Edward Snowden, the 29-year-old former government contractor who leaked sensitive information on the National Security Agency surveillance programs, says he sought the job with Booz Hallen Hamilton to gather evidence on the agency's data collection networks.
Opening statements began on Monday morning in the George Zimmerman second-degree murder trial. More than a year after the shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin sparked controversy across the country, prosecution and defense lawyers will finally get to outline their cases to a Florida jury. The proceedings have now begun, following nine days of jury selection, in hopes of finding objective candidates.
Jimmy Hoffa was "garroted by Anthony 'Tony Pro' Provenzano, a notorious New York mobster in Inkster, Michigan. He was then fed into a wood chipper.
Even after Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff called an emergency Cabinet meeting in response to her country's growing protests throughout the country, she remained 'stoically silent.' The anti-government protests reportedly range in scope, denouncing everything from poor public services to the billions of dollars spent preparing for the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics, both held in the country. Demonstrators were planned for mobilizations in 10 cities on Saturday.
