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With total ad sales sliding 5.1% in the third quarter of this year, newspapers have set what must be some sort of record in the annals of American business by having their primary revenue stream fall for 24 quarters in a row. In 72 months of unremitting declines, the industry’s...

Bully for them. It’s being called the toughest anti-bullying legislation in the country, but Alberta’s new Education Act – which many predict will set the tone for the rest of Canada – is being blasted by a family research group. In a report that was to be released Monday, the Institute of...

Rolling Stones tickets remain unsold after price hike Hundreds of tickets for the Rolling Stones 50th anniversary gigs remained unsold on Sunday night as touts were accused of pricing fans out of the market. Just hours before the band took to the stage at London’s O2 Arena, scores...

Woman detained for riding manatee... Man Jailed Four Days for Recording Cops... Company fires 150 employees for not getting flu shots... School District Requiring Students To Wear Microchips To Track Every Move... Palm scanners in schools, hospitals... What the heck is goin' on down there...

One of the nastiest fights in years in the House of Commons is coming to a head as Members of Parliament prepare for a vote on the Conservatives’ bid to force labour unions to publicly disclose extensive internal information. The contentious legislation, which opponents see as an attempt to...

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If Harry Reid Goes Through With Unprecedented Plan To Change Filibuster Rules… From Zip: They better. Via Politico:A partisan war is brewing that could bring the government to a screeching halt as early as January — and no, it’s not over the fiscal cliff. It’s all about the filibuster...

My comments last week about coming legally to grips with the issue of the possible secession of a province from Canada were intended to be the first part of an ambitious outline of a successor to Sir John A. Macdonald’s ambitious National Policy of 1878. This was the program that propelled...

Inside the enormous Whole Foods Market in Oakville, west of Toronto, a red and yellow streaked Honeycrisp is plucked from the top of an orchard’s worth of apples in wooden crates near the entrance. A round sticker near its stem says: “Certified Organic.” At $7.68 a kilo, four of them cost...

I ain't even mad but...*gag* Twitter explodes over pop icon's wardrobe choice Our Prime Minister is a Belieber. Prime Minister Stephen Harper met with 18-year-old pop singer Justin Bieber Friday in Ottawa, just ahead of the...

So there. OTTAWA - The federal Conservative Party on Friday produced copies of cheques for seven donors from a Montreal riding association who earlier had told Postmedia News they did not contribute to the party. The cheques - all for $1,000 - appear to show that the donors who said they...

Yes, you read this here first. ROCKLAND, Maine — A 62-year-old Cushing man will spend five days in jail after pleading guilty Wednesday to assaulting his estranged wife. Fred E. Thomas pleaded guilty to 180 days in jail with all but five days suspended and was placed on probation for a...

awk·ward (ôkwrd) adj. 1. Not graceful; ungainly. 2. a. Not dexterous; clumsy. b. Clumsily or unskillfully performed: The opera was marred by an awkward aria. 3. a. Difficult to handle or manage: an awkward bundle to carry. b. Difficult to effect; uncomfortable: an awkward pose. 4...

Experts say recently discovered WWII encoded message may never be cracked, ask for public's help. Feeling lucky? Experts at intelligence agency GCHQ have asked for help in de-coding a message found attached to a pigeon leg, thought to date back to WWII...

Quebec radio host encourages caller who declared Holocaust ‘the most beautiful thing to happen in history’ MONTREAL – A veteran Quebec radio host nicknamed “the king of the night” is facing disciplinary action after he encouraged an anti-Semitic caller who declared the Holocaust to be “the...

OTTAWA – The Conservative government will signal it is serious about buying an alternative to the F-35 fighter jet by asking rival manufacturers about the cost and availability of their planes, according to defence industry sources. The formal request for information will be issued to...

ch'i schmch'i I dunno what to make of this. Benny Hinn meets psychic surgery meets David Blaine? Or maybe I don't know half the crap I think I do. :lol: The REAL power of a human being... through meditation !! - Part of a BBC documentary - YouTube

Yellowstone’s ancient volcanic floor has been rising since mid-2004 because a blob of molten rock the size of Los Angeles infiltrated the system 6 miles beneath the surface, scientists say, but there is no risk of an eruption. Yellowstone National Park is the site of North...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A Jacksonville police officer has quit after admitting he told colleagues that he would volunteer to assassinate President Barack Obama. Sam Koivisto told the Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville cop making threatening comments after election not only bad...

It gets better... Blind, Deaf, 3-Legged Dog Named 'True' Saves Oklahoma Family From House Fire Katie Crosley and her baby son, Jace, lost everything in an house fire, but they survived thanks to a heroic three-legged, blind and deaf dog, KFOR reports. Crosley had no idea that an...