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ABIDJAN (Reuters) - At least 61 people were crushed to death in a stampede after a New Year's Eve fireworks display at a stadium in Ivory Coast's main city Abidjan early on Tuesday, officials said. Witnesses said police had tried to control crowds around the Felix...

Via Fark: Happy Birthday, Internet. May you waste our time with silly cat pictures and hardcore pornography for decades to come

Texas can cut off funding to Planned Parenthood’s family planning programs for poor women, a state judge ruled Monday. Judge Gary Harger said that Texas may exclude otherwise qualified doctors and clinics from receiving state funding if they advocate for abortion rights, attorney general...

EDMONTON — An Edmonton man savagely beaten in broad daylight in a train car has died from his injuries. Police say 29-year-old John Hollar died in hospital late Sunday night after being attacked Friday afternoon on the city’s rapid transit line. It was a fight that forced transit officials...

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via sda The privileged daughter of a prominent city doctor, and her boyfriend -- a Harvard grad and Occupy Wall Street activist -- have been busted for allegedly having a cache of weapons and a bombmaking explosive in their Greenwich Village apartment. Morgan Gliedman — who is nine-months...

Top 10 ironic news stories of 2012 - Story - World - 3 News

h/t sda Brig. Gen. (res.) Joshua Shani was the lead pilot in Operation Entebbe, flying the first C-130 Hercules cargo plane with the entire rescue force on board. This week, for the 36th anniversary of the rescue operation on July 4th, he agreed to answer a few questions. here Rescue at...

via LiveLeak: A passenger jet crashed into a highway after making a hard landing at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport. At least four people were killed and four critically injured, says the Interior Ministry. Officials believe the cause could be pilot error. Two people were found dead at the scene...

Well, well, well... (Reuters) - France's Constitutional Council on Saturday rejected a 75 percent upper income tax rate to be introduced in 2013 in a setback to Socialist President Francois Hollande's push to make the rich contribute more to cutting the public deficit. The Council ruled...

via Fark: , yet a friggin' Mylar balloon can knock out power to a portion of a major metropolitan area

An anti-government movement known as Freeman on the Land has become a “major policing problem” in several provinces, according to a threat assessment by Canada’s spy officials. The report by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service lists Freeman members among “domestic extremists” who...

I think it means 'bite me'. Shop forced to call police after druid refuses to pay because cashier wouldn't ask for the money in WELSH A druid refused to pay for his items at a small shop in a North Wales town because staff refused to tell him the total in Welsh. Archdruid Dr Robyn Lewis...

Don't mention it. :lol: Interim Liberal Leader Bob Rae prepares to leave political spotlight OTTAWA — Bob Rae doesn’t want any elaborate thanks or tributes when he steps down as...

via Fark: For the second time this month, a man is killed by being pushed in front of a subway train. Time to ban subway trains A mumbling woman pushed a man to his death in front of a New York subway train. Although this is the second such death in December, an MTA spokesman says these are...

Well played. LONDON, Ont. - An electronic storage device containing the personal information of about 5,000 Canadians has gone missing at the federal department responsible for pensions and employment programs, QMI Agency has learned.An employee with Human Resources and Skills Development...

Christie Blatchford: Judge had ‘serious doubt’ about credibility of restaurateur who launched libel suit against Toronto mayor An Ontario Superior Court judge has tossed a $6-million libel suit against Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, saying there is “serious doubt” about the credibility of the...

via Fark: If you managed to see Dark Knight Rises through your tinfoil helmet, you may have been shocked to notice that the words "Sandy Hook" appear in one scene. Also, aliens are coming for your dog The confirmed discovery that at 1hr:58 of the Dark Knight Rises, Commissioner Gordon is...

Fear of a possible serial killer mounts near Detroit as more cubes of human flesh are found in a sewer pipe Fears of a serial killer on the loose in Michigan mounted after cops found cubes of human flesh in a drain pipe that bear disturbing similarities to remains discovered in another...

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