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FBI officials are processing the scene and authorities have not released a name. However, the man was identified by the Claiborne county NAACP chapter and family members as Otis Byrd. He was found hanging in the woods about a half mile from his last known residence, CBS News affiliate WJTV...

Police and demonstrators have clashed in Frankfurt as tens of thousands gather to protest against austerity. The demonstrations coincided with the inauguration of the ECB's new headquarters in the city. more Frankfurt in flames | All media content | DW.DE | 19.03.2015

Angry mob in the center of the Afghan capital, Kabul, has killed a woman and set her body alight for allegedly burning a copy of the Koran. "We were watching this incident. She burned the Koran,” one eyewitness told RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan. “A lot of people gathered around the...

An unusual new driving sticker seen on the Lower Mainland is getting second looks. The decal is yellow with a large “C”, similar to what ICBC uses for new drivers “N” or learners “L”. Underneath the letter are the words “Chinese Driver”, which is sparking the debate: Are the stickers meant...

I disagree with her. The NDP also snatched defeat from the jaws of victory........ I’m awestruck (awestricken?) by the capacity of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario to self-destruct. No other party I’ve covered has the ability to grab defeat from the jaws of victory quite...

Gladys Whincup is losing the $1.15-an-hour job she’s had for 35 years, and she’s devastated. Whincup’s workplace is — or was — a wastepaper sorting and disposal plant at Tunney’s Pasture where she and dozens of other developmentally disabled people have been gainfully employed disposing of...

The proposed legislation would end publicly-funded IVF treatment for most couples and would forbid any woman over 42 from seeking fertility treatment, even if she was able to pay for it. The changes are included in Bill 20, a controversial health bill tabled near the end of this fall's...

In 1660, a British man went missing. Three suspects were hanged for murder, despite the lack of a body. The man arrived 2 years later, claiming to have been abducted by pirates. This judicial mistake led England to adopt the "no body, no murder" rule, which lasted up until 1954. In August...

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service prepared advice and briefing material for two June meetings of the deputy ministers’ committee on resources and energy, documents obtained under the Access to Information Act show. The issue was driven by violence during demonstrations against...

This petition represents the opposition among Canadians to the Temporary Foreign Workers Program (TFWP) and the International Mobility Plan (IMP).The government must put Canadians first and protect our abilities and opportunities to employment, competitive and living wages, and a decent standard...

He has lied about the terrorist threat, he has endangered the security of our troops in Iraq. But this is the absolute limit. The federal government has ratcheted up its war of words over Ukraine, with the parliamentary defence secretary claiming Russian warships confronted a Canadian...

Tony Blair's former deputy prime minister, John Prescott, thinks he can explain the radicalization of Britain's Muslim youth - his former boss Tony Blair's "bloody crusade" to topple Saddam Hussein. The outspoken former deputy PM, who was recently appointed as an unpaid adviser with special...

A man in Markham, Ontario is furious after his car, garage and home have been damaged due to lack of information from a Nissan recall. On February 13th he had taken his car to the dealership for regular maintenance checks and they verified that his car was fine. He has all the documentation...

U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia Issues Terror Warning - NBC News

The Mirador del Cretáceo dig in Coll de Nargó was found to have been attacked by during a routine visit by Angel Galobart, head of the research group Mesozoic centre. He discovered dinosaur footprints and the remains of hatched eggs trampled and smashed and contacted the Department of Culture...

Who could be correct........? A strengthening dollar and economic weakness in Europe and China could drive crude prices as low as $20 per barrel, according to Raoul Pal of The Global Macro Investor newsletter. The dollar has been climbing recently against the euro and the yen, pushing...

The home secretary said the public were yet to grasp the full scale of the problem. Her comments come after a new panel was announced for the parliamentary inquiry into historical child abuse. Mrs May said the inquiry marked a "new beginning", but warned allegations made so far were...

Disgruntled renters on travel forums like MilePoint and FlyerTalk want Hertz to put the brakes on “spy cams.” A loyal Hertz customer who rented a car in Chicago said it might make them never want to rent with Hertz again: So why is Hertz creeping out customers with cameras it’s not using...

allowing discrimination, judicial obstruction, and even domestic violence. Yet while the bill is far worse than Arizona’s notorious “Turn the Gays Away” bill, it’s attracted far less attention from national advocacy groups and businesses. The bill, the “Georgia Religious Freedom Restoration...

In what is one of the most surprising and generous contributions to Irish famine relief, a group of Choctaw people gathered in Scullyville, Oklahoma, on March 23, 1847 to collect funds for the starving Irish people. They passed money collected onto a U.S. famine relief organization, in an...