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We’ve got Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr, …, and now Ello and Dropon. So what makes Dropon special? What does it do that others don’t? Surprisingly, in a market that previously seemed so saturated, Dropon does quite a bit to put itself forward. Its difference lies in the use of tags...

A simple traffic stop involving a bicycle in Lehigh Acres led to a Lee County deputy firing off a shot to protect one of his own. It happened near Gilbert Avenue just west of Gunnery Road. Deputies tell us they attempted to stop a suspect on a bicycle outside of the Dollar General store on...

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When local hula hoop performer Revolva was contacted by Harpo’s event company to perform at Oprah’s “Live the Life You Want” event stop in San Jose earlier this winter, she was beyond thrilled. Thrilled, that is, until Harpo conceded that they wouldn’t be compensating her for hours, effort, or...

thinks Jews “stick together” and believes he can “smell” black people when they walk into a room, according to a new lawsuit. The beauty company’s boss, Lorenzo Delpani, made the ugly comments after taking over in 2013, according to a discrimination suit filed by Revlon’s former top scientist...

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The words of Sir Robert Borden established a verbal contract with Canada’s veterans, vowing that a grateful nation will provide adequate care and support to those who served, while forever honouring those who gave the greatest sacrifice. This solemn promise still echoes today across the war...

Iraq is aflame, the Islamic State is on the rampage, the situation in Afghanistan worsens by the day, and thousands of Americans—and many more Iraqis and Afghans—have died during the post-9/11 conflicts. Meanwhile, the combined cost of the “war on terror” comes to an estimated $1.6 trillion...

As many as seven people were shot early in the New Year in the southwest Calgary neighbourhood of Killarney, including two people with life-threatening injuries. more Calgary shooting: up to 7 injured, 2 in critical condition - Calgary - CBC News

I'd heard about this before but didn't realize she has since appealed. Last I had heard even the Police Union didn't want her back....... fired Windsor cop is back on the payroll after filing an appeal, further extending a process that has already limped along more than four years with...

The Interview, a highly controversial movie that was pulled from major cinemas and distributed mostly online (and only in the U.S.), sounds like a dream come true for scammers. It is no wonder, then, that a fake Android app has been making the rounds in South Korea, promising to download a...

Leelah Alcorn, the 17-year-old transgender teen who committed suicide on Sunday morning in Kings Mill, Ohio, has prompted advocates to petition for “Leelah’s Law” – a bill to ban conversion therapy in the U.S. The petition on Change.org by the Transgender Human Rights Institute has more than...

A flight from New York to Tel Aviv was delayed by half an hour last week after a group of male ultra-Orthodox Jewish passengers refused to sit next to women, the third such incident in recent months. The cabin crew on the Delta flight out of John F. Kennedy Airport tried to find seats for the...

More than 150 years ago, the end of the world came to Ireland. The Great Famine wasn’t just another chapter in the history of the Emerald Isle — it threatened the nation’s survival before it even became a nation. One million died. Two million fled. Today, the population of Ireland and Northern...

Ontario’s Liberal government has an almost pathological desire to involve the private sector in public business. When awarding contracts for new power plants, it has favoured private electricity firms over publicly owned Ontario Power Generation. It insists that large-scale public...

Film at 11: Conservative backbencher Peter Goldring advocates body cameras to detect ulterior motives in late night Scrabble games. “MPs must learn, as I have from encounters with authority figures in the past, that all do not tell the truth. I now wear ‘protection’ in the form of body-worn...

A 33-year-old man was killed in a police-involved shooting in Scarborough early Wednesday, moments after a Warden station TTC collector was robbed at gunpoint. Toronto police officers received a 911 call after the TTC collector pushed an emergency alarm button shortly after midnight, alerting...