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NSA broke privacy rules thousands of times per year, audit finds

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The Washington Post - Barton Gellman, 8/15/13

The National Security Agency has broken privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority thousands of times each year since Congress granted the agency broad new powers in 2008, according to an internal audit and other top-secret documents.

Most of the infractions involve unauthorized surveillance of Americans or foreign intelligence targets in the United States, both of which are restricted by statute and executive order. They range from significant violations of law to typographical errors that resulted in unintended interception of U.S. e-mails and telephone calls.

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Oldest Rock Art: Nevada Petroglyphs May Be North America's Most Ancient Carvings

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Huffington Post - Megan Gannon, 8/14/13

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Researchers found that petroglyphs discovered in western Nevada are at least 10,500 years old, making them the oldest rock art ever dated in North America.

On the west side of Nevada's dried-up Winnemucca Lake, there are several limestone boulders with deep, ancient carvings; some resemble trees and leaves, whereas others are more abstract designs that look like ovals or diamonds in a chain.

The true age of this rock art had not been known, but a new analysis suggests these petroglyphs are the oldest North America, dating back to between 10,500 and 14,800 years ago.

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Crop Circle Conundrum

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Times Live - 8/13/13, Navashni Nair

ALIENS? A crop circle, about 50m in diameter, was spotted on the outskirts of a farm near Tarlton, West Rand, on Monday. Image by: WYNAND KEMP

Aliens, satellites or a prankster. A crop circle near Tarlton, West Rand, has baffled a Gauteng farmer and a security company.

Rudie Fett discovered the crop circle on the outskirts of his 4ha farm on Monday.

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They come in peace: UFO conference held at Joshua Tree Retreat Center

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Hi-Desert Star - Rebecca Unger, 8/13/13

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A predominant theme at the Contact in the Desert UFO Conference Friday through Sunday was the role of “citizen science” in getting out the message that we are not alone in the universe.

“The problem is a spiritual crisis, and the solution will be spiritual as well,” Greer said to cheers. “Contact will not be made looking down the barrel of a laser-guided missile system.”   

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Bulgarian protesters vow to bring down government

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GlobalPost.com - Jose Miguel Calatayud, 8/15/13

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Protesters in front of parliament. One survey found 72 percent of Bulgarians find the situation in their country "intolerable."

SOFIA, Bulgaria — Whistles pierce the air, along with the sound of drums, rattles and some noisy vuvuzelas. Demonstrators waving Bulgarian flags shout and chant "Ostavka!" (resign).

That’s been the scene in the city center every day for two months: groups of protesters facing the Council of Ministers building, accusing the government of corruption, inefficiency and nepotism.

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Pictures: Rare Views of Statue of Liberty in Time for Reopening

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National Geographic - Jane J. Lee, 7/03/13

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Photograph from Fox Photos/Getty Images

Superstorm Sandy whacked the U.S. East Coast last October, flooding cities, felling trees, and tearing apart buildings. The storm knocked Lady Liberty when it charged over Liberty Island—the statue's 12-acre, oval home—causing nearly $59 million in damage.

Picture of the spiral staircase inside the Statue of Liberty

  Photograph courtesy Jet Lowe, Library of Congress

Civil Disobedience: The Right of Revolution

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Source: WakingTimes.com - 8/10/13

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Barbara H. Peterson, Guest
Waking Times

Henry David Thoreau’s essay “On the Duty of Civil Disobedience” written in 1849 is as relevant to the times now as it was then. We have a right to stand up and question any institution or individual that claims authority over us, just as he did then. In fact, it is our duty as citizens to do so. Thoreau decided that he could not be associated with the government of his day without disgrace. How about our government today? Can we associate with it without disgrace?

Bradley Manning should get Nobel Peace Prize, says rights group

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PressTV.ir - 8/12/13

In this July 30, 2013 photo, Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted out of a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md.

In this July 30, 2013 photo, Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted out of a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md.
 
A petition launched by an online US rights group has collected more than 100,000 signatures backing convicted leaker Bradley Manning’s nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize.
 
“Unless we can speak the truth, then peace-making becomes a hollow exercise of rhetoric rather than reality,” Solomon told reporters before handing over the 5,000-page document to the Nobel Institute. “Bradley Manning recognized that necessary precondition. He took profound action to nurture its possibilities on behalf of democracy and peace.”

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