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Mr. Scumbag OTTAWA - The curator of the Canada Agriculture Museum was arrested Thursday, suspected of being "a major distributor" of child pornography. Franz Klingender, 59, is set to appear in Ottawa court Friday. Police raided both his modest east-end apartment and his office at...

le derp MONTREAL - Quebec's education ministry admits it gave out 130,000 high school diplomas with one pretty obvious grammatical error on them.Most of the diplomas were presented in last month's graduation ceremonies across the province, but the error has been there for the past nine...

Citing a $1 billion budget deficit, Chicago Public Schools will lay off more than 2,000 employees, more than 1,000 of them teachers, the district said Thursday night. About half of the 1,036 teachers being let go are tenured. The latest layoffs, which also include 1,077 school staff...

The officers who traditionally pounded the streets, talking to residents and businesses, are now also required to carry out investigations and respond to 999 calls. Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary warned today that budget cuts risk “eroding” neighbourhood policing where...

via Fark: Looks like all those greedy, dishonest mortgage bankers who knowingly caused the 2008 financial collapse are gonna get away with it now that the five-year statute of limitations is about to run out. Just kidding. They're all gonna fry Federal Prosecutors May Charge Wall Street...

WEST PENN TWP., Pa. - A freak accident in Schuylkill County nearly cost a man his life Thursday. The man was driving his minivan south on Route 309 in West Penn Township when a utility pole at Route 443 snapped, causing part of the pole to fall through the windshield, police said. Read...

via Danger, Will Robinson For thousands of years, ambitious men have always taken advantage of crisis, social turmoil, and economic downturns to solidify their positions and take control (Caligula, Ivan the Terrible, Stalin & Hitler come to mind). People in desperation have almost...

Everything is fine. :lol: TOKYO (AP) — Steam or vapors appeared to be coming from a damaged reactor building at Japan's tsunami-crippled nuclear plant Thursday, but the plant operator said radiation levels were steady. The video images showed a small amount of vapor or steam, but the origin...

Scientists have corrected the genetic fault that causes Down's syndrome – albeit in isolated cells – raising the prospect of a radical therapy for the disorder. In an elegant series of experiments, US researchers took cells from people with DS and silenced the extra chromosome that causes...

As a part of a greater effort to use social media to connect with Catholics worldwide, the Pope will start relieving punishment for your sins via social media. According to the Vatican's Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary publication, Pope Francis will be giving "plenary indulgences" — which...

Vietnam's Infinite Cave - Hang Son Doong Cave - YouTube In Vietnam, World's Largest Cave Passage - Pictures, More From National Geographic magazine

OTTAWA — The RCMP interviewed the prime minister’s former right hand in the Senate as part of an ongoing investigation into the expense scandal the day before her sudden resignation from that post. Sen. Marjory LeBreton confirmed Wednesday that she has been contacted by the Mounties and was...

Mayor Rob Ford is finally tracking toward delivering the subway he’s been promising Scarborough since he took office nearly three years ago. After two days of debate, city council voted 28-16 Wednesday to extend the Bloor-Danforth line north of Kennedy Station, rather than convert the...

While the Obama administration mulls whether to approve the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, Americans are already decided. They support the project by a wide margin, prioritizing potential economic benefits over possible environmental consequences. The latest United...

A judge issued an alarming warning to minicab passengers yesterday that they cannot expect to travel in safety. Jailing an asylum seeker for eight years for raping a secretary, Recorder Michael Sayers, QC, said those hiring a private taxi simply had no way of knowing the driver's background...

Mystery of American who woke up speaking Swedish is solved- by a medieval re-enactment society Society for Creative Anachronism knew him as Strongbow from the group's jousting team A medieval re-enactment society in Sweden claims to have solved the mystery of an American who awoke...

Many people saw that video and it didn't show a murder. The stabbing of a corpse and cutting flesh from the buttocks. ..."corrupting morals"...gimme a break. The site has a disclaimer you agree to before even entering. You are about to enter a website that contains photos and videos...

Very nice collection. Photos I Like: Historic Photos

Wtff? A dried-out batch of asparagus has touched off a debate about racial discrimination, grocery stores and the role of citizen-led commissions.It started in May when resident David Olander was perusing the produce section of the University City Schnucks. He noticed the asparagus weren’t...

LONDON — Britain on Wednesday legalized gay marriage after Queen Elizabeth II gave her royal stamp of approval, clearing the way for the first same-sex weddings next summer. Lawmakers cheered as House of Commons Speaker John Bercow said royal assent had been given — one day after the...