Senators press IRS Stingray use over privacy fears
Senate Judiciary leaders demand details on how many Stingray devices the IRS owns and deploys, whether warrants are required, and data retention rules. IRS Commissioner Koskinen said use is limited to criminal investigations with court orders, and may reveal location data and texts. The Guardian report sparked the inquiry.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Senate Judiciary Committee
IRS
Chuck Grassley
Iowa
Patrick Leahy
D-Vt
Treasury
Jack Lew
Grassley and Leahy
Treasury Department
Senate Finance Committee
John Koskinen
Koskinen
Justice Department
Multitasking Teens Texting More Than Sleeping
Common Sense Media reports teens 13 to 18 spend about nine hours daily on entertainment media such as social media music and online videos, with six hours for tweens age 10 to 12. The study covers TV social media texting and games, noting gender ethnicity and academic impact.
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Common Sense Media
San Francisco
James Steyer
Enwwang
Fewer Americans identify with religion yet faithful stay committed
The Pew 2014 Religious Landscape Study finds overall religious affiliation has dipped as nones grow, while those remaining affiliated report steady or rising observance. Prayer remains common at 88 percent among the religiously affiliated, with broad shifts toward acceptance of homosexuality across denominations and growing spirituality among the general population.
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Pew Research Center
Alan Cooperman
Pew
United States
Gregory Smith
America
Andrew Walsh
Trinity College
Hartford, Conn
Possible evidence of alternate universes from early cosmos glow
Astrophysicist Ranga Ram Chary analyzes Planck data and a mysterious glow in the cosmic microwave background suggesting matter leaking from a neighboring universe. He argues our universe may be a region inside an eternally inflating super-region, though verification is challenging with limited telescope data.
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Ranga Ram Chary
International Business Times
Chary
European Space Agency
Planck Space Telescope
CalTech
New Scientist Magazine
Astrophysical Journal
Russia
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Fla
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