'Non-political' Bitcoin is 'like internet – can’t be put away easily'

The crackdown campaign against the Bitcoin payment system was instigated by banks which see it as an “existential threat” to current financial system “crashing down and squeezing so much human energy out of our planet,” blogger Mike Gogulski told RT.

May 17, 2013 12:48

US 10-year-old gets three years for plot to kill classmate

A judge in Washington State has sentenced a 10-year-old boy to a minimum of three years in juvenile detention for conspiring to kill a girl in his class.

May 16, 2013 17:21

Zhirinovsky persona non grata in Kyrgyzstan, sees no reason

The leader of the Russian Liberal-Democrats has been declared persona non grata in Kyrgyzstan after claiming the Central Asian country’s treasured alpine lake as repayment for Russia forgiving a $500 million national debt.

May 16, 2013 10:03

Friendships ruined by Facebook: Online rows spill into real life – survey

Rudeness and insults online can cause real-life friendships to rupture, according to a recent survey, with two in five users having reduced interactions with a person following a virtual quarrel.

April 11, 2013 10:19

Rape victim suing North Carolina town for hiring sexual predator to police force

The family of a 13-year-old girl who was raped by a local police officer is suing the town they say hired the man without conducting an adequate background check. A proper investigation, they claim, would show that he raped another girl two years earlier.

April 05, 2013 00:32

13 percent of Americans believe Obama is the anti-Christ

Americans love conspiracy theories, and a new poll shows how far-fetched some of these beliefs are. About 13 percent of Americans believe Obama is the anti-Christ, nearly 30 percent believe in aliens and four percent believe lizard people control the US.

April 03, 2013 20:28