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3000 plus left without electricity in central Ontario after thunderstorms
TORONTO -- More than 3,000 Ontario Hydro customers in central Ontario spent the night without electricity after a powerful storm ripped through the area. The utility expects repairs in the affected areas from cottage country north of Toronto east through the Bobcaygeon area to be completed by this evening. A line of severe thunderstorms brought damaging winds, hail and heavy rain to the area ...
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Police re-open two cases connected to Bosma murder suspect including Dellen Millard’s dead father
Toronto police confirm they are formally investigating two additional cases linked to Dellen Millard, charged in the slaying of Tim Bosma, even as Hamilton police are denying reports that additional remains have been found on a Millard-owned farm. "The investigation continues and at this point there is no confirmation that other remains have been located," said Const. Debbie ...
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‘He’s cleaning up the city by smoking all the crack in it’ U.S. late night TV hosts turn Rob Ford into international laughing stock
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford may not have a word to say about the growing crack cocaine video scandal, but U.S. comedians are finding plenty to say about the besieged leader of Canada’s biggest ...
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Obama Pleads Inefficacy on Scandals
Lerner is set to invoke her Fifth Amendment right to not incriminate herself for her role in the IRS targeting of President Obama's political enemies before a House panel today. She will not be saying how or why the agency did so or how many of her subordinates were involved. Most significantly, she will not be explaining who else in the Obama administration was aware of the misconduct. ...
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‘Obama scandals’ could actually hurt Republicans
NEW YORK - Republican politicians and activists can barely contain their glee at the simultaneous eruption of three major controversies about the Obama administration. Conservatives are at a low boil over the administration’s dissembling about its actions after the attacks on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. The public is concerned about the targeting of conservative groups ...
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Airport suit over damage caused by Obama visit sent to mediation
In the midst of Obamagate, a public airport suing the U.S. Secret Service for what it claims was close to $700,000 in property damage caused by an April Fool’s Day 2010 visit by the president has agreed to try and work things out with the government in order to avoid a trial.At the request of attorneys for both sides, U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman has sent the case to ...
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Lloyd on roster for US womens game vs Canada
CHICAGO - Carli Lloyd will make her first appearance with the U.S. women's soccer team since breaking her left shoulder in a June 2 exhibition against Canada.Lloyd was among 21 players on the roster released Tuesday by coach Tom Sermanni. The sold-out game in Toronto will be a rematch of last summer's contentious semifinal at the London Olympics, which the U.S. won 4-3 in extra time. ...
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U.S. Senate leader eases pressure on Myanmar
Thein Sein and said he's seen significant progress in political and economic reforms. However, he also said he had concerns about the security situation in Myanmar. McConnell, R-Ky., who sponsored legislation that placed economic sanctions on Myanmar, said he wasn't going to press the issue further because of political reforms. "I will not be making an effort to renew those ...
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Mexicos Homex says arguably in default on some debt
MEXICO CITY | Wed May 22, 2013 10:40am EDT MEXICO CITY May 22 (Reuters) - Failure to meet payments due on derivatives "arguably" constitutes an event of default on debt owed by Mexico's second-largest homebuilder Homex , the company disclosed in a filing on Wednesday. Barclays' Mexico unit and Credit Suisse are suing Homex in New York courts over missed payments on ...
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Mexico stocks rise after Bernanke hints at steady stimulus
MEXICO CITY | Wed May 22, 2013 10:39am EDT MEXICO CITY May 22 (Reuters) - Mexican stocks jumped on Wednesday after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke suggested in a speech that it is not yet time to rein in U.S. monetary stimulus, which has boosted demand for riskier assets around the world. The IPC stock index rose just over 1 percent to 40,969 before hitting resitance and pulling ...
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Canada’s boreal forests are the ‘Amazon of the north’ report
As resource companies look to northern forests in search of untapped minerals and energy, scientists and conservancy groups say too little heed is being paid to the environmental wealth created by Canada's boreal regions.The Boreal Songbird Initiative and Ducks Unlimited are marking the United Nations International Day for Biological Diversity on Wednesday with the release of a report that ...
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Globe Editorial Canada should lift outdated visa restrictions on ANC members
In this photo supplied by the Government Communications and Information Services (GCIS) South African President Jacob Zuma, right, and Governor General of Canada, David Johnston attend a welcoming ceremony in Cape Town, South Africa, on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. (Elmond ...
