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In a hard fought election campaign, voters in the city of Tigard appear to have narrowly enacted another barrier to light rail expansion in suburban Portland. The Washington County Elections Division reported that with 100 percent of precincts counted, Charter Amendment 34-210 had...

ST. CLOUD, Minn. — A $2.3 million federal stimulus project at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in St. Cloud is giving green energy initiatives a bad name. A 600-kilowatt wind turbine — some 245 foot tall — stands on the wintry VA grounds, frozen in time and temperature, essentially...

The Vatican Library has begun digitising its priceless collection of ancient manuscripts dating from the origins of the Church. The first stage of the project will cover some 3,000 handwritten documents over the next four years. The cost - more than $20m (£12m) - will be...

Portland Hotel Society audit reveals limos, cruises, luxury hotels Senior managers and board of the Downtown Eastside social agency resigned earlier this week The B.C. government has released details of a damning audit that shows a non-profit group that looks after some of Canada's...

Dude in rape case uses the "I'm really, really, ridiculously good-looking" defense A man charged with kidnapping, robbing and raping an Atlanta woman says the sex was consensual because he’s just so damn good looking. A previous trial resulted in a hung jury, where one juror believed...

This forces us to the conclusion that causality in cells is exercised downwardly from the phenotype to the genotype (for example, to initiate transcription or even modify the genomic sequence), exactly the reverse of the Genotype to Phenotype (G -> P) concept underpinning population...

(whilst um, skipping school...but hey, it's all good I guess) A trio of California high-school students scored big points for oft-maligned teens everywhere on Monday when they rushed into a burning house to rescue a 94-year-old woman and her elderly dog, heroically saving their lives...

Famous people now deceased. It's a Turkish site but just click thru the arrows to view the 24 pics: Ünlülerin ölmeden önceki son fotoğrafları / 1 - Foto Haber Galeri

via Fark: Waiting in line for a pay phone, scantrons, drinking from lead laced garden hoses...kids these days don't know what they're missing We used to ride our bikes behind the bloody mosquito fogger on the bases. Yikes. Play with sharp pointy sticks, caps, wood-burning toys, indian...

via Fark Man shares room with Member of Parliament, wakes up to surprise buttsex A man who alleges the former deputy speaker Nigel Evans raped him was warned by colleagues he would "get Nigelled" before going to the MP's home, a court has heard. The man, aged in his early 20s...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — We teach kids that honesty is the best policy, but at one Virginia Beach middle school it might be better to keep the truth to yourself. Last Thursday at Bayside Middle School, sixth grader Adrionna Harris came to the aide of a classmate who was cutting his arm...

because it looks like a grenade Lois Lewis was shocked when explosive experts were called to inspect her $83 bottle of...

What Does the World Eat for Breakfast? - YouTube

Craftsman Michael Paul Smith Creates Realistic Photographs From A Model Town

LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL A man was arrested after Las Vegas police said he pulled a gun on a group of entertainers from “Thunder from Down Under” at the Excalibur Tuesday night. The man, described as being between the ages of 25 and 30, went behind the stage and entered the “Thunder...

in the middle of class' in horrific footage posted online The clip apparently taken from school CCTV was posted to LiveLeak today Suicide is the number one cause of death among young people in China A pupil at a Chinese high school is seen apparently leaping to his death in...

10 of Hollywood’s Most Mysterious Deaths - TheRichest unfortunately, a click to view slideshow.

A would-be Liberal candidate is invoking the party’s open nomination rules as part of his fundraising efforts to pay down his leadership campaign debt. Lawyer David Bertschi, who is seeking the Liberal nomination in the riding of Ottawa-Orléans, has sent an e-mail to party members seeking...

Not good. Fresh fears for Colombian president's health after he appears to wet himself during election speech President Juan Manuel Santos, 62, was launching his re-election campaign Santos underwent surgery for prostate cancer in 2012 He is not publicly known to be suffering from an...

Armed police surround home after workers call cops over 'gun' in shirtless man's waistband... that turns out to be a life-size TATTOO Michael Smith's gun tattoo was mistaken for real weapon Utility crew notifies authorities that man had a gun in Norridgewock, Maine Authorities surrounded...