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Are the statistics put forward by UKIP accurate, and are Romanians responsible for more crime than other nationalities? Plus: Gerd Gigerenzer on the famous probability puzzle involving goats and game shows; do 24,000 people die every year from lightning strikes globally; how old will you be before you're guaranteed a round-number birthday on a weekend; and is the divorce rate in the US state of Maine linked to margarine consumption?

Chess champion Garry Kasparov delivered the keynote address at the Cato Institute's biennial dinner for the Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty.

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Balancing effective pain treatment for patients and obeying the law presents difficulties for physicians who receive precious little guidance from the feds.

Mugged by the State: When Regulators and Prosecutors Bully Citizens

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Kevin and Rich Gates are fighting claims of fraud by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and they're doing so in broad daylight.

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Did the number of people around the world living in extreme poverty fall by half a few weeks ago? That's one interpretation of newly released figures for purchasing power parity around the world. The figures compiled by the International Comparison Programme of the World Bank show that in a lot of poorer countries, things are cheaper than we had thought. One development think tank has suggested that if people in these countries can afford to buy more, fewer of them will fall under the World Bank's definition of extreme poverty. We take a look at the argument to see if it stacks up, and whether the World Bank should be lowering its estimates for global poverty in light of the new figures. This programme was first broadcast on the BBC World Service.

It's been sixty years since school-based racial segregation was rejected by the Supreme Court.

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Does the government have lots of people chasing the relatively small amounts lost to benefits cheats, while massive amounts of tax evasion are barely investigated? Plus: did global poverty fall by half a few weeks ago; Eurovision data crunching; Willy Wonka's coveted 'Golden Tickets' and is London the 6th biggest French city?

In his new book, No Place to Hide, Glenn Greenwald traces the discovery and extent of the massive surveillance apparatus constructed by the National Security Agency.

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Lawsuits challenging Obamacare are once again reaching the nation’s highest courts.

Beyond the Individual Mandate: The Obamacare “Tax” Is Still Unconstitutional

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Smoking is bad for you, but what about the guy next to you? And why are public health experts seemingly just as concerned about e-cigarettes as the real thing?

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