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5 things to note about NSA surveillance programs

By The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Edward Snowden identified himself Sunday as a principal source behind revelations about the National Security Agency's sweeping phone and Internet surveillance programs. Five things to know about the disclosures:

Report: NSA contract worker is surveillance source

By KIMBERLY DOZIERAP Intelligence Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - A 29-year-old intelligence contractor who claims to have worked at the National Security Agency and the CIA allowed himself to be revealed Sunday as the source of disclosures about the U.S. government's secret surveillance programs,

Calif. serial killer Richard Ramirez dies

By LINDA DEUTSCH and DON THOMPSONAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - Richard Ramirez, the demonic serial killer known as the Night Stalker who left satanic signs at murder scenes and mutilated victims' bodies during a reign of terror in the 1980s, died early Friday in a hospital, a prison

Obama defends broad phone, Internet spy programs

By LARA JAKESAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is urging Americans to "make some choices" in balancing privacy and security as he defends once-secret surveillance programs that sweep up an estimated 3 billion phone calls a day and amass Internet data from U.S. providers in