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Telecom giant Verizon confirms interest in Canadian market
A pedestrian uses her cell phone as she passes a Verizon Wireless store on Broadway in Lower Manhattan, Thursday, June 6, 2013, in New York. Verizon's CFO confirmed to the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday that the company is in the preliminary stages of weighing entry into the Canadian market. (John ...
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EU blames Canada for slow progress on trade deal
The European Union had sharp words for Canada today as the two sides struggle to complete a trade deal, saying through a spokesman that it's been waiting for four months to hear the Canadian government say it's ready to make the compromises necessary for an agreement.The undiplomatic comments from the 27-member union came after The Globe and Mail reported Canadian trade negotiators are ...
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NTSB Poor eyesight probable cause of Okla. Crash
TULSA, Okla. -; Federal officials say a train drivers' failing eyesight was the probable cause of a fiery train crash that killed three people in the Oklahoma Panhandle last ...
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Attorney Judge in gay sex trial should step down
VERO BEACH, Fla. -; The attorney for an 18-year-old Florida teen who was charged with a felony for having sexual contact with her 14-year-old girlfriend is asking the judge to remove himself from the ...
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Judge urges new approach for Gitmo detainee cases
WASHINGTON -; A federal appeals court judge says it's time for the president and Congress to consider a different approach to the handling of detainees at the Guantanamo Bay ...
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Boy 6 killed by family dog at California home
Authorities say the attack occurred around 11 a.m. Monday at the boy's Union City home. The dog has been described as a pit bull or pit bull ...
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Utah church shooter charged with attempted murder
This photo provided by the Ogden City Police shows Charles Richard Jennings Jr. Police say Jennings, 35, walked into a Father's Day Catholic Mass at Saint James the Just Catholic Church in Ogden, Utah on Sunday and shot his 65-year-old father-in-law, James Evans, in the head in front of a congregation of 300 people. Evans is expected to survive. (AP Photo/Ogden City Police Department via ...
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Obama Announces Another $300 Million In Humanitarian Assistance For Syrians
President Barack Obama has announced that the U.S. will provide $300 million in additional humanitarian assistance to help people affected by the ongoing conflict in Syria.The announcement came during Obama's meeting with G-8 leaders in Northern Ireland, which has largely focused on how to address the civil war between rebels and forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.A statement ...
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Obama hints at Bernanke exit from Federal Reserve
US President Barack Obama has hinted in an interview that he may be looking for a new chief of the US Federal Reserve, saying Ben Bernanke has stayed a lot longer than the current chairman had originally planned. Mr Obama, who was speaking to the PBS television network, compared Mr Bernanke to FBI Director Robert Mueller, who agreed to stay two years longer than he had planned and is to leave ...
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Obama Faces Serious Political Challenges Towards Syria
Washington, Jun 18 (Prensa Latina) U.S. President Barack Obama faces serious challenges when it comes to deciding his policy towards Syria in moments when polls note today that 70 percent of the population opposes the announced shipment of arms to opposition groups. Criticized by conservative sectors and figures such as Senator John McCain, the leader told PBS television that any U.S. military ...
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New Miss Nevada winners plan for national pageant as Miss America chief rankles Vegas
Pageant contestants line up during the Miss Nevada and Miss Nevada Outstanding Teen contest on Saturday, June 15, 2013. Clockwise from top left are Randi Sundquist, Ellie Smith, Miss Nevada Outstanding Teen Katarina Clark and Miss Nevada Diana Sweeney. END .inline-content --> The Miss America pageant has returned to Atlantic City after a seven-year run here at Planet Hollywood on the Strip. ...
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Edgy Filmmakers Star at Cine Mexico
A political thriller that would make Oliver Stone proud. Youth angst, cutting edge documentaries and the broken dreams about coming to America. It's all there and more in Tucson's Cine Mexico, a five-day movie festival with films from some of Mexico's most daring, young filmmakers. Now in its eighth year, Cine Mexico Tucson returns with some of the best of Mexico's ...
