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Since September 2014, seven US Iraq War resisters have received negative decisions in their cases. Two veterans were given removal dates. One resister received a stay of removal and the government rescinded the second removal order at the last minute. These reprieves are extremely good news...

A new twist on the credit card phishing scam has emerged in Canada, according to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, an agency of the federal government. The new phishing scam is targeting people in the early morning, when they are sleepy and potentially vulnerable. Daniel Williams, a senior...

This past Friday, the NCAA reinstated all of the wins that Penn State football had been penalized as a result of their cover-up of multiple child molestation charges. The NCAA has announced a proposed settlement under which the Penn State football team's 112 wins from 1998 through 2011 that were...

No she won't give up that cozy position until forced out but she feels bad......yuk yuk........ Former Wildrose Party leader Danielle Smith has apologized for "angering" many of her former supporters by crossing the floor to join the governing Progressive Conservatives, a move she...

The party would move the royal family out of the 775-room mega-mansion, complete with tennis court, lake and heli-pad amid 40 acres of land nestled in the leafy St James’ Park area of Westminster. However there are no plans that Her Majesty and Prince Philip would be turfed out in the cold...

Kentucky state senator is having no reservations about proclaiming his political privilege. In fact, he’s simply citing a section of the Kentucky constitution that claims politicians are in fact, above the law. Sen. Brandon Smith (R) was charged with driving under the influence and wants the...

Officials in France announced new measures on Thursday aimed at reinforcing secular values at French schools, after the terrorist attacks in and around Paris exposed serious cultural rifts between children in heavily immigrant communities and others in classrooms throughout the country...

Ernie Eves, former Ontario premier, joins board of Jamaican medical marijuana business While other politicians tend to join law firms, become consultants or work on various other staid pursuits, the former Progressive Conservative premier of Ontario has chosen to branch out. He has...

He made his billions in real estate but Jeff Greene could have had a great career in stand-up. Greene's private jet was one of 1,700 that conveyed the rich and powerful to the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos now underway. In an interview with Bloomberg, the real estate entrepreneur...

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“The price of the poker game has gone up without a competition,” said one lobbyist. “It’s great to have a Canadian company running a 30-year effort but what will it cost the taxpayer? If they’d held a competition, we could have seen five or six contenders.” Others pointed out that the sole...

The province is currently over $12 billion (link is external) in debt and is projected to run a budget deficit of $500 million this year, the seventh consecutive year in the red for a province that prides itself on having a sharp fiscal pencil. Resource prices often go through boom and bust...

The Pub Landlord answers questions from the Telegraph and from Twitter about his plan to stand against Nigel Farage in the 2015 general election Farage says the smoking ban is silly and immoral. Where do you, as a pub landlord, stand on the issue (given that pubs are less fun now...

Enter Lucky Pierre #2: France’s President Francois Hollande. Two weeks ago, his polls fell below 10%, making Hollande the most unpopular, derided leader of France in memory. Unemployment kept rising, the ruling Socialists can’t seem to cut the bloated budget, and just about everyone in France...

A New York Magazine interview revealed an 18-year-old woman's plans to marry her long lost father. Next on their to-do list is to move to New Jersey, wher incest between adults happens to be legal. In the New York Magazine report, the father-daughter couple remains unnamed, but revealed they...

Pope Francis at a loss for words as street child asks: 'Why does God allow children to suffer?' Pope Francis on Sunday morning warmly embraced a former street child, comforting the little one after emotions overcame her as she asked: 'Why does God allow so many children to suffer?' The...

America's Dumbest Congressman has returned to the House in fine form. Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) called on American leaders to emulate Egypt’s military dictator, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi–a man who orchestrated a coup d’etat and has presided over the killing of more than a thousand dissidents...

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A Native American chief has blasted the pope's decision to canonize a controversial 18th century California missionary. Pope Francis announced his decision to make Junipero Serra, a Spanish Franciscan friar who founded nine missions in the state, a saint on Thursday. Anthony Morales, Chief...

Tanzania has banned witchdoctors in a move intended to stop attacks on people with albinism. Home Affairs Minister Mathias Chikawe said there would be a nationwide operation to "arrest them and take them to court" if they continued to work. Albino people, who lack pigment in their...