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Healthcare.gov Sends Personal Data to Private Companies

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Healthcare.gov, the government’s website for the Affordable Care Act, has been secretly sending users’ personal data to private advertising and marketing companies, according to the Associated Press. The data disclosed includes highly personal information, including age, income, zip code, and whether the person in question smokes, or is pregnant. it also includes a computer’s IP address and can identify the …

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Did President Obama’s SOTU Really Turn the Page?

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President Obama attempted to turn the page in his hour long State of the Union address last night where he discussed the financial crisis of 2008, the recession and unemployment and deficits that followed and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He then went on to enforce America’s commitment to peace, the importance of cybersecurity, and the importance of leading …

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Half of Global Wealth Held by the 1%, Says Oxfam Report

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The gap between the world’s richest and poorest is increasing, according to a study conducted by anti-poverty charity Oxfam International, which found that by next year, one percent of the world’s population will own more wealth than the other 99%. Winnie Byanyima, executive director of Oxfam International, pointed out the dangerous gap ahead of this week’s annual World Economic Forum …

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Scientology Spying, Threats & Lawsuits

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Scientology is being sued by Monique Rathbun in Texas for harassment and spying in incidents similar to their treatment of Paulette Cooper in the 1970s. The church’s legal threats and lawsuits against people deemed to be opposed to the Church are also explored, with the Church willingness to sue people highlighted in this excerpt from the full length episode on …

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Supreme Court Agrees to Take On Gay Marriage Issue

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The Supreme Court has agreed to take on the gay marriage issue and will decide whether the Constitution allows individual states to ban same-sex marriage after refusing to hear appeals from seven states where statewide bans on same-sex marriage had been invalidated. The hope for gay marriage advocates is that the court will establish a national constitutional right to same-sex …