A study gives a preliminary suggestion that common artificial sweeteners can affect intestinal bacteria in some people, causing them to experience high blood sugar levels.

Warning to Canadians: in the US, thugs are waiting to rob you.

Obama says he won't send ground troops to fight in Iraq, but instead will "forward-deploy" some of the "advisers". In practice, it may be the same thing.

There may be some advantage in this disguise; until ISIS kills some on the battlefield, the US could claim not to have troops fighting in Iraq, much as Putin pretended not to have Russian troops fighting in Ukraine.

Paranoia in Australia: a passenger was kicked off a flight because someone saw him scribbling in a notebook about the fear of terrorism.

This sort of paranoia helps governments attack human rights, which does far more damage than terrorists ever could.

The CDT and ACLU reported 5 US massive surveillance programs to the UN as especially threatening to human rights.