(DailyMail) – School bans children from putting up their hands in class – and tells pupils to do a ‘Fonz’ thumbs up instead – Read More Here

(Gizmodo) – TSA Pats Down Breast Cancer Survivor Even After Getting Scanned – Read More Here

(Reuters) – Internet firms co-opted for surveillance: experts

Internet companies such as Google, Twitter and Facebook are increasingly co-opted for surveillance work as the information they gather proves irresistible to law enforcement agencies, Web experts said this week.

Although such companies try to keep their users’ information private, their business models depend on exploiting it to sell targeted advertising, and when governments demand they hand it over, they have little choice but to comply. Read More Here

(ABCNews) – Ohio Bars Open Doors Today to Gun Owners

Ohio is the latest state to allow gun owners to take their concealed weapons into bars. In Tennessee, which passed a similar law last year, Nikki Goeser has been a strong advocate, saying, “You know what, we need to be protected because the bad guys are going to carry their guns.” Read More Here

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(RussiaToday) – US State Dept bans free speech

Peter Van Buren has become one of the newest targets of the US Department of State. What did he do? He blogged. Van Buren posted a link to a publically available WikiLeaks diplomatic cable, but even after nearly a quarter of a century with the US government, they are opening up an investigation on him. Following the release of a new book from Van Buren, he talks to Lauren Lyster about what you can and can’t say in the land of the free. Read the rest of this entry »

Iran must decide between confrontation and co-operation in the dispute over its nuclear plans, the US has warned. Read the rest of this entry »