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Climate Scientists Blame Global Warming On . . . (Shakes Magic 8-Ball) . . . Earthquakes!… At some point they are going to run out of things to blame global warming on. Via Daily Mail:Earthquakes may contribute to global warming by releasing greenhouse gas from the ocean floor, a study...

TORONTO — Canadian retailer Hudson’s Bay Co. says it will acquire U.S. luxury retailer Saks Inc. in a friendly deal worth US$2.9 billion, with financial backing from one of the country’s largest pension fund managers. HBC plans to keep the Saks as a separate unit headquartered in New York...

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In a groveling public display earlier this week, the Department of Defense announced plans to increase its public affairs efforts due to the devastating effect independent media is having on the Pentagon’s ability to control its news, more specifically, its ability to quash negative news...

Rome (CNN) -- A bus returning pilgrims from a weekend visit to a Catholic shrine went off a bridge in southern Italy on Sunday, leaving at least 36 dead, including some children, officials said. Roughly 40 passengers were on the bus when it was traveling east of Naples in Avellino...

Retired Col. George "Bud" Day, a Medal of Honor recipient who spent 5½ years as a POW in Vietnam and was Arizona Sen. John McCain's cellmate, has died at the age of 88, his widow said Sunday. Day, one of the nation's most highly decorated servicemen since Gen. Douglas MacArthur and later...

CNN's Fareed Zakaria asked Sunday why it was important that Israel be called a Jewish state. This seemingly absurd question was asked of Michael Oren, Israel's ambassador to the United States (video follows with transcript and commentary): Read more: Fareed Zakaria: Why Must Israel Be a...

Obama Finally Comes Out Fully Against Keystone Pipeline: Claims It Wouldn’t Create Jobs, Will Raise Gas Prices He could never come out for it, he is just too beholden to, and a part of, the eco lobby. And you wonder why the economy is crashing? Will ‘raise gas prices’? He believes in...

A body pulled from Winnipeg’s Red River was confirmed Sunday to be that of Lisa Gibson, the mother of two children found dead in their home earlier this week. WINNIPEG—Police confirmed Sunday that a body pulled from Winnipeg’s Red River was that of Lisa Gibson, the mother of two children who...

A self-proclaimed gay, Jewish white supremacist was in court last night ... facing charges that he has terrorized Anderson Cooper, threatening to "f**k you up." dear me Anderson Cooper -- Crazy, Ominous Stalker Arraigned | TMZ.com

Throngs of pilgrims slept out on Copacabana beach overnight before a final Mass today caps Pope Francis’s week-long visit to Brazil. As waves crashed ashore, groups of young believers who gathered in Rio de Janeiro for World Youth Day dipped their feet in the water or sang “hallelujah” to...

When Japanese troops flooded the city of Nanking, embarking on an orgy of rape, murder, and wholesale destruction, a local Nazi official risked his life to save thousands of civilians. His name: John Rabe. In the dark days leading up to WWII, the Japanese army embarked on a sustained...

"From what we can see right now, it appears to be suspicious," suspicious

Infuriated by what they see as the long arm of Washington reaching into their business, states are increasingly telling the feds: Keep out! Bills that would negate a variety of federal laws have popped up this year in the vast majority of states - with the amount of anti-federal legislation...

While Judge Does Nothing A CBS affiliate in Clark County, Nevada, has uncovered video of a disturbing incident in family court, in which a mother present for a routine proceeding is sexually assaulted and then arrested in full view of the court. An internal investigation has since revealed...

via zip Same guy who donated $1 million to Barack Obama’s re-election campaign (via his super PAC). Via Newsbusters: Bill Maher has said some disgusting things about religion before. Possibly the most disgusting came on HBO’s Real Time Friday when the host actually said, “God in the Old...

Canadians observed the 60th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice at sombre ceremonies across the country Saturday. The events also marked the first official Korean War Veterans Day which will be held each year on July 27. "Establishing July 27 as a national day of recognition serves as a...

Seven people have died in a collision between a semi-trailer truck and another vehicle six kilometres southeast of Lloydminster, Sask. RCMP said they are still trying to determine the identities of the people who died and contact their families. They did not say if there were any...

D'erp Derpison Common sense is apparently hard for some criminals. Take for example, 22-year-old Derrick Mosley, who reportedly attempted to rob an Oregon gun shop on Thursday armed with a baseball bat. According to various news reports, Mosley strolled into Discount Gun Sales in...

Seven people were killed, including the gunman, in an overnight shooting at a South Florida apartment building, authorities said. Police Sgt. Eddie Rodriguez told Fox News that the gunman was shot dead by a SWAT team following a standoff at a five-story building in Hialeah, just a few...