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Older News ~ June 2013 -- December 2013

NOTE: not in pure chronological order

 

Swedish study: Good night's sleep crucial for brain health
Colombo: Sri Lankan authorities deny Canadian MP under house arrest
Conflicting reports: Is Canadian MP Rathika Sitsabaiesan
under house arrest in Sri Lanka?

Rathika Sitsabaiesan, the Member of Parliament for
Scarborough-Rouge River. ~ Brian Thompson QMI Agency
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Celebrate tonight the Canadian way! With Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians from the Waldorf Astoria, the way it was for decades [YouTube]

Guy Lombardo is best known for almost a half-century of New Year's Eve big band
remotes, first on radio, starting in 1928, and then on television. Radio broadcasts (and
later telecasts) of their performances were a major part of New Year's celebrations
across North America; millions of people watched the show with friends at house
parties. On December 31, 1956, the Lombardo band did their first New Year's TV
special on CBS; the program (and Lombardo's 20 subsequent New Year's Eve TV
shows) would include a live segment from Times Square (long the focal point of
America's New Year's Eve celebrations) showcasing the arrival of the New Year.
Even after Lombardo's death in 1977, the band's New Year's specials continued
for two more years on CBS. Lombardo and his band The Royal Canadians were
noted for playing the traditional song Auld Lang Syne as part of the celebrations.
Their recording of the song still plays as the first song of the new year in Times
Square. This YouTube recording has had references to the year removed so it'll
work tonight! But don't wait, watch it now. ~ Wikipedia
It's 2014 somewhere! The world celebrates the new year








The celebration is on! [top to bottom] The new year is colourfully welcomed in London, England, Berlin, Germany, Moscow, Russia, Sydney, Australia, Jakarta, Indonesia, on The Great Wall of China in Beijing, and in Edinbugh, Scotland. At bottom, Alex Thomson steals a kiss from PC Heather Clark of Police Scotland. ~ Daily Mail
More winter: Major snowstorm may affect Northeast Thursday

The snowier of two scenarios would suggest that New England will be hit with a powerful nor'easter that
produces blizzard conditions, damaging winds and coastal flooding. ~ Accuweather

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Casselton concern: Weather shift near burning North Dakota oil train?
Shark or Dolphin?: Marine experts debate lurker in dramatic photo

Is that a dolphin or shark? Either way, June Emerson was photobombed! ~ June Emerson UGC
Grizzlies are video stars: Alberta bear hijinks go viral [video]

'What goes on when you are not around' video compilation of Alberta Grizzly bears has gone viral since
its July release online. ~ Glenn Naylor YouTube
Fireball: 106-car crude oil train derails & burns 25 miles west of Fargo

Huge fireball rises over derailed oil train near Casselton, North Dakota, about 25 miles west of Fargo,
on Monday afternoon. ~ Carter Hackmann, Casselton Star Tribune
Volgograd: Suicide bomber confirmed in trolley bus blast; toll may rise

The trolley bus was attacked in Monday morning rush hour bombing.~ Alexey Ulianov RIA Novosti
2nd Volgograd attack in 2 days: 14 more die as trolley bus blown up
during morning rush-hour, less than 24 hours after train station attack
Volgograd: Toll rises to 17 dead in train station suicide bombing;
"Canada strongly condemns today's cowardly act of terrorism": Baird
Volgograd: Video captures moment of train station blast
updated ~ Olympic worries: At least 14 dead after 'black widow'
suicide bomb attack in Russia train station in Volgograd

Russian firefighters and security personnel inspect the damage at train station following a suicide attack
in the Volga River city of Volgograd, about 900 kms (560 miles) southeast of Moscow,
on December 29, 2013.~ AFP Photo
Charles Krauthammer: Story of the year is a nation waking up
to just how radical Obamacare is — which is why it required
such outright deception to get it passed in the first place
Sandy Hook: Jealousy the Adam Lanza trigger?
Newtown's hellbent madman: Heartbreaking accounts
from child survivors of Sandy Hook massacre and images
from inside the school released in final police report



[top] Adam Lanza bypassed the locked front doors at Sandy Hook Elementary School by blasting
through adjacent window. [middle] Lanza's blood-spattered pants shown in forensic investigation
photo with each bloodspot white-circled. [bottom] Madman killer Adam Lanza in younger days
with a rare smile. His mother rejected treatment for the clinically diagnosed autistic boy with
distinct anti-social tendencies and a fascination with violence.
Connecticut: State responds to deadly Newtown
attack by madman with new school standards
New York: Federal judge rules NSA phone surveillance is legal
CNN poll: Women comprise biggest opposition to Obamacare;
takes away "not only plans they liked and counted on, but personal
relationships with the doctors" on whom they rely
Canada's biggest shopping day: Boxing Day
frenzy under way coast-to-coast
Ice storm: Hundreds of thousands remain without power in U.S. & Canada -- from Michigan to Nova Scotia -- as restoration efforts
threatened by wind, snow and continuing cold

Trees frozen in ice cripple a section of power lines on Maplehurst Drive in Belgrade, Maine, Tuesday, December 24, 2013. From Michigan to Maine, and across Southern Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia hundreds of thousands remain without power days after a massive ice storm _ which one utility called the largest Christmas-week storm in its history _ blacked out homes and businesses in the Great Lakes and Northeast. ~ Michael G. Seamans AP Photo/The Central Maine Morning Sentinel
2013's biggest international stories: Video overview
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
NORAD Santa tracker 2013: Santa on his way
Tragedy unfolds: Ice hockey on the streets in Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia as always-slow process
to clear fallen trees and restore power continues

Power lines and the downtown CN Tower are seen through ice covered branches from Scarborough,
in eastern Toronto. ~ Alex Urosevic National Post
WWII hero: Alan Turing, Enigma code-breaker
and computer pioneer, wins Royal Pardon


[top] The London 2012 Olympic Torch flame was passed on in front of Turing's statue in Manchester on his 100th birthday. Turing's shadow has loomed large over the years, both for his genius and the tragedy of his treatment. During WWII, Turing worked at Bletchley Park, Britain's codebreaking centre. For a time he was head of Hut 8, the section responsible for German naval cryptanalysis where he devised techniques for breaking German ciphers. After the war, he worked at the National Physical Laboratory, where he designed the ACE, one of the first designs for a stored-program computer. [bottom left] A blue plaque marking Turing's home at Wilmslow, Cheshire. [bottom right] Turing memorial statue plaque at his feet in Sackville Park, Manchester.
Canada: No respite from storm as millions in 3 provinces shiver in the dark
Brampton: Downed trees, power outages cause chaos in & around GTA

This is a common scene in the Greater Toronto Area municipality of Brampton, northwest of Toronto's
Pearson airport. ~ @kylegriffith07
Icepocalypse: More than a million without power in Ontario at 9:30 p.m.
Over half are supplied by Toronto Hydro; may be out for 72 hours

This map from Hydro One does not show the 300,000+ customers without power that are supplied by Toronto Hydro . Each customer may reflect anywhere from one to 350 people (single-person homes to multi-unit apartment buildings) without electricity. Power outages across Ontario as heavy ice brings down wires. Click to check interactive map. ~ Hydro One
Kingston: Thousands of Ontarians currently without power due to storm;
'Texas Low' may dump 30mm of freezing rain by Sunday morning

Skating on the road in Kingston, Ontario. ~ The Canadian Press
Freezing rain: Brutal ice storm brewing trouble

Freezing rain is bringing back bad memories of 1998 ice storm which crippled Eastern Canada. The areas in red (above) have had many hours of freezing rain already and roads, trees and power wires are suffering. ~ Environment Canada
'An early Christmas': Astronauts remove faulty pump ahead of schedule

Saturday's successful spacewalk lasted about six hours and saw some minor dramas, including a smoke alarm going off inside the ISS. It was, however, quickly declared a false alarm. ~ NASA
ISS repairs: Watch mission to repair space station pump via NASA feed
Brian Hutchinson: Radical opposition in B.C.
to Northern Gateway exposed as nonsense
Krause: American lobbyist ForestEthics claims credit for 87%
of NEB letters on Joint Review Panel for Northern Gateway:
"Our campaign to halt the Enbridge Gateway pipeline has cemented itself in the Canadian media and citizenry. Grassroots organizing teams have mobilized an unprecedented amount of Canadian civic participation in the government’s environmental review and approval process. In the last six months of 2012, we amassed more than 25,000 new supporters for this campaign and helped organize the largest act of Canadian civil disobedience in the history of the pipeline fight. In August, we submitted to the National Energy Board 4,119 (out of 4,722 in total submitted) unique Letters of Comment on the Enbridge tankers/pipeline project, written by our supporters."
~ ForestEthics to IRS, September 20, 2013
Vivian Krause: ForestEthics’ cash pipeline from U.S. billionaires;
Rockefellers, Hewlett and Tides Foundations buying astro-turf campaign
geared to deluding Canadians and crippling Canadian interests
Whether it was the intention or not, environmental activism has become a form of economic protectionism. In the name of protecting the environment, economic and trade interests are being protected. By blocking pipeline and port infrastructure projects, environmental organizations landlock Canadian oil within North America and continue the U.S. monopoly on Canadian oil exports.
Calgary: Gateway pipeline benefits include $300B of economic growth
Washington: In yet another Obamacare flip-flop, "bare-bones coverage" now available to some; last-minute change blasted by insurance industry
Calgary: Panel recommends Northern Gateway approval, 209 conditions;
1,178 kilometre Alberta-B.C. pipeline will diversify Canada's oil market
Apollo Theatre, London: 80 injured, 7 seriously, as ceiling collapses
on audience of 700 at 112-yr-old West End theatre during performance
Get the LED out: The shape of bright things to come

New shape of Philips SlimStyle LED bulbs solves the heat problem which have made solid state 'bulbs' so expensive.
New restrictions in the U.S. and Canada on importation and sale of incandescent bulbs will quickly make LEDs
(Light Emitting Diodes) the go-to choice for high light, low energy home use. ~ Philips
Successful launch: Billion-pixel Gaia camera to map galaxy in 3D

Gaia will spin slowly in order to make systematic repeated observations of stars covering the whole sky with its two telescopes. Over its five-year mission, Gaia will monitor the positions, motions, temperatures, luminosities and compositions of a billion stars. ~ C. Carreau ESA/ATG medialab
Montreal: Bombardier sells another $2.2B order of business jets
Not since 1933: Winnipeg records coldest December day in 80 years, with temperatures plunging to -37.9°C
Winnipeg: Manitoba Hydro workers return home from helping restore power in Toronto
"First truly disease-modifying intervention": Vitamin E may slow Alzheimer's disease progression
Sweden: Canadian hockey Juniors beat U.S. 3-2, take first place in group
Toronto: Canadian stocks end 2013 trading on a high note, net 9.55% for the year
Winnipeg: Water main break in -35°C weather freezes parking lot full of cars in 8 inches of solid ice
Surrey, BC: Hockey mom dies two days after 'unprovoked, random attack' outside arena where she was picking up her son, police say
Ignore what's behind the curtain: Ontario Liberal Premier Wynne wants to fight Spring election on $2B transit tax increase (the $$ billions lost in gas plants, ORNGE, Ontario Northland closing, eHealth, etc. she won't mention)
Prudent booksmanship: Bank of Canada’s vaulted gold coins to be liquidated as part of federal push to balance books; 30,000 to be sold to collectors and more than 200,000 gold coins from 1912 to 1914, when Ottawa suspended gold standard, to be melted down
Loonie lovers: Canadian dollar new favourite among the world's central banks
Sochi Gold? Canadian Olympic Committee launches biggest ad campaign
Adventure of lifetime: 'I loved it,' says Swiss tourist rescued from cracked-hull container ship in Northern Atlantic off Newfoundland
Will provinces start enforcing laws equally? B.C. government ordered to pay logging company $1.75M over aboriginal blockade
Two-tier treatment: Ontario Government compensation for lost food during ice storm only for Toronto; hundreds of thousands outside city were also without power for days
Winnipeg: United Airlines cancels flights due to cold; wind chills in -40 to -50 range
2014 Winter Classic in the 'Big House': Rivalry between Leafs and Red Wings to be renewed before 110,000+ in Ann Arbor's legendary Michigan Stadium on New Year's Day (1 p.m.)
Winnipeg: Coldest December in decade brings grief
Eye in the sky glitch: Two Canadian cameras on space station temporarily removed
Population at highest, but: Vancouver’s six homicides in 2013 is the lowest annual number in the city’s history, police say
Surrey: 'This is a tragedy': Hockey mom beaten near death outside Newton Arena; second unprovoked attack in recent weeks
$35 Billion investment: Huge story gets little coverage
Wynne loser: Residents unimpressed with Premier's food hamper; using ice storm misery for campaign gimmick
Christina Blizzard: Libs play storm politics
Ice storm aftermath: Communication should have been better; Torontonians 'felt abandoned' during week-long power outages
Over-billing! Toronto Hydro smart meters not so smart; billing people for power during black-out; PR flack claims it's all a misunderstanding, they have to charge something every day
Ford: Power to be fully restored in Toronto by Tuesday; some without for 9 days in cold weather
Montreal: Will Vito Rizzuto funeral mark end of Mob dynasty?
El Salvador: Evacuations underway after Chaparrastique volcano erupts for first time in 37 years
Sad news: Husband of former Deputy-Premier and 2010 Toronto mayoralty contender George Smitherman found dead
Former Brockville MP: Father of Canadian flag, John Ross Matheson, dies at 96 in Kingston
PM Harper interview: "We’ll get a surplus and no matter how big it is, the demands will be ten times as big as the surplus but we’ll pick our spots carefully, to make sure we keep our debt going down, make sure taxpayers get their share, and also make sure that we contribute to “some dreams and some development” but in ways that provide real concrete payback"
Lorrie Goldstein: Ice storm blunders; too many mistakes were made by those in charge of Toronto’s response
Saint-Come: Arson destroys 12-room chalet co-owned by head of Quebec provincial police
French tightrope walker: Henry's, rope name of Henri Rechatin, who balanced above Alps, Grand Canyon and Niagara Falls, dies of natural causes at 82
Huge #FAIL: Retailer says it won't honour 50% discount automatically implemented for hours on online purchases Christmas Eve and morning; self-imposed PR damage by The Brick follows website error
Officials underestimated damage: No power until new year for some in Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick
Not ready for ‘toodleloo’: Don Cherry's 80th birthday is something even the chatty Canadian icon won't talk about
Sells stock: BlackBerry dives as Lazaridis gives up plan of taking company private
Ice storm aftermath: Warmer weather could mean more blackouts
Not just a country, eh: From ‘toque’ to ‘mickey,’ ten Canadianisms that leave other English speakers utterly confused
Unprecedented decline for a national party: Green Party has lost 55 local riding associations since 2011 election
Not a pensioner: Justin Bieber is not retiring, he was just mocking "the latest in a long line of inaccurate or wildly exaggerated media reports about him"
Surgeon and Cabinet Minister: Kellie Leitch does double-duty as doctor and MP
Charges pending: Ongoing OPP investigations will hound provincial Liberals in 2014
MS game-changer? Scientists at Western University make breakthrough in fighting multiple sclerosis, fine-tuning MRIs to detect disease before it ravages victims
London, Ontario: Fanshawe College's new downtown campus expected to give big boost to quiet city core
Preston Manning: Senate ethics – what about Press Gallery ethics?
Toronto ice storm: Ford made 'right decision' on state of emergency: experts
Probe Research Poll: Manitoba PCs open up 12-point lead over governing NDP as Selinger support continues to drop
Toronto: Frustration mounts as thousands in Toronto remain without power; Deputy-Mayor Kelly flies to Florida; Ford stays on job and talks to residents
Ice storm: 54,000 customers in Toronto still without power 7 days after storm began; Toronto Hydro says aware of 'relapses'
Canada: Loblaw one of 4 retailers to contribute to $40M Bangladesh compensation fund; others are from Spain, France and UK; no U.S. retailers have signed on
Toronto: Man flu no myth, say scientists — and ‘manly’ men are more susceptible — men more susceptible to bacterial, viral, fungal and parasitic infection than women
Charles Lane: Legalizing prostitution doesn’t make it safer
Toronto: Man seeking warmth killed in car fire
Saskatchewan: No injuries, everyone accounted for at explosion at refinery in Regina
Christmas message: Think of 'brave men and women in uniform,' says PM Harper
Help when it's needed most: 42 Manitoba Hydro workers head to Ontario
Cold, deadly Christmas: Five dead from carbon monoxide as 220,000 face frigid east Canada winter without power
Why he's gone: Mike Duffy claimed more than $23,000 in travel expenses to and from PEI amid Senate scandal
Neighbourly: Manitoba Hydro looking for workers to assist in Toronto
Deadly cold: Hundreds of thousands wake up in Toronto to shivering -10°C temperatures as widespread power outage reaches third day
Toronto: Carbon monoxide kills 2, sends others to hospital after residents attempt to keep warm during blackout
Ezra Levant: Climate scientists running a medieval witch hunt [video]
Ice East: Storm leaves tens of thousands of 'customers' in darkness in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia
Rogers: Helping ice storm victims by funding Red Cross shelters across province and providing hygiene kits; Rogers retail locations welcoming people to charge their devices, use courtesy phones and laptops to keep in touch with loved ones, and providing access to stores' WiFi networks
Canada: What insurance may and may not cover after the ice storm
Ontario: 2 dead after possible carbon monoxide poisoning in Newcastle
Nairobi: Canadians, Brits still in South Sudan city U.S. evacuated over weekend
Kelly McParland: Harper makes it clear: He expects to lead the Tories in the next election, and he expects to win
KnowRoaming: Startup offers cheaper roaming without the chip-swapping hassle
Ottawa: Feds set to replace prostitution laws to help hookers
Toronto: Christmas Day or later before some Ontario residents get power back
Toronto: Ice storm darkens much of Ontario, still hitting Maritimes; dropping temperatures mean ice is here to stay, says Environment Canada
Montreal: Vito Rizzuto, former Montreal Mafia boss, dies at 67
Icepocalypse: Toronto Hydro says 264,000 "customers" still without power and still 72 hours before full restoration [video]
Montreal: Icepocalypse: icy mix 'a perfect cocktail' for outages
Icepocalypse: Power providers understating numbers afflicted by ice storm power losses; each "customer" can represent from one to many people; millions of residents actually without power
Icepocalypse: All Toronto area schools closed Monday
Icepocalypse: Ice storm hammered Toronto and the rest of southern Ontario; flights, roads, electricity disruptions widespread
Lorrie Goldstein: Yankee go home! Dear America: Please stop sending us your environmental rent-a-mobs, funded by wealthy American foundations backed by American billionaires, to protest against our oilsands and oil pipelines
Icepocalypse: Storm toll up to at least 5 dead
Martin Regg Cohn: Time to liberate our beer from The Beer Store
Edgar Bronfman: Former Seagram chairman, WJC head, Canadian-American businessman, dead at 84
Ontario, Quebec: Current ice storm unlikely to be as bad as 1998 killer
Canada: Federal government advises Canadians to leave South Sudan
Lawrence Solomon: For global warming believers, 2013 was the year from Hell
Rex Murphy: The despicable Dennis Rodman
Conrad Black: The Toronto Star’s ideological shakedown operation
Golden, BC: Alberta man dies from avalanche in B.C. after snowboarding out of bounds
NY Post: Foxconn deal buoys BlackBerry
Go for the mail: Walking 20 more minutes a day cuts heart risks; prediabetics benefit from walking 2,000 steps a day, researchers find
Plumbing the heights: Space station astronauts begin urgent spacewalking repairs
Ottawa: Homicides drop in B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan, marginally up in Ontario, Quebec and Northwest Territories; result is lowest national homicide rate since 1966; 31% of killings were by stabbing
Toronto: Nevada brothel owner plans Canadian expansion after Supreme Court struck down anti-prostitution laws; "We’re gonna see a Bunny Ranch Toronto. We’re gonna start working seriously on it now that they’ve made this decision"
Ottawa: Canada issues Santa Claus a passport
Waterloo: University of Waterloo buys BlackBerry buildings, land for $41M
Light at end of tunnel? Why BlackBerry stock is soaring after a $4.4B net loss
$2B savings: Canadian military scraps plans for new light-armoured combat vehicles
Saint John: Canada’s top judges struck down the laws 9-0 and gave Parliament a year to create new laws, if it chooses to; Selling sex has always been legal in Canada, but it has been illegal to keep or be in a brothel, live off the avails of prostitution, and communicate in public with clients for the purposes of prostitution
Montreal Gazette Editorial: A studied judgment on prostitution; The Supreme Court "specifies that it is not about whether prostitution should be legal or not, but rather whether present laws dealing with prostitution pass constitutional muster"
Ottawa: Supreme Court strikes down Canada's anti-prostitution laws as Charter breach
Major strides: Scientists unlock the complex transition from HIV to AIDS and how the immune system plays a key role; drugs already exist to address the cause
Senior oversight committee: First Nations submit proposal to Stephen Harper on reforming land claims process
Peter Foster: Northern Gateway beats back ENGOs
Ken Dryden: Why Rob Ford is mad as hell, and why people support him
Windsor: Obama holding up new Windsor-Detroit bridge; wants Canada to pay for U.S. Customs plaza, too
Year-end interview: Harper has 2014 to-do list ready; ‘Anger, betrayal, disappointment’: PM describes learning about secret Senate payment
Edmonton: SUV driver survives crash with moose by ducking beneath dashboard
Ottawa: Suspicious powder quarantines 200 people at Gatineau Passport Canada building
Toronto: PCs would freeze full-day kindergarten expansion, and sell surplus government lands and buildings to help fund public transit: white paper
Recovery? U.S. construction spending highest in nearly five years
London: Global stocks drop on weaker Chinese manufacturing
Rome: Italian navy rescues 233 migrants south of Sicily
Prague: Probe deepens over blast that killed Palestinian diplomat
Italy: Fiat stock soars on Chrysler deal
Winter continues: 2014's first big storm bears down on northeast U.S.
India: Bus plunges into gorge, killing 27
Las Vegas Review-Journal Editorial: It's time to repeal and replace Obamacare
Banff, Alberta: British fundraiser gets belongings back after being beaten, robbed
Detroit: Fiat swallows rest of Chrysler for $4.35B
Minneapolis: 6 critically injured, 14 hospitalized, some residents unaccounted for after explosion in mixed use building that contains apartments
Bag stolen: British man running across Canada for charity beaten up after New Year's Eve celebrations in Banff, Alberta
Prague: Palestinian ambassador to Czech Republic killed after old safe explodes
'F word' beer: Missouri bar gets cease-and-desist order from Starbucks, responds with hilarious letter and $6 cheque
Arctic nonchalance: U.S. seen falling behind others in 'cold rush'; has only 3 ice breakers and two were built in 1970s
Ducking the law: New Hampshire Democrat lawmaker investigated by police for ducking hit-and-run — state Transportation Committee chair mows down friendly mallard ducks outside hotel with his BMW, flees scene; DUI?
'DropoutJeep' Apple insists it did not work with NSA to create iPhone backdoor program
How do you like socialism so far? If 2013 was hard on Obamacare, just wait for 2014
Times squared: Chinese recycling tycoon to buy New York Times?
Washington, DC: Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor delays Obamacare birth control mandate for Catholic groups at last minute
Incredibly insensitive: NASA upset with Beyonce's use of post-explosion Challenger audio sample; disaster "should never be trivialized"
Volgograd: Putin vows to annihilate 'terrorists' after suicide bombings
Riga: Fireworks and fear as Latvia joins eurozone
Lowlife: MSNBC host finally apologizes to Romneys for poking fun at family's adopted black baby
No more hangovers? New ‘alcohol surrogate’ comes with antidote that can make you sober again in minutes
Coastal rivalry: Los Angeles New Year’s Eve countdown in Grand Park aims to rival New York’s Times Square
South Sudan: Rebels agree to talks as fighting rages
Misplaced blame? Another Obamacare head rolls; lawmakers real culprits, not implementers
Tomorrow: More Obamacare taxes ready to slam your wallet
Volgograd: City on alert as dual blasts death toll rises to 34; 60 were injured
Hope springs: 'Slight improvement' for Michael Schumacher after operation
Egypt: Likely to change roadmap, hold presidential vote first
Media self-censorship: Third icebreaker abandons rescue of climate scientists' boat stuck in Antarctica ice, media fog, obscure, won’t say “climate”
Bloomberg paid New York City to be mayor: Accepted $1 a year but spent $650 million of his own money, including food for staff, private flights on public business
Fly the friendly, congested skies: U.S. announces six drone test sites in six states
Volgograd blasts: IOC 'confident' Sochi Olympic Games will be safe
NY Times: Volgograd bombings jolt Russia, raising Olympic fears; will tourists avoid?
updated ~ Doctors: Michael Schumacher 'fighting for life' after ski accident, 'cannot predict fate'; in medically induced coma following brain surgery
Athens: German Ambassador's home sprayed with automatic gunfire in Greece capital
China: Chinese police shoot dead eight after Xinjiang 'terrorist attack'
Guardian: Terrorism in Russia: the road to Sochi
Vivid video: Sun has 'flipped upside down' as new magnetic cycle begins
'Completely false': Sources on ground in Benghazi challenge New York Times report
Said to be in coma: F1 legend Michael Schumacher 'in critical condition' after hitting head on rocks during skiing accident in French Alps; at first, injuries were downplayed
Los Angeles: Hollywood struggles against new film meccas around the world
Blackout: Anger and compensation in UK after windstorm knocks out power to 300,000; two days later 3,000 remain without electricity and blame government for slow response
UN: Syria chemical deadline 'unlikely' to be met
Christina McDowell: An open letter to the makers of The Wolf of Wall Street, and the wolf himself: Dear Kings of Hollywood, you have been conned...
Fast and Furious cover-up: FBI played a key role in events leading to 2010 murder near Nogales, Arizona, of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry
Dave Barry: 2013, the Year of the Zombies and one shining ray of hope in the person of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford
Bari Weiss: Camille Paglia: A feminist defense of masculine virtues; the cultural critic on why ignoring the biological differences between men and women risks undermining Western civilization itself
Obamacare mess, Vol. ∞: 16,000 Iowans asked to re-apply
Obamacare debacle still has more big surprises: After loss of policies, hospitals and doctors, higher premiums and deductibles, and the ongoing website mess—tax time will hammer a lot of unsuspecting people
Youth revolt: Facebook 'dead and buried' as teens switch to Snapchat and Whatsapp
It's elementary: Sherlock Holmes now in public domain
Too good to be true? Diet drink that acts like a gastric band could help people lose weight; amino acid and super-fibre take tag team approach, burning fat and making taker fill full
Wet end and beginning: Half a month's rainfall set to batter Britain in just 12 hours as country faces constant wet weather until New Year
Dr. Tim Ball: Many climate reconstructions incorrectly attributed to temperature change
Winter storm power cuts: Frustration grows with tens of thousands still in the dark from Michigan to Nova Scotia
Maine: Big power providers bully, threaten upset customers after week-long outages; time for end of power monopolies?
Egypt: Cairo campus torched by Muslim Brotherhood supporters during protests
After huge backlash: A&E backtracks, calls off 'Duck Dynasty' suspension
India: Fire on train kills at least 23 people
Robert Fulford: The Clichémonger-in-Chief
George F. Will: The best argument for conservatism — real life
Faster growth: New York soon to trail Florida in population
Agrees not to apply again for 3 years: Professor admits faking AIDS vaccine to get $19M in grants
LED lightbulb road test: Their longevity measured in years, not hours; what to look for, expect
Legendary artist painted with bad brush: Family of Norman Rockwell says new book on illustrator has inaccuracies, 'phantom theories'
Beirut: Blast kills Lebanon's ex-ambassador to U.S., Mohamad B. Chatah; his last tweet was critical of Hezbollah
Sterling Burnett: Native Americans protest eagle deaths at wind farms
After Obamacare: A frenzy of hospital mergers could leave the typical American family spending 50% of its income on health care within 10 years—and blaming the Democrats
Tokyo: Rakuten allows Tanaka to pursue MLB career; posting period underway, negotiations expected to be fast and furious
Obamacare effect: GOP lead grows, on track for wave election year
Egypt: Police arrest Muslim Brotherhood supporters under anti-terror laws
UK: Britons joining Jihad in Syria stripped of British nationality
AGW: The false claims of Anthropogenic Global Warming that no one should have fallen for
Antarctic: Summer expedition stranded as ship gets stuck in heavy ice
Caribbean: Heavy rain kills eight in St. Vincent
Moscow: Russia drops charges against Greenpeace activists
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood formally designated terrorist group
London: Christmas storm power outage at Gatwick airport causes temperatures to rise as passengers stranded
Brazil: 30 dead, 50,000 evacuated from flooding, landslides
Ottawa: Baird condemns Syrian air raids on Aleppo as Assad forces continue offensive
Payback: Syria signs oil exploration deal with Russian firm
Iraq: Bomb attacks on Christians in Baghdad kill 37
UK: Storm problems cause severe delays at London Gatwick Airport and on many rail lines, roads
South Sudan: UN says mass grave found with about 75 bodies, reportedly from Dinka ethnic group
Syria: In new round of air raids, government planes pound Aleppo, killing at least 15
ISS: Astronauts make rare Christmas Eve spacewalk to finish pump replacement
Obamacare: Sign-up deadline quietly extended by 24 hours; why one day? why not announced? millions to lose health insurance on January 1st
Gallup: Record high in U.S. say Big Government greatest threat; now 72% say it is greater threat than big business or big labour
Cairo: Egypt Govt rejects U.S. choice for Ambassador; doesn't want two lemons in a row
Cairo: Egypt labels Muslim Brotherhood a ‘terrorist’ group after a car bomb blast at a police building, which killed at least 14 people
Cold, dark Christmas: Rain, ice taper; cold temps stay for parts of U.S.
U.S.: Holiday sales down for 3rd week
Jennifer Sygo: Cheese and fat are good, gut bacteria matters (a lot) and other nutrition lessons of 2013
Moscow: Chinese billionaire killed in helicopter crash in France
South Sudan: Violence leaves Canadians, Brits trapped; death toll from week of violence surpasses 1,000
Moscow: Freed members of Pussy Riot denounce release as Putin 'PR stunt'
CNN/ORC International poll: Obamacare support drops to all-time low — 35%
Hong Kong: Holiday travel snarls expected as winter storms hit Britain, Canada
Chevrolet scores double: Corvette and Silverado named car and truck of year by Detroit Free Press [video]
South Sudan: Oil-producing state capital taken over by renegade militia
Obamacare: Sticker shock ahead as deductibles and premiums rise
updated ~ Icepocalypse: 95,000 customers without power in northern NY, Vermont and Maine due to storm
Begun after 9/11/2001 attacks: White House tries to prevent judge from ruling on surveillance efforts
BBC: BAE shares fall on setbacks over Middle East fighter jet sales
South Sudan: U.S. military aircraft hit; 4 service men wounded
Moscow: Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky a free man
Tripoli: Libyan intelligence official killed outside home
Scientists still learning: New revelations about how we die will help more live after the previously thought point of no return
Morning after: Inside debris-strewn Apollo: Planks of wood and plaster cover seats where 88 West End theatregoers were injured after ceiling collapsed 'like an avalanche' following massive thunderstorm
Premature taper? U.S. data says housing sales dropped in November and unemployment moving up
C-17 to the rescue: RAF evacuates Britons as South Sudan conflict escalates
NY Times: Target says personal data was stolen from 40 million retail shoppers; had access to customer accounts between Nov. 27 and Dec. 15
Rigby hacked to death on street: Two Muslim extremists convicted in fatal attack on British soldier
Juba: South Sudan loses control of key city as ethnic rivalry spurs bloodshed
Canadian FM: Baird urges Snowden to surrender to United States and ‘face the consequences’
$4.5B contract: Saab wins Brazil jets deal after NSA spying sours Boeing bid
PR move? Task force urges limit on NSA snooping
Taper fever: Fed will reduce bond purchases in January from $85B to $75B in modest 'taper'; "Fed will continue to buy bonds every month to keep long-term rates down and remains strongly committed to low short-term rates"
NY Times: What happens in the brain after a concussion
Newsweek: The court case that could topple Obamacare
Foreign Policy: U.S. fingers Iranian commandos for kidnapping raid inside Iraq
Washington: Robust housing data point to strengthening economy
Chris Cillizza: This is the ad every Democrat should be scared of in 2014
Megan McArdle: By January 1st more people will have lost health insurance than gained it under Obamacare
Minneapolis: Delta Air Lines says it won't allow voice calls in flight, cites objections of frequent fliers
TransCanada: CEO sees Mexico oil pipeline opportunities if market opens
Massachusetts: High-tech startup launches device that transforms any bike into an electric-hybrid
Egypt: Ousted President Morsi to be tried for conspiring with Palestinian group Hamas
Russia: Duma votes 446-0 for bill which would release jailed Greenpeace, Pussy Riot members as first offenders
New York: Undiplomatic treatment of India's deputy consul general by U.S. federal authorities an "outrage"—reatliation on U.S. diplomats in India; India-U.S. relations go from high point in 2008 to low point in 2013
Germany: Syrian convicted of spying
South Sudan: Up to 500 dead 2 days after failed coup
Las Vegas: The re-birth of downtown, step-by-step
DoD spin? Snowden ‘stole everything — literally everything’
Reno: Man shoots 4 people in hospital, then kills himself
Expensive bait and switch: Obama 'hijacks' tech executive meeting to make 'PR pitch' on Obamacare website fix instead of dealing with NSA surveillance
Battle with EU: Russia to buy $15B in Ukraine bonds
Popular yesterday, gone today: America’s disappearing restaurant chains
Wrong to be righted: Florida school named in 1959 after Democrat slave trader and Confederate General who was the first KKK 'Grand Wizard' — to be renamed
Politics and the Pentagon: Mansfield, Ohio, air base fate reflects Washington flip-flopping and waste
2014 class: Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame to add Nirvana, Kiss, Peter Gabriel, Hall and Oates, Linda Ronstadt, Cat Stevens
Las Vegas: Genting to spend $3-4B on finishing Echeleon 87-acre resort started by Boyd on former site of Stardust
Moscow: Putin has it both ways: says NSA spying necessity to fight
terrorism, but also expresses admiration for fugitive leaker Snowden
Moscow: Putin says he will pardon Khodorkovsky
Kingston: Crane operator recalls harrowing rescue, not going back up;
Adam Jastrzebski: "Oh no, I'm retired from that"

Rescued crane operator Adam Jastrzebski, 68, talks to Kingston
Whig-Standard. He walked the length of the boom without a
safety harness and then lay down at the very end, waiting for
help to arrive. "So I called 911 and they told me the helicopter
is already en route and he said 30 minutes but they came faster
than that," he recalled. He said he wasn't scared during rescue
because he's not afraid of heights. "That's why I work in the
tower crane," he said.
Kingston: Crane operator, 68, recovering in hospital from 'severe burns'

Rescued crane operator Adam Jastrzebski 'severely burned' Tuesday — receiving morphine for pain. ~ YouTube
Kingston: Fire officials fear damaged crane may collapse; buildings at risk
Rusty brown, not green: 14,000 abandoned wind turbines in the USA;
“It’s a bubble which bursts as soon as the government subsidies end”
Kingston: Operator left crane control cab in brutal cold; flames destroyed it
Just in time: Chopper rescues crane operator trapped
above massive Kingston, Ontario construction blaze [video]




Rescue chopper plucks injured crane operator from tip of construction crane above raging inferno which destroyed
student condominium complex being built for Queen's Univerity students in Kingston, Ontario. In top photo you can
see the crane operator at the upper left trying to get as far away from flames as possible. Recuers came from Canadian Forces Base Trenton 65 miles away. The adjacent green-roofed Canadian Legion-operated seniors complex was evacuated safely. ~ photos by @BruceCadieux-Twitter, Lars Hagberg-CP, @ChrisinKingston-Twitter
Money waste: Multi-vitamins do nothing to protect us from illness;
one study gave vitamins and placebos to two different groups
with no difference found after 4.5 years
Chinese doctors graft hand to ankle to keep it alive
It won't move now: Brazil man refused to move pick-up,
so concrete was poured around it

A car dealer refused to move a parked VW Caddy from the pavement in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The Brazilian transport department sent a towing company to remove the car following a number of complaints from locals but found the car
wouldn't budge, cemented firmly to the ground. ~ TV Globo
Canadian ponders' dream: Helicopter hockey video goes viral

Pilot who skated helicopter through hockey game explains how it was done and defends stunt. ~ CTV
Moon units: China's Jade Rabbit rover on the roll;
probe and its rover send home pictures of each other


Lunar probe and the 'Jade Rabbit' rover, shot by each other in images released by China on December 15.
At rest: Nelson Mandela buried at Qunu ancestral home
Universe collapse: Are objects in telescope
about to be closer than they appear?
Toronto hit hard: Snowstorm causes traffic chaos in southern Ontario

Radar tells the story. Heavy snow whacking Toronto ~ Environment Canada
We're back! China lands probe on Moon, launches 6-wheeled lunar rover
Conrad Black: ‘Star values’ on parade;
"The voters control this city, not the Toronto Star"

Following his controversial television interview with Rob Ford, Conrad Black hits back at the Mayor's
most shrill detractors. ~ Michelle Siu National Post
AdScam: "Taxpayers are still waiting on the Liberals to pay back missing $40M - but instead, Chretien is fundraising for his old pal, Justin Trudeau."
How can you tell it's snowing in Egypt?
Corriveau assets frozen: Will federal treasury get more
money back from Liberals' AdScam?
Gomery fall-out: Chretien "good friend" Jacques Corriveau charged with fraud, forgery and laundering proceeds of crime in sponsorship scandal; former Liberal organizer set up kickback system, RCMP allege
Suicide bomber arrested in Kansas: Wichita airport target of suicide
car bomb by "radicalized" avionics worker caught by FBI at tarmac
gate; Terry Lee Loewen, 58, read Islamist materials on internet
North Korea: Kim Jong-un's uncle executed as a traitor;
Jang Song-thaek was a mentor until publicly purged last week
Kiev success? Ukraine leader 'intends to sign' EU deal after protests
Putin sabre rattles over North Pole: Canada defends Pole & Santa
Orbit emergency: Space station's coolant system crippled; crew safe

Dextre, the Canadian-built robotic handyman on board the International Space Station (ISS) is shown here. A
space walk may be necessary to complete emergency repairs that have shut down one of the space station's
two main cooling systems. ~ www.asc-csa.gc.ca
South Africa: Canadian PM Stephen Harper announces scholarships
for Africans and Canadians in the name of Nelson Mandela
Mandela memorial: Selfie condemned around the world; lack of respect;
no surprise, Obama's words to wet, cold crowd were mostly about himself

This and other pictures showing President Obama and Danish PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt behaving badly at the Mandela Memorial in Johannesburg drew heavy condemnation around the world, on Twitter and other social media. This fun and games 'selfie' with British PM David Cameron was especially criticized. Funerals and memorials are about the deceased and call for respect, as displayed here by U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama. ~ AFP/Getty Images
Mandela memorial: Obama shakes hands with Raul Castro,
gets inappropriately political; crowd boos Zuma
Mandela: World pays tribute in cold and rain to chameleon who
transcended race with grace, and led by example [gallery]

The cold and the steady rain didn't keep people away from the Mandela memorial at the FNB Stadium, on Dec. 10, 2013 in Johannesburg. More than 60 heads of state and many more past world leaders were in attendance. ~ Global News/Getty Images
Hot dog: Talented dog 'Scout' seeks to use fame from amazing balancing skills to raise money for less fortunate pooches [video]

Nine-year-old pit bull Scout and owner Jen Gillen want to use his growing fame to highlight need for foster pet homes and the challenges faced by banned breeds such as pit bulls. In the meantime, check out his amazing poise and balancing talents at StuffOnScoutsHead.com ~ CTV
Canadian moron: Man trashes six police cars, floods
Burnaby hospital ER in destructive rampage

Three of the police cars damaged in rampage by a 38-year-old Surrey man who faces mischief and theft
charges. A Jeep Cherokee was also stolen and destroyed and a second hospital was flooded, but police
are still assessing evidence before saying it was the same perp in custody. ~ Arlen Redekop PNG
The Quantum Computing Revolution: BlackBerry billionaire
Mike Lazaridis is betting on tech that hasn’t been invented … yet

Quantum Nano Fabrication lab at The Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo,
in Waterloo, Ontario, Tuesday December, 2013. ~ J.P. Moczulski National Post
Ontario: Barn fire kills 900 milking goats, $2M in damages

An early morning barn fire killed nearly 900 goats at the Donkers family farm near St. Thomas, Ontario. "Every animal seems like your pet and it’s really hard to lose all 900 milking goats," said co-owner Ed Donker. With more than 1,200 goats, the Donkers farm was one of the largest goat farms in the area, selling goat milk and cheese to vendors across the province. The family says it will rebuild. ~ CTV
Funeral December 15: South Africa mourns Mandela
Canada reacts to death of Nelson Mandela
'A cut above the rest': Canadian politicians pay tribute to Mandela;
"With grace and humility, he modelled how peoples can transform
their own times and in doing so, their own lives..."


In 2001, on his final visit to Canada, Nelson Mandela was granted honorary Canadian citizenship. He chose Canada to make his first speech before an elected body after leaving prison -- speaking to the Canadian Parliament on June 19, 1990 as a thank-you for the efforts by Canadian Conservative Prime Ministers John Diefenbaker and Mulroney in the 1960s and 1980s in helping bring world opinion against South African apartheid, which led to his release from prison.
He returned several times as President of South Africa, and was warmly welcomed each time. ~ CTV and CP
RIP: Nelson Mandela dead at 95

Nelson Mandela in 2004. ~ Reuters
updated - Sana: 52 dead, 167 injured in Al-Qaeda
attack on Yemen Defense Ministry HQ
Arctic: The geography and history underlying Canada's claims


Canada will base its Arctic claims on factors including the continental shelf, the underwater extensions of Canada's Arctic archipelago of 36,563 islands, and its relative location to its Arctic neighbours.
Cold: Freezing rain headed south for painful visit

Mexican official: Stolen Cobalt-60 found near empty truck
North Korea: Power struggle instability creating new risks for world
Mexico City: Radioactive Cobalt-60 waste that could be used to make dirty bomb stolen from Mexican hospital truck
Strathmore, AB: Trans-Canada Highway closed by heavy storm,
hazardous goods truck, drivers stranded in emergency centre [video]

Vehicles sit beside Trans-Canada Highway outside Strathmore, Alberta, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013. ~ CTV
Winter back: Southern Alberta digging out from massive storm [video]

A vehicle is buried under snow after a blizzard hit Saddle Ridge, Calgary, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013. ~ CTV
Free Press editorial: Bankruptcy eligibility ruling a victory for Detroiters
Motown milestone: Judge rules Detroit eligible for historic
Chapter 9 bankruptcy, says pensions can be cut

The skyline of the City of Detroit from the Detroit River. ~ Mary Schroeder Detroit Free Press
Natives have European ancestors: ‘Surprise’ DNA profile linking
24,000-year-old Siberian skeleton to modern Native Americans
rewrites First Nations’ origin story; removes it from mushy myths

The 4-year-old’s skeletal remains — excavated at the Mal’ta archeological site in south-central Siberia
in the 1920s and kept since then at Russia’s Hermitage State Museum — yielded a DNA signature
shared by modern European populations but also by many present-day aboriginal people throughout
the Americas.
Super Bowl: 'Norwegian Getaway' to debut as 'Bud Light Hotel' [video]

