MADRID, Spain (PNN) - January 18, 2015 - Scientists believe at least two as-yet undiscovered planets as big as Earth or larger may be hiding in the outer fringes of the Solar system.

The secret worlds are thought to exist beyond the orbits of Neptune, the furthest true planet from the Sun, and the even more distant tiny "dwarf planet" Pluto.

STOCKTON, Kalifornia (PNN) - January 12, 2015 - Citizens in Stockton, Kalifornia, have taken a new approach to activism.

Rather than sticking to the traditional form of protest in which signs are held and slogans are chanted, these citizens have taken direct action and offered a grassroots, crowd-funded incentive structure to end terrorist pig thug cop brutality in their community.

WAIMANOLO, Hawaii (PNN) - January 17, 2015 - Native Hawaiians could be in line for federal recognition similar to many Amerikan Indian tribes. But the issue is inflaming distrust between moderates who support the idea and others who want to see the Hawaiian Kingdom restored.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (PNN) - January 16, 2015 - On the first Sunday afternoon of 2015, Elon Musk took to the stage at a closed-door conference at a Puerto Rican resort to discuss an intelligence explosion. This slightly scary theoretical term refers to an uncontrolled hyper-leap in the cognitive ability of artificial intelligence (AI) that Musk and physicist Stephen Hawking worry could one day spell doom for the human race.

BERLIN, Germany (PNN) - January 14, 2015 - SnoopSnitch is an app for Android devices that analyses your mobile radio traffic to tell if someone is listening in on your phone conversations or tracking your location. Unlike standard antivirus apps, which are designed to combat software intrusions or steal personal info, SnoopSnitch picks up on things like fake mobile base stations or SS7 exploits. As such, it's probably ideally suited to evading surveillance from local government agencies.

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (PNN) - January 12, 2015 - Two Albuquerque terrorist pig thug cops were charged with murder Monday in the shooting death of a knife-wielding homeless man that led to violent protests and brought new scrutiny to the terrorist pig thug cop department amid a federal investigation.

PARIS, France (PNN) - January 12, 2015 - Amid the tears, sorrow and defiance of the unity march in Paris on Sunday, there was nonetheless at least one moment that managed to raise a smile.

While cameras focused on the moment that the president of the republic, François Hollande, embraced Patrick Pelloux, the doctor and columnist at Charlie Hebdo who was one of the first to the scene after the attack, they also captured some unexpected footage.

LONDON, England (PNN) - January 12, 2015 - A proposed British law creates a serious threat to academic freedom and free speech. The law seeks to force universities to take action to stop young people from being exposed to extremist ideas and speakers. The law is consistent with a trend toward greater speech regulation in the West.

By L. Neil Smith

January 9, 2015 - It will come as a surprise to absolutely no one when I say that I have no sympathy for the crypiggies who've begun blubbering, since the mess at Ferguson, about how dangerous their "profession" is and how some kind of special steps have to be taken now to protect them. I haven't actually heard any demands for more victim disarmament (gun control) but they do want sales of body armor to civilians to be banned.

WASHINGTON (PNN) - December 11, 2014 - The Fascist Police States of Amerika Navy says its new laser weapon works and it will use it if necessary.

The Office of Naval Research reported Wednesday that its laser weapons system - dubbed LaWS - had performed flawlessly in tests aboard the amphibious transport dock USS Ponce in the Arabian Gulf from September to November.