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‘Relentless’ pressure from cross-border shopping holds Canadian prices down
Consumers can thank the "relentless" competition from south of the border for holding down Canadian prices.Retail sales in Canada were flat in March, according to Statistics Canada today, but rose 0.7 per cent in volume ...
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Canada not all it’s cracked up to be says Daily Show’s Jon Stewart about Rob Ford scandal
Jon Stewart took aim at Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and ongoing allegations of drug use Tuesday night, in a Daily Show segment that detailed some of the Mayor's most outrageous gaffes and jokingly referred to crack-smoking as 'Canada's national pastime' (The Daily Show with Jon ...
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Median CEO pay rises to $9.7 million in 2012
CEO pay has been going one direction for the past three years: up.The head of a typical large public company made $9.7 million in 2012, a 6.5 percent increase from a year earlier that was aided by a rising stock market, according to an analysis by The Associated Press using data from Equilar, an executive pay research firm.CEO pay, which fell two years straight during the Great Recession but ...
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Arrest in latest anti-gay attack in New York City
NEW YORK -; A suspect was arrested Wednesday in an assault in Manhattan's East Village that police say was one of several anti-gay attacks in recent ...
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FBI Man fatally shot in Boston bombing probe
Investigators stand outside an apartment complex where a man was fatally shot when a team of FBI agents swarmed his home early Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Orlando, Fla. The FBI says the man, being questioned by authorities in the Boston bombing probe, was fatally shot when he initiated a violent confrontation. (AP Photo/John ...
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Official Treasury played no role in IRS targeting
Several dozen tea party activists and other concerned citizens, wave signs and small American flags as they march outside the main Internal Revenue Service office on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Phoenix. The rally was one of many around the country after IRS officials acknowledged that some conservative groups received inappropriate attention and questioning. (AP Photo/Ross D. ...
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Flooding forces evacuation of 1300 in ND town
Officials have been working to shore up the Renwick Dam west of Cavalier, 85 miles north of Grand Forks, and said Wednesday that the structure held overnight. All 1,300 Cavalier residents evacuated their homes on Tuesday, as well as some of the 160 residents of nearby Crystal who were concerned about floodwaters coursing through the ...
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OAS to Hold Workshop for Central America and the Dominican Republic on Participation and Access to Information for Sustainable Development in El Salvador
OAS to Hold Workshop for Central America and the Dominican Republic on Participation and Access to Information for Sustainable Development in El Salvador May 22, 2013 The Organization of American States (OAS) will hold, on Thursday, May 23, in San Salvador, the first Regional Workshop on "Mechanisms of Participation and Access to Information for Sustainable Development" for the ...
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Play of the Day Obama’s Face and Race
The White House scandals have been a problem for the administration of Barack Obama, but late-night comedians have been eating it all up. Jay Leno continues to hammer Obama for the Benghazi reports, comparing the official stories to a Chicago man's recent record-setting day. Michelle Obama's recent comments about the president gave the opportunity for nearly identical jokes from Leno ...
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CORRECTED-White House threatens veto of bill to bypass Obama on Keystone
Wed May 22, 2013 10:24am EDT (Corrects to 67 from 60 the votes needed in Senate to overcome presidential veto) By Ros Krasny WASHINGTON May 21 (Reuters) - The White House has threatened to veto legislation pending in the U.S House of Representatives that could strip from President Barack Obama the authority to approve the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. The Republican-controlled House is ...
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Amid ruins rescue effort winds down
>Country star Toby Keith tours the damage in his hometown of Moore, Oklahoma on AC360 tonight, 8pm ET. For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO and KOKH. Moore, Oklahoma (CNN) -- The mayor of tornado-ravaged Moore, Oklahoma, will push for a law requiring storm shelters or safe rooms in new homes, he told CNN Wednesday. "We'll try to ...
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NewsWatch The 10 most truly made-in-America cars
Domestic brands have the most American-made content in the U.S. according to a new index released by American University's Kogod School of Business. The index takes into account where each vehicle's parts were produced, but also the location of the manufacturer's headquarters and other details, all in an effort to help consumers buy American. Here are 10 vehicles that made the ...
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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford faces calls to address crack allegations
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford must address published reports about a video purportedly showing him smoking crack cocaine, council members said. '"He needs to come out and respond to it directly, address the people of Toronto and give his version of the story," Councilor Peter Milczyn said. "Either he's adamant that it's untrue or he has another explanation." Ford ...
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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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