US citizens: call for cans of Glade to list the chemicals it contains, some of which seem to be toxic.

A stealth project to build a tar sands oil pipeline effectively equivalent to Keystone XL.

Liu Xiaobo's brother was convicted on ridiculous charges and imprisoned.

Slot machine technology has advanced, making them more addictive.

Just goes to show how foolish it is to make "innovation" the primary goal. Who will decide which innovations will be used in your life? You, or someone else?

If what the addicts want is the feeling of flow, can't they get the same feeling in a way that doesn't cost them money? Perhaps with a free software slot machine program that pays off in Roulette Rupees instead of real money?

It appears PRISM refers to a system by which the US government demands information from companies, and not a back door for direct government access to the companies' servers.

Nonetheless, many companies went out of their way to make it easier to give the data to the government.

The US can do plenty to spy on Internet traffic to these companies even without their cooperation.

The government should be able to get information from individuals and companies for investigations. That part of things is not what's wrong. What is wrong is that Internet sites collect so much information about nearly everyone, which can then be handed over to the US government for an investigation of "terrorist suspects" such as dissidents or whistleblowers.