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A society — any society —- is defined as a set of mutual benefits and duties embodied most visibly in public institutions: public schools, public libraries, public transportation, public hospitals, public parks, public museums, public recreation, public universities, and so on. Public...

UK detains reporter's partner over Snowden article Miranda was then released without charge, but officials confiscated electronics equipment including his mobile phone, laptop, camera, memory sticks, DVDs and games consoles. While in Berlin, Miranda had visited Laura Poitras, the US...

Blainville police arrested 18 young people, including 10 minors following a riot in Maurice Tessier Park in the night from Saturday to Sunday. Around midnight, some 200 young people refused to leave the festival "Blainville party." They subsequently overturned a police car before setting it on...

His name is Art Robinson, and he wants to sprinkle radioactive waste from airplanes to build up our resistance to degenerative illnesses. Robinson, who unsuccessfully ran for Congress against progressive Rep. Peter DeFazio in 2010 and 2012, took over after the previous chair resigned in advance...

David Orchard contested the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party back in 2003. Orchard relied on the support of grass-roots people, myself among them, who were opposed to government policies on free trade, environmental neglect, and Canadian support for imperial wars abroad. [7] It...

Leaving the PMO suddenly, like so many others. Prime Minister Stephen Harper's chief media spokesman and director of communications Andrew MacDougall said Wednesday it is "time to say goodbye" to Parliament Hill. His resignation means Harper will be on the hunt for his eighth...

T. Mark Jones learned about the costs and benefits of health-care delivery when he treated AIDS patients in Key West, Florida, in the late 1980s. The pharmacy he co-founded -- unusual at the time -- provided a humane last step for gay men who didn’t want to spend their final weeks confined to a...

New York City Comptroller John Liu is proposing a historic overhaul of the city's marijuana laws, believing that legalizing medical marijuana and allowing adults to possess an ounce of pot for recreational use would pump more than $400 million into the city's coffers. The sweeping change...

If you pay for cable and are not impressed with watching toothless people hunt alligators, this may be for you....... Eastlink signals demise of digital theme packs Digital theme packs have few friends in cable television land. Eastlink announced Tuesday it is relieving its...

Now the little people are rising and demanding land reform - that is to say the divestiture of the estates and the return of these lands to the masses. Their argument is that this is all stolen property. Few things show inequality more than Land Registry records and, when it comes to that...

An unbelievable video of constant harassment and just juvenile actions by the boss. They are lucky he didn't go the other way and bring a gun in and shoot up the place........... A Harris County man who claims that former coworkers repeatedly shocked him with a stun gun has filed a...

But what about all the Hispanics who name their children Jesus? Judge orders baby's name be changed from 'Messiah' A Newport mother is appealing a court's decision after a judge ordered her son's name be changed from "Messiah." Jaleesa Martin and the father of Messiah could not agree on a...

From North Korea Takes about 30 seconds to get past the 'advertisements' and then it starts........ http://tv.sohu.com/20130411/n372349671.shtml www.youtube.com/watch?v=enohg0sQjak&feature=share

Competition Has Cashiers And Produce Clerks With $1 Million Pensions Retail analysts say that the world’s biggest retailer has reason to fear a small grocery chain that’s based in Idaho and boasts a business model that allows it to undercut Walmart on prices. So about that...

A Camrose woman says she was left battered and bruised last Saturday following a traffic stop she will never forget. Dr. Simona Tibu was on her way to see patients in Edmonton that morning, when she was pulled over by an Alberta sheriff for speeding. Tibu claims the sheriff violently hit her...

I had to look for this story because it doesn't appear on my regular 'headline aggregate' . I know of it because when I went to bed last night she had the TV on and the story was running. I have never watched her show but I was of the impression she had compassion for the down and outs, which...

On what basis is an American corporation suing us for such an outrageous sum you ask? The $4.3 billion dollars Eli Lilly earned in profit in 2011 was not enough for the pharmaceutical giant. Under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), a company can sue another NAFTA country if that...

“This is so bizarre it’s almost unbelievable,” Schultz said. “They’ve apparently got nothing else to do in Wisconsin.” The president of a Wisconsin animal shelter is furious after the state Department of Natural Resources raided the facility with armed agents, detained volunteer workers and...

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A mother received a barrage of abusive text messages in which she was labelled a 'fat tub of lard' after complaining about her faulty sofa. Natalie Day, of Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, claims the manager of the firm she bought the couch from threatened to add her photo and contact details to an...