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Man who hit woman with toilet-tank lid dragged another woman behind his vehicle gets 15 years
EDMONTON -- An Edmonton man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for hitting a woman with a toilet tank lid, setting her apartment on fire, and dragging another woman behind his vehicle on a busy roadway. Zachary Holland, who is 25, received his punishment Thursday for several charges including aggravated assault, kidnapping and arson with disregard for human life. Megan Carley, who is 24, ...
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‘I do not use crack cocaine’ Rob Ford breaks silence to categorically deny drug report
Breaking a nearly week-long silence, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has denied allegations he smokes crack cocaine or has a drug problem. ';I do not use crack cocaine nor am I an addict of crack cocaine,'; Ford said in a statement Friday afternoon. ';As for a video, I can’t comment on a video I have never seen or does not exist.'; Ford, sporting a new haircut and appearing ...
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Its Rich Kids of Instagram concentrated in one Canadian
MrWallStreet83 caught my eye. If you, like me, are a fan of unabashed chutzpah on the Internet, MrWallStreet83 - the Instagram alias of a 29-year-old Canadian real-estate broker named Martin Lavoie - is a strong contender for the best account on Instagram. Nearly every day, Lavoie (bio: "In the business of not giving a fuck what you think and business is really good") posts photos of ...
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US attorney Obama ally takes heat for handling of leak probes
While Attorney General Eric Holder is taking heat for his department's seizure of reporter records, the U.S. attorney who is personally overseeing those investigations is himself starting to face complaints that he's gone too far in pursuing leaks. Ronald Machen Jr., the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, was nominated by President Obama in 2009 and now runs the biggest ...
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Box Office Milestone The Great Gatsby Crosses $100 Million in North America
From Flappers to Rappers: 'The Great Gatsby' Music Supervisor Breaks Down the Film's Soundtrack Internationally, the Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Pictures production has earned $64.4 million to date, ...
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Michelle Obama Freeze-Dances Praises Kerry Washington at D.C. School
Image credit: Evan Vucci/AP Photo First lady Michelle Obama and actress Kerry Washington stopped by Savoy Elementary School in southeast Washington, D.C., Friday to watch a song-and dance performance that included ';Who Put the Bop'; and a few other numbers. Washington has adopted the school in the capital’s Anacostia neighborhood as part of the Turnaround Arts initiative ...
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Aide Obama Putin to meet twice over security missile defense
Barack Obama will meet twice in the next four months, a Kremlin aide said Friday. Yury Ushakov said the first meeting would in June during the Group of Eight summit in Northern Ireland and the second will take place before the Group of 20 meeting in Russia in September, RIA Novosti reported. The meetings are expected to discuss proposals by Putin that were presented in a letter to Obama ...
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Obama shakes Marines hand after failing to salute
U.S. President Barack Obama waves as he returns from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., to the White House in Washington, May 24, 2013. UPI/Mike ...
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Arellano Felix drug cartel figure pleads guilty
SAN DIEGO -; The last of the Arellano Felix brothers who founded an infamous Mexican drug cartel has pleaded guilty in San Diego to helping ship hundreds of millions of dollars in proceeds from the United ...
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Wis. farmers firefighters partner on hazards maps
To help rescuers reach people quickly and safely, a handful of Wisconsin farmers - Ortner included - have been working with researchers and firefighters on an online program that maps farm hazards. The recently completed pilot project built upon earlier work done with paper maps, and researchers at the National Farm Medicine Center hope the project can expand, with the online program eventually ...
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Obama OKs honor for Birmingham bombing victims
WASHINGTON -; Four girls killed in an Alabama church bombing during the civil rights movement are receiving the highest honor Congress gives to ...
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Why President Obama is the Most Heckled President
Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin's repeated and drug out heckling of President Obama during his drone policy speech is simply the latest in a disgusting and damaging repeat act that has become almost ritual. The White House announces a major policy speech by Obama. Then the predictable happens. Either at the start or midway through his speech, the shouts from the floor begin. The ...
