Most Americans want Snowden jailed, poll finds
In a new USA TODAY/Pew Research Center Poll, most Americans say Edward Snowden should be prosecuted, but two-thirds don’t like the idea that the government is collecting their own communication records.
The poll shows a nation riven by cross-currents about the unauthorized disclosures from the former NSA contractor of sweeping surveillance programs that can collect information about millions of Americans and foreigners.
By 54%-38%, those surveyed say he should be prosecuted. Most Americans say the programs have helped prevent terrorist attacks, by 53%-41%, a point pressed by top administration officials including Director of National Intelligence James Clapper.
There is an almost even split on the most fundamental question. By 48%-47%, Americans divide over whether they approve or disapprove of the programs as part of the effort to fight terrorism. By another narrow margin, 49%-44%, they say the release of classified information serves rather than harms the public interest.
Powerball winner Gloria Mackenzie, 84, of Zephyrhills, Fla., will take home $278.2 million after taxes. We’ve got some ideas for how she could spend the dough.
What would you do with the cash?
In response to a question we always get — ‘Can you protect the planet?’ — the answer to that is ‘no.’
NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, as an asteroid as long as the Golden Gate Bridge prepares to harmlessly pass by Earth today.
Sonar image may show Amelia Earhart's plane
Experts may be closer than ever to solving the mystery of Earhart’s disappearance.
I just let everything hit me.
Photos — Tornado devastates Oklahoma: http://usat.ly/12JoSx7
(Associated Press photos)
A woman carries her child through a field near the collapsed Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla.
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Revealing? Sure. Helpful? Maybe.
But “classy” and “brave”? I don’t think so.
Reporter with cancer: Angelina Jolie isn’t the brave one
A USA TODAY reporter weighs in on Angelina Jolie’s announcement today that she had a preventative double mastectomy. Olivia Barker writes: “And who are the brave ones in the country’s breast cancer conversation? They’re so quiet as to be all but ignored.”
What do you think?
My Medical Choice
This is the full op-ed from Angelina Jolie on her double mastectomy.
How to survive cicada invasion? Eat them
… cicadas are high in protein, low in fat, and are best when they first emerge from the ground in the morning, still soft after shedding their skin.
