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    A little about Jack Layton's biopic

    Whatever the hell that is. :lol: Video here: small dead animals: Let?s Erect A Plaque At 787 Dundas St W To Remember Jack Layton
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    Newspaper caption failure

    Welsh daily newspaper The Western Mail has apologised over what has been dubbed the “worst caption of all time” on Twitter. At the end of a picture caption on a story about Mid Wales Airport manager Bob Jones, who died when a light aircraft he was travelling in crashed into a Powys...
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    World’s Oldest Shipping Company Closes in Industry Slide

    The world’s oldest shipping company sold its last vessel and is going out of business, according to the liquidator. Stephenson Clarke Shipping Ltd., started in 1730, has been placed into liquidation, according to a statement from accounting firm Tait Walker. The Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England-...
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    Man Begins Serving 30 Day Sentence For 'Rainwater Theft'

    Filthy criminal. ;-) Gary Harrington, the Oregon man convicted of collecting rainwater and snow runoff on his rural property surrendered Wednesday morning to begin serving his 30-day, jail sentence in Medford, Ore. “I’m sacrificing my liberty so we can stand up as a country and stand...
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    U.S. starts landmark cleanup of Agent Orange

    DANANG, VIETNAM — The United States on Thursday began a landmark project to clean up a dangerous chemical left from the defoliant Agent Orange — 50 years after it was first sprayed by American planes on Vietnam’s jungles to destroy enemy cover. Dioxin, which has been linked to cancer, birth...
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    Vibrator giveaway shut down in NYC

    A vibrator giveaway that attracted long lines for 10,000 free sex toys came to an abrupt end when New York City told the promoters to pack it up. The Trojan condom company set up "Pleasure Carts" on Wednesday in two Manhattan neighbourhoods. Nearly 300 people had lined up at each of the...
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    Revenue Canada ex-auditor, 2 Quebec construction moguls charged

    Quebec construction magnates Tony Accurso and Francesco Bruno as well as a former Canada Revenue Agency team leader have been arrested by RCMP on charges they took part in a tax-evasion conspiracy involving several federal public servants. Accurso, Bruno, former Canada Revenue Agency...
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    Son of the year entrant

    AUGUST 8--A Florida man yesterday rubbed dog feces in his mother’s face during an argument in the home they share, police report. Cops arrested William Jenkins, 22, on a felony domestic battery charge for pushing his mother, 53, to the floor during the dispute, according to a Palmetto Police...
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    Campaign 2012: Women and White people

    President Obama appeals to women by pushing the issue of access to contraceptives, while Mitt Romney accuses him of watering down welfare reform — an issue that tends to stir up feelings about race among whites. With the election still locked in a near-tie, the politics of gender and race...
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    Fed up with the Fed?

    Not to get conspiracy-ie and such but I don't have the patience nor the desire to sort this insane crap out. I do think that Ron Paul and others have taken several runs at these clowns though. But listening to this broad try to answer must just make heads shake everywhere I'm sure...
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    Nearly half of long-term U.S. immigrants are on welfare...

    Immigrants lag behind native-born Americans on most measures of economic well-being — even those who have been in the U.S. the longest, according to a report from the Center for Immigration Studies, which argues that full assimilation is a more complex task than overcoming language or cultural...
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    Scumbag kills cop on dashcam - will get death penalty

    Story with graphic unedited video so be warned. 'Please don't shoot me again': Desperate moment cop begs for his life before being killed during routine traffic stop is caught on dashcam An Arkansas police officer who was fatally shot during a traffic stop last year can be heard...
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    Peter Kent updates Canada's progress on carbon emissions

    There ya have it. Environment Minister Peter Kent is set to release his department's emissions trends report just after 9 a.m. ET today. The Canadian Press reported last month that Canada is nearly halfway to meeting the Harper government's emissions-reductions target for 2020, showing a big...
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    "Asshole of the Year" contestant

    Insane Asshole Physically Assaults 11-Year-Old Girl for Lollapalooza Beach Ball Encountering an asshole at a music festival is about as surprising as encountering ants at a picnic, so it takes a special monster to rise above the rest and be singled out as one of the most horrible concert...
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    Please regrease me let me go

    RI police arrest man found naked and covered in Crisco Rock Island police arrested a man found naked and covered in cooking spray early Monday in the downtown area. Officers responded to the call of a naked man at 3:27 a.m. in the 2200 block of 3rd Avenue...
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    Stephen Harper and company make an impression in Vancouver

    VANCOUVER—A nice enough man, taller than expected, smelled a little like cookies, and he made sure to say hi before leaving. For 12-year-old Simran Sarai, who is battling leukemia, the chance to meet Stephen Harper in Vancouver...
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    France plans 75% tax rate on rich!

    PARIS — The call to Vincent Grandil’s Paris law firm began like many others that have rolled in recently. On the line was the well-paid chief executive of one of France’s most profitable companies, and he was feeling nervous. President François Hollande is vowing to impose a 75 percent tax...
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    Rare snowfall stuns much of South Africa

    JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- People slowly came outside despite the cold wind Tuesday across South Africa, pointed their mobile phone cameras to the sky and opened their mouths to taste a rare snowfall that fell on much of the country. The snow began Tuesday morning, part of an extreme cold...
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    Palin pumps it up!

    Sarah Palin: Mama grizzlies united CLEVELAND, Mo—Sarah Palin did not disappoint. The crowd cheered and applauded repeatedly during her speech here Friday night, from her opening remarks about “mama grizzlies” on the Missouri state flag to her promise to stop at the local Chick-fil-A for a...
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    Marvin Hamlisch, Dies at 68

    Marvin Hamlisch, the composer and conductor best known for the torch song "The Way We Were," died in Los Angeles Monday. He was 68 years old. Hamlisch collapsed after a brief illness, his family announced. In a career that spanned over four decades, Hamlisch won virtually every major...