The Justice Department and several Internet
companies, including Google, Facebook, and Microsoft, have reached
an
agreement on how the latter may disclose demands for user
information by US security services.- President Obama is
expected to propose a minimum wage of $10.10 for federal
contractors in his State of the Union address tonight. - Chuck Schumer is using the death of an autistic child in New
York City after the student went missing to
push for a federal program that would provide tracking devices
for autistic children. - South Africa’s opposition parties, including the Democratic
Alliance, the largest of the group, are
coalescing around the candidacy of a former anti-apartheid
activist who is challenging Jacob Zuma for president. - Prince, who once claimed the internet was a fad that would
pass, is
suing 22 fans for providing links online to bootleg recordings
of his performances. Quentin Tarantino, meanwhile, is also claiming
copyright infringement to
sue Gawker for posting a script for a Western the director was
planning to film. - Folk singer Pete Seeger
died at the age of 94.
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