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Obama rejects comparison with predecessor on anti-terror policies
A woman walks past a banner displayed in support of the US whistle-blower Edward Snowden in Hong Kong on Tuesday. The 29-year-old former employee with the National Security Agency dismissed allegations he was a traitor or a Chinese agent, and insisted he had exposed a dangerous US global surveillance network that threatens the privacy of millions. Photo: AFP US President Barack Obama defended ...
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7 graphs that prove America is overrated
The lack of female representation in positions of power has long been a topic in the US and elsewhere, but the numbers show America is lagging behind. We offer this poignant 2011 excerpt about women in Congress from Jennifer Steinhauer of The New York ...
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Canadian businesses not doing enough to help workers quit smoking report
While many Canadian businesses say they're committed to their employees' health, a new report from the Conference Board of Canada finds that many are not doing enough to help workers quit smoking. Less than half the businesses the Conference Board surveyed had conducted health risk assessments that can provide a snapshot of the workers' well-being, as well as determine how many ...
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Michelle Obama and girls meet Bonos family in Irish pub
U2 lead singer Bono met US First Lady Michelle Obama and her two daughters for a pub lunch in Dalkey, south of Dublin, during her visit to Ireland on June 18. The singer greets the First Lady at the entrance to Finnegan's Pub. The photos were taken by Irish politician, Mary Mitchell ...
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Americas first daughters trace the Obama familys roots in Ireland
An online article ('Protestant-Catholic gap narrows as census results revealed', posted December 11, 2012) reported on the publication of data from the 2011 Census by the Northern Ireland Statistics Agency and stated that the percentage of Protestants and Catholics in the Northern Ireland population stood at 48% and 45% ...
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Obama hints that Bernanke is on the way out
USA President Barack Obama has proclaimed that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke stayed in his post longer than he should have, which has raised speculation that the bank chief may soon be on his way out. In an interview with Charlie Rose, the president hinted that he would not renominate Bernanke when his current term expires ...
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First Read Minute Obama overseas abortion guns and immigration
NBC's Mark Murray and Domenico Montanaro discuss President Obama's overseas trip, as well as the House taking up an abortion ban, Vice President Biden talking about executive action on guns, as well as the latest in immigration ...
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Ottawa Senators home has a new name Canadian Tire Centre
OTTAWA - The home of the Ottawa Senators has a new name. Scotiabank Place has been renamed the Canadian Tire Centre, with a long-term agreement taking effect July 1. The name was announced at a morning news conference. Signage at the 19,153-seat arena will be in place for the start of the 2013-14 National Hockey League ...
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Hungary indicts former Canadian on Nazi-era war crimes
Laszlo Csatary, seen here in Budapest in 2012, is suspected of war crimes against Jews during Word War Two, including helping to organize thousands of deportations to the Auschwitz death camp. (Laszlo ...
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Canadians a silent threat to the U.S. blogger warns
(Shutterstock) An open letter to Florida Sen. Marco Rubio warns that Canadians are a "silent threat" to the U.S. and shouldn't be allowed to stay in the state longer than six months. But many people who commented on the blog post in ...
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Elderly man desperate for the return of bike he rode across Canada
METRO VANCOUVER - Burnaby Mounties say an 85-year old man is devastated over the theft of a bike he rode across Canada in the mid-1980s.Cpl. Rick Skolrood, a spokesman for the RCMP, said the man kept the 10-speed Apollo bicycle mounted on the wall in his garage to remind him of his trip.In 1981, then 53, the man attempted to cross Canada on his bike but fell ill in Regina and had to abandon his ...
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Senate hires motivational speakers to make them feel better about themselves
OTTAWA -- In the midst of a raging scandal over the abuse of taxpayers' money by senators, the Senate has hired two speakers to help denizens of the maligned upper chamber feel better about themselves. All senators, their staff and Senate employees have been invited to attend talks by communications consultant Barry McLoughlin and motivational speaker Marc-Andre Morel. According to an ...
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Posh Ottawa neighbourhood deporting squirrels across border into Quebec
It's a secret and illegal deportation that's apparently been going on for years. To outside observers, it appear a little, well, nuts. Some Ottawa residents are apparently spiriting their unwanted squirrels across the bridge and dumping them in neighbouring Quebec. Daniel Sylvester of Ottawa's posh Westboro neighbourhood said he recently noticed a squirrel in his ...
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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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