covered a month ago in WorldNetDaily. “Physicists,” rambles Dennis Overbye, “who are quite sure that... »
Experts Warn RFID Risks Outweigh Benefits
The growth of the now billion-dollar RFID business is prompting industry experts, from consumer advocates to company figures specializing in RFID protection, to question whether the technology can ever be made adequately secure. Walt Augustinowicz, CEO of the RFID-protection company Identity Stronghold, distills concerns over Radio Frequency Identification to a simple tradeoff. Many retailers,... »
The Civil Rights Movement You’ve Never Heard Of
A burgeoning civil rights movement, focused on eliminating what its members see as broadening social and legal disparities between men and women, is using social media and the Internet to spread its message demanding parity. Active in North America but also evident in increasingly visible efforts abroad, the Men’s Rights Movement (MRM) is fighting... »
Report: Neutrinos Faster Than Light
Scientists working at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN, in Geneva, Switzerland, have announced they have observed neutrinos traveling at speeds faster than light. This has prompted many to debate whether the results challenge Einstein’s Theory of Relativity or simply point to a more complex, quantified model of space-time. The experiments... »
