Archives for enero 2014

Showering In Formaldehyde? Fresh Fears In West Virginia

Scientist says there’s ‘a lot more we don’t know’ about the safety of West Virginia water

"What we know scares us, and we know there's a lot more we don't know," a West Virginia environmental scientist said Wednesday after revealing he had found formaldehyde in water samples taken after officials had declared the water safe for drinking. Scott Simonton, a Marshall University environmental scientist and member of the state

FAQ About NSA’s Interest In Angry Birds And Other ‘Leaky Apps’

U.S. and British spy agencies have sought to intercept the information transmitted by the games and other apps that users download onto their smartphones.

In this photo released by Lucasfilm, a developer demonstrates the Angry Birds Star Wars game. (AP Photo/Lucasfilm, Gary He)

What's new here? This article reveals how U.S. and British spy agencies have sought to intercept the information transmitted by the games and other apps that users download onto their smartphones. Previous stories have detailed how U.S. and British spies have been intercepting massive quantities of cellphone text messages and gathering the

Documento oficial filtrado registra 330 ataques con drones en Pakistán

El documento es el registro oficial más completo de ataques con drones en Pakistán que se haya publicado hasta ahora. Proporciona una visión poco común de lo que el gobierno entiende sobre la campaña.

Students stand in the rubble of an Islamic seminary that was hit by a suspected U.S. drone strike

The Bureau is today publishing a leaked official document that records details of over 300 drone strikes, including their locations and an assessment of how many people died in each incident. The document is the fullest official record of drone strikes in Pakistan to have yet been published. It provides rare insight into what the government

African Migrants In Israel Asked To Leave The Country — Or Report To A Detention Center

This month alone 1,700 African asylum seekers living in Israeli cities were ordered to report to the Holot facility, according to the Jerusalem Post. But very few have done so.

A Sudanese refugee family sit on the ground surrounded by Israeli army soldiers after they crossed illegally from Egypt into Israel. The Israeli Cabinet voted unanimously Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011, to finance a $160 million program designed to staunch the flow of illegal African migrants into Israel by stepping up construction of a border fence and expanding a detention center to hold thousands of the new arrivals. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)

TEL AVIV, Israel — On stage, Mutasim Ali was a star. He spoke with confidence and enthusiasm, shouting slogans and sharing his feelings, igniting the thousands of fellow African migrants who gathered last Wednesday to demonstrate for refugee rights. Ali spoke of democracy, of hope and of a non-violent protest, swiftly alternating between Arabic,

80% of Lower-Income 4th Graders Cannot Read At Grade Level: Report

The reading proficiency gap between lower and higher-income students has spiked by 20 percent over the last decade, a recent report found.

Claire Talbott, 7, of San Francisco, reads during a news conference addressing California Standardized Testing. (AP Photo/Benjamin Sklar)

The president of the National Educational Association, Dennis Van Roekel, wrote a letter to President Barack Obama on the eve of the president’s sixth State of the Union address. The NEA - the nation’s largest teachers association - has grown concerned with the state of education in the nation today and felt it necessary for the president to

Challenges to Food Stamp Programs Highlight Lingering Suspicions Of Abuse

The Democrats compromise — or concessions — reflect a “playing-out” of the suspicions and concerns the Republicans have read into the SNAP program.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit on Tuesday rejected the privacy provision that keeps the retailer’s payment from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program secret. Responding to a denial of a Freedom of Information Act request from the Sioux Falls Argus Leader, the suit sought a reversal on the grounds that SNAP reimbursements are