RSN: Society Will Collapse by 2040 Due to Catastrophic Food Shortages, Govt Study Finds, Jailed for Being Broke

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Matt Taibbi | Jailed for Being Broke 
 
Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone 
Taibbi writes: "In the wake of Ferguson and Baltimore, there's been a lot of attention focused on police violence, as a symbol of the unfairness baked into our justice system. But when it comes to civil rights issues and the Wealth Gap, bail is where the rubber meets the road." 
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Elizabeth Warren | Trade Agreements Should Not Benefit Industry Only 
Elizabeth Warren, The Boston Globe 
Warren writes: "America needs trade - but not trade agreements that offer gold-plated enforcement for giant corporations and meaningless promises for everyone else." 
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Special Prosecutor Appointed in SWAT Team Killing of NM Homeless Man 
Jeff Proctor, KRQE News 
Proctor writes: "District Attorney Kari Brandenburg has moved quickly to keep alive the murder prosecutions of two Albuquerque Police officers for the March 2014 shooting of homeless camper James Boyd." 
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Popular Security Software Came Under Relentless NSA and GCHQ Attacks 
Andrew Fishman and Morgan Marquis-Boire, The Intercept 
Excerpt: "The National Security Agency and its British counterpart, Government Communications Headquarters, have worked to subvert anti-virus and other security software in order to track users and infiltrate networks, according to documents from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden." 
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Obama to Stop Threatening Prosecution Over Hostage Ransom 
Al Jazeera America 
Excerpt: "President Barack Obama has decided the U.S. government will stop threatening criminal prosecution of families who try to pay ransom to win the release of U.S. hostages held by armed groups overseas, the New York Times reported Tuesday."
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UN Gaza War Crimes Report May Bolster Palestine's ICC Case, Experts Say 
Renee Lewis, Al Jazeera America 
Lewis writes: "In a bid to open criminal proceedings against Israel for its 50-day-long attack on Gaza that left thousands dead last summer, the Palestinian Authority is expected to submit its first file to the International Criminal Court in The Hague as early as this week." 
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Society Will Collapse by 2040 Due to Catastrophic Food Shortages, Govt Study Finds 
Louis Dore, The Independent 
Dore writes: "A scientific model supported by the Foreign Office has suggested that society will collapse in less than three decades due to catastrophic food shortages if policies do not change." 
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RSN: 405 Wild Bison Slaughtered in Yellowstone National Park So Far This Season

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Andy Borowitz | Romney Incredibly Relieved That He Can Keep All His Houses

Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney told supporters on Friday that he was 'incredibly relieved' to be able to keep the approximately five to ten residences he owns across the country."
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Charles Pierce | Oklahoma Shakes: Earthquakes and Their Connection to the Oil Industry
Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "Who has the worst job in the world? My choice this week is Austin Holland, the state seismologist for the state of Oklahoma. For years, this must have been a very sleepy job, tantamount to having a job studying coastal erosion in Iowa. But then Oklahoma has been on yet another oil and gas binge."
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Editor of Major German Newspaper Says He Planted Stories for CIA
Ralph Lopez, Digital Journal
Lopez writes: "Becoming the first credentialed, well-known media insider to step forward and state publicly that he was secretly a 'propagandist,' an editor of a major German daily has said that he personally planted stories for the CIA."
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CIA, Israel Plotted Senior Hezbollah Commander's Killing: Report
Agence France-Presse
Excerpt: "The CIA and Israel's spy agency Mossad were behind an elaborate plot to kill Hezbollah commander Imad Mughniyeh in a 2008 car bomb attack in Syria, the Washington Post reported."
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Trevor Timm | The Government Loves the Policy 'Technology for Me but Not for Thee'
Trevor Timm, Guardian UK
Timm writes: "The NSA's repeated invasions of Americans' privacy replaced drones on the front pages, but that hasn't stopped law enforcement from trying to acquire the technology or the federal government from trying to warn of the vast dangers of civilians doing the same thing."
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Rachel Aviv | Shot by the Police
Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker
Aviv writes: "In Albuquerque, a city of five hundred and fifty thousand, the rate of fatal shootings by police is eight times that of New York City."
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405 Wild Bison Slaughtered in Yellowstone National Park So Far This Season
Stephany Seay, EcoWatch
Seay writes: "An estimated 250 wild bison have so far been captured inside Yellowstone's trap since Jan. 15. All have been shipped to slaughter except for five bison who were consigned to the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service for birth control experiments with the chemical pesticide GonaCon."
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RSN: China's Louisiana Purchase: Toxic Concerns in 'Cancer Alley', When Cops Break Bad: Inside a Police Force Gone Wild

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Andy Borowitz | Obama Signs Executive Order Closing Congress

Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "In a historic Oval Office ceremony on Thursday morning, President Barack Obama signed an executive order closing Congress, effective immediately."
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Israeli Center-Left Alliance Looks to Unseat Netanyahu
Aron Heller, The Associated Press
Heller writes: "After joining forces with former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni to create a joint grouping they call 'The Zionist Camp,' Labor Party leader Isaac Herzog is looking, to increasingly many Israelis, like a viable alternative to Netanyahu. He promises to reverse the country's slide toward international isolation and corrosive social inequality."
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Snowden Says Canada Spy Agency Runs a Global Snooping Program
TeleSUR
Excerpt: "Canada is the latest country to be exposed as engaging in global mass surveillance, reportedly intercepting and analyzing data on up to 15 million file downloads daily, according to leaked documents."
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When Cops Break Bad: Inside a Police Force Gone Wild
Nick Pinto, Rolling Stone
Pinto writes: "Boyd's death conformed to many of the patterns governing deadly police violence in Albuquerque. Living with mental illness, Boyd fit the profile of the marginal Albuquerqueans most likely to find themselves shot to death by the city's police."
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Boko Haram Declares Caliphate in Northeastern Nigeria That's the Size of Belgium
Michael Olukayode and Mustapha Muhammad, Bloomberg
Excerpt: "Islamist fighters have declared a caliphate in northeastern Nigeria that's the size of Belgium. Whether the region becomes autonomous or not, the damage has been done."
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Comcast-Time Warner Merger No Longer Viewed as Inevitable
Meg James, Los Angeles Times
James writes: "Comcast Corp.'s bold move to buy rival Time Warner Cable in a $45-billion deal once seemed inevitable. Wall Street figured combining the nation's two largest cable operators wouldn't have much problem clearing regulatory hurdles."
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China's Louisiana Purchase: Toxic Concerns in 'Cancer Alley'
Massoud Hayoun, Al Jazeera America
Hayoun writes: "No one asked Lawrence "Palo" Ambrose if he wanted a Chinese company with a controversial environmental record to build a methanol plant in his neighborhood. But if they had, the 74-year-old Vietnam War vet would have said no."
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