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"Sears, a jury decided, took the trade secrets and had the tool made abroad for Craftsman. " Last Christmas, Sears had a brisk seller in the Bionic Wrench, an award-winning, patented tool with spiffy lime green accents. This holiday season, though, Sears has a special display for its own...

Three people remain in custody after being arrested on Saturday morning following a traffic stop in Canton. In what was described by Lt. Paul Sullivan as “the most bizarre traffic stop” that he has seen in his 23 years on the force, Canton police responded to a report of a disabled vehicle...

Texas may bellow that global warming is a hoax but tell that to their cattle. The U.S. "national herd," that peaked in 1975 at 132-million head of cattle (when the U.S. population was just 215-million), dropped to 91-million head this year (population now at 315-million) and is still in...

Failing to teach evolution by natural selection in science lessons could lead to new free schools losing their funding under government changes. So far 79 free schools have opened in England with 118 more due to open in 2013 and beyond. They are funded directly by central government but...

Durham, who was also the CEO of Indianapolis-based buyout firm Obsidian Enterprises Inc., and an accomplice, James Cochran, 57, were convicted in June of taking money raised from Fair Finance investors, spending it on themselves and lending it to other entities they controlled. A third man, Rick...

Canadian scientists create a functioning, virtual brain Canadian scientists create a functioning, virtual brain

Cortes Island citizens prepare for logging protests | The Vancouver Observer

A new poll conducted by Nanos Research, released today revealed the soaring Canada-wide support, up nearly ten-percent from a similar poll conducted a little over a year ago. Support has risen to a record 94-percent, from a strong showing in August 2010 of 86-percent, underlining that more than...

Beijing's heightened military ambitions send message to Asia and rest of world as new leadership takes reins China completes jet fighter test flights on its first aircraft carrier | World news | guardian.co.uk

Canadians, it seems, love their universal health care. The monarchy? Not so much. A new national poll commissioned by the Montreal-based Association for Canadian Studies examined the pride Canadians place in a list of more than a dozen symbols, achievements and attributes. The online...

The man who first alerted authorities to what would become the melamine-tainted milk scandal has been murdered. Jiang Weisuo, 44, was attacked by unidentified men in Xi’an city two weeks ago. On Friday, he passed away from his wounds. Authorities have said they have one suspect in custody...

The pathologically sadistic and demented Harper government has now gone so far they managed to shock the conscience of Saskatchwan's right wing Premier Brad Wall. Or maybe he just realized it would appall his constituents. Premier Wall called Ottawa’s decision to deny chemotherapy to a refugee...

Linda McMahon (R-Classy) sends staffers bounced checks, a condom, and tells them ‘you’re screwed’ Linda McMahon (R-Classy) sends staffers bounced checks, a condom, and tells them ‘you’re screwed’ | FreakOutNation

A new study calculates British Columbians' pot purchases total about half a billion dollars each year, and the pro-legalization researchers conducting the study say that means the province could be bringing in massive tax revenues. B.C. marijuana tax could net billions if pot legalized -...

It's easy to understand why they're afraid of it though. It's bigger than them by googols, and stands in ideological opposition to them in form and function. Canadian government requesting removal of defamatory content, blog posts: Google report Read it on Global News: Global Regina...

A British millionaire accused of trying to buy missile parts from undercover American agents and resell them to Iran pleaded guilty Thursday in a deal that would carry nearly three years in prison but could allow him to serve much of that time in his native United Kingdom. Christopher Tappin...

That means all 112,000 Canadian soldiers who fought and died in WWI and WWII were never citizens of Canada, which is tantamount to a complete rewrite of our history. A woman named Donna Lewis was brought to Canada as a War bride child. Shortly afterwards, her father died in a London, Ontario...

The times have arrived, even on little PEI, when the few people who have grabbed power believe they are untouchable. They believe we are too ignorant to understand 'how things work'. They forget that they work for us. It's time we all thought about what we are prepared to do when gov't stops...

The company's first product, copy paper Step Forward Paper, is made of 80 percent agricultural waste wheat straw and 20 percent Forest Stewardship Council certified wood fiber, and is bleached using an elemental chlorine-free sequence. Available in Canada with an American launch in the near...

Christians from Russia's Orthodox community are demanding that the country's Apple division remove the famous half-bitten apple logo from its products and replace it with a cross, because they find the apple image offensive to their beliefs. In popular culture, an apple is often used to...