The island is being battered by the typhoon..

Hopefully Truman Burbank is ok.

WIRED reports:

Total information awareness indeed ..

Ppl Corp officials are trying to figure out why a reactor at the Berwick PA nuclear facility shut down unexpectedly ..

Unit2 at the plant shut down early Sunday morning..

PPL says the plant’s other reactor is operating normally…

Developing..

‘No one is surprised. He always seemed like he was someone who was capable of that because he didn’t really connect with our high school, with our town.’

The story if Adam Lanza, a goth genius turned senseless murderer, now unfolds

Police used a Taser on a woman who said she was asked to leave a mall because she wanted to buy too many Apple iPhones.

According to an NBC news report tonight, the object that North Korea sent into space on Wednesday appears to be “tumbling out of control” as it orbits the earth, U.S. officials told NBC News.

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Kill those f***ing Yankees who have been torturing Iraqi captives/Kill those f***ing Yankees who ordered them to torture/Kill their daughters, mothers, daughters-in-law and fathers/Kill them all slowly and painfully

A rap from rapper PSY. Clearly these words are not as common as thedreadfully annoying Gangnam Style.

But he seems to really hate the USA—the same USA that has welcomed him with open arms..

PSY is also slated to perform in front of President Obama at a Christmas special this month.

We will see if that happens..

A powerful earthquake struck off the east coast of Japan on Friday afternoon, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The 7.3 magnitude quake hit 306 miles east northeast of Tokyo, the USGS said

RT REPORTS: The FBI has the e-mails of nearly all US citizens, including congressional members, according to NSA whistleblower William Binney. Speaking to RT he warned that the government can use information against anyone it wants.