Hard-Partying Travel Guide's Outfit Took Otto Warmbier to North Korea Consumer Affairs The travel experience company that took University of Virginia student Otto Warmbier on his fatal trip to North Korea has a disturbing history of disregard for the rules of "destinations your mother would rather you stayed away from," and a lack of concern for the welfare of its patrons. Former customers say owner and tour guide Gareth Johnson's fondness for drink endangered their own return from North Korea. Pay-to-Play Suspicions About McCain Institute Donors Daily Caller The Clintons and John McCain aren't often lumped together in the same bucket, but their namesake organizations have a few things in common: questionable donors and accusations of a pay-to-play operation. Critics argue that big-money donors like Saudi Arabia and a Moroccan state-run company present conflicts of interest for McCain. International Cancer Agency Misleads on Weedkillers Reuters The World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer says a common ingredient in weedkillers like RoundUp could cause cancer. But the scientist it relies on left something out of recent publications: evidence to the contrary. Leaked Recording Describes Apple's Global War on Leakers The Outline Apple's zealous pursuit of the big reveal drives a culture of enforced secrecy, monitored by former NSA agents and a screening apparatus rivaling the TSA. But just how far does Apple take its obsession with secrecy? A leaked recording of an employee presentation offers a glimpse. Behind Secret Door in Argentina, a Huge Nazi Trove Associated Press Argentina's police believe they have found the biggest collection of Nazi artifacts in the country's history, including a bust relief of Adolf Hitler, magnifying glasses inside elegant boxes with swastikas and even a macabre medical device used to measure head size. "Finding 75 original pieces is historic and could offer irrefutable proof of the presence of top leaders who escaped from Nazi Germany," said a Jewish leader. How a Company Out of the Blue Knows Your Medical Needs Gizmodo You get a letter from a company you never heard of called AcurianHealth that somehow knows about your irritating skin condition. Huh? Turns out the company pays Walgreens, which uses a privacy exemption for research, to send letters to its pharmacy customers on behalf of the clinical-trial firm. Further investigation finds Acurian may also be harvesting people's medical information more directly, using a startup that unmasks website visitors. Did someone say irritation? |