After banning several of the largest file-hosting sites and Usenet providers, PayPal is now taking aim at a VPN/proxy service. The payment processor has just cut off the BitTorrent proxy provider GT Guard and frozen the company’s funds. In an email PayPal’s Brand Risk Management department explains that GT Guard’s affiliation with BitTorrent is the reason for the drastic actions. Original post on torrentfreak.com Comments on reddit.com
Even after he was forced to see his mum being hanged and his brother being shot dead, he was convinced he had done the right thing Original post on mirror.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
The recent surge in killings of one-horned rhinoceroses in India’s northeastern state of Assam by poachers has again shone a spotlight on the endangered animal’s fight for survival. Original post on wsj.com Comments on reddit.com
Barge With 80,000 Gallons Oil Hits Bridge, Leaks Original post on abcnews.go.com Comments on reddit.com
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York-area politicians denounced on Friday a local newspaper that has revealed the names and addresses of thousands of holders of gun permits, and they asked state legislators to Original post on reuters.com Comments on reddit.com
Lying in a Beijing military hospital in 1990, General Wang Zhen told a visitor he felt betrayed. Decades after he risked his life fighting for an egalitarian utopia, the ideals he held as one of Communist China’s founding fathers were being undermined by the capitalist ways of his children — business leaders in finance, aviation and computers. Original post on bloomberg.com Comments on reddit.com
Its recent suggestions include imposing armed guards on every school in America and deporting a critic of the Second Amendment. Original post on theatlantic.com Comments on reddit.com
Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky was imprisoned after exposing a corruption scandal within the Russian government. He was beaten to death by his guards. Original post on dailymail.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Substance matches oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, ending one mystery and creating another. Original post on washingtonpost.com Comments on reddit.com
The war on drugs just got a whole lot more war-like. 200 U.S. Marines have entered Guatemala, on a mission to chase local operatives of the murderous Zeta drug cartel. Original post on wired.com Comments on reddit.com
Read the latest crime & courts news from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch & STLtoday.com Original post on stltoday.com Comments on reddit.com
Judge refuses to allow 10 defence witnesses while lawyer claims women are being tortured with lack of food and sleep Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
The halfway houses from hell in New Jersey are part of a broader pattern in which essential functions of government are being both privatized and degraded. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
Before he died, 12-year-old Cody Green achieved his dream of becoming a United States Marine. Original post on wtopnews.com Comments on reddit.com
Maharashtra government says killing poachers will no longer be considered a crime after eight tiger deaths in the state this year Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Blind rights activist Chen Guangcheng flees detention but expresses concern as authorities round up people who helped him Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Florida teen is arrested for small amount of pot, sustains a head injury after an incident with the guards, suffers a stroke, and dies in his jail cell. A West Original post on theagitator.com Comments on reddit.com