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Video Business Forecast All eyes on Bank of Canada rate announcement
Traders this week will take careful note of the Bank of Canada's interest rate announcement. While the rate is expected to remain at one per cent, investors will look for hints on the bank's future ...
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From baseballs to twine balls rural America’s odd roadside attractions
Hot-air balloon tragedy latest blow for Egypt's tourism industry Muscotah, 145 kilometres northwest of Kansas City, is like many towns across rural America - looking for quirky, offbeat and boutique attractions to invigorate declining local economies.Rural counties are home to about 15 per cent of Americans, but population numbers dropped overall between April 2010 and July 2012, according ...
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Don Cherry slams Hockey Canada’s bodychecking ban ‘You’re gonna be sorry’
Don Cherry poses in front of his old 1997 Yukon in March, 2013. Mr. Cherry believes Hockey Canada's decision to ban bodychecking for peewee players will leave them ill-prepared for physical play at higher levels. (Peter Power/The Globe and ...
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Obama tours tornado destruction
A grim-faced President Barack Obama on Sunday toured suburban Oklahoma City neighborhoods devastated by last week’s deadly tornado, consoled families of the victims and thanked first responders, and assured residents: "We’ve got your back."Shortly after Air Force One touched down, Obama got a first-hand look at the damage as he walked along Eagle Drive in Moore, Okla., past ...
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Paul Obama losing moral authority
Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul claimed on Sunday that President Barack Obama is losing the "moral authority" to lead the country. "I think the constellation of these three scandals really takes away from the president's moral authority to lead the nation," Paul said on ABC's "This Week." "No one questions his legal authority. But I really think ...
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Good Americans Mourn First the Millions America Slaughtered Then Mourn US Soldiers
(Article changed on May 26, 2013 at 13:02) (Article changed on May 26, 2013 at 12:58) This veteran is waiting for the year in which the Veterans For Peace, in its Memorial Day Press Release, states that Veterans mourn first, the lives America took in poor countries, both the civilian men, women and children and the patriots that fought our illegal and criminal invasions since 1945. Only then ...
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Republicans say Obamas projecting weakness when US needs to show resolve against terrorists
WASHINGTON - Republicans keep slamming President Barack Obama's push to move the government away from a war footing and refine and recalibrate counterterrorism strategy.Capitol Hill Republicans like Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina say Obama is projecting weakness at a time when the United States needs to show resolve against terror networks like Al Qaeda.The South Carolina Republican ...
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Obama tells Oklahoma tornado survivors Youve got folks behind you
MOORE, Okla. - President Barack Obama visited tornado-devastated Moore, Okla., Sunday, consoling people staggered by the loss of life and property and promising that the government will be behind them "every step of the way.""I'm just a messenger here," the president said, saying "folks are behind you" across America. He offered moral and monetary support in ...
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Americas Vets Returning Home To A Broken System
. Smith was deployed to Iraq twice between 2006 and 2010; he spent most of four years in combat. He now has an irregular heartbeat, and attributes it to one of the many IED blasts he went through. The irregular heartbeat, discovered during a routine training exercise, led to him being discharged last spring. Smith described an anxiety attack in March in which "things just [closed] in" ...
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3-year-old found safe in Canada after being taken by father
(KUSA) - Police say 3-year-old Luke Turner is safe after his father allegedly attacked his estranged wife and fled Saturday morning in Longmont, Colorado. Monty Ray Turner, 51, is in custody. According to Longmont Police, the child was found in Manitoba, Canada. "My son got out of his chair and his table and was yelling to him to please don't hurt my mommy," Brandy Turner said. ...
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Obama Counterterrorism Strategy Slammed By Republicans
WASHINGTON -- Republicans keep slamming President Barack Obama's push to move the government away from a war footing and refine and recalibrate counterterrorism strategy. Capitol Hill Republicans like Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina say Obama is projecting weakness at a time when the United States needs to show resolve against terror networks like al-Qaida. The South Carolina ...
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LACK OF VETERANS Mass. Town Cancels Memorial Day Parade
A group of Massachusetts veterans say they are saddened by their city's decision to cancel an annual Memorial Day parade because not enough veterans are able to march in it. CBS Boston reports the city of Beverly cancelled its parade for what is believed to be the first time since the Civil War because of low turnout at previous parades. Many of the older veterans in the town say ...
