Voting machines remain unsecured–experts In one example, a government study of voting-machine security issues was eventually canceled because conclusions by the panel of computer scientists were so negative.

California prosecutors are cracking down on kava-drinking motorists who are driving under the intoxicating influence of the herbal tea.

From Greg Palast, reporting on the BBC. A secret document obtained from inside Bush campaign headquarters in Florida suggests a plan – possibly in violation of US law – to disrupt voting in the state’s African-American voting districts, a BBC…

Things are in motion; can you feel it? A lunar eclipse, the Red Sox win the world series, and Eminem steps up to make the strongest cultural statement yet on the state of America. Change is real, possible, happening. From…

UK government departments moved a step closer to using open-source operating systems such as Linux after a study found that they were “viable” products. The software could “generate significant savings”, according to the Office of Government Commerce (OGC). In a…

100,000 excess Iraqi deaths since war Deaths of Iraqis have soared to 100,000 above normal since the Iraq war mainly due to violence and many of the victims have been women and children, public health experts from the United States…