TODAY'S TOP STORIES - January 17, 2013
Insidious Ways You Are Being Tracked | US Increasing Global Hegemony | Hoax Encourages Cutting Over Beiber Pot SmokingCustomer Beware: You Are Being Tracked
David Rosen, AlterNet
From CCTV cameras to RFID wristbands, retailers are monitoring everything you do. READ MORE»
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Oliver Stone, Peter Kuznick, USA Today
Has America's commitment to a global reign deepened? READ MORE»
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Jared Diamond, Viking Press
Why the traditional way of raising kids is better than ours. An excerpt from Diamond's new book. READ MORE»
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By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet
The White House and New York State want to use more mental health data, but obstacles abound. READ MORE»
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By Kristen Gwynne, AlterNet
Pranksters launched the trending hashtag #Cut4Beiber, which, accompanied by graphic images of cutting, was supposedly
aimed at urging Beiber to stop smoking marijuana. READ MORE»
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By Marian Wright Edelman, AlterNet
The US has spent $1.5 trillion on Iraq and Afghanistan wars so far, while ignoring the reality that the greatest threats
to child safety come from enemies within. READ MORE»
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By Laura Gottesdiener, AlterNet
New pressure on a hot-button issue. READ MORE»
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By Marion Nestle, Food Politics
The ad is an astonishing act of chutzpah, explainable only as an act of desperation to do something about the company’s
declining sales in the U.S. READ MORE»
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By Natasha Lennard, Salon
The liberal stalwart will join the conservative network as a regular analyst, token progressive READ MORE»
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AlterNet
A heated discussion, to put it mildly. Jones shares his hatred for "bastard" Glenn Beck READ MORE»
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