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The world needs a rocket tax to solve the “Gravity” space junk problem
Alfonso Cuarón's space adventure Gravity debuted this weekend to record-setting box office numbers, as audiences flocked to see the tale of two US astronauts (played by Sandra Bullock and George Clooney) who are threatened by a cloud of orbital debris.
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Europe Aims to Regulate the Cloud
Even before revelations this summer by Edward J. Snowden on the extent of spying by the National Security Agency on electronic communications, the European Parliament busied itself attaching amendments to its data privacy regulation. Several would change the rules of cloud computing, the technology that enables the sharing of software and files among computers on the Internet.
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What's behind the idea of banning 10-packs of cigarettes?
Euro MPs have voted to ban the sale of packs of 10 cigarettes as part of a general tightening of the law. Why?
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More Saudi women defy driving ban despite cleric’s warning that it would damage their ovaries
Saudi women are increasingly getting behind the wheel in defiance of a driving ban ahead of a nationwide campaign planned by female activists for later this month, witnesses said.
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US Judge Tells Man He's Still Legally Dead
A man who disappeared decades ago is finding out there's no easy way to come back from the dead. Donald Miller Jr. went to court this week to ask a county judge to reverse a 1994 ruling that declared him legally dead after he had vanished from his home eight years earlier. But the judge turned down his request, citing a three-year time limit for changing a death ruling.
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Bitcoin is the offshore tax haven of the future
Ttitled “Are Cryptocurrencies 'Super' Tax Havens?,” the article points to how the very nature of Bitcoin, combined with a recent shift in how the United States government deals with foreign banks shielding U.S. citizens from taxation, has the potential to make encrypted, electronic currencies the “weapon of choice for tax evaders.”
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Government shutdown won't delay lawsuit over NSA phone spying
In the wake of the government shutdown, the U.S. National Security Agency requested that a lawsuit seeking to stop some its controversial surveillance activities be delayed until the government resumed operations. A U.S. District Court judge denied the request, Polito reported.
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New York’s Petty War on Airbnb
A New York Attorney General subpoena could lead to the ruin of Gotham’s short-term rental market, writes Jim Epstein.
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Letters detail secret punitive tactics military used on Guantánamo hunger strikers
Newly declassified papers say hunger strike at Guantánamo Bay was ‘broken’ by a deliberate campaign to crush detainees’ spirits
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Obamacare: how students are impacted
The law will require all Americans to have health insurance by 2014 or they will be subject to a tax penalty. It is estimated that 44 million Americans are not currently covered by any health program and amongst this massive number are college students. And those insured through their parents can do so until age 26.
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Switzerland Decriminalizes Marijuana
Anyone over the age of 18 caught with 10 grams or less of the drug will no longer have to make a court appearance and will not have offenses entered into their permanent record; instead, violators will have to pay a fine of 100 Swiss Francs (approximately $110), then be on their way.
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Accused Silk Road boss just hired a high-profile national security lawyer
Ross Ulbricht, the man accused of running the underground drug website Silk Road, has finally hired an attorney to represent him on charges of narcotics trafficking conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy, and computer hacking conspiracy. Ulbricht was represented by a public defender at first, but friends and family have managed to find a hotshot lawyer to take the case: Joshua Dratel, a New York-based attorney who has built his career on cases related to national security.
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Nokia Rejected by High Court in InterDigital Patent Case
The U.S. Supreme Court let InterDigital Inc. pursue a bid to extract patent royalties from Nokia Oyj for the third generation of mobile-phone technology. The nation’s highest court today rejected an appeal by Nokia, which contended that InterDigital couldn’t block imports of the disputed technology because it wasn’t making any products of its own. A federal appeals court had said InterDigital could press the case, one of several the company has filed at the U.S. International Trade Commission.
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Do Self-Driving Cars Need Speed Limits?
In many countries, including the United States, the speed limit is a rather nebulous thing. It's posted, but on many roads hardly anybody obeys it. Almost every driver speeds regularly, and anybody going at or below the limit on a clear road outside the right lane is typically an obstruction to traffic—they will find themselves being tailgated or passed at high speed on the left and right.
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Samsung proposes five-year patent lawsuit hiatus to escape EU antitrust warnings
Almost 20 months after the European Commission (EC) formally launched an investigation into its patent licensing practices, Samsung believes it has come up with an answer. Today, the EC published an open call for comments on the Korean manufacturer's proposal relating to the abuse of standard essential mobile patents (SEPs). In that respect, Samsung says it will not seek an injunction against any company, including Apple, wishing to license its patents for a period of five years.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger reportedly trying to change the law so he can run for President
Action star and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has been lobbying for support to change the law to allow him to run for president in 2016, according to the New York Post's Page Six.
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Psst! Wanna buy a smartphone? Got papers!
Since a smartphone is such an attractor for thieves, what if you couldn’t sell a used one without proof of ownership? That’s the idea behind a new bill introduced Friday in the New York State Legislature.
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New Laws Chart Course for Marijuana Legalization
How Colorado and Washington govern their legal pot markets will be a test case for the rest of the United States
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Gov. Christie withdrew his appeal of a lower court's ruling allowing gay marriage in New Jersey
Unexpected Decision Ushers in New Jersey as 14th State to Allow Gay Marriage
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It's Still Easy to Get Away With Revenge Porn
"Revenge porn," it's called, is the act of online publishing intimate photos, videos and contact information of a person without his or her consent. Usually, it's the work of a disgruntled ex-partner or random hacker (the latter in Toups' case). Two weeks ago, California become the second state in the U.S. behind New Jersey to ban the practice. Now, New York is considering similar action.
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