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British officials pushing for power to do basic monitoring of all U.K. electronic conversations
A proposal before Parliament in the United Kingdom would allow the British government to monitor the web browsing, emails, text messages and online searches of anyone in the U.K. in the name of fighting terrorism. Critics say it amount to a huge breech of individual privacy.
Wisconsin focuses on Scott Walker recall election
Wisconsin officials ordered a recall election for Gov. Scott Walker on Friday. Despite the presidential primary occurring tomorrow, numbers show a greater focus on June's recall election....
Experts worry a broad Supreme Court ruling on Medicaid expansion could rewrite limits of federal power
As the Supreme Court takes up the last day of arguments over the Affordable Care Act, supporters of the bill are pointing to what they say are dire consequences of a decision to strike down the federal expansion of Medicaid. They say such an expansion could put an end to programs like unemployment benefits, the Clean Air Act or the Civil Rights Act....
VIDEO: Firefighters rescue horse that fell into septic tank
Roxy, a mare living in Portland, was walking through her yard when she fell into an old septic tank that had been long forgotten. Portland firefighters were called to rescue her....
President's team tries to embrace the term 'Obamacare'
With President Obama's healthcare law in court, the administration has begun a campaign to co-opt and embrace the term "Obamacare." In an effort to defend the contentious Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Obama and his supporters are redefining the word Obamacare....
Mexican officials criticized for 'raping' ancient mass burial site
In Mexico this month, a cave was found with the remains of more than 160 people. As Mexico's drug war rages on, the immediate thought was this was a mass grave of people killed by drug dealers. It wasn't. And when officials determined that they swept the remains up in large trash bags and hauled them off without respect for the history they represent....
Glasgow's successful anti-gang strategy has American roots
In Glasgow police and government officials are being held up for the work they've done to reduce gang violence in the city. But the efforts in Scotland's largest cities have a decided American basis....
Supreme Court justices could face blowback no matter how they decide healthcare case
As the U.S. Supreme Court debates the Affordable Healthcare Act, there's a growing discussion about the level of political heat that may come down, no matter what the decision is....
VIDEO: Amnesty International report finds increase in executions in 2011
Amnesty International issued the 50th edition of its annual death penalty report this week, after finding that overall executions increased from 2010, despite a decline in the number of countries conducting executions. It also found that fewer death sentences were handed down than in the previous year....
VIDEO: Suspect in French shootings dies after police raid
Mohammed Merah, the 23-year-old French citizen of North African descent, died during a police raid Thursday morning, some 32 hours after a standoff began with police. Merah is suspected of killing seven people in Toulouse in a series of violent shootings....
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