House narrowly rejects bid to curb NSA domestic surveillance | Politics and Law - CNET News

House narrowly rejects bid to curb NSA domestic surveillance | Politics and Law - CNET News: "In an indication that Edward Snowden's disclosures about broad government surveillances are having a political impact, the U.S. House of Representatives came within seven votes on Wednesday of curbing a program that vacuums up the logs of all Americans' phone calls.
An amendment that would have ended the National Security Agency's use of the Patriot Act to conduct mass surveillance of Americans' phone call metadata failed by a vote of 205 to 217."

Oregon woman wins $18.6 million over credit report mistakes | Fox News

Oregon woman wins $18.6 million over credit report mistakes | Fox News: "A Federal Trade Commission study earlier this year of 1,001 consumers who reviewed 2,968 of their credit reports found 21 percent contained errors. The survey found that 5 percent of the errors represented issues that would lead consumers to be denied credit."

Red State Socialism makes you sick - Campaign for Liberty

Red State Socialism makes you sick - Campaign for Liberty: "Taxpayers spent $84.4 billion on corn production, $8.1 billion of which funded production of corn starch and sweeteners. Of the total domestic corn produced, 9.6 percent ended up in junk food and beverages as sweeteners or thickeners.

Apples, the only fruit or vegetable to receive significant federal subsidies, garnered $689 million during the same period.

By contrast, nutritionists point to the “Twinkie subsidy.” Of 37 ingredients in the fattening, empty-calorie confection, taxpayers subsidize at least 17, including corn syrup, high-fructose corn syrup, vegetable shortening and corn starch."