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    Man sues McDonald's for $1.5 million after being given only one napkin

    His feelings were hurt I guess. Man sues McDonald's for $1.5 million after being given only one napkin  - NY Daily News
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    So penguins have knees

    Revealing Animal X-Rays
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    Why Study Philosophy?

    Maybe we shouldn't. At a time when advances in science and technology have changed our understanding of our mental and physical selves, it is easy for some to dismiss the discipline of philosophy as obsolete. Stephen Hawking, boldly, argues that philosophy is dead. Not according to...
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    Rob Ford arrives in Los Angeles for Jimmy Kimmel appearance

    Just days after he insisted he was not an international celebrity, Mayor Rob Ford arrived in Los Angeles ready to appear at the Oscars and on Jimmy Kimmel’s talk show. Ford is slated to appear on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Monday. Kimmel greeted Ford and his entourage at Los Angeles International...
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    New Mexico radiation leak raises concerns

    really? ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- The radiation exposure of at least 13 workers at a nuclear dump in a New Mexico salt bed more than 2,000 feet below the ground has brought new attention to the nation's long struggle to find places to dispose of tons of Cold War-era waste The...
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    20 Things You Didn't Know About... 3-D Printing

    20 Things You Didn't Know About... 3-D Printing | DiscoverMagazine.com
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    TN father accidentally leaves fishing knife in car, son gets suspended from school

    via sda Do you remember a time when people in positions of authority made judgements based on common sense? Your answer will likely depend on how old you are. CLARKSVILLE, Tenn - A high school student in Montgomery County has been suspended after school officials found a knife inside his...
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    Google Warns 'Muslims' Ruling Will Create Hollywood Chaos

    According to Google, the ruling "opens the door to an extra in even 'Gone With the Wind' contacting Netflix and demanding that it purge every copy of the film from its inventory." Google is really freaking out about Wednesday's ruling determining that Innocence of Muslims actress Cindy...
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    Clinton White House Papers Released

    Thousands of pages of records from the Clinton presidency are being made public this afternoon, potentially offering fresh insights into Hillary Clinton as she considers whether to run for president in 2016. Here is our live dive through the documents. The Clinton library released, as expected...
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    NDP volunteer charged after girl sexually assaulted

    A man who once sought to replace Jack Layton in his Toronto riding faces a slew of charges after a young girl claimed she was inappropriately touched early Friday morning in a downtown Ottawa hotel. Ashraf Ali Rao — a 47 year-old NDP volunteer and recruiter — travelled with the girl to...
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    Sun News 1, CBC 0

    Brian Lilley was right all along.What Lacroix didn't answer was how he thought it was ethical to claim living expenses and take a living allowance for the same visits. Sen. Don Plett, recently the subject of CBC stories on his own expenses, was particularly outraged. Plett pushed for and...
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    Whispers persist that Hillary won’t run: Health may be worse than disclosed

    If you listen to the chattering class in Washington, D.C., Hillary Clinton is a virtual certainty for the 2016 Democratic nomination, and the front runner in the next presidential race. But in private, rumors persist that the former Secretary of State may not even be capable of making it to...
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    School OK banning American flag T-shirts on Cinco de Mayo

    SAN FRANCISCO — Officials at a Northern California high school acted appropriately when they ordered students wearing American flag T-shirts to turn the garments inside out during the Mexican independence celebration Cinco de Mayo, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. The 9th U.S...
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    American Brotherhood of Christians & Jews

    The American Creed (1940s) - YouTube
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    KY recognizes gay marriage

    clever title from Fark http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20140227/NEWS10/302270034/Gay-marriages-now-recognized-Kentucky
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    Obama Assassination Cartoon Satire Prompts Secret Service

    What happens when a controversial comedy satire goes viral? Following the public premier on The Pete Santilli Show on February 19th, of Season 2 Episode #8 of the popular internet animation series, ‘Conrad the Constitution’, filmmaker Tim Fox received a visited from the President’s own Secret...
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    You’ve got some explaining to do, Mr. Mansbridge

    via sda Nuke 'em from orbit. Two articles today on CBC's bias...except they aren't from the usual suspects...
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    Peel has highest rate of tuberculosis in Ontario

    Peel has the highest rate of tuberculosis (TB) in Ontario and public health officials are looking to set up multiple screening sites in Mississauga, Brampton and Caledon in an effort to contain the disease. “Although rates of TB in Canada are very low compared to many countries in the world...
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    Predator who claimed to be transgender declared dangerous offender

    TORONTO - A sexual predator who falsely claimed to be transgender and preyed on women at two Toronto shelters was jailed indefinitely on Wednesday. Justice John McMahon declared Christopher Hambrook — who claimed to be a transgender woman named Jessica — was a dangerous offender. The...
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    Over 20 Kids Contract Mystery Polio-Like Illness in CA...

    A 4-year-old Berkeley girl is among an alarming number of California children who have experienced mysterious, polio-like symptoms since 2012...