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Are The Anonymous, LulzSec Arrests a Win for the FBI?

News broke earlier today that five individuals supposedly associated with Anonymous have been charged for attacks on websites ranging from the CIA to Strafor, and some are saying that it's a triumph for the FBI's fight against the hackivist collective. And because the FBI might have gotten intel f ... More >>

Anonymous's 'Fuck FBI Friday' Campaign Hits Department of Homeland Security

And now for a very quick recap before Runnin' Scared signs off for the night: Anonymous has intercepted and leaked a call between the FBI and Scotland Yard, but it's hardly the only thing the group has been up to in its latest Fuck FBI Friday.

Jake Davis, Alleged LulzSec Leader, Released on Bail

​Jake Davis, an 18 year-old believed by Scotland Yard to be the leader of the hacker group LulzSec, was released on bail this morning. He appeared at a City of Westminster Magistrates' Court wearing "jeans, a black T-shirt, denim shirt and sunglasses," the Telegraph reports. Prosecutors say th ... More >>

News International Scandal: UK Cops Now Investigating Alleged Computer Hacking

​A new twist in the seemingly endless News Corp debacle: now authorities in Britain are expanding their investigation into allegations of computer hacking on top of the existing phone hacking and police bribing. Scotland Yard released a statement: "Operation Tuleta is currently considering a n ... More >>

Rupert Murdoch's Phone Hacking Scandal Now Includes Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Scotland Yard

​We noted this morning that the phone hacking scandal plaguing now-shuttered British tabloid News of the World, though it can be traced back for years, had metastasized into a crazy cancer including a possible September 11 connection, rattling Rupert Murdoch's entire News Corporation empire. L ... More >>

Battle of Birtherism: Rightbloggers Divide on Whether Obama is Foreign-Born or Merely Un-American

Despite fresh pushback from some top conservatives, the longstanding rightblogger obsession with Barack Obama's birth certificate has not abated. Even as prominent rightwing columnists and politicians tried to talk down the birther surge exacerbated by the Donald Trump campaign, the notion that O ... More >>

The Tourist: The Lives of Angie and Johnny

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's film gawks at its stars, visits Venice, has twist

Cargo Bombs Might Have Gone Off Over U.S. East Coast, Apparently

​In announcements of near misses that we are most certainly glad of (but also, to be honest, look upon with a certain dose of cynicism, because you never know who's angling for what), Scotland Yard has issued a statement saying that the toner-cartridge bomb discovered on a cargo plane in Brita ... More >>

Live: Iron Maiden Murders Madison Square Garden

Nate "Igor" SmithA few of the many Iron Maiden fans Igor photographed last night. Iron Maiden Monday, July 12 Madison Square Garden There is, still to this day, an Iron Maiden dress code. It consists of denim. A black T-shirt with the band's logo in that inimitable Metal Lord font. And somewhere i ... More >>

Bail Out The International

A movie with troubled assets, indeed

Shoot on Sight Humanizes and Oversimplifies the Muslim Experience

Daily Flog: 'No one convicted!'; nationwide search for Obama's mojo; McCain wallows in blood of Christ

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Keen Company takes a wobbly step toward restoring a master of social comedy to the stage.

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