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via Fark Ebola may go airborne Infected pigs can transmit virus to primates without contact, study finds The Ebola virus can spread through the air from pigs to macaques, a new study suggests. Transmission of the virus — which causes an often fatal...

At least 50 people, mostly children, have been killed in Egypt after a speeding train crashed into a school bus carrying children to their kindergarten. Up to 17 were also wounded in the crash on Saturday as the bus crossed tracks near a village in Manfaloot district in the southern...

OTTAWA — The CBC shouldn't come crying to him for more money, Prime Minister Stephen Harper says, even if a continuing NHL lockout reduces ad revenue from Saturday night hockey broadcasts. "CBC has its funding voted annually by Parliament," Harper said Friday from Quebec City. "That is the...

The Sound Of Settled Science For years the BBC has claimed that its propagandistic position of promoting the catastrophic global warming fraud, censoring the appearance of dissenters and even getting rid of anybody who refused to push the party line (e.g. Johnny Ball, Peter Sissons and the...

Derp. Living in fear of "replying all" to your company-wide emails? Hey, it could be worse. ABC News reports: In a Dilbert-esque faux pax, a Taliban spokesperson sent out a routine email last week with one notable difference. He publicly CC'd the names of everyone on his...

What is AP style for the city of Jerusalem? Friday morning, The Associated Press blasted this tweet for a story on Gaza-Israel conflict: “Air raid sirens wail in Jerusalem, signaling a possible rocket attack aimed at Israel's capital: Air raid sirens wail in Jerusalem -KH.” Just over a...

Can't be good can it? WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal agency that insures pensions for more than 40 million Americans last year ran the widest deficit in its 38-year history. The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. said Friday that its deficit grew to $34 billion for the budget year that ended...

Oh c'mon...really? After three years in the making, Ten Commandments monument at Oklahoma state capitol finally unveiled. Unfortunately during that three year period, no one ever thought to run a spell check on it Three years into the making, Oklahoma's Capitol building unveiled a...

Goracle Declares “All Weather Events Now Affected By Global Warming”… Talk about moving the goal posts.Guardian: On whether Obama’s re-election and the aftermath of Sandy represent a moment for climate change action: Gore: I think it definitely is a time when more and more people are...

Montreal has a new mayor -- and he's an Anglophone. In a secret ballot with several parties casting free votes, councillors chose the city’s former second-in-command Michael Applebaum as interim mayor on Friday. He is the city’s first Anglophone mayor since 1912. Already mayor of...

That's a shame. OTTAWA — The honeymoon appears to be over for NDP leader Thomas Mulcair, with Canadians shifting some support to the man creating a lot of buzz on Parliament Hill: Justin Trudeau. If a federal election were held now, the federal NDP would garner 30 per cent of the popular...

via Fark Boulder County: "If you don't like fracking then vote to ban it." Citizens: "That sounds reasonable. Ok." Ban passes. Boulder County: "lulz. One does not simply ban fracking" BOULDER -- Boulder County intends to adopt local land-use controls over oil and gas exploration that are...

Unreal: HuffPo Writer Compares Pro-Israel Supporters To People Who Supported The Holocaust… MJ Rosenberg, whose hatred for Israel is so over the top Soros-funded Media Matters had to force him out, is at it again. He now writes for the Huffington Post. Those who support Israel’s action in...

It sounds like a fish tale — a Saskatchewan woman comes to the aid of a water bird with a camera hanging around its neck ... only to discover numerous fish photos on the memory card. But it happened to Saskatoon's Karen Gwillim in September, as she was driving through the village of...

Congressman Ron Paul reacted to the secessionist movement sweeping America today by reminding people that the United States seceded from the British empire, while slamming those who suggested their fellow Americans should be deported merely for talking about the idea. In the aftermath of...

Canada’s oil sands are key to the country’s prosperity and for it to grow, the industry needs more pipelines, more collaboration, and dialogue that does not fuel “a climate of antagonism,” said a report by Deloitte Canada.There was dissent back then about spending all that money on the...

A request for a lunch-hour haircut has turned into a battle over human rights, pitting freedom of religion against a woman’s right not to be denied service based on her gender. Faith McGregor walked into the Terminal Barber Shop on Bay St. in June to get a haircut — the “businessman,” short...

Derp. Canadian Mom on Mission to Get City to Chop Down Oak Trees…Because They Threaten Kids’ Allergies & Can Be Used to ‘Bully & Torment’ Fallen acorns a threat to kids with allergies, Vaughan mother claims - thestar.com h/t The Blaze

t's a common grumble that politicians' lifestyles are far removed from those of their electorate. Not so in Uruguay. Meet the president - who lives on a ramshackle farm and gives away most of his pay. Laundry is strung outside the house. The water comes from a well in a yard...

Christopher Daniels knows about internships. Daniels, 41, is a Red Seal certified chef, who worked as an intern in Toronto’s food industry and is still uncertain in terms of his career. Sometimes interns are paid. More often they work for free, hoping the internship will turn into a “real”...