The uncompromising verdict of Dr Mörner is that all this talk about the sea rising is nothing but a colossal scare story, writes Christopher Booker.

burning sensation is drawing heat from…

Don't Say We Didn't Warn You: RFID-Embedded Bins in Cleveland

Fed-up with big government bureaucrats using taxpayer dollars to install red-light cameras that will take more of their hard-earned money, citizens in Houston, Texas have launched an effort to let voters

decide whether the cash-cow cameras stay or go away.

“A petition to ban red light cameras in Houston has been certified by the city secretary,” the…

Adolf Hitler is likely to have had Jewish and African roots, DNA tests have shown.

Adolf Hitler may have had Jewish and African roots, DNA tests have…

by Mac Slavo

Reading this week’s headlines about the egg salmonella crisis may leave one with the impression that we need more government control and

we need it now. The feeling one is left with after listening to

mainstream pundits and FDA commissioner Margaret Hamburg is eerily

familiar - almost as if the same crisis template that was applied to the

financial crisis is now being used to further progress centralized

control…

US Corporate Media Downplays Pentagon’s Special Commando Assassination Unit

By Peter Phillips and Mickey Huff

The New York Times, Washington Post, and most other newspapers in the US are censoring or under-reporting the WikiLeaks documents that show US Task Force 373 (TF 373) is an out-of-control

assassination unit responsible for the deaths of many hundreds of

civilians in Afghanistan.

Nick Davies’ lengthy article in the…

It seems that the news each day brings a fresh set of government outrages, from police beating up bystanders to prosecutorial misconduct

to regulation of some peaceful conduct. Not surprisingly, governments

fight back when angry citizens publicize the abuses.

In Maryland and elsewhere, people who…

The Boston Herald reports that Transportation Security Administration…

A software company is developing revolutionary software which provides the ability to identify people from photographs posted on the internet.

Face.com has produced technology that can identify individuals on social networking sites and online galleries by comparing their image against a known picture of them.

It means detailed profiles of individuals can be built up purely from online photographs and critics have said it could lead to exploitation by employers.…

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. – On New York's Long Island, it's used to prevent drownings. In Greece, it's a tool to help solve a

financial crisis. Municipalities update property assessment rolls and

other government data with it. Some in…

by Chris Morran

You have to hand it to the TSA screeners at Philadelphia International Airport. Not only will they look through your stuff to

make sure you're not going to go all explosiony on the plane, they'll

also bring in the cops to call your husband to double check you haven't

embezzled money from him.

The Philadelphia Inquirer has the story of a 43-year-old woman who feels the TSA crossed a line when they went from checking her luggage…

By Noah Shachtman

Any citizen, any foreign spy, any member of the Taliban, and any terrorist can go to the WikiLeaks website, and download detailed information about how the U.S.…