Still undergoing final fitting in Europe, the huge cruise ship will bump up Big Apple hotel capacity for big game
in February in MetLife Stadium in New Jersey's Meadowlands.
Thailand: 4 dead as Bangkok sees worst political violence since 2010
Gates-way: Secret Santa Bill Gates gives cow on behalf of his matched recipient; Reddit user shocked when she realizes who 'Bill' is
Something completely different: Researchers in UK and Canada collaborate to prove potential for molecular communication; use evaporated vodka to transmit 'O Canada'
Empty chair: Mulcair takes swipe at Trudeau, saying ‘he was telling the truth’ with line ‘nothing to propose for next two years’
Choked herself to death in prison: Ashley Smith's death ruled a homicide
CRTC makes news: Starting in Spring, consumers must have option of subscribing to Sun News Network and every other Canadian news channel, both in packages and stand-alone; huge victory for SNN
Developing: Major ice storm possible across southern Ontario on weekend
Forum Research poll: People in Toronto Liberal redoubt not paying attention to politics, still support Wynne, while rest of province gets it and supports PCs
Supreme Court of Canada: Police officers under investigation by a civilian watchdog are not allowed to have a lawyer help them prepare their notes
Crux of the matter: The 'hidden agenda': CPP age 65 reduction to defined pensions
AGW oops: Analysis finds NOAA satellite data is incompatible with theory of man-made global warming
Angus Reid Global poll: Changes to Canada Post mail delivery fine for most who don't have door-to-door and/or voted Conservative, 38% of public wants privatization
Ottawa: Ex-Bloc MP Maria Mourani says she is no longer a sovereigntist; says rights of Quebec citizens better served by federalism
Vile attack: Liberal MP mocks cancer and hepatitis C victims; Leader Justin Trudeau backs Gerry Byrne after MP deleted tweets personally attacking Canadian actress Pam Anderson and Simpsons co-creator Sam Simon, who is dying of cancer
Ottawa: Canadian Centre for Child Protection offers free app for smartphones to help parents keep up-to-date information on their children ready for an emergency
Mothers Against Wind Turbines: New larger, louder wind turbines 'sad and scary' news for rural Ontario
Richard Roeper: Ron Burgundy: Visionary for the ages; 3.5 stars out of 4
Scott Stinson: Kathleen Wynne’s folly; Queen's Park's Orwellian double-speak: 'less is more'
Graham Hicks: Ontario's green fiasco is a lesson to us all; going all-out green will cost the average Ontario family an extra $636 a year by 2018
Closed minds: Reddit bans comments from global warming skeptics; becomes propaganda hub
Jack Mintz: Ontario’s bleak pension options; if Ontario is to introduce its own pension plan, it will help some save more but force most Ontarians to hold a plan they may not want
Ottawa: Bank of Canada sees less volatility from Fed tapering
Ottawa: Domestic wireless roaming fees to be capped; big carriers won't be allowed to gouge small carriers
Los Angeles: 19-yr-old popster Justin Bieber says he will step back from his career after next album released; "I'm actually retiring, man. I'm retiring"
Toronto: City council breaks out into dance with live version of Bob Marley's 'One Love' [video]
Jimmy Kimmel: 'Canadians are much weirder than we thought' as Toronto City Council dances during meeting [video]
Sochi: Kevin Dineen, former Florida Panthers' coach, named new bench boss of Canada women's Olympic hockey team
Economic Freedom: Alberta and Saskatchewan beat out all 50 states
Kelly McParland: Ontario Liberals' pension plan would be the worst of all the bad alternatives; an almost unfathomable leap of faith is required to expect the Liberals to establish a pension plan without their traditional rash of boondoggles
'Respect the law': MacKay scolds rebellious judges over failure to enforce victim surcharge
Kingston: First mission as Search and rescue aircraft commander a success for Capt. David Agnew of Belleville; CFB Trenton's 424 'Tiger' Transport and Rescue Squadron hustled to Kingston; rescued crane operator had burns but wanted to walk into hospital
Pest control: How the Chinese domesticated cats 5,300 years ago
Lawrence Martin: Liberals visited by the ghosts of Chrétien’s past
Morven: Tragic Sunday farmhouse blaze kills three; mother and two adult sons
Vancouver: Kinder Morgan files formal application for $5.4B Trans Mountain pipeline expansion
Guilty: Offenders can sell belongings, if need be, to pay victim surcharge says MacKay
Calgary: Lotto winner Tom Crist to give $40M prize to charities in memory of his late wife; retiree won the lottery in May, but kept it a secret until now
Missing: 600 head of cattle
Canadian banks’ Caribbean mystery: Little known about how giants make money in paradise
Dramatic implications? How Mexico is emerging as a new rival to Canada’s oil sands
Terence Corcoran: Finance ministers make right call on big CPP that was bamboozle from beginning
Ottawa: Friends in shock as two young women die in house fire
New diagnosis: Bloc Quebecois Leader Daniel Paille steps down because he has epilepsy
Scott Luft: Big Thunder is a big mistake, and it's not the only one; industrial wind turbines are being approved where power isn't needed
Price drop? North America to be flooded with oil as Mexico ends Pemex monopoly
Wellington Times editorial: Entire wind industry throws backing—and lawyers—into fight to overthrow Ostrander Point ERT decision; small group of Prince Edward County naturalists now under siege by multiple huge law firms; need help from public at-large
Turtlegate: Ostrander Point wind developer argues gates can protect Blanding’s turtles; seeks to overthrow Environmental Review Tribunal decision so can construct nine 50-storey industrial wind turbines on provincially owned crown land
Listen! Industrial wind turbine noise ruins countryside tranquility; shakes homes; new video lets you hear the grinding sounds for yourself: The 1234ever Lament [video]
Winter: Now the Maritimes getting the big storm, roads, flights stopped
Wikileaks: Stolen documents show Canadian Government departments do their homework, keep up on intelligence
Ottawa: Flaherty favours targeted approach to CPP reform, no need for 'bazooka'
Lorne Gunter: Feds aren’t shortchanging aboriginals; since 1947, per capita spending on First Nations people has risen by nearly 900%
Lorrie Goldstein: Wynne can’t fix hydro mess
Toronto: Gravy train rolls through the TDSB; auditor's report cites "a board rife with nepotism, overspending, and fear-mongering"; often places interests of its trustees and employees far above the interests of students
Canada Post: Raitt says country not ready for privatized mail
NHL: Part 1 of HBO '24/7' puts focus on teams' adversity; Leafs vs Red Wings
Ontario Government breaks its promise: Buddhist retreat shafted by Liberals
UK: The fatcat ecocrats exposed: Web of 'green' politicians, tycoons and power brokers who help each other benefit from billions raised on your bills
Lloydminster: Small plane crashes, slides into home, pilot killed; no one in home
Tshiuetin Rail Transportation train: Nearly 300 train passengers stranded for hours in Labrador in freezing cold
Main Duck Islands: Trillium Power re-files suit against Ontario Govt for $500 million, this time for "malfeasance" over off-shore wind power moratorium; wants to build monster wind turbines near islands in Lake Ontario in major migration flight path
Windsor land grab: How bridge baron Matty Moroun ruined a neighbourhood
Changji: 21 miners confirmed dead in gas explosion at western China coal mine
"What's a $billion?"— Liberals' Pan-Am fiasco another $$ muncher: Paul Henderson predicted problems with TO2015
Costs dropping: Lockheed aims to deliver all 36 F-35 jets in 2013 that were ordered by U.S., sees progress on program
Slams political correctness, puts religious freedom first: Sikh Conservative MP from British Columbia says ‘Merry Christmas’ in House of Commons [video]
NDP MLA stretching definitions? Aussie-Canadian actress/politician Lenore Zann says 'cyber-bullied' when nude image of her from 2008 cable TV show tweeted by teen constituent
$200M Cisco photo op: Ontario Liberals paying tech giant big bucks to do what it was going to do anyway
Ottawa: Creaky Green Party gains second MP as pro-gun Independent Hyer joins; ex-NDP MP blasted by former colleagues
Pan-Am Games spending casualty: Troop chopped by Chair Peterson after years of living expensively; 2015 Games CEO just latest Liberal hire let go after controversy
Cisco: U.S. network equipment maker says adding up to 1,700 jobs in Ontario over next 6 years
UK: Lobby group 'influenced wind farm noise report’
Major policy move: Ottawa to designate crude oil as highly dangerous
New Brunswick: Anti-fracking activists for hire
That was quick: Twitter backtracks on block feature after users revolt
Margaret Wente: Did Harper end compassion? No—The Toronto Star and the other propagandists tell you what they want you to think, not the truth
Canada: Women's hockey coach resigns weeks before Olympics
A short history of climate hysteria: "The largest conspiracy the world has ever seen"—Ruper Darwall’s The Age of Global Warming: A History is a wonderful book, the best account of the politics of global warming to date
Kelly McParland: Ontario Liberals extend their record of claiming to know absolutely nothing about their own appalling spending
E-change: Calgary postie says end of door-to-door delivery no surprise; even Christmas volume way down
Boeing Boeing: Air Canada orders 61 Boeing 737 MAX jets; may buy 48 more
Public gets it—online responses: End of door-to-door delivery seen as inevitable, many, perhaps most Canadians don't have it now
Ottawa: Canada Post to stop door-to-door delivery, convert to community mailbox delivery; already common in suburbs and small towns; to cut up to 8,000 positions, mainly through attrition
Christina Blizzard: Taxpayers run over by Liberals' Ontario Northland boondoggle; another $B to shut down railway lifeline to North country; 14 years of 100% salary for severance to hundreds of employees
Ottawa: MPs' staff asked to sign standardized confidentiality agreements; anonymously, some balk
Power crisis: The Auditor-General put it in black and white; the Ontario Government is an energy black hole, out of control
McGill study: You are what your father eats; pre-conception diet matters for both mom and dad
Kelly McParland: So, ducks dying in the oil sands is bad, but killing eagles to advance U.S. wind energy is less bad?
Green lesson for the world: "What happened in Ontario . . . provide(s) universal lessons regarding how a simple, appealing, but unrealistic idea" can destroy an economy
Forum poll: Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's approval rating holding steady; still highest in country
Two-day work week: Justin Trudeau defends poor Commons attendance record, says he accomplishes more meeting with public; also only national party leader to skip Mandela memorial
Ontario Auditor: Nanny state school menus turn off kids, have students seeking fast food elsewhere; schools lose income
Ontario Auditor: Liberals feel heat as Ontario Power executives fired over auditor's report; CFO, Exec VP Strategic Initiatives, VP Internal Audit
Ontario Auditor: Five highlights from A-G's scathing report on Liberal incompetence
Undergoing psychiatric assessment: Pot-smoking Mountie stun-gunned, charged with assaulting another officer
Ontario Auditor: "More than 50% of OPG staff, including senior staff with access to confidential nuclear information, had never obtained required security clearances or had expired clearances; Numerous staff with family members working at OPG were not hired through the normal recruitment process"
Ontario Auditor: "Maintenance, janitorial and custodial services staffed 170% above industry benchmark in 2013; meanwhile, some operational functions were understaffed, including nuclear plant operations"
Ontario Auditor: Top-heavy OPG wastes money, bonus money unearned by performance, 62% of employees earn over $100,000
Manila: Justin Bieber charms the Philippines, launches worldwide aid campaign
Ontario: Criminal trial date set for Joe Fontana, London mayor and former Liberal MP accused of fraud
Christina Blizzard: Ontario Liberals play politics with lives; pay for refugee claimants health care, but won't help Ontario's Madi, hanging on for her life
Ontario power costs drive away another manufacturer: Kellogg closing London, ON plant, sending jobs to Thailand; Ontario power rates up 140% since 2007 and due to rise another 42% in next 3 years
updated ~ Despite South Africa protocol police: All in Canadian delegation able to be inside for Mandela stadium ceremony, welcomed by crowd [video]
Private Member's Bill: MPs to debate pulling pensions from MPs and Senators convicted of indictable offenses
Newfoundland and Labrador: Premier to announce financing for Muskrat Falls hydro project
Did school rules kill Ryan? After son's death, Ontario mom urging schools to let kids with asthma carry puffers; Yurek Bill would put lives first
Chantal Hébert: MIA Trudeau hasn’t seized Layton’s Quebec legacy; Léger poll shows he remains a polarizing figure in Quebec
Baird makes it formal: Canada will claim seabed around North Pole as sovereign territory; continues to work on detailed undersea mapping
More CBC non-news: Reports non-revelation that Canada and U.S. have worked together for six decades on intelligence activities for their mutual defence; no doubt their next report will tell us NORAD tracks Santa Claus
CBC puffs up derailment story: Eight-year-old non-story about unreported CN derailments centres around claims by former TSB employee, mostly minor derailments in company railyards during shunts
Leamington suffers new blow: Ontario agriculture leader shot dead by Brazilian bandits in attempted car-jacking during business trip
Global warming? Ha! It's the 5th day of summer in Australia and the snow keeps coming down; will they have a white Christmas?
Huge Canadian delegation on way to South Africa: Trudeau only national leader not on Harper plane to Mandela funeral; Martin and Turner only ex-PMs not attending
Boat anchor backer? Liberal leadweight Smitherman backs Chow for Mayor; Ford smiles at Chow challenge
Olivia Chow parties at public trough: Invisible MP in Ottawa uses federal funds to promote her candidacy for Toronto Mayor; known for living in rent-assisted housing when served as Councillor; known to love public 'gravy train'
Christie Blatchford: Nigel Wright looks like a heroic figure as more of the Senate mess becomes public
Mad as hell and not going to take it anymore: Skyrocketing hydro bills bring protesters to Minister Chiarelli's office
Ontario energy nadir? Chiarelli opens mouth and inserts foot
Mandela memorial: PM Harper to be accompanied by former PMs Mulroney, Campbell and Chretien
Bali: WTO reaches its first-ever trade deal; could add $1 trillion to global economy
Canada-Vietnam dairy cow deal: Vietnam dairy plant will acquire 10,000 Canadian dairy cattle in 2014
Guardian: Wind turbines trash the landscape for the benefit of billionaires
Mayor fights back: Conrad Black interviews Rob Ford, says he might endorse him
Fall-out from electing unqualified youngsters not from the area: NDP shows they can dish it out but can't take it as Quebec Senator stands up for constituents; 23-yr-old Ontario-born MP described by voters as "useless and powerless to address their concerns"
Followed by Berlin, NYC, Dallas, Paris, Chicago and London: Toronto most youthful city in the world, global index says
Crux of the Matter: The problem of the “Lucy” welfare-for-life entitled mindset
Times they a-changed: Bob Dylan’s guitar from seminal moment when he ‘went electric’ onstage in 1965 sells for nearly $1M
Twitter breakthrough: To be available on mobile phones without Internet
PBO makes it up: Flaherty says EI funds won't be used to create budget surplus in 2015-16
Fleet renewal: Air Canada appears close to buying up to 60 jets; Airbus and Boeing competing hard for the business
Northern growth: Yukon Premier pushes for new hydro dam, federal help
Canada: Labour productivity edges up in third quarter
updated ~ Job growth doubles expectations: Canada adds 21,600 jobs in November, unemployment rate unchanged at 6.9%
Canadian role: How Brian Mulroney spearheaded the push to end apartheid
Nelson Mandela: From a young man in Pretoria to the last photo taken: The long walk to freedom in pictures
Kelly McParland: Nelson Mandela's achievements in stark contrast to South Africa's neighbours
Standing up for the North: Minister Leona Aglukkaq's support for Northern way of life attacked by NDP fishing for votes in South
David Frum: In praise of the Prime Ministerial ‘control freak’
"Robust and durable": Microsoft 'disrupts' ZeroAccess, one of the world's largest botnets
WTO: Global trade deal seen 'very close' after hiccups
Nelson Mandela: Inspired by Canadian approaches and support
Ottawa: Report that Harper is preparing to announce his resignation 'absolutely false': spokesman
Nelson Mandela: Special retrospective
Toronto: Group wants Toronto ID cards so illegal immigrants have full access to all city resources; others say give them full access to deportation
Consolidation: Sun Media sells 74 community newspapers in Quebec to rival Continental as print advertising under continuing digital siege
Ottawa: Mulcair throws stones, lives in glass house
Surplus sooner than forecasts: PBO says Canada getting closer faster to end of deficits; says Flaherty being conservative
London: Audit finds Mayor Fontana and friends pocketed $8M from charity
Ezra Levant: A tale of two mayors; why doesn't the media care about London Liberal Mayor Joe Fontana and theft charges he faces? [video]
Ontario spending out of control: Tim Hudak targets ‘giveaways to government workers’
Vancouver: 'Unlimited liability' among 45 recommendations from expert panel on how to improve Canada's preparedness for oil spills from tankers and barges
Ottawa: Canada posts first trade surplus in 22 months as imports & exports both dip
Ottawa: Bank of Canada keeps interest rate at 1%
Toronto: Mayor Rob Ford joining Washington, D.C. sports radio station
Montreal: Iraqi Airways signs firm order for five Bombardier CSeries aircraft
Ottawa: Senate plans comprehensive review of CBC’s role in Canadian society (and how it spends billions in subsidies); Liberal Chair pre-determines what it can't find
Kelly McParland: Toronto unleashes a Fordenstein monster by enabling him to campaign full-time and point out all their tax and spending profligacy
Ottawa: ‘Supporting documents’ for CBC’s bombshell NSA scoop don’t support the story much, if at all; there is no proof of "widespread surveillance"; the CBC story was written from a political standpoint, not journalistic
$50 million jackpot: Ontario lottery officials able to ID winner via security video, credit card receipts, time stamps, despite ticket loss; OLG showed up and told Hamilton woman she won
Toronto: RCMP searching for masterminds of allegedly wide-ranging, global fraud scheme
Billion dollar bungler: Ontario Premier Wynne gas-grilled again; plays Sgt. Schultz again
Crux of the Matter: How the media use pollsters as propagandists for Canada’s Liberals
Bakken oil different: The deadly secret behind the Lac-Mégantic inferno
Globe and Mail editorial: Ontario’s low-voltage electricity policy; "The first rule of political holes: if you get into one, stop digging"
Parker Gallant: Ontario lost $1.2B this year exporting power; only the most incompetent could foul up so badly
They get it: Quebec's major power consumers say "non" to needless wind costs
Ezra Levant: What’s an ITO? It stands for Information to Obtain, but could also be Intended for Tories Only
More bad news: Ontario electricity bills could jump more than 30% cent in next 3 years
Basel III: EU banks shrink assets by $1.1T as capital ratios rise
Big plans: Packard-plant buyer predicts rebirth for symbol of Detroit decay; will clean up 40-acre site and put to multiple uses
Extortion? Snowden would help Brazil, but only if given asylum; would tell them what's in stolen documents about them
London: GlaxoSmithKline to change the way it promotes drugs
Los Angeles: Police chase policies questioned after string of deaths
Tokyo: Japan to bolster military, boost Asia ties to counter China
Seoul: GM to cut South Korean jobs as Chevy pullout looms in Europe
Patrick Coffee: Celebrity endorsements are basically worthless
Lebanon: Car bomb strikes Hezbollah stronghold in east, casualties
Mathew Ingram: John Paton says what most media CEOs won’t about paywalls — they are a short-term tactic at best
Denver Post: As NORAD Tracks Santa, critics track NORAD
South Sudan: Curfew imposed after attempted coup
Judge rules: NSA collection of phone records is likely unconstitutional; preliminary injunction granted that temporarily blocks the controversial program, but judge stayed his ruling pending a government appeal in recognition of the "significant national security interests at stake in this case and the novelty of the constitutional issues"
Mark Landsbaum: Climate alarmists' search for proof going cold
Said was spook, no one checked: Climate change expert defrauded EPA out of over $900K by claiming he was an undercover CIA agent for 13 years; did no work, vacationed on EPA tab
Germany yule match: Father Christmas wants help from UNESCO to fend off Santa Claus threat
Fervent Islamist: Notorious Russian terrorist could target Westerners at Sochi Olympics says report
Showdown: Ex-Scientology leader sues Church for harassment
AP-Gfk poll: Obamacare seen as eroding coverage; 69% say their premiums will be going up, while 59% say annual deductibles or copayments are increasing
Syria: Aleppo airstrike death toll rises to 76
Texas: George P. takes baby steps away from Bush name
South Sudan: Foreign Minister says disgruntled soldiers, politicians attempted to overthrow government overnight
Brian's back! Seth MacFarlane reveals he killed Brian Griffin to teach Family Guy fans a lesson; "Never take those you love for granted, for they can be gone in a flash"
Haaretz: Israeli army shoots two Lebanese soldiers on border; 'Missing' Lebanese soldier surfaces after Israeli killed on border
Russia: Sochi Olympics torchbearer dies in latest mishap; a previous bearer had his jacket catch fire
Reuters: Heavy gunfire, blasts heard in South Sudan capital of Juba
Tom Laughlin: Dead at 82; filmmaker drew huge following for 'Billy Jack', changed Hollywood marketing
Detroit: Paving over 'paradise': The story of I-375 and the warmly remembered but decrepit neighbourhoods lost
'Supported' husband's execution: Kim Jong-un's aunt Kim Kyong-hui survives purge
Jerusalem Post: 'Rogue' Lebanese sniper kills Israeli soldier near border
Philippines: Manila bus crash leaves at least 21 dead
Peter O'Toole: Tributes pour in for 'a giant of film and theatre'
Peter O'Toole: Lawrence of Arabia star, dead at 81
How the West was lost by the selfie president: the infamous “look at me” moment "confirms we have unserious leaders in a dangerously serious time ... they will never be confused with FDR and Churchill"
'MI6 spy' captured by Iran: Iranian authorities say they have arrested an individual who has confessed to working for British intelligence
Yemen: Japanese diplomat stabbed in kidnap bid
Ego, identity and retribution: Colorado school gunman made threat against librarian/teacher in September, say authorities
More White House lies uncovered: Officials delayed enacting regulations on the environment, worker safety and health care ahead of 2012 election to avoid controversy; denied it for many months
CBS: Nearly 15,000 Obamacare sign-ups didn't reach insurers
On-site Deputy made the difference: Despite being having shotgun, multiple rounds of ammunition strapped across his body, a machete and a backpack filled with three Molotov cocktails, cowardly student knew Deputy would be coming after him, and committed suicide after shooting one student and exploding only one Molotov cocktail
Australia: Ford, GM pull out — the end of an auto industry?
Colorado HS shooter: Student who sought revenge on teacher for being bumped off debate team was political left-winger with "closed mind", mocked Republicans on his Facebook page
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Shooter Pierson: Was he so absorbed in Democrat talking points that all perspective was lost?
Jack Kelly: Talk of who will take the White House starts three years early
Pat Buchanan: Reagan was right on South Africa
More secrets: By cracking cellphone code, NSA has capacity for decoding private conversations
Charles Krauthammer: Obama the oblivious; This blinding revelation of the ponderous incompetence of bureaucratic government came just a few weeks after Obama confessed that "what we’re also discovering is that insurance is complicated to buy"
Russia: Greenpeace activists on bail must stay in country over Christmas, court rules
NY Times: New 'Los Angeles Register' conservative newspaper will focus on "hyper-local reporting", has hired hundreds of reporters; competitors openly mock, not unexpectedly
Central African Republic: Thousands seek refuge with French troops as mainly Muslim rebels clash with Christian militias
South Pole: Prince Harry and 'Walking with the Wounded' team arrive at bottom of world; 12 injured servicemen and women from UK, U.S., Australia and Canada made the 200-mile walk
BBC: 59 Beatles rarities being released to beat copyright laws
Kiev: Ukraine's Yanukovich to hold talks on political crisis
Why the leak? American missing in Iran worked for CIA
Tehran: Iran halts nuclear talks after U.S. blacklist move
Sad news: 40-yr-old dead fetus found within elderly Colombian woman complaining of abdominal pain
After big loss in Oklahoma: Toyota looks to settle sudden-acceleration lawsuits
Space shocker: Hubble Space Telescope sees geysers on Jupiter’s moon Europa
Snow in the manger: Wintry storm Alexa continues to batter parts of the Middle East
Fukushima: Radiation alerts hit U.S. cities, coast-to-coast
Kiev: EU promises more aid for Ukraine if it will sign trade and co-operation deal
Yemen: Reported drone strike kills 15 civilians on way to wedding
Sunni vs Shiite: Sectarian clashes kill at least 40 in Yemen
It's a Wonderful Life: Is Bedford Falls located in northern New York State, disguised as Seneca Falls? Frank Capra visited before making the movie; residents are convinced, and host annual festival
Mandela memorial: Despite insensitive media mockery, interpreter not a 'fake', may have suffered schizophrenic episode; says heard voices in his head: "I was alone in a very dangerous situation. I tried to control myself"
Bangkok: Thai protesters cut off power to PM's offices
Courses packed: Aviation schools prepare for boom in drone jobs
Rapid adaptability: Diet changes gut bacteria within a day, Harvard study finds
Wall Street Journal: Pulling back the shameful curtains on when the U.S. lobotomized 2,000 WWII veterans
MLB wussification? Baseball to ban plate collisions; Pete Rose appalled
Fraud patrol: 5th Obamacare Navigator fired after James O'Keefe video ambush [video]
State exchanges deserted: Oregon signs up just 44 people for Obamacare despite spending $300M; fiasco is multi-dimensional
Ukraine protests: Bishops lead protesters in morning prayer after night of police action in Kiev
TIME Person of the Year: Pope Francis, The People’s Pope
WestJet Christmas video goes viral: Try to watch without tears; seasonal marketing equivalent of a home run [video]
Auto-magic? The tangled web of ownership, engines, chassis and philosophies among world's 24 major carmakers
Bipartisan: GOP, Obama line up behind modest budget deal
Kiev protests: Police use chainsaws on barricades; unexpected scenes only hours after President Yanukovych pledged restraint to EU foreign policy chief
Mandela: Behind eulogies, U.S. deeply conflicted
But Obama silent: Ukrainian government's newest problem — George Clooney: Star releases video backing protestors amid crackdown
Cookie Monster: NSA uses Google cookies to pinpoint targets for hacking
Florida: Former Megachurch Pastor, 36, dead after suicide; served on Obama advisory council
Uruguay: Legalizes pot, recasting drug war; Senate vote gives government monopoly over pot sales and distribution
Detroit: Five career tips from GM's new CEO, Mary Barra, the first woman to take the reins of a global automaker
Colorado case: New York appeals court rules reporter doesn't have to reveal sources on theatre massacre
Brasilia: China-Brazil satellite launch fails, likely fell back to Earth
Thailand: Tearful Thai PM won't resign, urges protesters to take part in February 2nd election; demands protesters clear streets
Obamacare: Provisions could force thousands of volunteer fire departments to shut down
South Carolina: Will vote in January on bill to end Obamacare in the state
Self-serving hypocrisy: Biggest private data collectors call on government to stop collecting data; Facebook, AOL, Apple, Google
Bye bye RIA Novosti: Putin dissolves state news agency, tightens grip on Russia media
Hopper doodle: Google honours Grace Hopper, the computer pioneer who taught computers to use words; she was the mother of COBOL, and found the first computer bug, a moth; Hopper retired from the U.S. Navy at age 79 as a Rear Admiral, one of the single most influential people in the first 40 years of computers
Winter: Big storm dumps snow, freezing rain on East Coast, travel dicey for millions
Wire service spins for Obama: AP demonizes American Dream success stories; says their wisdom and fiscal self-discipline risk to socialism
North Korea: Purge sends chilling message to comfy elite
Germany: Trade surplus declines in October
Deal 'to save' Dead Sea: Israel, Jordan, Palestinians to sign historic Red Sea-Dead Sea agreement
Foreign workers: Rare riot shocks Singapore
Official Party line: North Korea purged Kim Jong Un's influential uncle over "depraved life" of corruption, drugs
Obamacare "sub-prime" scandal: Two-tier government "care" forces insurance buyers to accept sub-prime cancer hospitals
Thailand: Thai PM dissolves Parliament, calling snap elections
Australia: Hockey says carbon tax has to go to save Holden; GM will pull plug without government action
Golden year: Olympic gold medal won by Jesse Owens in 1936 sells for record $1.4M; bought by co-owner of NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins
Farmers in the crosshairs: With backing from Silicon Valley investors, food-tech start-ups aim to replace eggs and chicken
Brain food: Mediterranean diet, not drugs, key to dementia fight, say doctors
Ukraine: Lenin statue toppled in Kiev protest
High-stakes chess: South Korea expands air defence zone after Chinese overlaps their airspace
Trailblazer: Obama has shown how a future GOP president can gut Obamacare
Charles Krauthammer: Obama acts like he wandered into White House on a tour and discovered he was President [video]
Central African Republic: France, African Union send more troops as Christians and Muslims battle
More progress: Gene therapy scores big wins against blood cancers
Killer weather: Snow, ice, deep-freeze hit large swath of U.S.
Charles Krauthammer: Incompetents in the White House: woe to U.S. allies
Mexico: Draft energy reform spans profit-sharing to licenses; Pemex loses monopoly
George F. Will: Containing Iran is the least awful choice
Jennifer Rubin: Obama's cluelessness about Obama; the curse of electing an unaccomplished president who runs as a cult figure
Syria: Iranian-made drone shot down over Aleppo by Al-Qaeda
Day of infamy: 96-year-old Pearl Harbor survivor thrives meeting visitors
Bali: U.S. Trade Rep Froman confirms WTO deal
Suppressed data damning: Windfarm noise "common and serious problem"
Bulgaria: Government votes 20% levy on wind producers, cuts subsidies; panic among formerly coddled producers
Star-crossed Carrera model: Paul Walker's family to sue Porsche over car crash death?
Power outages multiply: Icy storm slams Southwest, shuts down North Texas
Protecting Big Apple: New Mayor de Blasio makes proven hire in police commissioner Bratton who says sustaining low crime rate depends on proper policing, including active stop-and-frisk
Pinocchio White House again admits it lied: Obama lived with his Kenyan-born, illegal immigrant uncle while attending law school; it originally said there was no record of the two men ever having met; Onyango Obama has lived in U.S. for 50 years, 43 of them illegally
The Hill: Unemployment rate drop is meaningless; nation has seen a staggering drop in the labor participation rate over past five years; October hit a 35.5 year low; almost three quarters of a million fewer teens have jobs today than when Obama took office, with half a million fewer even looking for work
Finally? U.S. unemployment rate hits five-year low of 7.0%; will Fed stop the unprecedented stimulus?
Cold in deep south: Deadly ice storm in U.S. knocks out power, halts flights
Global fraud: Global-warming ‘proof’ evaporating on all fronts by all measures
Obamacare mess: 'Fixed' website still fails 10% of enrollees
Being tested for radiation exposure: 6 detained in Mexico theft of radioactive material
Obamacare mess: Lives in balance as 25% of Obamacare enrollees in first two months aren't actually enrolled due to system failures
Licence to kill: In the name of green energy, Obama sanctions the killing of an American icon — the bald eagle
Hair hair: Skin molecules that cause baldness, unwanted hair ID'd as researchers discover ways to stop both
Winter hits: Worst flooding in 60 years threatens UK, Europe
Forbes: Epic freshwater reserves discovered under ocean floor
Weak evidence: Study linking GM maize to rat tumours is retracted by the journal Food and Chemical Toxicology
Forbes: Forget the drones: Amazon's Sunday delivery is the big innovation
Central African Republic: Nearly 100 dead as armed Christians fight back
New frontier: U.S. Navy launches fold-up drone from submerged submarine; another game-changer?
BlackBerry only: President Obama says he’s not allowed an iPhone for ‘security reasons’
Hero: How a ‘tiny’ flight attendant wrestled a gun from a hijacker’s hands and helped 159 passengers escape safely
Nature: Find of 400,000 year old human DNA disrupts previous theories of human evolution; previous oldest mapped DNA was 100,000 years old
updated ~ Paul Walker autopsy: LA County Coroner says actor died from trauma and post-crash fire "within seconds"
Sacramento: Controversial bullet train project in danger after judge blocks sale of bonds
Exploring bankruptcy options: Detroit art sale could raise up to $866M, auction house says
Montana: Cold snap felt across West, Midwest; temps 40° F below normal, California citrus threatened, cold could last a week
Field poll: Support for Obama weakening among California Democrats
Reliability fail: Green energy risk to U.S. power grid [video]
Harvard Youth poll: Survey of young Americans’ attitudes toward politics and public service: 24th Edition
Sea Change: Harvard poll shows young people skeptical of Obamacare, amid Obama outreach; only 22% of young Americans -- defined in survey as between 18 and 29 years old -- plan to sign up for Obamacare
Peggy Noonan: Low-information leadership
NY Post editorial: Working website or not, Obamacare’s still a disaster; putting politics before public health was always dumb
Terrorist group supports Syria's Assad: Hezbollah commander killed at home near Beirut
Nigeria: Man survives 3 days at bottom of Atlantic, rescued after finding air pocket in tugboat; rescue video goes viral months later [video]
Rail safety: CN wants new, safer tanker car designs used by its customers who own most rolling stock
Metro-North: Sleepy engineer ‘nodded’ before crash
North Korea: Leader Kim Jong Un's powerful uncle, widely believed to be power behind the throne in secretive dynastic state, has been sacked: South Korean media
Yemen: Police and Qaeda clashes kill nine
Jack Kelly: Sack Sebelius; Her remaining in office says a lot about Obama
updated ~ Bronx: 4 dead, 63 injured in Metro-North train derailment;
speed blamed, black boxes found, operator said brakes failed: report

Cars from a Metro-North passenger train are scattered after the train derailed in the Bronx neighbourhood
of Manhattan, Sunday, December 1, 2013. Metropolitan Transportation Authority police say the train
derailed near the Spuyten Duyvil station. ~ Edwin Valero AP
North Pole? Canada to file huge Arctic seafloor claim this week

Polar bear as seen on an ice floe in Baffin Bay above the Arctic Circle from the Canadian Coast Guard
icebreaker Louis S. St. Laurent, in 2008. ~ Jonathan Hayward The Canadian Press
Zombie comet: ISON dies again
Glasgow chopper drop: Police confirm 8 dead; 14 in hospital
Glasgow: At least 3 feared dead after police helicopter stalls in mid-air,
drops out of sky into Clutha Vaults pub; witnesses say 'multiple injuries'

Scene of the police helicopter crash at the Clutha Vaults bar in Glasgow. ~ Jan Hollands PA
Lake Louise: Blunt talk welcomed as Rex Murphy praises cross-Canada pipelines as nation-building at its finest; he mocked pipeline opponents

A words-weary audience jumped to its feet with an enthusiastic ovation for broadcaster Rex Murphy
after he urged pipeline builders Friday to stop being ashamed of the multibillion-dollar projects they
are trying to build.~ Ted Rhodes Calgary Herald
ISON: Hope still for 'dead' Comet; 'something' survived

Astrophysicist Karl Battams: "This comet has confused and amazed us right from the word go..." ~ NASA
Hold the obituary: Comet ISON shows some signs of life after 'death'
ISON follow-up: Scientists' answers and questions about Sun victory

The end of ISON? As with mythological Icarus, ISON flew too close to the sun... ~ NASA
ISON: Watch on livestream - drop the drumstick, watch a real turkey
updated ~ ISON goner: Comet destroyed by close
encounter with Sun; scientists say surprised
Syria: U.S. offers plan to destroy chemical weapons at sea
ISON: Critical time for ‘comet of the century’

NASA photo taken Wednesday, November 27, 2013 shows Comet ISON, which was discovered a year ago, making its approach to sun; it will come closest to the super-hot solar surface at 1:37 p.m. EST. It may take a few hours before astronomers know if the comet survives. If it does survive, and maybe even if it doesn't, people in the Northern Hemisphere will have a good chance of seeing the comet — or its remains — in the first two weeks of December just before sunrise and after sunset. It won't be visible with the naked eye on Thursday, but NASA has a fleet of telescopes trained on ISON.
Montreal: Mystery sound may have been sonic boom from meteor
Tuesday 8pm: Loud boom felt west of Montreal
updated ~ Thanksgiving Blast: Freezing rain and snow causing havoc

The great Thanksgiving Week storm of 2013 continues to head northeast. This map shows what can be expected on Wednesday, November 27th. Click for up-to-date information and travel safely. ~ NOAA
Pulitzer: Photographer Bob Jackson recalls his Oswald moment

This image and this moment in time for millions of TV viewers is seared into memory. Photog Bob Jackson
explains what led to pressing the shutter at that moment, and his Eureka in the darkroom when he saw the
developed negative. He won the Pulitzer Prize for this picture. Above is the full-frame shot that he printed
in the Dallas Times-Herald darkroom along with the original editing marks by the lay-out editors.
Thanksgiving Day: Comet ISON, if it survives trip around sun, could bring spectacular sky show; its tail may get ripped off by cloud of solar particles, or it may be completely destroyed by sun’s brutal radiation & pressure
Thanksgiving: East Coast winter storm to snarl holiday travel

It's going to be a cold — and white Thanksgiving Week.
Netanyahu calls Iran nuclear deal 'historic mistake'
jitters felt throughout Middle East over Iran's acceptance on global stage;
Netanyahu said world had become a "more dangerous place" as a result;
reiterated Israel "has right and duty to defend itself by itself"
Iran Deal: Not as bad as it could be, but still bad
Washington: Obama calls Iran deal a "first step"; bipartisan group of
Senators describe threat not as Iran having nuclear bomb, but having
capability to produce one; the group said they would seek "to pass
bipartisan Iran sanctions legislation as soon as possible"
Jerusalem: Israel minister: Iran deal based on 'deceit'
AP source: Nuclear deal does not include
recognition of Iran's right to enrich uranium
Geneva: French & Iranian Foreign Ministers say have Iran nuclear deal
Time and place: Dallas ceremony marks
JFK assassination: Millions share the moment




A cold day in Dallas: In the first-ever Dallas commemoration of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy 50 years ago today a huge crowd stood in the rain and cold (mid-30s) as [top] Main Street through Dealey Plaza was closed and became the focus of ceremonies. [second] The speech JFK was to deliver that day was read to the crowd, and the final paragraph is now captured for posterity on a new monument unveiled today. [third] As the ceremonies ended, the Dallas Metro Police Pipes and Drums marched up Elm Street over the pavement where the bullets killed the President. [bottom] Dealey Plaza empties after the ceremonies as attendees walk past the infamous setting with the former Texas School Book Depository looming. ~ CBS
Legacy: Remembering JFK in Dallas, Boston, and around the world
Dallas News Editorial: November 22, 1963,
a date Dallas will never truly get beyond

Like yesterday, in vibrant colour, the Lincoln limousine, President Kennedy's self-confident,
inspiring smile, Jacqueline Kennedy's pink outfit and poise, the happy Dallas crowds.
The historic moments: An interactive timeline and database of events

50 years later everybody of school age and above remembers how they first heard and where they were...
This is true not only for Americans, but also for Canadians, Mexicans, people across Europe and in many other countries worldwide who relied upon the U.S. during the white-knuckle years of the Cold War and had followed the life of President Kennedy in the television age like none had been followed before.
JFK50: The assassination that stirred the turbulent, eventful 1960s

First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy cradles the president, who slumped forward after the first bullets hit him.
"I remember falling on him and saying ... 'Oh my God, they shot my husband,'" she said. ~ AP

The man who told the world: CBS newsman Walter Cronkite: "From Dallas, Texas, the flash
—apparently official—President Kennedy died at 1 p.m. (CST), 2:00 Eastern Standard Time,
some 38 minutes ago." His emotional confirmation of Kennedy's death has become
an unforgettable TV image. ~ CBS

At 2:38 p.m., Lyndon Johnson, with Jacqueline Kennedy at his side, is sworn in as president by U.S.
Judge Sarah Hughes on Air Force One. Earlier, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy told
Johnson he should take the oath there before leaving for Washington.
Detroit Free Press: Memories of November 22, 1963; limo in Dearborn
April: Earth 'dodged a bullet' when 'monster' cosmic blast zipped by
Parks Canada unleashes Google Street View in parks and historic sites

Two Jack Lake in Banff National Park in the province of Alberta is one Canada's gems now viewable online.
Others include Ontario's Rideau Canal and the Halifax Citadel national historic sites, Green Gables Heritage
Place and Emerald Lake in Yoho National Park, and the 300-year-old Fortress of Louisbourg in Nova Scotia.
Dallas: Stolley, LIFE Magazine and the JFK Zapruder film [video]

Former LIFE magazine reporter Richard 'Dick' Stolley talks about how he heard about and acquired the Abraham Zapruder home movie that shows the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dealey Plaza, Dallas. ~ Zapruder
Fan favourite: Mayor Rob Ford mobbed by fans at CFL East Final

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford poses for photos with fans as he attends the Toronto Argonauts and
Hamilton Tiger-Cats CFL Eastern Conference final game in Toronto on Sunday,
Nov. 17, 2013. ~ Nathan Denette The Canadian Press
Polar brother: Live Reality TV in which you can see teeth sink into...fur



Churchill, Manitoba: Hundreds of polar bears are gathering along Hudson Bay to await freeze-up,
and the polar bear cams are back to capture all their live action. In the first few days the cameras
have captured a number of bears napping, wrestling and lumbering along the water’s edge. The
cameras will be operating for about another month, while 200 to 300 bears migrate through the
area – about 1,500 km north of Winnipeg – waiting for the big saltwater bay to freeze.
Australia: Eagle steals crocodile-monitoring camera, hauls it hundreds of kilometres, shoots selfie [video]
Kevin Donovan: ORNGE paid Mazza $9.3M over six years; much more than the public previously knew
Weather mild for location: Injured helicopter crew stranded in Antarctica after emergency landing
London: Britain unveils shake-up of levies on energy bills as 'green' policies hike power costs
Ottawa: Prime Minister Harper to visit Israel, Jordan and the West Bank in 2014
Jerusalem Post: "Israel will always have Canada", Harper lauded by Netanyahu, performs at huge Toronto Jewish fundraiser; received award; announces 2014 trip to Israel
Stay classy, Winnipeg: Ron Burgundy sits in as curling analyst/announcer at Canadian Olympic trials on TSN [video]
Burlington: Ontario man charged with trying to send classified RCN ship info to China
Montreal: Champlain Bridge replacement to be built 3 years earlier, by 2018; design competition cancelled to get project underway sooner
Honduras: Conservative won Presidential vote by 8-point margin over Leftist
Spiegel: German Eurocopter deal examined by federal auditors
Ottawa: Sale of Domtar river properties expected within days, opening door to development
Ontario: Police detonate suspected pipe bomb in Lindsay
Notre-Dame: Four teenagers killed after crashing on highway in eastern New Brunswick
5 arrested: Anti-shale gas protest closes Highway 11 in New Brunswick for hours
Ontario: Great Lakes levels rise dramatically in 12 months; Superior, Erie and Ontario at about normal levels, Huron and Michigan still low
Online: University of Pittsburgh researchers digitize and publish a century's worth of weekly data on contagious diseases
Kamloops: Eight native bands to share $7M in copper mine deal
Ottawa: Canada to join U.S. safety crackdown on oil shipments
Toronto: Former Leafs captain Rick Vaive wants his name removed from NHL concussions lawsuit
Leamington: Hudak promises to make Ontario a job welcoming province again
Toronto: Are U.S. prices better? Comparing Black Friday deals on both sides of the border; Canada gets more shopping time as turkey eaten last month; price gap not what it was
Ottawa: Canadian loonie advances on surprisingly strong GDP numbers
Ottawa: Canada’s economy grows at fastest pace in two years
Ottawa: Alberta flood relief bill boosts federal deficit to $3.8B in September
Toronto: Jewish National Fund to honour Stephen Harper for 'outstanding support' of Israel at 65th annual Negev Dinner
Quebec: PQ miss budget by $$ billions; opposition parties say will vote against next budget, triggering Spring election
Ukraine: EU openly blames Russia for failure to get landmark deal
Hubert Lacroix: Creative partnerships are CBC’s new norm; doing TV differently
Ottawa: Canadian economic growth rate rises to 2.7% in Q3; beats estimates
Toronto: Mayor Rob Ford taking his 'Ford Nation' TV program to YouTube channel; will launch before Christmas
Ontario: Energy Minister blames the victims: says rising power bills are consumer responsibility
Canada: Trio of suicides by soldiers leaves military, minister reeling
London: Federal Government sells Canadian High Commission building in London for $530M
Canada: Information Commissioner embraces dark ages, favours ban of government use of instant messages, other modern technologies
U.S. study: Dementia developing at later ages; incidence rates decline among people born in first half of 20th century
Toronto: Lawyer spearheading Trump lawsuit disappears; funds missing; investigations underway by Law Society
Breakthrough: Tongue pierce lets the paralyzed drive wheelchairs
Washington: NHL concussion suit grows to 200 players
CBC: New Snowden docs show U.S. spied during G20 in Toronto; it would have been far bigger news if they hadn't
Toronto: Canadian dollar pares gains after soft U.S. economic data
Peter Kuitenbrouwer: Give the Fords some credit for encouraging innovation as Toronto libraries boom with 99th and 100th branches; world's busiest urban library system
Canada: Philippines typhoon relief matching donation period extended to Dec. 23
Cam Cole: The looming death of TSN? Or will KHL be featured starting in 2014?
And Cherry on top? Rogers Broadcast President to meet with Don Cherry as $5.2B deal, reached quickly, raises many questions to be answered
Private by 2016: Canadian Wheat Board moves toward privatization by buying two companies with major grain-handling facilities in Western Canada, Thunder Bay and Trois-Rivieres, Quebec
Sears Canada: Laying off close to 800; re-organizes repair services and parts business
Robin Sears: Media spun by Liberals over by-elections; few national political reporters know much about 'flyover' communities like Provencher, Manitoba, so they can be fed spinners’ colourful and compelling tales with ease
TSN shut out: NHL signs $5.2B deal with Rogers Sportsnet to give them all Canadian national rights on all platforms through 2025-26 campaign, including all playoff games and the Stanley Cup Final; Rogers is sublicensing Saturday night games to CBC's Hockey Night in Canada
Ontario fails to read Constitution: Province says 'surprised' by Harper's Ring of Fire comments; even though mining is under provincial jurisdiction
TSN loser? NHL closing in on deal with CBC, Sportsnet
update - By-election night: Conservatives keep two Conservative seats; Liberals keep two Liberal seats, only quirk is Dinsdale name recognition in Brandon; no apparent protest vote
By-elections between the numbers: Chance for Opposition to make their mark shows they could generate little enthusiasm; three of four electoral districts have turn-out around 20%, while fourth is about 35%
Election night: Elections Canada link for today's 4 by-elections in Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba
Toronto: Ex-Leafs Gary Leeman, Rick Vaive among 10 NHLers launching concussion lawsuit; suit similar to NFL case claims league concealed risk
Ford-led: Toronto named 'Youthful City of the Year', edging out Berlin and New York
Calgary: Council debates cancelling $52M tax hike which would create rebate; gravy train councillors want to spend on pet projects
End 'tax and spend': 69% of Toronto residents want end to Toronto Land Transfer Tax, up four points from May 2013; tax grab really hurts first-time home buyers
Gravy train returns in Toronto after Ford ousting: Toronto unveils budget that would hike property taxes 2.5% as gravy re-appears with watchdog Ford in doghouse
Stay classy Winnipeg: 'Ron Burgundy' to help cover "Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings" curling competition on TSN
Buried: Parts of southern Ontario between Detroit and Toronto digging out from under 70 cm of snow, with another major storm on the way
Ban wrong but WTO allowing anyway: Canada to appeal ridiculous WTO ruling on EU seal ban
Toronto: BlackBerry CFO to be replaced; two other executives leaving
Baird "deeply skeptical": Canada to enforce sanctions against Iran despite nuclear deal
Regina: Roughriders crush Tiger-Cats to win 101st Grey Cup
Put up or shut up: Finance Minister Jim Flaherty asks opposition MPs for ‘low-cost’ budget ideas to ‘grow the economy’
Ottawa: Harper didn't know staff asked Conservative Party to pay Duffy's expenses: spokesperson
Ontario: Your hydro bill this month should be a 'doozy' as once again the costs of production far outweigh export selling price for excess 'green' power
Ontario’s horse racing industry on unstable ground: How the province’s decision to cancel the slots-at-racetracks program has left thousands of people wondering what the future holds [video]
Breakthrough: Sleep therapy seen as an aid for depression
Father of Doctor Who and The Avengers: Canadian Sydney Newman talks BBC glory days in 1966 interview [video]
Mining is provincial responsibility: Solving 'Ring of Fire' mine delays up to Ontario, Harper says
Attawapiskat: Emergency evacuation underway after fire destroys homes; candle started fire
Andrew Coyne: Nigel Wright a victim of Mike Duffy 'bait and switch' ploy
New tactic: Wind company tries to end appeal by buying out appellants; others step forward to add names
World reaction: Canadians remember where they were the day JFK was assassinated
Montreal: Champlain Bridge authority plans to install 'super beam' after crack discovered; lanes closed
Forum Research poll: Toronto Mayor Rob Ford retains support; holding strong at 42%
Toronto: 'Gravy train' already rolling back into City Hall, Ford warns
Bedrock history: University of Toronto acquires General Wolfe’s letters for almost $1.5M
Toronto: Top Canadian squash player on way for training dies when bicycle hit by car
Massachusetts lawsuit: East Falmouth homeowners suing town as Wind Turbine Syndrome ruins lives; their homes are bathed in waves of infrasound pressure created by industrial-scale wind turbines
Liberal Senator: Colin Kenny faces sexual harassment complaint, has history
Tongue in cheek: Canadian PM Harper: "I've heard Mr. Ford's statements that he would like to become Prime Minister of Canada. Obviously, this is not something I'm in favour of..."
Lac-Mégantic: Federal and Quebec governments sharing $190M cost to decontaminate water and soil after train cataclysm
Represented Canada at 1948 Olympics: Beloved wrestling bad guy Maurice 'Mad Dog' Vachon dead at 84
RCMP documents: Duffy's Senate speech accusations are not borne out by the documentation says Mountie sleuth
RCMP documents: Duffy instigated fraud, drew others into murk say Mountie investigators
Beyond the schoolyard: Bell applauds federal government for legislation to help stop cyberbullying
Still too big says Govt: Bank of Canada says price gap with U.S. adjusts with currency rates, but slowly
Supported by mayors, rail industry: Railways must tell cities about dangerous cargo, effective immediately, Transport Minister Raitt orders [video]
Free trade: Canada and South Korea return to negotiation table
Jobs in the balance: Cliffs suspends Ring of Fire chromite project in northern Ontario over issues with government, natives
Christina Blizzard: Liberals squeezing life out of 'made in Ontario'
Dallas: The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation looks at '72 Hours That Changed America' - filled with iconic images, a view from the north of the event that changed the world [video]
Toronto Centre by-election: Will Freeland learn how to do politics in time to win?
Ann Arbor: Winter Classic between Red Wings, Maple Leafs sold out; 107,000 fans expected New Year's Day
Olympics: MPs told Canada's goal at Sochi is to place first overall after taking third spot in Vancouver
New Brunswick: Judge rejects application for injunction to stop shale gas testing
Toronto: Police detonate ‘incendiary device’ found in stopped car in entertainment district [video]
Harvard Crimson reveals: Harvard students can't name capital of Canada
Toronto: Ford Brothers tag team their council muggers with appearances on all U.S. and Canadian TV networks - and debut of 'Ford Nation' TV talk program on Sun News Network [video]
Toronto Council falls into electoral trap: Ford brothers game of chicken may pay off
Lawrence Solomon: Fossil fuels now beat wind and solar on environmental as well as economic grounds
Toronto: Mayor Ford challenges councillors to call an election
Canada: Pulling the plug on traditional cable and satellite TV still a slow-moving trend; only 3.5% are believed to have "cut the cord" since 2011
Ontario: Storms cause widespread power outages; more than 100,000 homes, businesses between Windsor and Kingston area without power at storm's peak
New York: 10-ton wind turbine blade breaks off and debris flies over 1,000 feet in low wind
Wisconsin: Lawsuits against industrial wind turbine developers will be facilitated by proposed legislation
Calgary: Homebuilder suing Calgary mayor for $6M for defamation
Philippines: Villagers mob U.S. aid choppers as relief effort spreads
Philippines: Toronto medic helps deliver aid to native land
Freeing trade: Harper debates 'biggest' trade deal with Mulroney watching; Harper compares Canada-EU trade agreement with FTA and NAFTA deals; tough act to follow, but there's more opportunity and 'free' in CETA
Canadian-owned Circle K scoops up another 36 stores in U.S. Couche-Tarde now owns and/or operates over 17,300 convenience stores worldwide through Circle K and other names
Saskatchewan a manufacturing tiger? The prairie province best known for endless fields of wheat is hitting record sales on the manufacturing front; sales went up 9% from August to September
Canadian manufacturing soaring: Hits nearly $50B in September; up four of last five months
Philippines: Latest travel advisory update from the Govt of Canada
Canadian star leads Grand Prix in Paris: Three-time world champ Chan's record-breaking performance puts him in command at Olympic warm-up
Toronto: Ford brothers don't miss opportunity to promote Toronto even in the middle of personal maelstrom; give signed Toronto t-shirts to visiting American media [video]
Toronto: Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti says vote to strip authority from Mayor Ford sets "horrible precedent" [video]
Toronto: Councillor Doug Ford says council can't remove mayor or his powers, only voting public can do so; councillors have created "slippery slope" [video]
Toronto: Mayor Ford hires top municipal lawyer in country after council mutinies and votes to remove his statutory authority; have they gone too far? has council put own seats at risk by going outside the law? [video]
Nunavut: Recently elected MLAs choose Peter Taptuna as next Premier; no political parties in elections for government of largest, northernmost and newest territory of Canada, covering 2,093,190 km², neighbour to Greenland
Philippines: Filipinos not waiting for aid, busy with hammers and saws re-creating homes and living space destroyed in typhoon
Vancouver: 14 hurt as 17 vehicles, including Greyhound bus, collide 90 km east of city
Revolution: McDonald's tries out burger customization after decades of no options
Germany: Free Democrat parliamentarian slams IPCC science, proposed climate policy; speech calls on colleagues to acknowledge facts on climate
Blair record not pretty: The scathing police watchdog report on G20 police conduct in 2010; mass violations of rights, excessive use of force and law-breaking by officers who were “blindly following orders”
Toronto: Rob Ford not taking council's limiting of powers lying down; did they overstep their authority? mob rule?
Christie Blatchford: Rob Ford’s downfall leaves sobering questions about Toronto police probe; have police leaks been calculated to remove mayor?
Toronto: Poll says most citizens back police chief even after questionable release of investigation documents on uncharged Ford; Blair was also given a pass by public after blowing G20 security in 2010, despite scathing report by watchdog
Gaffe watch: Justin Trudeau's latest
Toronto: Council votes to strip Ford of legal powers; Ford says will go to courts to stop illegal move
Champagne dreams: Pan Am Games organizers' posting of expenses long overdue
Whistleblowers: Robocalls witnesses named after judge lifts publication ban
Crisis: Diabetes cases hit record 382 million worldwide
France: European stocks spooked by manufacturing data
Compensation up to 2009: Bank of America to pay $404M to Freddie Mac to settle mortgage dispute
China: U.S. sends new submarine-hunting jets to Japan amid East Asia tension
Slow internet? It's either because it's 'Cyber Monday' or you're at Healthcare.gov (aka still-slow Obamacare website)
Maiduguri: 'Scores' dead after hundreds of Islamic militants in trucks and a stolen armoured personnel carrier attack Nigerian air force base, burn planes
'Faster' claimed, but still doesn't 'work' properly: Obamacare website 'fixers' claim it can handle more people now, but admit "back end" doesn't yet work despite PR claims and coming advertising blitz
Black weekend: Record crowds, but spending down
Big reveal on 60 Minutes: Delivery drones coming: Jeff Bezos promises 30-minute shipping with Amazon Prime Air -- IF you live within 10 miles of 'fulfillment centre'
John Dodson: How the U.S. gave guns to Mexican cartels
Washington: Deadline passes, but Obamacare Web site still full of glitches
Valencia: Speed a factor in Paul Walker death crash: police
New York: Baby not covered under Obamacare family plan
Anchorage: Plane crashes in western Alaska, killing 4 passengers, including infant
California: Fast and Furious star killed in car crash; was passenger
The other America: "Taxpayers are the fools... working is stupid"
Kiev: Ukraine riot police break up pro-Europe protests
Nanjing: Communist China restores Chiang Kai-shek's house, and image
Charles Krauthammer: An outbreak of lawlessness
Jack Kelly: Democrats herding the 'sheeple' — sheep to be sheared, cows to be milked, suckers to be swindled
David Shribman: Obama in retreat
Moonage daydream? Japanese company proposes turning moon into solar power producer for Earth
USA: Secret tipper leaving behind thousands for wait staff
Charles Krauthammer: Death of Obamacare will be at hands of Democrats trying to save their skins in 2014 mid-terms; demise won't be held against Republicans [video]
East China Sea: China flies fighter jets into disputed air defence zone; Japan remains defiant
Passing on wind subsidies? U.S. may be ending billions flowing to wind producers
Holland: Google 'spins invisible web' with user data, watchdog says; Web giant's practice of combining user data from its different services violates data protection law
East China Sea: U.S. cautions airlines crossing China's newly declared air defence zone; commercial flights advised to take safety measures as China-Japan row persists
Quinnipiac poll: Obama hits historic low in bellwether Ohio
Obamacare turkey: Ten talking points to ruin your Thanksgiving meal
Times of Israel: U.S. now indicates Iran interim deal wasn’t quite finalized; just a pre-Thanksgiving diversionary tactic?
Obamacare: New delay, this one for 12 months, as failures and excuses mount
Dana Milbank: Obama’s photo policy smacks of propaganda; Tass, DC-style
Sao Paulo: Two die in Brazil World Cup stadium accident
Charles Krauthammer: ‘Sucker’s deal’ - "precisely at the point of maximum leverage, President Obama is offering relief in a deal that is absurdly asymmetric: The West weakens sanctions in exchange for cosmetic changes that do absolutely nothing to weaken Iran’s nuclear infrastructure"
Ohio: Hundreds remain evacuated after railcar derailment causes flammable liquid leak
George F. Will: How a Presidency unravels; "Obama is like someone who burns down your house. Then shows up with an empty water bucket. Then lectures you about how defective the house was."
Attention travellers: TSA is no match for mad scientist and his gun made with junk from airport stores
Maryland: Man on fire enters Ocean City church, sparking blaze that killed rector
Panama prosecutor reverses story: None of crew of seized on North Korean ship has been freed
Panama City: Panama to liberate North Korean ship, most of crew; ship was seized for carrying hidden arms from Cuba
Geneva: Talks on global free-trade deal collapse
Check your bookshelf: First book printed in North America —in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1640— sells for record $14.2M
German coalition: : Merkel's party reaches deal with SPD
Iran: White House lying about details of nuke deal; Iranian officials say fact sheet ‘invalid’, being used to mislead American public
Backs Japan: U.S. defies China with B-52 flight over disputed islands
"It's kind of like Jimmy Carter all over again" Former hostages react to Iran's nuclear deal
Low ratings, slur suspension, diva behaviour: Alec Baldwin fired from MSNBC
Maoist collective at centre of UK 'slavery' scandal: Member of Maoist group died in mysterious circumstances after falling out of a bathroom window on Christmas Eve
Pakistan: "56 women killed in 2013 for giving birth to girls" - Rehman
Unlike every other website ever built: White House doesn't want big traffic next week; afraid of more crashes; Obamacare promoters should 'cool it'
Newtown: Sandy Hook report answers some questions, but many still a mystery; Adam Lanza 'had a fascination with mass shootings and firearms,' but displayed no 'aggressive or threatening tendencies'
They shoot horses, don't they? Canadian author Yann Martel's Oscar-winning 'Life of Pi' nearly drowned its star tiger; American Humane Association comes under fire for cover-ups of animal deaths in movies
Online petition: 'Family Guy' fans not happy with Brian's death
Premature release? U.S. unfreezes $8B in Iranian assets; Iranian officials praise ‘new path towards Iran’
Afghanistan: Adulterers may be stoned under new Afghan law, official says
Toronto Maple Leafs tops: Forbes names the NHL's most valuable teams
New York City: Approaching Nor’Easter threatens holiday travel, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade; heavy rain, gusty winds expected to roll in late Tuesday
Cairo: Egypt's president bans large protests
COP 19: The Left walks out on the climate talks
Iran deal: Bad and morally indefensible
U.S. loses $139M in loan guarantees: Fisker hybrid auto-maker goes bankrupt, sells assets off-shore
Ohio: 5 'Occupy Cleveland' activists who plotted to blow up busy highway bridge over Cuyahoga Valley National Park sentenced to a total of 45.25 years in prison; sentences range from to 11.5 years
Couple released on bail: Police begin house-to-house inquiries in alleged slavery case
Cult 'brainwashing' blamed: Collective 'slaves' were not physically restrained
Not a simple case: London 'slaves' had been in political collective with captors, police say; first met male suspect through shared political ideology
Riga: Latvian president calls store collapse that killed 54 "murder"; toll may go higher, at least 7 presumed trapped under rubble; death toll includes 3 rescue workers
Syria: Activists say government warplanes kill 44 in north
Chicago: The largest Kennedy artifact collection in the world; from the 'Queen Mary 2' 1956 Caddy used by the Secret Service to Jackie's clothes, Oswald's mail, and the ambulance that tried to save him, Jack Ruby's shoes, and even a piece of fence from the grassy knoll [video]
WGN: Chicagoans share memories of JFK’s assassination [video]
Dallas: Gov. Connally's son recalls day of dad, JFK's shooting
CBS replay: The still-stunning TV coverage by CBS News from November 22, 1963 makes for riveting viewing, complete with video glitches and inspired man-on-the-street interviews
CBS - Bob Schieffer: Parkland doctor who treated the President believes JFK's back brace cost him his life; held him upright as a target for kill shot
CBS replay: Walter Cronkite announces the death of JFK to a stunned nation; this made the nightmare official
Spurns Obama: California won't extend health plans terminated by Obamacare
Dallas: Watch home movie newly available today that was shot 50 years ago by 12-year-old minutes before JFK assassination; now a retired Methodist Minister he wants to share it beyond his family
CBS: Dallas remembers JFK at downtown event
Dallas: Crews rush to ready Dealey Plaza for 50th-anniversary commemoration
Obamacare cover-up: CNN finds documents that reveal the only part of the website that actually worked at launch was shelved for political reasons; the govt didn't want 'anonymous shoppers' to find out how much new health plans would cost
Tokyo: Japanese affection for JFK unwavering 50 years later; new Ambassador Caroline Kennedy treated like a rock star
Ottawa: U.S. move to sell GM stake will push Canada closer to break-even on bailout investment; Canada still holds 110.1 million GM shares or about 8% of shares outstanding
Detroit: U.S. to sell last 31.1 million GM shares by year-end; $10B loss for taxpayers
updated ~ Latvia: Now 51 dead, 28 in hospital, some still trapped after Riga supermarket roof collapsed during busy shopping hours
World-scale internetjacking: How somebody forced the world’s internet traffic through Belarus and Iceland—and why
Ezra Klein: Nine reasons the filibuster change is a huge deal
Changing the rules: Reid, Democrats trigger ‘nuclear’ option; eliminate most filibusters on nominees; the wounded beast snaps
Obamacare: Top New York City hospitals, including Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, won't accept Obamacare health plans; institutionalizes two-tier medicine
Obamacare: Second wave of plan cancellations looms in 2014
JFK: J.D. Tippit's sometime partner speaks to media for first time about hearing shots and assassination aftermath, including his tackling and handcuffing of Jack Ruby
ABC News: U.S. may have let 'dozens' of terrorists into country as refugees
The killer: How and why the media served as pallbearers on November 24th; "Cochran, if we're gonna write a story about the burial of Lee Harvey Oswald, we're gonna have to bury the son of a bitch ourselves"
Pakistan: U.S. drone strike kills 8
Pinocchio: Obama was briefed last Spring on Obamacare problems
Nuts for that: Lower cancer, heart death risk
Olympics doubtful? Lindsey Vonn may be on ice for Sochi after multiple injuries including tear of her just-repaired ACL in Colorado training crash
Obamacare fails mount: None of the promises true; can't keep doctors, can't keep hospital, can't keep insurance, premiums up, deductibles up, website far from functional
CBS News poll: 84% of Democrats want Obamacare changed or repealed
CBS News poll: 61% of Americans disapprove of Obamacare; number is growing
Next Obamacare bombshell from Project Veritas: Undercover video catches 'Enroll America' Director in Texas conspiring to release private data for political uses
Obamacare: Sebelius South Beach PR visit turns into nightmare of website crashes and sad stories; brags to media that "at least two more South Floridians had successfully signed up for the program" yesterday
India: Bomb scare turns into smuggling probe
Egypt: Suicide car bomber kills 10 soldiers
Baghdad: Wave of attacks in Iraqi capital kills at least 24
AHA study: Kids are less fit than their parents were at same ages
Broad opposition: Obama plunges ahead toward Iran nuclear deal
updated ~ Mexico-bound medical flight: Learjet crashes off Florida coast, two bodies found; 2 pilots, doctor and nurse aboard
Gettysburg 150th: Missing in Action: Obama a no-show at Gettysburg Address anniversary
Tongaat: South Africa mall roof collapse traps dozens
V2V next frontier: NHTSA may mandate that new vehicles broadcast location, direction, speed, number of passengers
Worse than we thought: Chao admits that "between 30% and 70% of Obamacare’s online system has not yet been constructed or tested—they’ve had over three years"
ABC News poll: Obama hits new approval low, 70% see country on wrong path [video]
Zero Hedge: The faked October 2012 pre-election jobs report, the people who saw it then, and the media people who ran cover
Derek Burney and Fen Hampson: A weakened President’s desperate diplomacy
Lebanon: Al-Qaida affiliate Abdullah Azzam Brigades claims responsibility for deadly Beirut attack
updated ~ Charlottesville: Virginia Senator Creigh Deeds stabbed multiple times, son dead of gunshot wound; Democrat was a 2009 candidate for governor
Philadelphia: Wild high school brawl caught on video and spread on social media; described as "zoo" by school worker
Economic suicide: The volcanoes in Indonesia and Italy have pumped more CO2 into the air than decades of laws and trillions or dollars could stop, even if it mattered
Italy: 17 dead in Sardinia from rain, flash floods - State of emergency declared
Italy: Mount Aetna blows smoke rings as nature makes art
Lebanon: Twin suicide bombings outside Iranian Embassy in Beirut kill 23
Father Raymond J. de Souza: Gettysburg Address: A President’s speech, almost Biblical in scope and power
More Obama fraud: 2012 U.S. unemployment reports in weeks before election were based on falsified data on "orders from above"
Joe Bastardi: Haiyan was only the seventh strongest recorded typhoon to hit the Philippines, which has been struck 58 times by super typhoons; the strongest was in 1970
U.S. Midwest: Forecasts, warnings, church attendance spared lives from tornadoes; toll now 8 in late-season outbreak; still a low-twister year
Gallup: Majority in U.S. now say healthcare not government responsibility
Vermont: Welch calls ethanol a 'well-intentioned flop'
Tehran: Iran unveils its biggest drone yet, capable of 30-hour flight
New Hampshire Union Leader editorial: Ignorance or malice: Obamacare and NH's three Democrats
Peggy Noonan: Why we still talk about JFK
Byron York: 27 Democratic senators who promised you could keep your health coverage
Edward Luce: The Obama Presidency is not over, but it is failing
Indonesia: 2 volcanoes erupt, prompting flight warnings and evacuation preparations
Dubai: Boeing and Bombardier collaborate on a lower-cost, Challenger-based Maritime surveillance plane
Syria: Top rebel commander Abdul Qadir al-Saleh dies
Syria: 31 dead, including 4 generals, as government building near Damascus levelled by bomb, say activists
U.S. Midwest: Storms killed at least six, destroyed/damaged hundreds of houses
Michael Barone: A devastating poll on Obama—and Obamacare
Brandon: Trudeau pushes drug legalization in meeting with teenagers; tweet from newspaper editor suggested primary school students present ("audience was combined younger kids and high school"), then story changed
Crux of the matter: PCs ready to start healing Ontario as Hudak town hall tour shows in Niagara
Rex Murphy: Justin Trudeau: the featherweight of Canadian politics? just "famous-for-being-famous"? [video]
updated ~ Ontario: Child porn probe began with Toronto man, ends with 348 people arrested worldwide
Ottawa: CRTC ordered to study impacts of TV unbundling as public agrees with government to kill bundling boondoggle
Ontario: Warren Buffett buys Heinz, closes plants in Leamington, ON, Florence, SC and Pocatello, ID; 740 jobs lost at Leamington plant which processed 40% of field tomatoes grown in Ontario, was 2nd largest Heinz plant in the world
Toronto: Rob Ford names and vows to sue former staffers and waiter for libel over prostitution, drugs and other allegations in unredacted police documents released Wednesday; media feigns shock at Mayor's reaction [video]
Chantal Hébert: Justin Trudeau still making rookie mistakes; " If they had been flies on the Liberal wall in Montreal on Tuesday night, Mulcair and Harper would have liked what they saw. ...his over-scripted performance in Bourassa would have reinforced the perception that he can only avoid putting his foot in his mouth by sticking to banalities. If this were the real thing rather than a handful of byelections, the Liberals would be in trouble."
Illegal donation? NDP attacks Liberals’ Montreal by-election candidate over use of $100,000 allowance
Scott Feschuk: Justin Trudeau is un-smart like me; What if Trudeau’s China gaffe wasn’t a gaffe at all, but a genius political strategy?
Philippines: Canadian DART aid is on the ground in Iloilo staffed by 70 Canadian aid personnel and soldiers; a second C-17 full of supplies and soldiers is en route from Trenton airbase
Ontario: Bumbling Liberals blew $1.1B cancelling two gas plants, will they now blow $2B to cancel a wind farm in Lake Ontario within sight of the re-located Oakville gas plant? Read the court documents
Ottawa: Chiarelli won't budge on unilateral suspension of municipal planning control over industrial wind turbines; 'province knows best'
Crux of the matter: Conservative Gov’t of Stephen Harper responsible for Canada’s prosperity!
Ottawa: Released documents show Conservative Party co-operated with robo-call investigator
Errata: Is a college ‘dimploma’ to blame for this Globe and Mail headline?
updated ~ Toronto: Judge orders release of redacted court documents in drug case of Ford friend Lisi; wild allegations to become public
Philippines: Canada's Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) headed to city of Iloilo, so far under-served by ongoing humanitarian efforts
Toronto: Rob Ford faces his Council accusers in public, admits for first time to buying illegal drugs, wants to get on with city business
UN: Besides Typhoon Haiyan, 2013 storm season just below average worldwide; Atlantic at its quietest since 1994
Thinkers50: Canada scores at business 'Oscars'
Andrew Coyne: Justin Trudeau's gaffes reveal the gulf between his intellectual reach and grasp; "It is harder and harder to see this as a refreshing candour, or even a dangerously loose lip. Rather, we seem to be tapping directly into the workings of a cluttered and undisciplined mind."
IEA: Canada to emerge as the fourth-fastest growing oil player in the world
Terry Glavin: The government Trudeau most admires
Bjørn Lomborg: Why subsidizing renewables won’t stop global warming
DRIC: New Windsor-Detroit international bridge moving ahead on both sides of the river
Minimums got your tongue? Trudeau tweet provokes debate on mandatory minimums but not another word from liberal leader
Canada fiscal update: Federal debt-to-GDP ratio lower now than in 2005-06, on target to be 25% in 2021-2022
Fiscal update: Canada has best performance among G7 countries over recovery in both output and job creation
Typhoon relief: Canadian military advance team reaches Philippines, begins assessment
Montreal: Three children, elderly driver injured after car crashes into daycare
IEA: Americas will top Middle East in oil output over next decade, but energy demand will be driven by China and India
Ottawa: In 2006, 81.5% of Canada's exports were to U.S.; down to 74.5% in 2012 as other markets expanded
Ottawa: Government of Canada update of economic and fiscal projections
Ottawa: Former MP Ted Menzies to head CropLife Canada
Fiscal update: Canadian Finance Minister Flaherty projects $3.7B surplus in 2015-16; deficit eliminated faster than budget projected
Toronto: Bobblehead bedlam: Rob Ford dolls a hit as hundreds line up to buy
Blowin' in the Wind: Turbine install problems deepen, inspection firm reports 84% of blades inspected have defects related to manufacture, wear or transportation
Making law: Ontario Appeals Court says serious gun crimes deserve harsh sentences but rules thumbs down on mandatory minimums as 'cruel and unusual punishment'
Hydro power: Quebec and Boeing partner in innovative river turbine power project on St. Lawrence; jobs, exports and remote power all goals
Mark Bourrie: The witch of November; death on the Great Lakes
Tuesday fiscal update: Not merely balanced budget, but useful surplus for 2015?
Susan Delacourt: Trudeau's three Thursday mistakes
Mexico: Montreal Mafia figure killed in Acapulco
Toronto: Canadian tailor Garrison Bespoke makes bulletproof three-piece suit
B-24 Liberator: Worst plane crash in RCAF history frozen in time
Toronto Sun editorial: Justin talked, we listened; CBC left, covered for him
Philippines: Final storm of year could be following Typhoon Haiyan’s path
updated ~ Philippines: U.S. aircraft carrier George Washington leaving Hong Kong to provide help
Philippines: UK sending ship from Singapore, C-17 full of supplies
Philippines: Canadian Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) aboard C-17 on way to help; NOTE: these transport planes are officially designated as CC-177 Globemaster IIIs by RCAF
Ypres, Belgium: Prince Philip, 92, given soil from Flanders Fields for a memorial garden in London; the 70 bags of earth were collected by schoolchildren from the WWI battlefield
Canada: Environmental weasels trying to exploit Philippines tragedy; link typhoon to oil; ignore fact hurricanes, tornadoes at record lows
Philippines: Province of Ontario pledges $1M for Typhoon Haiyan relief
Philippines: Aid beginning to 'trickle' into hit areas: Canadian Red Cross
India: Mars mission hits a snag
Philippines: Waterloo man launches fundraiser
Unsettled science: New study: ‘...climate system is only about half as sensitive to increasing CO2 as previously believed’
Remembrance Day: Canadians pause and paying respects, from coast to coast, at cenotaphs and memorials, and battlefields from the War of 1812
Red Lake,ON: 5 dead after Bearskin Airlines plane crashes short of runway; 2 passengers survive and able to escape post-crash fire; plane was a 19-passenger Fairchild Metroliner
Canberra: Australian PM faces pressure to boycott Sri Lanka summit along with Canada and India
Check your roof: GOCE satellite missing and presumed in water or disintegrated but they don't really know
Vietnam: Weakened Typhoon Haiyan makes landfall east south-east of Hanoi
Terence Corcoran: Despite everything, Rob Ford’s fiscal record is solid
Rex Murphy: An early, bitter Christmas for the Ford-haters
Chris Vander Doelen: Tobacco smuggling crackdown means perps will face minimum sentences, including years in jail for the professionals and repeat offenders
Marois: Quebec Liberals 'completely isolated' on opposition to Values Charter
Typhoon Haiyan: Members of Canada's Filipino community come together to aid victims
Blame the whistleblower: Montreal media that revealed more Elections Canada incompetence gets the blame
Typhoon Haiyan: Statement by Canadian Prime Minister Harper as Canada pledges help to close friends in Philippines
Frontiersman: How Mike Lazaridis plans to turn Waterloo into the Silicon Valley of quantum computing
Vietnam: 600,000 people evacuated as Typhoon Haiyan nears
Power scavenger: New invention converts microwaves into electricity; offers breakthrough potential for charging batteries, remote applications
Collector's item: Toronto Mayor's office selling Rob Ford bobblehead dolls to raise money for United Way
Tiny Township: Pilot and missing Cessna thought to be at bottom of Nottawasaga Bay: police
Admiration: Human rights activists want Trudeau to apologize for China "dictatorship" comment
Forum Research poll: Rob Ford voter support holding steady at 44% despite week of unrelenting media bombardment
Chrysler: 1.2 million Ram trucks recalled after crashes, injuries
BlackBerry: Manulife Financial investing $70M
Gaffe-prone: Trudeau's 'dictatorship admiration' at sexist fundraiser keeps making waves, fits into pattern of outrageous comments
Manila: Typhoon Haiyan’s speed may have spared Philippines from worse damage
Know your storm: How a hurricane differs from a typhoon or cyclone: Mostly where they are and when they hit
Edmonton: Canadian Filipino community watching closely as super typhoon slams the Philippines
Llama follow-up: Serge the tram-riding Llama is back home in the circus after spending a night out on the town in Bordeaux, France and becoming an instant social media celebrity; the students were arrested and released without charges
Anchorboy: Former TSN anchor Jay Onrait turns attention to printed word; now big shot with Dan O'Toole in Los Angeles on Fox Sports 1 network
Air Canada: Stock jumps to 5-year high as profit exceeds estimates
Justin Trudeau: "Country he most admires" is China because he likes ability of their "dictatorship" to get things done; Justin appalls Canadians and enrages China in same answer...
Canada: Unemployment stays at 6.9%; 12 months ago it was 7.4%
Christie Blatchford: Paid-for video of inebriated Rob Ford takes Canadian journalism to new lows; Toronto Star says it paid $5,000
Toronto: Justin Trudeau hosts intimate sexist fundraiser, can't get arrested; invisible kid needs guitar and spray can
Part of the game, eh: Current and former NHL players bristle at debate over abolishing fighting
Ottawa: Wounded ex-soldiers to be first in line for federal government jobs
Flaherty: Enriching CPP benefits good idea, but only when economy stronger
Ottawa: Clement vows to ensure Senators' two suspended years don't count as pensionable time
And then the world... Iconic Tim Hortons coffee looks to expand its current presence in Canada, U.S. and Middle East—and then across the globe
Ottawa: Canada fiscal update to be delivered on Tuesday in Edmonton
Crux of the matter: Toronto media need to STOP bullying Mayor Rob Ford
Toronto: Police charge SUV driver that ran over Christopher Skinner in 2009; say more of the 6 occupants of the vehicle will be charged soon; Skinner, 27, was beaten, then run over
Ontario: Liberals in denial as they ignore $11.7B deficit and claim running "lean" operation (that regularly throws away $$ billions, of course)
Brazil: Will Justin Bieber be extradited from Paraguay? Will Canada intervene? As the Biebs turns...
Jack Mintz: Ontario’s bad tax credits
Canada: Big business and big unions no longer fund federal politics, individual party supporters do; and some people really hate that
Kathryn Marshall: Hey Justin Trudeau, we're not your ladies; anti-social insult backfires for Liberal leader
Naifs and scoundrels: D-Day veteran's message to left-wing white poppy activists [video]
Flattery: Burger King continues to copy McDonalds menu
Cereals North America: China to increase grain imports this year, but likely not corn
Trending up: Canada seen exporting more wheat to U.S. in 2013-14, also more external exports
Bunge: Record-big 17.43 million Tonnes Canada canola crop
Saskatchewan: Province repeals elected Senate law, passes motion calling for abolition
Ilinois: Storm left its marks, some unique and tell-tale

