In Secret, Court Vastly Broadens Powers of N.S.A.  —  WASHINGTON — In more than a dozen classified rulings, the nation's surveillance court has created a secret body of law giving the National Security Agency the power to amass vast collections of data on Americans while pursuing not only terrorism suspects …

Boeing 777 crashes while landing at SFO  —  Sponsored Links  —  SAN FRANCISCO —  An Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 arriving from a flight South Korea crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport Saturday morning, bursting into flames, authorities said.

In Wyoming, a Cheney Run Worries G.O.P.  —  LUSK, Wyo. — A young Dick Cheney began his first campaign for the House in this tiny village — population 1,600 — after the state's sole Congressional seat finally opened up.  But nowadays, his daughter Liz does not seem inclined to wait patiently for such an opening.

EGYPT: ELBARADEI'S APPOINTMENT PUT ON HOLD  —  You are here  —  Home » Mohamed Morsi » Egypt: ElBaradei's appointment put on hold  —  CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's new president moved to assert his authority and regain control of the streets Saturday even as his Islamist opponents declared …

Health insurance marketplaces will not be required to verify consumer claims  —  The Obama administration announced Friday that it would significantly scale back the health law's requirements that new insurance marketplaces verify consumers' income and health insurance status.

Thom Hartmann: View from the left  —  Thom Hartmann may be the most popular progressive you've never heard of.  —  His nationally syndicated radio show draws 2.75 million listeners a week, he's a New York Times bestselling author and he hosts a nightly television show.

Class Struggle in the Sky  —  The choice of “snacks” on my New York to Miami flight includes blue potato chips, a Luna bar, a packet of trail mix and — a selection I haven't been offered before — popcorn.  But it makes sense: the cabin already feels like a movie theater at the end of a showing …

Runaway freight train explodes, levels center of Canada town  —  (Reuters) - A driverless freight train carrying tankers of crude oil derailed at high speed and exploded into a giant fireball in the middle of a small Canadian town early on Saturday, destroying dozens of buildings and leaving an unknown number of people feared missing.

Egypt: Coptic Christian priest shot dead  —  A Coptic Christian priest in Egypt's Northern Sinai has been shot dead, in what could be the first sectarian attack since the military overthrow of Islamist Mohammed Morsi.  —  The priest, Mina Aboud Sharween, was attacked in the early afternoon …

Lincoln's Surveillance State  —  COLCHESTER, Vt. — BY leaking details of the National Security Agency's data-mining program, Edward J. Snowden revealed that the government's surveillance efforts were far more extensive than previously understood.  Many commentators have deemed the government's activities alarming and unprecedented.