Record flooding lashes San Antonio, TX. Image via CBS News.

More than 200 evacuated, one dead as record flooding lashes San Antonio

'March Against Monsanto' protest draws thousands worldwide. Image via RT.

‘March Against Monsanto’ protests attract millions worldwide

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Powell: Soldier’s convicted of rape shouldn’t be ‘categorically’ discharged

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Neil deGrasse Tyson on whether to be amazed or terrified by the universe

Science

African geology may hold clues to prehistoric man walking upright

Why did our ancestors start walking upright? Ancient terrain may hold clue. (via The Christian…

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Rugged terrain created by volcanos may have prompted human ancestors’ upright walking

The rugged landscape created by volcanic eruptions and tectonic plate shifts in east and south…

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German brewers demand moratorium on fracking to protect the purity of their beer

The Association of German Breweries sent a letter this week to German Prime Minister Angela…

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EU to ban three harmful bee pesticides from December

The European Commission said Friday that it will ban for two years beginning in December…

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Tech News

Hackers attack official Saudi websites

Cyber hackers attacked several official Saudi websites on Saturday, posting an Algerian flag on their…

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Google defends listing extremist sites: Legal information will be indexed

Google’s indexing of extremist websites helps police track their activity and will continue, the company’s…

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Media

Documentary on Khmer Rouge atrocities wins top award at Cannes

A documentary on relatives wiped out in the Khmer Rouge’s tyrannical grip on Cambodia in…

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At the movies, violence is the new sex

Sex may be a turn-off for Hollywood audiences but violence is all over the big…

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World

Former Guatemala president Alfonso Portillo extradited to U.S.

Guatemala extradited former president Alfonso Portillo to the United States to face charges of laundering $70 million of swindled government…

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Mexico sees fewer drug-related murders

The drug-related murders that plagued Mexico for six years have decreased in the past six months, while fewer people have…

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Japanese mayor to apologize for saying U.S. troops need ‘comfort women’

A Japanese politician who drew fire for calling “comfort women” a wartime necessity has been forced to apologise for suggesting…

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Afghan security forces praised after routing Taliban assault on Kabul

The Afghan government lauded its security forces Saturday for beating back a Taliban assault on central Kabul that left one…

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Palestinian president says peace deal with Israel ‘still possible’

Peace between Israelis and Palestinians is “still possible”, Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said on Saturday, hailing US Secretary of State…

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U.S. News

Chuck Hagel: Military sexual assault ‘a profound betrayal of sacred oaths’

US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Saturday called for the “scourge” of sexual assaults within…

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Obama: Effects of sexual assaults in the military ‘ripple far and wide’

President Barack Obama said Friday that members of the military guilty of sexual assaults threatened…

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New York beaches re-open seven months after Hurricane Sandy

Seven months after deadly superstorm Sandy devastated the coastline of New Jersey and parts of…

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Yemenis in Guantanamo hopeful of transfer after Obama’s speech

Weakened by a prolonged hunger strike, Yemeni detainees who have languished at Guantanamo Bay for…

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Federal judge: Arizona sheriff Arpaio racially profiled Latinos

A federal judge ordered Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio and his department to stop racial profiling…

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Weiner campaign website uses Pittsburgh skyline to represent NYC

Anthony Weiner, running for New York mayor two years after he became notorious for sending…

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Petraeus biographer apologizes for ‘harm’ caused by affair

Paula Broadwell speaks publicly for the first time about the extramarital affair that led to…

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Humanist groups raise tens of thousands for atheist tornado survivor

Humanist groups and atheists across the U.S. have banded together to help a fellow atheist…

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