A rare view of a tornado's footprint is revealed in this aerial photograph of
Washington, Ill., the day after the EF-4 tornado. ~ Zbigniew Bzdak Chicago Tribune
Homestead: Jimmie Johnson wins 6th NASCAR Sprint Cup in last 8 years


'Six Pack' Jimmie Johnson and crew chief Chad Knaus tear up the NASCAR record book again.
Total tornado devastation: Washington, Illinois

"I went over there immediately after the tornado, walking through the neighborhoods, and
I couldn't even tell what street I was on," Washington, Illinois, Alderman Tyler Gee
told the Associated Press. ~ Twitter
Kokomo: Twister-destroyed BMO bank

BMO bank branch ripped apart by tornado in Kokomo, Indiana. ~ @KokomoPolice
Outbreak! 50 twisters sighted as of 4 p.m. - National Weather Service;
stunning video by Anthony Khoury - tornado in backyard [video]
Chicago: Tornado warnings hit new areas; Coal City whacked

City webcam shows twister touching down in Coal City, Illinois. ~ @ChuckGoudieABC7
Chicago: Bears game suspended; fans told to seek cover from storm


Soldier Field in Chicago as NFL game suspended.
Chicago: 'Very dangerous' storm puts 53+ million at risk
in U.S. Midwest and Southwestern Ontario

The twister-filled storm approaches Chicago [above].

The SW Ontario warnings from storm front [above].

Tornado tears up Peoria, Illinois. ~ Anthony Khoury Twitter
Russia: Boeing 737 crash kills 50 passengers and crew

The Tatarstan Airlines Boeing 737 crashed at the city of Kazan airport at 7:20 p.m.
local time. Reports said the plane appeared to lose altitude as it was making a second
landing attempt, crashing and catching fire. Weather in the city soon after was
reported to be light precipitation and winds of about 18 mph.
Toronto: City Council broke law by stripping Mayor of powers;
Ford lawyer may be seeking court injunction Monday
Philippines: DART blog—complex challenges await aid crews
Philippines: On the ground with Canada's DART

Two men transport livestock on a road between between Roxas and Pilar. ~ David Common CBC
Philippines: Natural disasters are common;
ways to reduce their impact aren’t

Survivors struggle in the Philippines: Destruction across chain of islands leaves authorities with a
complicated relief operation, on a scale exceeding any other in the history of the
disaster-prone nation. ~ Washington Post
Philippines: NBC's Dr. Nancy Snyderman 'in awe' of Israeli medics
Seoul: LG Electronics VIP chopper hits apartment building in fog


An LG Electronics-owned Sikorsky S-76C++ helicopter used for VIP transport crashed into a 30-storey apartment building in Seoul, Korea. ~ MBN
Philippines: Tacloban school now 'home' to 1,500 people [video]
Philippines: Stunning scenes of typhoon damage in Tacloban [video]
Slate: China ends urban one-child policy, if one parent is only child;
also, will no longer try to "re-educate" people in slave labour camps
LA Times: Batkid captured hearts of San Franciscans
Batkid: San Francisco makes 5 yr old's wish come true, city goes Batty


The 12,000 volunteers who donned superhero capes and morphed San Francisco into Gotham City can’t make sure a California boy will stay clear of leukemia for the rest of his life. But, in handing the 5-year-old the key to the city on Friday, they sure gave him every boy’s dream-come-true for a few hours and a memory for a lifetime.
November 22, 1963: Dallas' Sixth Floor Museum gives
bigger picture of JFK assassination


Left, Oswald's sniper's nest preserved in the Texas School Book Depository, the definitive museum for the dark events
of November 22, 1963. Right, President John F. Kennedy, in the Lincoln limousine in which he would die minutes later that Friday afternoon 50 years ago next week. Bottom, Oswald's view. The X marks the spot where the bullet hit.
Reuters: U.S. official in July feared Obamacare 'crash'
Quagmire: Six weeks ago Democrats loved Obamacare
and wouldn't change a word; now they get it
Washington: State Commissioner says stuck with Obamacare as-is
Philippines: Official fired for estimate of 10,000 dead from typhoon
Not that simple: Logistically impossible now for insurance companies
to suddenly let people keep plans banned by Obamacare
Mea culpa: Obama admits not "honest and trustworthy";
tries to delay some Obamacare pain until after 2014 elections
UN: 4,460 dead in Philippines, 920,000 displaced
Philippines: USS George Washington arrives; Canada's DART producing
drinking water in volume, may send fleet of Griffon helicopters via C-17
Philippines: Delivery logistics has been problem as aid flows in
Philippines: UK appeal raises £13M
Philippines: Communist rebel attack makes matters worse,
disrupts mass burial effort in typhoon-ravaged Tacloban
Philippines: Death toll numbers are difficult
and not a priority during race to save the living
Philippines situation desperate: Bodies piled in the streets
as makeshift mortuaries overrun and survivors await rush of help

Tens of thousands are in desperate need of basic shelter, food and clean water.

Debris everywhere, infrastructure non-existent near Tacloban city as survivors tip-toe through ruins.
Arms strong: Montrealer Mylène Paquette's solo row across Atlantic

Paquette, 35, becomes 1st North American woman to cross North Atlantic solo after leaving Halifax 4 months ago.
AP: Philippines death, injured, missing tolls show growing human disaster
Philippines: Desperate survivors seek to flee typhoon zone
Remembrance: Harper marks the battle at Crysler's Farm 200 years
ago today "that saved Canada" - media acts confused
Manila Times: World joins rescue efforts; 22 countries, plus European
Union and Taiwan, have pledged aid or sent relief and rescue teams
Philippines: Death from above

Striking satellite image shows perfectly formed storm. Super Typhoon Haiyan battered Philippines with ferocious
winds of up to 320 km/h (199mph). Although not the most powerful storm to have ever formed in recorded
history, it could be the strongest at the time of landfall. ~ BBC
Typhoon Haiyan: Philippines declares state of calamity
Philippines: Typhoon Haiyan: Before and after the storm

Cargo ships were pushed on land at Anibong town, near Tacloban city. ~ BBC
Remembrance: A Day for the living and the dead who gave so much
Lest We Forget







Today in Ottawa at the National War Memorial.
Philippines: Govt of Canada to match donations of individual Canadians
to registered Cdn charities in addition to $5M aid announced Saturday
Philippines: Family members head to hit areas with food, supplies, hopes
Vietnam: Typhoon Haiyan changes course, threatens north
Philippines: Horrific scene: bodies in debris, trees, water and streets;
"From shore and moving a kilometre inland, no structures standing"
Philippines: U.S. sends in Marines to help after typhoon
Philippines: Battle on to get storm aid to battered survivors
Philippines: Tacloban in ruins - utter devastation to the horizon


The death toll is mounting in the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan tore across the country on Friday. Among the worst hit areas is eastern Leyte island and the city of Tacloban where the devastation resembles the aftermath of a tsunami. ~ BBC
Philippines: 300 dead, 2,000 missing in typhoon-hit Samar Island
Philippines: Most deaths from drowning and collapsed buildings [video]
Philippines: Official estimates now say at least 10,000
died from Typhoon Haiyan in province of Leyte alone
Philippines: Tacloban, population 200,000, "in ruins" after typhoon
Vietnam next: Philippine typhoon death toll could top 1,200

A view of destroyed houses after super Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city in central Philippines
November 9, 2013. One of the strongest typhoon ever to hit land, it devastated the city of Tacloban,
killing at least 100 people, turning houses into rubble and levelling the airport in a surge of flood water
and high wind, officials said Saturday. ~ Erik De Castro Reuters
Manila: U.S. groups launch relief efforts to help Philippines storm victims
235 mph: 'Biggest storm in history?' batters the Philippines
Flag Counter
Manila: More than 100 dead after massive typhoon hits Philippines
Hubble: Spaceship, spinning asteroid or UFO?
Described by NASA as "weird and freakish", scientists offering up theories

The mysterious "rock", located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, was seen
spewing matter from its surface by the telescope on September 10. Then in a second
image taken on September 23rd, the asteroid, dubbed P/2013 P5, appeared to have
swung around significantly.
Egypt: Senior security officer in charge of monitoring Muslim Brotherhood assassinated near home
More Obamacare roadkill: D.C. insurance commissioner fired a day after questioning Obama's fix
New Zealand: Startling starling talks just like a human [video]
Russia: The Greenpeace 30 made their prison bed—let them lie in it
Changing of the guard? Gulf airlines splash out over $150B as Boeing launches new 777 mini-jumbo jet
After the lies: Obama struggles to save Obamacare; will the public choose expensive healthcare over food and shelter? will unemployment go up so people can get free healthcare?
Kathleen Parker: The sinking ship of Obamacare
Dana Milbank: Does the health-care fumble mean game over for Obama?
Obamacare: At least 60 million Americans won't be able to sign up through balky website, even when it's working properly
NY Times: Russian manhunt ends as bus bomber’s husband is killed in shoot-out
JFK: Casualty of the Cold War; Lee Harvey Oswald was a communist who idolized Castro and hated America
Reuters: FBI warns of ongoing U.S. Government breaches by Anonymous hackers
Krauthammer: The collapse of Obamacare is the turning point in the Presidency; it's become obvious to the American people that it was fraud all along
Don't believe all the typhoon talk: Only one of six world basins, the North Indian Ocean, is above normal in 2013; worldwide we're at 74% of normal, the North Atlantic is 28% of normal and the entire Southern Hemisphere is just 8% of normal Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE)
Brownstein: Obamacare's problems could haunt Democrats for years; "The last time something blew up on the runway like this. Things were literally blowing up on the runway"
But kept it quiet: U.S. offering $10M reward for Benghazi attackers
NBC: Officials scramble to import emergency meningitis vaccine, not currently licensed in U.S., to halt outbreak at New Jersey's Princeton University
Byron York: The President and his party knew full well the trade-offs they were making; they just didn't tell the rest of the country; and they lied when confronted with the truth; now they have to explain why "some of the trade-offs" of the law that favour some Americans over others weren't explained before now
Ed Rogers: For Democrats, dark days ahead; is the Obamacare “fix” part of the Obama administration’s pattern of deceit or a product of its frequent delusion?
Kimberley Strassel: The President's ObamaCare backpedal isn't a political escape hatch for beleaguered congressional Democrats
Charles Krauthammer: Why liberals are panicked about Obamacare: "For four years, this debate has been theoretical. Now it’s real. And for Democrats, it’s a disaster."
Greece: 12 dead after immigrant boat overturns
Another backdown: In a first, EPA cuts ethanol standard
updated ~ Libya slaughter: 31 dead, 235 injured in Tripoli after Misrata militiamen open fire on unarmed protesters who had politely asked them to leave capital; militiamen now holed up in their compound
Jimmie Johnson: Unchallenged in NASCAR, unappreciated in Charlotte; 5-time champ favoured to make it 6 in Sunday season finale
Obama says will veto: House of Representatives passes Upton 'fix' for Obamacare cancellations to make old policies legal again for new customers; 39 Democrats jump sinking ship to support
Journal: Modern-day pooches most closely related to European canines; domestication started more than 18,800 years ago
Bremerton: Woman leaves bomb in car at Washington state hospital—second found in her home
4 dead: Explosion of dud rounds killed Marines at Pendleton
Salon: Wakeup call for helicopter parents: Mom’s much-needed rant goes viral
Obamacare: President admits plan was to strip existing policies from users, says will make it so they can keep them one more year; uncertain what legal grounds he has for changing implementation of law; linked to 2014 elections?
India: Train hits elephant herd crossing tracks in forest; 5 adults, 2 calves dead
Man in the moon: Andy Kaufman's brother says late comedian is alive, in love and has a 24-yr-old daughter; says he faked his death in 1984 and made contact in 1999
Seattle: Boeing machinists reject contract; company says it may move 777X production line to another state; job losses to Puget Sound will have a major impact on community
UK: Sri Lanka gives Cameron a 'war crimes' warning over Commonwealth meeting which Canada, India and Mauritius are boycotting
Benghazi: Details emerge about the Americans badly injured in attack
Obamacare: Only 26,794 enrolled in first month; but that claim is also empty—it includes website visitors who put health coverage in their online "shopping cart" but didn't commit to it or pay for it; 39,000 enrollees per day are needed for the program to be successful
Philippines: Typhoons always tragic but not 'unprecedented'
Sun spots one link: Multiple lines of evidence suggest global cooling
Milan: Apple under investigation in Italy for alleged tax fraud
Egypt: 'Coup' is a betrayal of the oath Al-Sisi swore: Morsi lawyer
Bill Gates: Here’s my plan to improve our world—and how you can help
India: Official under fire after anti-rape analogy taken out of context
Study: Depression may accelerate the aging process
Fort Drum: U.S. military drone crashes into Lake Ontario
Philippines: U.S. Navy sending two more warships from Japan base
Unintended consequences: Prairies vanish in U.S. push for 'green' energy
Australia: Abbott moves to repeal carbon tax
Lotsa beans: Starbucks told to pay Mondelez $2.7B in coffee dispute
Dallas: One fired, three suspended after undercover Obamacare video reveals deceits
Chicago: TV infomercial pitchman Kevin Trudeau guilty of criminal contempt over diet book claims
Quinnipiac poll: Obama approval drops to 39%; 52% say he is "not honest and trustworthy"; only 19% say Obamacare will improve their healthcare
Walk on: Exercise boosts memory in adults 50 and older
updated ~ Egypt: State of emergency and curfew ended by court order, two days before expiration, 3 months after imposition
Obamacare: Problems deepen as union front group drops out of Navigator program
TIME: Interactive ‘comet of the century’ tracker: Where’s ISON now?
Cooling? 56% of the U.S. below normal temperature in 2013
Sought to alter story: Industry takes aim at AP ethanol investigation
AP: The secret, dirty cost of Obama's green power push
Sochi: No Tweets, Instagrams, iPhones at the Olympics, authorities declare, or accreditation pulled
Obamacare: Undercover video catches official ‘Navigators’ advising healthcare applicant to ‘lie’ about income, smoking
Atlanta angst: As MLB Braves head for new home 12 miles from Turner Field; sudden announcement catches everyone by surprise
Obamacare: Obama’s massive fraud; if he were a CEO in the private sector, he’d be prosecuted for such deception
Kerry: Iran backed out of agreed-upon nuclear deal
Saudi Arabia: Camel tests positive for MERS virus; owner also suffering from MERS; testing underway to see if identical virus infected both
New York: 4 Iranian musicians dead after murder-suicide; 3 were in band 'Yellow Dogs'
Remembrance Day: A brief history of the role of the poppy; the American and Canadian roles in its rise as an international icon
Warsaw: Polish nationalists attack Russian embassy during Independence Day march
Tehran: Iranian deputy-minister shot dead
NY Times: To grow, Twitter looks to wider web and outside developers
Michael Goodwin: New York Times’ Obama cheerleading harms the nation
MERS: Saudi Arabia death toll reaches 53
Egypt: Israel helps return artefacts stolen from antiquity museums during political upheavals
Passing the buck: Should you get refunded for bad internet service?
Court of Appeal: Brothers get green light to sue eBay over pulled sale of rare sneakers
Gallup reveals: Democrats face numbers crunch as only 22% of uninsured plan to buy Obamacare while 88% were happy before
USS Gerald R. Ford has a better idea: First U.S. carrier redesign in 40 years sets a new standard; will carry manned and unmanned fighters, deploy lasers
Iran: No nuclear deal: 'Some differences' remain after France objects to terms
Retail: Black Friday gobbles up Thanksgiving - and grows into a 2-month season
Philippines: Telecommunications devastated but gradually being restored as mobile cell hubs moved in
Argentina: Kirchner cleared by doctors post-surgery
UK: 20,000 pensioners died from cold last winter
Obamacare: San Francisco programmers build alternative to HealthCare.gov—over a weekend—and it not only works, but allows bypass of government mess
Ottawa: Stephen Harper’s decision to boycott Commonwealth summit fuels debate in India
Byron York: A brewing IRS fiasco
Charles Krauthammer: Rhetoric vs. reality
Thomas Sowell: Obamacare: An old 'new' program
Look out: European satellite to crash to earth in a few days
Philip Klein: Why Obama's non-apology won't work
Ed Rogers: Six reasons Obamacare will only get worse for Democrats
Obamacare: Media apologism continues, Democrats who were 100% for fiasco now scrambling to distance themselves as 2014 looms and insurance costs jump for the healthy
Jack Kelly: Questions surround true intentions of Obamacare; never before has a president and his party conspired to do deliberately so much harm to so many
Mexico: Crusading mayor who denounced extortion found dead at roadside
Reuters: Snowden persuaded other NSA workers to give up passwords
Says source misled them: '60 Minutes' issues apology about Benghazi report
Cebu City: 3 dead, thousands flee as Yolanda blasts Philippines
But no mea culpa: Politifact finally acknowledges Obama lied on insurance pledge
New York: 'Very unreliable' jobs report says U.S. unemployment is 7.3%
Syria: Chemical weapons disarmament running behind schedule, will miss deadlines
Netanyahu: 'This is a bad deal--a very, very bad deal'
U.S. Economy grew at 2.8% annual rate in third quarter
China: October exports rise better-than-expected 5.6%
French cuisine: Paris restaurants usher ugly customers to back tables
UN: Jordan to take Saudi Arabia seat on Security Council
Killer offers tenuous claims of innocence: Canadian Omar Khadr set to appeal his five U.S. war crimes convictions
Manila: Super typhoon Haiyan slams into central Philippines, millions flee
Typhoon Yolanda: 17-ft storm surge threatens Ormoc, Leyte
Obamacare: Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood mock Healthcare.gov at CMA Awards [video]
Krauthammer: On Obama's Obamacare apology: "The President now is toxic" [video]
Obamacare: Couple considering divorce, living together, to save on health care [video]
Obamacare: Under the gun, Obama issues hollow apology for lying to Americans about being able to keep their policies; Democrats starting to realize the mess they've created for themselves by destroying American healthcare system; the politicians again are putting their interests first, with the Obama apology not being well-received or seen as good enough
Obamacare: How employer-provided insurance will change
Madrid: First case of MERS virus in Spain; patient infected in Saudi Arabia
Brazil: Google ordered to hand over Street View data
"Never a good idea": Dwindling sales clip wings of heavy Airbus A380
Detroit: Three dead, six hurt in attack on gambling room
Euro zone: Bonds rally after surprise ECB rate cut
National Toy Hall of Fame: Chess, rubber ducky inducted
Twitter: IPO-active: Will stock keep rising?
Pakistan: Malala plotter chosen as replacement Taliban leader
Syria: Russia offers to host talks
U.S. FDA to ban trans fats
updated ~ AP: Twitter surges in opening trade on NYSE
CNBC interviews Twitter chief: Transcript: CEO Dick Costolo speaks on today's IPO, stock pricing
Jonah Goldberg: The Big Apple's mistaken turn left; along with every other fault, new Mayor de Blasio is a Red Sox fan
Voluntary contract: CIA is said to be paying AT&T over $10M a year for phone data
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review editorial: Obamacare: The lies grow
Repeal piece-by-piece and in increments, by courts, by circumstance and by its own incoherence: Vulnerable Democrats casting wary eyes at Obamacare and 2014 election
Kathleen Parker: The sin of omission in Obamacare
Virginia: Why Terry McAuliffe barely won despite massively outspending and a double-digit lead just weeks ago
Murdered: Forensic tests on Yasser Arafat's corpse 'reveal he was fatally poisoned using radioactive polonium' in 2004
Obamacare: Sebelius says Healthcare.gov needed "a couple of hundred website fixes" when it went live on Oct. 1st; and it still needs a lot of them; anyone who visits knows how bad it it still is, even at most basic level of functionality
Obamacare: Life and death situation developing for some who have now lost health insurance
CNN: U.S. intelligence suggests Syria may hide some chemical weapons
Syria: U.S., Russia fail to agree on peace talks date
Illinois: Audit reveals half of people enrolled in state's Medicaid program not eligible: 357,000
China: 1 killed, 8 injured in IED explosions outside Communist Party offices in North; terrorism or isolated act?
Lakshman Achuthan: "The U.S. is 'still' in recession"
Virginia: Obama Campaign 'bundler' helping fund Libertarian Sarvis in tight gubernatorial race to siphon votes from Cuccinelli
McAuliffe wins Virginia
99.72% of precincts
7 precincts unreported
Cuccinelli (R) 45.42%
McAuliffe (D) 47.57%
Sarvis (L) 6.58%
Virginia votes: Will Obamacare fiasco sink Clinton pal Terry McAuliffe from his lead for Governor? He's behind in early results
Virginia: The 5 counties that matter in Governor race
Jack Kelly: Obama knows nothing; apparently nobody tells him anything about anything
Jonah Goldberg: President Pinocchio: He clearly lied about Obamacare
Obamacare: Another Democrat bails out of the Titanic; Landrieu offers up self-serving lifeline
Paramus: New Jersey mall gunman's brother: It was "an act of self-indulgence"
Liars: Obamacare defenders and architects explain why it's okay that President lied to Americans about health care to get it passed; claim ends not the means that matters; moral bankruptcy
Dhaka: Bangladesh court sentences 152 to death for 2009 mutiny
Pew: Twitter news consumers: young, mobile and educated
Berlin: German government aiding probe into huge art find reported to include Nazi-looted masterpieces
Chicago: Obama sends email to Illinois voters telling them to vote today—but there are no votes in state today
Kazakhstan: Russians are one-upping the Americans who took the 1996 Olympics torch aboard space shuttle Atlantis—they're taking it to the space station and then out for a space walk—unlit, of course
London: British crime commissioner creates pension fund for police dogs
India: 'Textbook launch' as Indian spacecraft send its first mission to Mars in step toward space travel
BBC: North Korea reveals October warship sinking and loss of life
NY Times: Public Editor Margaret Sullivan takes editorial page editor Andrew Rosenthal to the woodshed for using misleading language on whether or not Obama lied about Obamacare
Romney: Obamacare fiasco "rotting" Obama's second term
Twitter: Most retweeted of last 24 hours?
California: Meteors streaking across SoCal night sky
Anterolateral ligament: Scientists identify new body part in the knee

Dr. Steven Claes and Professor Johan Bellemans identified the anterolateral ligament in the central part of
the knee and 97% of people are thought to have one. The ligament may be responsible for injured knees
giving way during exercise. The surgeons who found it are now researching surgical techniques to repair
damaged anterolateral ligaments. ~ Daily Mail
California: Non-violent inmates being taught in civilian firefighting camps
Heads up: February's Russian fireball shows big meteor risk

The Manicouagan Crater (above), 300 km north of Baie-Comeau in Quebec,
is estimated to be between 206 and 214 million years old. It is one of the best
preserved craters on Earth. It's original rim is thought to have been about 100 km
wide, and was caused by the impact of an asteroid only 5 km in diameter.
In contrast, the Chelyabinsk meteor was only 62 feet wide but burst with the force
of about 40 Hiroshima-type atom bombs, scientists say. It released a shock wave
that shattered thousands of windows and injured more than 1,600 people, and its
flash was bright enough to temporarily blind 70 people and cause dozens of skin-
peeling sunburns just after dawn in icy Russia, hitting at 42,000 mph.
Senate—Strike 3! Brazeau, Wallin and Duffy suspended;
pay gone, trio will retain health, dental and life insurance benefits
CTV: Transcript of Ford's statement at afternoon news conference
Ford: "I will continue as Mayor..." media laughs out loud at his apology;
classless media members make hyenas look civil...

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford this afternoon. Admission "toughest thing I've ever done";
"I love my job, I love this city, I love saving taxpayers money and I love being your
mayor. There is important work that we must be doing and important decisions that
must be made," Ford said during a news conference late Tuesday afternoon. "For
the sake of the taxpayers of this great city we must get back to work immediately.
We must keep Toronto moving forward. I was elected to do a job and that is exactly
what I am going to continue doing." ~ at afternoon news conference
Frontpage: Like Obama, Ford admits to cocaine; where is line drawn?
What's his next move?
Toronto: Mayor Rob Ford: 'Yes, I have smoked crack cocaine'
...says smoked crack about a year ago. “I don’t even remember.
Probably in one of my drunken stupors.”

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford this morning: "No, I’m not an addict and no, I do not do drugs. I made mistakes in the past
and all I can do is apologize but it is what it is. And I can’t change the past and I can apologize to my family, my
friends, my colleagues and the people of this great city... I felt I had to say it. It is what is. I feel two inches
high right now but I needed to deal with it. I am not going to quit or take a leave." ~ Toronto Star
NBC: Wisconsin skydivers' miraculous plane crash
survival caught on helmet cams [video]

At least 5 of the skydrivers had helmet cams. The video is riveting. ~ NBC
New Jersey: Body of mall shooter found in closed-off area, note found
CBS: Hundreds of police, including SWAT teams, move on NJ shooter;
Paramus & area police sweeping large Garden State Plaza Mall

Police vehicles are streaming into the Garden State Plaza Mall as employees and patrons are locked
down inside stores. Police have found a rifle shell casing; multiple shots were reported.
Virginia: Obamacare central to Cuccinelli's closing argument; neither Obama nor Biden mentioned it in their speeches - first showdown of 2014?
NY Times: Will the universe suffer an "unlucky quantum fluctuation"
and all will be gone? That's what some theoretical physicists contend
David Frum: The Obamacare death spiral
Obamacare: Implementation 'incompetence' top to bottom says memo;
"no one in charge who had any experience in complex business start-ups"
Vatican: Pope wants to step up fight against modern slavery
TIME: Meet the TEA Party's impassioned,
engaged grassroots patriots [video]





The TEA Party scares American governing elites for many reasons, but primarily because its common
sense politics approach is clearly resonating among vast masses who were previously disengaged. As
any political scientist worth his or her salt will tell you, revolutions are led by the previously disengaged
masses (e.g. Russia 1917, Germany 1933, China 1949). The Democrats have demonized TEA Party
activism, while Republicans have tried to accommodate some of it, but both parties have been changed.
It's no longer elite accommodation, broker politics as normal. In this balanced TIME video essay there
may be a hint the media is starting to realize the Taxed Enough Already people aren't one-dimensional
cartoon figures as the mainstream media has continually presented them. ~ TIME
Obamacare: How political fear was pitted against technical needs;
Obama chose implementation strategy, proved he wasn't up to being CEO
Canadian NOMAD: Vancouver company designs incredible micro-house;
to sell for $25,000, assemble easily, fit on tiny plot, be shipped anywhere

A (small) place to call home: Canadian company NOMAD has designed a 10ft by 10ft 'micro-home'
that can be shipped anywhere in the world and assembled easily by its new owners within days.

Snug: The home is fitted with a living room, kitchen and bathroom on the ground floor of the structure.

Home: It is light enough to ship but durable enough to insulate and protect against the elements.

Upstairs: It also makes the most of its space - doubling up storage units as seats here in the bedroom.
680news: Prime Minister Harper 'delivers' in Calgary keynote speech;
heralds legacy of lower taxes, vows to protect victims' rights
Harper defiant on economy, Senate; principles & results first; budget
will balance in 2015, laws will keep it balanced; echoes Throne Speech

Calgary speech: "I couldn't care less what they say, we will do the right thing" on Senate
Crux of the Matter: uh-oh... Trudeau Jr. promises NEP Jr.
Losers: When you've lost The New Yorker, you've lost...

Reboot: When you're the cover punchline, you've lost. Obamacare—the biggest government
overreach/fail ever? ~ Barry Blitt The New Yorker
Sharyl Attkisson: Obamacare in brutal shape by every measure, CMS Head Tavenner misled House Committee about numbers [video]






Sharyl Attkisson blows lid off Obamacare deception and lies. 'War Room' meetings twice a day since
October 2nd with all enrollment numbers and updates freely discussed and yet CMS Head Marilyn
Tavenner baldly told the House Committee she wouldn't have such numbers until "mid-November".
The Administration lies just keep on coming. ~ CBS
Sharyl Attkisson: Obamacare early enrollment numbers
very small, documents show; public repeatedly misled:
"The website launched on a Tuesday. Publicly, the government said there were 4.7 million unique visits in the first 24 hours. But at a meeting Wednesday morning, the war room notes say 'six enrollments have occurred so far'.

By Wednesday afternoon, enrollments were up to 'approximately 100'. By the end of Wednesday, the notes reflect '248 enrollments' nationwide.

The health care exchanges need to average 39,000 enrollees a day to meet the goal of seven million by March 1. The war room notes give a glimpse into some of the reasons customers had problems:

  • "Direct enrollment -- signing up directly on an insurer's website -- is not working for any issuers."
  • "Experian" credit reporting agency is "creating confusion with credit check information."
  • "Issuer phone numbers are not appearing correctly on the Pay Now page."
Obamacare a disaster: ...so they googled; engineers from Google, Oracle and Red Hat join emergency team after website down for over 36 hours
Syria: Confirmation that Israeli warplanes have attacked target
said to be Russian-made SA-125 missiles in port city of Latakia
updated ~ CBS: Sebelius subpoenaed to produce Obamacare documents
National security: Canadian plane flew 600 miles into U.S., no one noticed; wreckage beside Nashville Airport runway found 6 hours later
Sharyl Attkisson: Obamacare website failed in September tests just
before launch date; this is contrary to claims made to the House
Committee Tuesday by Marilyn Tavenner, the head of CMS



