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    Newly designed $100 bills stolen

    NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Unknown thieves stole a "large amount" of newly-designed $100 bills bound for a Federal Reserve facility in New Jersey on Thursday, the FBI said. Frank Burton, Jr., spokesman for the FBI's...
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    Fire & Safety Specialists Cause Two-Alarm Fire

    A company that specializes in helping businesses prevent accidents and fires had an explosion this morning that gave an employee third-degree burns. According to Pasco Fire Department Chief Bob Gear, Oxarc called his office just before 1 a.m. this morning. An employee at the 716 South...
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    Syrian Jihadist Group Linked To Al-Qaeda Seizes Government Missile Base

    Sounds like excellent news. via Zip: From bad to worse. BEIRUT (AP) — A shadowy jihadi group believed to be linked to al-Qaida fought alongside rebels who seized a government missile defense base in Syria on Friday, activists said, heightening fears that extremists are taking...
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    Calif. House race with veteran Dems turns physical

    Yawn-worthy but still, just like kids in school man: One of the bitterest Congressional races in the country descended into physical confrontation at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, California Thursday night. Rep. Brad Sherman and Rep. Howard Berman — each fighting for his political...
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    Port Coquitlam teen driven to death by cyberbullying

    FULL VIDEO: Amanda Todd: Struggling, Bullying, Suicide, Self Harm - YouTube A Vancouver area teen who told a heart-breaking story in a YouTube video of cyberbullying that led to an all-out schoolyard attack has apparently committed suicide. In stories and posts flooding Vancouver's social...
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    Old dude bites young man's arm over train seat

    The 67-year-old man surnamed Chen scuffled with a 28-year-old teacher surnamed Wu around 8:30am over a seat, and Chen was seen biting Wu's arm for nearly 30 seconds, leaving blood stains on their faces and arms, an online video showed. In the 46-second footage, Wu huddled up in the seat...
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    Marine carries cancer survivor across triahlon finish line

    See the Inspiring Photos of a Marine Carrying an 11-Year-Old Cancer Survivor Across a Triathlon Finish Line After His Prosthetic Leg Broke Kim Baltz was wondering what happened when she didn’t see her 11-year-old son at the finish line of a children’s triathlon in Florida last weekend...
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    More 'speech crime'

    This crap usually work it's way across the Atlantic in bits and pieces. Be advised. via YFO: Back in July we had the case of a 17 year old being arrested because he sent a stupid tweet to a sportsman. Now we hear that an unemployed teenager in Chorley has actually been sent to prison for...
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    Stewardship Ontario jacking fees

    These dalty eco crooks used to publish their fee schedules (for example, the surtax per 4L paint can) but in November, will no longer show these. They will give us some crap load quarterly report of actual costs and other such excuses for their tax hike. Best of luck Ontario. For instance...
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    Cost of Oakville gas plant cancellation pegged at $700M

    Ontario electricity users are on the hook for more than $700 million in extra fees because of the McGuinty government’s decision to move a gas-fired generator out of Oakville, says an energy consultant. Provincial officials say...
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    Vegas taxi driver finds $220K in his cab, and returns it

    Cabdriver Adam Woldemarim, an immigrant from Ethiopia, returned nearly a quarter-million dollars to its owner and received a $2,000 tip. A cabdriver's honesty shined as bright as the lights on the Las Vegas Strip. Adam Woldemarim found close to a quarter-million dollars when cleaning...
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    As God is my witness, I thought we could fly through Turkey

    http://www.fark.com/comments/7375216/As-God-is-my-witness-I-thought-we-could-fly-through-Turkey Fark had the better headline. Syrian passenger plane forced to land in Turkey Turkish fighter jets have forced a Syrian passenger plane suspected of carrying weapons to land in Ankara...
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    Quebec as a world of kickbacks and Liberal greed

    The Quebec Liberal party may soon have to provide a new definition for the word “toast”, especially when used to describe its political future in the province. The corruption hearings going on in Montreal are offering all the allegations of law-breaking, bribery and double-dealing that many...
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    Collection of award-winning British Army photos

    Army Photographic Competition: Stirring collection of award-winning photos shows Britain's servicemen at war | Mail Online
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    US sends forces to Jordan

    The United States has sent military troops to the Jordan-Syria border to bolster that country's military capabilities in the event that violence escalates along its border with Syria, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday. Speaking at a NATO conference of defense ministers in...
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    Toyota recalling 7.4 million vehicles worldwide

    Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling 7.43 million vehicles worldwide over a faulty power-window switch — the latest, massive quality woes for Japan's top automaker. The recall, announced Wednesday, affects more than a dozen models produced from 2005 through 2010. Toyota Canada said about...
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    Survey: One in five Americans has no religion

    CNN decides to try its hand at trolling, announces that the fastest growing religion is Atheism via Fark Washington (CNN) – The fastest growing "religious" group in America is made up of people with no religion at all, according to a Pew survey showing that one in five Americans is not...
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    Elderly U.K. couple and their TPB's pot plant

    An elderly couple have unwittingly grown the "biggest cannabis plant" police officers had seen after buying what they thought was an innocuous shrub from a car boot sale. The couple, who live in Bedford, had planted the drug in their garden. Police officers were astounded...
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    Caribana performers still waiting for pay

    What a joke this outfit is. As many as two dozen performers hired to entertain at Toronto’s annual Caribbean festival in August have not been paid yet for their work. The Scotiabank Toronto Caribbean Carnival — formerly Caribana — made less money than expected this year and hasn’t been...
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    Heaven Is Real: A Doctor’s Experience With the Afterlife

    When a neurosurgeon found himself in a coma, he experienced things he never thought possible—a journey to the afterlife. As a neurosurgeon, I did not believe in the phenomenon of near-death experiences. I grew up in a scientific world, the son of a neurosurgeon. I followed my father’s...