California woman killed by brain-eating amoeba

A 21-year-old California woman died from an amoeba that settles in the brain and destroys its tissue. The disease she contracted is called primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). It is rare, with only zero to eight cases reported a year, says Inyo Public Health officer Dr. Richard Johnson. But it is almost 100 percent fatal. Humans are infected by the amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, when swimming or diving in fresh, warm water. The amoeba then...

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Government Trolls Are Using "Psychology-Based Influence Techniques" On YouTube, Facebook And Twitter

Have you ever come across someone on the Internet that you suspected was a paid government troll?  Well, there is a very good chance that you were not imagining things.  Thanks to Edward Snowden, we now have solid proof that paid government trolls are using “psychology-based influence techniques” on social media websites such as YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. Documents leaked by Snowden also reveal that government agents have been...

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BP Oil Spill: $18.7 Billion Fine a Mere 2% of Its Enormous $929 Billion Revenue

BP has been ordered to pay the largest environmental fine in US history for the 2010 explosion at the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that killed 11 people and spewed four million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. The $18.7billion final settlement, which will be divided up among the affected southern US states and used for cleanup projects, is a pretty hefty sum of money. However, compared to the money the company has made in the four years since...

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