Previously unknown testing by a group of users using test data failed miserably and repeatedly in late
September. When asked about testing by the House Committee no witnesses have talked about the
failed testing, instead claiming all systems were 'go' for October 1st launch. ~ CBS
NBC/WSJ poll: Majority think Obamacare needs overhaul or elimination
Only in it for the money? Wallin's lawyer says Senate can’t take away her pension eligibility despite two-year suspension; wouldn't be eligible anyway until 2015
Marilla Stephenson: Wallin should stop whining about democracy
Bill C-7 passes: The Canadian Museum of History will replace the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Hull; the new name and mandate "will highlight the national achievements and accomplishments that have shaped our country" [was C-49 in previous Parliament]
Premier Christy Clark: B.C. gas reserves are double the size of previous estimates
Niagara Falls: Casinos on the Canadian side of the border are wary now that New York state voters have approved up to 7 privately-owned casinos in the state; will one or more try to locate near the American Falls?
BlackBerry: Former Apple CEO John Sculley says he was lining up bid
Breakthrough sets terms: British Columbia, Alberta Premiers agree on pipeline negotiations framework
Ottawa: Ex-Senator Harb put bank ‘at risk,’ Mounties say; odd mortgages on houses at issue
New York City Marathon: Joy Johnson, oldest woman to run Sunday, dies at 86; fell during race, died next day after appearing on 'Today Show'
Medicine Hat: British Army to continue to train thousands of troops in southern Alberta
Vet snub: Leftists say they "don't care" if white poppy offends; exploit Remembrance Day for political campaign; ignore inclusiveness of red poppy symbolism
Hamilton: City not liable for Toronto teen's late-night fall off Niagara escarpment; "It's impossible to bubble wrap everything"
Calgary: Encana cutting workforce by 20%, closing Plano office, spinning off assets, slashing dividend in new strategy
NY Times: Canadian hockey history, as documented by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, fits into the genre with insight and warm detail
Montreal: Luggage treadmill unloading plane catches fire, sending five people to hospital and forcing the emergency evacuation of Royal Air Maroc 767 flight arriving from Casablanca
David Gorski: More bad science in the service of anti-GMO activism
Hockey book released Tuesday: Prime Minister Harper talks puck with Bob McCown about his new book: 'A Great Game: The Forgotten Leafs and the Rise of Professional Hockey' [mp3]
Blue Jays: Won't make qualifying offer to Josh Johnson, other free agents
Anthony Watts: ‘Let’s face it. The climate has never been more boring’— hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, droughts all at low ebb while the "U.S. spent months of the summer setting cold temperature records"
A good deed: Nisga'a First Nation, the first Canadian aboriginal group ready to implement ownership of private property, and some oppose it
CTV News/Ipsos Reid poll: Four in five Canadians back CETA trade deal with EU
Toronto: Fairfax nixes BlackBerry purchase, but will invest additional $1B; CEO Heins and Board Chair Stymiest to leave, replaced by industry veteran Chen
Montreal: New Mayor Denis Coderre calls for unity after hectic year of multiple mayors and corruption allegations
Munich: Artworks worth $1.6B, stolen by Nazis, thought burned in Dresden, discovered in German apartment
Climate Dynamics: Journal article says climate models 'miss the wave', and current non-warming trend will continue at least into 2030s
Caracas: Afghan, Iranians found on Toronto-bound Air Canada flight with fake tickets
Polar terror: Man, 69, who saved woman from polar bear with shovel is in stable condition in hospital after neighbour fired shotgun, honked horn and drove pick-up truck at bear to scare it off
Liberal scandals have consequences: The more money the Ontario Liberals waste, the less money they have for health care; it's not abstract, it's life and death
Don Braid: Harper's command over party remains masterful, despite Senate fiasco
Economic outlook: World according to Bank of Canada head Stephen Poloz: 'cloudy with chance of spaghetti sauce'
Alberta: 13 cars jump the tracks as CN train derails west of Edmonton; 12 carried lumber, one "carrying sulphur dioxide is upright and not leaking"
Weekly radio show: Toronto Mayor Ford apologizes, calls on police to release alleged drug video
Forum Research poll: Rob Ford approval goes up despite media-pumped video scandal; Toronto mayor at 44% approval after police revelations
11th win of season: Champ Vettel wins seventh successive Grand Prix
Flashpoint: Stinging letter by former aide to Pamela Wallin helped trigger expenses audit
Wind turbine human health scandal: New evidence from Australia supports scientific claims of a direct causal link between wind turbine low-level pressure pulses and symptoms of sickness in humans—even up to 20 miles away
Sunday electing 4th Mayor in a year: Montreal mayoral candidates pledge to rid city of corruption
Calgary: Conservative delegates deal decisively with votes media had hyped for months as 'divisive'
Alberta Premier: U.S. failure to approve Keystone pipeline will affect relations with Canada
Ottawa: Canadian sociology professor wanted by France in 1980 bombing challenges extradition order
London,ON: Three family members found inside apartment building died of gunshot wounds; seen as murder-suicide
Calgary: Conservatives condemn union handcuffs in passing support for right to work legislation; pass resolutions against legal euthanasia: "Care, not killing", one delegate urged, and a measure calling for greater transparency on political activities by federal public sector unions
Takin' Care of Business: A Premier gig for Harper and his band Herringbone; takes the stage at Calgary's Cowboys nightclub and lays on the favourites
Montreal: Hydro-Québec scrambles to restore power after wind storm hits southern Quebec
Wanted Party to pay: Mike Duffy's $90K Senate expense refused by Tories
Eastern Pacific: Canada and U.S. gang up to seize 1,107 kilos of cocaine
George Jonas: Like him or not, at this point there is no reason for Rob Ford to resign
James Delingpole: How the BBC persuades itself it's not biased; And why this is a nonsense
Brake problems: Honda recalls 344,000 Odyssey minivans in U.S.
Accepted wisdom on frack fluid proven bogus: Top Halliburton executive sips fracking fluid with colleagues in industry show stunt; it consists of ingredients sourced entirely from the food industry
Due process: Outside audit into wayward Senate expenses cost taxpayers almost $530,000
Assault and kidnapping charges: Russia shocked by U.S. arrest of hockey star Semyon Varlamov
Chrystia Freeland: Liberal candidate in Toronto Centre apparently thinks offering abstract analysis of U.S. politics in NY Times a better use of her time than knocking on doors in her own election battle
Protecting the buyers and the sellers: Feds planning to return to verifying weights and measures after long absence
CETA: Historic trade deal truly win-win say both sides, each getting more than expected; EU to use deal as basis for trade negotiations with Americans
Over 400,000 affected: Powerful winds, heavy rain leave thousands in Quebec, Ontario in the dark
Base jumping: Incredible story of Canadian in wheelchair parachuting off roof of 33-storey building in Malaysia
Due process: RCMP allege in court documents that Senator Pamela Wallin committed fraud, breach of trust, defrauded Senate of more than $5,000
Crux of the Matter: CBC’s 24/7 anti-Conservative bias unethical & embarrassing!
Toronto: Rob Ford's lawyer: The video should be released; Ford not smoking 'crack cocaine' [video]
Nashville puzzle: Windsor man who died in unnoticed airport crash identified; has long criminal record including armed bank robbery; was he involved in drug or people smuggling? How did he fly 600 miles into U.S. without being noticed by authorities on either side of the border? Is air border security really that lax?
Ottawa: Supreme Court of Canada says end-consumers can join class suits over price-fixing
Another Ontario mess: Windsor Parkway fiasco has Liberals re-considering international control of Ontario infrastructure and resulting job losses and quality issues
Calgary: Preston Manning on Senate scandal: 'Everybody should be embarrassed', including the media
Alberta: Train kills elderly man and woman in Wetaskiwin as one tried to help the other tripped up on tracks
Montreal: Man found clinging to life after three months in deep woods, stranded after surviving bear attack
Toronto: Amazon competes against Canadian supermarkets by entering grocery business
Quebec City: Quebec government backs away from balanced-budget pledge
Calgary: #CPC13 Policy resolutions to watch: gender selection, guns, union finances, supply management, foreign investment, free speech, privacy and cyberbullying
Calgary: All eyes to be on 'Cowtown' for the weekend’s Conservative convention
Calgary: Federal Conservative Policy Convention website
Calgary: Redford backs sanctions on Senators, urges other provinces to elect theirs as Alberta does
Doggie signals: Fido's tail wags may reveal more than you think; right and left wags tell different stories
Toronto: Mayor Rob Ford says he won’t resign after police confirm they’ve seen 'crack' video
Toronto: Overview and details of Thursday in media's minute-by-minute Mayor Ford Watch
Montreal: Hells Angels helped fix FTQ elections, Charbonneau Commission told
updated ~ Toronto: Police arrest and charge Mayor Rob Ford's friend Sandro Lisi with extortion; court appearance Friday morning
Toronto: Read full Toronto Police documents on Mayor Rob Ford investigation
Toronto: 12 highlights from Toronto Police investigation into Mayor Rob Ford
Toronto: Police say have found the 'crack video' shown to journalists, purportedly of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford
Canada: Economy shows signs of forward momentum, posts solid 0.3% growth in August; bank economist says may mean 3Q growth of 2.8%, higher than expected
Canada: Payroll earnings rose 0.4% in August
Mexico: 5,000 evacuated in Tlajomulco after Pemex pipeline spews gasoline geyser caused by fuel theft
First triple winner in 21st Century: Bosox steal Blue Jays' manager, ride bat of Big Papi and renewed arms in year of Boston Strong World Series
Manitoba: Pallister joins former premiers, Hydro execs in calls for Hydro review
Fungus and wind turbines decimating numbers: Much-feared Halloween favourites, it's bats that are facing danger
ABC News: 'Wind Turbine Syndrome' blamed for mysterious symptoms in Cape Cod town [video]
William M. Briggs: Climate change certainties?
BBC: U.S. scientists track what's killing protected golden eagles; one of the terrible answers: industrial wind turbines [video]
Hallowe'en: When did it become so gory? Rooted in the macabre, but bloody imagery is more recent phenomenon
Syria: OPCW says chemical weapons production equipment all destroyed
Forbes: Ranking the world's most powerful people 2013; top 72 out of 7.2 billion on planet; from an American point of view
Famed Canadian tightrope walker: Jay Cochrane, tightrope's 'Prince of the Air,' dies at 69 of cancer
Canada’s largest energy company by market value: Suncor Energy Inc approves $13.5B Fort Hills oil sands project to boost production
Carlos Slim: Gives $74M to Boston centre make genomic research less ethnically-biased
Domestic violence: Semyon Varlamov, Colorado Avalanche goalie, arrested, held without bond on second-degree kidnapping and third-degree assault charges
CTV News/Ipsos Reid poll: Bad news for Trudeau as support stagnates, now tied with NDP who jumped 5 points to 31%, Conservatives down only 2 points to 30% after weeks of attack
Obama drops: The world's most powerful person is Vladimir Putin
San Diego-Tijuana: Major drug tunnel found on U.S.-Mexico border
Quebec: Evacuation cancelled as Granby chemical plant fire deemed non-threat
Murder on the border: Wolfe Island bird slaughter continues unabated even as authorities make 'search area' smaller so they don't find as many carcasses near the huge wind turbines
Quebec: 300 homes evacuated after chemical plant explodes in Granby, 80 km east of Montreal
Canadian Senate: Mulcair dinged for hypocrisy; against Duffy legal costs being paid by Conservatives but when he was a Quebec Liberal MNA had both his legal expenses and a judgement against him paid for by his party
Unprecedented security: UBC cranks up police presence after 6 sexual assaults on campus since April
Windsor: 'Unnoticed' Nashville plane crash that killed Canadian pilot getting even more mysterious; he had filed flight plan to Pelee Island in Lake Erie and called in that he had landed, then ended up hundreds of miles away in flaming wreck at Nashville Airport in fog
Canadian Senate: Conservatives to support allowing trio of Senators to keep health benefits while pay suspended
Multicultural since modern founding in 1780s to apparent surprise of media: 1921 census provides a glimpse into Toronto’s multicultural past
More debt: Ontario unveils plan to sell ‘green bonds’ to fund transit, infrastructure
Disadvantages of wind energy: Many and big; from inefficiency to bird killing to effects on humans and electronics
Brainwaves: Scrambling the brain's timekeepers to banish jet lag
New England: No, wind power still isn’t competitive with conventional sources; far from it
Maine: Opponents of Oakfield wind farm file lawsuit in federal court, worried about eagles and salmon
Scotland: Donald Trump triumphant after Blackdog offshore energy substations refused; billionaire backed local opponents which said Swedish industrial wind turbine development would have ruined their village
Windsor: Canadian killed in odd Nashville Cessna crash in fog had been pilot since 1989
Parker Gallant: (Tongue in cheek) Minister Chiarelli: is it my turn yet?
Michigan: Judge voids township ordinances in Clinton County that limited $120M wind project
Toronto: Shut down driver-gouging Drive Clean program, says former politician who started program; was designed to be time-limited, still running 14 years later
Ottawa: Unneeded/unwanted industrial wind turbine assault on rural Ontario continues; MP and MPP stand with opponents of North Gower proposal
London: Mayor Joe Fontana, former Liberal cabinet minister, to stand trial for allegedly mis-using federal funds after 2-day preliminary hearing
Wilful blindness: Obama's 'social cost of carbon' is at odds with science and ignores 'social benefits of carbon'
Hamilton: Coke production will continue at former Stelco Hilton Works; but no steel production or casting
Hamilton: U.S. Steel to shut down former Stelco Hilton Works permanently, CEO says; 2,200 jobs at 445-hectare site
Breathlessly reported Arctic study riddled with flaws: Bad science + uncritical media = meaningless bumpf
Hypocrisy watch: Unions and NDP central party gave and 'loaned' NDP MP Pat Martin money to pay off a libel judgement against him in a $5M defamation lawsuit; NDP now plays different tune in House of Commons
CETA: Widespread benefits of Canada-EU trade agreement to Canadian workers and businesses
CETA: Technical summary of final negotiated outcomes: Non-agricultural goods, Agricultural goods, Services & investment, Govt procurement, Intellectual property, Dispute settlement - institutional & horizontal provisions, Sustainable development - environment & labour [pdf]
Toronto: Thomson Reuters to trim 4,500 jobs by end of 2014
Forum Research poll: Gas-gate: Voters want Ontario election over Liberal gas plant fiasco, not inquiry
CETA: What the Canada-EU trade deal means for Alberta
Jeff Griffiths: CETA golden opportunity to finally address Canada’s skills system
Toronto: Five hospitals to share $50M private donation from Slaight family
San Francisco: Dell seals $24.9B buyout, delisting Tuesday
Toronto thuggery: Police to investigate assault and arrest of radio host
Nanny state: Ontario rejects call to sell beer, wines in convenience stores
Retrenching: Sears Canada sells 5 store leases for $400M, including flagship Toronto Eaton Centre store; will Nordstrom move in?
Cloud cleared: RCMP dismiss sexual abuse allegation against John Furlong
Solar activity is now falling more rapidly than at any time in last 10,000 years: Real risk of a Maunder minimum 'Little Ice Age' says leading scientist
Nunavut election: By the numbers: turn-out high, two ties in Monday's territorial election
Ontario: Rise in Drive Clean failure rate exhausting for motorists [video]
Loblaw challenges competitors to step forth: Rana Plaza compensation for Bangladesh garment workers would cost retailers little
Canadian Senate expenses scandal: Mike Duffy makes new batch of claims; no smoking guns
Improved road safety and airbags cited: Brain death decline may explain fall in organ donations
Non-profit group hails successes and commitments: Federal Tories praised for efforts to combat problem of homeless Canadians
Geoffrey Johnston: Child brides: How to fix the problem
Mirvish will rent for up to three years: Toronto's Honest Ed's sold to Vancouver developer, deal to close this year
Guinness study: Boys night twice a week keeps guys healthy
Britain says 'no' to green levies: More than half of voters object to paying eco taxes
Suiting Lou Reed tribute: A new family of velvet spiders that live underground was named genus 'Loureedia' in the musician's honour
Now 3rd largest in the world: Canada’s growing video game industry pumps $2.3B into economy
Monte Solberg: A loathe-hate relationship: PM refused for years to appoint senators, now they’re chained around his neck
CUPW calls targeted Conservative MP: Another $50,000 fine levied for illegal robocalls
Montreal: Police investigating suspicious package found at Trudeau airport
Rock pioneer: Lewis Allan 'Lou' Reed dead at 71
Good surprise: PBO wants details of Govt's unexpected $7B gain on deficit; sees bigger gain down the road
Norway: Three people including driver killed after knife-wielding man hijacks passenger bus
Washington Post: Remembering the innocence of the internet in 1988—before it went big time with the World Wide Web protocols, nerds built many of 'net's critical founding features into their daily lives when it was "still officially limited to universities, research facilities and government offices"
Obamacare: Manual enrollment also defective; "officials saw problems with paper applications even as White House encouraged people to sign up that way instead of going to broken website" —NY Post
Washington: DOJ: Johnson & Johnson agrees to pay $2.2B settlement over 3 drugs
Saudi Arabia: Raids begin as Saudi Arabia’s amnesty period for illegal workers ends
Kenya: 4 Somalis charged with aiding Westgate Mall attack
Saudi Arabia: Washington, Riyadh agree: no interim role for Assad
Egypt: Morsi supporters block Cairo’s ring road
updated ~ Egypt: Trial of Morsi disrupted by outbursts, adjourned until January
Iran: Protesters swarm former U.S. Embassy in Tehran, defiant against diplomatic outreach as hardliners snap the whip
TIME: Five anti-spying hacks; just because you're not paranoid, doesn't mean they're not out to get you
Big fireball: Skydivers and pilots survive after 2 planes collide in Wisconsin; 9 skydivers, 2 pilots parachute to safety
AP: Obamacare sticker shock follows insurance cancellations
Byron York: Memo: Administration bungled Obamacare from the start
Obamacare life and death: WSJ—You also can't keep your doctor; I had great cancer doctors and health insurance—my plan was cancelled—now I worry how long I'll live
Egypt: Venue changed to thwart riots for Monday start of Morsi trial
Refugee tragedy: Boat carrying at least 70 Muslim Rohingya capsizes off western Myanmar; 8 survivors found
Hillary, Obama, Kerry and the damage done: Kerry meets Saudi leaders to ease tensions; Secretary of State lands in Riyadh, his second stop on a Middle East tour that has become an exercise in damage control
George F. Will: ‘It’s possible more people have lost coverage than signed up for Obamacare’ [video]
TIME: LAX shooter Ciancia was an unemployed motorcycle mechanic with little internet presence; notes suggest was influenced by conspiracy theorists; determined to kill "at least one" TSA agent
Egypt: U.S., Egypt try to put brave face on frayed relations, commit to restoring full partnership
Parasites: Larger California oarfish was filled with 'little monsters'
Thailand: At least six dead after tourist ferry sinks off resort
France: Shock and anger at French journalists' murder in Mali
France: Journalists killed in Mali were shot
LAX shooting: Accomplice sought; someone dropped off shooter at airport; Ciancia charged with murder
updated ~ 'Targeted murder': Missouri Southern football coach killed outside movie theater; arrest made
Obamacare security breach: HealthCare.gov users warn of security risk, loss of privacy; user re-directed to others' data
Mark Steyn: A phalanx of lies; remember that health insurance you could keep?
Obamacare debacle has become national collective focal point: All health care politics is personal; the entire country is engaged, and it’s not a holiday or a sporting event—it’s more like a natural disaster—a slow motion, rolling disaster—and the storm surge might not peak until Nov. 2014
LA Times: LAX shooting comes amid mounting aversion to the TSA
Bye-bye furnace and AC? Personal temperature control: New invention monitors your body temperature and heats or cools you; seen to save $$ millions now spent on space heat/cooling
JFK Legacy: Style plus daddy's $$ changed politics in 1960 and brought us modern primary system
Jerusalem: Israel vows to deny Hezbollah weapons as details of Syria raid emerge
Michigan: Businessman claims he told U.S. about bin Laden's hiding place, deserves $25M reward
SR-72 game-changer: Lockheed shows plans for hypersonic spy plane; focus on low cost
UK: Snowden reporter's partner involved in 'espionage' and 'terrorism'
France: Eurostar, majority-owned by a French public rail company, places ad that urges French tax exiles to head to UK
Egypt: 45 arrested in Alexandria as Morsi supporters clash with residents ahead of Monday's trial
Peshawar: U.S. drone kills Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud, 2 others
LAX shooting: Shooter Paul Ciancia, 23, had handwritten note in bag that said he 'wanted to kill TSA and pigs'; had hinted at "taking his own life" to NJ family member; NJ Police called LAPD for help
LAX shooting: Live ABC News video coverage of aftermath; gunshot victims have "multiple wounds"; suspect identified as Paul Anthony Ciancia, 23, formerly of Pennsville, NJ who lives in LA area; he was shot and is in hospoital under custody
updated - Los Angeles: TSA agent shot dead at LAX, at least 7 others shot; suspect in custody; Terminal 3 in lockdown
Stephen F. Hayes: Questions they won’t answer; Benghazi isn’t going away
Google’s secret revealed: Mystery barges to offer high-end showrooms, party deck
Obamacare: Main data hub contractor cited for security lapses
Detroit Free Press: GM auto sales up 16%; Ford up 14%; Chrysler up 11% in October as industry gets back on track
Obamacare: Oversight pressure grows, along with doubts and 'experts' added
Under attention: JPMorgan discloses wider probes of hiring, currency trading by the U.S. Department of Justice and agencies from other jurisdictions that are investigating hiring practices in Hong Kong that were already being probed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Forbes: People are moral in the morning, dishonest in the afternoon
Charles Krauthammer: Obamacare laid bare; every disaster has its moment of clarity: this week's policy cancellations lay bare three pillars of Obamacare: (a) mendacity, (b) paternalism and (c) subterfuge
Washington,DC: In the Clintons’ talk of brokering compromise, an implicit rebuke of Obama years; can the insider run against the capital?
Another 6.6M quake: Chile hit by big, shallow quake but no tsunami and no damages reported
Obamacare: yet another worrying sign: in first month, the vast majority of sign-ups are in Medicaid
Another obstacle: Many hospitals won't accept Obamacare insurance policies
Tunisia: Suicide bomber blows himself up on empty Mediterranean beach after chased out of hotel
Rasmussen poll: Benghazi threatens to crash Hillary Clinton's 2016 bid
Examiner: Healthcare.gov aka Obamacare appears to violate White House OMB guidance on web security
Global News: Twitter accused of ruse to pump up share price
updated ~ Taiwan: Shallow 6.6M quake hits hard; no casualty reports yet
Richard W. Carlson: The mess in Egypt: Restricting aid is a mistake
Michelle Malkin: A medical records disaster on horizon
Nawaf Obaid: Saudi Arabia's coming of age
Marc Thiessen: Delaying the individual mandate won't fix Obamacare
Jack Kelly: Benghazi slowly getting media attention it deserves
LA Times: Obamacare: Unfair to the young middle class, punished enough already
Obama officials knew in 2010: 93 million Americans will be unable to keep their health plans under Obamacare; disruption of existing health insurance market—a disruption codified in law, and known to White House—is only just beginning
100% ownership: The whining Democrats, led by weasel Waxman, have stopped frothing at the mouth about Republicans being 'terrorists' for opposing Obamacare and now want their help as "the single most partisan piece of major social legislation in a century" tightens the noose around their necks -- and all Americans'
IBD editorial: The biggest Obamacare lie? 'Keep your plan' - precisely calculated deception
Quinnipiac: Clinton buddy McAuliffe losing ground in Virginia Governor's race, now clinging to a slight 45% - 41% lead over GOP's Cuccinelli, just above poll's 2.9% error margin
Innocence pretense? China, other Asian nations say angry over embassy spy reports
Niger: 92 bodies of migrants found at edge of Sahara Desert after trucks break down
True colours: Former Homeland Security Chief and new President of the University of California, Janet Napolitano commits $5 million in unversity funds to aid UC students who entered U.S. illegally
Charles Krauthammer: Collapse of Obamacare would be huge setback for liberal ideology
The lie was part of core strategy: How Obama’s false promise that you can keep your health plan key to passing Obamacare
Texas Storm Chasers: Dangerous flash flood event unfolding in Central Texas
Mitt Romney: Rejects White House effort to compare Massachusetts health law roll-out to Obamacare; "a plan crafted to fit the unique circumstances of a single state should not be grafted onto the entire country. Beyond that, had President Obama actually learned the lessons of Massachusetts health care, millions of Americans would not lose the insurance they were promised they could keep, millions more would not see their premiums skyrocket, and the installation of the program would not have been a frustrating embarrassment"
CBS: Because of Obamacare more than 2 million people getting booted from existing health insurance plans - so far [video]
'Friends' share: NSA tapped Yahoo, Google data centres
John Dickerson: The President always had a tough time selling Obamacare; now his weak assurances are making Republicans look wise
Andhra Pradesh, India: 45 charred to death in bus fire, DNA tests to be used for identity
Booty from Blackbeard's sunken ship: Five huge 300 yr old cannons raised from depths off North Carolina
Frontpage Mag: Obama lied, (existing) healthcare coverage died
Landing gear issue: Mini space shuttle crash-lands after free-flight test
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood leader Essam el-Erian arrested in Cairo
Why Obamacare 'tech surge' creates more problems: 10 classic mistakes that plague software development projects
Memos reveal: Obamacare finger-pointing and dire complaints going on fast and furiously between vendors, consultants and government; consultant asks: is Obama Administration "stupid enough to fix the front end of this thing before they fix the back end?"
NY Times: Clapper: 'White House knew of spying at home and abroad'
George F. Will: "The first thing I'd say is . . . he's embraced it, he wants to go forward. Let it. The quickest way to refute all the arguments for Obamacare is to experience Obamacare" [video]
CNN: More excuses: U.S. commandos were poised for raid to capture Benghazi suspect this month
Daniel Henninger: Obama's credibility is melting here and abroad; Obama's partners are concluding they cannot trust him
War-isome words: China and Japan trade more than snark over disputed islands; China warned any bid to shoot down its drones would constitute "an act of war"
See the USA in your Chevrolet: U.S. swallowed $9.7B loss on General Motors bailout
Kansas: Man trapped and dying in his car wrote love letters to family
Burying exclusive? NBC hides its bombshell that Obama knew millions would lose health insurance
New Yorker: Glad to be unhappy: At 75, WNYC-FM DJ Jonathan Schwartz plays what he wants for 4 hours at a time from the 'American Songbook'; "You know, we’ve reached rock bottom these days," he says. "The music of the street—much of it is not music. It’s just threats, with an occasional rhyme. And the popular music sung by—what?—by nude women is, alas, hopeless."
Kenya: Police detain five over Nairobi Westgate mall massacre
Outsourcing? Heart Surgery in India for $1,583 Costs $106,385 in U.S.
Peace pitch: Israel to free second batch of Palestinian prisoners - held for murder
Axis of evil's North Korea: Eccentricities treated like joke - but realities are deadly serious; behind military parades and Kim Jong-un's bizarre posturing is repressive regime the world can no longer ignore
Apple results: Five things we learned; iPad mini shortages, new product categories, 7 mystery acquisitions
U.S. spying: Senate intelligence committee orders review; "Feinstein said eavesdropping on leaders of friendly nations was wrong"
Brazil: River of caramel threatens to engulf town after warehouse fire melts 30,000 tonnes of sugar
Not-so-secret: British Baptist minister's son charged with hacking into top secret U.S. Army databases, NASA, and other govt agencies
Iran: Human rights group condemnation for reprisal hangings; "nothing has changed under the country's 'moderate' new President"
Syria: UN confirms polio outbreak
Syria: Tracking the Iranian-backed fleet that’s fuelling the Assad regime
States the obvious: Obamacare official tells Congress website glitches 'not acceptable'
Tiananmen Square: China believes deadly sidewalk-jumping SUV crash was no accident; investigating as a suicide attack [video]
Premiums and deductibles jump: Former Democrat staffer who fought for Obamacare admits she was wrong
War on media? Federal agents make pre-dawn raid on reporter's home, take things not listed on search warrant
Ford 26th of 28: Toyota slammed by Consumer Reports as Audi surges
Yemen: Police halt fireworks causing rumours of U.S. embassy attack
Dana Perrino: Five tips for Republicans questioning Secretary Sebelius about ObamaCare this week
East coast racket: Three pharmacists among 9 charged with running massive mail-order painkiller ring
Boston: Prosecutors seek to maintain restrictions on defiant Marathon bombing defendant Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
Obama administration knew for three years that millions could not keep their health insurance while they lied about it
TIME: Sen. Lindsey Graham vows to block Obama nominees until Benghazi survivors are allowed to testify
Somalia: 2 senior Shabab members reported killed by drone
Accused of NAS-type crimes: UK phone-hacking trial opens for top Murdoch aides
Prescience from 2012: Is Obamacare too much work for the Obama administration?
The long haul: Will the force be with him? Pentagon weighs future of its 92-year-old ‘Yoda’
160 kph winds: Deadly storm shuts down power in UK, Netherlands
Latest bad sign: U.S. factory production edges up only 0.1% in September
NSA fall-out continues: Spanish newspaper says U.S. has monitored 60 million calls in Spain in a month
Hushed-up: Crash at Beijing's Forbidden City kills 5
Something new up the sleeve: Police trying out car-mounted air cannon that fires GPS 'bullets' at fleeing cars; allows covert following that's safer for all concerned
Dick Cheney: Mideast Allies no longer trust the U.S., enemies ‘don’t fear us’
Buenos Aires: Fernandez's allies thumped in Argentina mid-term vote
60 Minutes: Full transcript of October 27, 2013 episode 'Benghazi', correspondent Lara Logan
Phoenix: Barking may have led to neighbour killing next door family and their dogs, then himself
Today, a new problem: Obamacare offline Sunday due to unexpected webhost "outage"; Monday, more fur will fly
updated - 60 Minutes: The U.S. State Dept wouldn’t allow guards at the U.S. Benghazi Mission to carry guns; whole episode [video]
Healthcare itself the real problem: Republicans hint at long-term strategy: Obamacare website only 'tip of the iceberg'
Gale-force winds: Travel warnings as UK braced for severe storm and rain
Five dead in Brooklyn: Chinese relative arrested for deadly New York stabbings
Jack Kelly: Spin won't do anymore for Obamacare; the President's health care plan looks like it's heading into a death spiral
Salena Zito: The view from 'tea party country'
Kathleen Parker: The lights are flickering in the city on the hill, and our ship of state is foundering
Ezra Klein: Sorry liberals, Obamacare’s problems go much deeper than the Web site
Raleigh,NC: Someone tampered with state fair ride that injured 5
Jeff Jacoby: Saudi Arabia’s message to Obama; the UN has become a joke and more are willing to say so
Sticker shock: Many middle-class Californians with individual health plans are surprised they need policies that cover more - and cost more, under Obamacare
Detroit: Sister fatally shoots self at eastside bar, brother dies in crash on way to see her at hospital
Oregon: School board votes to allow staff to pack heat at school
Hint: not incompetence: What it takes to get fired from the Obama Administration
NBC News: ‘If the Obamacare website were a patient, it would probably be in intensive care by now.’
Fast Company: Think you can live offline without being tracked? here's what it takes
NBC/WSJ poll: Obama approval sinks to new low
The Who's: Roger Daltrey sends a point-blank message
to legislators and Americans: 'We Won't Get Fooled Again'

The Who's Roger Daltrey, right, performs in Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill in front of John Boehner, John Kerry, Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell and Nancy Pelosi. ~ AP
'Miserably frustrating': Sebelius apologizes for Obamacare 'debacle'

House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing: Secretary of Health and Human Services
Sebelius made excuses, expressed frustration, blamed Republicans, contractors and deadlines, while
saying everything will be fine shortly. Democrats threw softball questions while Republicans asked
blunt questions and read a litany of horror stories from constituents' emails.

As Sebelius told the House Committee Obamacare had "never crashed" it crashed, once again.
Doesn't know law: Sebelius falsely claims she can’t join Obamacare
On cue: Obamacare crashes minutes before Sebelius testimony
New Brunswick: Fracking survey company sues Rexton native protesters
CNN: Obama Administration given stark warning about Obamacare
website & data hub just one month before launch: leaked report
Security hole: Cybersecurity expert hacks into Obamacare user accounts
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Forbes: European economic stability threatened by bank
account & Treasury-draining renewable energy subsidies
Introspection: The aliens among us

A mystaceus spider. ~ ©Colin Hutton
Game-changer: 'Hexacopter' changes way TV reporters work [video]

The hexacopter is able to take video footage while soaring in the air and creeping across the ground.~ BBC
Under the Bosphorus Strait: Turkey realizes Ottoman dream
with $5.5B rail tunnel linking Europe to Asia

The Marmaray will carry subway commuters in Europe's biggest city and eventually serve
high-speed and freight trains under one of the busiest and most strategic waterways in the world.
CTV News/Ipsos Reid poll: 73% of Canadians believe Duffy, Wallin & Brazeau should be "immediately suspended from the Senate without pay"

[Left to right] Sen. Pamela Wallin, Sen. Patrick Brazeau and Sen. Mike Duffy get thumbs down from
Canadians in each province. ~ Patrick Doyle, Adrian Wyld THE CANADIAN PRESS
Montreal: Man arrested Sunday charged with mischief, endangering safety of an aircraft or airport and being in illegal possession of explosive
Montreal: Bomb-making elements found in suspicious package: police;
man arrested heading to California, "allegedly not a Canadian citizen"
Montreal: Man, 71, in custody after suspicious package
found at Trudeau International Airport Sunday morning
Jody Hey: On the number of New World founders: A population
genetic portrait of the peopling of the Americas
~ founding was by about 70 individuals about 14,000 years ago ~

A total of nine DNA sequence datasets that included Asian and Native American (Amerind-speaking)
samples were analyzed jointly using a probability distribution procedure. ~ www.plosbiology.org
F1: Vettel wins fourth world title at Indian GP

Sebastian Vettel, 26, drove a perfect race to secure his sixth consecutive victory this season and become
only the fourth driver in history to win four titles. Vettel joins legends Juan Manuel Fangio, Alain Prost and
Michael Schumacher as a four-time champion. The victory keeps Vettel on target to equal the all-time
record of nine consecutive F1 race wins. ~ BBC
Skate Canada - Saint John, NB: Chan, Virtue and Moir win gold

Patrick Chan celebrates his gold medal after men's free skate event at Skate Canada
Oct. 26, 2013. ~ Andrew Vaughan The Canadian Press
History: Distant War of 1812 helped create British Columbia; B.C. fur traders headed south and bought Fort Astoria from American fur traders, thus giving Britain a claim to modern-day Washington state

HMS Raccoon was a British Navy sloop-of-war similar to this, a drawing of a
sister ship in the South Pacific. ~ Vancouver Sun
Japan quake: No tsunami danger for Hawaii, Alaska, British
Columbia, Washington, Oregon and California
Japan: 7.3M quake off east coast; 4 small tsunamis

Tsunmai warning was issued and people were directed to stay away from coast. ~ USGS
Niagara Falls: Maid of the Mist completes final voyage from Canada

The Maid of the Mist takes tourists along the Niagara River to the very base of the thundering falls. The
final tour from the Canadian side of the Niagara River in Niagara Falls, Ontario was made Thursday,
October 24, 2013. ~ Aaron Lynett CP
Australia: NSW bushfires: Another day of extreme fire danger
Four Royal Generations Official pictures
Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles, Prince William and Prince George. ~ Jason Bell Camera Press
Australia: Rescue operation on for smallest survivors of fires
Australia: Two NSW bushfire emergencies re-emerge

A massive fire sparked by lightning explodes out of control on the Putty Road. ~ Nick Moir Sydney Morning Herald
Breakthrough: The neuroscience behind how sleep cleans your brain
Australia: Fires bad and getting worse; winds hampering firefighting
aircraft and fanning flames with worse weather still to come

The wildfires are starting to threaten Sydney's periphery.
Metaphor alert: U.S. Capitol dome has 1300 cracks [video]

The U.S. Capitol dome was last repaired in the 1950s, built in the 1860s.
Check the chart: How will YOU fare in the Obamacare exchanges?

Click on the chart (above) for the article and full state chart in a larger font size.
After roadtrip of a lifetime: Toronto Zoo elephants arrive in California
Talladega,AL: Jamie McMurray wins, Junior second as 'big one' averted

Austin Dillon (14) goes high in the air after being hit at 200mph on last lap of Talladega 500. He fell from 3rd place
to 26th, but was not injured. In a rarity, the high-speed wreck involved only a few cars, so the almost-inevitable 'big
one' didn't happen. The field was frozen and front-runner Jamie McMurray won the big pay day. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
placed second. There were 52 lead changes. Top average lap speed was 202.873mph.
Lanni Marchant sets new Canadian record at Toronto Waterfront Marathon

Lanni Marchant celebrates after crossing the line to set a new Canadian record at Toronto Waterfront
Marathon Sunday with time of 2:27:59 October 20, 2013. ~ Frank Gunn THE CANADIAN PRESS
World's fastest superspeedway: Treacherous Talladega's gut-churning
high-banked pack racing made much safer in last decade by NASCAR



[TOP] The Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama is a high-banked oval track enabling extreme high
speeds. NASCAR puts restrictions on engine output to 'slow' them down to just over 200mph. From
this in-car camera you see the driver's view of the 33° banking. The latest NASCAR race cars are the
safest race vehicles racing anywhere with tight specifications for roll cages, bracing and chassis integrity
along with SAFER track walls which absorb energy and new driver harnesses which restrict head
movement in violent jolts at the extreme high speeds at which these cars drive for 500 miles, just inches
apart. Because of the pack racing, which enables all cars to go faster, big multi-car accidents are inevitable
at every NASCAR Talladega race - two per year, Spring and Fall -- LIVE right now
[MIDDLE] Max Gresham (8) and Chris Fontaine (83) get past a tumbling Miguel Paludo (32). Twelve
racetrucks crashed together on the final lap of the NASCAR Trucks race at Talladega yesterday,
Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013. ~ Dan Lighton AP
[BOTTOM] Last year, the 'Big One' in the top-level Sprint Cup race happened on the last lap and
involved 25 cars. Tony Stewart (14) flips over as Kasey Kahne (5), Clint Bowyer (15), Dave Blaney
(36), Terry Labonte (32), Regan Smith (78), Jeff Burton (31), Jimmie Johnson (48), Dale Earnhardt
Jr. (88), Paul Menard (27) and David Ragan (34) crash around him at Talladega Oct. 7, 2012.
This race is in the middle of the NASCAR 'Chase' play-offs, which makes it a critical challenge for
championship contenders. ~ Dale Davis AP
Quiet: Ontario protest slowed Hwy 402 traffic Saturday to draw attention to rural blight of inefficient, ugly, unneeded industrial wind turbines
Rexton,NB: AFN Chiefs in New Brunswick call for peace and open roads
Christie Blatchford: First Nation band behind violent anti-fracking
protests and thuggery fights for 85% welfare status quo
Rexton,NB: Video shows abuse and profane threats of violence
protester thugs hurl at reporters from 3 TV networks [video]
Ezra Levant: Pulling back the covers on the cowardly eco-terrorist
thugs in Rexton, NB and the Rockefeller $$ behind them [video]
Gainford,AB: Authorities give briefing; evacuation zone extends a mile;
1 liquified petroleum gas tanker exploded, sending up a fireball and damaging other cars; 13 cars derailed, 9 LPG cars, 4 crude oil tankers;
3 cars damaged: one exploded, two venting hot gas; 2 CN injuries [video]
Alberta: CN train carrying carrying liquefied petroleum gas and crude oil derailed and exploded about 80 km west of Edmonton, early Saturday morning, prompting evacuation of small community of Gainford

The burning CN Rail cars can been seen in this aerial photo taken at 4:40 am Saturday. ~ Parkland County
Rexton,NB: Reporter told: "Shut that camera off now or I'll bust it myself"
Breaking: NB natives seize CTV satellite truck, Global TV News car;
Disagreed with Friday news reports about violent fracking protest
REXTON, NB: Reporters and technicians told to leave and leave their camera equipment behind.
Native firefighter @BrennanSock on twitter says "Angry for airing one sided news that made
us look bad. Nobody mentioned or showed our elders getting maced." He also appears to claim
that the RCMP torched their own six police cars burned during Friday protest. "No harm will
come to anybody. Our men will escort the trucks out. I didn't seize anything. I've been trying
to get them out peacefully. Other media are starting to show up with no problems. The crowd
that stopped the truck has calmed down."

The CTV News satellite truck and the Global TV News car were confiscated under threat by a small group of native
protesters in Rexton, NB. In background are some of the police vehicles burned in Friday protest. ~ @BrennanSock
Rexton,NB: Video shows Molotov cocktails being thrown at police;
Natives hurl demeaning taunts as officers enforce court order [video]



[TOP] Native fracking protesters on left hurl Molotv cocktails at police on right. [MIDDLE] Native taunts police, tells them there are people in the woods behind them. [BOTTOM] Some of the six RCMP vehicles that were burned Thursday sit in a row. At least one native protester has claimed the police burned their own vehicles. ~ CP
Ban Ki-moon: 'No notification' yet of Saudi Arabia SC snub
TIME: Unprecedented act by Saudi Arabia to reject seat on UN Security
Council gets point across by confusing everyone

The 15-member UN Security Council sits at the pinnacle of UN power. The 5 permanent members
since the UN founding in 1945 are: China, France, Russian Federation (formerly Soviet Union),
the UK and the U.S. On Thursday, Saudi Arabia was elected as one of 5 countries to replace
half of the 10 non-permanent members (each is elected for a two-year term by the UN General
Assembly). Less than 24 hours later, Saudi Arabia announced it was rejecting the coveted seat
on the Council it had lobbied for, an unprecedented move that shocked diplomatic community.
Former PM Brian Mulroney lauds CETA as legacy for Stephen Harper
CETA: Background and details from Government of Canada website
CETA: Background and details from European Commission website
CETA: By the (big) numbers
China: Bombardier sells 30 CSeries jets to Chinese leasing firm
John Ivison: Harper’s huge EU free-trade deal justifies hyperbole
CETA: Historic trade deal; added to NAFTA, Canada will have
preferential access to more than half of the world’s economy,
more than any other country; sweeping agreement covers
everything from cars to food to intellectual property
Ottawa: CETA statement by Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada:
 "Agreement will provide Canada with preferential market access to the European
Union’s more than 500 million consumers. The elimination of EU tariffs in the
agricultural sector and the fish and seafood sector will mean that lobster fishermen
in the Maritimes, maple syrup producers in Québec, apple growers in Ontario, grain
producers in the prairies, cherry growers in British Columbia and arctic char farmers
in the Yukon who export to the EU will see their bottom lines improve."
Brussels: Canada-European Community CETA joint declaration:
 "CETA is a 21st Century, gold-standard agreement which will create new opportunities
on both sides of the Atlantic, generating more trade and investment, thus promoting
growth and supporting more European and Canadian jobs. The Canada-EU CETA addresses
a wide range of issues including improved access for goods and services; greater certainty,
transparency and protection for investments; enhanced cooperation in areas of mutual
interest, such as regulatory development and labour mobility; and new opportunities in
procurement markets. Once implemented, the agreement is expected to increase two-way
bilateral trade in goods and services by 23% or about €26 billion (C$38 billion)."
Brussels: CETA statement by José Manuel Barroso, President, EC:
"this agreement opens a new era in European Union-Canada relations"
CETA signed: Harper: "Very, very positive. Big win for Canada"
"Most ambitious trade agreement Canada has ever negotiated"
All provinces onside with negotiations, EC expects full ratification by 2015
by all 28 countries, including approved translations in 24 languages


Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Community sign the
Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) Friday in Brussels. It is the largest trade agreement in
Canadian history, larger than NAFTA, which is between Canada, Mexico and the United States. CETA drops
industrial tariffs by 100% between Canada and the countries of the European Community. Immediately upon implementation 98% of tariffs - both ways - will be eliminated. Canada is committed to compensating
agricultural producers and provincial health programs for any negative consequences down the road.
Brussels: CETA press conference completed:
Canadian PM Stephen Harper and José Manuel Barroso, President, European Community
CETA: Harper all business on Brussels trade mission
Brussels: Canada-EU trade agreement to be announced this morning:
Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) could
increase Canada's GDP by estimated $12B and help create 80,000 jobs
Calgary: BCC sees CETA as a 'good opportunity' for Canadian Barley
Brussels: Ontario, Quebec seek aid for dairy sector
as provinces back EU trade deal
Montreal: A courtship that began with a bluff:
Jean Charest tells how Canada pursued huge EU trade pact
New Brunswick: 40 arrested, Molotov cocktails burn RCMP police cars
as natives' shale gas protest near Rexton turns violent over court order

An RCMP police cruiser on fire is seen at site of shale gas protest in Rexton, NB,
Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013. ~ Ossie Michelin Twitter

A charred police car at anti-fracking blockade. ~ Ossie Michelin Twitter

The shale gas protest site attracted hundreds of protesters who blocked access to
a compound where shale gas testing trucks remain idle. ~ CTV Atlantic
updated ~ Goin' to California: Beloved Toronto Zoo elephants
packing trunks [extended video report]

Long-time Toronto Zoo resident Thika ready for retirement in California after years of enriching community.

The shipping containers were placed in their compound for a few weeks to allow familiarization. Then, with
the pachyderms inside, a heavy crane moved them to the float truck for their journey into the sunset. ~ CTV

It's a cross-country roadtrip many dream of making, but there are fears for the beloved elephants' road health.
Ottawa: Toronto man charged with mischief, uttering threats at PMO
Scourge of humanity: India has nearly half of world's estimated 30 million slaves, report says; Mauritania, Haiti and Pakistan also big slave states

Ottawa: Harper to conclude huge free trade deal with EU in Brussels
on Friday; the provinces and EU countries will need to ratify
Ottawa: ‘Quanto’s Law’ will recognize roles of service animals

Quanto was an Edmonton Police Dog who died last week after a suspect stabbed him. 'Quanto's Law' will
recognize valuable roles of service animals and set penalties for harming them.
Ottawa: Five stand-out promises in 2013 Throne Speech
Ottawa: Read the Throne Speech here
Ottawa: Throne Speech covers a lot of bases: balanced budget legislation,
provincial cross-border beer and spirit trade, $70B for municipal
infrastructure funding, stopping growing practice of charging
customers for mailed bills, and said Senate status quo "is
unacceptable" and "must be reformed or ...vanish"

Governor General David Johnston delivers the speech as Prime Minister Stephen Harper (left) looks on. ~ CBC
Washington: McConnell announces the deal on the Senate floor
Ottawa: PMO evacuated, man arrested at the scene due to security threat
"a man entered, threw a suitcase and started praying in a foreign language"
Ottawa: Bomb scare at PM Harper's Langevin office
Ross McKitrick: IPCC models getting mushy; model/data mismatch
" ...the next few years will be electrifying. There is a high
probability we will witness the crackup of one of the most
influential scientific paradigms of the 20th century, and the
implications for policy and global politics could be staggering."
Chamonix: See how cool it is to be a bald eagle [video]

