Lobbyists, Bearing Gifts, Pursue Attorneys GeneralWhen the executives who distribute 5-Hour Energy, the popular caffeinated drinks, learned that attorneys general in more than 30 states were investigating allegations of deceptive advertising – a serious financial threat to the company – they moved quickly to shut the investigations down, one state at a time.
Lawmaker asks Nobel Committee to strip Obama of Peace PrizeA representative of the populist LDPR nationalist party claims in an official letter that the US President should be blamed for thousands of innocent people’s deaths and therefore cannot keep his 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. ” More and more international experts are calling Obama’s presidency dark times.
Vegas prosecutors used ‘super seal’ to hide fortune seized from gamblersCalling their conduct “constitutionally abhorrent,” a federal judge recently chided government prosecutors for working in secret to keep millions of dollars in cash and assets seized from a Las Vegas gambler and his family in a decadelong bookmaking investigation. In his 31-page opinion, U.S.
FBI demands new powers to hack into computers and carry out surveillanceThe FBI is attempting to persuade an obscure regulatory body in Washington to change its rules of engagement in order to seize significant new powers to hack into and carry out surveillance of computers throughout the US and around the world.
Wells Fargo whistleblower lawsuit from 2011 unsealedCHARLOTTE, N.C. – A big bank in Charlotte is being sued over allegations connected to the mortgage crisis. It’s not Bank of America. Wells Fargo is the target of a whistleblower lawsuit charging it took money from federal programs while hiding “mismanagement and fraudulent practices.”
Small town sends armored vehicle, 24 officers to collect debt from 75-year-oldAFP Photo An armored military vehicle and 24 armed police officers: That’s what the sheriff’s department in a small Wisconsin town used to collect a civil judgement from a 75-year-old man, who has filed a $4.5 million lawsuit against the town over the incident.
Former CBS reporter accuses government agency of bugging her computerA journalist formerly with CBS News claims in her new memoir that a United States “government-related entity” hacked into her computer to conduct surveillance and set her up for possible criminal charges.
Why our happiness and satisfaction should replace GDP in policy makingSince 1990, GDP per person in China has doubled and then redoubled. With average incomes multiplying fourfold in little more than two decades, one might expect many of the Chinese people to be dancing in the streets. Yet, when asked about their satisfaction with life, they are, if anything, less satisfied than in 1990.
90% of Americans are poorer today than in 1987The American Dream is slipping further away from the vast majority of Americans than it has in a quarter century. Now 90 percent of US households are poorer than they were in 1987, according to both a new study and the head of the Federal Reserve.
Bank of America’s dark secrets unwind southern author’s lifeBank of America’s ongoing alleged “bad faith” delay tactics and discovery stonewall in author TJ Fisher’s explosive $70 million lawsuit against the bank have stretched the case into four years. Now flat broke and $27 million in debt, former-millionaire Fisher faces the possibility of no roof over her head before a jury finally has the opportunity to pass judgment on the Too Big To Fail banking titan.
NYPD assaults, arrests busker after confirming he did nothing illegal (VIDEO)A musician was assaulted and arrested after he wouldn’t stop playing guitar in a New York subway station on Friday morning. The video of the incident went viral, drawing attention to his cause: The police’s unfair treatment of buskers. Andrew Kalleen, half of the indie/folk/rock duo Lawrence and Leigh, was playing his guitar around 1:30 a.m.
US facing sanctions after defying WTO trade rulesReuters / Nacho Doce The United States could soon be facing sanctions as a result of a ruling handed down by the World Trade Organization this week concerning an American meat labeling law contested by officials in Mexico and Canada.
GMO backlash: Syngenta faces mounting lawsuits over genetically-modified seedsRIA Novosti / Katerina Sovdagari Agribusiness giant Syngenta AG now faces lawsuits from farmers in 11 US states claiming the seed-and-chemical company’s sale of a genetically-engineered variant of corn yet to receive approval in China depressed market prices for the grain.
Facebook demands DEA stop using fake profiles in investigationsReuters / Dado Ruvic Facebook has written a letter to the US Drug Enforcement Administration, demanding it stop operating fake profile pages and cease all agency activities on the social network that involve impersonation of others during ongoing DEA investigations.
DHS insider gives final warningU.S. is a captured operation. The lie is bigger than most people realize or are willing to confront Under the cover and amid the distraction of the Christmas bustle, I had my last “official” contact with a source inside the Department of Homeland Security known as “Rosebud” in my writings.
The FBI Director’s Evidence Against Encryption Is Pathetic – The InterceptFBI Director James Comey gave a speech Thursday about how cell-phone encryption could lead law enforcement to a “very dark place” where it “misses out” on crucial evidence to nail criminals. To make his case, he cited four real-life examples – examples that would be laughable if they weren’t so tragic.
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These 7 charts show why the rent is too damn highMore Americans than ever before are unable to afford rent. Here’s a look at why the rent is too damn high and what can be done about it. Part of the problem has to do with simple supply and demand. Millions of Americans lost their homes during the foreclosure crisis, and many of those folks flooded into the rental market.
States and corporations grab for reins of the InternetSan Francisco (AFP) – As the US steps back from overseeing the group entrusted to essentially run the Internet, states and corporations are grabbing for the reins. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has gone from being behind the scenes tending to the task of managing website addresses to being center stage in a play for power on the Internet.