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By Paul Thomasch and Jennifer Saba NEW YORK | Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:14pm EST (Reuters) – Janet Robinson will step down as chief executive of the New York Times Co at the end of the month, as the company continues to struggle with advertising declines and a years-long slump …

A group of prominent architects of the Internet added their voices Thursday to those opposing legislation in the US Congress intended to crack down on online piracy. In an open letter to Congress, more than 80 engineers, inventors and software developers expressed concerns about the bills introduced in the Senate …

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Congress just passed the National Defense Authorization Act in a 283-to-136 vote. 190 Republicans and 93 Democrats voted for; 43 Republicans and 93 Democrats voted “against.” Prepare to be arrested, without charge, simply because someone “up there” believes you engage in “terroristy” stuff. Good luck proving them wrong. Link

By Shannon Bond and Tom Braithwaite in New York Jon Corzine, the former chief executive of MF Global, “was aware” that the broker-dealer made use of customer funds during its desperate fight for survival, a US Senate hearing was told on Tuesday. Terry Duffy, chief executive of CME Group, the …

And the state doesn’t monitor for antibiotic-resistant bacteria, ADEQ officials said Read more: http://azdailysun.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/panel-mixed-on-effluent-safety/article_edbbecff-56b0-5aae-ab44-7850a180b5bb.html#ixzz1h0aFPcsc Then November brought news of a University of Minnesota study finding one of the more advanced sewage treatment plants in the country was releasing material found in drug-resistant bacteria that can sometimes be fatal for people, including …

Troops airlifted out of Iraq to face Assad’s forces Paul Joseph Watson Infowars.com Tuesday, December 13, 2011 Following similar reports by former FBI translator Sibel Edmonds, Israeli intelligence sources confirm that US Special Forces are massing in Jordan on the Syrian border having been transferred from Iraq. On Sunday Edmonds reported that …

5:31 PM, DEC 12, 2011 BY DANIEL HALPER Jen Rubin makes the case today that the anti-piracy bills pending in the House, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), and Senate, the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA), are likely unconstitutional. The bills essentially call for censorship of online speech in such …

By Gautham Nagesh – 12/12/11 02:11 PM ET An online piracy bill in the House would “criminalize linking and the fundamental structure of the Internet itself,” according to Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt. Schmidt said the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) would punish Web firms, including search engines, that …

By Bill Wilson, Americans for Limited Government – 12/12/11 10:14 AM ET What began as an attempt to restrain foreign piracy on the Internet has morphed into a domestic “kill switch” on First Amendment freedom in the fastest-growing corner of the marketplace of ideas. Proposed federal legislation purporting to protect …

Overkill on Internet piracy By Jennifer Rubin Over the weekend, First Amendment impresario Floyd Abrams addressed two controversial Internet piracy bills, the Senate’s Protect IP Act (PIPA) and the House version, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). He argued that the bill, designed to stop Internet theft of intellectual property, …

Unmanned aircraft from an Air Force base in North Dakota help local police with surveillance, raising questions that trouble privacy advocates. Link