The government would only be able to use the information to protect against a cyber attack, investigate cyber crime, protect national security, protect against theft or bodily harm or to protect minors from child pornography.

In other words, CISPA enables and is intended to enable surveillance of the Internet for domestic law enforcement purposes that are unrelated to cybersecurity.

House to amend cybersecurity bill, privacy group sees 'good progress' - The Hill's Hillicon Valley

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New York Times: “Gulf Dolphins Exposed to Oil Are Seriously Ill, Agency Says

MSNBC: Gulf shrimp scarce this season (and see the Herald Tribune‘s report)

Mother Jones: Eyeless shrimp are being found all over the Gulf

NYT: Oil Spill Affected Gulf Fish’s Cell Function, Study Finds

CBS:Expert: BP spill likely cause of sick Gulf fish (and see the Press Register’s report)

Study confirms oil from Deepwater spill entered food chain

Pensacola News Journal: “Sick fish” archive

Agence France Presse: Mystery illnesses plague Louisiana oil spill crews

MSNBC: Sea turtle deaths up along Gulf, joining dolphin trend

MSNBC:Exclusive: Submarine Dive Finds Oil, Dead Sea Life at Bottom of Gulf of Mexico

AP: BP oil spill the culprit for slow death of deep-sea coral, scientists say (and see the Guardian and AFP‘s write ups)

A recent report also notes that there are flesh-eating bacteria in tar balls of BP oil washing up on Gulf beaches'

And all of that lovely Corexit dispersant sprayed on water, land and air? It inhibits the ability of microbes to break down oil, and allows oil and other chemicals to be speed past the normal barriers of human skin.

2 Years After the BP Oil Spill, Is the Gulf Ecosystem Collapsing? « naked capitalism

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Audi is discontinuing the hatchback A3 for North America with the 2014 model year.

I was hoping that a slightly larger A3 hatchback would make a debut here but apparently not. Scratch Audi off my list of potential replacements for my slowly dying SUV.

Audi A3 Hatchback Getting the Axe, Sedan Only for North America | AutoGuide.com News

Nearly a decade since his last videogame, Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner is returning to his roots with a remake of the celebrated hit that launched his career: Karateka.

Mechner told Wired.com that he would release the Karateka reboot as a downloadable game for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 later this year. He designed and programmed the original Apple II computer game in his dorm room at Yale University. It was eventually ported to many other platforms but never had a sequel or remake.

Karateka Remake Marks Jordan Mechner's Return to Games | Game|Life | Wired.com

In some countries, the equivalent of their IRS sends citizens a form listing what they owe. In California, the state has a program called ReadyReturn that lets you do this for California state taxes. You sign it and send it back, and it takes a few minutes. But for most of us, this isn’t how it works. We gather our tax forms and various banking information, and spend the weekend facing a difficult bureaucratic set of forms, hoping we did it all correctly. Or we use a costly tax filing service or software.

Candidate Barack Obama promised to end this nightmare. He said he would “dramatically simplify tax filings so that millions of Americans will be able to do their taxes in less than five minutes.” The IRS would use information it “already gets from banks and employers to give taxpayers the option of pre-filled tax forms to verify, sign and return.” Experts, he said, estimated this would save 200 million total hours or work and $2 billion.

You can file this under yet another broken campaign promise. And why? Who doesn’t like an idea that is so simple and convenient and just generally helpful? Well, the large software makers, for one.

Corruption Is Why You Can't Do Your Taxes in Five Minutes

More about the murder charges:

Hidalgo County District Attorney Rene Guerra said he planned to petition a judge to certify the boy so he can be tried as an adult.

"I'm going to be as aggressive as the law allows," Guerra said.

"When you have that kind of a situation where some people say that's an accident, no, I'm sorry that's not an ordinary accident," Guerra said. "These are things that they know. That they can anticipate."

Sometimes the law was never meant to allow what the law allows.

The Associated Press: Texas teen facing murder charges in van crash