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Julian Assange | How "The Guardian" Milked Edward Snowden's Story

Julian Assange, Newsweek
Assange writes: "'The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man' (Guardian/Faber & Faber, 2014) by Luke Harding is a hack job in the purest sense of the term."
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Saudi-Led Coalition Ends Military Operation in Yemen
Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "The Saudi-led coalition that has been pounding Houthi rebels in Yemen for almost a month says its military operation 'Decisive Storm' has ended and on Wednesday began a new campaign aimed at protecting civilians and preventing Houthi fighters from operating has begun.' Al Jazeera
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Supreme Court: Police Can't Delay Traffic Stops to Investigate Crimes Absent Suspicion
Orin Kerr, The Washington Post
Kerr writes: "The Supreme Court handed down a notable Fourth Amendment ruling this morning in Rodriguez v. United States, holding that the Fourth Amendment does not allow the police to extend the duration of a traffic stop without reasonable suspicion."
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DEA Chief to Resign in Wake of Agency's Colombian Sex Scandal
Ben Jacobs, Guardian UK
Jacobs writes: "Government investigation revealed several DEA agents had engaged in sex parties with Colombian prostitutes on the tab of drug cartels."
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Supreme Court Rejects North Carolina Approval of Redistricting
Colleen Jenkins, Reuters
Jenkins writes: "The Supreme Court on Monday threw out a lower court ruling that upheld a legislative redistricting plan in North Carolina decried by critics as an effort to diminish the influence of black voters."
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Earth Day Should Be Less About Our 'Precious Planet' And More About Saving Ourselves
Joe Romm, ThinkProgress
Romm writes: "Obama's decision to emphasize climate change this week is a sound one, since climate change is certainly the greatest preventable (environmental) threat to the health and well-being of Americans and indeed all of homo sapiens."
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How American's Environmental Consciousness Is Changing the Palm Oil Industry
Anthony Kuhn, NPR
Kuhn writes: "Palm oil is in everything, from pizza dough and chocolate to laundry detergent and lipstick."
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