A Go Pro camera was attached to a bald eagle and the results are uniquely stunning, like dreams you've had. ~ Youtube
Gananoque: Ontario police seize 65 pounds of cocaine from car
Nunavut Election 2013: Education common issue as voters head to polls Monday
Hoodwinking the media: Suzuki tops ‘most-admired’ list on a poll that in truth is a complete sham
Attractive investments: Canadian energy sector vital funder of government programs
Profligates: Senate to consider changing suspension motion; Sen. Carignan to seek consensus before making changes
Disappointing turn-out: Feminist 'Janettes' rally way under predicted numbers
Les Janettes: Thousands march in Montreal for values charter
TIME: Inside Prince Charles' world as he quietly takes charge
Paul Reichmann: His self-built empire included London’s Canary Wharf, Toronto’s First Canadian Place, New York's World Financial Center
Text and photos: Chris Hadfield releases first book: 'An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth'
BlackBerry success: BBM going gangbusters on Android and iPhone; BBM Channels to exit beta soon, plus BBM Voice and Video calling coming to Android and iOS users ‘within months’
1995: MacKay apologizes for federal mistakes in MacIntosh sexual abuse case
No time: Harper tells radio show that no business would wait to see if an employee was guilty in court before suspending their pay and/or employment
Christie Blatchford: Brazeau, Duffy and Wallin ought to just shut up and go quietly into the good night
There's other keinz: McDonalds phasing out ties to Heinz after Burger King owner installs former CEO at ketchup maker
Multiple excuses: GO Transit wind turbine producing 91% less power than expected
Spying eyes: Harper an unlikely target for the NSA, intelligence expert says
Connections: The inglorious exit of Bo Xilai, Canada’s closest ally in China’s power structure
World landmark builder: Paul Reichmann, dead at 83
Senate deal or no deal? Brazeau says he was offered a deal, Carignan says he was asked to apologize and propose a deal; some media then claim Carignan confirmed Brazau's claim, which wasn't the case
300,000 to 400,000 Canadian homes a year: Spray foam insulation can make some homes unlivable; touted as green option, spray foam insulation can lead to off-gassing and health problems
Sovereignty grab? Olympic flame reaches North Pole for first time [video]
CETA: Trade agreement offers tariff relief to farmers, fishers
Senate: Government moves to limit ongoing delay tactics of opposition Senators and will call for vote on suspending pay of Duffy, Wallin and Brazeau early next week
Public: "Taxpayers are the victims, not the trio of 'whining' senators"
Abacus Poll: Conservatives and Liberals both up, NDP down; Conservatives 32%, Liberals 32%, NDP 23%
Terence Corcoran: Mike Duffy’s verbal flim-flam turned villain into victim in eyes of gullible anti-government media
Gainford,AB: Emergency braking led to fiery CN accident, investigators say
Carney: Bank of England Governor says banks must become more resilient, offers easier liquidity
Quebec reference case: Provincial Appeals Court says Govt of Canada cannot unilaterally reform Senate; can only be done by amending formula; Supreme Court answers same question in November
Who? Roger Daltrey to sing at U.S. Capitol ceremony honouring Sir Winston Churchill
Actor, singer, athlete: Noel Harrison, 79, dies in England, lived in Canada for decades
$3 Billion? Japan scaling down planned main stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
April disaster: Loblaw to compensate victims, famililies of Bangledesh factory collapse
Connections? Bruce Power fundraiser held for Ontario Liberals weeks before cancelling plan to build nuclear plants by rival company
Market roiled: Potash Corp cuts outlook more than expected as sales slump
Control more important than results to native leaders? First Nations asked for input on draft education bill which aims to raise native education standards and results across Canada
CTV News: RCMP seeks former Liberal Mac Harb's bank info, alleges ex-senator committed breach of trust
Aaron Wherry: Darn tootin’, the Duffy affair is a perfect absurdity and a roaring spectacle
From the mouths of star candidates dept: Chrystia Freeland: Dad's job key to success today [video]
Anthony Watts: Mann, oh Mann
Dufferin County: Need for more wind farms questioned; 'if you can cancel gas plants, you can cancel wind farms'
Crux of the matter: Duffy/Wright issue highlights yellow journalism & opposition desperation
University of Waterloo RETH study: "Statistically significant results for sleep, vertigo and tinnitus" connected to proximity of Industrial Wind Turbines
QP Live: PM Harper responds to explosive allegations
Income up 45%: Canadian Pacific stock soars on record Q3 earnings
Senate miscreants: Pamela Wallin attacks fellow Senators in emotional speech; alleges vendetta, swings wildly, offers no evidence, plays "cancer survivor" card using Duffy health 'victim' approach
Royalty: Prince George christened with water from River Jordan; 4 royal generations present [video]
Hairy plan: Baldness cure may be within reach; growing follicles in a petri dish and implanting [video]
Seismic: New Brunswick Energy minister disputes notion province hasn't consulted with aboriginal community over shale gas exploration and development; releases a list of more than a dozen workshops and meetings that involved aboriginal communities or leaders in last 15 months alone; one meeting involved 23 AFN elders
Christina Blizzard: Liberal make-work project hurts hard-working tradespeople
Liberal Kenny: Ex-Senate staffer quit because she was forced to do personal tasks half the time; ordered clothes, paid cable bills
Bell: Move to track customers’ web history, TV viewing sparks probe by privacy regulator
2-for-1 stock split: CN profit beats estimates, plans buyback
$5.7 Billion: Sobeys-Safeway deal approved by Canada's Competition Bureau
Canadianization, eh: Canadian values can only be learned by living here, judge says in rejecting citizenship application
Scammed $800,000 from Florida company: Alleged U.S. fraudster impersonated Canadian deputy health minister, FBI says
Aaron Wherrry: Stephen Harper sits down and Mike Duffy stands up; Senators don't want to be held accountable
Goes for sympathy, exposes greed: Sen. Duffy says he was strong-armed over spending by Harper, PMO in explosive speech; was told to pay back what he owed, Canadians see nothing wrong with that
Raising standards: Ottawa aims to improve First Nations education by taking control of failing schools
Flaherty: Last year's deficit $7B less than projected, federal budget may balance before 2015
15,700-km cable from Japan to Newfoundland: Company completes filing on proposal to run broadband line through Canadian Arctic
Thugs: Suburban Winnipeg Mayor beaten by two men with baseball bats in his front yard
Lac-Mégantic: Quebec rail victims could begin to see compensation in mid-2014: U.S. trustee
'Negative stereotypes': Ontario nurses call for cancellation of MTV series ‘Scrubbing In’
Canada: Federal gov’t remains on track to balance budget by 2015: Flaherty; will balance without tax increases or benefit/transfer cuts
Values: Facebook allows beheading videos, bans breastfeeding videos
Canada: Bell to collect customer personal information for marketing, targeted ads
Gasgate: Liberals didn't consider extra $513M cost of moving Oakville power plant to Napanee, top civil servant says
India: Cyclists account for over half of all road fatalities
Crux of the matter: Ontario PC Leader Hudak asks Premier Wynne to explain Liberal job creation plan
Hall of Famer: NHL Defenceman Allan Stanley dies at 87; 22-year career, won 4 Stanley Cups with Toronto, spent a decade on blueline with Tim Horton
Greece: Photo of mystery girl found in Roma settlement triggers inquiry in Canada
Up for 5th straight session: TSX gains on miners, possible Maple Leaf bake sale
Adam Goldenberg: Canada has death panels that can overrule family wishes; reiterated in Friday's Supreme Court ruling
Home at last: Toronto elephants getting used to new surroundings in California sanctuary after long roadtrip; TV's Bob Barker financed the $950,000 transfer
Matt Gurney: In the new Montreal politics, transexual prostitutes are fine; just don't get cute with money
Gainford,AB: CN still working to get residents home after Alberta derailment
Hypocrites in power: ‘How dare they talk about open access’: Ontario PCs mock Wynne call for transparent government
Senate: Do they stay or do they go? Duffy's lawyer says his client unfairly accused, did as told he could
Monte Solberg: Anti-anxiety throne speech: Only remotely political? Then this was right up your alley
Justice Minister MacKay: Victims to get louder voice in legal system through new victims’ bill of rights
Australia: Melbourne police say a Canadian drug syndicate was stopped when they seized an estimated $300M of ice or crystal meth from being made and trafficked; 8 Canadians and 2 Australians have been charged
Telegram: CETA a big opportunity for fishery: McCurdy; best thing to happen to the province’s fishery in a generation, and good news for Newfoundland and Labrador overall
St. Petersburg: With frustration mounting, Harper and Barroso put CETA talks on road to success
Ottawa: Royal Mail’s IPO success triggers envy
Large harvest: Corn prices plunge amid oversupply, retreat from ethanol
Ottawa: City files lawsuit a day late, loses chance to recover $700,000 from sewage sludge disposal company
Upsala,ON: Five men dead in northwestern Ontario Trans-Canada Highway crash; all occupants dead after pickup and transport hit head-on Saturday night
Gainford,AB: 100 remain displaced after CN derailment and explosion early Saturday morning as two cars still burn
2012: Philippines Canada’s biggest source of immigrants to likely surprise of most Canadians; China and India followed
China: Governor General Johnston ‘delighted’ by reception, encourages Canadians to participate in changing relationship
Federal by-elections set for Nov. 25: Empty Commons seats to be filled in 'Bourassa' in Quebec, 'Provencher' and 'Brandon-Souris' in Manitoba, and 'Toronto Centre' in Ontario
PQ to Harper: Only Quebec can decide its future on independence question
Gainford, Alberta track was tested last week: CN defends safety record in face of three train derailments within a month
Get out snow shovel: Below normal temperatures start of brisk week ahead
Toronto: Ontario mobsters on the run: police
Levant: Foreign-funded terrorism radicalizing and exploiting Canadian Indians
Gainford,AB: CN Rail apologizes to displaced residents and promises to "repair, remedy and remediate" all damage for train derailment and explosion; LPG tankers still burning Saturday night [video]
Lorrie Goldstein: Wynne's electricity disaster; Ontario’s Liberal government is making up energy policy on the fly, for its own political ends
Windsor Parkway fiasco: Engineer overseeing production of parkway girders quit more than a year ago over concerns about safety and durability -- the key issues currently engulfing the $1.4B project
Free Trade election of 1988: The sky didn't fall, "the overall benefits to Canada are manifest", and the Canadian economy is absolutely humming compared to what Pierre Trudeau left behind in 1984
CETA: Canadian agriculture groups respond mostly in positive, practical way as export barriers drop, but some wield ideological axe
CETA: By killing 98% of tariffs on both sides upon ratification, free trade deal 'changes world' for consumers and businesses of all stripes
Jeffrey Simpson: The NDP fails its free-trade litmus test
Canadian Senate: Sen. Wallin’s lawyer threatens legal action against possible suspension
CETA: Last-minute cheese compensation assurance got Quebec on board
CETA: 5 ways trade deal will impact Canadians
Throne Speech: The worst of the worst will be eligible for real life sentences under upcoming federal legislation; Justice Minister Peter MacKay said Friday he will introduce a bill denying certain people sentenced to life in prison any chance of parole ever: "the absolute worst, violent, multiple offenders"
Quebec solidly behind CETA: Government expects reduced prices on EU-made clothing, perfumes, automobiles and other products, while Quebec-based industries as aluminum, recreational vehicles, wood, auto parts, telecommunications equipment, petrochemicals and mobile homes as well as such foods as pork and maple syrup will significantly benefit from the elimination of tariffs
Ontario: Electricity rates up 140% since 2007; rates rising due to Liberal wilful incompetence: opposition
Saskatchewan likes CETA: Premier Brad Wall says deal could mean billions for uranium industry and his province
Paul Wells *exclusive*: Stephen Harper’s legal challenge to Quebec secession
Andrew Coyne: With his EU trade deal, Stephen Harper finally has a real consumer charter
New Brunswick: Explosives, firearms seized by Mounties during fiery Rexton clash on Thursday which destroyed 6 police cars; police found pipe bombs constructed using large commercial-grade fireworks packed into cylinders with shrapnel in the form of shotgun pellets or small crushed rocks
Craig Oliver: CETA should win ratification by October 2015; the 1988 FTA and subsequent NAFTA agreement proved naysayers wrong about free trade, he says, and the public is generally in favour, having seen the many benefits for 25 years [video]
Safe and sound: Windsor man invents stereo speakers for bike helmets that enable riders to hear traffic, too [video]
CETA: Wynne says Ontario supports monster trade deal without conditions, welcomes already committed federal compensation for any negative effects on dairy industry and in health-care costs
CETA: Two Atlantic Premiers embrace CETA; New Brunswick and Newfoundland & Labrador praise benefits for fisheries and forestry industries and see new jobs in the deal
CETA kudos: Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters industry association welcomes CETA, calls it "the Wayne Gretzky of trade deals" and says "CETA is our economic power play in the global arena"
Ottawa: Supreme Court of Canada rules doctors do not have ultimate say in removing life support
New Brunswick: Justice Minister calls for calm after violent shale gas protest
Ottawa: Canada September inflation holds near central bank floor
Kitchener-Waterloo Record editorial: Wynne’s pitiful pension plans
Terence Corcoran: Harper gets the big issues right
Mexico: Canadian bride dies on first day of honeymoon as resort hotel balcony collapses
Quebec City: Quebec human rights commission blasts PQ's dangerous and unnecessary values charter
Obstructionism: Quebec contests Supreme Court nomination of Marc Nadon, could keep Harper pick off bench for years
Number two tries harder: Second overall in world reputation ranking, Toronto was first when people rated cities they would work in, beating Zurich
International reputations: Toronto second most reputable city in world, second to Sydney, Australia; last year's number one, Vancouver, fell to 14th; top American city was New York in 21st position
Toronto: Wife of Somali suspect in Ottawa bomb scare at PMO expresses surprise; didn't know where he was; acquaintance says suspect was 'gentle' and the "only thing that seemed to anger him lately wasn’t being able to access English-language training"
Not so green: Former NHLer, Green Party leader May’s deputy, Georges Laraque, steps down to face fraud allegation; he had previously refused to step down
Rates jump 12.2% on annualized basis: Ontario consumers face sharply higher rates for electricity starting Nov. 1st, especially during off-peak hours; Liberals need $$ to pay for cancelled/relocated gas plants
Ottawa: Senate motions will move to suspend Duffy, Wallin, Brazeau without pay
New suitor? Lenovo weighing BlackBerry takeover, reports WSJ; Chinese PC vendor could use BlackBerry as a way to expand its global brand in smartphones
Green Party VP and candidate: Former NHLer turned politician Georges Laraque facing fraud charges
Ontario: Cash-strapped Liberals handing out plenty of wage increases despite claimed "wage freeze"
North American Windpower: OFA VP to Ontario wind developers: 'You guys did a lousy job'
Oshawa Express: New nuclear scrapped by Liberals, hurting Ontario's future of cheap, reliable power and "removes thousands of high-paying jobs from the area"
A moving protest: Wind protesters are taking it to the streets, or rather a major highway linking Canada and the U.S., to protest the Ontario government's abuse of citizens; "The megaphone politics of protest isn’t working," says Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley. "There’s a sense of desperation. Ordinary people cannot get a change in government policy and they’re taking this (rally) as a last step of opposition."
Ontario: NDP leader Andrea Horwath is Premier Kathleen Wynne’s secret policy adviser: Cohn
HHoF: Bobby Orr believes Don Cherry belongs in Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder
Belfast: Workers escape as 140-ft wind turbine collapses at harbour site; "utter devastation"
Throne Speech 2013: Quotes from and reactions to
Hey, NY Times: No signs of moose dying off in Alberta
Throne Speech 2013: Canadian Home Builders' Association gives two thumbs up
Prices higher, but: Canadian wireless speeds faster than in U.S.
Throne Speech 2013: Dempster Highway approved for completion to the Arctic Ocean; Canadians will then be able to drive to all three oceans
Kenneth Green: Many Canadians don't see vital importance of oil export; jobs, of course, but taxes cover deficits and oil company investments power various pension plans, including CPP
Germany: Merkel seeks renewable energy reform as households pay record green surcharge
The true global warming crisis: The fibs underlying the 'theory'
Jonathan Kay: Ezra Levant is making media mincemeat out of fallen Saint Suzuki
Evidence for the prosecution of David Suzuki, part four: Suzuki’s world: Mankind as a malignant growth
Ottawa: Canada on verge of major trade deal with European Union
Ottawa: NDP slams omnibus government motion which will resume investigation into missing and murdered aboriginal women as well as resurrect dead bills; Opposition puts gamesmanship ahead of best interests of country
Ottawa: $3B on major transit expansions over next 18 years, with none to serve either Canadian Tire Centre or Ottawa airport
Arizona: Grapple over high rates paid to home solar customers for their excess power has continent-wide implications; utility forced to pay premium for power it can't always use
Ottawa: 6 Throne Speech themes to watch for today
Ottawa: Canadian Loonie overvalued by 10%, economic group says
Ottawa: 5 things to know about the Throne Speech
Newfoundland: At least 2 killed in strip mall shooting in Conception Bay South; killer on the loose
Ottawa: Malala Yousafzai to be named honorary Canadian citizen in Wednesday Throne Speech
No chaff: Pick-and-pay channels get warm reception
Bonnie and Clyde: Ontario teen runaways steal multiple vehicles as chased by police through Ontario, Quebec and across border into Maine; finally caught on foot
Denmark may want say: Greenland votes to allow uranium, rare earths mining
Layers of politics: India looks to China, Iran for onions to cool political heat
updated ~ Baghdad: Car bombs kill at least 55 in Iraq
India: Blasts kill five at rally for opposition candidate Modi
Reuters: Key U.S. official faces Monday grilling over how Obamacare website became fiasco
Blame game: Obamacare roll-out casts cloud over 2014 Democrats
Syria: 15 Hezbollah soldiers killed outside Damascus
AFP: UAE to give $3.9B to Egypt's military-installed govt
Germany: Merkel's phone 'bugged for decade by U.S.'
Variety: Event films are cannibalizing each other
Rewarding failure? Same company in charge of failed Obamacare website is in charge of failed Sandy relief; only $700M of $60B has been disbursed to victims a year later
NSA: Obama, Kerry trying to quell anger abroad over spying
Kirsten Powers: Obama can’t blame the Republicans this time
Single payer in the sights: As Obamacare changes U.S. healthcare landscape, little Vermont eyes bigger goal
Truth and consequences: NSA spying blowback threatens to hamper U.S. foreign policy
Killer rampage: Police chase gunman, hostages across Mojave Desert
Down the shore: Decades of tradition lost as Jersey Shore will never be what it was for 'second home' owners
Deadly date approaches: JFK's image shines on despite contradictions
Iraq frontier: Kurdish fighters seize Syrian border post from Islamists
Finger-pointing: Five people Obama could fire over Obamacare
Built-in racism: Obamacare seeks to segregate patients, doctors by race
Coincidence? Michelle Obama’s Princeton classmate is Sr. VP at company that built Obamacare website
Fall-out: The litany of Obamacare broken promises and the growing anger [video]
Steve Forbes: Obamacare website rollout 'incompetent from top to bottom'
Forbes: Sebelius now says Obamacare exchange website needed six years of development, instead of two
Kirsten Powers: After supporting Obamacare, Daily Beast columnist gets an unwelcome health care surprise in the mail
Oklahoma: Toyota fined $3M by jury
Elysee Palace: France had feared U.S. had hacked its President, was Israel involved?
Casablanca: Morocco teen jailed for Twitter threat to Obama
Austria: FIS ski chief slams 'god-like' FIFA over winter World Cup
NSA: Brazil 'wants to question tech giants'
Obama-mess: GOP threatens subpoenas over Obamacare rollout
No bidders showed up: Obama’s first land auction for solar goes bust
Were vehemently against: Under pressure, 10 Senate Democrats push for Obamacare extension
Syria: Norway rejects U.S. request to destroy chemical weapons arsenal
NSA: Chatty leaders vulnerable to foreign surveillance
Califonia: Oarfish was female, carrying hundreds of thousands of eggs
NSA: German spy chiefs to visit Washington for talks on U.S. spying allegations
Italy: Coast guard rescues more than 700 illegal migrants in 24 hours
Timothy Carney: Critic in Chief: Charles Krauthammer diagnoses Obama's policies and psyche
No surprise: Financier George Soros backs Hillary Clinton for U.S. President in 2016
State subsidies: China and Europe make up after averting trade war
NSA: Germany demands U.S. answers over Merkel bugging
Hearings: Contractors blame tight deadlines and not enough time for testing; Democrat Waxman offers laugher of the day, calling Obamacare "an enormous success"
Obamacare: Now Democrats agree with Republican proposal to delay deadline which they fought and called 'racist' just 3 weeks ago
House hearings: Website contractors point fingers at Obama administration, saying changes were made late to specs which created huge bottleneck
Merkel: U.S. spying has shattered allies' trust
Guardian: NSA monitored calls of 35 world leaders after U.S. official handed over contacts
Obamacare fall-out: Obamacare operator fired after taking call from Sean Hannity radio show on Monday; Hannity announced today he is giving her a year's salary and will help her find a new job
PJ Media: Analysis of NY Times article shows they don't get it; Obamacare not only doesn't allow access across state lines it largely doesn't allow access across county lines
Obamacare meltdown: CareFirst says 76,000 customers will lose current coverage due to Obamacare
NY Times: Obamacare negatively affects poor and those in rural areas
John McAfee: Government-designed architecture of Obamacare website was ill-considered; as a result hackers will rip off personal data and empty bank accounts of "millions" of people [video]
Just the first adjustment? Obamacare enrollment deadline pushed to March 31 [video]
Bill Daley: Firing Secretary Kathleen Sebelius "like firing Captain Smith on the Titanic after it hit the iceberg" [video]
Pittsburgh shame: Famous rivers filled with junk: from shopping carts to hundreds of cars to a B-25 bomber
Desperation in Venezuela: Inept leaders running out of excuses to provide better government
House hearing underway: Obamacare site 'nothing short of a disaster'
Obamacare fall-out: Democratic Party unity starts fraying as self-preservation takes over
Ransom: Pirates seize two Americans off Nigeria's coast
Obama call didn't help: Germany summons U.S. ambassador over alleged spying on Merkel phone, says no business as usual
Changed the world: Boeing's 747 is an icon, but future now in doubt
Norway: Ex-pat Somalis worry extremism is spreading
BBC: Secret memos 'show Pakistan endorsed U.S. drone strikes'
Bernard Squarcini: Paris also snoops on U.S., says ex-French spy boss
Eurozone's fourth-largest economy: Spanish jobless rate dips to 25.98% as recession ends
Rift? EU leaders meet as U.S. spying allegations build
Catherine Herridge: Key suspects in Benghazi attack include former courier, bodyguard for Al Qaeda, sources say
Robert J. Samuelson: Obamacare backfires -- on everyone
Obama-Clinton-Kerry amateur diplo-mess: U.S.-Saudi crack-up reaches a dramatic tipping point
Sank in 1946: $50M operation will raise sunken U.S. military ship from waters near Prince Rupert, BC
Intelligence quotient: Why the NSA spies on France and Germany
Obama-mess: Contractor behind Obamacare to testify extra testing could not have saved site; usually means architecture a problem
Ethiopa: Signs $4B geothermal deal with American-Icelandic company Reykjavik Geothermal to develop a 1,000MW geothermal farm
Odd way to push public healthcare: Short on beer money? Look to Obamacare
Boehner: More people will lose insurance under Obamacare than sign up in exchanges
Scam-apalooza: Obamacare launch spawns 700+ cyber-squatters capitalizing on Healthcare.gov, state exchanges
Syria: Much of country blacked out by rebel attack on gas pipeline
Obamascare or political theatre? How real was well-timed near-faint of woman behind Obama? Conspiracy theory or happensatnce?
Rose Garden metaphor: Ineptness of Obama leaves America staggered
Alexis Simendinger: Can a President expect Obamacare flaws but be in the dark too?
Mark Gollom: Can Obama recover from the 'bungled' Obamacare roll-out? 'You never get a second chance to make a first impression'
updated ~ Northern suburb of Boston: 14-year-old charged with killing beloved Danvers, Massachusetts, teacher
uh-oh: Angela Merkel calls Barack Obama over suspicion U.S. monitored her phone
Major Garrett: The biggest joke of the Obama Presidency
F.F. Wiley: Niall Ferguson shatters Paul Krugman’s delusions
American drug companies use scare tactics: Prescription drug importation legalized in Maine [video]
CBS News: Obamacare pricing feature can be off the mark; "incredibly misleading"
Howie Carr: Boston gala another Obamacare flop; incompetents and incompetence
Red Sox owner trying to buy: Injunction over suit blocks Boston Globe sale
Boston: FBI victim linked Tamerlan Tsarnaev to 9/11/2011 triple killing
Jeffrey Zients: Obama calls trusted fixer to help save Obamacare website
Golden lumbers: Eucalyptus trees in Australian goldfield depositing gold in leaves as their deep roots draw in rich moisture
Animation domination: World's greatest GIF-maker works 100 hours a week in job that goes on and on and on
China jerky treat mystery: Nearly 600 U.S. pets dead; still no source, FDA says
Hillary Clinton legacy: Saudi complaint list long during Obama 'residency' - Washington has failed in Syria, in Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and in Bahrain in 2011, and now growing closer to Tehran
When friends fall out: Kerry holds urgent talks as U.S.-Saudi rift deepens over Middle East policy
Seventh grade: Nevada shooter may have been bullied
Pupils: We begged 12-yr-old gun boy for our lives
Professor: 'States can nullify Obamacare', cites Thomas Jefferson’s 1789 Kentucky Resolution
Global News: Norway considers taking, destroying bulk of Syria’s chemical weapons
NOAA: U.S. to do away with nautical charts; PDFs, digital and on-demand maps deep-six paper
We warned, you didn't listen: Seattle police say Canadian fugitive Michael Stanley is suspect in sex assault
Spain: Barcelona start-up lets you print your own dinner with 3D food printer
CBS News: Krokodil use reportedly spreading: 'most dangerous drug in world' killingly addictive
Bombshell: Federal judge suddenly green-lights lawsuit that could stop Obamacare in its tracks
Michael Barone: Unions turn on Obamacare, but don't call them hypocrites
Ann Coulter: The shutdown was "magnificent" and "run beautifully" by GOP; it branded GOP as anti-Obamacare party just as people starting to realize the scale and scope of the Obamacare disaster
Michael Barone: What if Obamacare software crashes and burns?
The huckster blues: Obamacare (as seen on TV)
Syria: Opposition weighing negotiations with Assad
White House tries to blame contractor: Obama apologists blame Obamacare system contractor, note its involvement in Canada's failed gun registry, the 'billion dollar boondoggle'
Obamacare snake oil: How Jon Stewart became President Obama’s biggest problem
AP: Builders of Obamacare website saw red flags "for months", tested by govt not specialists, accesses multiple outside databases; if hacked, offers ultimate data prizes across govt
Washington Post-ABC poll: Majority believe Obamacare website problems indicate broader issue with law
Jon Stewart: Lampoons and lambastes Obamacare [video]
Consumer Reports: ‘Stay away from HealthCare.gov’
45,000 drop from August: U.S. hiring slows in September to just 148,000 jobs
Brrrrrrrrrr: Last 10 days of October could be America’s coldest in 20+ years!
LA Times: Scientists link deaths of two rare oarfish but say it's too early to know what happened; they may have been together and got caught in currents they couldn't deal with; full toxicological tests are underway
Don't follow these leaders: Boy Scouts axe 2 men who toppled ancient Utah rock formation
Mike Barnicle on MSNBC: White House 'lying' about Obamacare website [video]
Two weeks of ‘Sea Serpents’ or Harbingers? Oarfish washed up year before Japan quake
No mea culpa at press conference: White House deems health exchange glitches ‘unacceptable’, but offers no explanation, GOP calls Obamacare DOA
Egypt: Christians mourn Cairo shooting that killed 4
Why Obama should be freaked out over Obamacare: It's worse than we know, this is the easy part, and millions of Americans could be hurt
Whose rights? Sex offender who caused international manhunt now registered living a block from preschool
"I knew nothing" Federal Reserve Chair until 2006, now 87-yr-old Alan Greenspan writes book denying there was any observable weakening of the U.S. financial sector under his 18-1/2 year tenure
Third month in a row: Yahoo again tops Google in U.S. web visitors in Sept
Russia: Dashcam video vividly shows suicide bomb explosion on Volgograd bus
updated ~ Nevada: 2 dead; teacher killed defending students from gun-wielding student at Sparks middle school; student apparently committed suicide
Kidnapping: Al Qaeda group is operating on ransom money from the West
Obamacare: HealthCare.Gov needs 5 million lines of code re-written says specialist
Obamacare bait-and-switch? Next shoe to drop: people buying coverage on the exchanges may owe more money than they're being told
Syria: Top rebel commander killed in clashes
Afghanistan: Afghan special forces commander defects with guns and equipment to Taliban-connected insurgents
France: French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has summoned U.S. ambassador over Snowden-based newspaper claims that U.S. spied on millions of phone calls in France
Daniel Greenfield: The American tribe
updated ~ Russia: Female suicide bomber believed responsible for bus explosion which kills 6, injures 33 in Volgograd
Lost opportunity: 15% of U.S. youth out of school, work
Washington,DC: Despite setback, GOP has impressive budgetary wins and stand united against tax increases
Mexico: Hurricane Raymond surges north on Pacific coast with a hurricane watch in place from Acapulco to the port city of Lazaro Cardenas
Japan: Record string of trade deficits: 15 consecutive months
Infrastructure: Crown Castle to buy rights to AT&T towers for $4.85B
Syria: Suicide bomber kills at least 30 in Hama; Arab League announces possible dates for renewed peace talks in November [video]
Nigeria: Pirate attacks by heavily armed gangs surge off coast
Egypt: Ride-by gunmen shoot 3 dead outside Cairo church
Bolivia: Coca growers ambush, kill 2 security anti-drug forces, 8 taken hostage
When wasn't it? NY Times: News sexy again; tech wealth and ideas are heading into news
Obamacare: Spaghetti code govt solution? More cooks; 'best and brightest' techies drafted to fix
Tea Party’s victory: Americans will not forget who warned of impending Obamacare disaster
Michael Barone: A software installer's view on the Obamacare IT mess
Wired: How a radical new teaching method could unleash a generation of geniuses
Jim Lakely: Age of climate alarmism is coming to an end
Iraq: At least 37 dead as suicide bombing hits Baghdad cafe in Shia Amil area
Philippines: Truck rear-ends bus, killing 20
Washington,DC: AP source says 476,000 applications filed for Obamacare in first 3 weeks, but officials won't give enrolment figures; other sources say as many as 5 applications have been filed for a single person due to problems with sign-up system; 330 million Americans have to sign up or face heavy fines
California: 2nd ultra-deep-dwelling oarfish - sea serpent of mythology - has washed ashore in a week; rarely seen; is this a harbinger of a coming underwater earthquake?
London: JPMorgan 'record fine' of $13B explained: how company contributed to 2007-2008 global financial meltdown
Tijuana cartel: Mexico drug lord shot dead by clown assassins during family children's party in Cabo San Lucas
Washington,DC: JPMorgan in tentative $13B settlement deal with U.S. Justice Department over bad mortgage loans sold to investors before 2008 crash
Argentina: At least 80 injured as commuter train slams into station, again; same location as deadly crash in 2012
updated ~ Belgium: Birthday present skydiving flight tragedy leaves 11 dead; 10 skydivers and pilot; piece of wing broke off causing plane's death spiral
Rasmussen: 50% of Americans believe the U.S. is in a recession
Egypt: Car bomb hits Army intelligence building north of Cairo
Joe Bastardi: Can an AGW climatologist be truly objective?
Laos: Lao Airlines crash: 27 bodies found in Mekong River
Fast and Furious: Still infuriating
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood facing wave of trials
Syria: Bomb near Damascus kills 16
Maldives in crisis: Police block attempt at presidential vote
Somalia: 12 killed in suicide attack
Georgian skull discovery: Theory there were several different human species walking Earth two million years ago is being called into question by find [video]
UN investigator says terrorists have rights: U.S. should publish drone attack data; apparently hanging out with terrorists while they plot new atrocities makes you 'innocent'
Cleveland cold cases re-opened: Ariel Castro's neighbour charged with murders from 1990s
Most ice EVER: Antarctica set a third all-time record while U.S. Govt was ‘shutdown’
Alberta: Former Guantanamo inmate Omar Khadr to remain in maximum-security prison in Canada; jailed for murder of American Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Speer in Afghanistan when Khadr was a teenaged Taliban fighter
CETA: Canada, EU trade deal beats America's stalled TTIP to the punch; Canada only G8 nation to claim trade deals with United States, Europe
California: The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system strike is paralyzing all the cities around San Francisco Bay as subway tunnels under the waters remain quiet and their normal 400,000 commuters clog surface routes and bridges instead
Forbes: International Monetary Fund openly lays the groundwork for global wealth confiscation
Shrillsters lament: '2013 ranks as one of the least extreme U.S. weather years ever’ ~ Many bad weather events at ‘historically low levels’ ~ tornadoes, wildfires, extreme heat or hurricanes, the good news is that weather-related disasters are all way down this year compared to recent years and, in some cases, down to historically low levels'
Obamacare hearings: Are Administration officials refusing to appear before House Committee to explain roll-out fiasco?
Déjà vu: Congress re-launches budget talks as Washington returns to work, this time with a February shutdown deadline
Michael Barone: What if Obamacare software crashes and burns? Mega-fiasco awaits as system has all hallmarks of a government committee-designed solution
Philip Klein: Behind the curtain, more waving red flags for Obamacare
Saudi Arabia: Angered over MidEast muddle, declines Security Council seat; unprecedented action shows depth of resolve anger over failure of the international community to end war in Syria and act on other Middle East issues
Libya: Militia rivalries threaten new war
Michael Graham: In 2014 GOP to get last laugh; they just forced Democrats to embrace disastrous Obamacare one last time before mid-terms just as it's becoming a lexicon replacement for 'Edsel'
Australia: Fires claim more homes [video]
India: U.S. ship crew arrested over lack of weapons paperwork [video]
Why is anyone surprised? Students pirating e-textbooks is not news except that someone thinks it is
Libya: Gunmen kill Benghazi's top cop
Laos crash: Lao Airlines pilot was told to change course before crash due to extreme weather conditions
Kenya: Nairobi mall terror gunman unmasked as his Norwegian family claims he was 'brainwashed' in Somalia; new video shows attack underway
It's not April 1st: British geneticist says DNA analysis suggests Yeti aka Bigfoot may be both real, and an undocumented polar bear hybrid, a descendant of a prehistoric bear
Philippines: Quake deaths reach 158 as recovery underway
California: 9th Circuit Court weighs students' right to wear American flag shirts vs. administrators' desire to ban them
Border madness: Multi-convicted, violent sex offender who U.S. border guards allowed to leave Canada finally being forced to register as sex offender in Washington state; the Canadian citizen cut off electronic monitoring bracelet before fleeing south across border; American authorities have so far refused requests for his arrest
Oklahoma: Why the growth of wind energy worries weather forecasters in Tornado Alley
USA Today: Tech experts: Health exchange site needs total overhaul
Lawsuit looms: Obamacare website violates licensing agreement for copyrighted software
Daily Beast: Why the shutdown was a Republican victory
Los Angeles: LAX airport changing policy on the discarding of dry ice used on planes after it was used by employee to build bottle 'bombs'
Washington, DC: Obama signs bill ending partial shutdown, raising debt ceiling
Washington, DC: House votes to avoid U.S. default, open govt, bill on way to White House
Washington, DC: Short-term debt deal won't mask big barriers ahead
Washington, DC: Senate votes to avoid U.S. default, open govt, House next
New Jersey Senate: Democrat Booker declared winner
New Jersey Senate: Cory Booker, Steve Lonegan await results as polls close
What Greenwald and Snowden kept hidden: NSA-type spying? Everyone does it
Washington, DC: Cruz: Deal 'embodies everything' people dislike about DC
Washington, DC: 'Kentucky Kickback'? Not so much
Read it yourself: 'Working draft' of McConnell-Reid bill to end government shutdown and extend U.S. borrowing authority through February 7, 2014
Ezra Klein: Democrats should surrender on taxes
New York: Advance Auto expands repair shop business with $2B buy, will be largest North American retailer of auto parts
Mary Katharine Ham: Chicago Tribune drops the hammer on Obamacare
Syria: OPCW has destroyed chemical weapons production equipment at 6 sites
Ezra Klein: Five thoughts on the Obamacare disaster
Enduring love: Elderly couple found ‘holding hands’ after fatal crash
Robert Bryce: U.S. today is planet's energy giant
Los Angeles: Ground employee arrested in LAX airport ice blasts
Forbes: Obamacare's website is crashing because it doesn't want you to know how costly its plans are
Another hurdle: Fake Obamacare insurance exchange sites already spotted
Fraud alert: Don't fall victim to these Obamacare scams
Burma: U.S. Embassy gives security message to U.S. citizens "regarding recent bombings general security awareness"
updated ~ Laos: Lao Airlines plane flying from Vientiane crashes in Pakse; 49 dead from 11 countries; incl one Canadian and one American
Leaves Guardian: Greenwald to take helm of new multi-bureau media venture backed by eBay billionaire
Miami: Bomb scare evacuates Concourse J at Miami International Airport; dog sniffed cargo pallet
Allison Schrager: How the Nobel-winning economists changed investing forever
Syria: Clashes in east kill more than 40 fighters
Florida: 4 dead, 11 rescued by U.S. Coast Guard after migrant boat capsizes off Miami
Pay more: EU seeks carbon tax for all flights over Europe
Moscow: Russia 'regret' over attack on Dutch diplomat
India: Large fuselage panel falls from Boeing 787 Dreamliner in flight; lands safely
Washington, DC: Senate leadership says close to finishing deal
Washington, DC: House shutdown plan fails; dire predictions being made for consequences of default don't match reality
It begins: Clinton: I backed bin Laden raid, Biden didn't
Washington, DC: Fitch puts US AAA rating on rating watch 'negative'
New Jersey: Cory Booker campaign path bumpier than anticipated; lots of skeletons in his political closet
updated ~ Japan: At least 17 dead, 50 missing as Typhoon Wipha hits; mudslides deadly
Chris Stirewalt: President Crisis and the wishful thinking brigade
Lessons: Ireland's recovery: Several years of austerity lead to a turnaround
Geneva: Iran presents nuclear proposals at Swiss talks
Afghanistan: Mosque bombing kills governor in Puli Alam
New York: Libyan pleads not guilty to 1998 terrorism charges
Washington: Deal reached to avoid default and re-open U.S. government;
spending cuts conceded by Democrats; Cruz will oppose but not filibuster
Google: Now YOU can cruise around the Milky Way: interactive
space map lets users navigate in incredible detail

The above animation of the ‘100,000 Stars’ Google map, reveals, in incredible graphic detail, the
vast distances which lie between our home and alien planets. Zooming out provides a dizzying look
at the galactic plane and the Milky Way, which is home to up to 400 billion stars.
Catalina Island: Carcass of 5-meter-long sea serpent found off California

This photo taken on Sunday October 13, 2013 shows crew of sailing school vessel holding an 18-foot-long
oarfish that was found in the waters of Santa Catalina Island, California. The serpent-like oarfish is rarely
seen and is believed to be source of sea serpent legends. ~ AP Photo/Catalina Island Marine Institute
Los Angeles: After another explosion, more dry ice bombs found at LAX

Two dry ice 'bombs' -- plastic bottles filled with dry ice -- have exploded at Los Angeles' LAX
airport and at least two others have been found before they exploded. At least one was found
"near planes". Police say terrorism not suspected at this time, and all the ice bombs were found
in non-public areas accessible only by employees. ~ KTLA
updated ~ Philippines: 7.2M quake hits island of Bohol; 93 dead;
collapsed buildings in Cebu, many injured, shallow shaker

Syria: Kerry wants peace conference, Assad replacement
Tear down these walls! Vets storm World War II Memorial in Washington, pushing through barriers to protest unnecessary closing under shutdown

A veteran in a wheelchair recites the Pledge of Allegiance at a rally centered around forcibly re-opening
outdoor national memorials closed by petty decree during the so-called government shutdown. The vets
were denied porta-toilets provided earlier in week to illegal immigrants who demonstrated
for immigration reform. ~ Andrew Burton Getty Images
Rule of O: White House makes carbon policy out of thin air, by fiat
Canada: Happy Thanksgiving weekend!

The traditional Canadian Thanksgiving Day family meal is pretty much the same as the American
Thanksgiving meal. Turkey, cranberries, potatoes, squash and pumpkin pie.
Phailin: 17 dead so far, but evacuation of million saved many lives;
American forecasters criticized for extreme warnings
Phailin: 5 dead, half a million in shelters as storms spins inland
Cyclone: Phailin losing some power onshore; over 500,000 flee
India: Wind, rain, seawater pound as immense,
powerful cyclone Phailin hits hard

This satellite view shows the cyclone coming ashore this morning. A storm surge of 20 - 30 feet (7 - 9 metres) is
expected even in the most optimistic forecast. Satellite images showed the cyclone filling nearly the entire Bay of
Bengal, an area larger than France. ~ Weather Channel
Twister: How the best stormchasers in the world were killed in Oklahoma;
Denver Post recreates their thinking and moves which led them to doom



With deceptive speed, a tornado touched down near El Reno, Oklahoma, on May 31, 2013 and spawned smaller
twisters within its record 2.6-mile span. ~ Chris Machian Omaha World-Herald -- Chevy Cobalt chase vehicle
photos before and after by Ed Grubb (before) and KWTV News 9 (after)
Canada: Unemployment drops to 6.9% as September jobs beat estimates
Nobel Peace Prize: Goes to OPCW, world's chemical weapons watchdog
Leak: Just 51,000 completed Obamacare applications during 1st week,
 out of tens of millions of Americans in 36 states; at this rate, 6-month open enrollment will sign up just 2 million Americans, including in the 14 states and D.C., which have their own insurance exchanges; CBO says needs at least 7 million to stay afloat financially
Nobel: Poser’s Guide to Alice Munro: 6 tips for owning any conversation
TIME: Alice Munro: 7 things to know about the Nobel winner
Very deserving: Canada's Alice Munro wins Nobel Prize for literature

Alice Munro, acclaimed Canadian author, has been awarded the 2013 Nobel prize for Literature.
Munro, 82, is the first Canadian-based writer to win the award and only the 13th woman.
Libya: Zeidan now freed several hours after being grabbed;
Ex-rebels seized PM over U.S. snatch of Al Qaeda suspect
Tripoli: Gunmen abduct Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan from hotel

In this March 13, 2013 file photo, Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan speaks during a joint news conference with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the State Department in Washington. He was kidnapped by gunmen early Thursday morning October 10, 2013 from the hotel in Tripoli where he resides.~ AP
Wide open spaces: Half of Canada lives in just these few municipalities

The handful of municipalities marked in red are home to over half of 33 million Canadians.
Cape Breton: Hunters who killed rare white moose say they made mistake

Mi’kmaq natives claim rare albino moose was sacred symbol. But did they tell anyone before it was shot?
Toronto Sun: "It’s a $1 billion-plus boondoggle"
Scott Stinson: With the final bill for the gas-plants now in,
it’s all the more evident why McGuinty quit
Toronto Star: $1.1B Liberal price tag to steal 5 electoral seats
Gas plant bombshell: Auditor says cancellation cost $1+B, made worse
by McGuinty; Liberals repeatedly lied, claimed cost was only $40M
Claim: Is Chinese discovery of Americas documented by 1418 map?

Does this depict Chinese mapping of North and South America in 1418? ~ Daily Mail
Bali: Global trade weakening, economy to slow: APEC
Egypt: Deadly violence continues to rock country as police murdered;
gunmen, suicide bombers launch Monday attacks across country

Medical sources said three were killed and 48 injured in this blast near the state security building
in South Sinai. ~ Reuters
Houston: Dario Franchitti, 14 others, hurt in last-lap IndyCar wreck;
Indy 500 winner has fractured spine and ankle, concussion [video]

Debris flies as Indy 500 winner Dario Franchitti's car rips through crash fence at the Grand Prix of Houston
road course outside Reliant Stadium. ~ photo/video by Gary Johnson
updated ~ Egypt: Now 53 dead in clashes on 40th anniversary of war;
48 killed in Cairo, 5 more south of capital; 268 wounded
Malaysia: Petronas $36B LNG project in Canada, to build "all
the facilities upstream including investment in a pipeline" the
"largest foreign direct investment in Canada by any country"

Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak and Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper
shake hands during a photo call outside Razak's office in Putrajaya, near Kuala Lumpur,
October 6, 2013. ~ Samsul Said Reuters
Lunatic fringe: Geldof: 'All humans will die before 2030'
James Delingpole: The climate alarmists have lost the debate:
it's time we stopped indulging their poisonous fantasy
Malaysia: Harper arrives for APEC summit after receiving
$36B commitment for job-rich investment in Canada
Ottawa: Canadian Govt secured release of pair through diplomacy;
coming home Sunday after nearly 2 months behind bars
Egypt: Canadians Loubani and Greyson released from prison

Dr. Tarek Loubani London, Ontario and
filmmaker John Greyson of Toronto. ~ BBC
The Boss: 32 years of Bruce Springsteen captured by renowned photog

Debra Rothenberg opens the vault. She captured enduring
portraits of the artist as a young man and ever since.
Washington, DC: Police still can't find evidence to justify Carey killing
Washington, DC: Cops clam-up on 'use of force' rules as criticism mounts
over killing of unarmed woman by police who may have been furloughed

Police were close beside car on both sides yet claim they didn't see
1-yr-old in rear car seat. Were shooters officially furloughed and
therefore not authorized to fire guns? ~ Daily Mail
updated ~ Washington, DC: Man sets himself on fire on National Mall;
heroic joggers saved his life, took off shirts, used them to smother flames

The two men with bare backs were reportedly jogging and took off their shirts to extinguish the gasoline-soaked
burning man on National Mall in Washington, DC. ~ Twitter
Italy: 300 dead in Lampedusa migrant ship tragedy mourned
Washington, DC: Many questions after police kill unarmed woman
with her 1 yr-old daughter in back seat; why was she seen as a threat?
why didn't police beside car see her terrified child? why over-reaction?
after her car was blocked, was a trained police negotiator not available?

Police were close enough to grab the black Infiniti's door handles but claim none of them saw the 1 year-old in back.
Why didn't they shoot out the tires when they could have, as this photo shows? Miriam Carey, 34, a dental hygienist
from Stamford, Connecticut deftly drove away and was shot dead minutes later. All police injuries were self-inflicted
and their gunfire twice took place "in areas busy with tourists and office workers." ~ Washington Post
Italy: More than 300 now feared drowned off Sicily in ship disaster
Washington, DC: Dead, unarmed suspect identified as CT dental hygienist
said to be suffering post-partum depression; 1 yr-old daughter unharmed
Italy: Ship death toll up to 130, while 200 remain missing
Washington, DC: Video shows black Infiniti chased by police
Washington, DC: Gunfire forced brief lockdown at U.S. Capitol
Watch WJLA-TV LIVE: Police kill 34 yr-old female from Stamford, CT
driving black Nissan Infiniti; was chased, rammed police near U.S. Capitol

The Nissan Infiniti which was chased by police down Pennsylvania and Constitution Avenues. One-yr-old child in the
car was not shot. ~ Mark Wilson Getty Images

Capitol Police car was damaged by security barriers moved into place during chase. ~ Kevin Lamarque Reuters

An eyewitness explains he heard shots and went outside to investigate and saw young child in the car. ~ WJLA-TV
Washington, DC: Shots fired after car chase from White House;
officer in hospital with 'non-life threatening' injuries

A car chase that began when female driver tried to breach White House security barrier and ended
across downtown Washington near U.S. Capitol, with a confrontation that included shots fired and
one Capitol Police officer injured, police said. ~ Washington Post
updated - Italy: Death toll now 114, feared to rise far higher;
150+ rescued, 200 others unaccounted-for
Ottawa: Federal government concerned new LRT will debilitate flagship observatory with low-frequency magnetic noise
Harvard study: Daily slice of bacon can harm men’s fertility; but cod, halibut help it
Liberal disease: Lawyer, Professor Deborah Coyne owes $61,000 after failed leadership bid
Inventions: Noise-cancelling window sensor helps you enjoy the silence amid cacophony; like noise-cancelling headphones for a room [video]
Govt-industrial-wind complex: London environmental review tribunal suspended after expert witnesses disallowed and chair wouldn't allow proceedings to be recorded
ERT today: NextEra is bullying Esther Wrightman - let’s make them stop
Wind bully background: NextEra slammed for suing Esther Wrightman, Canada’s Joan of Arc; freedom of speech, eh
Stray voltage: Cows behaving oddly could mean stray voltage; sources can include solar arrays, industrial wind turbines; can kill, or reduce water consumption
DIY: Rise of the drone hobbyists
Live wires: Why firefighters fear solar power
Rex Murphy: Duplicitous Dalton, Inc. - wasn't up to the job
Ontario: Wynne government refusing to hear testimony from experts on noise and safety in Environmental Review Tribunal
Mega job losses: Ontario drives manufacturers away with over-priced electricity
Mark Kennedy: The Conservative plan to become Canada’s 'Natural Governing Party'
Vientiane: Baird to travel to Laos as Canada re-starts funding to deal with cluster bombs
Brazil: Fans vandalize World Cup stadium; dozens detained in violence across country
Round 1: Canada, U.S. women’s hockey teams brawl
London: Buckingham Palace intruder arrested 'in possession of a knife'
Christina Blizzard: Gas plant cancellation fiasco Queen's Park biggest scandal to date
Toronto: Talks between union and CN Rail break down, strike looms
Agenda bloat: As crisis fades, G20 tries to get its mojo back
In the belly of the beast: Tesla shows off Model X SUV at new Palo Alto showroom
Medicare downside: Liberals cut physio for seniors to save bucks they blew on gas plants
Bobby Orr: Finally, the guy who changed hockey forever writes his memoir [video]
Windsor: Liberals’ new horse-racing plan panned locally; "They’ve left us and places like Dresden, Sarnia and other tracks not in central Ontario completely out"
Lac Mégantic: Rail line remains closed after Transport Canada inspection that found problems
Toronto: The two Suzukis: There’s Saint Suzuki, the one you see on CBC, and Secret Suzuki, the capitalist millionaire
UBC study: Some people genetically predisposed to spot danger
Peru: Bus plunge kills 51, including 14 children
Decisions: Abandoned subways in Cincinnati, Rochester, Chicago, New York [photos]
Vietnam: Explosion at military-run fireworks factory kills 19
Nova Scotia: Anatomy of the NDP defeat; the Liberals won running exactly the same problem their cousins in Ontario inflicted on that province; the lesson? only winning matters for Liberals
Philippines: Typhoon floods villages, kills 13 people
David Suzuki: Why are the Australians and Ezra Levant the only ones to tell the truth about the CBC hypocrite?
Saskatoon: Two injured by premature explosion of pipebomb; no word on charges
UK: Axe green tax or energy bills will go up every year for a decade, says energy chief
Can-Am gets thumbs down: Wandering flying squirrels heat up new Canada-U.S. dispute
Home free: 'Really obvious we made mistakes,' freed Canadians Greyson and Loubani say on arrival from Egypt
American border incompetence? Wanted sex offender allowed into U.S. from Canada after U.S. border agents checked his data
Merger? Are nickel producing heavyweights Glencore Xstrata and Vale going to merge their Sudbury operations?
Nuisance: Snowbirds to keep their name despite complaint it violates the language law
After first destroying horse industry: Wynne now giving $400M to save Ontario racing; wants public to forget $1.1B for gas plants cancel
Lawsuits: Toronto pays $200M in settlements since 2000; want to slip on ice and sue? do it here
Risk to consumers: Herbal product contamination 'considerable,' DNA tests find
Egypt: Canadians Loubani, Greyson leave for home; refuse to talk to Canadian media before flight
China: Auto sales surge by 21% in September
Big deal: Canada Pension Plan part of joint $2.55B offer for Commonwealth Bank of Australia's office trust
India: Massive cyclone approaches east coast, thousands flee
Brunei: Concluding statement from 23rd ASEAN Summit
Canada-Asean Business Forum: Geographic distance between Canada and Asean countries not a barrier, says Singapore's trade minister Lim Hng Kiang
TPP success: New Zealand PM revels in agreement finalize deal by end of year
The pause in world trade since 2008: The shift in focus from multilateral WTO to regional and bilateral pacts
Michael Wilson and William Robson: A final push for Canada-Europe trade
Gas plants fiasco: Ontario paid for cancelled plant land and then let Eastern Power keep it; now worth $5.3M
Disaster looms: Canada outlines new aid for displaced Syrians, while UNICEF warns child refugees especially vulnerable
BC Court of Appeal: Judges uphold ban on assisted suicide
Margaret Wente: The true price tag of McGuinty’s green fantasy
Crux of the matter: Harper Government has accomplished what was promised in post-election Throne Speech
Re-birth? BlackBerry co-founders looking at potential takeover bid
Detroit: Former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick sentenced to serve 28 years in federal prison for public corruption
Sneaky? Commissioner says Ontario Liberals snuck language into budget which enables them to hand Crown land over to private entities by Cabinet regulation
Demand: Rogers responds to public call for new BlackBerry model, to offer Z30 after all
New Westminster: Fire destroys historic downtown buildings in Vancouver urban suburb
Egypt: Greyson, Loubani now free to leave country, lawyer says
Christina Blizzard: A billion reasons Kathleen Wynne must call an election -- or be forced into one
Report's in: Public service restraint works; "more, please"
Windsor Star editorial: How the NDP props up this scandalous Liberal government
Chris Vander Doelen: Abusing our trust; "it’s finally starting to dawn on Ontario voters just how breathtakingly cynical McGuinty and his cabinet were about blowing through public money"
New TV option: Twitter deal will let viewers change channels from tweet
Re-election strategy: Ottawa mayor puts re-election before ending pollution dump in Ottawa River; doesn't care about non-voters downstream
Clashes continue: Brazil can't kick negative attention ahead of World Cup, Olympics
Low energy: Ontario backs away from plans to buy new nuclear reactors; to rely instead on high-cost gas/wind/solar mix for half of needs
Wireless: Rogers' mystery outage "unacceptable" says CEO
Alzheimer’s treatment breakthrough? British scientists discover how to halt death of brain cells, say paves way for simple pill to cure disease
Spin: Mulcair says provincial NDP losses in BC and NS a lesson for federal party
Hapless: Tone-deaf unelected Premier Wynne gets pounded on twitter for billion dollar waste and cover-up; 'Call an Election' she is told
Boondoggle: Hudak calls for non-confidence vote over gas-plant scandal
Spy vs Spy: Brazil-Canada espionage: Which countries are we spying on? Canada is 'targeting countries that are targeting us,' says intelligence expert
Fraudsters in office: Ontario NDP wrongly claims it's helpless to help force an election in wake of billion dollar boondoggle revelations; prefers to prop up Liberals rather than remove arsonists from barn
Liberal finger-pointing: It wasn’t Ignatieff’s fault; it was Liberals’ fault for picking him
Jack Mintz: Quebec’s $2B economic plan is a micro-management fantasy
Liar-gate: Tories push NDP to back non-confidence motion over $1.1B cost of gas plant fiasco
China: Wingsuit flyer dies during gorge jump
Crux of the matter: The Senate scandal is NOT a Harper Gov’t scandal!
Pinnocchio: McGuinty set to testify at Elliot Lake mall collapse inquiry
Non-Canadians say: Toronto second 'friendliest' city in the world, 4th 'safest', and "8th best by brand image"; up 5 places in last 2 years
Diplomacy: Disagreement over whether EU-Canada trade talks hit snag on wording of human rights clause
Toronto Sun editorial: Gas plant report shreds Liberals
Cohn: The banality of billion-dollar boondoggles and $Loonie excuses
Christina Blizzard: Horwath stamps feet over gas plants yet still won't dump Liberals
Lancet: Cause of MS cannot be attributed to constricted neck veins: Canadian study
Ottawa: Canada prepared to review any foreign bid for BlackBerry: Tony Clement
Montreal: Trudeau Airport scoops up much of Air Canada’s increased capacity to Europe
Guardian treason: Left-wing paper's leaks caused 'greatest damage to western security in history'; MI5 chief Andrew Parker calls paper's exposé a 'guide book' for terrorists
Déjà vu: Toronto Council re-affirms subway for Scarborough
Edmonton: Quanto's killing prompts call for law to protect police dogs
Nova Scotia election: Stephen McNeil leads Liberals to majority government, turfing NDP's Premier Darrell Dexter from office into 3rd place
Nova Scotia election:
LIVE results: Liberal 33 PC 11
NDP 7 GRN 0 ~ 12:10 am (Atlantic)
Metadata: Harper 'very concerned' about allegations of Canada spying on Brazil
Wearing his hockey historian hat: Harper speaks out against violence, but says it was never a gentle game
Skills in Canada: First Results from the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) show Canada above and below OECD averages across measured competencies
Incompetence, yours to discover: McGuinty could have cancelled gas plant with no compensation costs, audit to show
No-brainer? Englert, Higgs win physics Nobel for particle mass
review: ‘Legends, Icons & Rebels: Music That Changed the World’: The perfect coffee table book, out today, from pen of Robbie Robertson
John Ivison: Commonwealth boycott shows Stephen Harper is tired of despots and dictators
Rockin' and rollin': Via Rail program lets musicians trade songs for travel
October 7, 1763: Prime Minister Harper notes 250th anniversary of Royal Proclamation of 1763 which helped establish Canada as a new nation after Seven Years' War while helping to precipitate the American Revolution by restricting settlement west of Appalachians
Memoir: 'An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth': Astronaut Chris Hadfield reveals worst fear 'floating off into space'
John Ivison: Harper entirely justified in skipping Commonwealth meeting; more important work to be done at home
More teeth, less tail: Canadian defence review aims to redirect $1B a year in spending
Maldives election problems: Canada's Baird under fire after advising tiny Maldives to get its electoral house in order at UN
Brazil: Greenwald spying allegations against Canada unusual, possibly part of a ‘war game scenario,’ former CSIS official says
Farzana Hassan: Calgary imam to Muslims: "Go home"
Commonwealth: Harper expands on Sri Lanka abuses, Canadian boycott of Commonwealth Conference may extend to funding of organization
Legendary Elaine Tanner: Athletes 'used and abused' while elites skim the bucks from the public
Canadian: Climate guru puts 'global warming' on ice; Low sunspot activity means Earth chilling until at least 2030
Henry had a better idea: How Ford's assembly line has changed over 100 years [video]
Bureaucracy: Red tape the final barrier for two Canadians released from Egyptian prison
October 7, 1913: A century ago, Ford's assembly line changed society, and the world
Indonesia: Bali on a high amid APEC summit drawing world leaders
Rio de Janeiro: Greenwald-assisted TV report alleges Canadian interests spying on Brazil's Mines and Energy Ministry; no word on type of government fraud being targeted
Bali: Harper scrubs Sri Lanka visit over human rights violations
Bali: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit kicks off in Indonesia; Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact talks to proceed on sidelines among 12 of the countries attending
Mexico: Monster truck takes deadly detour through crowd - caution when watching [video]
Crux of the Matter: Pan Am Audit of TO2015 highlights Ontario Liberal ineptitude
Quebec: More anti-charter protests in Quebec City, Montreal
Bali: APEC heads urge fewer protectionist policies to spur growth
Games-gate: Wynne Liberals knew about Pan-Am mess, pretend didn't
Ezra Levant: What is the truth? Now that Loubani and Greyson have been freed from an Egyptian jail, we may never know
updated ~ Mexico: Monster truck wreck kills 8, injures at least 80
Ireland: Voters reject plan to abolish Senate
High seas drama: Canadian warship 'Toronto' makes another big heroin seizure in Arabian Sea
Developing countries: Coca-Cola plans kiosks with water, internet and cellphone charging
Crux of the Matter: Why did media ignore Patrick Moore’s anti-Greenpeace demonstration?
Reuters: Cisco, Google, SAP discussing BlackBerry bids - sources
Malaysia: Canadians vie for market share, exposure in emerging Southeast Asian economies
Pan-Am profligracy: 2012 internal compliance audit proof heads should roll; 'champagne wishes and caviar dreams'
Nova Scotia election: Final push to woo voters begins; Jamie Baillie, Darrell Dexter and Stephen McNeil campaign in Halifax
Malaysia: Harper meets with business leaders, tours maritime air base ahead of APEC summit in Bali
New York: BlackBerry hit with class action suit in U.S.
How 'toxic' is sugar? Some research suggests links to deadly diseases but some doctors and food industry representative are skeptical
Toronto: Police bust up war between rival gangs, seize 1,000 grams of cocaine and arrest 41; 417 charges
Profligacy: Outrage growing over Pan Am Games execs collecting $7M in bonuses [video]
Indispensable already? Twitter files for IPO with implied $12.8B value
Various differences mean no parallel to Canada: Polls closed on Irish referendum to abolish their Senate
MLSE welfare: Ontario Premier defends giving $500,000 to wealthiest sports operation in Canada; politically tone-deaf
Busy jobs agenda: Harper touches down in Malaysia to begin week-long Southeast Asia visit
Incandescence: Canada to allow less efficient light bulbs to align with U.S. policies
A-Rod lawsuit: MLB is like the mob
Trading made us a nation: A history of Canadian free trade negotiations
Some done, some to go: The Harper trade agenda, what's next?
Discrimination Games: Pan-Am decisions to be made based on what you look like, or claim to be, not price, or quality of food
Screaming for quiet: Germans crank up anti-noise protests
Self-preservation before reproduction: Insects’ carnal urges curbed by storms on the horizon, study shows
Study followed 73,615 women: Breast cancer risk lowered by walking 1 hour a day; American Cancer Society involved
Ottawa: Canada launches ‘social financing’ programs to boost literacy and job skills
Kishon River: Canadian-Israeli ties to be strengthened by clean water project
Owned by two mega-corps: Ontario gives MLSE $500,000 for NBA all-star game; why?
Slapshot: Canadians get first close look at Marc Nadon - the former NHL prospect nominated for Supreme Court
Andrew Coyne: Remember our Liberal/NDP/Bloc coalition crisis if you think the U.S. shutdown is crazy; they vowed to bring down government over - what? A budget? A national healthcare plan? No, the removal of their public subsidies
Antonia Maionin: Obamacare vs. Canada medicare: Five key differences
Ottawa: Liberal support slipping as Parliament’s return draws near
Nanos Research poll: Jobs and economy number one issue for Canadians
Rocky: Iowa raccoon survives month at sea on container ship from Halifax to Liverpool by eating cardboard and drinking condensation; in rehab
Montreal: Construction begins on temporary Champlain Bridge replacement
Toronto: Royal Bank commits $100M over 5 years for kids, youth programs
Former PQ Premier: Jacques Parizeau opposes PQ's Charter of Quebec Values
Impotence and intransigence: Saudi Arabia cancels UN speech over inaction on Arab, Muslim issues
Trade diversification: Envoy says India wants more Canadian oil and gas as uranium deal inked
Bali: Harper heads to APEC summit preaching trade amid Asian economic worries
Cracking the code: Gene sequencing solves one-fourth of mystery diseases in kids, adults
Christina Blizzard: Wynne at the beck and call of unions
Tim Hudak: Subways: We have the man and the plan; Holyday will oversee Toronto transportation revival
Study: The 'disease' killing Canadian jobs is the fluctuating U.S. dollar
Cerberus? BlackBerry stock driven up by reported interest from new buyer
San Diego: Disgraced ex-Mayor Filner charged with 3 crimes
Iraq: Bomb near mosque in Kirkuk kills 12 Sunnis
More red flags: Obamacare website security called 'outrageous'; "no safeguards"
Egypt: Morsi supporter linked to Cairo attack arrested
Shutdown fall-out: China's state press calls for 'Building a de-Americanized world'
Even Democrats are asking: Will someone get fired for Obamacare?
Washington, DC: Senate leaders said to be within striking distance of deal to end shutdown, raise debt limit
Making links: NSA collects millions of e-mail address books globally
Economics: One of three Americans who won Nobel Prize warns of 'bubbly' global home prices
Peter Morici: In Washington right now Democrats = teenagers, Republicans = adults
Tick, tick, tick: New meeting on default threat and partial government shutdown; Reid reports progress
Games Democrats play: Paul Ryan details rejected House shutdown offer [audio]
Shelves cleared: Card glitch used as excuse for mass thievery at Louisiana WalMart stores
Turning point Phailin: Lessons were learned from the past
Al Qaeda: September attack targeted joint Yemeni-U.S. drone base
Putrajaya: Malaysian court rules use of 'Allah' exclusive to Muslims
India: Police arrest principal after 23 pupils die after eating school lunch contaminated with pesticide
SJ Mercury News: Weekend sees little progress on any debt ceiling, shutdown deal
Abraham Zapruder: The most famous 'home movie maker' in history [video]
Christine Lagarde: IMF ready to resume Egypt loan talks
Dubai/Genveva: Iran rejects West's demand to ship out uranium stockpiles
Iraq: Bomb blasts kill 25
Jerusalem Post: Has Islamism peaked in the Middle East?
Washington, DC: Spending appears to stumbling block to budget deal
South Dakota: Ranchers reeling from cattle losses; tens of thousands lost in early blizzard
Venezuela: U.S. oil exploration ship seized in Guyana waters by Venezuelan warship; multi-national crew
Washington, DC: McConnell backs Collins bi-partisan debt-ceiling plan as Democrats continue to play games
Syria: Gunmen kidnap 6 from Red Cross and one from Red Crescent in north
Washington, DC: Million vet march storms National Mall; vets remove 'Barrycades' blocking war memorials
Who does what and why: Shutdown driving debate over role of government
updated ~ India: Death toll in India temple stampede rises to 109
George F. Will: A ‘Wonderland’ moment for the court; when is unequal treatment not unequal?
Charles Krauthammer: The way out of the shutdown; Obama's refusal to negotiate over the debt ceiling is a bluff the Republicans need to call; "The rule is simple: shutdown good, debt ceiling bad. Every day the debt ceiling approaches, President Obama's leverage diminishes."
Mecca: More than two million worshippers arrive for hajj pilgrimage... with another million expected to join them in world's largest annual gathering of Muslims in shadow of construction cranes in fast-building Saudi Arabia city
Saving grace? China’s Dongfeng to 'buy up to 30% of Peugeot'
6.3M: Minor damage reported so far in Crete quake
Fear the image? Syrian cartoonist reported executed by Assad regime
6.3M Earthquake: Strong quake hits west of Crete; intermediate depth
Nate Silver: The six big takeaways from the government shutdown
Debt limit/shutdown talks stall as Obama dithers: "The president isn't negotiating with us"
Peggy Noonan: Now is the time to delay Obamacare; it's not what Americans were promised - or even what Congress enacted
Sen. Rand Paul: Why I plan to grill Yellen
Finally, common sense: Let the market, not government, pick new taxi for Big Apple
Jack Kelly: Obama makes federal shutdown worse out of spite
NFL shares hurt: Adrian Peterson mourns 2-year-old son’s murder
NY Post: JFK’s teen mistress addresses relationship in memoir
Petty reigns: South Dakota, private donors pay to re-open iconic Mount Rushmore amid ongoing fed shutdown
Italy: 27 dead but 200 saved in latest migrant ship capsizing off Sicily
Syria: Mortar shells hit near inspectors' hotel
Iran: Espionage trial under way
Future jailbirds? Some lawbreaking government officials can't be prosecuted until after shutdown no matter how many laws they broke
Pigford stink: Obama crony Sherrod's ugly suit against Andrew Breitbart's widow
Again: Texas on track to be among world’s largest oil producers
Dr. Ben Carson: Obamacare worst thing in U.S. since slavery
Afghanistan: U.S. troops capture senior Pakistani Taliban commander Latif Mehsud
Obama finally negotiating: New GOP shutdown/debt plan, but no agreement yet
Italy: Another migrant boat has capsized off Sicily; 200 passengers were aboard and search and rescue is under way
Winter: Heating oil, natural gas starting seasonal rise
Red flags ignored: CIA warned on Snowden in 2009
Libya: Car bomb hits Swedish, Finnish consulates in Benghazi
Injured last year: Former F1 test pilot Maria De Villota found dead
Arizona: Yes, snow has fallen early this year
Janko Roettgers: Google to sunset Google TV brand as its smart TV platform merges with Android
Canada: Finance Minister Flaherty says Fed should taper as quickly as possible; QE not right path now due to long-term consequences
Japan: Fire at Fukuoka hospital kills 10, injures 8
Another MidEast bungle: Freeze of aid whips up anti-U.S. sentiment in Egypt
Kerry confusing: Egypt criticizes U.S. aid cuts, Washington says not severing ties
Conditional: Boehner says will extend debt deadline for six weeks but only if Obama agrees to negotiate spending cuts; Carney admits Obama will likely sign the bill if passed
Deadlines: Canadian province of Ontario fired IT firm behind troubled Obamacare website in 2012
Sean Gallagher: Why U.S. government IT fails so hard, so often
Illegally: White House, IRS exchanged confidential taxpayer info
UK follows Canada's lead: Cameron chops funding from Commonwealth
Thomas Sowell: Barbarians at the campus gates; why colleges cave to the demands of naive, over-heated student activists
Kerry's loose lips blamed: Libyan PM grabbed by militia due to American claims
Obamacare: Lies candidate Obama told Americans repeatedly which his acolytes want you to forget; read them again, he was very specific
Unemployment: U.S. jobless claims leap 66,000 to 374,000; doesn't include furloughed government employees
Egypt: The real force behind 'revolution of the state' wasn't the 30 million people in the streets or the army, says Reuters special report
Egypt: U.S., EU condemn violence; hypocrisy?
Wheeling update: Shooter at court house killed by return fire; was a former police officer
Egypt: Suicide car bombing kills 3 soldiers, 1 policeman in turbulent Sinai
Energy needy: China passing U.S. as biggest oil importer as economic growth, car sales drive demand
George F. Will: When liberals became scolds
Allegation: Keith Richards' Connecticut neighbour was planning to blow him up with home-made bombs
Mexico: Police and gang gunmen engage in 3 gun battles, leaving 3 officers, 11 others dead
City held hostage: Democratic Mayor of Washington, DC sides with Republicans on letting city spend its own money during federal shutdown; Reid hushes him "Don't screw this up"
The American Javert: Obama's pursuit of Edward Snowden has damaged U.S. relations with Latin America
Russia: Drugs found on Greenpeace ship, additional charges possible
After supporting Muslim Brotherhood President Morsi: U.S. now cutting hundreds of millions in aid to Egypt after his extremism has been excised; last night they denied the cuts
Wheeling: Gunman fires at U.S. courthouse in West Virginia; in critical condition after return fire; motive unknown
Variety: Behind Fox News’ primetime shuffle, an effort to thwart digital distraction
Malala Yousafzai: Taliban shooting made ‘millions of Malalas’ speak up
Robert Laurie: AP buries story lede as Obama approval plunges to 37% -- lower than George Bush at same time in Presidency -- mainstream media ignores
Financial Post: Moody’s CEO says U.S. debt default unlikely despite political impasse; disagrees with Obama
Peggy Noonan: Now Obama rescues the GOP
Bloomberg: Republicans didn't sabotage health exchanges, Obama did
Computer hygiene: NSA simply uses same tricks as run-of-the-mill fraudsters and hack artists to get in to your computer and take it over, if you believe this take
Boston Herald editorial: Obamacare meltdown; "when has 'sensible' ever entered into the thinking of this administration?"
Michael Goodwin: Move over Jimmy Carter, Obama has my vote for worst president -- ever; "Obama always chooses conflict over cooperation"
Debra Saunders: Obama sold voters bill of goods on health care
Cowboy cops: Car in 'chase' from White House was driving backward when officers opened fire; cops broke protocol, killed driver apparently confused by DC streets, protecting her baby in back seat
Spin zone: Jon Stewart destroys HHS Secretary Sebelius in trainwreck of an interview on Obamacare
Brunei: U.S., China grapple for influence at SE Asia summit
Diane Francis: Journalist who wrote book about U.S.-Canada merger scenarios gets heated feedbacke
Manhattan madness: Wojciech Braszczok, off-duty detective, latest arrest in NYC motorcycle-SUV melee
Microsoft: Happy 10th b-day, Patch Tuesday: TWO critical IE 0-day bug fixes make this a must
Aka illegal immigrants: In Paris, undocumented workers intensify their protests
Nobel: Prize in chemistry goes to 3 Americans for laying the foundation for computer models used to understand and predict chemical processes
Will they like it? Jos. A. Bank proposes to buy Men's Wearhouse for $2.3B
Fed: Obama to choose Yellen to take Bernanke's place, markets relieved
Egypt: Morsi to stand trial in November on charges of inciting murder and violence
Timely: A timeline of concussion science and NFL denial
Argentina: President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner undergoes successful surgery for subdural hematoma; expected to make a full recovery
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood to be written off registered NGOs list
Washington, DC: Eight Democratic Party House members arrested during immigration intimidation rally
Mexico: Driver of monster truck charged with manslaughter; death toll now 9
Finally: Obama opens door to negotiations with Republicans; after insisting for weeks he won’t negotiate with "a gun to [his] head", President tries to give Republicans a way out; but he wants country to know he’s being the "reasonable" one
Who owns water? Waukesha, Wisconsin, just miles from Lake Michigan, yearns for water after aquifer drops and becomes radium-contaminated, told 'no'
Shutdown-Debt fight: There's talk - about talks
Bangladesh: Garment factory fire kills at least 10
PIAAC: American adults score poorly on global test
Syria: Fighter jets bomb rebel-held areas in north
But not really closed: Obama to Boehner: No talks until government opens; who won't negotiate?
Preventable? Tom Hanks and diabetes
Brinkmanship: Boehner says no 'lines in the sand' on debt limit
Forbes: Can Twitter save TV? (and can TV save Twitter?)
Sabre rattling: North Korea puts army on alert, warns U.S. of 'horrible disaster'
Erol Araf: The Israeli 'nuclear alert': How Washington and Moscow reached the brink of war in 1973
Obamacare: Goblins or glitches, fatal or fleeting? Disastrous first week has a lot of heads shaking
Argentina: President Cristina Fernandez to undergo emergency operation to relieve pressure on her brain caused by subdural hematoma
Washington, DC: Sisters of chase victim dispute police account
Career criminal: Biker in Manhattan SUV assault caught prison break from soft judge
NY Post: Why reporters fear Team Obama
Double-standard: 'Amber Alert' website goes offline amid U.S. government shutdown, but Michelle Obama’s ‘Let’s move’ website stays up
Meltdown? Gold befuddles Bernanke, he admits, as central banks’ losses hit $545B
Early winter: 80 people remained stranded in snowbound vehicles Sunday night after snow and tornadoes pounded U.S. MidWest states
AP analysis: American Indian tribes, trusted leaders mishandle group funds, usually go unpunished
Vesicle traffic: 2 Americans, German win Nobel medicine prize; their research helped scientists understand how "cargo is delivered to the right place at the right time" inside cells
Moscow: Putin lights Olympic flame on Red Square for 123-day relay to Sochi for Winter Games
Kenya: Islamist thug claims martyred Muslim clerics helping al Shabaab recruit
Malala Yousafzai: In Pakistan terrorists are afraid of education
CS Monitor: Failed Navy SEALs raid on Somali target could bolster Al Shabab
Tripoli: Kerry defends raids on suspects amid Libya criticism
LA Times: Are weekend raids in Somalia & Libya a turn away from drone killings? conflicting accounts from Washington sources
Egypt: At least 300 Muslim Brotherhood Islamist agitators arrested in deadly riots
Pitot tubes: Fatal crash glitch hits 3 British Airways flights
President stance unprecedented: Boehner says U.S. on path to default if Obama won't negotiate
Obamacare: Insurance cost jumps for the healthy can be heavy; $10,000 more per year for family of four puts lie to "keep your existing policy"; "Of course, I want people to have health care. I just didn't realize I would be the one who was going to pay for it personally."
Oblivious generation? Pew surveys of audience habits suggest perilous future for news
Argentina: Blood on brain, rest ordered for President Cristina Fernandez
CBS: Somalia mission by Seal Team Six was aborted after firefight resistance, unauthorized sources tell media
Lee Lane: On climate change, international economics trump science claims
Joe Miller: Russia’s Pravda declares "Communism won in America with Obama; U.S. suffering has only begun"
Diane Dimond: Homeland security vs. your civil rights
Larry Kudlow: Obama's reckless default fear-mongering: he's attacking the economy and markets for his own gain
Kathleen Parker: Obama's monumental mistake
Niall Ferguson: The shutdown is a sideshow; debt is the threat; an entitlement-driven disaster looms for America, yet Washington persists with its game of Russian roulette
Russia: Olympic flame handed over to Sochi Games organizers; peaceful protest over anti-gay law
Syria: UN official says chemical weapons inspectors begin destroying Syrian stockpile, machinery
Afghanistan: 4 U.S. soldiers killed in south by IED
Iraq: String of attacks kills at least 66
400,000: Pentagon to recall most furloughed workers, using law passed a week ago, showing fraud of 'shutdown' claims by White House
Saudi Arabia: Central bank says not worried about U.S. debt limit
NY Times: U.S. Navy Seals supported by FBI and CIA capture Al-Qaeda leader linked to 1998 bombings, in broad daylight near Tripoli, can't confirm kill of Al-Shabab leadership figure in Somali raid and firefight
updated ~ NBC: Two raids in two countries net U.S. one of world's most-wanted terrorists
Soft target, low-tech killers: In Kenya, attackers used 'less is more' strategy
Jonah Goldberg: Obama’s vindictiveness worsening impact of shutdown
NBC: Closure of Washington war memorials continues to cause conflict; costs more to close than keep open; police fail to keep vets, public out [video]
Libya: Gunmen attack army post on highway, killing 15 soldiers
Madagascar: 19 arrested over deaths of European tourists
Nebraska: Big tornado outbreak spares people, destroys homes, farms, businesses; but snow-hit roads cost lives
George F. Will: Obama ‘is rather enjoying’ the shutdown, needed to ‘change the subject’ [video]
Hostages: Obama Administration treating national parks, memorials, lands as bargaining chips in government shutdown as anger mounts against partisan practice
Barawe: International military strike reported in southern Somali town against fighters linked to Kenya mall attack
update ~ Washington, DC: Man who doused himself with gas and set himself on fire, dies of injuries
Video-caught: Two more bikers held in NYC motorcycle-SUV brawl
Lengthy rap sheet: Biker who blocked SUV on west side of Manhattan and then was run over, lacked a driver's license and has lengthy criminal record
AP analysis: U.S. reliability questioned overseas; "unmistakable sense of unease is growing in global capitals as the U.S. Government from afar looks increasingly befuddled"
Blunt talk: Female TV presenters who are 'sidelined because of their age' first got their jobs because of their looks, says veteran broadcaster; 'live by looks, lose by looks'
Afghanistan: Taliban reveal they tried multiple times to kill and kidnap Prince Harry
Big government fiasco deepens: Failed Obamacare roll-out descends to full-blown farce as official 1-800 number insults and degrades
Iran: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says part of diplomatic push in New York 'not proper', but supports moderate President Hassan Rouhani's diplomatic initiative
Washington, DC: Sisters of woman killed in DC chase question police actions; one is a former police officer
updated ~ Nebraska: Tornadoes destroy homes near Wayne & Macy, hit Iowa cities; sharp temperature differentials triggering outbreak across three states
updated ~ SNOW!! Over 40 inches of white stuff bury Black Hills of South Dakota as early winter hits MidWest with 70 mph white-outs
Gallup: Obama job approval down to 41%
Italy: At least 94 dead after African migrant boat burns, sinks off Sicily;
confirmed dead include child, pregnant woman; 500 passengers aboard

