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Iran successfully tests Koker-1 VTOL drone Iran has successfully tested its first vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) drone, dubbed “Koker-1″, and will officially unveil it on the Kish Island in the next calendar month of Azar (Nov. 22-Dec. 20), the Mehr News Agency reported. The drone...

As convicted terrorists face possible release, Canada faced with growing problem: how do you rehabilitate them? Angered the Canadian military was in Afghanistan, Saad Gaya and Saad Khalid joined a terrorist group that plotted truck bombings in downtown Toronto. Caught in 2006, they are now...

It is scandalous that there really are homeless people in a rich country such as this. While many panhandlers may be charlatans, and medical problems may be at the root of much of what is real, it is disturbing to see people living in tents on each side of Toronto’s Don Valley Parkway as...

via Fark: 25 years at hard labor for Minnesota State-Mankato football coach who took video of his children playfully dancing naked after a bath on his school issued cellphone. Just kidding, judge says that's not porn and dismisses all charges 'That is not porn', judge rules -...

THE WORLD GEOGRAPHY: 11 Magnificent Wonders of the Ice World

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – An actress who said she was duped into appearing in an anti-Islam film that stoked violent protests against the United States across the Muslim world lost on Friday her second legal bid to force the video off YouTube. Denying a request by actress Cindy Lee Garcia...

In the wake of Monday’s by-elections, and in particular the result in Calgary Centre, a great many people have expressed their concern about the problem of “vote-splitting.” I can see why. After all, were it not for the split in the anti-Liberal vote, the Liberal candidate would never have...

A new Texas-based company is developing a shooting system that could turn even the least skilled marksmen into a sniper-quality shooter. TrackingPoint calls its system the “world’s first precision guided firearm.” President Jason Schauble explained in a YouTube demonstration of the...

from sda: The Canadian Museum for Human Rights... ... has placed a gag order on employees that asks them "not to disparage or make negative comments, publicly or privately, oral or written about the [museum], including employees of the [museum]. Any breach of this provision will result in...

Because someone will sue you, and you'll be forced to pay it. Musicians are petrified of their songs being leaked to the Internet, so a lot of them store demos or completed songs solely on their personal devices — phones, computers etc. This presented a problem for singer/songwriter/rapper...

via Zip: Yeah, we get it. (CNSNews.com) – White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said today that no matter what else happens President Barack Obama–who is the only modern president other than Franklin Roosevelt to serve in four years when federal spending topped 24 percent of GDP–will not...

via sda: This Is Awkward Allison Redford accused of lying in conflict of interest case. "Hi Barb, can you confirm with Jeff and modify as needed — get the letters to the losers confirmed and ready to go. You can sign for me. Speak to Lorne about the winners and the timing with the...

Evidence proves that the graph trumpeted by AP as evidence of Iran's nuclear weapons program is an obvious sham It's important to return to the story about AP's nuclear Iran "exclusive" which I wrote about yesterday. Although it was intuitively obvious that the graph trumpeted by AP as...

North Korea bristles as Canada ‘insults’ the country’s ‘supreme authority’ in human-rights resolution For the second time in as many days, Canada has sparked the ire of one of the world’s most brutal regimes. At a UN humanitarian committee meeting on Wednesday, the North Korean...

Al Monaco puts a brave face on the prospects of Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline becoming a reality. “We’re in the middle of the regulatory process, so I don’t want to presume anything. But we’re optimistic and committed to it,” the company’s new chief executive said over breakfast in...

via sda: "Suicide Voters" Shamelessly filched from American Digest's Sidelines, this excerpt from Sal Traina's A Real Threat To America: Suicide bombers don’t care about the effects of their actions on others. They believe that their awful actions will be rewarded...

via sda: ....McLeod has a salary and bonus package worth $1.18 million per year and a contract that ensures his employment until 2025. It didn't take too long for Tribal Councils Investment Group (TCIG) to make a name for itself as a rising star and model for First Nations wealth generation...

A decade. Anyway... via sda: What Would We Do Without Peer Review? A Decade of Misconduct A joint investigation carried out over the course of 2 years by the ORI and the UK found that Eric Smart, who studied the molecular mechanisms behind cardiovascular diseases and diabetes...

via Fark: Female military members sue for the right to earn coveted "Combat Sammich Maker" ribbon SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Four female service members filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the Pentagon's ban on women serving in combat, hoping the move will add pressure to drop the policy just as...

The clock is ticking. Via INN:Iran is planning to build a nuclear bomb with at least triple the force of the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima in World War II, diagrams obtained by the Associated Press indicates.According to AP, the diagrams were first discovered by International Atomic Energy...