Court Rules Indiana Can't Cut Funding to Planned Parenthood
State can't bar abortion providers from collecting Medicaid funds for medical services.
Science & Technology
Temporary Medicaid Pay Hike Confuses Doctors
Supposed to last for two years, but many details have not been hammered out
FTC Issues Privacy Guidelines for Facial Recognition Tech
Recommendations for companies, of course, not the government
Mass. Moves to Close Company Tied to Meningitis Outbreak
Trying to revoke their license due to unclean conditions
Megaupload User Wants Details of Government's Data Seizure
The feds have been awfully cagey about this case
Company Settles Suit Over Inescapable Online Tracking
KISSmetrics even tracked people who tried to block its cookies
Are Presidential Debates Always a Waste of Time?
From body language to pretty faces, new research looks at what really matters in televised presidential debates.
Windows 8 Competing Against Google First, Then Apple
Windows used to be accused, and sometimes still is, of being monopolistic
Study: Most Homemade Porn, Nude Pics Make it Online
30 percent of internet traffic is to porn sites
Microsoft Employees Have Raised $1 Billion in 30 Years For Charity
Employee Giving Campaign began in 1983
Twitter Briefly Suspends Account of Homophobic U.K. Politician
Europe isn't so free-speech friendly
FTC Offers Facial Recognition Guidelines
Don't expect the government to take its own pointers too seriously
Little-Known Device Raises Big Fourth Amendment Implications
"Stingray" tracks all the mobile devices on a given network in an area
FDA Investigating 5 Deaths Connected to Energy Drink
Monster Energy Drinks being sued by parents of teen who died
No Signs of Life Yet in Frozen Antarctic Lake
Icy body of water has not been exposed to the elements for millions of years
Obama Administration: Talking Preferable to War in Iran
Sanctions intended to bring them to the table
Amazon Wipes Woman's Kindle Account Without Explanation
Loses all her books with them, has account closed and doesn't know why
Meningitis Probe May Lead to Drug Shortages
Drug manufacturer shut down for a month for investigation
Android Apps Leaking Sensitive Data
Researchers found they were able to intercept information transmission from 8 percent of those they tested
Siemens to Sell off Solar Power Business
Losing money there and will focus on hydro and wind instead
Italy Convicts Scientists for Failing to Warn About Quakes
Seven guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to six years in prison
XCOR's Lynx Will Travel 62 Miles Above the Ground at Mach 3.5
Test flights scheduled for early 2013
iTunes Makeover Could Be Released Tomorrow
Could be one of numerous announcements from Apple
Milky Way, Other Spiral Galaxies, Universe Still Evolving
More than 500 galaxies were surveyed; such galaxies were previously believed to be in a stable state
Scientists: Groundwater Removal Could Be Implicated in 2011 Spain Earthquake
Earthquake happened in a seismically active region
Study: Social Media Users Politically Engaged
Is the study's subtitle "Just look at your Facebook feed"?
Scientists Angry over Entrepreneur's Ocean Experiment
Dumped iron dust into waters off Canada to encourage plankton growth
Alaska Argues to Keep Polar Bears off "Threatened" List
Included because of the possibility of future losses, not current population
Minnesota Backs Down on Banning Free Online College Courses
Officials realize 20-year-old rule didn't take Internet into account
FTC Offers Prize for Fighting Robocalls
$50,000 to whomever can figure out how to block them
Boy Ordered to Change Schools for Carrying Cystic Fibrosis Gene
Could present to risk with another student who has the disease
