Storm Fears Shut Down Drilling in Gulf of Mexico
Tropical Storm Karen heads their way
Science & Technology
Doctors Still Overprescribing Antibiotics, Researchers Say
Even with the risk of helping create resistant bugs
British Spy Agency Being Challenged in European Court over Surveillance
Accused of breaching privacy
Google Glass May See Use in Operating Rooms
Dutch company Royal Philips is interested
Calif. Greatly Overstated First-Day Visits to Health Exchange Site
Off by more than 4 million hits
Snowden's Email Provider Defied FBI Order for Access
More details about Lavabit's shutdown
Tropical Storm Karen Could Become a Hurricane Before Hitting US Gulf Coast
Oil and gas platforms in the Gulf evacuated
FBI Uses the Sort of "Illegal Digital Goods" Sold on Silk Road, Which it Recently Shut Down
Founder of the site has been arrested
Bitcoin Values Plunge, But Recover, Following Silk Road Shutdown
Bitcoins the common currency for the online black market site
DOJ Opposes Tech Company Efforts to Publish Surveillance Stats
Most transparent administration yada, yada, yada
NSA Chief Admits Misleading Numbers on How Spying Helped Stop Terror Plots
"The American people are getting left with an inaccurate impression of the effectiveness of NSA programs," said Sen. Leahy
Wiretapping Suits Against Google May Continue, Judges Rule
Accused of scanning users' e-mails to target advertising
Audit: Poor Management Blamed for Flagging Nuclear Waste Program
Facility 11 years behind schedule and costs have tripled
NSA Ran Pilot Program Tracking Americans' Cellphone Location Data
But decided against putting program into practice
FBI Raid Silk Road, Arrest Owner
Allege narcotics, hacking, and money laundering conspiracies associated with the online marketplace
Cellphone Use While Driving Now a "Primary" Traffic Offense in Maryland
Can be pulled over just for that
Mars Rover to Keep Operating During Government Shutdown, Run by Contractor
97 percent of NASA employees furloughed
Snowden Shortlisted For European Human Rights Prize
Nelson Mandela among the previous winners
The Obamacare Shutdown Negotiations That Totally Aren't Going to Happen Proceed with Sen. Durbin Floating Concessions on Medical Device Tax
The tax has been a bipartisan sore point for a while
Sebelius Asks For Some Slack Regarding Glitchy Obamacare Exchange Site
Asks for the same treatment Apple gets
Let Us Be Clear: Obama Deserves Chief Responsibility for Gov't Shutdown.
Boehner and the GOP may well be "anarchists" and Reid and the Dems may be useless. But it's the president who runs the show.
Obamacare vs. Samaritan Health-Care Ministry: A Case Study
The new law erodes the power of individuals to make health care cheaper & better.
Nobody Was in Control of Train Responsible for Chicago Crash
Surveillance video shows nobody operating out-of-service passenger train
NSA Stores Metadata for MIllions of Web Users for at Least a Year
Regardless of whether they are connected to any investigation
Ke$ha Fights Bear-Baiting in Maine
Animal-rights groups trying to stop the practice, with singer backing them
