Scarlett Johansson Reminds Public: Actors Have Rights to Privacy Too

By IB Times Scarlett Johansson’s nude images, leaked on the Internet as a consequence of her private mobile phone being hacked, spiked an unprecedented hike on Web searches, according to reports furnished by Google Insight. The actress, however, has a message for the public. She wants people to know that actors and celebrities have a [...]

Oregon appeals court throws out university gun ban

By Jonathan J. Cooper, Chron.com SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon University System cannot ban guns on college campuses, the state Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday in a decision that overturns a decades-old prohibition. A three-judge panel found that only the Legislature can regulate the possession of firearms under a 1995 state law intended to prevent [...]

Electoral College Reform to Preserve States’ Rights

By Bruce Walker, The American Thinker Pundits and politicians are unhappy about how we elect the president. State legislatures, which have the constitutional power to determine how their states’ presidential electors are chosen, are currently looking at two different approaches to correcting perceived problems in the election process. The National Popular Vote Compact is a [...]

By Richard Rubin and Jesse Drucker, Bloomberg.com As a coalition led by Apple Inc. (AAPL), Google Inc. (GOOG), and Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) presses for a tax holiday on more than $1 trillion in offshore profits, it is turning to a well-positioned lobbyist: Jeffrey Forbes, once chief of staff to Max Baucus, chairman of the [...]

Bank of America to Charge $5 Debit Card Fee

By Reuters, FOXBusiness Bank of America Corp plans to charge customers who use their debit cards to make purchases a $5 monthly fee beginning early next year, joining other banks scrambling for new sources of revenue. U.S. banks have been looking for ways to increase revenue as regulations introduced since the financial crisis limited the [...]

Al-Awlaki, U.S.-Born Cleric Linked To Al-Qaida, Is Dead, U.S. And Yemen Say

By MARK MEMMOTT, NPR Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S.-born Muslim cleric who in recent years became a spokesman known worldwide for his championing of al-Qaida’s arm in Yemen and who was on a list of suspected terrorists U.S. forces had been authorized to kill, is dead, authorities in the U.S. and Yemen say. Word of his [...]

Darpa Underwear Will ‘Harvest’ Soldiers’ Energy, Give Them Killer Abs

By Mark Riffee, Wired.com Soldiers: Your underwear of the future will do more than prevent crotch rot. It’ll protect you from injuries, monitor your vitals, and even “harvest” your energy. That is, if a new project from Darpa’s Defense Sciences Office works out as planned. That’s an illustration, to the right, of what Darpa thinks [...]

Mail Worker Union Goes Postal on Tea Party

By Matthew Boyle – The Daily Caller In what appears to be an attempt to overwhelm their critics, postal union members have sent more than 100 pounds of mail to a tea party group advocating for United States Postal Service reform. Donna Wiesner Keene of TheTeaParty.net told The Daily Caller the group receives its mail [...]

Poll: Ron Paul v Obama a dead heat in Fla.

By Joel Gehrke, The Washington Examiner Public Policy Polling, a Democratic-leaning polling firm, shows Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, and former Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass., trailing President Obama by a mere one point in their latest poll of Florida voters. Obama has a 56 percent disapproval rating in the swing state. PPP shows Paul trailing Obama [...]

‘New’ Virus Catches CDC’s Eye

By Maggie Fox, National Journal It’s not a new virus, but doctors need to keep an eye out for one that’s not usually on the radar screen, federal health officials said on Thursday. It’s called human enterovirus 68, or HEV68, and it can cause an unusually severe type of cold that can even kill in [...]