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Jerry and Inez Baldwin had been counting on getting a small sum of money from the settlement of a class-action lawsuit involving toxic Chinese-made drywall. The proceeds would amount to nowhere near the $180,000 that the Williamsburg couple lost after fleeing their contaminated home in June...

And that goes for any Country that is trying to claim it is free............ WINOOSKI, Vt. — A sign on a lamp post at the bottom of the Winooski Circle displayed the words "Yield For Sneakers Bacon" until Friday morning. The bistro owners took it down. It got there as part of...

Extremist supporters of Islamic State have been handing out leaflets promoting the establishment of a "Kahlifah" and calling on Muslims to "obey the Kahleef", on the streets central London this week, becoming threatening and abusive when challenged, according to witnesses. One of the leaflets...

Like many cities, Buffalo, New York, is facing a glut of abandoned homes and lots. There are roughly 16,000 vacant lots and 4,500 vacant homes throughout the city. Instead of tearing the homes down, city officials are selling them for $1. They’re calling it the Urban Homestead Program. The...

John Snow was one of the first Epidemiologists, and he showed that cholera was water-borne, and debunked the (then-popular) Miasma theory. This Friday, organizations around the world will be marking his 200th birthday. John Snow was a British physician, born on the 15th of March, 1813. Born in...

The victim was identified by the militants as James Foley, a freelancer who was seized in Syria in late 2012. The militants said it was in revenge for recent US air strikes against the Islamic State group in Iraq. The video has not been independently verified, but the White House said if...

The Obama administration has fought a years-long court battle to force longtime New York Times national security correspondent James Risen to reveal the source for a story in his 2006 book State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration. Risen may soon serve jail time for...

Below are photos and a description of one week’s worth of school menus, taken during the last few weeks of this school year in June. French elementary school students don't go to school on Wednesdays, so that's why there are only four meals! Almost all foods are prepared right in the...

Officer faces jail for tipping paraplegic man out of chair Officer faces jail for tipping paraplegic man out of chair - Americas - World - The Independent

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Hotel threatens guests over ‘logging’ craze A hotel has been forced to send out a letter to its British guests threatening £1,400 fines for anyone caught ‘logging’ in swimming pools while on holiday. The owners claim participants are deliberately logging in their crowded pools before...

'unsuspecting'? Raw footage shows Crocodile stalking unsuspecting swimmer - Independent.ie

No, no Ford this week......... Language may cause a virgin to blush.......... The Winnipeg RAG Review: Making Winnipeg proud ...

The elusive Canadian identity is often defined by what it isn’t, a spirit of absence that may explain what’s gone missing from the story of our language. Canada doesn’t have its own dictionary. Ten years ago on Sunday, what turned out to be the final edition of the Canadian Oxford Dictionary...

Microbeads don’t even serve a purpose in toothpaste. They’re only added to make your toothpaste look cool. According to ABC 7 News (and other sources), Proctor & Gamble stated on its website that polyethylene serves as an “inactive ingredient used to provide color” in toothpastes like Crest 3D...

Hint - it involves raising taxes. The Guardian columnist, writing in the Daily Record, says that with a "yes" vote on independence, Scots will have an opportunity to close the poverty gap if they have the will to pay for it. Of places in the UK where you are likely to die earliest, heading the...

The Empress strikes back and she's coming on hard right Barack Obama's ex-secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, bit the hand that once fed her with a drive-by attack on her president's foreign policy. Hillary slammed Obama on both Syria and Gaza. She criticized him for not acting...

Wealthy foreigners hoping to fast-track immigration to Canada are preparing to sue Ottawa over the government's cancellation of its immigrant investor program, which has been assailed for allowing rich Chinese to buy their way into Canada. "We're going to try to start a so-called class action...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUCJlV6s0dU&feature=player_embedded#t=74 The spiteful and embittered old sack of bile that is John McCain was on the box on Sunday, as he is every damn Sunday, attacking President Obama. The irresponsible old fool who gave us Caibou Barbie and enabled the Tea...

In a move that seems perfectly symbolic of the sort of politics his government represents, Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard announced this week that the five members of the government commission charged with reviewing government programs and recommending where to make cuts will be paid the tidy...