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WINNIPEG - No federally appointed judge has ever been forcibly removed from the bench. Will Lori Douglas be the first? On Monday, nearly two years after revelations of nude Internet pictures thrust the associate chief justice under a media spotlight, an inquiry will start hearing evidence...

Heerree we go...:roll: Up to 80 per cent of our eight million mutts would benefit from similar products to human antidepressants, a study found. Traditional behaviour by dogs such as barking at strangers, cowering from fireworks or howling when left alone is now being reinterpreted...

via Fark Prince Albert II of Monaco is auctioning off part of the luxury car collection started by his father Prince Rainier III. Yes indeed, there is some American metal in the collection Bitchin'...see for your own self: Sale N° 2231 - Reserves from H.S.H the...

Not something the world hears a lot about. There are 200,000 African migrants in this particular city alone. By now most people watching the geopolitical world will know that Chinese investment (and thus immigration) is becoming a huge deal in Africa. But we hadn't really been considering...

after saying Rochdale sex gang had values 'entrenched in foothills of the Punjab' If you haven't heard about Rochdale I suggest reading up on it. Historian David Starkey has once again provoked controversy after speaking out about the Rochdale child exploitation ring who raped vulnerable...

Hey mods? Yeah, hi, how are ya. Keith here. Can we have an 'Odd News' and an 'American News' sub-forum please? ;-)

Super-computer designed to predict the weather for the next 100 years gets it wrong inside 48 hours MET OFFICE’S 100-YEAR FORECAST (BUT IT’S WRONG 2 DAYS LATER) THE boss of the cash-rich Met Office has boasted that its £41million super computer will deliver accurate...

via Fark Result of renaming Massachusettts state "colleges" to state "universities" is more spending on marketing instead of education WORCESTER — When supporters of changing the names of the former Worcester State College and the five other former state colleges to...

Finally. Via Katie Pavlich, that’s not the only bad news here for Eric Holder and Barack Obama. Not only does Jon Stewart tell an audience inclined towards supporting Obama in November exactly why Operation Fast and Furious was so important to investigate, he also explains that the Obama...

I've played all the games in this series and will likely play this one too. Splinter Cell Blacklist - First Gameplay Demo - YouTube

That's right, gigapixel. The challenge, says Michael Cohen, head of the Interactive Visual Media group at Microsoft Research in Redmond, Washington, is dealing with the huge amount of data that these cameras will produce...

Via small dead animals: We Don't Need No Stinking Giant Fans Wind turbines may have hidden hazards –New Report from UCLA Wind Turbines and Ghost Stories: The Effects of Infrasound on the Human Auditory System Hsuan-hsiu Annie Chen and Peter Narins, UCLA2,3 1...

Come back 1 year. TORONTO — Toronto Mayor Rob Ford won't be able to buy a piece of parkland that sparked his now infamous clash with a journalist last month. The Toronto and Region Conservation Authority has denied Ford's bid to purchase the roughly 275-square-metre parkette next to his...

One month ago, a wayward bureaucrat (or rapporteur as he is styled) found himself in Canada and decided to tear a strip off our country on the topic of food security. Yes, while Canada sends billions of food aid to developing countries, the UN came to criticize us for how available food is...

Construction and maintenance workers at Toronto schools are told to campaign for school board trustees and some Liberal MPPs by union bosses, who also provide hefty donations to the same politicians. One carpenter told the Star his job hours were cut off after he refused to go door to door...

A team of engineers and two crazy drivers are preparing for a history-making challenge drawn from the daydreams of every child who’s ever crisscrossed his parents’ living room with plastic race tracks: building, and racing on, a human-scale Hot Wheels double loop track, just like the one you...

The NDP wealth tax in the provincial budget was a “bad move” and will struggle to reap even half the $470 million a year the minority Liberal government expects, says economist Don Drummond. Ontario will be fortunate to collect...

;-) Kramer is Batman - YouTube via Fark Okay, now he's just showing off (CNN) -- Cory Booker, the Newark, New Jersey, mayor who in April carried a woman out of a burning building, may have been involved in another incident, this time involving a pedestrian who...