The Supreme Court
turned away a case from the Electronic Privacy Information
Center to stop the National Security Agency’s mass collection of
telephone call metadata. There are still other challenges heading
through the federal courts.- A judge has ruled that prosecutors can use evidence from
James Holmes’ apartment in his trial for the Aurora, Colo.,
theater shootings, even though police didn’t have a warrant at the
time of the search. - Washington State has started accepting license applications for
those who want to
legally sell marijuana in the state. - The Department of Justice and the Security Exchange Commission
seem to be accepting that Bitcoins are
“legitimate financial instruments” of currency in a hearing
before a Senate subcommittee today.
George Zimmerman has been arrested again, this time on a
domestic disturbance call in Central Florida.- The
high tax rates in France are leading to social unrest that
could blow up even worse than it already is, according to a secret
report from country’s ministry of the interior.
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