Zoe Keating reported the awful contract terms Google is trying to impose on its musicians; Google says her claims are 'patently false'.

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Dan Froomkin at The Intercept on the fate of CIA whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling, who was convicted of espionage this week for talking to New York Times Reporter James Risen: Read the rest

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So much derp here, we don't even know where to begin. Read the rest

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Classic images we know in black and white, transforming into color before our eyes. Read the rest

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Activists will today deliver a petition to Facebook demanding the company not censor the images. Read the rest

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The new images were taken 147,000 miles (237,000 km) from Ceres, and represent a new milestone for a spacecraft that soon will become our first probe to visit a dwarf planet. Read the rest

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Dr. Stanley Burns has collected over 1-million medical photographs from the 1800s and early 1900s, when posing for a professional portrait in the style of a painting was trendy. Read the rest

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The Drug Enforcement Administration has been collecting information about millions of people in the US with a semi-secret networks of automated license plate-readers.

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Yellow Springs, Ohio police Sgt. Naomi Penrod must be surprised that she is being criminally charged for twisting the arm of a disabled woman to swipe her video camera.

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My multi-award-winning short story collection Overclocked is now a DRM-free audiobook, courtesy of Downpour.com Read the rest

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This advice from comedian Bill Hicks (who died of cancer in 1993) is applicable to many other activities besides stand-up comedy.

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Some people think that being a writer is glamorous. I know that I once did. I dreamed of finally getting published and all the amazing fun that would follow.

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H"orsturz is a sudden loss of hearing caused by stress. Fr"uhjahrsm"udigkeit is "spring fatigue," the opposite of spring fever. Putzfimmel is an obsession with cleaning. Read the rest

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This week's Hip Hop Family Tree covers Gangster Boogie by Schoolly D, an influential artist who inspired the west coast direction spearheaded by Ice T and NWA. Read the rest

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If you like self-published fiction or read more than a few books a month, and don't mind giving books up when you're done, Amazon's borrowing service is a great deal. Read the rest

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Rarely do I dive right into the second book in a series, but I couldn't wait to start Rysa Walker's second time travel adventure: Time's Edge.

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Letters sent to the FCC in favor of Comcast's proposed Time Warner Cable merger came from Mayor Jere Wood of Roswell, GA; Councilor Todd Wodraska of Jupiter, FL; Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown and many other politicians -- all written in whole or part by Comcast's staffers and lobbyists. Read the rest

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Dean from Amara writes, "Editors at Scientific American noticed they were getting a TON of hits on the video What Happens to Your Body after You Die? To their surprise, the majority of the views were originating in Hungary." Read the rest

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