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The US military is developing software that will let it secretly manipulate social media sites by using fake online personas to influence internet conversations and spread pro-American propaganda. A Californian corporation has been awarded a contract with United States Central Command (Centcom), which oversees US armed operations in the Middle East and Central Asia, to develop what is described as an "online persona management service" that will allow one US serviceman or woman to control up to 10 separate identities based all over the world. The project has been likened by web experts to China's attempts to control and restrict free speech on the internet. Critics are likely to complain that it will allow the US military to create a false consensus in online conversations, crowd out unwelcome opinions and smother commentaries or reports that do not correspond with its own objectives

A week long sweep called operation cross check removed nearly 3,000 illegals over 50 states. over half of those arrested, were arrested and convicted on felony charges. criminal offenders came from over 100 different nationalities.

This is an article that discusses banks charging debit card users for each swipe. It reviews a particular bank that shut down operations due to fee laws being unconstitutional.

The Predator is a nickname given to one in a series of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or pilotless drones, operated by the Pentagon, the CIA and, increasingly, other agencies of the U.S. federal government such as the border patrol. Combat-ready UAVs are used mostly in the Middle East.

This article is about a new technology for the ferderal side of fighting crime. A new x-ray machine will be operational at sky harbor Airport. I don't feel that it is invading my privacy and i would do go through it myself, but for allot of other people i see this an a big issue!

California prop. 215 was passed in 1996, by a 56% vote, legalizing medicinal marijuana. Now, some dispensaries in California are being shut down by the cities they are operating in. Attorneys in the case fighting for the dispensary owners are saying, "cities have the right to regulate... but they do not have the right to ban what the voters said is legal."

Motorcycles; all-terrain vehicles; motor driven cycles; equipment; exception; prohibition A. An operator or passenger of a motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle or motor driven cycle who is under eighteen years of age shall wear at all times a protective helmet on the operator's or passenger's head in an appropriate manner.

The site is a ministry run by society of St. Andrew which operate programs to salvage any food. The website also goes over facts and statistics of food waste.

The Edward Snowden leak case, which exposed some of the practical elements of NSA surveillance operations unknown to many Americans, has also revealed just how divided the nation remains over whether the government should be permitted to intrude on privacy to safeguard national security.