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NSA can eavesdrop on Americans' phone calls, documents show

2013-06-21 02:29:34| CNET News.com

The Guardian newspaper posts classified documents showing intelligence analysts have broad access to intercepted communications but aren't supposed to "target" Americans. [Read more]

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Keystone XL Export Pipeline: Bad for Americans, Bad for the Economy

2013-06-20 19:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: The core talking points for the supporters of TransCanada`s Keystone XL pipeline center around U.S. domestic energy security and economic growth. However, Keystone is an "export pipeline" that will take tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada, and pump it down to a tax-free zone in Texas and out to foreign markets. In other words, the European Union, China and Latin America get the oil, the foreign-owned oil companies get the cash and North Americans get a few jobs and oil spills! It`s a complicated...

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Americans' Climate Change Opinions Shift After Cold Winter, Survey Shows

2013-06-20 10:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

LiveScience: After an especially cold winter across much of the United States, the American public was slightly less convinced that the planet is heating up, a new survey shows. A majority of Americans, or 63 percent, still believe there is solid evidence that global warming is real, according to the latest poll from the National Surveys on Energy and Environment (NSEE). That number is down, however, from 67 percent who said the same in the fall. "The fairly cold winter and slow arriving spring weather this...

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