The following rush transcript probably contains errors and/or omissions…
Headlines for 2/5/2014
Produced by: Minka Bito
Rex Latchford with yet another DayPage, It’s Tuesday, February 4th, 2014
- Senate OKs Farm Bill with $8.7 Billion in Food Stamp Cuts
- North Carolina: Up to 82,000 Tons of Coal Ash, 27 Million Gallons of Polluted Water Leaks into River
- Study: Americans To Work Fewer Hours Under Obamacare
- Morgan Stanley to Pay $1.25 Billion for Toxic Securities
- Report: U.S. Limits Pakistan Drone Strikes; Taliban Talks Delayed
- British Spies Hacked Sites of Anonymous, LulzSec
The latest leaks from Edward Snowden show the British equivalent of the National Security Agency launched cyber-attacks on the online activist groups Anonymous and LulzSec. NBC News reports the GCHQ sabotaged Anonymous chat rooms and planted software to reveal the identities of their participants. Britain appears to be the first known Western government to launch cyber-attacks for which groups like Anonymous have faced jail time. The GCHQ’s operations also disrupted the web traffic and websites of political activists who had no connection to illegal hacking.
- A Lithuanian court has ordered a probe of the torture of a Saudi Arabian prisoner held inside a secret CIA prison.
The Washington, D.C. City Council has advanced a measure to decriminalize marijuana. The move would scrap criminal penalties for marijuana possession in favor of a violation equivalent to a parking ticket. City Councilmember and bill sponsor Tommy Wells said marijuana laws have led to the disproportionate jailing of African Americans.
- Rally will be held today Held to Urge Settlement in Central Park Five Case
- A New York Measure Would Pull Funding for Academic Boycott of Israel
- in the U.S. , the Abortion Rate has hit a 40-Year Low
Russian President Vladimir Putin has spent more than $50 billion on the Winter Games in Sochi, making this the most expensive Olympics in history. In the lead-up to the games, Russia has faced worldwide criticism and calls for boycotts, especially after it passed a law in June banning the spread of so-called “gay propaganda” to children.
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