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Microsoft’s New Tablets Have Keyboards and Kickstands

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jun 19, 2012 Microsoft unveiled two new tablets, called Surface, in Los Angeles on Monday. They are more than iPad competitors; they are flagships for the beleaguered software company's Windows 8 operating system, and proof that Microsoft wants to delight consumers as much as it does corporate drones. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Romney Predicts Wisconsin Victory, GOP Birthers Mock Obama and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 19, 2012 A look at the day's political happenings, including Mitt Romney's latest campaign stop, Rick Santorum on whether he wants to serve in a Romney administration and a lawmaker performing in the "The Vagina Monologues." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Google Reports ‘Alarming Rise’ in Censorship Requests

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 18, 2012 Internet censorship by governments is on the rise, according to a troubling new report on transparency from Google. Perhaps the most alarming aspect of the report is that it is Western democracies typically not associated with censorship that are among the countries asking the search engine to remove content for political reasons. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Arizona Sheriff Arpaio’s Office Arrests 6-Year-Old

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 18, 2012 A 6-year-old girl suspected of being in the U.S. illegally was arrested by the office of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio in Arizona on Friday. Ironically, the arrest came just after President Obama announced he would make it easier for the children of undocumented immigrants to stay in this country. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Winners Scramble to Form Greek Government

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 18, 2012 New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras faces a daunting task after his pro-euro party won the Greek elections over the weekends: form a coalition government in three days, and do it without the help of the party that finished second in the vote. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Revolutionaries Feeding the Obesity Crisis

David Sirota / Truthdig Jun 18, 2012 With the three meals hitting their caloric max-out point, Yum! Brands has been leading the effort to add a whole new gorging session to America's daily schedule. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Obama: Keep the Change

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Jun 18, 2012 He had just been through the roughest patch of President Obama's re-election struggle and yet senior adviser David Axelrod seemed, if not quite serene, then at least amiably stoic. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Mitt Has Mexican Roots … So What?

Staff / Truthdig Jun 17, 2012 The re-publication of the fact that Mitt Romney's father was born in Mexico is outrageously meant to inspire distrust; some Mormons now identify as gay, yet suppress their sexuality in order to follow their religion; meanwhile, a mirror has been designed to eliminate blind spots on the road. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

JPMorgan and the Senate Banking Committee: Cozy Connections

By Cora Currier, ProPublica Jun 16, 2012 Through campaign contributions and well-connected staff, JP Morgan has a few friends on the Senate banking committee. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Women Have Higher Genetic Risk of Alzheimer’s

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 16, 2012 Researchers report that a gene variation that appears more frequently in women than men may help explain the long-established fact that females are more likely to develop the debilitating disease. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The World Tomorrow: Cypherpunks

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 16, 2012 WikiLeaks' Julian Assange convened a small meeting of friends and leading Web activists from around the world to discuss the future of the free and private flow of information on the Internet. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Flack for Wal-Mart Poses as Journalist to Infiltrate Union Event

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 16, 2012 Working as a flack for a public relations company representing Wal-Mart, Stephanie Harnett committed one of the big no-nos of journalism by falsely identifying herself as a reporter. Using a phony name, she claimed to be a student journalist in order to infiltrate a union press conference earlier this month. This week Harnett left the PR company, Mercury Public Affairs. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )