FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO RIP

Beastie Boys founder Adam Yauch dies at 47

Adam Yauch (aka MCA) via WikiMedia Commons

Adam Yauch, a founding member of pioneering rap and rock group the Beastie Boys has died at the age of 47, according to Entertainment Weekly.

OHIO PLOT

FBI informant in Ohio bomb plot had criminal past

FBI informant Shaquille Azir. Photo via Azir's MySpace page.

The FBI’s key informant in the recent Ohio bomb plot had a long criminal history and faced multiple indictments even as he cooperated with authorities.

DSK RAPE CHARGES

Strauss-Kahn facing fresh charge of gang rape

IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Image via AFP.

A 25-year-old Belgian sex worker has accused former French finance minister and head of the IMF Dominique Strauss-Kahn of gang rape.

ANOTHER SECRET SERVICE SCANDAL

Police: On-duty Secret Service agent involved in fatal accident

Secret Service vehicles traveling with President Barack Obama. Photo: Stanislaw Tokarski / Shutterstock.com.

Police said Friday that an as-yet unidentified Secret Service agent struck a pedestrian with his car on Thursday afternoon, and she died a short time later.

'DESTROYING THE BLACK COMMUNITY'

Allen West accuses Obama of ‘destroying the black community’

Allen West via screenshot

Florida Republican Rep. Allen West wrote, “The failed economic policies of President Obama are destroying the black community.”

RACIST BABIES

9-month-old babies demonstrate racial bias in face recognition

Beautiful baby girl via Shutterstock

Racial biases in face recognition seem to appear in infants as young as 9 months old, according to a blog post from “Live Science.”

Science

East Asians nearsighted from snubbing outdoors: study

Snubbing the outdoors for books, video games and TV is the reason up to nine…

Antarctic waters changing due to climate: study

The densest waters of Antarctica have reduced dramatically over recent decades, in part due to man-made impacts…

Patient with terminal cancer ‘more at peace’ after mushroom trip

Contraception use on the rise as more teens delay sex: Study

Tech News

Android expenses questioned at Oracle copyright trial

SAN FRANCISCO — Jurors on Thursday continued to weigh whether Android infringed on Java copyrights…

13 million Facebook users fail to use privacy controls

Many users of Facebook are unaware of the privacy risks from the massive social network…

Media

Evangelista fights French tycoon over child support

Former supermodel Linda Evangelista clashed in court with Frenchman Francois-Henri Pinault over child support for her son fathered by the Gallic…

Vogue slaps worldwide ban on under-16 models

NEW YORK — The editors of all 19 editions of Vogue around the world pledged…

World

‘Big Bang’ scientist convicted of al-Qaeda terror plot in France

A Paris court sentenced a Franco-Algerian nuclear physicist to four years in jail on Friday after he was convicted of…

UK considers filter that requires porn viewers to ‘opt in’

The government is to consider introducing new filters for online pornography, in a move likely to be fiercely resisted by…

South African cat survives spin in washing machine

A South African cat emerged washed and rinsed but unharmed after nearly two hours trapped inside a washing machine, The…

Gloves off in battle for French presidency

Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande took the gloves off for the last major rallies of their ferocious battle for the French presidency, three…

U.S. News

Long-term unemployment remains virtually unchanged in economic recovery

Before the birth of her fourth child, Keron Bartholomew decided she needed to be near…

U.S. unemployment rate falls to 8.1 percent, economy adds 115,000 new jobs

The US unemployment rate fell to 8.1 percent in April as the economy created a…

Revolt in US over tyranny of economic data

On Friday the US government will publish the latest snapshot of the labor market, a…

Russia threatens pre-emptive attack against U.S. missile shield

MOSCOW — Russia said Thursday its dispute with the United States over missile defence was…

Rep. Issa releases draft resolution accusing Holder of contempt

WASHINGTON — A key Republican lawmaker released a draft resolution Thursday accusing US Attorney General…