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Can Tornado Alley become safer Yes within limits
With its single-story design and cinder-block walls, Plaza Towers Elementary School may have seemed sturdy when it was built a couple of generations ago. But a powerful tornado revealed the building's lack of modern safety standards, destroying the school and killing seven ...
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Horrified trucker watches I-5 bridge collapse behind him
A dented upper right corner and a scrape along the upper side are visible on the "oversize load" equipment casing being hauled a truck parked southbound on Interstate 5 south of the collapsed portion of the highway bridge at the Skagit River Friday, May 24, 2013, in Mount Vernon, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine ...
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Amazon brings latest tablet offering to Canada with Kindle Fire HD
Amazon.ca's latest tablet, the Kindle Fire HD, is now available for pre-order in Canada - and it also comes at a nifty price tag, starting at less than $300. Coming in at either 7 inches or 8.9 inches, the Kindle Fire HD runs on Android and includes a front-facing HD camera, access to email and a calendar, and access to many games, apps and books. Amazon also has millions of books ...
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Canadian Innovation Exchange opens Top 20 contest for 2013
Canadian Innovation Exchange (CIX) launched the CIX Top 20 on Thursdat, opening up the floor for companies to put in entries and be recognized as among the most innovative in Canada's tech scene. Held once a year, the CIX recognizes innovative companies with revenues of under $10 million and helps shine a light on what will be "the next big thing," according to CIX co-chair Chris ...
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Obama Christie to Reunite on the Jersey Shore
President Obama will tour the Jersey Shore with Governor Christie on Tuesday, capping an extended Memorial Day weekend that already had the governor opening a new Atlantic City casino and features live network coverage this morning of the reopening of the boardwalk in Seaside ...
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Obama to Nominate Archuleta for OPM
U.S. President Barack Obama announced his intent Thursday to nominate Katherine Archuleta as director of the Office of Personnel Management, a statement ...
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Canada - Proposed bill threatens independence of Canadian public broadcaster
The relationship over many decades between the CBC/Radio-Canada and successive federal governments is based on an understanding of how a public broadcaster operates: the government provides most of the funding but the politicians are historically, culturally and legally restricted in how much control they have over what the broadcaster does. This is the case where he who pays the piper does not ...
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Obamas drone speech well-received by Pakistan Yemen UN
US President Barack Obama speaks at the National Defense University May 23, 2013 in Washington, DC. Obama used the speech to outline and justify his administration's counterterrorism policy, including increased cooperation with Congress on matters of national security, added transparency regarding the use of drones, and a review of current threats facing the United States. (Win ...
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10 men accused of killing 3 over alleged affairs in Egypt
LUXOR, Egypt – A mother and two daughters were allegedly killed by male relatives in southern Egypt who believed they'd had affairs, the latest apparent example of so-called "honor killings" in which women are slain for violating traditional morals in the conservative region, a security official said Friday. Police believe the 10 men stormed the house of the women, ...
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5 climbers missing feared dead on mountain in Nepal
KATMANDU, Nepal – Five climbers including two Hungarians and a South Korean are missing on the world's third-highest mountain and feared dead, a mountaineering official said Friday. The five disappeared Monday on Mount Kanchenjunga, and bad weather was preventing a rescue helicopter from reaching their base camp. Mountaineering Department official Dipendra Poudel said Friday that ...
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Obama seeks to redefine the US war on terror
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama laid out new guidelines for drone strikes Thursday and launched a fresh bid to close Guantanamo, warning that a "perpetual" U.S. war on terror would be ...
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Questions Obama dodged in terror speech
But despite calling for a more targeted and not "boundless" theater of global operations, Obama left the specifics and timelines for action, by which his success or failure can be measured, out of his big speech. Here are some critical questions Obama did not raise or answer in the address at the National Defense University.Guantanamo Bay Timeline Obama renewed his call for the closure ...
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Canadas Harper says very sorry about snowballing expenses scandal
LIMA, Peru -- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Wednesday said for the first time that he was "very sorry" about a growing expenses scandal that threatens to derail his Conservative government after seven years in ...
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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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