Vertical Micro-Farms: Fresh Produce Grown in Berlin Groceries

Taking farm-to-table approaches to new heights, a company in Berlin is putting small vertical farms directly inside of grocery stores to provide fresh produce and eliminate transportation costs.
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Reddit deletes surveillance 'warrant canary' in transparency report

Social networking forum reddit on Thursday removed a section from its site used to tacitly inform users it had never received a certain type of U.S. government surveillance request, suggesting the platform is now being asked to hand over customer data under a secretive law enforcement authority.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/FivesandSevens/reddit-deletes-surveillance-warrant-canary-in-transparency-report

To Stop Whistleblowing, US Intelligence Instructing Staff to Spy on Colleagues

Intelligence agencies have long treated perceived threats in their own ranks in a manner befitting a Kafka story. Now, in the era of Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden, they are ramping up this treatment to root out whistleblowers. By James Bamford.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/AdelleChattre/to-stop-whistleblowing-us-intelligence-instructing-staff-to-spy-on-colleagues

Mattel’s and the Chinese cyber-thieves

The email seemed unremarkable: a routine request by Mattel Inc’s chief executive for a new vendor payment to China. It was well-timed, arriving on Thursday, April 30, during a tumultuous period for the Los-Angeles based maker of Barbie dolls. Barbie was bombing…
Read more: http://snapzu.com/AdelleChattre/mattels-and-the-chinese-cyber-thieves

Kenya Honour for Muslim Hero who Protected Christian Bus Passengers

A Muslim teacher in Kenya who protected Christians on a bus after it was attacked by Islamist militants is posthumously honoured for his bravery.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/jcscher/kenya-honour-for-muslim-hero-who-protected-christian-bus-passengers

That Time Soviet School Children Bugged the US Ambassador’s Office

Did you hear the one about the Soviet school children who presented a US Ambassador with a wooden plaque of the Seal of the United States as a gesture of friendship in 1945? It hung in his Moscow office for 7 years before discovering it contained a listening device. True story.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/JazzofAllTrades/that-time-soviet-school-children-bugged-the-us-ambassadors-office

A Bernie Sanders Supporter Confronted a Superdelegate — Then Leaked Their Private Conversation

One superdelegate casually admitted to a Bernie Sanders supporter that she’ll vote to nominate Hillary Clinton, despite 81.6 percent of her state voting for Sanders. By Tom Cahill.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/AdelleChattre/a-bernie-sanders-supporter-confronted-a-superdelegate-then-leaked-their-private-conversation

India overpass collapse kills 14; scores feared trapped

At least 10 people were killed in the Indian city of Kolkata on Thursday and 150 were feared trapped when a flyover under construction collapsed onto traffic moving along the street below, police said. Firefighters and residents were trying with their bare hands to rescue those trapped under the wreckage of the metal-and-cement structure that came down near Girish Park in a teeming commercial district.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/wetwilly87/india-overpass-collapse-kills-14-scores-feared-trapped

Elle on Earth

How a leading women’s magazine ruined a once-in-a-lifetime interview with fashion legend Rei Kawakubo. By Jacques Hyzagi.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/AdelleChattre/elle-on-earth

FBI: Hospice nurses told to overdose patients to speed death

The owner of a Dallas-area hospice ordered nurses to increase drug dosages for patients to speed their deaths and maximize profits, according to an FBI affidavit. A copy of the affidavit for a search warrant obtained by KXAS-TV in Dallas-Fort Worth (http://bit.ly/1VTzfeh ) alleges Brad Harris ordered higher dosages for at least four patients at Novus Health Services in Frisco. It's unclear whether any deaths resulted from...
Read more: http://snapzu.com/gottlieb/fbi-hospice-nurses-told-to-overdose-patients-to-speed-death

Diyarbakir: Bomb kills police in south-eastern Turkish city

Four police officers have been killed in a bomb blast that rocked the Kurdish-dominated south-eastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir. At least 14 people were injured in the explosion near a bus station, security sources said. It is not known who was behind the blast. Turkey's army is locked in an operation against rebels from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in the region. A ceasefire between the government and the PKK collapsed in July last year.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/doodlegirl/diyarbakir-bomb-kills-police-in-south-eastern-turkish-city

Hackers offering bulk discount to unlock encrypted MedStar data

The hackers who locked up data on MedStar's computers this week are demanding ransom to begin unlocking it — and they're offering a bulk discount to release all of it, according to a copy of the demands obtained by The Baltimore Sun.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/CrookedTale/hackers-offering-bulk-discount-to-unlock-encrypted-medstar-data

