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The Abandoned Translator Who Helped Rescue American Soldiers via zip: Just like the Pakistani doctor who helped get Bin Laden, this administration tend to leave those who aid us in jeopardy. Via WFB:Four years ago, an Afghan translator known as “Hafez” charged into enemy fire to help Marine...

Good god. Thankfully they evacuated the car and sealed it off. Whew. NEW YORK (AP) — Did a fan of "Shark Week" get carried away? New York City's transit authority says a conductor found a small dead shark aboard a subway train in Queens on Wednesday. The conductor asked passengers to...

The sun is gearing up for a major solar flip, NASA says. In an event that occurs once every 11 years, the magnetic field of the sun will change its polarity in a matter of months, according new observations by NASA-supported observatories. The flipping of the sun's magnetic field...

I know eh.

CBC still has it up.

Startling footage from the North Pole, showing a lake where dense ice should be, has left people shocked by the devastating effects of global warming. Scientists have been ringing the global warning alarm bells for years, and the cries to heed the dire warnings of melting ice caps is hitting...

It should be apparent to even the most casual observer that there has been a recent string of railroad disasters that cannot simply be written off as coincidence. Three major accidents in Spain, Pakistan, and Switzerland have occurred within the past week alone. Based on our exhaustive...

Get ready to shell out more money for individual health insurance under Obamacare ... in some states, that is. While many residents in New York and California may see sizable decreases in their premiums, Americans in many places could face significant increases if they buy insurance through...

Death Panel By Mark Steyn The paramilitarization of American life proceeds apace. Following the seven armed undercover agents required to confront a female college student in last month’s sparkling-water stand-off...

Can a company pay its workers well and also make money? Many aren't quite hitting the right balance. Hundreds of dissatisfied workers at major American companies like Wal-Mart (WMT), McDonald's (MCD) and Wendy's (WEN) have joined protests nationwide in the past year demanding higher wages and...

But then you knew that when you saw the word lawyers Algorithms Are the New Content Creators, and That’s Bad News for Humans When the news hit that a photographer was suing BuzzFeed for $3.6 million for reusing one of his images, some on the internet reacted with fear and horror. Because...

The Canadian soldier who singlehandedly liberated a Dutch town Leo Major was a French Canadian man born in 1921. He probably didn’t think he was going to be more of a hero than the average soldier when he joined up with the Canadian Army at the start of World War II—supposedly he simply...

Really. :lol: AURORA, Colo. — General Electric Co. is permanently scrapping plans to build the largest solar factory in the U.S. near Denver. GE blamed the cancellation on a glut of solar panels on the market and falling prices, The Denver Post reported Tuesday (GE abandons plans for...

Attention-loving ABC News Editor Don Ennis posted a bizarre countdown on his Facebook page just before his change-over to “Dawn Stacey’’ — and clueless pals thought he was planning to commit suicide. In reality, the paunchy, balding father of three was preparing to make his switch from a he...

In drug-dabbling days of yore, there was one narcotic that I knew from the get-go could be my undoing: heroin. With the possible exception of sex, there’s no euphoric feeling on Earth so sweet as a smack rush. And while I don’t accept that dipping into any drug for an experimental adventure...

A huge fire has ravaged the main international airport in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) - a key regional hub - has been closed, passengers evacuated and incoming flights diverted. The fire is now said to have been contained but...

After Driver Reverses Vehicle On Highway One person was killed and multiple people were reportedly injured last week after the driver of a tourist bus in China attempted to reverse the vehicle on a highway, triggering a collision with a truck that was barreling down the road. The video...

Yokohama, Japan: Japan on Tuesday unveiled its biggest warship since World War II, a huge flat-top destroyer that has raised eyebrows in China and elsewhere because it bears a strong resemblance to a conventional aircraft carrier. The ship, which has a flight deck that is nearly...

for 2006 Liberal leadership race, lawyer says Douchebag. I hope he gets hit by a dump truck. Ken Dryden – the former Toronto MP who lent himself $300,000 to take part in the 2006 Liberal leadership race – has no plans to raise money from individual contributors to pay off his outstanding...

sentenced to 20 years in jail A Christian children's entertainer who allegedly plotted to kidnap, cook and eat a child has been jailed for 20 years. Ronald William Brown, from Largo, Florida, was handed the sentence for possession of child pornography. This was despite him regularly warning...