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of sweeping robocall investigation OTTAWA — Elections Canada has reported it is investigating reports of fraudulent and deceptive calls across Canada, but court documents made public Monday show investigators have not sought phone or Internet records for any calls beyond Guelph, Ont...

The man in the middle of the vast stadium pressed a button on a boxy old computer terminal, causing a message to flash across the darkness in front of a billion viewers scattered all over the world. This is for everyone, it said. This was Sir Tim Berners-Lee, who helped create the World...

via Fark Adolescent pot use shown to leave lasting, like, stuff and all ScienceDaily (Aug. 27, 2012) — The persistent, dependent use of marijuana before age 18 has been shown to cause lasting harm to a person's intelligence, attention and memory, according to an international research...

For those of you playing along at home: Republican Talking Points | The Weekly Standard h/t Drudge

CHICAGO—The United State’s most influential pediatricians group says the health benefits of circumcision in newborn boys outweigh any risks and American insurance companies should pay for it. In its latest policy statement on circumcision, a procedure that has been declining nationwide, the...

Are you savouring the final days of summer? Fear not: The days are getting shorter but the warm temperatures will stick around well into early fall. “The afterglow of a scorching summer will mean a warm start to the season,” said Chris Scott, director of meteorology with The Weather...

The British Daily Star has reported in their article, "SAS HUNT BIO ARMS," that, "nearly 200 elite SAS and SBS troops are in or around Syria hunting for Assad’s weapons of mass destruction." The Star also claims that the SAS are accompanied by British MI6, US CIA, and both French and American...

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Insurgents attacked a large party in a Taliban-controlled area of southern Afghanistan and beheaded 17 people, officials said on Monday. The head of the local government initially said the victims were civilians at a celebration late Sunday involving music and...

Police have arrested the ex-boyfriend of Gua Huang Liu and charged him with killing the woman whose body parts were discovered recently in Toronto and Mississauga. Chunqi Jiang, 40, has been charged with second-degree murder. He was arrested on Sunday, according to Peel Regional Police...

The Federal Communications Commission is eyeing a proposal to tax broadband Internet service. The move would funnel money to the Connect America Fund, a subsidy the agency created last year to expand Internet access. The FCC issued a request for comments on the proposal in April. Dozens of...

ATLANTA (AP) — Researchers have identified a mysterious new disease that has left scores of people in Asia and some in the United States with AIDS-like symptoms even though they are not infected with HIV. The patients’ immune systems become damaged, leaving them unable to fend off germs as...

after Conservatives complained to Elections Canada OTTAWA—The federal New Democrats returned more than $340,000 in advertising revenue received over six years following a Conservative party complaint to Elections Canada about union logos at a Vancouver policy convention, the Star has...

including the President via Fark Gwenyth Todd had worked in a lot of places in Washington where powerful men didn’t hesitate to use sharp elbows. She had been a Middle East expert for the National Security Council in the Clinton administration. She had worked in the office of Defense...

:lol: top secret... :lol: Yeah, anyway: Arrest Assange 'under all circumstances': Police gaffe as top-secret document reveals how WikiLeaks founder will be dealt with if he tries to leave embassy Assange to be detained if he emerges in 'dip' [diplomat] car - or 'dip' bag UK in talks...

The bitch pounded and kicked the crap out of his 18 year-old girlfriend then goes all drama queen when he realizes he's gonna do real time for this cowardly shyte. If you can stand the wee turk dood here for a bit: Tony Farmer Attacks Girlfriend, Collapses In Court (Video) - YouTube...

via Fark For downloading and distributing 31 songs when he was 16 years old, file-sharer ordered by judge to pay $675,000.00 Asinine is right. Joel Tenenbaum must pay $675,000 (£426,000) in damages awarded to the major US music labels after his request for a retrial was turned down...

It's getting worse, stupider and blatant as we move along. via sda: Here's the latest campaign ad for Barack Obama: Republican Women for Obama - YouTube Wow, shocking, incredible! Except it's not true. Mark Steyn weighs in. If we're lucky, Anderson Cooper will ask DWS about this phoney...

WASHINGTON—Former U.S. astronaut, Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, has died at the age of 82, U.S. media reported on Saturday. Armstrong underwent a heart-bypass surgery earlier this month, just two days after his...

Wow. Police have confirmed the death of a 30-year-old woman who fell into the Ouareau River, about 75 kilometres north of Montreal, while having her wedding photos taken. The woman was identified as 30-year-old Maria Pantazopoulos from Laval. According to Ronald McInnis, spokesman for the...

via Fark Authorities say that you should ignore those black helicopters which you may or may not see If you hear or see low-flying black helicopters overhead in St. Paul or Minneapolis, police are telling the public not to be alarmed -- they're part of training missions. "It's going to...