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Guitarist and singer Bob Welch, whose work in the early 1970s for Fleetwood Mac set the stage for the band's multi-platinum success later in the decade, died on Thursday at his home in Nashville. He was 66. According to a spokesman for the Nashville Police Department, Welch was found dead of...

From small dead animals: Affinity CU, giving back to the members http://www.elections.sk.ca/resources/new-democratice-party-sk-section-fiscal-period-return.pdf small dead animals

You don’t generally get to pick your battles, and, if you’d asked me circa 2007 if I wanted to spend much of the next half-decade battling for the restoration of freedom of speech in Canada and elsewhere, I’d probably have decamped to the South Sandwich Islands. But then the Canadian Islamic...

The Obama Administration has given a former director at the scandal-plagued Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) nearly half a billion dollars to offer “struggling” Illinois homeowners mortgage assistance, a Judicial Watch investigation has found. It means the...

During a House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing Thursday, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder argued that an alleged email between high ranking Justice Department officials referencing the failed gun-running operation Fast and Furious was inaccurate and cited his “superior knowledge” to...

That's right... A set of supersized headphones has been stolen from a Metro Transit bus shelter in Halifax. The headphones — measuring 1.5 metres high and 1.5 metres wide — had been put over a bus shelter near the corner of South Street and Tower Road as...

From LIFE: Before and After D-Day: Rare Color Photos From England and France, 1944 - LIFE

MONTREAL - An ultra left-wing group has claimed responsibility for a dozen suspicious packages sent Wednesday to Premier Jean Charest's office, cabinet ministers and Quebecor Media outlets. It's the latest case of attempted intimidation of political figures and media agencies during a...

OTTAWA — A Conservative backbencher is demanding Canada reconsider its membership in the United Nations after the world body criticized the government for its treatment of alleged war criminals and changes to the refugee system. Ontario MP Larry Miller said he is also upset the UN deployed...

TV went into the gutter long ago and the execs/ratings companies are just whistling past the graveyard. Don't Mean To Be Alarmist, But The TV Business May Be Starting To Collapse - Business Insider

Bravo. The Ontario government admits it has no idea how many people are out on bail in the province. The suspect in Saturday’s fatal shooting rampage at Toronto’s Eaton Centre was out on bail at the time and under house arrest. Attorney-General John Gerretsen says the bail system works...

From Fark: When you think of rogue human sexuality, do you think of nuns? The Vatican does. Giggitus The Vatican denies there's a connection, but its reprimand of an influential American nun, at a moment when the Holy See is already engaged in an intense fight with most American nuns, sends...

Liberal talk show host Bill Press, perhaps best known for comparing Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” rally to “allowing Al Qaeda to hold a rally on September 11 at Ground Zero” while simultaneously bemoaning the “toxic” nature of talk radio and its destructive effects on civility, has let loose...

"America's Got Talent" contestant Timothy Michael Poe claimed on TV to have TBI from Afghan War grenade attack. Military: Not so fast h/t Fark Military disputes TV contestant's claim of combat injuries A contestant on "America's Got Talent" gained sympathy from the judges and applause...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The first doctor to reach President Abraham Lincoln after he was shot in a Washington theater rushed to his ceremonial box and found him paralyzed, comatose and leaning against his wife. Dr. Charles Leale ordered brandy and water to be brought immediately. Leale's...

Mayor Rob Ford vowed Tuesday to “get serious” about creating jobs by attracting more business to Toronto, in part by driving down the commercial property tax rate. Speaking to a sold-out crowd of 300 business people, Mr. Ford set a target of creating 50,000 jobs over the next five years to...

Good. The owner of an Edmonton website that carried the grisly video believed to be at the centre of the Luka Rocco Magnotta case says he hasn’t heard a word from police about the matter and scoffs at the possibility of being charged. The video, titled “1 Lunatic 1 Ice Pick” and posted on...

Prime Minister Stephen Harper issued the following statement today to mark the 68th anniversary of D-Day: "Tomorrow we mark the 68th anniversary of D-Day, the allied invasion of Normandy that marked the beginning of the march toward the liberation of Europe. On the morning of June 6...

Interactive: High-resolution aerial images from the Second World War - The Globe and Mail

Perky grandma recalls being 1st woman to get silicone breast implants On the 50th anniversary of silicone breast implants, the first recipient said her experience has been a mixed bag — though mostly uplifting. Great-grandma Timmie Jean Lindsey, 80, of Texas, said she wasn't...