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A decorated runner who won medals for India while competing as a woman was charged with rape on Monday after a gender test indicated she is actually a man, according to media reports. Pinki Pramanik, 26, became a national star...

Yes, that McAfee. The fourth most interesting man in world. One of the pioneers of anti-virus software has allegedly descended into drug-induced paranoia and is now wanted for murder, according to a popular tech website. John McAfee, the 67-year-old founder of the computer security...

via sda: Those Moderate Muslims! Happy November 12th. small dead animals: Those Moderate Muslims! Lest We Forget - By Mark Steyn - The Corner - National Review Online

USDA delayed its release nine days past the semi-official deadline, far past the election, and until Friday night to report August foodstamp data. read more Foodstamps Surge By Most In One Year To New All Time Record, In Delayed Release | ZeroHedge

via sda Reginald Kaigler is a libertarian vlogger from Flint, Michigan. The first three minutes of this post-election video of his are exceptionally interesting: BEYOND THE POINT OF NO RETURN - YouTube Simply put, is he wrong? Related: A longer version of the same. Pelalusa: Is...

Sherwin-Williams Co. (SHW), the largest U.S. paint retailer, agreed to acquire closely held paint maker Consorcio Comex SA de CV for about $2.34 billion including debt to expand in Mexico as housing demand improves. The shares rose the most in more than a year. The all-cash deal is...

Well, it is Torstar. :lol: Toronto failing to act on alarming climate changes: Environmentalists Toronto failing to act on alarming climate changes: Environmentalists - thestar.com

Leon’s Furniture Ltd. has bought its competitor The Brick Ltd. in a deal worth roughly $700-million, it was announced Sunday. Leon’s will pay $5.40 per share, representing a premium of about 62 per cent on Friday’s closing price of $3.50 for The Brick shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange...

Yep. via sda: The Premier of Manitoba has allowed children to opt out of Remembrance Day ceremonies, if they wish, "for religious reasons". What's the connection between remembering what our brave soldiers, past & present, have done for us and religion? Let's be honest, the only...

The 15-year-old UG Nazi hacker known as Cosmo* or Cosmo the God was sentenced in juvenile court on Wednesday in Long Beach, California. According to Cosmo, he pleaded guilty to multiple felonies in exchange for a probation, encompassing all the charges brought against him, which included...

Diver braves the waters to swim with deadly 26-foot anaconda | Mail Online

And if, or when, a similar and suitable one finds us, like a variant of Fungal meningitis, well... Cordyceps: attack of the killer fungi - Planet Earth Attenborough BBC wildlife - YouTube Ok, they're a type of zombie, man.

Filmed during World War One, these remarkable films show traumatised soldiers displaying symptoms from strange tics to uncontrollable shaking Usually victims had solitary confinement or electric shock therapy treatment But at Newton Abbott's Seale Hayne in Devon, the approach was very...

Cites Extramarital Affair Central Intelligence Agency Director David Petraeus has resigned, citing "extremely poor judgment" for having an extramarital affair...

Obama urged to avoid fiscal crisis; Singh told trade progress needed BANGALORE, INDIA - He may be the head of a small country, but that didn't prevent Prime Minister Stephen Harper from offering firm words of advice Thursday to the leaders of the world's two largest democracies. In a...

TORONTO - Lest we forget. The TTC must have forgot! Maybe you have noticed there are no more Lest We Forget flashing messages on the digital destination signs on the front, side and back of buses anymore. “I am still in shock about it,” 25-year TTC bus driver Dugald Ranachan said. “My...

over anti-Jewish curriculum A Toronto Islamic school whose teaching curriculum disparaged Jews and encouraged boys to keep fit for jihad will not face criminal charges but police said they had identified curriculum materials they found concerning. A Toronto Islamic school whose teaching...

Harry Reid on Hiking Debt Limit to $18.794T: ‘We’ll Raise It’ Harry Reid on Hiking Debt Limit to $18.794T: Related: Stephen Harper urges Barack Obama to get U.S. fiscal house in order...

Helpful. Under pressure from senators, the State Department is allowing some lawmakers to look at cables and other documents related to the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, but only today and tomorrow, when most senators are not in Washington. Congress is gearing up for a...

1. The last time a Republican was elected president without a Nixon or Bush on the ticket was 1928. Read on...