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Horwath to decide whether to back Ontario Liberal budget
(Nathan Denette/Canadian Press) Ontario voters may get some indication today from NDP Leader Andrea Horwath on whether the province is headed for a spring election. Horwath will hold a news conference, where she's expected to say if Premier Kathleen Wynne's response to her list of post-budget demands is enough to ensure the spending plan is passed. On Friday, Wynne agreed to the ...
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More tornadoes in forecast for central US Tuesday
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) -- More severe weather is in the forecast for parts of the central United States already reeling from powerful tornadoes this ...
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Obama Stops Championing Treaty That Gives the Blind Better Access to E-Books
Bert Heymans /Flickr The Obama administration went on record four years ago supporting a proposed international treaty to make books more accessible to the blind. But as world leaders prepare to gather in Morocco next month to finalize a deal ...
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1st Amendment Champion Hugo Black Rebukes Team Obama From the Grave
Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black used his concurring opinion in The New York Times Company vs. the United States (the Pentagon Papers case) to reflect on the 1st Amendment's guarantee of a free press, its inviolability, and the wrongheadedness of those who'd abridge it in the name of enhancing "security." The case was largely about prior restraint of publication, but his ...
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Marine holding umbrella for Obama is from Apopka
Two Marines held umbrellas for President Obama and the Turkish Prime Minister, during a news conference in the rain. Umbrella-holding is against Marine regulations, because it makes it harder to salute. Every now and then a photo of something relatively mundane takes on a life of its own. Such is the case for the picture of a frowning ...
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Obama schedule for Tuesday May 21
Joe Biden discuss the nation's immigration system with those directly affected by it Tuesday, the White House said. The daily schedule indicated Obama will: -- Receive, with Biden, the Presidential Daily Briefing in ...
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ConocoPhillips pulls back on plan to sell Canadian oil sands assets
ConocoPhillips Co. is pulling back on plans to sell its Canadian oil sands assets after it exceeded its target for raising capital by divesting energy properties elsewhere in the world.The oil and gas major had been looking to find buyers or partners for 50 per cent of its mostly undeveloped oil sands holdings as part of its quest to pocket between $8-billion (U.S.) and $10-billion by selling ...
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Still hope for missing Canadian student
Police and family members are refusing to give up hope for a Canadian man who went missing in NSW's Snowy Mountains more than a week ago.Prabhdeep Srawn's rental car was found on May 13 at Charlotte Pass Village, one of several ski resorts nestled on the slopes of Mount Kosciuszko, Australia's highest peak.Police say he intended to hike up the 2228-metre mountain and then onto ...
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High Crimes Half Of Americans Want Obama Impeached
asking Americans if they think President Obama should be impeached for the various scandals currently in the news - the specific targeting by the IRS of conservative groups and Obama enemies, the illegal wiretapping for personal gain of AP news journalists, and the cover-up of the events leading up to the death of four Americans in Benghazi ahead of the election last year. A stunning 50% of ...
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Joel Skousen Obama Creating A Third World America
May 21, 2013 Alex continues with author Joel Scousan discussing the ongoing globalist agenda to topple the American way of life and the Public’s necessity to prepare themselves for ...
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Explained How meteorologists class killer tornadoes on the Enhanced Fujita scale
Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday, killing more than 91 people with winds up to 200 miles per hour, was given a preliminary ranking of EF4, the second most powerful category on the Enhanced Fujita ...
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HEROES AFTER TWISTER Photog Details Rescue of Children From Okla. School
MOORE, Okla. – I left the office as soon as I saw the tornado warnings on TV. I had photographed about a dozen twisters before in the past decade, and knew that if I didn't get in my car before the funnel cloud hit, it would be too late. By the time I got to Moore, all I could see was destruction. I walked toward a group of people standing by a heaping mound of rubble too big to be a ...
