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Teachers disciplined for duct-taping mouths sex and gross stories
(Fotolia) VANCOUVER -- A Vancouver teacher is being reprimanded for having chatty ...
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‘I felt a big zap’ Juno-award-winning jazz singer survives lightning strike at her Ottawa home
Lightning storms always put on a good show near Kellylee Evans’s country home outside of Ottawa and the one crackling across the sky on June 8 was especially spectacular. The Juno-award-winning jazz vocalist admired its menacing power from her kitchen window around 6 p.m. as she washed up from supper. She had just reassured her son, spooked by the booms sounding ominously close. Less ...
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Plot to kill Obama with ray gun
The FBI arrested 49-year-old Glendon Scott Crawford, from Galway, New York, and his friend Eric J. Feight, 54, of Hudson, New York, foiling the pair's plan to kill Obama, who Crawford blamed for the recent Boston marathon bombings.Crawford had built a homemade X-ray machine that used deadly amounts of radiation to kill targets and could be detonated ...
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Obama revives call for reduction in nukes
BERLIN -- President Obama on Wednesday called for reducing the number of deployed U.S. strategic nuclear warheads by one-third if the Russian government agrees to a similar cut, reviving a goal outlined early in his presidency to work toward a world without nuclear ...
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Mexico coach denies strip club visit
Jose Manuel de la Torre has moved to dismiss rumours his Mexico players visited a strip club while on Confederations Cup duty. Reports in Brazil suggested the Mexico squad visited a strip club after their 2-1 loss to Italy on Sunday but their coach has denied the claims. "No. We don't have a report on that. It's not like there's even time to do that," he said. A ...
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Canadian warships join Port Hueneme military exercise
JOSEPH A. GARCIA/THE STAR Stef Ludin (left) and Joel LaLonde, who are both leading seamen and port inspector divers for the Royal Canadian Navy, aboard the HMCS Saskatoon, prepare to submerge a remote-operated vehicle Wednesday during a mine countermeasure exercise at Naval Base Ventura County Port Hueneme. Two ships from the Royal Canadian Navy are searching for fake mines off the coast ...
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Obama renews call to scale down nuclear weapons
U.S. President Barack Obama waves in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin as German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit look on. ...
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FIFAs Confederations Cup Brazil vs Mexico
Brazil's Neymar scores during the FIFA's Confederations Cup Brazil 2013 match against Mexico, held at Castelao Stadium, in Fortaleza, Brazil, on June 19, 2013. (Xinhua/Guillermo ...
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Iron Man 3 rakes in $400m in North America
"Iron Man 3" has grossed 400 million US dollars worth of tickets in North America since it debuted more than six weeks ago, distributor Walt Disney Pictures announced on Wednesday.The third installment on the iconic trilogy crossed the important threshold Tuesday, and is on track to gross 1.2 billion dollars from the global market. This has made the flick 5th highest grossing film of ...
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NOT THE TIMEPols Question Obama Call To Cut Nuclear Arsenal
President Obama's pledge to cut the United States' nuclear arsenal by one-third is sending the wrong message to the global community, some Washington lawmakers said Wednesday. "Now is not the time to pursue further strategic nuclear force reductions," Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., said following Obama's speech in Berlin, Germany. Inhofe was among several lawmakers ...
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Obama kill plot pair arrested over plans to use giant death ray on President
TWO men have been arrested over a plot to kill US President Barack Obama with a giant homemade death ray. The FBI arrested 49-year-old Glendon Scott Crawford, from Galway, New York, and his friend Eric J. Feight, 54, of Hudson, New York, foiling the pair's plan to kill Obama, who Crawford blamed for the recent Boston marathon bombings. Crawford had built a homemade X-ray machine that used ...
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Canada U.S. must work to become energy independent Alberta premier
Alberta Premier Alison Redford, (left to right) Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger and Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall listen in as British Columbia Premier Christy Clark responds to media questions during the press conference for the 2013 Western Premier's Conference in Winnipeg, Monday, June 17, 2013. (John Woods / THE CANADIAN ...
