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New 'Charmed' Particle Represents Rare State of Matter

A new type of particle may have shown up independently at two particle accelerators, physicists say. The particle, made of four quarks (the ingredients of protons and neutrons), appears to represent a state of matter previously unknown. Full story

Women In Space: NASA's History-Making New Astronaut Class

NASA's newest female astronaut candidates have the right stuff. Full story

Googlefest being held in the Lowcountry

Google is holding an event to give teachers, entrepreneurs, and employees of nonprofits a chance to learn how to use the Internet company's tools at the Trident Technical College campus in North Charleston. Wednesday's free Googlefest event will include teaching about various online Google programs Full story

Miss. AG Hood says he'll subpoena Google on drugs

Mississippi's attorney general said he still considers Google's responses on its efforts to prevent illegal sales of online drugs insufficient and said he's sending subpoenas for company documents to further his investigation. Jim Hood urged fellow attorneys general from other states to do the same Full story

Mississippi leans on Google to crack down on illegal products

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mississippi's attorney general said on Tuesday he would subpoena documents from Google Inc as part of a probe into allegations the Web search company facilitated the sale of drugs without a prescription and other illegal products. Full story

Google asks FISA court to lift gag order

Google on Tuesday sharply challenged the federal government's gag order on its Internet surveillance program, citing what it described as a First Amendment right to divulge how many requests it receives from the government for data about its customers in the name of national security. Full story

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  NSA director: Intelligence gathering helped stop 50 attacks since 9/11

Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., and MSNBC host Karen Finney (“Disrupt”) debate whether President Obama is right, that checks and balances protect us from NSA overreach, and whether it’s appropriate to invoke Nazi Germany and North Korea in the debate over intelligence gathering.

  DuckDuckGo Search Engine Surges 33%

DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg says web traffic on his search engine, billed as an alternative to Google that doesn't store your private information, surged 33 percent after the NSA news broke. Weinberg discusses the model of his search engine, and ho...

  6 tips for protecting your reputation online

Digital expert Randi Zuckerberg and author Valerie Burton share advice about keeping yourself safe online, including monitoring what people are saying about you through Google alerts and checking your privacy settings on social media accounts.

  Why Gene Wilder is a hot Google search

Google’s technologist chats about the weekend’s top searches, including Lindsey Vonn, who recently opened up about her relationship with Tiger Woods, and Gene Wilder, who had some critical comments about the “Willy Wonka” remake.

  Google pays summer interns nearly $6K per month

Most summer interns are unpaid, but tech giant Google is bucking the trend, paying their interns an average of $5,800 a month. Software engineer interns make about $6,500 a month.

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