Webpagedigest 04/18/2014

NY Joins Pact to Elect Presidents by Popular Vote - Government - Bedford-Katonah, NY Patch

http://bedford.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/ny-joins-pact-to-elect-presidents-by-popular-vote

Americas Replaces Africa as World's Most Violent Region: UN - InSight Crime | Organized Crime in the Américas

http://m.insightcrime.org/pages/article/5407

Pentagon Moves to Block Russian Spy Plane in American Skies - The Daily Beast

'Russian surveillance planes already fly over America, thanks to a long-standing treaty. But a new, ultra-sophisticated spy plane has U.S. military and intelligence bosses spooked.'

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/04/18/pentagon-moves-to-block-russian-spy-plane-in-american-skies.html

More Than 15,000 Federal Employees Make at Least $200K - NationalJournal.com

http://www.nationaljournal.com/domesticpolicy/more-than-15-000-federal-employees-make-at-least-200k-20140416

Turkish Activists Say Their Country Is Sliding Backward On Women's Rights

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5153013

Astronauts to reveal sobering data on asteroid impacts

'This Earth Day, Tuesday, April 22, three former NASA astronauts will present new evidence that our planet has experienced many more large-scale asteroid impacts over the past decade than previously thought… three to ten times more, in fact.'

http://m.phys.org/news/2014-04-astronauts-reveal-sobering-asteroid-impacts.html

World’s largest airship set to take off with Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson at the helm

http://ww2.nationalpost.com/m/wp/blog.html?b=news.nationalpost.com/2014/04/17/worlds-largest-airship-set-to-take-off-with-iron-maiden-singer-bruce-dickinson-at-the-helm

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James Mitchell: 'I'm just a guy who got asked to do something for his country' | World | The Guardian

'Psychologist who designed CIA's post-9/11 torture program insists he has nothing to apologise for – and attacks 'people with a Jack Bauer mentality who don't understand how intel works' 

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/18/james-mitchell-cia-torture-interview

Homeless Lose a Longtime Last Resort: Living in a Car - WSJ.com

http://m.us.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303847804579479930243974564?mobile=y