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About 125 Harvard University undergraduates are being investigated for plagiarism or other academic misconduct on a final exam earlier this year, the most widespread cheating scandal known at the school, college officials said today. All the students, who were in a class of more than 250...

More Americans rely on their families for assistance than the government, so federal officials have undertaken an effort to help people to apply for federal assistance. “Given that only 15 percent of you turn to government assistance in tough times, we want...

Last year’s state funeral for Jack Layton came with a sizable price tag, newly released figures show. The late NDP leader’s final farewell last summer cost taxpayers $368,326 — more than the total bill for the recent state funerals of two former governors-general. The Department of Canadian...

Fraser Institute; Led by Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada’s Western provinces are among the best-performing labour markets in North America, concludes a new report from the Fraser Institute, Canada’s leading public policy think-tank. Not so fast.... In five provinces—Newfoundland and...

I'm busy but you all have a good time now. Mayor Rob Ford is going to need a lot of hamburgers. He invited the “whole city” to his annual Ford Fest party in his mother’s Etobicoke backyard...

This flew under the radar I think. A bit dramatic perhaps. Anyway... LUDOWICI, Ga., Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Four U.S. soldiers allegedly killed two people to protect their plot to overthrow the government and kill the president, prosecutors in Georgia said Monday. Assistant District Attorney...

She’s been outspoken against Canada’s role in asbestos mining and export for the past 19 years, but a call from Blackburn News this morning left Margaret Buist almost speechless. The widow of asbestosis victim Harry Buist was thrilled to hear that if elected next week, the Parti Quebecois...

I know you kids are having a slap fight and such but really...name-calling already? :lol: Man, before ya know it the dads, moms and girlfriends could be introduced. Even the dig bicks.

Should be a good read. ;-) A Linguist's Serious Take On 'The A-Word' : NPR

via Fark Florida Court of Appeals agrees with Zimmerman that his current judge is unfairly biased. Court orders him to step down (CNN) -- A Florida appeals court granted George Zimmerman's request for a new judge Wednesday, saying the original judge's remarks put Zimmerman in reasonable...

VICTORIA — Three more members of Premier Christy Clark’s British Columbia Liberal government are set to announce their intentions to leave politics. Government sources have told The Canadian Press that Education Minister George Abbott, Children and Family Development Minister Mary McNeil...

To Ease Penalties For Smoking, Cursing, Cutting Class Students may be catching a break if they misbehave in school. The rules surrounding suspensions in New York City schools are changing. The changes to the discipline code should result in far fewer suspensions, CBS 2’s Vanessa Murdock...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/23/samuel-silvas-amazing-pho_n_1822572.html more That's not a photo? Amazing artworks done with ballpoint pen - TODAY Entertainment

On September 13th, candidates Ben Akselrod and Steven Cymbrowitz will square off in a Democratic primary for a New York state Assembly seat in Sheepshead Bay. As such, Akselrod's campaign sent out a mailer trying to persuade voters that he is the right, competent, detail-oriented man for...

As Iranian lawmakers now seek to lower the legal age of marriage for girls to nine-years-old, the number of Iranian brides already under 10 years of age is sharply rising. The Iranian decision to allow nine-year-old girls the legal opportunity to be married to fully grown men was announced by...

Detroit — With sales nowhere near the predicted 45,000-per-year, General Motors halted production of “Obamacar” — the Chevy Volt — here for the second time this year as its inventory levels lag the industry average. If that sounds like the general economic fits and starts of the last three...

Went down a couple weeks back: The owner of the Guns and Ammo Gunsmith store in North Augusta, S.C. thought he was going to die tragically. Three men had drove a van into his store, executing what they hoped would be a quick “smash-and-grab” robbery. Instead, they met owner Stephen...

More info you'll never see in the MSM. ‘FU** THESE CRAKKKAS’: New Black Panthers Seemingly Planning Thursday RNC Action The New Black Panther Party has been in the news frequently over the past year after, among other things, threatening to kill all the “cracker babies” and put their...

One of New York's most expensive neighborhoods will be sprayed this week with pesticide to combat the West Nile virus, officials said Tuesday. The city regularly sprays against the mosquito-borne disease, which has seen a surge in outbreaks in the United States this year. Friday's spraying...