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Yes, this is 'news' on Msnbc. Helicopters beat ground vehicles. Thank god for the 'new research' that brought this to their attention. Who knew? Msnbc. :lol: Oh, sorry, here's the 'story'. NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who suffer serious injuries may have a better chance of...

PETMAN is an anthropomorphic robot for testing chemical protection clothing. Unlike previous suit testers, which had to be supported mechanically and had a limited repertoire of motion, PETMAN will balance itself and move freely; walking, crawling and doing a variety of suit-stressing...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The outbreak of a new livestock disease in western Europe last year, particularly harmful to offspring, could move further into areas surrounding the worst affected countries in the next cycle of new births, scientists say. Schmallenberg virus - named after...

A recent report by ABC has confirmed what many have claimed for years; infrastructure jobs are going directly to foreign countries, particularly China. Regardless of the fact that US law usually requires American companies to be picked first for infrastructure jobs, multiple Chinease...

Newly-minted federal NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, betting that the buggy whip will make a comeback, wants Ottawa to back off investing in the oilsands and pump more money into manufacturing. Would these be non-union shops? Would these include another Caterpillar? It is difficult enough to...

WINNIPEG - The NDP calls it "balanced," the Opposition describes it as a "failure," and the business lobby calls it "bland." While the colourful descriptions change, Manitobans will certainly be paying more for gasoline, smokes and haircuts while the NDP increases spending by nearly 3% this...

OTTAWA - Theresa Lefebvre, who was beaten with a baseball bat in her Stittsville, Ont., home last week by her husband before he killed himself, has died of her injuries. Although police have yet to confirm the death, Lefebvre died in hospital on Wednesday. Her death comes one week after the...

Mayor Rob Ford will once again go to his family cottage and not the Pride parade on the Canada Day weekend. At a Wednesday morning event, in response to a reporter's question, Ford said: “No, I'm not attending Pride,” and cited his...

Well after an inspector general began auditing a lavish Las Vegas conference, Jeff Neely, who headed the General Services Administration’s San Francisco office, took his wife on a taxpayer-funded trip to Hawaii, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. Neely boasted in a November 2011 email...

Full-time staffer assigned to watch heavily bullied boy in New Brunswick won’t help, says anti-bullying advocate A New Brunswick school district has assigned a full-time staff person to protect a 12-year-old boy, an arrangement that appears to be a first in Canada, and one experts say will...

Robert Cushman listens to Seth MacFarlane’s Music is Better than Words — and likes it ... It’s hard to think of sentiments less Family Guyish than “you couldn’t buy a ticket to hear the first robin sing” from this disc’s opening number, It’s Anybody’s Spring, delivered here with the kind of...

KUNDUZ — About 150 Afghan schoolgirls were poisoned on Tuesday after drinking contaminated water at a high school in the country’s north, officials said, blaming it on conservative radicals opposed to female education. Since the 2001 toppling of the Taliban, which banned education for...

Sometimes, capturing a Taliban commander requires vast resources and complex operations. Last week in eastern Afghanistan, it hinged on an insurgent’s “improbable stupidity,” as one U.S. official put it. Mohammad Ashan, a mid-level Taliban commander in Paktika province, strolled toward a...

OMAHA, Neb. — Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett said Tuesday he has been diagnosed with stage I prostate cancer. "The good news is that I've been told by my doctors that my condition is not remotely life-threatening or even debilitating in any meaningful way," Buffett said in a...

FARK.com: (7055087) Microsoft to release Halo 4 on election day. This is bad news... for Obama We knew Halo 4 was coming. Now we know when: November 6, 2012. Microsoft and 343 Studios set a launch date in a press release Tuesday morning, and will be following up the announcement with an...

Another quality douchebag. :lol: A 21 year old El Paso man who is charged with urinating on the wall of the Alamo may end up wetting his pants in court, 1200 WOAI news reports. Alamo Rangers arrested Daniel Athens after they spotting him ducking under a fence and then relieving...

If only. Ontarians could be plunged into a second provincial election in six months next Tuesday. Government House Leader John Milloy said Monday that the minority Liberals would call the budget vote on April 24 even though no deal has yet been forged with the New Democrats. “Behind...

YOKOSUKA, Japan (AP) — To the world's military leaders, the debate over climate change is long over. They are preparing for a new kind of Cold War in the Arctic, anticipating that rising temperatures there will open up a treasure trove of resources, long-dreamed-of sea lanes and a slew of...

A police officer was rushed to a trauma centre Sunday night after he was stabbed in the neck in North York. Another man was shot and taken to hospital. The incident...

Man, the comments section are eating this dweeb alive. :lol: David Suzuki resigns to save foundation from ‘bully’ charitable status threats Canadian environmentalist David Suzuki has stepped down from the board of his foundation over fears his political views could put its charitable...