‘Ryan’s Law’ proposed to allow you to cancel Comcast online with one click

Today in local news, Los Angeles Assemblyman Mike Gatto has introduced a bill that would allow Californians to cancel their Internet or cable services online with ‘one click’. The bill, which has no official nickname but I am hereby dubbing ‘Ryan’s Law’ for reasons that will become apparent, takes the following stance...
Read more: http://snapzu.com/spacepopper/ryans-law-proposed-to-allow-you-to-cancel-comcast-online-with-oneclick

Inside the FBI Investigation of Hillary Clinton's E-Mail

FBI director Jim Comey first investigated the Clintons 20 years ago
Read more: http://snapzu.com/rti9/inside-the-fbi-investigation-of-hillary-clintons-e-mail

$86M US counter-narcotics plane still sitting in storage

An $86 million Drug Enforcement Administration plane purchased seven years ago to fly surveillance and counter-narcotics missions in Afghanistan remains grounded in the U.S. and likely will never fly in Asia, according to a scathing audit released Wednesday by the Justice Department's inspector general. The review, which was spurred by a July 2014 whistleblower's report, found that the Global Discovery program to modify the ATR 42-500 aircraft to provide the DEA...
Read more: http://snapzu.com/dianep/86m-us-counter-narcotics-plane-still-sitting-in-storage

Paul Ryan Sorry for Calling Americans “Takers." Let's Talk About the Real Takers.

Rana Foroohar's new book, Makers and Takers: The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business, gets to the stuff Ryan conveniently left out.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/spaceghoti/paul-ryan-sorry-for-calling-americans-takers-lets-talk-about-the-real-takers

Backlash grows against N Carolina's discrimination law

Eighty businesses have joined a growing backlash against a new North Carolina law ending anti-discrimination protections across the state. Bank of America, based in Charlotte, has joined dozens of major firms publicly objecting to the law. It also means transgender people must use bathrooms according to the gender on their birth certificates. Republican Governor Pat McCrory said the law was protecting privacy and based on common sense.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/melaniee/backlash-grows-against-n-carolinas-discrimination-law

To Feed Hungry Minds, Afghans Seed a Ravaged Land With Books

A volunteer organization founded by a teenager has worked to reopen schools and create libraries in some of the Afghan provinces hardest hit by war.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/gladsdotter/to-feed-hungry-minds-afghans-seed-a-ravaged-land-with-books

Chapter Five: Knocking on the psychic's door

Even after all the discoveries we made in our search for answers about the mysterious French psychic Maria Duval, we still need to solve the mystery of this woman and confront her face-to-face. This time, we go to France.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/CatLady/chapter-five-knocking-on-the-psychics-door

No charges for Minnesota officers in police-involved deaths since 2000

Since 2000, at least 143 people in Minnesota have died after being shot, Tased or restrained by a police officer. To date, not a single officer has been charged in any of those deaths. In 134 decisions, a grand jury, county attorney or the U.S. attorney determined there wasn't probable cause of a crime being committed. Decisions not to charge or indict an officer are often interpreted to mean the officer was justified in using deadly force under state statute, which says...
Read more: http://snapzu.com/hiihii/no-charges-for-minnesota-officers-in-police-involved-deaths-since-2000

George Orwell in Spain: Where the Writer Fully Found His Voice

Adam Hochschild, author of "Spain In Our Hearts," explains how George Orwell - unlike any other writer of his time - best captured the Spanish Civil War.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/gladsdotter/george-orwell-in-spain-where-the-writer-fully-found-his-voice

The girl who stole my book: How Eilis O'Hanlon found out her crime novels were swiped by a stranger

There was something strangely familiar about the crime novel riding high on the Amazon Kindle bestseller lists last autumn. Eilis O'Hanlon ought to know. She'd co-written it almost 13 years earlier. The only problem was that someone else was now claiming to be the author.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/gladsdotter/the-girl-who-stole-my-book-how-eilis-ohanlon-found-out-her-crime-novels-were-swiped-by-a-stranger

The 'war on drugs' has failed and actually damages public health, major study finds

The five-decade long international “War on Drugs” started by US president Richard Nixon has harmed the public health and should be scrapped in favour of a process of decriminalisation, a major new report has concluded. Anti-drug policies and laws have had “no measurable impact on supply or use” and cannot be justified on scientific or public health grounds, according to the authors of study commissioned by the Johns Hopkins Ivy League university and The Lancet.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/geoleo/the-war-on-drugs-has-failed-and-actually-damages-public-health-major-study-finds

