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Battle for the Net: ‘Neutrality’ is fundamental basis of the Internet

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September 11, 2014
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Battle for the Net, an internet freedom campaign joined by heavyweights of the internet industry, has succeeded in sending millions of public comments to US authorities criticizing the two-tiered internet...

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Armed citizen militias build up along US-Mexico border

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September 10, 2014
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Armed militias continue to patrol the United States-Mexico border seeking to repel any migration north, but critics warn that these self-styled ‘freedom defenders’ lingering on private land represent a powder...

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Ferguson public meeting erupts in anger and accusations

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September 10, 2014
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The Missouri town’s first public meeting since the shooting death of black teenager Michael Brown, 18, killed by a white police officer on August 9, turned chaotic with audience members...

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French Muslims back Middle East Christians against ISIS

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September 9, 2014
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The Muslim Council of France (CFCM) in a joint statement with a Christian group denounced the persecution of Middle East Christians by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria and...

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NRA goes head-to-head with billionaire Bloomberg’s anti-gun campaign

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September 9, 2014
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The National Rifle Association and its 5 million members are attempting to win over US public opinion in the debate over guns against the efforts of former New York City...

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[VIDEO] Bronx man claiming police brutality, incident caught on video

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September 8, 2014
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A New York man says multiple police officers beat and pepper-sprayed him for no reason other than that he asked a question – and video footage seems to back him...

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[VIDEO] Oregon man arrested for filming SWAT raid

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September 8, 2014
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Footage recently posted to YouTube shows an Oregon man being arrested for filming, or “interfering” with, a militarized police raid across the street from his apartment. The man – whose...

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REPORT: British women form ISIS police force

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September 8, 2014
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Up to 60 women are believed to have joined the Al-Khansaa brigade, an all-women’s branch of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL), which is believed to be based in the Syrian...

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[VIDEO] U.S. launches new airstrikes in western Iraq against ISIS

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September 7, 2014
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The U.S. has launched fresh airstrikes against the Islamic State militant group in an effort to keep the Haditha Dam in western Iraq from being captured by Islamic State militants....

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Devil comes to Detroit: Satanic group to build temple in the motor city

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September 6, 2014
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The Satanic Temple, a New-York-based religious group, is to build its first chapter house in Detroit, where it will perform services such as marriages, including same-sex, and funerals. It says...

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NYPD officers to begin testing body cameras this fall

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September 6, 2014
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The New York Police Department announced it will start outfitting dozens of officers with body cameras this fall – an effort that could potentially see the entire agency embrace the...

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UNICEF REPORT: 120 million girls, 10% are sexually abused

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September 6, 2014
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One in ten girls under the age of 20, or about 120 million across the globe, have been sexually abused, according to the latest conservative figures by UNICEF. The same...

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[WATCH] Man refuses to let cops search house without warrant, films police despite protests

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September 5, 2014
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A video recently uploaded to Facebook shows a man demanding a search warrant of police officers at his door who claimed the man could be harboring a criminal. Police in...

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REPORT: ISIS militants have executed up to 770 Iraqi troops in Tikrit

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September 3, 2014
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Islamic State militants killed up to 770 captured Iraqi soldiers after they captured a former US military base in Tikrit back in June, a new report by Human Rights Watch...

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British ex-boxing champ defends ISIS: ‘Mr Beheaded Infidel of United Snakes of America’

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September 3, 2014
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A former British boxing champion has released a video, in which he shows support for the Islamic State (IS), claiming the beheadings of American journalists, Steven Sotloff and James Foley,...

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[GRAPHIC VIDEO] released of Steven Sotloff being beheaded by ISIS

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September 3, 2014
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ABC, while not having the video, said that the video “purportedly” showed the beheading. The rest of the mainstream media is saying the same thing. Well now we know for a fact...

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#Ferguson police now wearing body cameras following #MikeBrown incident

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September 2, 2014
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Following the shooting death of black teenager Michael Brown by a white police officer, which sparked three weeks of protests and violence, officers in Ferguson, Missouri, are now wearing body...

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Entitlement syndrome runs rampant as fast food workers to strike for higher wages across US

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September 2, 2014
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Hundreds of US fast food workers from MacDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s and KFC are planning a big protest on Thursday in an effort to boost the minimum wage to $15...

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Report: ISIS in Ciudad Juarez, plans to attack with car bombs

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September 1, 2014
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A newly released report from a government watchdog group alleges that ISIS terrorists are operating in Ciudad Juarez and are planning a terrorist attack on the United States with car...

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Family sues Georgia police for tasering man 13 times before he died

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August 29, 2014
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The family of a man who died after police used a stun gun on him as many as 13 times while he was handcuffed has filed a lawsuit against the...

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ISIS Tortured James Foley, other Westerners using CIA tactics

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August 29, 2014
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The American photojournalist who was beheaded by Islamic State militants was also tortured using some of the same methods employed by the CIA in its controversial, post-9/11 interrogation program. James...