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President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed legislation that reforms a contentious government surveillance program that swept up millions of Americans’ telephone records after the bill…

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1. MISSING MALAYSIA AIRLINES PLANE Still looking: Four days after Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 went off the grid, there are still far more questions than answers. Authorities expanded the search area today, with nine aircraft and 24 vessels specifically deployed to find the missing Boeing 777 or at least some clue of where it went down. The plane […]

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  1. NSA SPYING Judgment day: Some have had choice words for the National Security Agency’s surveillance measures. Yesterday, a federal judge added another word to describe the NSA’s spying: Unconstitutional. The government’s collection of metadata, which includes phone records of the time and numbers called, violates privacy rights, a judge said. The ruling may be cheered […]

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  The man behind of one of the biggest leaks in the history of U.S. intelligence is a former technical assistant for the CIA who is now holed up in a Hong Kong hotel, in danger of running out of money and hoping to find asylum somewhere in the world. Edward Snowden, 29, was identified […]

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  Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. WHY NSA CONTRACTOR OUTED HIMSELF AS SOURCE Edward Snowden, 29, says he revealed classified documents on surveillance programs because “I was part of something that was doing far more harm than good.” 2. WHAT HE RISKED […]