Japan Regulators OK Costly Ice Wall at Fukushima Plant

Japanese regulators on Wednesday approved the use of a giant refrigeration system to create an unprecedented underground frozen barrier around buildings at the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant in an attempt to contain leaking radioactive water. The Nuclear Regulation Authority said the...
Read more: http://snapzu.com/jcscher/japan-regulators-ok-costly-ice-wall-at-fukushima-plant

Tax-free, guaranteed basic income of 560 Euro moving forward in Finland

The green party of Finland is going to present taking into use a basic income model. This would remove minimum social benefits and replace them with a tax free payment of 560 Euro (approx. 630 USD) each month to every Finnish Citizen. The basic income is going to be tested in the year 2017. The party believes that replacing the benefits with the basic income will help people who work to make more income for themselves by being active citizens. People with part time...
Read more: http://snapzu.com/ppp/tax-free-guaranteed-basic-income-of-560-euro-moving-forward-in-finland

William Shatner hit with $170 million paternity suit

William Shatner is being sued for $170 million by a Florida-based radio host who claims that the
Read more: http://snapzu.com/Apolatia/william-shatner-hit-with-170-million-paternity-suit

Apple wants the FBI to reveal how it hacked the San Bernardino killer's iPhone

Apple Inc. refused to give the FBI software the agency desperately wanted. Now Apple is the one that needs the FBI's assistance. The FBI announced Monday that it managed to unlock an iPhone 5c belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters without the help of Apple. And the agency has shown no interest in telling Apple how it skirted the phone's security features, leaving the tech giant guessing about a vulnerability that could compromise millions of devices.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/geoleo/apple-wants-the-fbi-to-reveal-how-it-hacked-the-san-bernardino-killers-iphone

Steven Avery’s lawyer: We have a new suspect in Teresa Halbach murder

It’s the news Making a Murderer fans and Steven Avery supporters have been waiting for: Avery’s lawyer, Kathleen Zellner, has revealed that she and her legal team have a new suspect in the Teresa Halbach murder. “We have a couple [of new suspects],” Zellner told The Wrap. “I’d say there’s one leading the pack by a lot. But I don’t want to scare him off. I don’t want him to run.”
Read more: http://snapzu.com/socialiguana/steven-averys-lawyer-we-have-a-new-suspect-in-teresa-halbach-murder

All 7 Canadian NHL clubs shut out of NHL playoffs

Canada's hockey humiliation was complete as the Ottawa Senators were eliminated from NHL playoff contention, leaving the post-season without a Canadian club for just the second time. With 11 days left in the regular season, the Senators were the last team carrying Canada's banner.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/canuck/all-7-canadian-nhl-clubs-shut-out-of-nhl-playoffs

US: No, China, we won't recognize these red lines you've drawn all over the South China Sea

The US has told China it will not recognize an exclusion zone in the South China Sea, US Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work said on Wednesday. US officials have expressed concern that an international court ruling expected in coming weeks on a case brought by the Philippines against China over its South China Sea claims could prompt Beijing to declare it an air defense identification zone, or ADIZ, as it did to the north, in the East China Sea, in 2013.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/messi/us-no-china-we-wont-recognize-these-red-lines-youve-drawn-all-over-the-south-china-sea

KING: Trump manager's assault charge shows double standard

The charges, while appropriate, reveal a whole host of despicable disparities that deserve ample mention.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/Lievren/king-trump-managers-assault-charge-shows-double-standard

Revealed: how Associated Press cooperated with the Nazis

The Associated Press news agency entered a formal cooperation with the Hitler regime in the 1930s, supplying American newspapers with material directly produced and selected by the Nazi propaganda ministry, archive material unearthed by a German historian has revealed. When the Nazi party seized power in Germany in 1933, one of its first objectives was to bring into line not just the national press, but international media too. The Guardian was banned within a year...
Read more: http://snapzu.com/geoleo/revealed-how-associated-press-cooperated-with-the-nazis

Jamar Clark: No charges against Minneapolis police officers in fatal shooting

No charges will be filed against the two Minneapolis officers involved in the shooting death last fall of Jamar Clark, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman announced Wednesday, citing DNA and other evidence showing Clark was not handcuffed during the altercation and he refused to let go of an officer's holstered gun during the late-night struggle outside an apartment building.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/ubthejudge/jamar-clark-no-charges-against-minneapolis-police-officers-in-fatal-shooting

Pentagon examining how enemy nations could empower machines

The U.S. will narrowly define the use of artificial intelligence. Will its enemies?
Read more: http://snapzu.com/Appaloosa/pentagon-examining-how-enemy-nations-could-empower-machines

Nigerian Government Says Country Needs More Jail Time For Pirates And Control Over Content Of Creative Works