Rescuers pause to pay their respects to 13 victims of the tragedy. ~ Reuters

Coast guard ships and helicopters from across the region, along with local fishing boats, were trying to find
survivors. The ship caught fire after those on board set off flares so it would be seen by passing
ships. ~ AFP/Getty Images
Qatar: Fifa urged to act to halt World Cup construction deaths;
victims' groups and UN put pressure on football governing body
Qatar: 70 Nepalese workers die on building sites for World Cup 2022
Gallant: Ontario’s Energy Ministry creates Canada’s biggest Ponzi scheme
Windsor: Ontario chooses to ‘salvage’ instead of replace 300 faulty
Herb Gray Parkway girders; brags didn't look at costs; what price safety?

Sub-standard pre-stressed concrete girders are seen lying horizontally in the construction of a tunnel on the
Herb Gray Parkway in Windsor. ~ Dax Melmer The Windsor Star
Pimco's Gross: Low interest rates may persist for decades
Netanyahu: Nuclear-armed Iran 'as dangerous as 50 North Koreas'
Cameron: 'We will build a land of opportunity, get wages in pockets,
food on their tables' - to stand up for businesses as backbone of UK
Netanyahu: Israel won't let Iran get nuclear arms
U.S. Government shuts down after Senate fails to pass spending bill
Ontario: Wind turbines cut property values, hurt tax base: study

Ripley, Ontario: Power companies swoop in, talk fast and put lots of hidden covenants in contracts.
Austria: Canadian billionaire Frank Stronach enters Parliament
Austria eyes on Stronach: Small parties could unsettle Vienna

A grand coalition has ruled Austria for almost seven years and most of the postwar period. But rising support for
upstart and populist parties could disrupt that trend after Sunday's parliamentary elections. ~ Reuters
Nigeria: Islamists slaughter 50 sleeping students at agricultural college
More propaganda debunked: Canadian and Alaskan
polar bear numbers are increasing, not declining

This sledding bear was seen in Kaktovik, Alaska. "They are fat, happy and healthy. I’ve lived here all my life
and there are more bears every year. I read stories about polar bears being on brink of extinction because
of global warming, look out my window and start to laugh." ~ Daily Mail
Coup: Museum of Canadian History nimbly ropes in Northern Dancer;
acquires E.P. Taylor-Windfields Farm collection of trophies, memorabilia

Jockey Bill Hartack sits aboard legendary Northern Dancer, as equally legendary owner E.P. Taylor holds the
reins, after winning the 90th Kentucky Derby in Louisville, Kentucky, on May 2, 1964. At the time of his
death in 1990, 467 of Northern Dancer’s 635 registered foals had won races, and 147 had won stakes
races. His line was so successful that, at his peak, he commanded a stud fee of $1 million, a sum still
unmatched. Something like 70% of thoroughbreds racing today share his bloodline. ~ APphoto
Pakistan: Quake toll reaches 515, insurgents hamper aid efforts
Kenya: Investigators find one of cars used by some of mall attackers;
roof collapse caused by rocket-propelled grenades fired by security forces
Kenya: Man who rescued Americans, others, at mall hailed as hero
Kenya: Survivor tells KTN TV how he survived attack, heroes [video]
Kenya: Unspeakable brutal torture took place in Nairobi massacre mall;
soldiers reveal they found dismembered corpses missing eyes, on hooks;
painstaking search underway for additional bombs and booby traps
Eureka! 'Curiosity' Mars rover finds 2% water content in red planet dirt
Tells U.S. audience: Harper won't take 'no' for answer on Keystone XL
Kelly McParland: After his amateurish handling of Syria,
Obama would do well to heed Harper on Iran
Baird: Canada ‘deeply skeptical’ of Iranian regime
despite Rowhani’s charm offensive
Syria: Islamist rebel groups break with exiled opposition
Kenya: 'Forever grateful': Saved mall-goers thank police
New York: Canada to pay for more immunizations, provide basic
health care and set up community services to ease dangers of
childbirth and pregnancy in developing countries: Harper
Saskatchewan: Lube oil leaking after CN train derails
near prairie village, school closed, no injuries: RCMP

The aftermath of a train derailment in Landis, Saskatchewan, early Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013. ~ CP
Kenya: Jihadist networks share first photo of terrorists

This photo, which allegedly shows two of the men who attacked Westgate shopping mall
in Nairobi, is being circulated online by jihadist networks. It is the first photo to allegedly
show a clear view of the attackers. Somalia-based militan group Al Shabab, which is
linked to al Qaeda, has taken responsibility for the attack.
UN: Obama urges diplomatic push on Iran nuclear programme
Kenya: Mall attack ‘completed,’ president says, five terrorists dead,
11 in custody; 61 civilians and six security officers were killed
Kenya: Interior Ministry confirms security forces
have taken over mall, all hostages freed
Kenya: Breaking News - Terrorists all dead, mall being swept for bombs

According to KTN, the Kenya Defence Force now has full control of the Westgate Mall and is sweeping it for IEDs and any possible remaining terrorists or hidden victims. Country said to be breathing a collective sigh of relief and awaiting news of additional victims above 62 provided 8 hours ago. ~ KTN
Kenya: Earlier Monday - Official death toll 62 according to govt;
multiple fire trucks seen moving quickly towards Westgate Mall;
Interior Minister Joseph Ole Lenku says country & borders secure;
fire at mall started by terrorists as diversion; all floors now
controlled by security forces, with terrorists hiding in some stores,
don't want to tip hand by giving operational details
Kenya: KTN News LIVE TV feed - with local news commentary

Excellent live video coverage from KTN news. ~ USTREAM/KTN
Kenya: CBS LIVE TV feed - police trying to end Islamist siege of mall

Smoke rises and helicopters fly overhead as police and security forces attempt to end Nairobi mall siege, in its third
day. Click to watch this live TV feed from CBS, without commentary. ~ USTREAM/CBS
Kenya LIVE: Al-Shabaab threatens to kill hostages in Nairobi mall
Kenya: Govt says smoke from burning mattresses a diversion
and not to believe all the various rumours being spread


Above, how the terror assault is believed to have unfolded. Below, a terrified child runs to safety in the early
hours of the terror assault. ~ Reuters/Daily Mail
Nairobi: Why the 'White Widow' is a prime suspect: Kenyan anti-terror
police believe British woman, 29, may be behind mall massacre

The idea that Samantha Lewthwaite, 29, of Buckinghamshire,
might have ordered the attack - or even led it herself - is not
far-fetched at all, given her background. ~ Daily Mail
Kenya: Fate of hostages not clear, despite reports 'most' rescued
Kenya: Nairobi mall siege: What we know

Floor plan of Westgate shopping centre. ~ BBC
Kenya: Heavy gunfire and explosions heard inside mall

Troops could be seen on the move in the area surrounding the Westgate mall
before dawn on Monday morning. ~ BBC
Kenya: Ten things to know about Somali Islamist group al-Shaabab
Kenya: Govt forces say they have rescued 'most' hostages;
the final assault to end mall siege began with circling helicopters
Kenya: Troops launch 'major' rescue assault on Nairobi mall;
"Godspeed to our guys in Westgate building. Major engagement ongoing"
Kenya: Witness to massacre in Nairobi mall; NY Times photog on scene

Officers pursued the terrorists through the large mall as cameras captured the horror. ~ Tyler Hicks NY Times
Kenya: Large explosion rocks Nairobi mall where Islamists hold hostages;
Kenyan President's nephew and his fiancee killed in Saturday attack
Kenya: 30 mall hostages, 10-15 gunman holding them, say CNN sources
Kenya: Interior Minister: Nairobi death toll climbs to 59, and 200 injured;
Fierce gunfire could again be heard coming from mall Sunday

Officers secure an area inside Westgate Shopping Centre in Nairobi September 21, 2013.
The Islamist al-Shabaab terror group have claimed responsibility. ~ Siegfried Modola REUTERS
Kenya: Nairobi mall hostages still held in 'several locations'
Kenya: 'All muslims leave' order... then gang targets victims who
can't name their Prophet's mother; terrorists live tweet attack
Usagi: Hong Kong braces for typhoon winds of 163mph; China in bullseye
Kenya: Nairobi mall hostages still held; at least 39 dead, 150 injured
Kenya: Two Canadians die in Nairobi mall terror attack
PM's office confirms diplomat Annemarie Desloges one of dead
Kenya: Somali militant group claims Nairobi mall attack
updated: Kenya: Death toll rising;
Nairobi mall terrorists targeted non-Muslims say witnesses
Kenya: Saturday video of attack at Nairobi Westgate Mall [video]

Many dead as terrorists attacked mall with guns and grenades. Disturbing images. ~ BBC
Germany: Why Merkel will win Sunday
Mexico: La Pintada landslide: Search continues; 68 missing

Survivors of the La Pintada landslide staying at a shelter in Acapulco recounted how a tidal wave of dirt, rocks
and trees exploded off the hill, sweeping through the centre of town.
Pope Francis signals remarkable shift in priorities for Catholics: need
to turn from sexual issues to the ‘freshness and fragrance of the Gospel’
Canada: Employment insurance numbers down to early 2008 levels

The trades, transport and equipment operation sectors saw the biggest declines in the number of people
collecting employment insurance in July, Statistics Canada reported on Thursday. ~ Mark Blinch Reuters
Navy Yard: Probe launched over claim elite unit blocked from massacre
Illegal ivory: Narwhal tusk smuggler fined $385K
Ikea solar panels: Sunshine optional, government subsidies required, of course
Famed editorial cartoonist: Roy Peterson dead at 77; won seven National Newspaper Awards
Long prison terms possible: Russia charges 14 Greenpeace activists with piracy
Wind Concerns Ontario: Greater Napanee says overwhelming 'no' to wind turbines at public meeting
Toronto Sun editorial: Pan-Am games spending outrageous; no surprise David Peterson at centre of it all
Christina Blizzard: Ontario's stolen decade: Looking back on 10 years of Liberal rule
L. Ian MacDonald: John Baird promotes the politics of conviction
Owns 4.5% of the $277B company: Microsoft investors push for chairman Gates to step down
No white knuckles: National Defence wants more Canadian soldiers trained in race-car skills, tricks
Charbonneau Commission: Mob, Hells Angels bosses had close ties to union, inquiry hears
Somalia: Somali-Canadian arrested for beheading 4 young sons in Beledweyne
Somalia: Why the Canadian pipeline to al-Shabab has dried up
Diluent: Enbridge planning $1B pipeline to boost oil sands growth
Baird: Officials at 'highest levels' working to release jailed Canadians in Egypt
Old Montreal has water/sewer/road infrastructure woes: Reaching the ‘point of no return’
One-time owner of Montreal Canadiens: Brookfield moves to create giant $45B real estate business
$373M expansion: Ubisoft announces Montreal expansion, 500 jobs over 7 years; video game company will tackle online gaming, expansion of mobile gaming
Diane Francis: What are we worth to the U.S.? $17 Trillion; in a controversial new book, author sets out five models for merging Canada and the United States into the same country
Legal action likely: CBC extended length smear job based on flimsy allegations says Senator
Swedish study: Mid-life stress 'precedes dementia'
Lorne Gunter: Climate change alarmism; broken record
At the core of it: High-tech companies head to old buildings in downtowns for a list of reasons
Toronto Sun editorial: Saint Suzuki's toxic emissions
StatsCan: Canadian economy bounces back in July, real GDP up 0.6%
'Do not activate' list: Stolen phones blacklist launches in Canada
Factories in orbit: NASA preparing to launch 3D printer into space
Prem Watsa: 'Emotional' market underestimates BlackBerry
Jobs in balance: Clark, Redford move closer to pipeline agreement
The inside story: How BlackBerry blew it
Study: Rating scale for annoyance due to wind turbine noise being developed
Canada: Conservatives launching billion-dollar free market in medical marijuana
PMO: Canadians detained in Egypt should be released 'immediately'
Father Raymond J. de Souza: No better time for an economics debate
John Ivison: Why Michael Ignatieff failed to master the art of politics and win over Canadians
Ridiculous file: London police ticket Western University cheerleaders for cheering on Homecoming Weekend
Climate fraud: Global warming ‘pause’ has now lasted for almost 17 years and shows no sign of ending - despite the unexplained failure of climate scientists’ computer models to predict it; when is a pause not a pause?
Want to stay sharp in old age? Have a drink: alcohol found to improve memory in most elderly people
Ontario: Liberals want to raise taxes to pay for grandiose transit schemes, gas plant moving costs; Wynne calls decade of destroying provincial finances and infrastructure a "turnaround"
Ontario: Youth unemployment among the worst in Canada
Search giant turns 15: Google Hummingbird update, explained
Jerusalem Post: United Nations Security Council votes 15-0 to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons
Extremists or realists? Ontario’s top court says it’s illegal to have cellphone in hand while driving
Teen and sister: Toronto-born Kenyan mall survivor recalls attack
St. Albert: Child, 6, killed after being struck by Alberta school bus
John Ivison: Harper government looking to reduce tariffs to combat U.S. price gap: ‘secret’ report
Have faith, they now say: Global warming has slowed in last 15 years despite record greenhouse gas levels: IPCC
Ottawa: Two teen girls plead guilty to human trafficking in Ottawa
James Delingpole: Global warming believers are feeling the heat; "the computer models, in short, are bunk"
Dem Senator: 'Keystone pipeline decision has taken longer than it took us to defeat Hitler'
Alberta: Province to thin trees around forest-enclosed communities to prevent another Slave Lake inferno
22 now behind bars: Venezuela arrests Air France manager in 1.4 tonne cocaine bust
Syria: UN checking seven reported chemical incidents
Blackberry: Heins, Fairfax's Watsa and the $55M handshake
Dear undergrads: Your degree was never intended to land you a job; "It was intended to make you a more complete thinker, to teach you how to absorb complex information and make reasoned arguments. It was, quite simply, intended to teach you how to learn"
Blackberry: Quarterly loss hits $965M
Christina Blizzard: Train cancellation hurts north - and will cost us millions; the wanton Liberal destruction of Ontario infrastructure and economy
Clement: Tentative deal reached with diplomats
Ford CEO: Mulally a front-runner to head Microsoft, media report says
Indy tradition gets boot: Indycar road race added to Indianapolis Motor Speedway for mid-May 2014
Dean Del Mastro: Conservative MP out of caucus after charges laid under Elections Act; MP and his Official Agent regarding 2008 election procedures; routine to charge both MP and campaign agent on such issues
Fairfax: BlackBerry won't be split up, pledges Watsa in defence of bid
Jonathan Kay: The Order of Canada is a vestige of feudal elitism; it’s time to get rid of ranking of citizens by merit
Andrew Coyne: Don't blame defeat on your opponents’ nastiness or the public for your failings
StatsCan: Canadian population surpasses 35 million; growth varies little in 3 decades, higher in West and lower in Atlantic Canada in last year
'Feel good' or useful? New California law lets teens press 'eraser button' online
Publishing lifeline? Rogers to launch 'Netflix for magazines' with digital bundle subscriptions
AP: NHL's Florida Panthers sold to NY businessman
Libel action: Sending back big donation cheque deemed unethical ‘broke my heart’: NDP MP Pat Martin
No-name, No frills, President's Choice: Loblaw marketing genius Dave Nichol dies at 73
Presumed suicide: Body of escaped Hell's Angels killer found in chalet
Canada's second-largest burger chain: A&W eliminates steroids, hormones and medicated feed from beef production, says first to do so
Toronto transit poll: Thumbs down on province's half-baked above-ground plan, two thumbs up for City plan for subway from Kennedy to Sheppard that has $660M in federal funds attached
Fairfax bid: Canada pension funds eye some BlackBerry assets
Exposed -- The Chrystia Freeland Reuters mess: Trudeau's 'star' candidate in Toronto is known in New York for wasting millions of dollars to create nothing, then bailing before it all came crashing down
Taxman giveth: CRA’s $381,737 cheque to Mafia boss Rizzuto raised red flags, ex-auditors say; cheque was promptly retrieved
Kingston Penitentiary last-chance tour: Hottest ticket in Canada as thousands line up to tour 178-year-old KP before it closes
Summer of results noticed: Toronto Mayor Ford's popularity rising to 50% territory
Line work: Investigation launched after accusations that CN Rail over-billed GO Transit by millions
Plotted to blow up Parliament Buildings: 'Toronto 18' terrorist killed fighting in Syria
Critical condition: Toronto-born teen wounded in Kenya mall attack may never walk again, aunt says
Tin Foil Hat: International snickers as David Suzuki claims in Australia that Canada building prisons for eco-activists; but no new prisons being built, just closed
Daughter a goalie: Sidney Crosby’s mom joins CWHL board
Misleading: Federal Liberal candidate explains away bio that says he was Facebook executive
Help for developers and start-ups: Google picks Waterloo as one of 7 new tech hubs
Pat Martin: NDP MP receiving union donations to pay off libel suit; political donations from unions illegal but Martin says has green light from Ethics Commissioner
Welland Tribune: Craitor should explain abrupt departure; latest Ontario Liberal to jump ship as government teeters
Blackberry: By going private, smartphone pioneer may buy time to fix itself
Liberal candidate breaks with Premier: Despite being Agriculture Minister she doesn't realize livestock operators have to live on the land with their animals
Powered by heat from hand holding it: Canadian teen's battery-free flashlight takes a top prize at Google science fair
Found out in Australia: David Suzuki bombs on Q&A, knows nothing about the climate
Lou Dobbs: Obama's second term is turning out to be a trainwreck
Who knew? The Moon is 100 million years younger than we thought
Matthew Fisher: It's open season on Christian minorities across the Muslim world
Ignatieff book: Stephane Dion’s 2008 coalition was a ‘desperate’ bid that was ‘illegitimate’; the work of "a desperate leader" who clung to power through a "coup de theatre"
Ignatieff book: A professor’s search for lessons in crushing defeat and national embarrassment finds harbour in rationalization and insult: "I had to unlearn being clever"
Cocaine: Venezuela arrests soldiers over huge Air France drug haul
www.constituteproject.org: Google launches online constitution archive
Chrysler files for IPO: All shares to be sold to come from a 41.5% stake in Chrysler held by UAW trust; if approved, first time since 1998 that Big 3 Detroit automakers are all publicly traded; But Fiat, which owns rest of Chrysler, wants to buy and merge with it; if come to an agreement the IPO won't proceed
Ottawa: University of Waterloo asked to study rail crossing safety in wake of bus-train crash
120 million Series A preferred stock: GM to buy back some preferred shares from UAW trust for $3.2B
Exceeds $1.7B: Alberta flood costliest disaster in Canada's history
Supports full-scale Toronto Council plan: Federal Govt pledges $660M for Scarborough subway extension; Wynne tries to take credit despite having come up with a lesser plan than promised
Brian Keelan: I am furious green
Apocalypse just hot air? Climatologists face inconvenient truth
Melbourne: David Suzuki revealed as complete know-nothing by very first question on Q&A; doesn't know basics about world temperature measurements
Blackberry sold: Toronto-based Fairfax Financial inks US$4.7B deal to buy smartphone pioneer
UK: Ignorance of diabetes is 'a disaster in waiting': 70% of Brits don't know disease can lead to amputations and blindness
Tattoo - cancer link? Scientists call for more research and regulation into tattoo inks; say nanoparticles of ink could accumulate in spleen and kidneys
Australia: The winds of political change blow away expensive climate bureaucracy
Ontario drift: 'Everybody knows the cupboards are bare': Tim Hudak ready to sell tough policies after quelling PC revolt
Kenya: Canada to investigate report that Ontario man among militants in Nairobi mall siege
Harper condemns 'cowardly act,' offers to help Kenya recover from attack that killed two Canadians
Hiding avian mortality: Where ‘green’ is red
Location, Location, Location . . . Migration, Migration, Migration
Double standards: Wind energy gets away with murder
What if? Is Alzheimer's a 4th type of diabetes?
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia deports 800,000 illegal foreign workers
Usagi: 21 dead as typhoon drops in intensity, veers away from Hong Kong, landfall in southern China
Reuters analysis: Nairobi attack may trigger tighter security at malls worldwide
Kenya: French mother, daughter 'executed' in parking lot at Nairobi mall
Beijing: China strongly condemns terrorist attack in Kenya
Toronto: Harper says Ottawa will help extend subway system further into Scarborough
Rex Murphy: Greenpeace stunts are predictable and its rhetoric threadbare as it reaches old age
Washington: Anti-Keystone main national protest a failure as only a handful show up, while making weak excuses for poor turn-out
Kenya: Slain Canadian diplomat was shopping with husband when Nairobi mall attacked by al-Shabab terrorists [video]
London: Ontario Tories wrapping up convention with votes on wish list policies
Jose Bautista: Blue Jays star sets up fund to provide young Dominicans with options beyond baseball; helps players pursue higher education along with their pro baseball dream
Black tech: Wind turbines ‘causing bats to explode’
Embraced by Trudeau: Islamic 'charity' loses Canadian Revenue Agency status over terrorism links
Douglas Carswell, MP: Wind farms and renewable energy: a modern version of a medieval scam
Christina Blizzard: Ontario: Tim Hudak's daughter answers a lot of questions about dad
Larry Kudlow: The Pinocchio President: Obama takes outright lying to new level, can't even spell 'negotiate'
Nova Scotia election Oct. 8: PCs promise to launch judicial inquiry into Rehtaeh Parsons case
Manitoba: Farmers taking a lot of crop; record harvest this year
Ontario: "Let Tim be" shouted out as attempt to force leadership review on PC Leader Tim Hudak overwhelmingly fails
Lisa McLeod: Hardworking MPP hated by opponents; so what else is new
Quebec: Amnesty International piles on, slams PQ values charter
Mad cow disease: Fatal rare brain disease confirmed in N.H. patient; 15 possibly exposed through potentially tainted surgical equipment
Oslo: Norway drops carbon capture plan it had likened to ‘moon landing’; worldwide failure
Black tech: The list of deceased solar companies aka why it's lousy to put public money into risky ventures
CBC: BlackBerry death march? [video]
Rex Murphy: Quebec's Charter of Values [video]
Pipeline full? BlackBerry 'C-Series' device appears in leaked photos with Verizon branding
Iran: Breakthrough possible with new president, former Ambassador Taylor says
Health Minister Ambrose: Decision to give addicts in treatment heroin access won't happen again
Quebec: Rift opens over impact of PQ's values charter on women
Economic Freedom of the World, 2013: Canada ranks 9th in economic freedom, Australia 10th, UK 12th, U.S. 17th, Germany 19th; Hong Kong and Singapore repeat as top two
Mexico: Local citizens oppose wind turbines on Yucatan for long list of reasons, including noise and slicing and dicing of migratory birds
Did six die in Ottawa bus-train crash because of municipal train whistle ban? Time to return to common sense
Hard hit: BlackBerry to axe 4,500 jobs in wake of nearly $1B Q3 loss
Reasonable limit in a free and democratic society: Oath to Queen for new Canadians ruled constitutional
September 24-26: Harper to co-host UN event in New York on major health challenges facing women and children around the world; while there he will also participate in a moderated discussion hosted by the Canadian-American Business Council and a roundtable with business leaders
Parker Gallant: Saving money with smart meters: the Liberal promise and the reality
Calvin Beisner: How the media will spin the next IPCC report -- and why the spin is wrong
Bad models, bad: Overestimated global warming over the past 20 years [pdf]
Manitoba Transport Minister: Shipping oil through Hudson Bay too risky; affects native "way of life"
Murmansk: Greenpeace ship with Canadians on board being towed to Russian port
Institutional myopia in Toronto: Metrolinx doesn't get it that walls divide a city, and their job is to integrate it with transit
New Zealand: Search for missing Canadians finds woman's body; Joanna Lam and Connor Hayes last seen September 10th
They cancelled gas plants, didn't they? Shelburne mayor asks Premier Wynne to cancel wind turbine projects; owners being paid to not generate electricity: "We don’t need the electricity and we’re paying a premium to get it. Someone’s got to say ‘This has got to stop’. This is not viable. It is not sustainable."
Environment Canada: Wind turbines interfere with doppler radar readings, masking or giving false emergency readings due to their variable spins and huge blades
Or, how do we lie again about lack of global warming? Warming slowdown complicates job of UN climate panel; IPCC, countries argue over how to communicate science behind recent trend
Syria: Rebel groups battle each other in north, at least 19 killed
Washington, DC: House of Representatives to vote over weekend on funding parts of government; Senate leadership won't allow corresponding votes
Kenya: Rioters torch Kenyan church after Muslim cleric killed
Kenya: Video shows gunmen in Nairobi's Westgate Mall [video]
Mexico: Bus plunges down hillside outside Mexico City, killing 14
But Canada doesn't have exchanges: Canadian firm was hired to build troubled Obamacare exchanges
Obamacare: The improbable poster boy as the only person in whole U.S. to sign up successfully, turns out to have been a fraud; Chad Henderson fooled the media until his dad told the truth
More bad models? Hurricane season a bust so far, and forecasters not sure why
Wesley Pruden: The cheap tricks of the game; who is telling park rangers to close MLK and WWII memorials and block Mt. Vernon parking lot?
Obamacare: Premium increases for 'young invincibles' and the impending premium spiral; on average, a healthy 30-yr-old male non-smoker will see his lowest cost insurance option increase 260%
Cross-border retail re-seller: U.S. judge dismisses lawsuit by Trader Joe's against B.C.'s Pirate Joe's
Hates Keystone: Bullying American billionaire attacks Canada, says to blame for U.S. Government shutdown; huh?
Victor at Dien Bien Phu in 1954, led Tet Offensive in 1968: Vietnam's General Vo Nguyen Giap dies at 102
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood supporters clash with opponents at Cairo's Tahrir Square
Italy: EU help requested after migrant ship sank off Sicilian island of Lampedusa
Charles Krauthammer: Who shut down Yellowstone? The bullies, film at 11
Data breach: Adobe loses 2.9 mil customer records, source code
More shutdown savings: Obama cancels 4-nation, 2-summit trip to Asia; Kerry to sub
Shutdown benefit: U.S. rate on 30-year mortgage falls as government shutdown forced rates down
Government shutdowns: A history; the refusal of Democrats to negotiate is what makes this one stand out
Many applications: The drone that can fly for 5 years
Atlantic: It's not just Obamacare; the recession increased depth of opposition to all big government solutions
California: State exchange vastly overstated its web traffic for Obamacare launch; got 645,000 page hits during first day of enrollment, far fewer than 5 million it reported Tuesday
China: Deadly hornets kill 42, injure over 1,500
Japan: Agreement allows U.S. to fly long-range surveillance drones from Japanese base
Seasonally adjusted: Weekly U.S. jobless aid applications up to 308,000
India: Massive road accident kills 30 in NorthEast
U.S. appeals court: BP wins reprieve over Gulf spill payouts
Shutdown: Obama cancels more of Asia trip, may miss APEC summit in Bali and East Asia summit in Brunei
Silk Road: The end of the internet's biggest black market is good for Bitcoin
Shutdown: Republican Speaker Boehner says Obama refused to negotiate in White House meeting
Shutdown: Democrats say Obama rejected Republican arguments in meeting; Pelosi says he won't invoke narrow interpretation of 14th Amendment to override Congress
Non-essential: Shutdown means 94% of EPA staff sent home
Alexander: NSA chief says agency does not track U.S. social media, but did test tracking U.S. cellphones
Pinterest: A $7.2M legal win over cybersquatter
Silk Road: Solar engineer, restless spirit, libertarian - the many descriptions of Ross William Ulbricht, a walking contradiction, part delusion, part fiction persona now behind bars
Tesla: Statement on fiery car crash that caused stock to tank
Seattle: AP: Tesla says car fire began in lithium-ion battery
What shutdown? 1,350,000 'essential' federal govt employees continue to work, not including still-active postal service
Boston: Massachusetts moves to double size of huge convention centre across water from Logan Airport
Silk Road: Feds in NY say underground website handled $1B in drugs, services
Silk Road: Paranoid much? The 10 best responses from stunned supporters of online drug marketplace
Silk Road: Bitcoin value plummeting following takedown
Silk Road: Here's how the Feds took it down
Katherine Jackson loses: Jury rejects claim Jackson promoter AEG Live negligent
Tennessee: 8 killed in bus crash with tractor-trailer, SUV, after coach tire blows on I-40
Praises disruptive business plan: General Motors takes a look under Tesla's hood
Heroin, cocaine: FBI shuts alleged online drug marketplace, Silk Road
Wind waste: Analysis shows wind tax credit would cost billions
Anthony Watts: The IPCC flip flop on year 2100 temperature projections
Germany: Merkel coalition talks could last into January
Italy: PM Enrico Letta wins Senate confidence vote
Shutdown pettiness: U.S. closes iconic D-Day cemeteries in France
NSA: U.S. opposes tech companies' request to reveal spying demands
Disappointment: Stock market stumbles after weak U.S. hiring news
Employment weak: U.S. companies add 166,000 jobs in September
Gallup: 33% of Americans plan to pay IRS fine rather than buy Obamacare
Diplomacy: Venezuelan dips expelled by U.S. in retaliation
Kerry to sub: Malaysia says Obama cancels at least 1 stop on Asian trip due to government shutdown
Dubai: 90 million-passenger airport may shut to boost new hub
Pulls plug on some R&D: Merck to slash annual costs by $2.5B, cut 8,500 jobs
Obamacare: Excuses starting early for malfunctioning websites, capacity overloads, despite years to prepare and wide availability of scalable technology and web development skills
U.S. auto sales: Ford up, GM down in subdued month
John Boehner: Obama owns this shutdown now
Obamacare: Look who's having second thoughts, regrets
Andrew Coyne: Government shutdown is nothing new for U.S., no matter who's in Congress or White House
Not ready for prime time, not part of shutdown: MSNBC anchor tries to enroll in Obamacare live on air, fails, gives up
Shutdown: Senate Democrats shutting down government voted in favour of exempting themselves from Obamacare
Democrats show shutdown hypocrisy: Impasse persists as Senate rejects House offer for talks
Shutdown: 90 WWII veterans storm closed WWII memorial in Washington, DC; park police back down, refuse to enforce shutdown
Mexico: Police rescue 73 suspected kidnap victims near U.S. border
Egypt: Jordanians arrested for supporting Cairo Islamists
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood leader sentenced to 10 years in military trial; incited church burning, violence and damaging military equipment
Shutdown: Why it’s a good thing for investors
Leah Durant: How Obamacare will make it harder for blacks to find jobs
Who cares? Government shutdown doesn't include essential services so why does it matter?
Golden Dawn: Greek far-right crackdown followed violence spike
Doing what they were elected to do: House Republicans forcing other side to compromise
NSA liked formula it knew it could break: Snowden disclosures prompt warning on widely used computer security formula
From hero to zero? The rise and fall of Egypt’s ElBaradei
Lawyers: BP lied about size of U.S. Gulf oil spill
Big money movements: Vatican Bank likely to close embassy accounts after Iran, Iraq red flags
Netanyahu to Obama: Tighten sanctions if Iran defies West
Venezuela: 'Yankees go home,' Maduro tells U.S. diplomats
Fast and Furious White House loss: In Monday night ruling, judge turns down DOJ request to dismiss lawsuit brought by House Oversight and Government Reform Committee after Obama asserted executive privilege
Shutdown: Selective nature of impacts shows a bureaucracy intent on politics instead of service
Shutdown: The pettiness of the Obama Administration extends to shutting off the National Zoo pandacam; a schoolyard bully acts with more civility
Obamacare job loss fall-out: U.S. employers slashing worker hours to avoid Obamacare insurance mandate; trend sparks fears among low-paid workers that they will be hit twice: by having earnings cut and paying more for healthcare
Kenya: Merchants and others visit Westgate mall after the attack
Washington: Boehner on the Senate: "The Senate decided not to work yesterday. Well, my goodness, if there’s such an emergency, where are they?" [video]
Japan: Toshiba to shed 2,000 jobs at foreign TV plants
Yemen: 'Al-Qaeda gunmen' seize army HQ in port city of Mukalla
Peter Wehner: Conservatives and the excommunication temptation
Kathleen Parker: Why not delay Obamacare?
Rates vary widely, heavy fines to enforce insurance buying: Experts fear Obamacare rate ‘spiral’
Red-handed: Israel captures Iranian spy
Pinocchio President: Obama lied to us -- he told America some real whoppers about Obamacare
Video Games and cigarettes: Syria's Disneyland for jihadists
UK workfare welfare reform: Long-term unemployed get path back to workforce in new 'work for the dole' program; may include cleaning up graffiti or cooking for the elderly
Democrats against Obamacare: Moderate and conservative Democrats are splitting with the Left on health care
California: Small plane flying from Idaho resort town crashes into hangar and burns at Santa Monica airport
Markets respond: Jolted by U.S. & Italian politics, safe-havens gain
Stephen F. Hayes: What Cruz wrought
Nigeria: As many as 42 drown, 200 missing in Niger River boat capsizing in storm
Obamacare: It’s a gigantic shell game
UK: Cameron launches state-backed mortgages plan
CBS MoneyWatch: Obamacare or Gouge-acare? Insurance rates for young men to rise by 99% and for younger women to go up from 55% to 62%, says study
Obamacare: A Boehner blunder? Why even suggest giving Democrats an extra year for roll-out of something not even nearly ready for prime time 4 years after it was legislated?
New NSA revelations on way? Two authors claim Snowden-sourced details on "U.S. assassination program" to be in upcoming joint book
Next frontier? Boeing completes successful test flight of unmanned F-16 controlled by pilots on the ground [video]
Syria: Air strike on high school kills 12
Somalia: Ivory poaching funds al Shabaab terrorists, activists say
Abu Dhabi: Egypt has received $7B of $12B of Gulf aid pledged, says central bank
Italy: Gripping political crisis amid resignations
World's most wanted woman: Samantha Lewthwaite - the ‘White Widow’ - is secretly married to a former officer in the Kenyan Navy, says Scotland Yard dossier
Germany: Siemens cuts 15,000 jobs in €6B savings drive
Obama's phone call to Rouhani: First direct contact between a U.S. President and Iranian leader for more than 30 years
Pakistan: Twin blasts kill 33 and wound 70 in Peshawar
Obamacare on hot seat: House sends stopgap spending bill back to Senate 48 hours before shutdown
Seth Mandel: Rouhani’s cabinet isn’t 'moderate' either
Kenya mall attack aftermath: Terrorists silence three innocent voices of Oshwal Academy
Mumbai: Death toll in building collapse rises to 50
Breakthrough: Tunisia's ruling Islamists agree to stand down
6.8M: Pakistan jolted by another strong earthquake; 50,000 homeless from earlier killer quake
Peggy Noonan: A small President on the world stage; at the UN, leaders hope for a return of American greatness
NCAA claims outstanding: Electronic Arts settles athletes’ suit, cancels game
Judge: Google must face most claims in a lawsuit alleging it illegally reads and mines the content of private messages sent through its Gmail e-mail service in violation of U.S. federal wiretap laws
Seymour Hersh: Obama, NSA and the 'pathetic' American media; Pulitzer Prize winner explains how to fix journalism, saying press should 'fire 90% of editors and promote ones you can't control'
Debt ceiling: Once again, profligate Obama says 'It's my way or the highway'
Reuters analysis: Pimco shook hands with the Fed - and made a killing
Pakistan: Quake-created island off Gwadar 'emits flammable gas'
Public offering: Britain kicks off Royal Mail sale with $5.3B price tag
Reuters: How the Fed fuelled an explosion in subprime auto loans
Pakistan: Bus bomb kills at least 17
Syria rebel chief: Extremists 'stealing revolution'
Secret meetings: Israel warns U.S. over Iran’s ‘charm offensive’
Obamacare: New Jersey’s disappearing doctors
India: IndiGo sees 1,000-plane fleet as travel surges
Obamacare: Latest screw-up delays insurance for small business owners
Answer avoidance: The top U.S. intelligence official Thursday sidestepped questions from a Senator about whether NSA tracks individuals with cellphone signals
Security Council: Deal reached on UN resolution on Syria weapons
Daniel Henninger: Let Obamacare collapse, as it will, and let the Democrats pay the piper
Kenya: How the horrific Nairobi mall massacre unfolded, in vignettes
Oil: Saudi Arabia ready to cover any global shortage: Oil Minister
John Nolte: The racially-motivated mass-shooting the media doesn't want to talk about
Khartoum: New Sudan riots after 29 dead in fuel protests
Jeffrey Lord: Ted Cruz extends the Buckley Rule; the 'rightwardmost viable' issue: defunding Obamacare
Egypt: Travel bans lifted by 3 European countries
George F. Will: Now that Obamacare is about to be felt in all its hypocrisy, it's time to let Obama be hoist with his own petard
Life-saving technology: NASA radar device detects heartbeats in disaster rubble
Kenya: Al-Shabab terrorists attack border towns, kill three, promise more attacks, "war of attrition"
Pakistan: Earthquake aid helicopter fired on by separatist militias; 2 rockets fired, miss; death toll now 355, 700 injured
Syria: Russia offers to guard chemical arms destruction
Obamacare/shutdown: Boehner: House won't pass stripped spending bill
Kenya: Interpol issues alert for UK 'White Widow' sought for role in Nairobi mall attack
Italy: Remains of last missing passengers found under Costa Concordia
Federal sources: Hundreds of U.S. security clearances seen as falsified
updated | Pakistan: Death toll from 7.8M earthquake rises to at least 327, creates new island in sea
FBI: Navy Yard gunman left note about radio waves
Bethany McLean: The top five unlearned lessons of the financial crisis
Not what was promised: Obamacare trade-off: low premium, high deductible
Shutdown vs Obamacare: Anti-shutdown bill advances; big fight still looms; will Americans start noticing the glaring discrepancy between promise and reality?
Comeback kids: Oracle beats New Zealand to keep America's Cup
Flags fly at half-mast: Grief, generosity as Kenya starts mourning mall victims
Reince Priebus: In a battle between Ted Cruz and Harry Reid, we must stand with Senator Cruz
MSM: Wendy Davis was a media hero and Ted Cruz is a 'grandstander'
Due diligence: Canada refusing to sign UN arms control bill without further study; the bad guys not signing it, appears to have impact on sovereignty and implications for domestic laws depite claims of proponents
Ted Cruz: Texas freshman Senator filibusters against Obamacare for 21 hours, 19 minutes, bring light of day to dark secrets of Frankenstein health monster
Navy Yard shooting: FBI releases chilling footage of the Navy Yard shooter arriving and prowling halls with shotgun [video]
Forbes: Obamacare will increase average individual-market insurance premiums by 99% for men, 62% for women
Bloomberg national poll: Americans turn on Washington, 68% say on wrong track
Breaking up hard to do: As Piggly Wiggly gets carved up, customers cry
Hardliners kill rivals, want to do 'spectacles': Kenya attack follows power struggle in al-Shabab
DOA in Senate? Kerry to sign UN arms treaty mandating gun registry as early as Wednesday
Reuters: Twitter leaning toward NYSE for IPO
KTN TV editorial: Kenyans should avoid terrorists’ devious trap
Obamacare defunding: Cruz vows filibuster ‘until I am no longer able to stand’
Kenya: President Kenyatta: 'we have ashamed and defeated our attackers'; Army defuses bombs set by terrorists; female Briton among attackers; off-duty SAS hero 'saved dozens of lives'
Peshawar: Christian outcry in Pakistan over deadliest ever church attack; toll rises to 81
Thugs: Latest Al-Shabaab Twitter account suspended after Kenya mall attack claims
Third Iraq funeral hit in 3 days: Baghdad bomb blasts kills 16, injures 20
Egypt: Court bans Muslim Brotherhood; confiscates assets
NY Times: Former FBI Agent pleads guilty to leaking foiled Yemen bomb plot information to AP (Associated Press) - gets 43 months in jail
Nairobi attack just more proof al-Qaeda not on decline: White House under pressure to ramp up counterterrorism action against al-Shabab in Somalia
Syria: Commander of al-Qaeda in Iraq and Syria killed in northwestern Syria
Sanctions, what sanctions? China’s crude oil imports from Iran up 17.5%
Tunisia: Powerful union calls for protests to topple Islamist government
New York magazine: Benghazi haunts Hillary Clinton as she claims to wrestle with running for President again
Emmys: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jim Parsons win for lead-role actors
Germany: Angela Merkel gets biggest victory since Kohl’s post-reunification vote in 1990; still needs coalition partner
Retaliation: Suicide bomber kills 12 at Sunni funeral in Baghdad
Kenya: Nairobi mall attack: Witness claims grenade-throwing terrorist disguised as a victim fled
Germany: Absolute majority? Merkel wins easy re-election
Germany: France's Hollande congratulates Merkel on election win
Syria response: U.S. Navy helicopter crashes in Red Sea, 5 onboard
NRA: Get 'homicidal maniacs' off streets
Germany: Exit polls: Merkel party strongest
Germany: Angela Merkel poised for record poll win and historic third term
Dubai: Aviation experts optimistic on new ‘world’s largest airport’
China: Disgraced Bo Xilai given life term for corruption
Mexico: Little hope for 68 missing in village mudslide: President
updated: Pakistan: 78 are dead from twin suicide blasts outside All Saints Church in Peshawar, in the deadliest attack on the Christian community
Iran: Tehran to take control of Russian-built 1,000 MW reactor Monday
Venezuela: French police find 1.3 tonnes of cocaine on Air France flight from Caracas
updated: Iraq: Bomb blasts kill at least 96 in Shiite area of Baghdad, target funeral, first responders
Kenya: Americans injured in deadly Nairobi mall attack
Smoke, mirrors: 55% of Obama’s Twitter followers are fake
Obama incompetence: From bad to worse; from punting in Syria to appeasing Iran
Stephen F. Hayes: Administration's Benghazi review board discredits itself in Congressional hearing
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Editorial: The Benghazi report: Conflicts & obstruction
The Hague: OPCW watchdog receives more details of Syria's chemical weapons program from Damascus
Syria: Russia may change stance if Assad ‘cheats’ - Kremlin
Noonan: White House staffers nickname President 'Obam-me'
Chicago: Plagued by hundreds of multiple shootings, murder capital typically sees deaths one at a time, 500 last year
George F. Will: When isolationism ruled the land
Obama: Paranoid President thinks it's all about him; "They're focused on trying to mess with me"
Syria: Clumsy propaganda tries to "prove" the rebels fired chemical weapons at government forces -- but no matter the clumsiness there are always believers
Never surrender: The end of the Obamacare nightmare
AP analysis: U.S.-Russia Syria deal props up Assad
France: Conviction for mother who sent son Jihad to school with jumper stating: 'I am a bomb'
Die Welt: CO2 not guilty; "upcoming IPCC AR5 is a de facto withdrawal of the scientific basis for climate regulation"
Miami Herald: Security grabs man's cellphone, erases picture of Hillary Clinton speaking right in front of reporter; Clinton failed to mention Benghazi or warn attendees about taking pictures
Unproductive, expensive 'busy work': NY Times debunks EPA’s new coal rules - none of expensive mandated technology sequesters carbon
To focus instead on Pixar, Marvel and Lucasfilm: Disney reins in mega-risky pix, ends 25-year deal with Jerry Bruckheimer after 'Lone Ranger' mega-flop
Need to defend the unborn: Pope denounces abortions as a symptom of today's "throw-away culture" and encourages Catholic doctors to refuse to perform them
Court challenges await: War of words starts as EPA claims it's not killing coal with CO2 limits, industry vows to fight
It's official: New coal-burning plants will be required to limit CO2 released under EPA's first regulations aimed at curbing climate change by power generators
MIT Technology Review: EPA carbon regs won’t help advance technology; because they won’t promote technological development, proposed carbon regs will have little impact except to stop coal plant construction and kill the coal industry
Not ready for prime time? Predicated on an unproven link between CO2 and global warming, which isn't happening, EPA wants to force unproven carbon capture on power producers
Over to Senate: House passes bill to kill Obamacare, avert government shutdown
Washington: House goes all-in to defund failed Obamacare;
after foreign policy debacles in Middle East, Obama losing at home
CNN: Etchings on Navy Yard shooter's shotgun puzzle investigators;
controversy why nearby tactical team called back by Capitol commander
Ottawa: Level crossings and passenger trains on TSB 'watch list';
71 accidents in Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto triangle in last 10 years
Ottawa: Passengers yelled "stop, stop" as bus plowed into train [photos]
Ottawa: 6 dead as double-decker bus hits/derails Toronto-bound train;
transit bus driver & 5 passengers killed when bus didn't stop, 30+ injured




