This* Week in Headlines (July 1-6, 2012)
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Transcript of This* Week in Headlines (July 1-6, 2012)
This* Week in Headlines
Collection and Analysis of Headlines from around the WWW
* Soon to be last week’s, the week before last’s,and sometime long ago that no one remembers.
presents
July 1st - 6th, 2012
This* Week’s Headlines were gathered from...
With other articles from...
and
Click on links in blue to read the story.
The New York Times
Hacker News
BBC
CNET News
The Guardian
The Atlantic
Techdirt
National Geographic
Reuters
Washington Post
Ars Technica The Economist
Wired
CNN Money
So, what happened this* week?
Well, instead of having a Supreme Court ruling hanging over our head, we had fireworks.
Though everyone was still debating what the ruling really meant...
Wooing Swing Voters, Both Parties Wary of Overemphasizing Health Care
In Supreme Court Term, Striking Unity on Major Cases
Too Quiet, Again, on Health Care
No Respite for Liberals
4 Charts That Show Obama's Failure to Sell Health-Care Reform to the Public
2 of the Last 3 GOP Presidents Signed Larger Tax Increases Than Obamacare
...working it into the calculus of the presidential campaign...
Murdoch’s Digs at Romney Underscore Persistent StrainsCan the Democrats Catch Up in the Super-PAC Game?
With Elections Awash in Cash, There’s Plenty of Blame to Go Around
Job Weakness Starts to Shape Election ToneObama Promotes a Long View on Jobs
...as the game goes on.
New Agency Plans to Make Over Mortgage Market
Senate Move to Reverse Mercury Rule Fails
‘No Child’ Law Whittled Down by White House
A Mediocre Farm Bill
In Washington’s New Mood of Austerity, Legislating Turns Into a Zero-Sum Game
And speaking of games, don’t let the suits fool you...
How Delaware Thrives as a Corporate Tax Haven
Glaxo Agrees to Pay $3 Billion in Fraud Settlement
The LIBOR scandal: The rotten heart of finance
Online prices: Caveat emptor.com
The psychology of discounting: Something doesn’t add up
Barclays’ Ex-Chief Spreads the Blame in Rate-Rigging Scandal
This is unacceptable.
“With so many towns economically strapped, there is growing pressure on the courts to bring in money rather than mete out justice,” ... “The
companies they hire are aggressive. Those arrested are not told about the right to counsel or asked whether they are indigent or offered an
alternative to fines and jail. There are real constitutional issues at stake.”
Probation Fees Rise, Firms Profit and the Poor Go to Jail
But where are you going to hide from such news?
Searing Sun and Drought Shrivel Corn in Midwest
South Carolina passes bill against municipal broadband
Soda Makers Begin Their Push Against New York Ban
Public Workers Face New Rash of Layoffs, Hurting Recovery
A Town That Backed a Failed Project Refuses to Pay
Crammed Into Cheap Bunks, Dreaming of Future Digital Glory
Half of Americans Still Lack 3-Month Emergency Fund
New Rules on Public Pension Funds Seek Better Disclosure
How Fire Could Change the Face of the West
We are surrounded by it...
Here's a Map of the Countries That Provide Universal Health Care
The Global Diabetes Epidemic, Brought to You by Global Development
In Fiji, a Detour on the Road to Democracy
I.M.F. Reduces Forecast for U.S. Growth
Earthquake Relief Where Haiti Wasn’t Broken
In Caymans, It’s Simple to Fill a Hedge Fund Board
Europe’s Great Illusion
Why Russia locks up so many entrepreneurs
Inquiry Declares Fukushima Crisis a Man-Made Disaster
This week the plot continued to thicken in Syria...
Protesters Describe Torture by Syrian Security Forces
For Putin, Principle vs. Practicality on Syria
WikiLeaks says it has obtained 2.4 million emails from Syria, claims revelations forthcoming
Amid Reports of Defection, Opponents of Syria’s President Meet
Facebook apologises for deleting free speech group's post on Syrian torture
Pakistan
Iran
Eqypt
Sudan
Kenya
Eritrea
Syria
Iraq
As it did in the rest of the Middle East...
Already Plagued by Inflation, Iran Is Bracing for Worse
Iran Takes Defiant Steps Over New Sanctions
Eritrea: Government Accused of Human Rights Abuses
U.S. Adds Forces in Persian Gulf, a Signal to Iran
Judge Helped Egypt’s Military to Cement Power
The Invisible Bank: How Kenya Has Beaten the World in Mobile Money
Dissent Sprouts in Sudan, but It May Not Be Arab Spring
India
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
But it doesn’t stop there...
Crippled, Chaotic Pakistan
As crops rot, millions go hungry in India
Growing Traffic in Sri Lanka’s Waters Threatens Blue Whales
How the Indo-Pakistani Border Came to Be
Abandoned, Aborted, or Left for Dead: These Are the Vanishing Girls of Pakistan
India Weighs Providing Free Drugs at State-Run Hospitals
And of course, China, China, China, China, China...
China blocks access to Bloomberg and Businessweek sites
Protesters March as New Hong Kong Leader Is Sworn In
Wealth and Power: It's a family affair
India and China: Friend, enemy, rival, investor
From Milk to Peas, a Chinese Food-Safety Mess
U.S. Files Trade Complaint Against China on Vehicles
How US software ended up powering Chinese assault helicopters
Which roughly translates to...
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Yet somehow amazing things are still happening...
Physicists Find Elusive Particle Seen as Key to the Universe
Stephen Hawking on time travel, M-theory, and extra terrestrial life
Neutron stars and black holes illuminate dark matter
First private deep space mission will search for Earth-destroying asteroids
Planet-Forming Disk Vanishes Into Thin Air
NASA’s New (Astronaut-Carrying) Spacecraft Is Retro-Modern
Meanwhile online...
It took 2 days for Ciscoto think better of a questionable move...
...but it was just another week for Facebook users.
And online/offline relations maintained
their negative trajectory such that...
Facebook e-mail mess: Address books altered; e-mail lost
First Instance of iOS App Store Malware Detected, Removed
Fretting about Facebook, 17th century style
Cisco locks customers out of their own routers, only lets them back in if they agree to being spied upon and monetized
Cisco Hit With Backlash Over Home Router ‘Cloud’ Service
NY judge compels Twitter to reveal user's data
SWAT team throws flashbangs, raids wrong home due to open WiFi network
Cisco backpedals after uproar, drops cloud from default router setting
Facebook email mess spreads to mobile phones
The online world declared its independence...
Speak Out Against Copyright Holders Destroying True Property Rights
European Parliament Kills Global Anti-Piracy Accord ACTA
Anti-SOPA veterans issue declaration of Internet freedom
...and so it went this* week.
P.S. There are always loose ends...
Why Women Still Can’t Have It All
Where Anonymous actions come from
Full-Body Scan Technology Deployed In Street-Roving Vans
No jury trial for naked TSA protestor
An Estimate for Needed Retirement Savings
When It’s the Nurse Who Needs Looking After
Moving to Spur Economy, 3 Central Banks Take Action
How Does the Film Industry Actually Make Money?
Automated robbery: how card skimmers (still) steal millions from banks
New record for faking data set by Japanese researcher
What do we do with all the random pieces?
They might not fit together with stories this week, but...
...perhaps next* week.
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