The operating theory of incumbent industries is that piracy kills creativity. Try telling that to Nigeria. ... Years of history suggest rampant piracy is directly linked to the rise of the Nigerian film industry, a.k.a. "Nollywood." It's now 2016 and government officials and anti-piracy task force heads are still trying to deliver the same "piracy is killing the Nigerian film industry" arguments.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/kxh/nigerian-government-says-country-needs-more-jail-time-for-pirates-and-control-over-content-of-creative-works

The Birth of G-SHOCK, Casio’s “Revolutionary” Watch

A conversation with legendary engineer Kikuo Ibe
Read more: http://snapzu.com/Dino55/the-birth-of-g-shock-casios-revolutionary-watch

Why Jairo died

Documents recently obtained by The Tico Times in the investigation of Jairo Mora’s death help unravel the mystery behind the murder of a young Costa Rican conservationist who once worked peacefully with poachers on the beach he tried to protect. By Lindsay Fendt. (Sept. ’13)
Read more: http://snapzu.com/AdelleChattre/why-jairo-died

The World’s Most Powerful Corporation

The East India Company was vast and powerful, hiring thousands across the world. But what was it like to work there? And are there parallels with today’s multinationals?
Read more: http://snapzu.com/jcscher/the-worlds-most-powerful-corporation

The burden of war falls on fewer Americans than ever before

Today, less than 1% of Americans serve.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/rti9/the-burden-of-war-falls-on-fewer-americans-than-ever-before

Mexican city launches 'sexiest police force in world' made up of young women

In an unvarnished act of chutzpah, Acapulco’s police chief Manuel Flores has pioneered a police unit with the unique mantle of being “the sexiest in the world” – only 18 to 28-year-old women need apply. With tourism making up 80 percent of the economy in this resort city in the troubled state of Guerrero and the crime rate at an all-time high, the need for more law enforcement on the streets is keen.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/wetwilly87/mexican-city-launches-sexiest-police-force-in-world-made-up-of-young-women

Updategate: Microsoft clarifies its ‘automatic’ updates to Windows 10 Pro

Pure Douglas Adams from Redmond. By Chris Merriman.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/AdelleChattre/updategate-microsoft-clarifies-its-automatic-updates-to-windows-10-pro

Raw: Mexico's Popocatepetl Volcano Erupts

Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano spewed a large column of ash and vapor Tuesday afternoon. (March 30)
Read more: http://snapzu.com/jcscher/raw-mexicos-popocatepetl-volcano-erupts

Low-income Americans can no longer afford rent, food, and transportation

Buying basic necessities is sometimes impossible.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/FivesandSevens/low-income-americans-can-no-longer-afford-rent-food-and-transportation

Italian passenger on hijacked EgyptAir plane tells of 'selfie' disbelief

Maybe they call it English aplomb, says Andrea Banchetti, who was among five Europeans kept on plane along with Ben Innes
Read more: http://snapzu.com/rti9/italian-passenger-on-hijacked-egyptair-plane-tells-of-selfie-disbelief

Trump: A Revolution in Waiting

Why the Republican establishment was no match for Donald Trump and Joe Sixpack.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/CharlieMusgrove/trump-a-revolution-in-waiting

Here’s how your internet provider is going to make more money off you

It's all about how much data you use.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/Appaloosa/heres-how-your-internet-provider-is-going-to-make-more-money-off-you

Most Americans support torture against terror suspects - poll

Nearly two-thirds of Americans believe torture can be justified to extract information from suspected terrorists, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll, a level of support similar to that seen in countries like Nigeria where militant attacks are common.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/FivesandSevens/most-americans-support-torture-against-terror-suspects-poll

'El Chapo' chief financial operator captured in Mexico

Authorities have captured a man identified as the chief financial operator behind drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's empire, who they say laundered some $4 billion in the past decade, federal police reported Sunday. "Groups of elite federal police and the Mexican Army arrested Juan Manuel Alvarez Inzunza, nicknamed 'El Rey Midas' ('King Midas') in Oaxaca," the police said in a statement.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/junglman/el-chapo-chief-financial-operator-captured-in-mexico

North Korea pushes missile investments while telling citizens to brace for famine

The hermit state continues to arm itself, while warning its people of tough times ahead.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/Appaloosa/north-korea-pushes-missile-investments-while-telling-citizens-to-brace-for-famine

Baby dying video sparks outrage over poor Mexican healthcare

An amateur video posted online that shows a doctor trying in vain to save the life of a baby has sparked public outrage over Mexico’s poor health facilities. The author of the footage explains why he filmed the devastating scene.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/JazzofAllTrades/baby-dying-video-sparks-outrage-over-poor-mexican-healthcare