THE INNOCENCE OF MUSLIMS

Federal authorities question anti-Islam filmmaker

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Federal authorities interviewed the California man believed to be behind the anti-Muslim video responsible for sparking protests around the Middle East to determine if he had violated his parole by making the short film.

ON THE MARK?

Fox News analyst: Romney ‘correct’ that Obama ‘sympathizing’ with embassy attackers

Fox News senior political analyst Brit Hume

Fox News senior political analyst Brit Hume on Sunday praised Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney for using the death of the top U.S. diplomat in Libya for political gain by claiming President Barack Obama was “sympathizing” with America’s enemies.

I SPY

Whistleblower: Illegal data collection a ‘violation of everybody’s Constitutional rights’

Geoff Shively and William Binney screencap

Former National Security Agency official Bill Binney says US is illegally collecting huge amounts of data on his fellow citizens Bill Binney believes he helped create a monster.

LIKE, DUH

Pelosi: ‘Everybody knows’ Romney won’t be president

Nancy Pelosi speaks to CNN

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) says that it’s now obvious that GOP hopeful Mitt Romney will lose in November because “everybody knows” he will never be president.

AGAIN?

Christine O’Donnell considering 2014 Senate bid

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Tea party favorite Christine O’Donnell is considering running for Senate again in Delaware, after being defeated Democrat Chris Coons in 2010.

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KKK and ACLU sue Georgia over ‘Adopt-A-Highway’ ban

Ku Klux Klan (KKK) members at 2009 rally (Flickr/Arete13)

The American Civil Liberties Union this week filed a lawsuit against the state of Georgia on behalf of the International Keystone Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (IKKK), which was prohibited from participating in the state’s Adopt-A-Highway program.

Tech News

Pirate Bay co-founder detained in Sweden

The co-founder of The Pirate Bay filesharing website was on Friday detained in Sweden, days…

Apple fends off Samsung challenge in US trade panel

Apple prevailed Friday at a US trade panel in a patent infringement complaint filed by…

Media

Minnie Mouse and Americana hit London Fashion Week

British designer Jasper Conran brought a taste of 1970s Americana to London Fashion Week on…

Irish tabloid prints topless Kate photos

Britain’s royal family on Saturday condemned the “greed” of an Irish newspaper that published topless…

World

Mass anti-austerity rallies in Spain, Portugal

Mass protests in Spain and Portugal, against ever tougher austerity measures, have ramped up the pressure on Iberian governments struggling…

‘Shark helped save me’ from 177-day drift at sea says rescued Kiribati fisherman

A day after watching a film about being lost at sea, Toakai Teitoi was trapped in his own nightmare, drifting…

Anti-Japan protests erupt across China

Thousands of anti-Japanese demonstrators mounted protests in cities across China on Sunday over disputed islands in the East China Sea,…

Four NATO troops killed by ‘Afghan police’

Four NATO soldiers were killed Sunday in the second suspected attack by Afghan police in two days, as officials detailed…

U.S. News

Occupy Wall Street returns for one-year anniversary as NYPD report arrests

Police in New York have made “multiple” arrests during marches and protests ushering in the…

Makers of anti-Islam film influenced by California-based Coptic preacher

The makers of an anti-Islamic movie that set off violent anti-US protests in the Arab…

Occupy Wall Street plans to mark Monday anniversary with Wall Street blockade

Occupy Wall Street will mark its first anniversary on Monday by attempting to blockade the…

U.S. military to ‘modernize’ nuclear arsenal: report

The US government plans to undertake the costliest modernization of its nuclear arsenal in history,…

Bachmann’s anti-Muslim ‘brain’ draws laughs at Values Voter Summit

Frank Gaffney, president of the right-wing Center for Security Policy think tank, said at the…