Cop Punches woman in face, Mayor apologizes

Cop floors a philadelphian woman during a Puerto Rican parade because he mistakenly thinks she threw beer on him (she didn't). As you can see in this youtube video he punches her to the face and handcuffs her.  That led the mayor to apologize to the woman in person.  You do have to wonder though if this wasn't caught on tape, what would have happened?

How Much Money is pirating cost the US?

Electronic Piracy is often a hot issue, but just how much money is the US losing from Piracy. This 5 min Ted.com talk challenges the notion that we are losing $50 Billion a year

UC Davis Protestors Pepper Sprayed

The Raw Video of UC Davis Students being Pepper Sprayed

Super Pacs and Elections

Buddy Roemer and Steven Colbert point out the corrosive power of SuperPacs and what the effective of unlimited money is.

Bachman continues to take flak

Michelle Bachman is getting flak all over the place for her claim that the HPV vaccine can cause mental retardation

Challenging what you know about AIDS in Africa

In a 15 minute talk on Ted.com Emily Oster flips the script about AIDS in Africa and analyzing the data like an economist.

Some Hospitals Ban Video taped child birth

Don't underestimate the power of defensive medicine.

Collateralized Debt Obligation: explained

As part of the series explaining the housing crisis this video explains collateralized debt obligations are in about 10 minutes.

Two reporters handcuffed, detained for videotaping public meeting

The Park Police handcuffed, detained two journalists for videotaping a public meeting.

Salman Khan: Let's use video to reinvent education

Salman Khan: makes his pitch in this 20 minute video, about how we should be using video to reinvent education. He is the founder of the Khan Academy.
It is a fascinating look as to how we could use the Khan Academy to supplement US public education, to better help our children.
Business week wrote up a nice article about Khan and what he does.