Most of the websites shut down by a hackers group were up and running early Friday, including the U.S. Department of Justice, FBI and some entertainment sites after one of the federal government's largest anti-piracy crackdowns.
"Hacktivist" collective Anonymous took credit for taking down the sites Thursday after the arrests of leaders of Megaupload.com and shut down the popular hub for illegal media downloads. - CNN
SOPA/PIPA/Internet Piracy:
CNN - Federal websites back online after Anonymous attack
Yahoo!News - Reid postpones vote on anti-piracy bill
TechDirt - A Gallery Of The SOPA Blackout Protest Screens
Washington Post - Five reasons the Internet's still protesting SOPA and PIPA
San Francisco Chronicle - Megaupload.com Shut Down by US, Websites' Disruptions Follow
Reason - Who Needs SOPA? Four Ways to Look at the Megaupload Bust
The Drug War:
LA Times – Mexico Government Sought to Withhold Drug War Death Statistics
Fox News - Federal official in Arizona to plead the fifth and not answer questions on 'furious'
Gun Control:
TIME – Police Developing Tech to Virtually Frisk People from 82 Feet Away
TSA:
ABC News - Woman Removed From Plane After Bringing Gun Aboard
Federal Reserve:
Nasdaq – Fed Balance Sheet Grows to $2.92 Trillion In Latest Week
Balanced Budget Amendment:
The Augusta Chronicle – Ga. Lawmakers Push Balanced Budget Amendment
ObamaCare:
The Washington Post - A Republican rift on health exchanges
CBS News - Walker turning down $37 million for health care
Detroit Free Press - Michigan urged to create health exchange
Wall Street Journal - White House Touts GOP Governors' Support of Health Insurance Exchanges
Keystone Pipeline:
Heritage Foundation (The Foundry) - Timeline: Keystone's Three Years in Limbo
Bloomberg - Canada Pledges to Sell Oil to Asia After Obama Rejects Keystone Pipeline