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Police departments in several cities around the country are investigating what appear to be incidents of “flash mob”-generated violence, in which packs of dozens or even hundreds of youths appear seemingly out of nowhere to commit assaults, robberies and other crimes against innocent bystanders...

Last weekend saw 250,000 protesers on Rothchild Blvd. in Tel Aviv. Damanding social housing and lower sales taxes. How big will it get this weekend? JERUSALEM — Israel's social protest movement on Wednesday called for demonstrations to be held across the Jewish state on Saturday except in Tel...

The debate over global warming has intensified in recent weeks after a new NASA study was interpreted by skeptics to reveal that global warming is not man-made. While a majority of Americans nationwide continue to acknowledge significant disagreement about global warming in the scientific...

International Beer Day is a Worldwide Celebration of Beer on August 5th, taking place in pubs, clubs, bars, breweries, beer gardens and back yards all over the world. That’s right, folks. Come this August 5th, Makers, Lovers and Sellers of beer all around the globe now have another reason to...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A federal wildlife biologist whose observation in 2004 of presumably drowned polar bears in the Arctic helped to galvanize the global warming movement has been placed on administrative leave and is being investigated for scientific misconduct, possibly over the veracity of...

If I made my own bio-fuel from involuntary oil seed or weed seeds?

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REGINA, Sask. -- The Global Transportation Hub in Regina got a shot in the arm this week, with Yanke Group of Companies breaking ground on a 40-acre transportation and logistics centre. Yanke is the first trucking firm to commit to the project and also the first homegrown Saskatchewan company...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. firearms agents told lawmakers on Wednesday they were instructed to only watch as hundreds of guns were bought, illegally resold and sent to Mexico where drug-related violence has raged for years. Agents for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in...

YouTube - ‪Afghan President Karzai's brother shot dead‬‏

It just doesn't get more ridiculous than this. Julie Bass of Oak Park, Michigan -- a mother of 6, law-abiding citizen, and gardener -- is facing 93 days in jail after being charged with a misdemeanor. Her crime? Planting a vegetable garden in the front yard. Bass says that she planted the...

The US has conducted its first drone strike on Islamist militants in Somalia, marking the expansion of the pilotless war campaign to a sixth country. The missile strike on a vehicle in the southern town of Kismayo, reported last week as a helicopter assault, wounded two senior militants with...

The future of the Keystone pipeline. TransCanada’s controversial Keystone pipeline, which if completed would ship oil more than 1,700 miles from Alberta to Gulf Coast refineries, has faced intense criticism from environmentalists and landowners. It's also created a deep rupture between the...

For the better part of a century the foundations for a semi-comfortable retirement for many Americans have rested on the financial pillars of rising real estate and equity prices, positive real interest rates on savings, the continued solvency of public and private pension plans, and the...

National Post is getting into Conspiracy Theories? OTTAWA — The integration of North America’s economies would best be achieved through an “incremental” approach, according to a leaked U.S. diplomatic cable. The cable, released through the WikiLeaks website and apparently written Jan...

Isn't that what Orwell called Double Speak? They say they want to put an end to negative attack ads by attacking them with positive attack ads. When is the disrespect for the intelligence of Canadians going to end?

Rainfall Warning Issued at 3:45 PM CST Thursday 16 June 2011 Summary 50 to 75 mm rain totals beginning this evening into tomorrow night. That's about 2-3 INCHES Details An upper disturbance currently located over Idaho will track northeast this evening producing an area of...

NEW YORK — Finance Minister Jim Flaherty on Wednesday ramped up his warnings to the United States about the U.S. failure to tackle its deficit, telling New York's business elite the fate of the world's economic recovery rides on what Washington lawmakers decide. Building on a warning...

Scientists have created genetically modified cattle that produce "human" milk in a bid to make cows' milk more nutritious. The scientists have successfully introduced human genes into 300 dairy cows to produce milk with the same properties as human breast milk. Human milk contains high...

SINGAPORE – Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov says NATO is "one step" from sending troops into Libya in a bid to help rebels remove Moammar Gadhafi from power. Ivanov said Sunday at an Asian security conference in Singapore that Russia didn't know that a United Nations resolution it...