HEADLINES FOR WEDNESDAY JUNE 19 2013

The FBI and NSA had a very easy hearing yesterday before the House Intelligence Agency.. The two agencies under closer scrutiny for its domestic spying program said that their eavesdropping on calls and internet usage prevented numerous terrorist events.. But in one of those hot mic moments, "Tell your boss," NSA Director Keith Alexander told the FBI deputy director, "I owe him another friggin' beer."




The man who engraved former New York City Mayor Ed Koch's tombstone has apologized for putting on the wrong birth date. Tommy Flynn, the owner of Flynn Funeral and Cremation Memorial Services, told NBC's New York affiliate that he inadvertently listed Koch's birth year as 1942 instead of 1924... More here..





"Singularity is near" .. By 2045, we're not told that humans will achieve digital immortality by uploading their minds to a computer.. Things that are science fiction today are fact tomorrow. This is such an amazing concept but one fraught with so many dangers.. trans humanism is on the way. Other scientists are stating that robots will overtake humans by 2100. This story has more.. But the real story is in your brain. Think about the consequences.. won't you?





The kids may be alright: New rental car company is run by teenagers--and it is undercutting the giants.. "Yeah, sure, we could go to college. But wouldn't it be more fun to up-end the airport rental car business?"




Explain this dieters: We eat 600 fewer calories a day than 30 years ago but weight 30 pounds more .. is it possible that those old days of butter and sugar weren't that bad--as long as we MOVED and went outside now and then?? And how about chemicals in food..



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