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Almost one in five websites are blocked by the UK's internet service providers' filters, according to the Open Rights Group. Using an in-house developed tool, the digital rights organisation have tested the top 100,000 sites on the web and found that many of the 20 percent blocked by...

MISSOULA, Mont. A freight train derailed about 10 miles west of Alberton, sending three cars carrying three aircraft fuselages down a steep embankment and into the Clark Fork River. Montana Rail Link spokeswoman Lynda Frost says 19 cars from a westbound train derailed at about 4 p.m...

The scientist whose findings environmentalists used to shame us into bringing our own reusable bags to the grocery store now says that his estimate of one million tons of plastic floating in the ocean may have been off by a factor of perhaps 143. His latest estimate ranges from 7,000 to...

Longtime shock jock Anthony Cumia has been fired from his “Opie & Anthony” radio gig after unleashing a racially charged Twitter rant on Tuesday. SiriusXM made the decision to release Cumia after he took to the social media website to vent about a run in he had with a black woman in Times...

Eleven people have been killed when a plane carrying members of a parachute club crashed in southern Poland. Rescue workers said only one of the 12 people on board survived and had suffered serious injuries. The Piper Navajo light aircraft had just taken off from an...

via fark: A civil rights group that advocates on behalf of sex offenders are suing cities in California over ordinances that ban them from places. In other news there are groups that advocate on behalf of sex offenders BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) - Wasco and Taft are among a group of...

SALT SPRINGS — A 76-year-old man who said he put out poison to protect his peacocks, chickens and guineas from coyotes has been arrested after sheriff’s investigators say he instead killed scores of other animals, including Florida black bears, bobcats and dogs...

To environmentalists across Australia, it is a baffling anachronism in an era of climate change: the construction of a 4,000-acre mine in New South Wales that will churn out carbon-laden coal for the next 30 years. The mine’s groundbreaking, in a state forest this year, inspired a veteran...

Greenpeace send Rainbow Warrior to block the removal of wrecked Costa Concordia, saying its five-day voyage to scrapyard is a potential environmental disaster Authorities preparing to remove cruise liner two and a half years after it sank Greenpeace has sent Rainbow Warrior ship to stage...

yes dear readers, the 'ghost'...anyway: Dean Skoreyko ‏@bcbluecon Lol!! "Haunted by his...

In a society that views the old as a burden, Lord Falconer’s 'choice’ could mean none at all Lord Falconer, who was lord chancellor under Tony Blair, will bring in a parliamentary Bill for Assisted Dying on July 18. All of us are dying, of course, and we need assistance in...

Excellent effort though and thanks for representing us young lady. :smile: Eugenie Bouchard’s historic run at Wimbledon has come to an end with a loss in the women’s final. Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic beat Bouchard 6-3, 6-0 to claim her second Wimbledon title. No Canadian had...

hroughout California’s desperately dry Central Valley, those with water to spare are cashing in. As a third parched summer forces farmers to fallow fields and lay off workers, two water districts and a pair of landowners in the heart of the state’s farmland are making millions of dollars by...

In the mid-sixties at the height of the “social revolution” the line between democratic benevolence and outright communism became rather blurry. The Democratic Party, which controlled the presidency and both houses of Congress, was used as the springboard by social engineers to introduce a...

BRAMPTON - The son of Mississauga mayor Hazel McCallion has been slapped with $15,000 in fines for not filing his taxes. Peter McCallion, 60, said nothing in a Brampton courtroom Friday after pleading guilty to 15 counts of failing to file personal, corporate, and GST/HST tax returns dating...

U.S. overtakes Saudi Arabia, Russia to become world’s biggest oil producer: report The U.S. overtook Saudi Arabia and Russia to become the world’s biggest producer of oil as extraction of energy from shale rock strengthens the nation’s economy, Bank of America Corp. said. U.S. production...

Justin Trudeau, MPVerified account ‏@JustinTrudeau Nice to introduce Xavier to the Prime Minister. Good of @pmharper to say hello. Enjoy #Stampede2014 Justin Trudeau, MP ‏@JustinTrudeau...

Nanaimo city council rescinds anti-Christian motion : Prime time : SunNews Video Gallery

thank gawd for tommy mulhair eh OTTAWA — The NDP is offering to help the Conservative government bridge the gap with First Nations in the after the Supreme Court's ruled last week in favour of Native title lands in British Columbia. In a letter written to Prime Minister Stephen Harper...

A helicopter pilot who died in a crash last year in northern Alberta was drunk at the time, the Transportation Safety Board has found. The pilot, whose name was not released, was working for Gemini Helicopters, which was hired by an oil company to monitor well sites southwest of Fox Creek...