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Tea Party gets bump after being targeted by IRS
The Tea Party movement is showing signs of a resurgence following the revelation that the IRS targeted groups and other politically conservative organizations for the past several years. A recent poll shows Americans have a more favorable opinion of the less-government, anti-tax groups. And one of the biggest groups in the grassroots movement told FoxNews.com this weekend that fundraising and ...
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Obama consoles Oklahoma tornado victims
President Barack Obama on Sunday visited tornado-devastated Moore, Oklahoma, consoling people staggered by the loss of life and property and promising that the government will be behind them "every step of the way." "I'm just a messenger here," the president said, saying "folks are behind you" across America. He offered moral and monetary support in the wake ...
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CrossFit trainer from Sherwood Park to compete in Canada West games
EDMONTON - Angie McNally decided when she was 16 that she wanted to be strong. She can't explain why exactly. She wasn't really athletic. She made the rugby team in high school, but everybody made the rugby team, she jokes, because it requires so many players."I just think it was my calling."She started lifting weights and reading bodybuilding magazines and books.Fifteen ...
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Michael Putnam wins Mexico Championship
View Photo Michael Putnam hits from the fifth fairway during the second round of the U.S. Open Championship golf tournament in Bethesda, Md., Friday, June 17, 2011. ...
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Search Continues for Teen Missing in Texas Flood
The search intensified Sunday for a teenage boy believed to have been swept away by floodwaters as he tried to swim across a swollen creek near San Antonio, authorities said. Several search and rescue teams in inflatable boats were moving through the muddy water trying to find the teen in Schertz, where he was reported missing Saturday. He and a friend got caught in the swift waters of Cibolo ...
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Suspect in Colo. Kidnapping Arrested Boy Safe
Authorities have arrested a man accused of breaking into his estranged wife's home before blasting her with a stun gun and pepper spray and kidnapping their 3-year-old son. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation said Sunday afternoon that an Amber Alert for 3-year-old Luke Turner had been canceled, and the child is safe. The father was arrested at a motel in Brandon, Manitoba in Canada at ...
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AP PHOTOS Tony Kanaan Finally Wins Indy 500
Popular Brazilian Tony Kanaan ended years of heartbreak and won the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday on a day that saw a record 68 lead changes and a record average speed of 187.433 mph. It was also the coolest day in a decade at the speedway, but it didn't keep Kanaan from celebrating with the traditional celebration of milk after his victory. Carlos Munoz, a 21-year-old Colombian making his ...
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Colo. Man Wanted in Sons Kidnapping Arrested in Canada
Luke Turner, a missing 3-year-old Colorado boy, was found safe in Manitoba, Canada, today, as police arrested his father in connection with the alleged abduction. Monty Turner, 51, was arrested this afternoon at the Casablance Motor Lodge in Brandon, Manitoba, without incident, according to Cmdr. Jeffrey Satur of the Longmont, Colo., Police Department. Luke was placed in the care of Family ...
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Police Officer fatal shooting premeditated
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Kentucky State Police say the fatal shooting of a police officer was premeditated and are asking for the public's help in finding suspects. Authorities held a press conference Sunday to provide more details about the early Saturday morning shooting of 33-year-old Bardstown Officer Jason Ellis. State Police spokesman Norman Chaffins told The Associated Press that ...
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Officials Previous collisions on collapse bridge
The collapse of an interstate highway bridge in northern Washington state should be a wake-up call that prompts an expansive safety review, according to National Transportation Safety Board ...
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Man living in Luka Magnotta’s old apartment likely doesn’t know about alleged dismemberment slaying that occurred there superintendent
MONTREAL — Tenants in a Montreal apartment block have made their home at the scene of one of Canada’s most-notorious slayings — the former abode of accused killer Luka Rocco Magnotta. What’s unclear is whether they know about the space’s gruesome history following a killing that made global headlines. A year ago this week, Jun Lin’s torso was found in a ...
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Republicans keeping Obama on hot seat regarding IRS Justice Department scandals
WASHINGTON - A special prosecutor should be appointed to investigate a pair of scandals dogging the Obama administration in recent weeks, a top Republican senator said Sunday, raising the spectre of the type of pitbull probe that plagued Bill Clinton's final years in office. Lindsey Graham says the IRS's conduct in targeting conservative political groups seeking tax-exempt status, as ...
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APNewsBreak Temp Bridges Planned for Fallen I-5
Plans are underway to construct a pair of temporary steel bridges across the Skagit River in northern Washington state where a highway span collapsed into the water last week. The Associated Press has learned from an official who spoke on the condition of anonymity ahead of a formal announcement that the bridges will go up next to the original span and will allow limited travel over ...
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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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