The collision occurred at Fallowfield Road and Woodroffe Avenue in the Barrhaven neighbourhood
of Canada's capital. ~ [top two] TSB, [bottom two] CTV screencap
Navy Yard shooting: Alexis assembled shotgun in men's room;
didn't shoot way in, no AR-15 rifle, pistol from shot guard
Keystone kop: For Obama, Brazil's diplomatic rebuke
compounds a troublesome stretch
Syria: Russia tried to have it both ways Tuesday; insisting it opposes
use of force in UNSC resolution, but suggesting that could change
if Damascus reneges on deal to give up chemical stockpile
Marilyn Monroe: World’s best new skyscraper in Mississauga

Mississauga's Absolute World Towers, nicknamed Marilyn Monroe for its curvy shape, has been picked
by international jury of experts from over 300 skyscrapers worldwide as the best new skyscraper design
on earth. ~ © Edvard Mahnic/Emporis Financial Post
Costa Concordia: Massive underwater damage shows
why ill-fated luxury ship has to be scrapped

Close-up view of righted cruise ship shows heavy structural damage that kept divers out of much of ship while it lay
on its side, wedged into the Giglio Island reef. ~ BBC
Navy Yard Shooting: No AR-15 rifle was involved; just a shotgun
and 2 handguns taken from guards Alexis gunned down
Call of Duty: Washington Navy Yard gunman 'obsessed with
violent video games' - played for many hours at a time
New York: After multiple incidents, why was Navy Yard
killer Alexis still given security clearance?
Washington Post: Killer Alexis had checkered Navy career, cited 8 times
Egypt: Army arrests dozens in storming of Islamist-held town of Delga

The Prince Tadros Coptic church in Minya burned in Muslim Brotherhood riots on August 14th. ~ AFP
Perpetually aggrieved: Portrait of mass killer Aaron Alexis emerges;
said he was a racism victim despite being 'smartest guy in room', had
scrapes with law over guns, but felt not promoted due to skin colour
updated: NBC: Navy Yard killer Alexis had access card; surveillance video shows he brought shotgun; killed a guard and took his 9mm pistol
Jitters at White House: Man arrested after setting off firecrackers

Secret Service arrested this man for tossing firecrackers over north fence
at White House Monday night. ~ Evan Vucci AP
Syria: Defecting Brig-Gen: chem weapons used "20 times" since March;
"I am a witness and received orders 3 times to use chemical gas last year"
Reuters LIVE: Dead shooter is Aaron Alexis, Brooklyn native
former naval reservist, also lived in Seattle, Fort Worth

Booking photo from Fort Worth Police Dept shows Aaron Alexis,
arrested in September, 2010 for firing bullet through his ceiling into
apartment above. He wasn't charged in that incident. ~ FBI
AP: No longer seeking other suspects; DC mayor says 'no indication
it was a terrorist attack, but the possibility had not been ruled out'
WJLA-LIVE TV: Total of 13 dead after Navy Yard rampage
Navy officer tells reporters how man was shot dead beside him

Commander Tim Jirus tells reporters he was in alley outside his building when man he was talking to
was shot dead beside him. ~ WJLA
WJLA: Police Chief Lanier: shooter dead, treating scene as 'active'



Police Chief Cathy Lanier urged all to stay inside. ~ KJLA
updated: WJLA-ABC-LIVE TV: 13 dead at Navy Yard, incl 1 shooter
updated: CNN: Pentagon says 'some fatalities', 'active crime scene'
updated: Washington Post: shooter among 13 dead at Navy Yard [map]
updated: NBC: Navy Yard mass shooting, multiple deceased, 2 gunmen
still at-large; 11 shot, at least 3 shooters, 3,000 work in complex
Wrenched from reef: Engineers celebrate after complex, 19-hr operation
Time-lapse: Watch the Costa Concordia raised in seconds [video]
Reuters: Raising the Costa Concordia a success



Successful - top, the plan, middle, as the plan began, bottom, the Costa Concordia sits upright on sea bottom platform: The salvage used cables to pull it upright along steel boxes welded to the top (port) side and filled with
water to help upright the ship, then other boxes will be attached to bottom (starboard) side once upright. Then the
boxes will be pumped dry, the ship will float and be pumped out and towed away weeks from now. ~ Reuters
Fraud: Chicken Littles admit sky not falling -- blame their computers
IPCC climate scientists now say greenhouse gases don't do what they said;
no statistically significant increase in world average temps since 1997
Faisal J. Abbas: Giving Assad a license to kill
Syria: U.S.-Russia deal a victory for Assad
Moscow Times: Obama falls right into Putin's trap
Syria: Rebel chief rejects U.S.-Russia chemical arms deal
Boulder: Rescuers issue stern warning to Colorado evacuees;
Leave now or endure weeks without electricity, running water & basics

The destructive force took out many homes, cars, trees, and completely washed out Gold Run Road along Gold Run Creek. By air and by land, the rescue of hundreds of Coloradoans stranded by epic mountain flooding accelerated Saturday as debris-filled rivers became muddy seas that extended into towns and farms miles from the Rockies. ~ Matthew Kennedy AP Photo/Courtesy of Earth Vision Trust
Read full text: 'Framework' agreement: U.S. and Russia "expect Syria to submit, within a week, a comprehensive listing, including names, types, and quantities of its chemical weapons agents, types of munitions, and location and form of storage, production, and research and development facilities"
NY Times: U.S. and Russia reach deal to secure Syria’s chemical arms;
removal or destruction by mid-2014, says Kerry; under 'framework' agreement, international inspectors must be in Syria by November
Colorado floods: KUSA: 181 unaccounted for in Boulder County
Denver Post: Four dead, hundreds rescued, thousands homeless
Mutually Exclusive? Freedom of Press and Freedom of Speech
YES -- according to Senate legislation which would give
U.S. Dept of Justice the power to determine who is a 'Journalist'
Trojan mouse: Hi-tech bank robbers stopped as they
tried to steal millions using £10 computer gadget

Classic front page headline from UK Mirror.
Syria: Elite unit scatters chemical arms stockpile;
Assad regime has moved weapons to as many as 50 sites
Friday the 13th Al-Qaeda calls for fresh wave of terror attacks
inside U.S. to ‘bleed America economically’
Fail, but safe: Balloonist's Atlantic crossing cut short in Newfoundland;
'Welcome to Canada, your passport, please'

Adventurer Jonathan Trappe tried to cross the Atlantic in a lifeboat lifted by 300+ helium balloons.
NJ: Fire on Seaside boardwalk 95% contained, Christie promises rebuild
TIFF: Former PM Joe Clark and former Canadian Iran Ambassador Ken
Taylor take stage to standing ovation in Toronto following world premiere
of 'Our Man in Tehran', a documentary antidote to Ben Affleck's
Oscar-winning 'Argo' film which was filled with 'writer's embellishments'; 'Argo' debuted exactly a year ago at the same film festival
NY Times: Boardwalk fire erases months of rebuilding at Jersey Shore
Seaside Heights: New Jersey shore fire now under control, still burning
NJ: Wind-whipped Shore fire keeps burning north into Seaside Heights

More than 400 firefighters are on the scene as out-of-control fire races north along Jersey Shore boardwalk
destroying businesses and the freshly re-built boardwalk. The fire started in Seaside Park and is now burning
into famous Seaside Heights, hit hard during Sandy destruction in 2012. ~ Fox 29
Surprise, surprise: As Kerry and Lavrov meet,
Assad adds new condition to Syria disarmament deal
Syria: Kerry rejects demand to drop threat of force
New Jersey: Slowly recovering from Sandy devastation, the Jersey Shore
hit again as 32 boardwalk businesses destroyed by fire in Seaside Park

Firefighters battle a blaze inside the Kohr's shop on the Seaside Park Boardwalk on Thursday,
September 12, 2013. ~ Justin Auciello Jersey Shore Hurricane News
Indispensable: Twitter takes first step to go public with IPO filing
Kerry to Russians: This is not a game
Syria: Assad confirms chemical weapons handover;
but only if U.S. stops threatening strikes
Brrrrrr: No warming left to deny; global cooling takes over;
CET annual mean temperature plunges 1°C since 2000
Stanley: Thanks to Obama's useless ineptitude, Putin has basically won
Bruce Thornton: Watching the Middle East implode;
American foreign policy has been confused, incompetent, and feckless
Keystone kop konsults Kissinger: Kerry asks
90-yr-old Henry how to get to 'Yes' with Russians
Jake Tapper: White House responds to Putin's NYT op-ed:
"He’s fully invested in Syria’s chemical weapons disarmament
and that’s potentially better than a military strike"
Vladimir Putin writes "a plea for caution from Russia" in New York Times
9/11: Where were you when the world stopped turning?
God Bless America, Empty Sky, Lonesome Day: The songs of 9/11
#2MBikers make statement: "People are sick and
tired of their rights and liberties being taken away"

Hundreds of motorcycle riders from across the country ride into the district, causing large traffic jams,
in Washington, DC., Wednesday, September 11, 2013. ~ Andrew S Geraci Washington Times
TIME: Patriotic motorcycle riders roll into Washington, D.C. on 9/11

Bikers ride past U.S. Capitol on September 11, 2013 in Washington, D.C. ~ Brendan Smialowski AFP/Getty Images
Let's roll: Harley Davidson riders honour victims and heroes of 9/11

'Two Million Bikers' gather at Harley dealerships surrounding Washington after driving cross-country.
Watch 'Two Million Bikers' honour 9/11 -- Washington, D.C. traffic cams
Wheels to Washington: 'Two Million Bikers' rolling thunder around capital

NBC helicopter video shows massive number of motorcycles plugging routes into Washington, D.C.

Bikers make a moving statement: Biggest demonstration in U.S. history?
Remembering 9/11: 'Two million bikers' headed towards Washington, D.C.

Bikers are heading in numbers from every direction to remember 9/11/2001 and last year's Benghazi victims.
9/11 anniversary marked with sombre tributes
as memorial sites evolve in NYC, Pennsylvania

National September 11 Memorial and Museum ringed by skyscrapers, Sept. 11, 2013 in New York. ~ Mark Lennihan AP
Faustian bargain: Obama owes Vladimir Putin but the high cost
of compromise on chemical weapons will soon become clear
Zero Hedge: Putin wins again as Obama puts attack on hold
Word for word: Washington Post transcript of Sept. 10 Obama speech
Obama invokes Bush Doctrine to support need for Syria payback;
fails to mention 9/11 on its eve, says U.S. forces will remain ready to strike;
prefers peaceful solution but not afraid to take powerful punitive action;
strike action by U.S. delayed to see if diplomacy will bear fruit [video]

President Obama delivered a different speech than originally planned, but still asked for support for an attack
on Syria. He spoke of the gas death toll and what is known about that attack and the preparations that
preceded it, including the Syrian military donning gas masks. And he spoke pointedly to critics he
described as being on the 'right' and 'left' with skewed messages for each. ~ screencap
Chicago bagman: Bruce Heyman named U.S. Ambassador to Canada; Goldman Sachs partner
UK scientists in the clouds: Alien life found living in Earth's atmosphere
Australia: PM Abbott abolishes climate watchdog; role to be assumed by Department of Environment
Massachusetts fleecing: Courts asked to throw out Nantucket wind project; power from 130 turbines will cost $2B more than conventional power, destroying state economy; users forced to over-pay
James Delingpole: Wind, greed and community action
Ottawa crash: Bus hit side of train in fatal crash, TSB confirms
SPINgate fall-out: NAPA dumps Michael Waltrip Racing after NASCAR Chase scandal
Against all odds: Securities regulator deal announced by Finance Minister Flaherty
SPINgate fall-out: NAPA dumps Michael Waltrip Racing after NASCAR Chase scandal
Parsons outrage: Facebook apologizes, bans advertiser who used photo of dead teenager
Mostly height-related: Double-decker buses involved in past accidents
Toronto: Pearson International Airport upgrades user experience with restaurants, lounge, exercise options
Big bang: Indonesia volcano forces more than 15,000 to flee; airlines warned to avoid spewing ash
Iona, Michigan: Road rage drivers shoot, kill each other
Calming voice of authority during epidemic: Dr. Donald Low, microbiologist, dead at 68, SARS crisis expert
Saint John: Thousands of migrating birds killed after flying into gas plant flare
Condolences, defence: Widow of Ottawa bus driver says deadly crash 'wasn't his fault'; my sympathy
New models for domestic and export markets: Ford invests $700M at Oakville plant
Luisa D’Amato: Open up public-sector construction projects to all bidders
High River: Residents to be compensated for homes damaged during forced entry and property illegally confiscated by RCMP during flooding
Ottawa: Bus driver Dave Woodard had clean record before fatal crash; celebrated wife's birthday day before
Left before fired at Reuters? Why Chrystia Freeland is running in Toronto Centre for Liberals
Scientists: Humans sense
10 basic types of smell
Reports say 40% of employees to be chopped: BlackBerry's 5,000 looming layoffs eclipse launch of new Z30 smartphone
Liberal MPPs pretend they don't get it: It's their Premier treating easternmost Toronto as 'Scarberia' with dinky subway
They can’t even predict the past, let alone the future: No scientific evidence of global humility; don't hold your breath for a Suzuki or Gore mea culpa, they've made their fortunes
Death sentence? Toronto Zoo elephants may not survive 50-hour roadtrip to California sanctuary
Lost 2013 election after leading: Adrian Dix resigns as leader of BC NDP
Surrey, B.C.: 1 dead after 3 teen girls struck by motorcycle near their high school
Gallup: For first time in more than 15 years, Americans' views of Russia turn negative
Oklahoma: Remains of 6 people missing for decades found in two cars at bottom of small rural lake
Loblaw’s Weston: Foot-dragging in garment factory reform draws ire
Misplaced spending: Wynne Govt spends rural development money in Toronto, claims if a suburb is smaller than 100,000 "it's rural"; natural logic for an Agriculture Minister who lives in downtown Toronto?
Liberal bait-and-switch: Ontario Tories support Toronto council in subway-route debate
Conspiracy theorists: Psychologists find distrust of authority and low agreeableness are among factors underlying willingness to believe
Thomas Klassen: Rob Ford is right; subways are best for Toronto
Malaysia: BlackBerry unveils new smartphone with larger screen; Z30 has 5-inch screen
In thanks: Bird interpretive centre in Israel to be named after Stephen Harper
Violent attack: Canadian ‘clear leader’ in Algerian gas plant terrorist strike, report finds
Wake up and smell coffee: Quebec government softens stance on values charter
Supporting online sales: Canada Post launches same-day delivery service
Premier booed: International Plowing Match opens with anti-wind protestors
Boo Boo: Generous stranger helps pay to save cat abused with motor oil bath
Rebel to realist: How politics changed Stephen Harper and how he is changing Canada
Parties agreed to settle without insurance companies: 'Violent death' came 2 days after minor Toronto collision
Class action over price-fixing: Canadian chocolate bar addicts could claim up to $50 from class action settlement
Richard Dawkins’ confession: Prominent atheist says Bible study important, admits he is a ‘cultural Anglican’
Toms River: New Jersey boardwalk fire linked to Sandy-damaged wiring
Unpalatable politics: Thomas Mulcair has a problem in star candidate Linda McQuaig
President Rousseff acts: Brazil looks to break from U.S.-centric internet
Acapulco tourists stranded: Mexico death toll 47
Trudeau reveals why he hasn't talked economic policy, he has none: Liberal leader names freshly nominated first-time candidate Freeland to co-chair Liberal economic advisory council
Made in Canada: Cattle vaccine could cut human E. coli O157 infections by 85%
Look out, Boeing and Airbus: Meet Bombardier's CSeries
Lost millions: Wind investments blow Pickens off the Forbes 400 list
Held hostage by unions: Privatization of government liquor monopoly in Alberta boosted revenues, employment, tax take
Accuweather: Freeze and/or frost advisories around all 5 Great Lakes
Hurricane Ingrid and Tropical Storm Manuel: 34 die as strong storms batter both sides of Mexico
Aimed at marijuana grow operations: Manitoba bans booby traps
Happened in July: Quebec Liberal headquarters raided by anti-corruption unit, party says
Amino acids: Icy comet collisions 'can spawn life'
Blimps instead of seasonal ice roads: Airships to ferry goods to Northern Manitoba?
Colorado floods: Officials 600 missing likely safe, just isolated or out of cell range; 19,000 homes damaged or destroyed
Keep ignoring Emperor's lack of clothes, we're told: 'We got it wrong on warming,' says IPCC, 'but we're still right'
Father Raymond J. de Souza: Obama’s Syrian disaster
Delusional civil servant says: EU policy on climate change is right even if science was wrong on global warming, even when they lead to higher prices
Towers of noise: Wind turbines cut property values; just ask any honest real estate agent
Quiet, fuel-efficient: Bombardier's CSeries makes inaugural flight; largest passenger plane ever produced in Canada
Verizon fall-out: Bell cuts huge U.S. roaming fees for Canadian users by 50%
Toronto Centre Liberal by-election candidate: Why is Chrystia Freeland leaving journalism to run for office?
Systems being changed: Canada preparing to drop visa rule for Mexican visitors
Wynne tone-deaf: Tories slam Liberals after 3-person horse racing panel bills taxpayers $500K to fix problem Gov't created
Common sense: Czech Senate passes law to end state support for most green-power projects starting in 2014 as government seeks to cut costs for consumers
Floods: Heavy rains hamper attempts to rescue at least 1,000 stranded Coloradans
Sharyl Attkisson: Benghazi Accountability Review Board comes under renewed criticism
At least 15 dead: Hurricane Ingrid, Tropical Storm Manuel hit Mexico
Detroit Free Press: How Detroit went broke: The answers may surprise you
Shiite-majority cities targeted: Bombings kill 48 in south and central Iraq
Not a Separatist issue: Quebec’s values charter 'Monty Python-esque,' Kenney says
CEOs, central bankers and politicians: The untold story of how Canada survived the financial crisis
Michael Ignatieff: The duty to protect civilians, still urgent
Food for thought: A measure of the relative debt situations of Canada and the U.S.
Boots on ground: Securing Syria's weapons may require U.S. troops
Syria crisis: Foreign Minister John Baird scoffs at giving Bashar Assad time to hand over chemical weapons
Oldest ever? Message in a bottle washes up on Vancouver Island after 107 years
It adds up: Frustrated professors convince elementary schools to step back from ‘new math’ and go ‘back to basics’
Andrew Coyne: It's better than you think: Canadians aren't getting the whole story on the economy
Conrad Black: With values charter, PQ have overstepped their authority and renounced Quebec's past
Rex Murphy: A far cry from ‘Hiroshima’
UN: Assad bombed hospitals
Cocaine: 4 Canadian Hells Angels arrested in Spain for alleged drug-smuggling by yacht from Colombia
Cheap and invasive: Drones spying over Detroit River?
Financial Post: Theirs to recover: Why Ontario’s fiscal ‘time bomb’ is still not defused
First deliveries in 2014: Bombardier's CSeries jet to fly for the first time Monday
Lac-Mégantic: Burkhardt says broken piston may have been root cause of disaster
Won't resign: 'Angry' Pamela Wallin repays Senate $100K in expenses
NASCAR bombshell: Chase gets 13th competitor as 'SPINgate' challenges sport's integrity
Experience counts: Some employers see perks of hiring older workers
Lockheed Martin: $10.5B of Canadian work on F35 at risk without order
Montreal Gazette: Mourani’s expulsion a sign of split in sovereignty movement
Principles: Maria Mourani, expelled Bloc MP, quits the party; denounces Quebec's charter of values as a divisive 'electoral strategy'
Does he keep the coat? Judge rules Ikea monkey is 'wild animal', won't be returned to former owner
Prorogation official: GG Johnson grants PM Harper's request
Zapper: Ottawa gets tough on businesses which use and creators of tax-avoidance software
Changed the world of sound: Ray Dolby, dead at 80, founded Dolby Labs
Transport Canada: Sections of MM&A rail track are ‘substandard’; 20km shut down
Christina Blizzard: Smells like Ontario election is on Thanksgiving menu
Intolerance: Bloc Québécois boots MP Mourani for opposing Quebec values charter
Lorne Gunter: Running on empty, unprovable rhetoric; will Suzuki and Gore finally disappear?
SPINgate, take two: Will NASCAR act again to fix additional Richmond collusion revealed by radio communications? Jeff Gordon waits and wonders
Central role: Jason MacDonald named Harper’s new communications director
Nova Scotia election: No excuses for not voting as polls open from now until 'election day'
But does he know baseball? Rogers Communications names Vodafone UK exec as new president and CEO
Hyder, Alaska: Folks living in this tiny outpost on the Alaskan border may use Canadian dollars, but they're still ‘100% American’
Is PQ playing to Quebec siege mythology? PQ's controversial secular charter preys on Quebec's chronic 'identity-related anxiety'
Toronto: TIFF is world's largest and most important public film festival
Alabama-born, on FBI’s Most Wanted list: Jihadi rapper and former Toronto pizza deliveryman Omar Hammami killed in Somalia ambush after falling out with al-Shabaab; also known as Abu Mansoor Al-Amriki, or "the American"
After 497 years: England to privatize Royal Mail; at least half of shares to be sold on stock market "within six weeks"; union vows to oppose with strike action
Economy: Australia’s jobs drop underscores challenge for PM Abbott
Execution: Microsoft's concept videos from 2000 were spot-on; so why didn't Ballmer build any of it?
A view from a non-native: Is Canada a Chinese Eldorado?
Leamington: Ontario mayor says sexual harassment from migrant workers a 'cancer' on his town
Taking the bull by the horns: ‘I came to see what hate looked like’: Country star Vince Gill takes on hateful Westboro Baptist Church
Religious intolerance? Business community says it didn't ask for Quebec Charter of Values
Vile history on all sides: Canadians were targets at dawn of chemical warfare era a century ago
Return to Ottawa: Tories set to unveil policy blueprint, kick off countdown to 2015 election in October 16th Throne Speech
Chopper crash: 'It should have been me': scientist in charge of deadly Arctic research mission
Bad taste: Tweet #fail: AT&T scurries for damage control after tweeting photo of phone in 9/11 tribute
Jonathan Kay: The secularism charter is about the Niqab; Turbans and crosses are merely collateral damage
Killed three colleagues in cold blood: Baumgartner gets life with no parole for 40 years; harshest punishment in decades
Like a rock: Canadian, Ontario governments sell 30 million shares of GM stock
Lighter, better mileage: Latest airless tire made of polyurethane synthetics has integrated rim, offers better handling, too
You'll be lovin' it: McDonald's adding steak breakfast sandwiches to 9,600 locations
London: First vaccine against MERS virus developed
Michael Den Tandt: Quebec's charter an abomination; Meant to raise political profile, this goes too far
Lac-Mégantic: Crude in tanker cars was mislabelled as group 3 conventional crude, but as lighter and more volatile Bakken crude, should have been classed as more explosive group 2 oil
Freedom of religion at issue: Tories gear up for constitutional fight as parties unite against PQ’s charter
World's highest gamble: The Las Vegas Strip's 55-story 'High Roller' Ferris wheel won't hold the record for long; a 625-foot wheel in New York is to be completed in 2016; a shorter rival at the south end of the Strip is only 500-feet high
Coming next week: A science-based rebuttal to Global Warming alarmism
Abacus Data online poll: Federal Conservatives, Liberals and NDP in close 3-way race at summer's end
On the road again: The Seekers to resume 50th Anniversary Tour after Judith Durham's 3-month recovery from cerebral haemorrhage
Flashback - Tim Hudak interview 2012: An Ontario PC Govt will start with "cleaning up the fiscal mess, ending the Feed-In-Tariff program" and putting private sector jobs first
Beeb gets it laughably wrong: BBC said in 2007 that Canadian Arctic would be ice-free by 2013, but there's 60% more ice this August than in 2012 and 20 yachts are stuck in it after apparently falling for warming propaganda
Judicial inquiry: Crane company owner slams disaster team that responded to Elliot Lake mall collapse; Toronto-based Heavy Urban Search and Rescue Team "had no idea how to go about the rescue task"
Sandy Crux: Teacher merit pay based on student outcomes not realistic!
Smell blocker: Bug spray cloaking compound could make you invisible to mosquitoes
Trans-Canada: Energy East pipeline to create 10,000 Canadian jobs and $10B boost in GDP during construction, study says
Secularism: NDP Leader Tom Mulcair denounces PQ's proposed Quebec charter of values
Where to draw the line: Ottawa prepared to challenge Quebec values charter in court if deemed to violate religious freedoms
PQ unveil: 'Charter of Quebec Values' would ban religious symbols for civil servants; anyone giving, receiving public services would need face uncovered
Arctic: University of Manitoba climate researcher dies in chopper crash
Windsor construction fiasco: Bad beams threaten parkway; "Why did the government of Premier Kathleen Wynne wait at least 9 months before halting the installation of illegally-built girders on the $1.4B Herb Gray Parkway project?"
Rogers Centre flashback: The search for shade-loving supergrass for the boys of spring, summer and fall
Rogers Centre: Blue Jays make decision to install grass in former SkyDome, booting Argos
SPINgate: Statement from NASCAR
SPINgate: NASCAR boots Truex from Chase playoffs, hits MWR race team with 300K fine; NASCAR integrity was at stake
SPINgate: Did NASCAR driver Clint Bowyer intentionally spin out to put teammate Martin Truex in playoffs?
Lying with figures: Trudeau high on pot data
FATCA response: Flaherty says tax deal near on Americans living in Canada
Low energy costs drive jobs: Fears of European 'industrial massacre' sparked by 'untenable' green energy costs; U.S. to boom because of low comparative energy costs provided by shale boom
Cheers: Mac's to build 27 new, ultra-modern, $2M stores across Ontario within two years - if it's permitted to sell beer, wine and spirits
Roam on the range change? Bell challenges cellphone roaming, tower-sharing rules in federal court; takes issue with being forced to allow new entrants to roam on its networks, share towers
Canada: Flaherty announces 3-year freeze in EI premiums
Canada: Value of building permits up 21% in July; $8B worth of construction permits issued; non-residential permits rose in value by 45.5%
Pension partner? BlackBerry's shares rise on report of buyout
Parker Gallant: Ontario’s Power Trip: Dear Minister, here’s my plan to not produce electricity
Niagara Escarpment: Woman plunges 60 feet to her death after posing for photo on cliff west of Toronto
Ontario: Premier Wynne threatens to call Fall election if PCs and NDP don't help her pass legislation; doesn't like negotiating
Oil: Maine governor lends support to TransCanada’s west-east pipeline
Stephen Gordon: More oil and gas jobs are actually good news, says economist
Ottawa: MPs open doors to meeting on how to publicize political expenses
Cold, harsh winters make for merry, not morose: Canada ranks 6th in global happiness survey
Toronto: Scarborough transit plans head off the rails -- again -- as Liberals fumble
UK insider confession: Political smear jobs were run from 10 Downing Street at direction of former PM Gordon Brown
Prepare to pay through the nose: Obama's full-frontal attack on your electricity bills
Egypt: State of emergency curfew to be reduced by 2 hours starting Saturday
2007: Same contractor vetted Snowden, Navy Yard shooting killer Alexis
Syria: France’s Hollande hints at arming rebels
Yemen: Al-Qaida militants kill at least 38 troops in multiple attacks
AP review: How can red flags be missed like Navy shooter's?
updated: Chicago: 13 shot, including 3 year-old, at South Side basketball park; 10 ambulances; 60 police; gang-related
Obama ignores proof CO2 doesn't cause warming, draws new red line: Will use executive order to bypass Congress and set limits on emissions from power plants; economic impact expected to be huge
It's the Arctic, eh: Arctic Ocean grabs gullible sailors -- again
Donald Rumsfeld: 'A leader should be careful about drawing red lines'
Charles Krauthammer: The real Navy Yard scandal
Paranoia at the top: Explaining Merkel's final days on the stump
Fringe power: German Left party a would-be kingmaker
Never let a tragedy go unexploited: Obama's campaign organization uses Navy Yard shooting for instant fundraising
Abundant, but storage problem: Tech firms, medical research threatened by helium shortage
Hide and heat seek: U.S. F-22 Raptor stealth fighter pilot taunted Iranian F-4 Phantom combat planes over Persian Gulf
Vindication: Appeals court overturns Tom DeLay conviction, and orders an acquittal: "Rather than supporting an agreement to violate the Election Code, the evidence shows that the defendants were attempting to comply with the Election Code"
Rutgers Psych Prof Rudman admits to study's PR goal: "Our hope is that researchers will design persuasion strategies that effectively change people's implicit (climate change) attitudes"
Putin-ized: U.S. backs off deadline demand for Syria to submit chemical weapons list
Outdated: Navy Yard shooter's security clearance based on 5-year-old data
IRS corruption update: Three key revelations from Lois Lerner’s emails
Midas in reverse: Obama’s policies are failing miserably, with the middle class bearing the brunt of his no-growth economy
New York: Gun crime up after stop-and-frisk ruling; shootings up nearly 13%, gun seizures plummeted more than 17%
Daniel Henninger: The Obama modus operandi: I think, therefore you do; irrationalism and impolitic in the confused, confusing and alienating White House
Syria: 19 dead after bomb hits bus in central province
Egypt: Security forces encircle Islamist stronghold near Cairo, senior officer killed by sniper
Self-serving: Zuckerberg says U.S. spying hurt users' trust more than internal Facebook privacy issues
California: Multiple early morning shallow earthquakes hit La Verne, Pomona areas
Known for bad predictions: East Anglia scientists say earth will be destroyed by overheated sun in 3.5 billion years; current 'Goldilocks' conditions will last for at least another 1.75 billion years
U.S.: Jobless claims rise to 309,000; backlog still seen
Syria: Senator McCain attacks Putin in Russian website op-ed
Pravda: Senator John McCain: Russians deserve better than Putin
Mexico: Looting hits Acapulco in storms aftermath
Krauthammer: The U.S. disrespect from the world is based on Obama’s weak, indecisive leadership [video]
Latin American currencies, stocks and bonds soar: Developing nations get boost from Fed taper delay
Reuters: U.S. debt hike emerges as main battleground over Obamacare
A tipping point: AGW skepticism goes mainstream
Goodbye Big Bang, hello Black Hole? A new theory of the universe’s creation takes root
Syria gas: Rocket trajectory links Syrian military to attack
Surprise: Stock market sets record after Fed keeps stimulus
Mexico: Two-storm death total now 80, with additional 58 missing from landslide north of Acapulco
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood official, former Clinton Foundation employee arrested; official business for two organizations overlapped
From none to this: Chemical weapons disposal will cost $1B, take a year says Assad
Fox interview: Defiant Assad claims government did not use chem weapons, vows to abide by agreement; formerly claimed had none, with same passion
Jobs problem persists: Federal Reserve jolts market by not scaling back bond-buying stimulus
Maureen Dowd: Obama's losing the room
Friedman: "This is the red line you want to draw? I’m out of work, but this Syria thing is what shall not stand?"
Charles Cooke: Gun control’s dead end
No shutdown: New GOP strategy will ensure no government shutdown, but defund Obamacare
Syria propaganda war: Assad hands over report which claims rebels gassed themselves
No mention of Oct. 1st exchanges: Flying carrot, winged guitar, not health care, featured in new $3.2m Obamacare ad
Lower cost, less bureaucracy, more benefits: The GOP’s new plan to repeal, replace Obamacare
Hanson: Correcting Congress’s Obamacare double-standard
Lowered standards to meet quotas: Aaron Alexis enlisted in Navy during period of criminal record waivers; how many more out there?
Pentagon report: U.S. Navy lax in screening for base access; gave routine access to 52 convicted felons
Dr. Milton Wolf: Obama's fire-breathing conservative cousin set to run for U.S. Senate to stop his family turning America 'into a second-rate welfare state'
Self-defense: 9 potential mass shootings that were stopped by someone with a personally owned firearm
Fox rocks schedule: Owns cable news prime time, but shuffles anyway; Hannity later, Van Susteren to 7pm, new live show for Megyn Kelly at 9pm; O'Reilly staying put
'Action' day: Tony Abbott sworn in as new Australia PM
G'day, mate: Australia firms offshore jobs to 'little brother' New Zealand
Reuters: GM plans to more closely intertwine Buick and Opel brands
Killed 13 at Fort Hood in 2009: Hasan's pay after massacre was given to charity, nothing left for suffering victims, say lawyers
After the fact: White House to review standards for federal government contractors after Navy Yard shootings; but Obama's Navy gave 'honourable discharge'; what about Snowden, Manning, Hasan 'standards'?
War crimes in 1971: Bangladesh Supreme Court sentences Islamist leader to death
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood spokesman arrested as assets frozen
Recently lost 11 million users in U.S. and UK: Facebook users are committing 'virtual identity suicide' and quitting the site in droves over privacy and addiction fears
updated: Navy Yard shooting: Navy was told that Alexis told Rhode Island police in early August that he was hearing voices, being followed
Dilma Rousseff: Brazil's President cancels state visit to Washington over U.S. spying that targeted her nation
Colorado: FEMA threatens to arrest volunteer drone operators during flood relief; meanwhile, hundreds missing that drones could find
Zamboanga: Philippine army says MNLF Muslims rebels fleeing southern city but still hold some hostages after 200 freed
Chicago: Bill Daley drops bid for Illinois Governor
Indecisive, dithering President: 'Obama is at a low point in world influence'
Kurt Schlichter: Andrew Breitbart’s sweet, sweet victories
Bad timing: Obama makes blistering self-serving political speech while 13 lay dead at Navy Yard only blocks away
Judge: Iran-backed company behind NYC office tower
Pilots captured by rebels: Turkey shoots down Syrian helicopter after it enters airspace
Fills leadership vacuum: Putin to travel to Iran for nuclear strategy talks
Loss leader: Wal-Mart sells Coors almost at cost to Be largest beer seller
Syria: Chemical attacks 'large-scale,' UN says; 'Clear and convincing evidence' sarin-armed rockets were used
Near Lashkar Gar: Top Afghanistan female police officer dies after shooting
Ruyi Du Ab: Mine collapse kills 27 in north Afghanistan
Zamboanga: Nearly 100 Philippine rebels killed or captured as government offensive retakes rebel-held coastal communities
Ketchum: U.S. public relations firm helps Putin make his case to America
Not even slap on hand: Syrian official declares 'victory,' thanks Russia
Obama: Russia is not 'playing America' on Syria
'Substantial burden' test not met: Court finds no reason to remove 'In God We Trust', on American coins since 1955; the judge ruled there was "no constitutional violation in the motto's inclusion on currency"
Flashback - remember August 30th? "John Kerry declared Friday that international failure to take military action against Syria over its chemical weapons attacks would embolden Iran and Hezbollah"
Charlie Cook: Why Democrats have reason to fear; the combination of a weak economy, disapproval of President Obama, and Syria could hurt mid-term 2014 prospects
Mark Steyn: American ineffectualism; every American ally is cringing with embarrassment at the amateurishness of the last month
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr: Asking questions about Benghazi, one year later; it’s troubling we know little more about it today than we did a year ago
Peggy Noonan: Vladimir Putin takes exception; a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an op-ed piece
Yemen: Human rights minister wants child marriage ban
James Piereson: Putin exposes the secrets of American Liberalism and they hate it when someone uses their own arguments against them
McCain: U.S. inaction put France's Hollande in ‘unfair position’
Diplomacy: Hopes of Oslo Accords unfulfilled 20 years on
Zamboanga: At least 53 dead as battle with armed muslim separatist group enters 6th day in southern Philippines; city paralyzed and over 60,000 residents displaced
Flashback - remember Sept 4th? "Putin says may back Syria strike if Assad used chemical arms"
Obama: Force still an option, but punishment decoupled from crime
Bottom line: "if it has Russia’s support at the UN, a rogue regime can gas its own people and emerge in a stronger diplomatic position"
Margaret Wente: Barack Obama, the 98-pound weakling
Al Arabiya: Jamal Khashoggi: Putin moves closer to eliminating Assad
New book recounts Benghazi nightmare attack on 9/11/12: Under Fire: Why did the CIA let a crazed al-Qaeda mob kill America's ambassador? Moment by moment, the atrocity that's sent the U.S. into a frenzy of suspicion and recrimination
Ready or not? Was the Herat suicide assault at the U.S. Consulate in west Afghanistan the 2013 edition of Benghazi? Again, 4 defenders died; again, there was bombing and an extended firefight; again, there was an evacuation of Americans afterwards
NJ: Seaside boardwalk fire: List of damaged and destroyed businesses, with map
Ego blow: Shock admission ahead of IPCC report: National Academy of Sciences says climate models not ready for decision-making
Syria: U.S. chemical weapons evidence includes communication intercepts "including a conversation where one Syrian commander told the military's chemical weapons unit to cease firing, because they'd done enough damage"
Jennifer Rubin: Rare agreement between left and right: Obama's foreign policy is a disaster
Charles Krauthammer: The fruits of epic incompetence
Obamacare: U.S. Labour movement wants waiver from healthcare provisions for union members that supported Obama; gets turned down, for now; other waivers have been given to delay negative impacts until after 2014 elections
Colorado: Fourth flood death confirmed as more rain falls
Boulder: 20 unaccounted for in devastating Colorado flooding
Shot by police: Records in death of Arkansas man, 107, ordered sealed by judge
Kerry: Syria peace prospects ride on weapons talks
Spain: 400,000 person human chain stretching 250 miles for Catalan independence
Syria: Kerry calls talks constructive with no breakthrough seen
Russia: Blaze that killed 37 people at psychiatric home which had been labelled a fire hazard 'started by patient's cigarette'
Iraq: Two roadside bombs kill 30 outside mosque in Baquba
Ban Ki-moon: UN report will show chemical weapons use in Syria
Flooding continues: Canyon surge dissipates before hitting Boulder
Colorado: 17 unaccounted for in Boulder County; One missing, two killed in devastating flooding
Delhi gang-rape verdict: All four convicts get death penalty
Syria: Russia's 'carrier killer' ship enters Mediterranean
100-year-flood: 4,000 evacuated from Boulder, CO as rainfall records swamped in duelling weather systems; 30-foot surge of water carrying cars, other debris rushing down Fourmile Canyon
9/11/13 update: 11 dead, including 7 attackers, 17 injured from suicide car bomb and firefight at U.S. consulate in Herat, western Afghanistan
Syria: Extra U.S. warships in Middle East cost $27M a week
Syria: Kerry rejects Assad attempt to use standard chemical weapons data submission approach
Practical, renewable: Wave power generator bags Dyson award
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: JK Rowling to pen Harry Potter spin-off film
Words vs actions: Syria says it is now a full member of UN anti-chemical weapons treaty
1984 Renault 4: Pope Francis to drive his own 'popemobile' inside Vatican City
Shares jump: Disney to buy back $6 to $8B in shares in 2014
Safe, reliable renewable: Hydroelectricity making big comeback at U.S. dams
Egypt: Emergency laws extended for 2 months
Syria: Assad says will start submitting data on chemical weapons stockpile a month after signing convention banning such weapons
updated Syria: Assad sets out chemicals plan timeline; UN confirms it has received documents from Syria on joining Chemical Weapons Convention
$24.9 billion: Dell shareholders approve founder’s buyout proposal
Jonathan Tobin: The gun control moment passes
Joe Klein: The President’s uneven Syria response has damaged his office and weakened the nation
Megan McArdle: Our tin-eared President's war-is-peace muddle
Syria: Infighting between rebel forces kills nearly 50 fighters in northeast
Syria: Assad credits Russia not U.S. threat for chemical arms plan
World from Berlin: 'The West's zig-zagging is astounding; U.S. 'foolish' to trust Russia's plan
Diplomatic failings: Was Merkel weakened by blunder in Syria debate or did American diplomats behave undiplomatically?
Neil Macdonald: Obama's Syria morality play gets a dose of reality
Unexpected: UK unemployment rate falls to 7.7%
Forward guidance: Bank of England Governor Mark Carney rattled; tells MPs his pledge to keep interest rates at record lows for up to three years has reinforced recovery
Unconstitutional: Court forces Chicago to abandon gun control law which kept guns out of law-abiding hands while criminals ran wild
Putin the chess master: Is Russia toying with U.S.? Missile sale to Iran raises question
Axiom of Evil: North Korea's Yongbyon reactor 'nearing operation'
Old media mind: Tina Brown bounced out of Daily Beast after rocky 5 years which included destruction of Newsweek
Turning the page: New York’s election suggests the waning of identity politics
Hedging bets: Syrians queue for passports despite reprieve from U.S. strike
Jeffrey Goldberg: Obama's Syria pause only delaying the inevitable
Stagecraft: Why Obama doesn't give speeches from the Oval Office
Zamboanga: Thousands flee as Philippine forces battle Islamist guerrillas for third day
Campaign finance probe: D.C. executive linked to secret 2008 aid to Hillary Clinton
Keystone kops: Obama’s Syria debacle inflicts historic damage on America
Months after promised: Weapons aid finally reaching Syrian rebels
Thursday: U.S., Russia to meet in Geneva for talks on Syria
Nile Gardiner: Obama’s Syria speech was an incoherent mess – he is outperforming Jimmy Carter as the most feeble U.S. president of modern times
Common sense: Largest U.S. Muslim group shuns controversial 9/11 march on Washington
John Podhoretz: Feckless Obama embarrasses the nation
Syria: Putin runs rings around Obama
Michael Cohen: Obama's Syria address: do we look that dumb? the President marred his chance to lay out a principled position to the American people with patronizing dog-whistling
Pope Francis assures sceptics: You don’t have to believe in God to go to heaven
Vodaphone deal financing: Huge $49B Verizon sale rocks bond world
Syria has estimated 1,000 tons, mostly weaponized: The problem with destroying chemical weapons
Boston: Logan Airport apologizes for emergency drill on 9/11
Giuliani: 9/11 was 'most complicated day of my life'
White House: Russian prestige on the line in Syria
AP analysis: Russia re-emerges as Mideast player
Putative Putin plan: Syrian opposition forces feel let down by Obama
Florida: Pastor Terry Jones arrested with thousands of kerosene-soaked Qurans
Now Penske implicated: Second Richmond Chase scandal for NASCAR? analysis of team communications says so
Drought-ridden, but Huge aquifers are discovered in North Kenya
4 dead in Lib-y-a: U.S. embassies on lockdown as White House tries to avoid repeat of 9/11 Benghazi attack
Thumb on nose: Moscow to sell Iran S-300, build second nuclear reactor
KGB experience: Putin seizes on Syria to cement Russia Middle East sway
Italy: Costa Concordia wreck set to be righted next week
Syria: Obama speech, weapons plan concerns Israelis [video]
Syria: Diplomatic success may strengthen Assad; yet he will retain chemical weapons capability
Syria: Obama hangs his top aides (repeatedly) out to dry
Jimmy Carter: Peace in our time; diplomacy will speak louder than bombs in Syria
Shanksville 9/11 heroes: Final push on funds for memorial honouring United Flight 93 passengers is underway
Egypt: Suicide bombs hit military in Sinai, kill 9
Danny Lewin: The first victim of Sept. 11
On the spot: Obama facing pressure from
all sides on Syria ahead of 9 pm TV address
Syria: chemical weapons sites and capabilties [graphic]

(click for full graphic) The International Institute for Counter-Terrorism report states that the regime has a large
supply of VX, which is a deadly nerve gas, as well as Sarin, the agent thought to have been used in the chemical
weapons attack on the outskirts of Damascus last month that killed 1,400 people. The think tank has presented
an inventory of Syria's production and storage facilities that it states the regime began stockpiling in the 1980s. ~
Graphic News, International Institute for Counter-Terrorism, Nuclear Threat Initiative, Global Security Telegraph
UN: Russia cancels UN Security Council meeting
Syria: If diplomacy fails, U.S. now has ability to destroy chem weapons
Putin: Syria plan will work if U.S. rejects force
Disarmament: Obama talks Syria diplomacy, fallback airstrikes
Disarmament: Russia calls 4 pm UN Security Council meeting on Syria
Disarmament: Syrian Foreign Minister: Syria will declare its chemical
weapons arsenal, sign international chemical weapons convention
UN: Russia balks at language in Syria resolution
Disarmament: Cameron: UN's Syria resolution to include timetable
Disarmament: Syria accepts Russian proposal on weapons;
France to bring resolution to Security Council
Look, up in the sky... Canadian Mint unveils Superman coins

The $15 coin shows the most contemporary image of the famed DC Comics superhero co-created by
Canadian Joe Shuster (uncle of comedic legend Frank Shuster). The 99.99% pure silver coin is
limited to a world-wide mintage of 15,000, and retails for $69.75
Syria: U.S. issues warning on chemicals plan; must be verifiable, no stall
McClure Strait, NWT: Arctic Coast Guard helicopter crash kills 3

Canadian Coast Guard Messerschmitt BO 105S ~ © Rob Sowald
Norway: Conservative Erna Solberg new PM; wins on lower tax pledge
Syria Crisis Live: Unexpected initative gains traction across the world
Syria: Obama says Russian proposal potential 'breakthrough'
BBC: Give up chemical weapons, Russia urges Syria
Syria: Obama backs off 'red line' - interview
Disarmament: Did Kerry blunder? How would a
chemical weapons handover be verifiable and enforceable?
Syria: Obama calls Russian chemical weapons
disarmament proposal a potential ‘breakthrough’
Syria: U.S. to look at Russia idea, but says must keep pressure on
Washington: Where the U.S. Congress stands on Syria



~ updated Sept. 8, 2013 Washington Post
Real or ruse? Syria says positive about giving up chemical weapons;
welcomes Russian plan, first admission it has chemical weapons
Syria: Obama ramps up effort to convince Congress, public
Peter Principle? Why Obama is floundering; thin resume, empty chair?
Kerry: Syrian handover of chemical arms could prevent attack
Bangkok: Thai jet skids while landing, injuring 14

A Thai Airways passenger plane takes off over a damaged Thai Airways Airbus A330-300 at Suvarnabhumi
International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. The plane carrying more than 280 people
skidded off runway while landing Sunday, injuring 14 passengers. ~ Apichart Weerawong AP
Egypt: Tunnels bulldozed, squeezing economic pipeline to Gaza

Egyptian soldiers use bulldozers in search of tunnels on the border with Egypt and the Gaza Strip
on September 8, 2013. ~ AFP
Australia: How Kevin Rudd's 2013 election campaign imploded
Canada: Rental apartment construction set to boom
Michael Den Tandt: Mulcair's economic policy less clear than Trudeau's after 18 months as opposition leader
Expensive: Yen sags on Tokyo Olympics win, China data seen lifting Asia shares
Niagara Falls: Sea-Doo rider pulled to safety in Niagara rapids
Wall Street Journal: Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Areas Management in final stages of negotiations to buy high-end retailer Neiman Marcus Inc. for more than $6B
Robert Fulford: Israeli doctors and aid workers secretly helping victims of Syria's civil war
Conrad Black: As the U.S. flounders on Syria, we are watching the swift erosion of their influence
Go North: Silicon Valley-based entrepreneurs return to Toronto to invest in rich talent pool
Guatemala: Gunmen attack cantinas in rural San Jose Nacahuil; 11 killed, 18 wounded; blame put on police who wanted bribe
Flashback ~ Ontario election 2011: If you've forgotten the 2011 election, read what our columnist Ross Ayotte had to say two years ago today...
Nova Scotia: NDP's Dexter kicks off campaign with attack on Liberals
Olympics 2020: Tokyo wins Olympic lottery, defeating Madrid and Istanbul; second time for Summer Games, having previously hosted in 1964, and 4th Japan Olympics overall, following Winter Games at Sapporo in 1972 and Nagano in 1998
Nova Scotia: Provincial election called for October 8th, after 4 years for first NDP-led administration
Huge haul: U.S. Coast Guard stops sailboat in Atlantic with $20M in cocaine en route to Montreal; Canadian and Spaniard charged in Boston with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute
No federal-only changes: In final provincial submission, B.C. tells Supreme Court it believes changes to Senate should require 7 provinces/50% population amending formula; some provinces say all 10 must approve
Chehalis, Washington: Motorcyclist Martin Zapalac's helmet hit by lightning bolt during thunderstorm on I-5; stunned, he was able to stop, then proceed for assistance
1867-2017: Planning rolling along for Canada's 150th birthday celebration 'imagiNation 150' and lots more people are needed to join in
Lorne Gunter: Mounties must clean up gun mess in flood-ravaged Alberta town; 'When you find yourselves in a hole, stop digging’
Queen away: Burglar arrested inside Buckingham Palace after scaling 12-foot fence and sparking major security alert
Election Day: Australians fined if they don't vote, whether they care, are engaged in the electoral issues, or not
Sarin nerve gas: Developed in 1938 by German scientists as a pesticide, it is fatal within one minute even at low concentrations [graphic]
Andrew Coyne: If Syria's use of chemical weapons on civilians is not a reason to draw a line, then what is?
End of the line: Legendary VW bus to end production after 56 years in Brazil
Winnipeg: Ontario developers plan 55-story condo near Portage and Main
TIFF 2013: Benedict Cumberbatch: Assange 'won't like' Fifth Estate
Senate: Wallin given deadline for expenses payback
Quebec secularism charter: Marois told she needs to apologize for linking multiculturalism to bombs; but polls say she has majority public support
Syria: Assad 'ratcheting up' weapons use, Harper says
MERS: Saudi Arabia reports 2 more deaths from SARS-like virus
Nova Scotia: Provincial election call imminent?
Keystone XL: Harper offers Obama climate plan to win Keystone approval
U.S. jobs data misses mark: Loonie surges amid Canadian jobs growth, questions about Fed tapering
Canada jobs jump: Unemployment rate falls to 7.1% in August, 59,000 new jobs triple what was expected
Larger than UK: Largest volcano on Earth found under Pacific Ocean
Entrepreneur spirit alive in Canada: 46% of students plan own business: BMO survey
The Last Witness: Hitler bodyguard dead at 96, last link to Führerbunker
TIME: Promising new tactic found in battle against Alzheimer’s Disease
Parker Gallant: Wind power developers in it for the green ($$); wind turbine projects do not stand on their own in a merchant marketplace, but provide substantial cash flows from "government procurement processes" (i.e. subsidies)
TIFF 2013: 65 Toronto bars open until 4 a.m.
High River: Tempers, outrage bubble over at town hall; residents demand answers, compensation from Mounties over forced entry into flooded homes and seizure of legally owned guns
G20: Baird to meet over Syria with Russian foreign minister
War drums: U.S. intercepts Iranian order for attack on U.S. interests in Iraq
Colin Robertson: Harper needs to play the ‘reliable ally’ card at G20
5 to 10 degrees below normal over the next week: Northeast Autumn-like chill raises frost concerns
L'Affaire Giambrone: Will Ontario NDP sweep nomination mess under rug, air dirty Scarborough laundry, and/or will someone fall on a sword?
'Gonna start a revolution': Ashes to ashes, peer to peer: An oral history of Napster
7 floors down: ‘Lucky 7’ survival for 17-month-old Toronto twin who fell from apartment balcony
Brussels: European Union says Harper sounding conciliatory on stalled free-trade talks
Canada: A quick look at Canada's federal debt-to-GDP ratio
Toronto: Accused Via Rail terror plotter Raed Jaser fighting revocation of pardon for unrelated crimes
Canada: World Economic Forum ranks Canadian banks soundest in world for sixth consecutive year
Toronto: Police say largest ever Ontario meth bust probably hit an export operation; 120 kg of pure methamphetamine, 3,000 kg of other chemicals part of seizure
Japan: Nuclear regulator says Fukushima leak was exaggerated by TEPCO
Brookfield-owned: Louisiana-Pacific buys B.C.'s Ainsworth Lumber in US$1.1B mega-deal
High-rise: Ontario appeal court boosts fine for company in deadly 13th floor scaffolding collapse that killed 4 and seriously injured one worker, to $750,000; the men who died all had marijuana in their blood; one worker, with full-body safety harness connected, was uninjured
Senate sunshine: Senator Bob Runciman to post detailed expenses online
Forbes: The terrifying search engine that finds internet-connected cameras, traffic lights, medical devices, baby monitors and power plants
Lac-Mégantic: 30 million litres of oily water removed after disaster
A Great Game: The Forgotten Leafs and the Rise of Professional Hockey: PM Stephen Harper's long-awaited hockey book to be published on November 5th; all author proceeds from the book will go to the Military Families Fund
Tim Hudak: High energy costs chasing Ontario jobs across borders; brake manufacturer closes shop in Kingston and opens in Watertown, New York, 30 miles south
Syria: UN probe confirms at least 8 massacres by Assad regime
Super scoopers: Google loses appeal in Street View snooping case
Libya: Blast wrecks government foreign ministry offices in Benghazi on 9/11/2013
Slate: Dazed and Confused; if your foreign policy has to be rescued by a dictator, you are doing it wrong
Charles Krauthammer: One of the most odd Presidential speeches ever delivered [video]
Colorado: Voters oust two state Democrats backed by out-of-state money in recall votes; the gun control measures they pushed were very unpopular
Syria: Dismantling chemical weapons poses logistics, security challenges; Assad's a proven liar, how can anyone believe he'll give up his entire stockpile
CNN: Obama hits new low in foreign policy polling
Arizona: 19 firefighters possibly saved had air tankers responded to calls
Peggy Noonan: Making sense of Syria
Iran: At least 44 killed in bus collision near Qom
Italy: Syria hostage Domenico Quirico says 'treated like animal'
Egypt: Sinai offensive kills 9 more militants, 10 more arrests
Chemical disarmament: How feasible is Russia's proposal on Syria?
Mistress of the mess? Hillary has her own Syria problem
Arguing for war and diplomacy: Obama’s Syria speech is now a dual challenge
Washington Post: Obama administration’s message on Syria is muddled
Peace in our time: Obama caves to Putin, Assad, Iran
Brit Hume: Possible Syria breakthrough a "political lifeline" for Obama
Numbers: Did the NSA secretly make a major math breakthrough?
New Yorker: How the NSA cracked the web, and the 'Five Eyes' that see what's going on
Syria: Was Kerry's bluff called?
Syria: Senate delays test vote after stirrings of diplomacy
Syria: Hillary Clinton backs Obama on retaliation bombing
Guatemala: Bus plunges off cliff, killing at least 43
Pie-in-sky or realistic? UN floats plan to destroy Syrian chemical weapons stocks
Remembering 9/11: American flag retailer urges 'made in USA' flags be used for sombre date
World Trade Center: Coming year will see big changes at WTC site
Stolen diary full of hypocrisy: RFK Jr. says one thing in public and opposite in journal about Sharpton, Jackson, Cuomo
Tax reforms to finance: Mexico proposes sweeping social program changes, with pensions, unemployment insurance for all
Israeli official: U.S. would notify Israel hours before Syria attack
Al Arabiya: Syria’s Assad denies ordering chemical attack in CBS interview with Charlie Rose
HRNK: 20,000 North Koreans held in huge prison camp have simply 'disappeared', claim human rights group
Overdrive: How America's amazing car recovery explains the U.S. economy
Egypt: Sinai militants claim responsibility for failed assassination attempt on Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim
Syria: Rove: 'Amateur hour' at the White House
NSA: Most smartphone data accessible
Investigation under way: Arkansas SWAT officers kill man, 107, in stand-off
Egypt: Mubarak-era minister Moussa to head constitution panel
Pre-Sandy: Poverty in N.J. reaches 52-year high
Olympics: Japanese professor pushes for inclusion of 'Hide and Seek'
Global warming? No, actually we're cooling, say scientists; cold Arctic summer has led to record increase in ice cap, leading experts to predict period of global cooling
Olympics: IOC votes to reinstate wrestling, but still no squash or combined baseball-softball for 2020 Tokyo Games
Matt Gurney: Russia deploys more warships to the Mediterranean as Putin ramps up Cold War nostalgia; Moscow is clearly sending a message to Washington; and Washington should send a clear message back: We don’t care
Somalia: Militants kill 15 in bombing at popular Mogadishu restaurant
Words and dates matter: New York Times issues correction on Syrian rebel story
Doug Saunders: Syria civil war has blown a region-wide political crater
G20: Japanese PM Abe, Obama agree to cooperate on Syria
Egypt: Column of tanks and armoured vehicles carrying troops moves into the Sinai
Seeking peace with Afghanistan: Pakistan freeing 7 more Taliban prisoners
Clown criminality: Leaving North Korea, Rodman assails Obama on detained American
Afghanistan: Protest against Iran consulate over slow visa process turns violent in Herat, leaves 2 dead as security forces open fire
Robert H. Scales: A war the Pentagon doesn’t want
Name-calling: The Orwellian debate over isolationism
Snake oil salesman: Al Gore’s incredible shrinking climate change footprint
Ed Morrissey: The Obama credibility crisis can’t be solved with Tomahawk cruise missiles
Cold warrior: As relations with Europe and America freeze over, Vladimir Putin looks to China
James Pethokoukis: Let’s face it: The U.S. job market is dead in the water and not getting better
G20: Cameron announces £52M in aid for Syrian victims of chemical attacks
Statesmanship requires choosing the problematic over the disastrous: A Yes vote may be problematic in all kinds of ways; but a No vote would likely be disastrous for the nation in very clear ways
Factbox: Where G20 members stand on military action against Syria
Russia and the West: Three ways the West could make life more difficult for a hostile Russia
Do monsters win by default? Where isolationism leads
Al Arabiya: Obama: Failure to act on Syria would embolden ‘rogue nations’
Australia election: The race to be top dog; a conservative Liberal-National coalition, headed by Tony Abbott, will defeat PM Rudd, say polls
Lost faith in internationalism: Why isolationism is back in America
Caught naked in neighbour's house: Celebrity bodyguard dies after police taser to stop violent struggle
Largest New Jersey paper: Owner threatens to shut down 181-year-old Star-Ledger if unions don't help save money-loser
Earthquake: 6.5M moderate depth quake strikes off Guatemala coast; also felt in Mexico & El Salvador; damages but no immediate reports of injuries
Say it ain't so: Scandal as man said to be invisible 'puppet-master' behind Femen protest squads
Syria fall-out: U.S. tightens embassy security in Lebanon and Turkey, warns Americans
London: Wealthy race to build underground before basement bonanza ends
Cell giant: American Tower to acquire Global Tower in $3.3B deal
Fall-out: Egypt to annul Muslim Brotherhood's NGO status
Apple's worst nightmare: Amazon considers giving away free smartphones
Psssst: After NSA encryption-cracking revelation, can we trust Internet security?
Canadian, eh: Driver arrested after posted 24-minute 26.4 mile lap of Manhattan on Youtube; IP address fingered him; 2006 BMW Z4 seized
Syria: AP survey of House of Reprentatives shows opposition to attack
Still won't be public: Newtown, Connecticut must turn over Adam Lanza's school records
Moon shot: Friday night NASA launch should be visible along East Coast
Syracuse: Did CBS win the battle and lose the war?
New Jersey: 21 mumps cases linked to Belmar bar
Egypt: In south, Islamists take over a town
Syria: U.S. preps embassies and assets in Iraq, Lebanon and elsewhere in region for Iran-directed retaliation attacks
Syria: Iranian-backed Shiite militias threaten to attack U.S. interests in Iraq if Obama launches punitive assault
Lucky: B.C. glider pilot unhurt, lands on top of convenience store

