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In 1828, John Jacob Astor built a trading post on the Missouri River. Business was so profitable that it only took four decades for Astor to become America's first multimillionaire video at link: History, Travel, Arts, Science, People, Places | Smithsonian Net worth Estimated US $110.1...

a must-read for every entitlement-prog and crybaby out there. even the children can see through their retarded claims. :lol: I’m a diehard, bleeding-heart liberal. And it’s ruining my parenting. My intentions are good. I want my two daughters, 6, to think critically, to fight for...

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada unexpectedly added 43,100 new jobs in October and the unemployment rate dropped to a near six-year low of 6.5 percent, prompting market optimism that the sluggish job market might finally be improving. Analysts had expected a loss of 5,000 jobs after the outsized...

Peter MansbridgeVerified account ‏@petermansbridge Now here's an opinion bound to generate some thoughtful discussion: This year, I will wear a poppy for the last time | Harry Leslie Smith | Comment is free | The...

Most people are familiar with the story of Pocahontas – the Native American princess who fell in love with Englishman John Smith during the height of conflict between the English settlers and the indigenous people of the Americas. In 1995, Disney released an artistically beautiful animated...

holy doodle A pair of Liberal Members of Parliament have been suspended from their party’s caucus after allegations of two unrelated incidents of “personal misconduct” against MPs from another party. MPs Scott Andrews and Massimo Pacetti, who the Liberal party says deny the allegations...

Mexico has questioned local police over the disappearance and killing of three US siblings in the troubled north-eastern state of Tamaulipas, the state attorney general said on Saturday. Erica, 26, Alex, 22, and Jose Angel Alvarado, 21, went missing on 13 October from the cartel-riddled...

A Californian judge has ordered the Jehovah’s Witnesses to pay $13.5m to a man who was sexually abused in the 1980s by a church leader, the attorney for the victim said on Friday. Church elders had assigned a man to work with Jose Lopez on Bible studies, even though they knew he had...

The man once known as “America’s Dad” is too radioactive for daytime television. Bill Cosby, who was scheduled to appear as a guest on “The Queen Latifah Show” to promote his new comedy tour, is no longer going to be on the show. TMZ initially reported producers rescinded the invitation...

Earliest Snow in Columbia, SC http://www.drroyspencer.com/2014/11/earliest-snow-in-columbia-sc/

Summary ... Palestine has never existed . . . as an autonomous entity. There is no language known as Palestinian. There is no distinct Palestinian culture. There has never been a land known as Palestine governed by Palestinians. Palestinians are simply Arabs by another name. "There is no...

Insiders at Fox News Channel said Friday that a two-day documentary featuring an interview with the Navy SEAL who killed Osama Bin Laden will air as scheduled despite objections from the Pentagon. On Wednesday, Fox News announced that a show called The Man Who Killed Osama Bin Laden hosted by...

make buffer zone. “The president is monitoring the area along the border ... especially the area that is being evacuated for eliminating terrorist hideouts and to prevent any infiltration of terrorists that will threaten national security,” his office said. The authorities want to...

CBC announced Thursday another 392 jobs will be cut by March 2015. A letter to employees indicated 115 corporate positions, 154 English jobs and 123 French positions will be eliminated by the end of the fiscal year. The letter states more than one-quarter of the positions are already...

Prosecution dropped Several news outlets are reporting Friday night that Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi, our #MarineHeldInMexico, has at last been released. Tahmooressi was arrested on weapons charges at the Mexican border March 31, when he took a wrong turn into Mexico with three...

BROCKVILLE, Ont. - A woman and her young daughter are dead in what police are calling a murder-suicide in the city's north end.Police in this city south of Ottawa were called to an apartment Thursday afternoon to check on the well-being of the occupants. Officers entered the apartment and found...

Virgin Galactic ‏@virgingalactic #SpaceShipTwo has experienced an in-flight anomaly. Additional info and statement forthcoming...

Vivian Krause ‏@FairQuestions Here's my paper on David Carpenter's bogus "science" about contaminants in farmed salmon: http://fairquestions.typepad.com/files/vivian-pcbs-16feb2010-18.pdf … @NaturalGasNow...

OTTAWA — An elderly B.C. First Nations chief and his ex-wife, along with one of their sons and a grandson, received more than $4.1-million in remuneration over the past four years. Shuswap First Nation Chief Paul Sam, 80, gets a tax-free salary that has averaged $264,000 over that period to...

lawyers...they funny. smelly but funny. sure to be a luka magnotta angle at some point if it catches on. WINNIPEG -- The case of a Winnipeg man accused of murdering and dismembering his roommate is now in the hands of a jury. Emery McLeod, 40, is charged with second-degree murder in the Feb...