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Who in their right mind thought it was a good idea to fine him $8,000 and slap a lien on his home?JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (CBS Tampa) – A veteran could lose his home because of a small American flag he has placed in a flower pot in front of his home. Larry Murphree explained that his homeowners’...

in the US Against the Vietnam War (Video) 20,000? Really? Terrorist and Obama family friend Bill Ayers told Megyn Kelly his terrorist group wasn’t so bad. After all, his group only accounted for 20 of the 20,000 bombings in the US against the Vietnam War.“The Weather Underground I think took...

no kidding eh The chair of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission admits the regulator is dealing with an outdated rulebook and says his goal is to modernize the entire system by the end of his five-year term. Jean-Pierre Blais, who took over the role from Konrad...

Alberta’s Industrial Heartland met the federal government’s conditional approval of the contentious Northern Gateway Pipeline with applause. Amidst reaction from First Nations and environmental groups, the controversial $6.5-billion Northern Gateway Pipeline received the go-ahead earlier...

if she was denied an abortion such a nice man Investigations found Savile had at least 103 victims across 28 NHS hospitals Boasted about having sex with corpses and 'wheeling them around' at night One former nurse said Savile would 'muck about' posing with dead bodies Barnet patient...

good CBC announces ‘significant’ production cuts as it struggles with flagging ad revenue TORONTO — The CBC is slashing 25 per cent of its workforce over the next five years, while cutting back evening newscasts and in-house production in a bid to shift its focus from radio and television to...

Even Democrats who prefer to develop alternate energy sources before expanding the use of fossil fuels say they want the Keystone XL pipeline built. The new Pew "Political Typology" report shows huge majorities of all four Democratic-leaning groups support the development of wind, solar and...

Two anti-shale gas protesters charged in connection with a violent clash with police near Rexton last fall have been found guilty of some of the charges against them, and not guilty others. Germain Junior Breau of Upper Rexton, N.B., and Aaron Francis of Eskasoni, N.S., were tried together...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday limited the president's power to fill high-level vacancies with temporary appointments, ruling in favor of Senate Republicans in their partisan clash with President Barack Obama. The high court's first-ever case involving the Constitution's...

fukking slimy slippery cbc CBC pulls sexist Christine Elliott headline but doesn’t apologise or explain:

Who was the first president of the United States? All of us say “George Washington.” But it’s wrong at least technically. Washington was not inaugurated until April 30, 1789. And yet, the United States continually had functioning governments from as early as September 5, 1774 and operated as...

Bounceback for U.S. economy expected in spring quarter All it took was an icy wind from the Arctic to topple the economy into its worst contraction since the depths of the Great Recession of 2007-2009. That’s what the latest report from the Commerce Department showed Wednesday, revealing...

Here’s a headline from Forbes that caught my eye: “IRS Employees Union Is ‘Very Concerned’ About Being Required To Enroll In Obamacare’s Health Insurance Exchange” You can’t blame ’em. Workers in the private sector are...

TORONTO — The “horror” stories of Hydro One customers over their bills have unleashed an unprecedented number of complaints to his office, Ontario ombudsman Andre Marin said Monday. So far, his office has received more than 7,900 complaints about the provincial utility’s billing practices...

Overly protective mothers can cause their children to become obese, a study has found. Researchers from the Telethon Kids Institute analysed data from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children and identified a connection between overprotective parenting and the rate of child obesity...

thaaaat's right... Environmental Protection Agency workers have done some odd things recently. Contractors built secret man caves in an EPA warehouse, an employee pretended to work for the CIA to get unlimited vacations and one worker even spent most of his time on the clock looking at...

After Historic Bank Heists, $500K Oddly Returned (Newser) – A weird twist in what are being painted as two of the largest bank heists in Colorado...

just in case flossy missed this one: One year ago this week, President Obama announced that the Keystone XL pipeline would have to pass a "climate test" in order to be approved. Opponents of the pipeline cheered. They cheered because the president had just made their chief...

religion of peace, man. Nigeria explosion at Abuja shopping mall kills 21, wounds 17 Nigerians are immediately blaming the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram after an explosion killed 21 people at a shopping mall in the capital, Abuja on Wednesday. The blast came as many Nigerians were...

via Dean Skoreyko ‏@bcbluecon Metis National Council paying inflated rent for office from numbered company owned by Manitoba Metis Federation OTTAWA - The Metis National Council is paying a numbered company owned by...