Topic: SECURITY - on November 23, 2013 at 2:28:00 PM CET
N.S.A. Report Outlined Goals for More Power
Officials at the National Security Agency, intent on maintaining its dominance in intelligence collection, pledged last year to push to expand its surveillance powers, according to a top-secret strategy document.
In a February 2012 paper laying out the four-year strategy for the N.S.A.’s signals intelligence operations, which include the agency’s eavesdropping and communications data collection around the world, agency officials set an objective to “aggressively pursue legal authorities and a policy framework mapped more fully to the information age.”
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Topic: WEB - on November 22, 2013 at 5:30:00 PM CET
Internet-Rangliste prangert Zensur und Überwachung an
In knapp einem Drittel der untersuchten Länder seien im vergangenen Jahr Internetinhalte blockiert wurden
London - Meinungsfreiheit und Privatsphäre brauchen im Internet mehr Schutz. Während in Entwicklungsländern eher Web-Inhalte zensiert oder blockiert würden, sei in Industrieländern die Überwachung der Online-Kommunikation durch staatliche Stellen ein größeres Problem, heißt es in dem am Freitag in London vorgestellten Web Index. Nur fünf der 81 untersuchten Länder wendeten rigorose Kontrollen für staatliche Überwachung an.
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Topic: SEX - on November 22, 2013 at 5:28:00 PM CET
Brazilian who auctioned off virginity wants to sell it again
A 21-year-old Brazilian woman who auctioned off her virginity online for $780,000 last year now says she wants to sell it again as the deal was never consummated.
In October last year, Catarina Migliorini took part in an online auction as part of the “Virgins Wanted” documentary organised by Australian filmmaker Justin Sisely.
A Japanese identified only as Natsu beat out competition from 14 other men, mainly from Brazil, but also from India, Australia and the United States.
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Topic: DRUGS - on November 22, 2013 at 5:17:00 PM CET
Feds raid Denver-area marijuana dispensaries
Six weeks before the nation's first retail marijuana shops open in Colorado, federal authorities on Thursday raided more than a dozen Denver metro area marijuana facilities and two homes.
In the largest federal raid on Colorado marijuana businesses since medical marijuana became legal, federal law enforcement agents with an assist from local police officers executed search and seizure warrants at multiple dispensaries and cultivation facilities — at least a dozen in Denver alone.
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Topic: DRUGS - on November 22, 2013 at 3:08:00 PM CET
Maine Marijuana Legalization Fails
The Maine State Legislature failed to pass a bill on Thursday that would have legalized, taxed and regulated recreational marijuana for adults.
The Legislative Council, a 10-member group of legislative leaders that screens requests to introduce bills, voted 5-5 on the measure, effectively killing it. The bill will not be considered again until 2015.
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Topic: food - on November 22, 2013 at 2:16:00 PM CET
Vorsicht vor Mineralöl in Nussschokolade
Mineralöl in Adventskalendern hat vergangenes Jahr für Furore gesorgt, jetzt droht Nusschokolade ein ähnliches Schicksal: Die Stiftung Warentest hat in vielen Tafeln Spuren von Mineralöl gefunden.
In Nussschokolade steckt laut der Stiftung Warentest oft Mineralöl. Die Tester haben in einer Untersuchung in fast allen geprüften Tafeln sogenannte aromatische Mineralöle nachgewiesen. Diese stehen zum Teil unter Krebsverdacht. Das Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung rät, die Stoffe in Lebensmitteln zu vermeiden. Die Substanzen stammen vermutlich aus den Verpackungen. Außerdem fanden die Warentester in allen 26 Schokoladen die als weniger kritisch geltenden gesättigten Mineralölfraktionen, berichtet die Zeitschrift „test“ (Ausgabe 12/2013).
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Topic: SECURITY - on November 21, 2013 at 2:51:00 PM CET
NSA Primary Sources: a catalog of leaked NSA files
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has rounded up an interactive, filterable chart of leaked NSA docs, putting all the material leaked through many media sources and over several months into one place.
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Topic: FUN - on November 21, 2013 at 2:39:00 PM CET
Monty Python reunion – live blog
The surviving Monty Pythons reunited at a press conference in London on Thursday to talk about their big plans for new live shows next year. Stuart Heritage was at hand to live blog the whole thing
- Monty Python are reforming for a stage show at the London O2 in July 2014
- Tickets will go on sale at 10am on November 25th. They will be priced between £27.50 and £95.
- The show will be a mixture of old and new material, with Terry Gilliam providing new animations.
- There are no concrete plans to tour, although the members seem very interested in the idea.
- John Cleese won't be doing any silly walks because he's got an artificial hip.
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Topic: FUN - on November 21, 2013 at 1:05:00 PM CET
Monty Python team to reveal details of reunion
The surviving members of comedy group Monty Python are to reveal their plans for a much-anticipated reunion later.
Eric Idle, Michael Palin, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones will attend a press conference in London to announce their first new project for three decades.
The project is believed to be a stage show, although the venue is still under wraps.
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Topic: FUN - on November 21, 2013 at 12:50:00 PM CET
Monty Python im Livestream: Lust auf Spam
Nach 15 langen Jahren ist es endlich soweit: Die Mitglieder der berühmten britischen Komikertruppe Monty Python ("Das Leben des Brian") geben ihr neues Bühnenprogramm bekannt. Verfolgen Sie die Pressekonferenz ab 13 Uhr im Livestream auf SPIEGEL ONLINE.
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Topic: TV - on November 20, 2013 at 3:33:00 PM CET
Your LG smart TV SPIES on you when you change channels – researcher
LG smart TVs silently log owners' viewing habits to the South Korean company's servers and use them to serve targeted ads, one researcher has claimed.
According to Yorkshire, UK–based hacker "DoctorBeet," the internet-enabled sets try to phone home to LG every time a viewer changes the channel, giving the chaebol the ability to track exactly which channels are being watched, minute by minute.
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Topic: NEWS - on November 20, 2013 at 3:31:00 PM CET
Putzkräfte finden 24 Goldbarren in Flugzeug-Toilette
In Indien hatte ein Billigflieger teure Fracht an Bord: Putzkräfte fanden in der Toilette des Flugzeugs Goldbarren im Wert von rund 830.000 Euro. Offenbar handelt es sich um den missglückten Versuch einer Schmuggelei.
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