- James Murdoch to Be Called Before Parliament Again NYT
- News Corp shareholders file new claims--"The board of News Corp knew more than 10 years ago that its US subsidiaries were illegally hacking competitors' computers, according to new court papers filed by the media company's shareholders."
- JK Rowling among UK hacking inquiry "core" figures--"'Harry Potter' author J.K. Rowling and actor Hugh Grant will be among more than 50 "core participants" at a public inquiry into press standards set up after the phone-hacking scandal that has engulfed Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper arm."
- Issa: We Won’t Investigate News Corp’s Alleged Hacking Of 9/11 Victims Because We Don’t Want To Pick On The Media--The NYT has an expose on Issa, which his office had objected to, but they're standing firm.
- Exposed after eight years: a private eye's dirty work for Fleet Street--"A former police officer has revealed how the authorities have known for more than eight years the vast scale on which media organisations employed private detectives to obtain the personal information of thousands of individuals, including the families and friends of murder victims."
- Jon Kyl: I’d quit supercommittee over defense cuts--This supercommittee is "under lobbyist assault." (Salon)
- Noam Chomsky on How the Military Is Bankrupting Us and Why Corporate Interests Want to Destroy Public Programs
- Government Pays More in Contracts, Study Finds--"The study found that in 33 of 35 occupations, the government actually paid billions of dollars more to hire contractors than it would have cost government employees to perform comparable services. On average, the study found that contractors charged the federal government more than twice the amount it pays federal workers." Government waste is pouring in the the private sector. NYT
- Sen. Bernie Sanders Leaks Oil Trading Data: Americans Have A Right To Know Who Drove Up Gas Prices--A closer look.
- Back off opposition to AT&T merger, Democratic lawmakers tell Obama
- It's Time to Break Up Bank of America
- BofA Ordered to Pay $930,000 to Fired Whistleblower
- BofA to Lay Off 30,000 Employees in Spite of Corporate Tax Breaks--Oh, pity the poor job creators.
- Bank of America 'called grieving widow 48 times a day to remind her of husband's debt'
- The Lawsuits Plaguing Bank Of America
- Wikileaks: The chief minister of India's Uttar Pradesh state sent an empty private jet to get a pair of sandals from Mumbai.
- India minister Mayawati seeks police squad for statues--"An Indian politician is calling for a police force to be created to protect statues she has erected of herself and her mentors."
- Mayawati wants Assange in Agra asylum, he says he will be thrilled
- Evil Scumbag Robs Mentally Disabled Superman Fan Of Enormous Comics Collection
- Super Mike Week!--Artists contribute to Mike Meyer to rebuild his collection.
- Police arrest "Superman burglar" accused of robbing mentally disabled man of epic geek stash
