- In his first television interview, Edward Snowden said he
believes there are “significant
threats” to his life and that European efforts to protect
citizens’ data against US surveillance by building their own
national internet networks are
likely to fail. - The Supreme Court has ruled that if a drug user dies or is
seriously injured after taking in multiple substances, a dealer who
supplied one of the items can get an enhanced sentence only if that
one drug was the actual
cause of the death or injury. - Smartphone games
and apps, such as Angry Birds, are an easy way for spy
agencies like the NSA to snatch all kinds of personal information,
according to previously undisclosed classified
documents. - A Florida constitutional amendment calling for
medical marijuana will be decided by Florida voters in November
now that the state Supreme Court ruled Monday that the proposed
initiative and ballot summary aren’t misleading. - A North Carolina police officer faces the second
grand jury proceeding in a week for the fatal shooting of
an ex-college football player who was reportedly seeking assistance
after a car accident. - The U.S. military has carried out
a missile strike in Somalia against a suspected militant leader
with ties to al-Qaeda and al-Shabab. - The mayor of Sochi, Russia claims there are
no gay people in the city. There is, however, a
lot of corruption in how money is being used in preparation of
the Olympics, according to a Russian opposition leader.
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