MISPLACED ANGER?

Transgender activists glitter bomb Dan Savage

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Transgender activists threw glitter on sex columnist and gay rights advocate Dan Savage over the weekend before his appearance at the Vogue Theatre in Vancouver.

TRIP THE BLUES AWAY?

Magic mushroom trips point to long-acting antidepressant drugs

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The brains of people tripping on magic mushrooms have given the best picture yet of how psychedelic drugs work and British scientists say the findings suggest such drugs could be used to treat depression.

COPS STOPPED

Supreme Court: Police need warrant for GPS tracking

The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. Photo: AFP.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday for the first time that law enforcement must obtain a warrant before using a global positioning system device to track suspects.

‘Investigate MPAA for bribery’ petition nears benchmark

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A petition on the White House’s “We the People” site that calls for Motion Picture Association of American President Chris Dodd to be investigated for “blatant bribery” has nearly gained enough signatures to require a response.

INTIMIDATION

Ark. Dem’s cat murdered, ‘LIBERAL’ scrawled on corpse

A cat allegedly killed by someone with political motivations. Photo: Courtesy, Blue Arkansas blog.

An Arkansas Democrat has a message for whomever killed his kids’ cat: “I’ve got a gun and I know how to use it.”

TRUTH TELLER

Ex-CIA agent charged for leaking torture secrets

An activists demonstrates a torture technique known as waterboarding. Photo: Flickr user Duke Human Rights Center.

A former CIA official who publicly confirmed the waterboarding of a top Al-Qaeda operative was charged Monday with leaking classified information to journalists.

Science

Consumers demand insurers cover experimental drugs

NEW YORK (Reuters) – When your health insurance provider denies an experimental treatment or a…

Anxiety, other disorders more common in autism

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Autism tends to go hand in hand with a variety…

Tech News

Anonymous to launch file sharing service

Hacktivists affiliated with the “Anonymous” movement are planning to launch a file sharing service to…

BlackBerry maker CEOs resign

Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie, the co-chief executives of Research In Motion, have resigned following months…

Media

Celebrity, scandal merge at French HuffPost launch

Celebrity, scandal and new media converged in Paris Monday as shamed IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s…

Fox News host: Gingrich will ‘take the head off’ Obama

Fox News host Steve Doocy used some violent imagery on Monday to describe how President…

World

Poland aims to boost tourism at Hitler’s WWII lair

Polish authorities said Monday they plan to boost tourism at Nazi German dictator Adolf Hitler’s “Wolfsschanze” (Wolf’s Lair), which ended…

EU slaps oil embargo on Iran

The EU agreed an embargo on Iran’s oil exports Monday as well as financial sanctions as the West ramped up pressure…

Yemen president en route to U.S.

President Ali Abdullah Saleh was en route to the United States formedical treatment, Yemen’s state news agency said on Monday, after a dramatic farewell…

France risks Turkey anger with genocide law vote

French senators vote Monday on a bill to outlaw denial of theArmenian genocide, a move that a furious Turkey has vowed it…

U.S. News

Washington state to legalize same sex marriage

After obtaining the 25 votes required for passage, the state of Washington appears ready to…

Obama officials pushed to underestimate Gulf oil spill

Amid the worst accidental release of crude oil in human history, the Obama administration sought…

Obama campaign piles on Romney misery

President Barack Obama’s reelection team twisted the knife in Mitt Romney Monday, seeking to deepen…

House Republicans target Medicare in new budget

BALTIMORE (Reuters) – Republicans in the House of Representatives will put forward a budget plan…

Babysitter accused of molesting 5-year-old, streaming it online

A waitress in New Jersey is facing federal and state charges for streaming video online…