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The 6-acre parcel of land is enclosed on all sides by tall, white fencing. “No trespassing” signs are posted intermittently, and vehicles drive in and out on a dirt road through the only opening in the fence. Beyond the walls, huge, white tents stand in one row and long, white trailers in...

Economists long argued that, just as buggy-makers gave way to car factories, technology would create as many jobs as it destroyed. Now many are not so sure. Lawrence H. Summers, the former Treasury secretary, recently said that he no longer believed that automation would always create new...

Germany has somehow managed to create a high-wage, unionized economy without shipping all its jobs abroad. Why Germany has it so much better than the US

Bryant Cochran, once the chief judge of Murray County’s Magistrate Court, also was found guilty of witness tampering, conspiring to distribute a controlled substance and a federal civil rights charge that accused him of sexually assaulting a court employee. Cochran, who faces almost certain...

Premier Paul Davis met with Prime Minister Stephen Harper Friday evening in Ottawa, but it didn’t do a whole lot of good. Davis left the meeting frustrated, saying Harper cannot be trusted. “They’re moving the goalposts,” he said. “They’ve moved them so far that the fund is going to be...

West needs to address 'root causes' of radicalism Until the causes of instability and radicalism in places such as Iraq and Syria are addressed, the West can expect to be engaged in foreign conflicts for a long time, NATO's top commander says. "Until we have addressed the root causes of...

South Dakota officials have decided to yank a "Don't Jerk and Drive" safety campaign after a powerful legislator and some members of the public complained about the sexual innuendo in the phrase. The campaign, intended to raise awareness about the dangers of jerking, or overcorrecting, with a...

Few reptiles can breathe underwater. Australia is home to one of the exceptions, the white-throated snapping turtle (Elseya albagula), which can extract oxygen from water through its backside via a process called cloacal respiration. This unusual technique, shared by a handful of other turtle...

TransCanada is warning Nebraska landowners who refuse to sign right-of-way contracts for the controversial Keystone XL pipeline that the company plans to proceed with eminent domain. The 2012 state law that let Gov. Dave Heineman give final approval of the proposed Keystone XL route through...

The federal government has granted an exemption to Microsoft Canada that will allow the company to bring in an unspecified number of temporary foreign workers to British Columbia as trainees without first looking for Canadians to fill the jobs. A notice posted on the Citizenship and...

The number of supertankers sailing to China jumped to a record in ship-tracking data amid signs that the oil-price crash is spurring the Asian nation to stockpile. There were 83 very large crude carriers bound for Chinese ports, according to shipping signals from IHS Maritime compiled by...

An elderly woman has died and about 30 others are sick after a church potluck dinner in a small New Brunswick town. More than 100 people gathered at Nackawic Community Hall last Friday Dec. 5 for a turkey dinner sponsored by a local church. "One person was admitted to hospital and they...

Dalai Lama, who is visiting Rome, had requested a meeting. A Vatican spokesman said that although the Pope held him "in very high regard", the request had been declined "for obvious reasons". Correspondents say the Vatican does not want to jeopardise efforts to improve relations with...

If the 16th century was the renaissance of ------ popes, the 10th century was the true dark age of the papacy. Popes during this time period were basically Genghis Kahn with a prettier hat. Pope John XII assumed the throne of Saint Peter at the seemingly tender age of 18, but back in the 10th...

Cracker jailed for saying "&*_! the police" wins $100,000 for 1st Amend violation I'm not suggesting that if the colour was different we would be reading a different story......... It started when Marietta resident Amy Barnes went to the store on her bike to buy some butter in April 2012...

Albino people, who lack pigment in their skin and appear pale, are killed because potions made from their body parts are believed to bring good luck and wealth. More than 70 albinos have been killed over the last three years in Tanzania, while there have been only 10 convictions for...

According to a source familiar with the negotiations, Mr. Znaimer is eager to make a deal that would see ZoomerMedia Ltd., a company he controls, buy the news and opinion channel before the year is over. Mr. Znaimer currently has exclusive negotiating rights, and the price of the purchase would...

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Evan Solomon spent much of Power and Politics trying to get Con MP Erin O-Toole to respond (link is external) to recently revealed records showing nearly 900 job positions eliminated across Veterans Affairs with the biggest cuts going to the Disability Awards branch. "How are these...

Founder of Super Soaker and Nerf Guns, has been awarded a nearly $73 million settlement from Hasbro Inc. for unpaid royalties, Johnson, a nuclear engineer, Tuskegee University Ph.D. and former NASA scientist, founded his company in 1989. Johnson holds more than 80 patents, with more than 20...