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Mask ban Canadas veiled protesters face 10 years jail
Protest A new Canadian law forbids people from wearing a mask or covering their face during a riot or so-called "unlawful assembly" in the country. The law carries a maximum ten-year sentence for anyone convicted of physically concealing their identity. Current Canadian law already forbids covering the face during a criminal act, although CBC reported that the statue, which ...
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Dozens of children removed from tiny Mennonite community
File photo of cattle. IAN KUCERAK/QMI AGENCY WINNIPEG - Dozens of children have been removed from a small Manitoba Mennonite community as an investigation continues into allegations many of them were physically abused. A man and woman were arrested Monday and charged with 27 counts of assault and assault with a weapon. They appeared in Brandon court Tuesday and were released on bail. The two ...
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East Wing Journal Michelle Obama Promotes Healthy Eating With a Grass-Roots Campaign
Michelle Obama 's senior policy adviser on nutrition, leaned over a pork dish, stabbed it with a fork, then delivered his approbation. ...
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Obama plans major push on global warming to curb emissions boost renewable energy
President Barack Obama speaks in front of the iconic Brandenburg Gate in Berlin Germany, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Obama is planning a major push using executive powers to tackle the pollution blamed for global warming in an effort to make good on promises he made at the start of his second term. "We know we have to do more — and we will do more," Obama said in Berlin. (AP ...
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Next up for Obama Major effort on climate change
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama is planning a major push using executive powers to tackle the pollution blamed for global warming in an effort to make good on promises he made at the start of his second term. "We know we have to do more - and we will do more," Obama said Wednesday in ...
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Obama Asks Russia to Join in Reducing Nuclear Arms
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Video Canadian peacekeepers heading to Haiti
Defence Minister Peter MacKay says 34 soldiers are going to Haiti as part of a UN peacekeeping operation. The troops are scheduled to arrive this week to begin a six-month tour under Brazilian ...
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Wildfire continues to threaten parts of Western United States
An Arizona wildfire whipped up by strong winds threatened hundreds of homes on Wednesday, even as firefighters were gaining an edge on a California blaze raging near a pristine wilderness, authorities said.More than 500 firefighters were battling the Doce Fire, which has burned through 2,830 hectares of chaparral, pine and juniper since Tuesday morning near Prescott, about 160 km north of ...
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Obama appeals for nuclear cuts
US President Barack Obama waves next to German Chancellor Angela Merkel before they deliver speeches at the Brandenburg Gate in Pariser Platz, Berlin, on Wednesday. Michael Kappeler / Agence ...
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Canada buys rare War of 1812 collection for $573K
A large collection of letters, maps and other papers that once belonged to Sir John Sherbrooke, the lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia who conquered Maine for the British during the War of 1812, has sold for $573,000 at auction in London. The winning bidder was Library and Archives Canada, and the future Canadian Museum of History. Including commission, the sale cost the federal government ...
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‘Something needs to be done’ Federal judge urges Ottawa to legislate ‘clearer’ citizenship rules
The Chief Justice of the Federal Court has made a highly unusual plea to the government, asking it to fix unclear citizenship requirements that kick some applicants out while welcoming others in, depending on which assessment is used. "This case is yet another example of why something needs to be done to address the unacceptable state of affairs concerning the test for citizenship in this ...
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Steve Bell on Barack Obamas Berlin speech – cartoon
Australia's dreaded cost of living - manacle or myth? George Negus: Tony Abbott is keen to lower the cost of living faced by ordinary families. But there is a significant difference between cost of living and cost of ...
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West Virginia man accused of threatening Obama his family
A West Virginia man has been indicted on charges of threatening to kill President Obama, the first lady and their daughters, federal prosecutors in Wheeling said ...
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North America's unknown potential disaster
North America is facing a potential ecological disaster that most people are not even aware of, according to scientists who have been studying the little brown bat (or myotis bat), the most common species of bat in the United States and the wider North American continent.
This is because the bat is under attack by a killer fungus that grows on the bats’ wings during hibernation and causes them to lose body fat and wake early from their sleep, which causes them to eventually die. The fungal infection is said by researchers to be capable of killing off the bat within the next 16 years when their current population, which numbers up to several million, may fall to just 0.01% of present levels. Read more
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