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Syrian military says it destroys Israeli vehicle
DAMASCUS, Syria – The Syrian military says it has destroyed an Israeli vehicle that crossed the ceasefire line in the Golan Heights. A statement issued by the Syrian Armed Forces says its troops destroyed the vehicle "with those in it." It did not elaborate, but said any attempt to infiltrate Syria's sovereignty will face "immediate and firm retaliation. " The ...
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Chinese boats captain beaten by N. Koreans while held
The owner of a Chinese fishing boat seized for more than two weeks by armed North Koreans says the captors wore military uniforms, and that they beat up the boat's captain and stole its fuel. Owner Yu Xuejun says the captors eventually released the boat Tuesday without the ransom they had demanded. The incident was the latest irritant in relations between North Korea and a Chinese ...
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Obama sends federal aids to Oklahoma
Atlanta, May 21 (BNA) -- US President Barack Obama declared Oklahoma State as a disastrous area after a massive tornado struck the State last Sunday and Monday. President Obama directed to send federal aids to support the efforts of State and local authorities. It is considered one of the most devastating tornadoes have swept the State, killing 91 people, including 20 children, destroying cars ...
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PMs South America trip turns focus from turmoil to trade
Prime Minister Stephen Harper heads to Peru and then to Colombia for trade talks this week - after he speaks to his caucus about a growing Senate expense scandal that claimed his chief of staff over the weekend. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian ...
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Harper to address Tory caucus amid Senate scandal
Conservative senator and party stalwart Doug Finley , who died earlier this month. Solemn-looking cabinet ministers, senators, aides and strategists declined to speak to reporters about a burgeoning Senate scandal which is likely to receive continued attention this week. Harper will address the Conservative caucus and the media Tuesday morning, before departing to South America for trade ...
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The Bank of Canada’s phantom Council
Stephen Poloz, centre, walks with Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, left, and Mark Carney after being named as the next Governor of the Bank of Canada during a news conference , Thursday May 2, 2013 in Ottawa. (Adrian Wyld/THE CANADIAN ...
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Crews dig through night after deadly Okla. twister
This aerial photo shows the remains of homes hit by a massive tornado in Moore, Okla., Monday May 20, 2013. A tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. (AP Photo/Steve ...
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Death in Zimbabwe results in unusual US charge
This image released by U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va., shows the damage to the car that allegedly hit and killed Alois Pedzisai Matyoramhinga in Zimbawbe. Unusual circumstances have left federal prosecutors pursuing vandalism charges against Andrew Pastirik, a U.S. government worker accused of killing the Zimbabwe man in a drunken driving collision. Much of the case against Pastirik is ...
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In tornados wake worried parents seek out kids
Children wait for their parents to arrive at Briarwood Elementary school after a tornado destroyed the school in south Oklahoma City, Okla, Monday, May 20, 2013. Near SW 149th and Hudson. (AP Photo/ The Oklahoman, Paul ...
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Obama approves aid for Oklahoma
Moore, Oklahoma - At least 91 people, including 20 children, were feared killed when a three-kilometre-wide tornado tore through an Oklahoma City suburb, trapping victims beneath the rubble as one elementary school took a direct hit and another was ...
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Tornado damage and the Enhanced Fujita scale
A tornado passes across south Oklahoma City, Monday, May 20, 2013. A monstrous tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 200 mph, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Paul ...
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Canadian regulator takes lighter view of Bitcoin
LibertyBit , which exchanges the virtual currency Bitcoin for U.S. and Canadian dollars, has been told it does not have to register with Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada ...
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Hosting Burma’s Leader Obama Repeatedly Calls the Country ‘Myanmar’
President Obama meets with Burmese President Thein Sein in the Oval Office on Monday, May 20, 2013 (Image: White House) (CNSNews.com) - Setting aside a long-held U.S. policy, President Obama -- when hosting the president of Burma in the Oval Office on Monday -- used the military-backed regime's preferred term for the country, Myanmar - and not just once or twice, but a total of 16 times 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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