Newsworthy and Neglected: Worthy News Uncovered

Here is your weekly roundup of stories that didn't seem to make mainstream media, but still seem pretty important.  With all the time spent on celebrities, fear mongering, and cheap diversions, there's not a lot of time for real news.  No worries, we got you covered.  

NATIONAL

• Google Embraces Censorship  Following Twitter's decision last month to censor tweets based on restrictions of their respective countries, Google has followed suit and announced it will begin a similar practice
• Police Commit Murder in California An officer in Monterey Park, California shoots an unarmed man 10 times (5 times while he's down), killing him.  
• Senate Passes STOCK Act The STOCK Act bans members of Congress from trading stock based on privy information that gained behind closed Capital Hill doors, otherwise known as inside trading. 
• Journalists Arrested at Public Hearing Documentary filmmaker and ABC News are removed from public hearing by Republicans who objected to them being there. 

INTERNATIONAL

• Palestinians Return Lost Israeli Soldier An Israeli soldier who became separated from his unit in the West Bank, was safely returned to his unit by local residents
• What's Happening in Syria? Mother Jones breaks down this country ripped apart by internal strife

NEW YORK CITY/STATE

• Police Brutality In The Bronx 4 Officers, from the 42nd precinct in the Bronx, savagely beat 19 year old Jateik Reed
• Midtown Alone Uses More Energy Then Kenya Check out this interactive map
• Students Fight To Save Their School Students in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx called for changes to their school, not closure
• Occupy Wall Street  This week Occupy rallied for Food Justice and against Monsanto and generically modified seeds, held a flash mob at Grand Central, organized a High School student walk out, rallied for the 99% at Bloomberg's budget address, and fought with the students of Sam Gompers High against closure. 

OPINION

• President Fails to Address Record High Black Male Unemployment Even though black male unemployment is at record highs, it remains beneath the notice of the first black president
• Gold Prices Could Surge Peter Hambro, the founder of one of Russia's largest gold producers, predicts a huge jump in the price of gold as economies decline and people look for a safe asset.  
• Why Are So Many Americans in Prison?  The US has the highest prison population in the world, 730 for every 100,000 people.  No other country even comes close.  Why?
• Using Alcohol to Combat Alcoholism A shelter in Seattle is giving it a shot, with surprising results. 

ART & CULTURE

• Trailer GasLand  If you haven't already seen this 2010 documentary about "fracking" check it out
• Russian Banksy  Street artist P183 decorates the streets of Moscow

Please submit any stories you feel are newsworthy and neglected to homebase@theaardvarkmovement.org