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When pressed by the House Intelligence Committee today, National Security Agency head General Keith Alexander revealed that surveillance programs that have recently come to light helped stop over 10 domestic terrorist plots and more than 50 worldwide since 9/11. The Guardian’s liveblog of the hearing (via Ars Technica) noted the comments, which can also be watched on CSPAN’s website. Opinions will be divided about whether stopping 10 domestic threats was worth the tradeoff in privacy. At less than one a year, that’s a lot of monitoring to find each plot. There’s also no information on the size of these plots. Still, the information gathered presumably helped to save lives by providing early warning of planned terrorist actions, so that’s a tough equation to compute. A Deputy Director at the FBI recently claimed that NSA monitoring helped the agency to thwart a bomb plot on the New York Stock Exchange and New York City subway. During Tuesday’s hearing, NSA Deputy Director Jon Chris Inglis also revealed that about 22 people (20 analysts and two supervisors) are able to sign off on targeting US-based phone conversations. As for how many government contractors there are in positions similar to whistleblower Edward Snowden, Alexander admitted they are “on the order of a thousand.” Earlier today, Google filed a petition to be more transparent with disclosing national security and FISA requests it receives, citing its first amendment freedom of speech rights. See also: NSA update: Here’s the latest on the raucous surveillance scandal Image credit: Win McNamee / Getty Images

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Kelly Rowland Kelly Rowland was signing copies of her new CD 'Talk A Good Game' at Best Buy in New York City today. The superstar was all smiles for her fans and the cameras. Photo By: Corredor99/MediaPunch Inc.

Brad Pitt Brad Pitt was snapped at the Good Morning America studios in New York City. Brad was promoting his new film. Photo By: Corredor99/MediaPunch Inc.

What if Cinderella attended the wrong ball? What if she'd been asked to catch a ball (instead of dance) and was ridiculed when she refused? What if Cinderella were a 4-year-old boy named Jake whose parents desperately want him to get into an elite private school?These are among the questions raised by the new play A Kid Like Jake, which opened Monday, June 17, at Lincoln Center. Like most non-musicals in New York City these days, the context here is contemporary, upper-middle-class "white people" problems. However, unlike several of its peer productions, which feature myopic, sterile conflicts of the "to sip cocktails or not to sip cocktails?" variety, the stakes here are high and broadly relevant: namely, how does one effectively parent a gender-nonconforming boy in the face of norms wickeder than a fairy-tale stepmother?More...

When the Dodgers last won the World Series as New York City, a ticket to Game 4 could be had for $7.35, or less than the cost of a hot dog or a beer at the New Yankee Stadium. The last time the Dodgers visited the Bronx was for the 1981 world series, and the face price of the Old Yankee Stadium Loge seats was $20. Times have obviously changed, and for last year's World Series, the minimum face price for the Giants-Tigers World Series was $110. For game one of 2013 Yankees vs. Dodgers series, though, there are a handful of tickets available for $20, most of them for tomorrow night's game. While you can find all Yankees tickets from our partners at TiqIQ. They also did a little advanced scouting and identified a couple deals below, both from the Yankees: Game One, Tonight: Section 206: $71 w/ fees. $20 below anything else on the market. CLICK HERE Game Two, Tomorrow: Section 135 and 136: $86 with fees. $18 below anything else on the market. CLICK HERE Right now the probability of a 2013 Yankees/Dodgers world series is extremely low. The Dodgers enter the series last in the NL West, but only seven games out of the playoff hunt. The Yankees are in third in the AL East, three games behind the Red Sox. With former Yankee Don Mattingly in the opposing dugout, though, the game is sure to evoke memories, even for those too young to remember 1981. Mattingly only played two post season games in Yankee stadium, both in 1995. In those game, he batted .500 and led the team into Seattle with a good chance to return home for the ALCS. As we all now know, Edgar Martinez and Ken Girffy Jr. had other plans. Despite the Yankees' dramatic loss, there was some solace in knowing that the Captain had seized the moment and delivered big on the post season stage. While his legacy as a great Yankee was already fortified, those two games dispelled any questions about how great he could be in October. While we're still months from October, these two games at Yankee stadium may be critical to dispel the speculation about his tenure as Dodgers manager. A dismal performance on the biggest stage in baseball could be the final straw. Two wins could be a turning point in the season. If the past is any predictor, Mattingly will make sure his guys leave it all out on the field.

Emblem3 Emblem3 was snapped at the 2013 Licensing Expo at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada today. Photo By: RD/ Kabik/ Retna Digital

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