Emergency crews attend to glider that crash-landed onto roof of convenience store in Langley, B.C.,
Sunday, September 8, 2013. ~ Ric Ernst Postmedia News
Syria: Kerry says support for action against Assad regime is growing
Egypt: Full-scale Sinai operation results in 10 dead, 20 injured, 15 arrested
Syria: EU backs 'clear and strong' response to gas attack; but wants
international action to wait for UN report; Germany signs G20 statement
Oz election: Conservative coalition leader Tony Abbott given
huge 30-seat majority win in defeating two-term Labor Government
Oz election: Why political names and labels can be confusing;
Australia Liberal Party is actually their 'conservative party'
Oz election: Knives already out as Rudd's Labor gears for a big loss
updated: Oz election: PM Kevin Rudd concedes defeat
Oz election: Live results map from Sydney Morning Herald;
Abbott's Liberal Party-led coalition wins a majority government

Click on image above to access zoomable live results map.
Oz election: PM's seat 'too close to call'; polls show extent of hammering
Charbonneau testimony: Collusion in Quebec slow to take hold, inquiry hears
Liberal bait-and-switch: Ontario Liberals promised Scarborough one subway during provincial by-election and are delivering a shorter, cheaper version
Saskatchewan: Six-year-old foster child was killed by boy under age of 12, cops confirm
Longer, please: Porter flies 2nd proposal for Toronto island runway expansion; Billy Bishop Airport runway would be extended by over 1200 feet
Blame it on Canada: Latest theory says life as we know it began with meteor or comet whacking Quebec near Sept-Îles which melted continental glacier, changing climate, killing dinosaurs and leading to human migration and agriculture to survive
Sweeeet! Google says next version of Android will be called KitKat
Lexus and Toyota models: Toyota recalling 370,000 vehicles worldwide
Bad early result from new Ontario Government Taser policy: Woman, 80, fractures hip after being struck with police Taser
Don't mess with CMT: 'Unwilling host' Cavan Monaghan Township sets aside $500,000 for court fight; six monster 480-foot wind turbines not wanted
M6.0: Very shallow quake strikes undersea off B.C. coast followed by high-magnitude aftershocks; no tsunami warnings
Declan Hill: Match-fixing this summer in Canadian soccer is linked to betting in Asia says investigative journalist and author of 'The Fix' [audio]
Going deep: New drilling technology hoping to discover what lurks many miles down
Lobbying in the USA: Is rail safety being sacrificed on altar of Congressional influence?
Post Verizon threat: Canadian stocks touch 5-month high as wireless carriers surge
U.S. unemployment to 7.3%: Addition of 169,000 jobs is under what was expected, previous months estimates adjusted down
Cleveland: Ariel Castro told investigators he had called one captive's mother, saying her daughter was alive
G20 descends into acrimony: Extraordinary breach of diplomatic protocol as Russia hosts world leaders; Putin mocks UK size & influence and boasts Russian oligarchs had 'bought Chelsea'
G20: Russia mocks Britain, the little island
BBC: G20 'divided' on Syria as U.S. envoy Samantha Power criticizes Russia
G20: 3 issues that have chilled U.S.-Russia ties
Charles Krauthammer: Unless he’s serious, vote no
U.S. officials: U.S. considers training Syria rebels
Peggy Noonan: Why America is saying 'No'; Syria and Obama: wrong time, wrong place, wrong plan, wrong man
Syria: Obama seeks world leaders' support
George F. Will: Obama seeks an accomplice for Syria action
Thomas Sowell: Serious about Syria?
John Podhoretz: Obama playing President Hamlet: To bomb, or not to bomb?
Stephen Moore: Obama's economy hits his voters hardest; young people, single women and minorities have fared the worst during the past four years
New Hampshire Union Leader editorial: Obama’s red line: A President disowns his mistake
Private sector: Oil and gas revolution in American shale fields undermines Russia’s export profits
Home drone death: New York City teen dies in accident with remote-control helicopter
North Waziristan: At least 7 suspected militants killed in Pakistan drone strike
No secrets: NSA foils much internet encryption
Tragic first day back: Girl, 14, killed by dump truck on her way to Toronto school
Who's crazy? Growing ‘sovereign citizen’ movement rejects driver’s licences, paying taxes
Much ado: Verizon is not interested in Canada, after all; finalizes $130B purchase of the 45% of its stock held by Vodafone
Before/after photos: St. Jacob's farmer's market totally destroyed; estimated $2M damage
Mr. Pearson’s ‘peep show’ - the suppressed documentary which might have changed Canadian history had it aired when made
2013 Grey Cup: Hedley, The Sheepdogs, Serena Ryder to perform in Regina
Delingpole: Wind farms are a breach of human rights says UN
Models wrong again: 65% increase in Arctic ice since last year
Full-size models: Ford recalls 370,000 cars
Egypt: Security forces guarding Port Said church injured in Saturday drive-by attack
Labour Day twist: Who will have more people in Port Elgin: CAW union meeting or anti-turbine groups protesting CAW wind turbine?
Toronto: Justin Bieber performs at 16-year-old's birthday party
Pioneering broadcaster: Sir David Frost dies suddenly at 74
Toronto: Knives can be more lethal than bullets says cop on night 5 stabbed
Escaped pet: Three-foot-long alligator hit, killed on Ontario highway
The Canadian position on Syria
Limping back to port: 2 Canadian warships collide en route to Hawaii
Syria: For Turkey, U.S. missile strikes not good enough
Hot seat: Future of Trudeau’s extended honeymoon depends on holding Liberal seats
Where have all the big storms gone? Atlantic hurricane season still lacking hurricanes: any sign of a change? energy so far at 28% of normal
Smoke, mirrors: No doubt fast food workers want higher pay, but Thursday U.S. protest was 'astro turf' by SEIU union breaking federal laws as trolls for new members
Priorities: Harper chides Trudeau for caring more about pot than economy after Liberal leader said he wouldn't offer economic ideas until 2015 election
Committed to reform: Harper names Quebec Sen. Claude Carignan new Government Leader in Senate
TIME: How financial woes change your brain (and not for the better)
Surplus months: Canada on track to reduce deficit by $7B this year
Head office surprised: Toronto Beer Store imposes one-purchase-a-day policy
StatsCan: Canada's GDP declined in June, economy grew in Q2
Over-sold: Air Canada ordered to pay more to passengers bumped from domestic flights
Jail alternative: Ottawa looking ‘very carefully’ at marijuana-ticket proposal, PM says
Syria: Canada providing political and material support for gas retaliation attack but lacks drones, cruise missiles and long-range bombers so won't be part of offensive actions
Midnight deadline: Tentative deal in place to prevent strike at Vancouver airport
Diabetes advice: Apples twice a week could cut chance of developing Type 2 diabetes by 23%; but juice alone linked to increased risk
Familial fears: Syrian opposition calls for weapons from Canada; Harper says no military mission
New York City soul: Pair of kittens shut down subway service for nearly two hours -- survive
Downer for shallow thinkers: Marijuana tops list in first global study of illicit drugs; THC moderates negative experiences in emotion-processing cerebral regions of brain
Ends lawsuit: NFL inks $765M settlement over player head injuries
Classy closer: Mariano Rivera says thanks to Blue Jays employees as part of his long goodbye
Lying to children: Why we shouldn't cheat our children and ruin their intellectual development with lies about Tooth Fairy, Santa Claus and Easter Bunny
Oil: How Syria conflict could hit oil markets: best and worst cases
Detroit, too: Motown McDonald’s shut down by fast food wage strike; at time of high unemployment will new hires fill striking jobs? quoted protesters not up on economics
Austria: Scientists grow human brain tissue in petri dish; say will help understand brain disorders
Domesticated: California launches drone to give real-time intel as they combat huge Yosemite wildfire
Wage dispute may go nationwide: Fast food workers strike in Boston
$130B world-shaker: Vodafone in talks to sell its 45% Verizon Wireless stake to Verizon in monster deal
Q400: Bombardier, Rostec in tentative turboprop aircraft deal which would see Russian production line added
Economist: Canada has three of top five cities in magazine's annual world 'most livable cities' rankings; Melbourne and Vienna take top two spots
Links? Ontario Premier Wynne says she smoked pot but refuses to take position on Trudeau's legalization plan despite also being Agriculture Minister
Syrian opposition figure: Only a 'few thousand' jihadists in our anti-Assad coalition
Quebec: Bloc to Trudeau and Mulcair: You have no business in values debate
Hijacking 'Dream' memory: March on Washington speaker compares Supreme Court justices to KKK
Fort Hood: U.S. jury sentences remorseless Maj. Nidal Hasan to death for killing 13 fellow soldiers in Texas
Syria: Canada lacks weaponry for frontline role but will support allies and invest in food and other humanitarian assistance
Cuban-Canadian-American: Sen. Ted Cruz's dad playing pivotal role in son's reach for the top
Trigger? Red Chamber rules allow Senators to keep pensions as long as they resign before conviction
Tasers: Ontario Gov't gives green light to local forces for all cops to carry shock weapons
War games: How experts believe U.S. Air Force and Navy will put Syria
in alphabet soup for at least 48 hours: Tomahawks (UGM-109E from subs,
RGM-109E from ships), JDAM smart bombs, B-1, B-2, and B-52 bombers

The B-52 Stratofortress (top) is 159 feet long and can deliver approximately 70,000 lbs of ordnance at 650 mph. The B-1 Lancer (middle) is 146 feet long and can deliver 75,000 lbs at 830 mph. The B-2 Spirit (bottom) is 46 feet long, designed for stealth and can deliver 50,000 lbs at 630 mph. The top two would typically fly at high-altitude to avoid air defences and use stand-off weapon deliveries to avoid enemy fire. The B-2 is designed to counter detection but its expected use against Syria would keep it above the fray, dropping various smart bombs and the latest bunker busters which can penetrate up to 200 feet before detonation.
Jerusalem Post: America's real Middle East priority: Iran
Polls agree: Australia votes with Abbott set for landslide win
'Green' energy poverty: Germany's aggressive and reckless expansion
of wind and solar power has come with a hefty pricetag
for consumers, the costs falling disproportionately on the poor

It is only gradually becoming apparent how renewable energy subsidies redistribute money from poor to more
affluent, like when someone living in small rental apartment subsidizes a homeowner's roof-mounted solar panels
through his electricity bill. Germany's SPD, which sees itself as party of working class, long ignored this
regressive aspect. The Greens, party of higher earners, continue to do so. ~ AP/Spiegel Online
Post-G20: Obama plans 'full-court press' to sway Congress on Syria
G20: Obama rejects pressure to abandon Syria air strike plan
G20: France to wait for UN report before Syria intervention
G20: Communique says members to share tax information by 2015
Syria: Is Obama about to 'chicken out' and pull plug on mission?
Alliance risk: Vladimir Putin ups ante -- warns Obama
Russia could come to Syria's aid over a U.S. strike

Is poker-faced Russian President Putin ready to unleash dogs of war to protect Syria? ~ Fox News
G20: Russia should not have veto over protecting global security: Harper
Syria: Russia & U.S. say talks 'constructive', but little headway on crisis
Syria: Pentagon tweaks target list as Assad tries to hide military assets
Beirut: U.S. orders diplomats out of Lebanon amid meltdown
To address country Tuesday: Obama admits stumble on coalition build
Syria: Sen. John McCain on crisis: 'This is really about Iran' [video]
G20: Harper stakes a firm position alongside Obama
on Syria, pushes debt repayment at G20

Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes Prime Minister Stephen Harper before the first
working session of G20 summit in St. Petersburg Thursday. The leaders of the two largest
countries in the world are on opposing sides over Syria nerve agent attack and potential
military response. ~ Grigory Dukor Reuters
Attention regulators: Make sure new regulations on world's banks
don't stifle economic growth; CEO of Canada's leading international
bank warns "No amount of capital can save a poor bank"
G20 showdown: Russian warships cross Bosphorus, en route to Syria
Google: Tells Court legal to continue Gmail scans to sell contextual ads
Egypt: Interior minister survives suicide blast; at least 21 injured

Security officials inspect the scene of a bomb blast targeting Egyptian Interior Minister Mohammed
Ibrahim near his home in Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt, September 5, 2013. ~ Khaled Elfiqi EPA
OECD: Canada to lead GDP economic growth of G7 countries in 2013
G20: Baird faults Russia on Syria as leaders gather
Syria: Senate Foreign Relations Committee votes 10-7 with an abstention,
to authorize action in "Goldilocks" resolution toughened by McCain
Obama: "I always reserve the right" to act; doesn't need Congress OK
Syria: John Kerry reveals Arab countries have offered to pay U.S.
to carry out full-scale invasion: "That offer is on the table"
Syria: Putin wants gas evidence submitted to UN Security Council
Syria: Putin says Russia could support UN-approved attack, but has veto
Syria: Putin says Russia has suspended shipments
of sophisticated S-300 missile systems
Unwilling hosts: Hundreds gather near Port Elgin for wind turbine protest

Wind turbine protesters form the letter "H" on Gobles Grove beach near Port Elgin as they
spell out the word "help" with Lake Huron behind. ~ Blackburn News
Syria: Defector 'exposes Assad chemical attack'
Syria: Five leadership lessons for Commander-in-Chief Obama
Syria: U.S. and French leaders face increasing pressure over intervention
Syria: France to present nerve gas ‘evidence’ to lawmakers
Syria: As Obama blinks, Israel, Saudis make common cause
Irony: Syria asks the UN to stop U.S. strike
Big loss: Fire destroys St. Jacobs Farmers' Market building

Between 30 and 40 firefighters from four different stations battled the fire that destroyed the main building at the
beloved St. Jacob's Farmers' Market in St. Jacob's, Ontario. ~ Brent W.J. Mackie CBC
Syria: Obama's 4 stumbling blocks with skeptical Congress:
effectiveness of limited strikes, fear of unintended consequences,
desire for broader international backing, war fatigue of American public
Egypt: "I knew the regime would collapse" - Morsi interior minister
Syria: USS Nimitz carrier group rerouted for possible attack role;
group includes carrier with 90 warplanes, four destroyers and a cruiser

The USS Nimitz was commissioned in 1975. ~ Hugh Gentry Reuters
Egypt: Former President Morsi to be tried for inciting murder
Emperor wore no clothes: Europe pulls plug on its failed 'green' future
Congress: Boehner says House won't vote on Syria before Sept. 9th;
characterizes Obama as asking for "authorization" of war declaration
Syria: Obama has decided U.S. will make punishing military strike;
will wait until Congress votes, pleads for support at home and abroad
Syria: Obama to speak as national security team briefs Senators
Nyet: Putin urges Obama re-think on Syria, says it was rebel gas;
mocks U.S. holding onto 'classified' evidence, wants G20 chin-wag
Frosty: Putin said to be enraged by Obama's characterization of him
G20: Syria crisis, Russia gay and Olympics crackdowns
set to overshadow St. Petersburg summit
Kerry makes forceful case for U.S. military intervention in Syria

Kerry spoke of victims without external injuries. ~ NY Daily News
MIA: After less than month on job, U.S. UN Ambassador Samantha
Power misses crucial UN Security Council meeting on Syria because
on holiday in Ireland; ironic tweet called for quick UN response and
"perps must face justice"; did she force Obama hand?
France says ready to punish Syria despite British no vote
Obama strike plans in disarray after Britain rejects use of force in Syria
UK: 'Special Relationship' with U.S. under 'some strain'
after PM Cameron's historic Commons defeat on Syria
Fouad Ajami: 'Destroy Assad’s regime, or hold your fire'
NY Times flashback: Off-the-cuff Obama line put U.S. in bind on Syria
Syria: Assad’s evil younger brother Maher 'ordered poison gas attack'

This wasn't first time Assad brothers said to have used gas on Syrian rebels but
Obama 'red line' was ignored in past. ~ NY Post
Mediterranean showdown: French & Russian warships 'head for Syria'
Syria: Obama will act in U.S. 'best interests' despite British vote;
"core interests at stake" - "countries who violate international norms
regarding chemical weapons need to be held accountable"
UK: Labour Party giving "succour" to thug Assad, says Cameron;
Opposition plays politics to keep UK from responding to gas attack
UK: Defence Secretary rules out British military intervention in Syria,
after surprise defeat in House of Commons -- 285 - 272
Justice: Harper announces 'Tougher Penalties for Child Predators Act'
"We are doing this because every victim matters, every child matters"
Votes to come: Cameron asks UK Parliament to hold Syria accountable;
says attack will wait for UN inspectors' report
Back from brink? Obama dithering due to public concerns in U.S. & UK?
Canadian wedding tradition

Newlyweds Cam Auge and Caylee Wasilenko share a kiss as they water ski in Bedwell Bay in North Vancouver,
B.C., Wednesday. The couple exchanged vows on the dock at the Vancouver Water Ski Club then hit the water
to seal the deal with a kiss. ~ Jonathan Hayward The Canadian Press
Syria: UK resolution authorizing military force stalls in Security Council
Obama: U.S. has concluded Syrian Govt behind chemical weapons attack
Syria: U.S. vows action even without UN backing
Syria Crisis: UK puts forward UN security council resolution;
"authorizing all necessary measures to protect civilians"
War Threat: Iran threatens war on Israel if Syria attacked
Egypt: 69% of Egyptians do not approve of Muslim Brotherhood
Al Arabiya: U.S. intercepted Syrian army calls on chemical attack
Syria: Tomahawk cruise missiles likely weapon of choice; U.S. has 4 destroyers plus subs in place; B-2 bomber missions also likely; Syria has 365 combat aircraft plus 4,700 SAMs & 4,000 shoulder-fired missiles
Syria: U.S. says has gas-related satellite images, electronic intercepts
Syria: Britain, France weigh joining U.S. in possible strikes
Syria: Warplanes spotted in Cyprus as tensions rise in Damascus

Likely targets in Damascus. ~ Guardian
Syria: Harper, Obama agree on 'firm response' to chemical attacks
Polls: Americans wary of Syria intervention say pollsters
Syria War Drums: John Kerry: Chemical arms use has consequences
Syria: Intervention without UN violates law, Russia says
Syria: Opposition figure: major decisions on Syria expected within hours;
says expect developments "region and world have not witnessed in years"
Syria War Drums: John Kerry: Chemical arms use an 'obscenity'
Obama legacy: Five years of failure have made world worse off;
the 'do nothing' President has done much wrong and many are suffering
Boston: Freedom's just another word... until the condo board goes crazy

Mark DiGiovanni’s condo board has given him until tomorrow to take down his patriotic window treatment -- which violates the Fort Point building’s white-curtains-only rule -- or be fined. ~ Chitose Suzuki Boston Herald
California: San Francisco put on alert as massive wildfire enters Yosemite

Bear and cub cross road near Rim Fire on August 24, 2013 in Yosemite National Park, California. The
Rim Fire continues to burn out of control and threatens 4,500 homes outside of Yosemite National Park.
Over 2,000 firefighters are battling the blaze that has entered a section of Yosemite National Park and
is currently only 5% contained. ~ Justin Sullivan Getty Images
Syria: Canada calls claim rebels used chemical weapons 'ridiculous'
Syria: France calls for 'force' if chemical weapons use proven
Gas deaths: Syria attack may prove to be a game changer
Lebanon: Israel strikes back at 'terror' site after 4 rockets fired at it
Egypt: Hosni Mubarak released from prison, now under house arrest
Syria: UN Security Council calls for investigation of alleged gas attack

A citizen journalism image provided by the Local Committee of Arbeen, which has been authenticated
based on contents and AP reporting, shows Syrian citizens trying to identify dead bodies after an
alleged poison gas attack by government forces. ~ AP
Syria: CNN: Victims show no signs of injury; evidence suggests gas
Syria: 'Unacceptable', Canada concerned about gas attack reports: Baird
Syria: Are 1300 dead via gas attack? Russia says 'nyet', rebels staged it
Middle East: Saudi, Gulf states throw weight behind Egypt
NSA fall-out: Brazil cancels visit by advance team for planned State visit
Civil War is hell: Brutality of Syrian rebels said to be posing dilemma in West; forgetting that conflicts such as American Civil War and Revolution were brutal affairs
Former Defense Minister: Defecting Assad ally reaches Istanbul: sources
Escalation inevitable? Iran will support Syria ‘to the end’: military chief
Reuters: Kerry portrait of Syria rebels at odds with intelligence reports
Syria: A Washington Post review of the country's history and prospects, and civil war since it began in the 'Arab Spring' of 2011 after 100,000 dead and 2 million refugees
Finally, a turnaround? U.S. private sector adds 176,000 jobs; jobless claims fall
Opportunity knocking: Boeing: China needs 5,580 new aircraft over next 20 years
Reuters exclusive: Technical snafus confuse charges for Obamacare plans
Syria: Surprise or not, U.S. strikes can still hurt Assad
Egypt: Interior Minister sacks head of prisons authority amid claims of meetings among inmates
Other risks: As Syria deteriorates, neighbors fear bioweapons threat
Hot segment: Smartwatch parade keeps on ticking with Qualcomm's 'Toq'
Syria: Senate intervention resolution opposed by John McCain; wants more than token firing of cruise missiles
Tax cut: North Carolina aims to be 8th without state income tax; consumption taxes will make up difference
Charles Krauthammer: Democrats will support Syria strike because they will not allow Obama to be 'humiliated'
Obama the lawyer makes his case: "My credibility is not on the line"
Obama denies drawing 'red line' in famous 2012 speech: Says world drew the line on chemical weapons and now world credibility is on the block
Cleveland kidnapper dead: Castro was in protective custody away from other inmates
Apparent suicide: Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro dead after found hanging in prison cell
Australia: What 'community' wind farms are really like
Unreliable: Life of wind turbines only 10-15 years, says peer-reviewed study
Concrete proof: Wind turbines not so green
The vile sounds that travel miles: Low-Frequency Noise from wind turbines makes people sick and ruins quiet countrysides; big corporate wind turbine owners are in denial
Delingpole: If you still believe in 'climate change' read this...
Apology due: Detroit Mayor blasts Boston Mayor for his insensitive advice on future of the bankrupt Motor City: 'Blow the place up' and 'start all over'
Venezuela: Power black-outs hit nearly half of country, including Caracas
Syria: GOP and Democratic leadership in House of Representatives backs Obama attack plan
Arm-twisting: Obama confident Congress will approve Syria action
Arrow 3: With eye on Syria, Israel tests missiles with U.S.
Showdown: Obama seeks support for Syria strike at G20
Consolidation: Microsoft to acquire Nokia's handset business for $7.2B
France: Journalists from French newspaper Le Monde say they witnessed Assad regime deploy sarin on a smaller scale against rebels in mid-April
Syria: France says Assad government behind 'massive chemical attack'; working to build coalition of support
Syria U-turn: In first major test, Obama overrules new team
She did it! Diana Nyad, 64, first to swim 110 miles to Florida from Cuba without shark cage
Syria U-turn: Obama had 11th-hour change of heart; gamble with Congress risks devastating his credibility
Poll: Cameron best statesman in British politicians' responses to Syria crisis
Distracted? 6 dead, including 2 kids, when SUV crosses centre line on Pennsylvania road, hits car head-on
Bricks and mortar: Why Amazon is on a warehouse building spree
Syria: '50/50' chance that House will vote down Syria authorization says Sen. Rand Paul
Egypt: Court advised to dissolve Muslim Brotherhood NGO
Syria: Obama and Biden go golfing after war speech, raise eyebrows and hackles
Drugs: U.S. Justice Dept won't prosecute states over marijuana legalization if tightly regulate and enforce: keeping marijuana out of hands of minors, prevent gangs and cartels from profiting, and punish driving while under drug’s influence
Afghanistan: Three Taliban dead after attack on U.S. supply base near Pakistan border
Egypt: Pro-Morsi protests will do no good, says Al-Nour leader; supported army after June 30th because "The benefits of the movement were higher than what Morsi had planned"
Campaign 2012: Did Twitter kill the 'boys on the bus'? Searching for a better way to cover a campaign
Propaganda allegations: Is CNN "staging fake news about Syria" with actors?
Support grows: Arab League calls for international measures against Syria
Who knew what when? UK Ministers face questions over licensing of chemical exports to Syria
Support grows: Saudis back international intervention against Assad
Home sweet home: Nelson Mandela back home after long hospital stay
Satellite views: The intelligence that gives Obama a better chance of attacking Syria
Kerry: U.S. 'has evidence of Syrian sarin use'
Pushkov: Obama to use G20 Summit for justifying Syria attack
Syria: A timeline of chemical weapon allegations
Charles Krauthammer: Shamed into war?
Privacy: Your phone is blabbing your location to anyone who will listen
Nile Gardiner: Barack Obama is proving an embarrassing amateur on the world stage compared to George W. Bush
Afghanistan: Attacks in south kill at least 18
Phoenix: 911 calls released about deadly joyride in which 8 year-old boy stole mom's car and drove for miles, ultimately killing his 6 year-old sister in a crash
Syria: Across U.S., fears, ambivalence, anguish over another military engagement
UN chemical weapons inspectors have left Syria
Syria: Pentagon lacks budget for go-it-alone Syria 'shock and awe' campaign; will Obama play nice to get Congress to appropriate funds?
Gas attack: UN's Syria samples to undergo meticulous scrutiny
Phoenix: Child dies in car while father smoked pot outside; was 107° F. outside and up to 170° F. inside car
Karen McQuillan: Martin Luther King was Republican; the Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1960, 1964 and 1965 were passed mostly by Republicans; but not according to media of today
LA Times goofs: Claims 'Democrats led passage' of 1964 Civil Rights Act; but it was a Democrat filibuster by KKKer Robert Byrd that Republican Dirksen stopped with key votes
Transcript: John Kerry remarks on Syria gas attack and need for response
Undersea: M7.0 quake hits off Alaska along Aleutians
Syria: Incendiary bomb ‘dropped on Syrian school children’ in playground; at least 10 teenagers dead
Bush: Obama has ‘tough choice to make’ on Syria
Putin quiet: Russia running out of cards on Syria
Damascus on edge: UN inspectors wrap up chemical weapons investigation today
NBC poll: Nearly 80% want congressional approval on Syria
Pled insanity: Prosecutors request Colorado theater killer's mental health records
David Cameron: 'I was trying to act in the right way over Syria'
Syria: Assad accused of moving human shields to key military targets as a defence against Western air strikes
UK: Tony Blair 'poisoned the well' of public trust, snarled PM
Syria: Following call with White House, U.S. lawmakers signal tepid approval for air strike
BBC: What happens in Syria after the Tomahawks hit?
Gas attack: Kuwait calls for 'deterrent' action against Syria
More questions: Was Michael Hastings working on Obama exposé when he died under suspicious circumstances in Hollywood? Surveillance video appears to show explosion before crash [video]
Egypt: End of term for controversial U.S. Ambassador; Patterson widely disliked and seen as incompetent
More Tomahawks: U.S. sends fifth destroyer to eastern Mediterranean
Black budget: In Syria, NSA listening posts monitored unencrypted communications among senior military officials at the outset of civil war
New Snowden leak: Scale and scope of $52.6B 'black budget' for U.S. intel gathering and clandestine activity laid bare for first time
Dem Fest: Only black Senator not invited to MLK celebration; because he's Republican?
AP sources: Intelligence on weapons no 'slam dunk'
India: Government might buy gold from citizens to ease rupee crisis
Justice: Pakistan overturns jail term of doctor who helped find bin Laden
Multiple implications: U.S. GDP accelerates sharply in second quarter
Lessons: Syrian PM urges mobilization of resources in case of U.S. attack
Syria: Is Assad now using napalm and phosphorous bombs on his own people? Pictures reveal horrific injuries of Syrian civilians
Syria: Chorus of caution as 'nervous Nellies' appear willing to let Assad gas his own people without fear
Syria: Germany proceeds with caution; likely to focus on humanitarian support, like Canada
Syria: Israel prepares for reprisals as strikes loom
Energy: Australia's Palmer finds $35B gas region off Papua New Guinea
Saskatchewan: BHP Billiton to invest $2.6B in Jansen potash mine
Egypt: Army captures 11 after killing of 25 conscripts in Sinai
Beloved: Dick Van Dyke saved, tweets 'Used Jag for sale REAL CHEAP!'

Van Dyke talks with officer by burned-out Jag. Passing motorist saved him. ~ Splash News
WUWT: Is Global Warming simple result of clean air laws in 70s & 80s?
India: Express train kills 37 pilgrims at station; set on fire by mob

Coaches of Rajya Rani Express train burn after mob set it on fire after it ran over group of Hindu
pilgrims at crowded station in Dhamara Ghat, Bihar state, India, Monday, August 19, 2013. ~ AP
Egypt: BBC: 25 Egyptian police killed in Sinai ambush at Rafah
Egypt: A spectacular fall from grace for Muslim Brotherhood
Egypt: Attempted hijack of prison convoy leads to 36 dead MB prisoners
Egypt: Statesman: Army chief al-Sisi: 'Room for all in Egypt'

Gen. Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, head of Egypt's armed forces says his message to supporters of ousted President
Morsi is that "there is room for everyone". He urges them to help "rebuild the democratic path" and "integrate
in the political process". ~ BBC
Reuters: Egypt seen as graveyard of Islamist ambitions for power
Egypt: Council of Egyptian Churches rejects foreign intervention
Egypt: Usman Butt: Why are Egypt's Christians an easy target?
Egypt: Reuters: Security action at mosque met by hail of Muslim Brotherhood bullets, cheers from civilians watching in streets

Policemen move into al-Fath mosque during clashes with supporters of former President Morsi
in Cairo August 17, 2013. ~ Muhammad Hamed Reuters
Egypt: BBC: Security forces 'clear Cairo mosque', then
protect those cleared from angry mob outside [video]
Egypt: No reconciliation with those with blood on their hands: PM
Egypt: Brother of al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahri arrested in Giza
Egypt: BBC: Tense stand-off at Cairo mosque;
PM proposes legal dissolution of Muslim Brotherhood
Egypt: Friday death toll at 173, with 1,330 injured, as Muslim Brotherhood
gunmen shoot at civilians and security forces from mosque minarets
Egypt: Faisal J. Abbas: Is the West naively siding with ‘terrorists’?
AP: Egypt street battles Friday leave at least 82 dead
Egypt: At least 60 die as Muslim Brotherhood's vile
‘Friday of Anger’ targets Egyptians backing interim government

A supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood takes cover during clashes with security officers close to Cairo's
Ramses Square, on August 16, 2013. Backers of Egypt's ousted president pledged to stage daily
demonstrations as they ended a day of angry protests in which at least 75 people were killed during
the day. ~ Virgnie Nguyen Hoang AFP/Getty Images
Egypt: Coptic Church announces support for army, police forces;
"we strongly deplore the media fallacies prevalent in Western countries"
Egypt: Chaos, killings in Muslim Brotherhood's ‘Day of Anger’
Egypt: Catholic and Evangelical Church destroyed in Upper Egyptian
town where antiquities museum was looted and vandalized Wednesday
BBC: U.S. credibility 'in tatters' over Egypt crisis
Egypt: 'Day of Anger' death toll rising as Muslim Brotherhood
mobs fill streets; one report says 26 dead
Egypt: Army troops, armoured vehicles mobilized to defend against MB

Egyptian army soldiers take their positions on top and next to their armored vehicles while guarding
an entrance to Tahrir Square in Cairo, Friday, August 16, 2013. ~ Hassan Ammar AP
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood calls for Friday 'day of anger', more martyrs
Egypt: ABC: Cowardly protesters turn fury on Coptic Christians [video]

Church set on fire in Cairo. ~ ABC News
Egypt: CNN: Coptic leader -- 52 churches attacked in 24 hrs, plus homes
Egypt: Christian Pastor and wife kidnapped, 45 churches and
11 Christian institutions attacked by Muslim Brotherhood;
military says it will re-build all destroyed churches

Christian Franciscan school set on fire in Suez. ~ @karamhana Twitter
Egypt: Christians terrified after continuing church and home attacks
Egypt: Police use of deadly force authorized after widespread and deadly
Muslim Brotherhood attacks against Christians, police & govt buildings
Egypt: Canada condemns attacks on Christians; cites attacks on Coptic,
Orthodox & Anglican churches, and Baptist & Franciscan institutions
TIME: Canada most educated country in world; 51% have college at least
Egypt: Wednesday death toll now up to 638, including at least 43 police;
official injured figure from Health Ministry almost 4,000
Egypt: Cairo quiet after overnight curfew
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood 'fired on police' -- TV station infra-red video

A TV station which backs the government in Egypt, has aired infrared footage which the authorities say
shows muzzle flashes of Muslim Brotherhood gunmen firing on police. At least 43 police died. ~ BBC
Egypt: Officials defend crackdown: 'Had to restore security';
Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood thugs show their true colours
Egypt: Deaths came after sit-ins cleared and pro-Morsi forces blocked roads, torched churches and attacked govt buildings & police stations

Protesters throw stones at Egyptian security forces clearing a sit-in by supporters of ousted Islamist President
Morsi in the eastern Nasr City district of Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. ~ Ahmed Gomaa AP
Egypt violence: At least 278 dead, including 43 policemen
Egypt: Christians under attack by Morsi supporters;
at least 17 Coptic and other churches burned

Muslims protect Coptic Christian Church as pro-Morsi pro-Muslim Brotherhood march goes
through city of Sohag on west bank of Nile. ~ @Amir_G_Beshay twitter
Canada calls for calm amid escalating violence in Egypt
CNBC: Egypt bloodshed: At least 235 killed as Morsi camps cleared
updated Jerusalem Post: Egypt declares state of emergency; death toll
from nationwide clashes, police raids now 149, with 1,403 injured

Security forces break up the protest camp at al-Nahda square in Cairo August 14, 2013. ~ Reuters
Turtles take on wind turbines; Who’s the greenest of them all?
Iron Dome destroys rocket as Egyptian terrorists fire on Israeli resort town

The Iron Dome defence system was used for the first time Tuesday in Eilat as it successfully intercepted
a terrorist rocket. ~ AP
Hyperloop would be cheaper, faster, safer -- better in all ways -- than
California's 'slow' high-speed rail line; proposed route would follow I-5
Musk wants others to build Hyperloop, but he will if others won't
Elon Musk explains his much-awaited "5th way" -- the Hyperloop

This sketch shows the basics of a Hyperloop passenger pod powered by an electric air fan which also
creates the air suspension that allows the pods to travel at an estimated 700 mph. ~ Elon Musk
Whee! Newborn panda celebrates life with paws up

Yuan Zai, a newborn giant panda, was born at Taipei City Zoo to parents Yuan Yuan and Tuan Tuan. ~ AFP
12-year-old Egyptian boy Ali Ahmed shocks interviewer
with eloquent, concise explanation of his country’s crisis

Ali Ahmed explains exactly why he wanted to get rid of Morsi -- last October. ~ Youtube
Eyesores: Ambassador Bridge lawsuit adds more plaintiffs over boarded up, empty homes in Windsor
Attawapiskat: Election under shadow of controversy; off-reserve members unable to cast ballots unless they make long, expensive trip to reserve
Aarhus Convention: UN ruling puts future of wind farms in Britain in jeopardy; has implications for Ontario, rest of world, too
WUWT: The "hottest" temperature game
Colombia: Kidnapped Canadian mining exec freed by rebels after being held for 221 days
Down: Pentagon and Pratt & Whitney agree on price reductions for latest batch of F-35 engines as economies of scale kick in
Russia: West re-creating 2003 Iraq mistakes in Syria, Ambassador warns Canada
Cool: Mildest U.S. summer in a century yet CO2 claimed to be at record levels
CNE: 'Cronut' burger illnesses traced to maple-bacon jam; burger pulled from menu
Syria: Rebels told to expect Western-led attack in days; U.S. defence secretary tells BBC military assets 'ready to go'
Syria Anxiety: World markets down on prospect of military intervention
Senate: Liberal Harb resigns, pays back over-payments; will he face jail time?
Lac-Mégantic: Quebec Gov't building spur line to serve local businesses; also building new bridge and commercial area, and memorial to 47 who died
Prince of Pot clarifies: Marc Emery: 'Yes, I smoked pot with Justin Trudeau, but it was 4-5 times in one evening'
Pie in the sky? Will Canada send a man to the moon?
Mounties first: Aboriginal woman becomes head of Saskatchewan RCMP
To tell the truth: 2013: Justin Trudeau: 'I did not get high with imprisoned 'Prince of Pot' Emery'; 2009: Marc Emery: 'I smoked marijuana with Justin Trudeau 4 or 5 times'
Dope: Justin Trudeau vs. Marc Emery: One of these men is lying
Python murders: Owner of 'Reptile Ocean' exotic pet store had blood on hands, clothing when police arrived
Senate: If it can't be reformed, then Harper says he'll abolish
Gwyn Morgan: Ontario’s power policies a costly folly
Negative reinforcement: ‘Those actions speak for themselves,’ Harper says of Trudeau’s admission to smoking pot as MP; fits with meme about poor judgement; will revelation he doesn't drink coffee hurt Trudeau, too?
Dopehead: Trudeau says smoked pot after becoming MP, admits late brother was facing dope charges when he died in avalanche
Stop wind turbine movement grows: Now 64 municipalities strong, Ontario's growing 'unwilling hosts' movement has formed coalition to swap information and pressure government
Queen's swan found barbecued near Windsor Castle riverbank
Goosebuster: Ottawa uses drone chopper to keep Canada Geese off local beach
Gets rock star treatment in North: Is Stephen Harper the next Justin Bieber?
Ontario: Wind turbine opponents demand province give power back to municipalities; Hudak tells AMO he will scrap offending Green Energy Act and restore municipal authority
MERS: Virus isolated from bat; other animal may be involved in spread
Quebec poll: Liberals in clear lead, PQ gain support
Arctic Tour: Harper says Canadian Rangers will get modern replacements for WWII-era Lee-Enfield rifles
Drugs: Scuba diver caught smuggling marijuana to U.S. under St. Clair River
Quebec government plans to ban religious symbols in all public buildings; visible crosses, yarmulkes, hijabs, niqabs, burkas and turbans would all be banned
Regina: 4 face 222 charges in crime spree
Snakes in Canada: Latest python nabbed by authorities in Yarmouth, NS
Ontario: Watchdog blasts bureaucrats who ‘misled’ her over deleted Liberal emails
South Polar Sea ice sets all-time satellite record -- now above normal for almost 2 years
The day the Global Warming death spiral began
A ‘pressing need’ for more female judges: MacKay
Thai cop gets 37 1/2 years in prison for murder of Canadian man
BBC: Copper linked to Alzheimer's disease: U.S. study
Website clamps down on bullying after teenage suicides
Slow news day? U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, born in Calgary to American mother, says will renounce automatic Canadian citizenship because should not be seen to have split allegiance; is Mulcair listening?
Federal Parliament to re-start in October after Throne Speech
ESPN opinion: MLB better be clean in A-Rod mess
Ticked off? Lyme Disease hits 300,000 a year
The universe may not be expanding after all, new research argues
WUWT: 2013 a record low year for U.S. tornadoes
Lac-Mégantic: MM&A railway to be sold to pay liability costs
Police blame Facebook and Twitter for riot after Blainville rock concert; police car flipped and burned
Streetcar shooting: Toronto officer charged with second-degree murder
Is Target missing mark? Survey says Canadians not impressed by retailer's arrival north of border
Chris Vander Doelen: New Ontario Liberal scam in works
Tattoo you? Everything you always wanted to know about skin ink *but were afraid to ask
Ballistics report allegedly supports Oscar Pistorious’ claim he mistook girlfriend for burglar when he shot and killed her
Detente? Toronto Mayor Ford saves 92-year-old Mississauga Mayor McCallion from being hauled overboard by huge salmon
Michael Bliss: Remove our diseased Senate from the body politic
Early snow expected in Alaska -- ‘unseasonably cold air mass’
Eugene Lang: Trudeau a beat late on middle-class focus
Britain: Gene study uncovers origins of many common cancers
Ontario Liberals 'damn the torpedoes' embrace of wind turbines faces a 19-day Charter challenge in Shelburne; will this bring democracy back to Ontario? Or will government 'chicken out' of challenge?
MLB: KC's Miguel Tejada hit with 105-game suspension
MacKay: Canada not moving toward U.S.-style justice; but lots of change coming, including modernizing extradition, Supreme Court Act and provisions for victim's rights
Still More Snakes in Canada: Police seize and euthanize 46 pythons found in B.C. home
Mirror: Princess Diana death: Police probe sensational claim she was killed by the SAS
Sugary drinks linked to aggressive behaviour in young children: U.S. study
Egypt: B’nai Brith Canada says this week of violence has revealed the extremism of the Muslim Brotherhood for all to see
Just Say No: Growing list of Ontario municipalities declare themselves ‘unwilling hosts’ to wind turbines
Lac-Mégantic: MM&A Railway will likely challenge order to cease operations
Brantford: 40 pythons found in 'distress' in motel room now in hands of SPCA
Mobilicity, Wind's futures clouded after Verizon statements
Ontario: Hudak PCs threaten to file second contempt motion against government over ‘Liberal plot’ to influence Speaker
Area 51: Download the 407-page archive on Area 51 [pdf]
The Atlantic: The origins and details of Area 51 now de-classified; was Cold War home of U-2 spy plane
60 Minutes: A-Rod implicated Cervelli, Braun in Biogenesis mess
Auditor General to review all Canadian Senators' expenses
Christina Blizzard: Kathleen Wynne should uncover the gas-plant cover-up
Lac-Mégantic: Canadian Pacific rejects order from Quebec to help pay for oil clean-up
Test may reveal Alzheimer’s in patients 10 years before symptoms develop: study
Toronto rainstorm costliest natural disaster in Ontario history as insurers put damage at $850M
Lac-Mégantic: Quebec government wants Canadian Pacific Railway to pay clean-up costs as CPR was main contractor for oil shipment
Lac-Mégantic: Quebec government downplays pollution; release charts of various pollutants in the water & air in area; it says statistics show, in most cases, a return to concentration levels present before July 6 accident
U.S. arrests seven in $140M penny stock fraud case
The early chill in the Arctic continues; temperature above 80 degrees north latitude drops below freezing early, and continues to drop
August 28, 1963: Martin Luther King Jr's 'Dream' speech celebrated
Jonah Goldberg: Martin Luther King's real message
Contradictions: Coretta Scott King in 1991: hold employers accountable for hiring illegal aliens
Syria: Fears of Western strike spread in MidEast; 6,000 Syrians flee to Lebanon in 24 hours
Fraud, too? Weiner paid for phony supporters at campaign events, source says
Syria: Turkey says 'all options' open, military on alert
Only in America? Martin Luther King Jr's famous 'I have a dream' speech crazily subject to copyright protection despite being made in public by a public figure 50 years ago; estate still rakes in big bucks for individual copies and one-off broadcast rights
updated: Car bombings kill at least 86 in Baghdad
Syria: Oil surges past $112 a barrel on gas attack crisis
California: Firefighter's son arrested, charged with setting 3 fires
Detroit: 7,000 properties to be razed during blight-busting effort
Syria: Arab League rejects attack despite blaming government for chemical weapons attack that killed hundreds last week
Egypt: Saudi Arabia provides ‘unequivocal’ support for ‘fight against terrorism’
California: 'Rim Fire' burns deeper into Yosemite National Park
Air war: New York Times, Twitter hacked by Syrian group
Syria: Momentum grows for military action
UN official: Syrian rebels used Sarin nerve gas, not Assad’s regime
Syria: France says ready to punish those who gassed civilians
Stimulus: Bank of Canada official counters fears on Fed tapering
Syria: Why a missile strike could make things worse
Syria: Don't start what you can't finish, warn the top brass: Britain's leading military experts explain how the West should react to gas attack
Syria: Dogged rebels the target of gas attacks say activists
Syria: At least two mortar bombs hit Damascus near UN team's hotel
Egypt: Islamist groups seek truce with army
Syria: UN inspectors visit site of gas attack, after first being turned back by sniper fire
NY Times: A sharp shift in tone on Syria from the White House
Syria agrees to UN probe of purported attacks
U.S. official: Chemical weapons likely used in Syria
J. D. Salinger: Do people still care what late reclusive author thought, did?
U.S.: Fort Hood killer Major Nidal Hasan guilty on all counts -- should he be executed asap?
Syria: Assad warns U.S. not to intervene militarily
Egypt: Overnight curfew shortened as unrest over Morsi's ouster wanes
Syria: U.S. naval forces moving closer; gas attack response imminent?
Syria: Now government claims rebels using gas against troops, but no victims
Ballmer bye-bye: Microsoft stock jumps on announcement that change coming at top
Drug connection: Mass grave providing answers in mysterious Mexico kidnapping
On Obama's watch: Robert Bales, Nidal Malik Hasan, Manning: A busy week for U.S. military justice
Lebanon: Twin explosions kill 20 in northern city; Syrian connection?
Fukushima: Radioactive groundwater under crippled plant nears sea
Finally responds: Obama uses unfortunate term "grave concern" as Syrians bury dead they say from gas attack, backs away from 'red line'
Disgrace: White House spokesman jokes about Muslim Brotherhood attacks on 100 Christian churches in Egypt
Empathy hard-wired: To the human brain, me is we
Cowards sought: 88 yr-old WWII vet Delbert Belton, beaten by teens outside Eagles Lodge, dies
Cold-blooded murder: White House and Jesse Jackson responses to murder of Australian baseball player prompt outrage
Quake risks: Megaquake aftershocks pose lasting danger: journal article
MIA: Obama faces growing calls to act over Syria gas attack allegations
Rasmussen Reports: Scott Rasmussen leaves N.J. polling firm he founded; also co-founded ESPN
Missing: Mexico officials find mass grave east of capital
Manning says he's a woman: Convicted spy wants government to pay for hormones, says 'call me Chelsea'
Lessons: Obama's toothless red line became a green light for Syria use of gas
2016 mud-slinging: A beastly attack on Ted Cruz
Syria: Seized weapons caches boost rebels’ hopes after weeks of setbacks
Mexico: M6.2 quake shakes Mexico City; minor damage reported, no casualties
Bomber: American Airlines' trainee fired after found on 'no-fly' list for making bomb threats against United Airlines
Egypt: North Cairo Court orders Mubarak’s release
Egypt: Armed forces arrest militant in North Sinai following attacks; Sinai tribes organize march against terrorism in support of army
Japan: Latest Fukushima leak upgraded to "serious incident"
Espionage: WikiLeaks soldier Manning sentenced to 35 years in prison
Syria: Scores killed in ‘chemical weapons’ attack on outskirts of Damascus
Oklahoma: Three teen thugs who killed Australian baseball player in cold blood are identified; will be tried as adults; shockwaves across ocean; racial component; will Obama speak out?
Egypt: Urgently needed: a Friday of Peace to mourn all the dead and reject violence
Egypt: Media line up behind state against Islamists; seen as 'war on terror'; foreign journalists vilified for shallow, knee-jerk reporting
Egypt: Arrest warrants issued against two policemen for prisoner deaths
Germany: Merkel praised & criticized for visiting Dachau; first visit by a German Chancellor to Nazi death camp, built in 1933
Egypt: Cairo court sets trial date for El Baradei after charges filed by a law professor at Cairo's Helwan University; according to the complaint, his resignation gave the wrong impression to the international community; penalty for conviction is a fine of $1,430
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood ideology sought to dominate Egyptian society like a Nazi group or the Islamist takeover of Iran after 1979 revolution, says Ambassador to UK; 'Egyptian culture over 5,000 years is a mix of religions and civilizations' not to be hijacked overnight
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act: Court rules that IP cloaking to access Web sites violates law
Egypt: NY Times: Next-door neighbour Saudi Arabia promises to aid road to stability
Guardian says Britain forced it to destroy Snowden material
Prosecutor asks judge to give Manning 60 years
Here's what an eavesdropper sees when you use an unsecured Wi-Fi hotspot
Senseless random murder: Oklahoma police say Australian baseball player killed on street because teenagers say they were "bored"; perps may be gang members
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood leader arrested; on lam since July
UK: Greens should get with the fracking democratic game
Kuwait to deport 9 Egyptian pro-Morsi protesters: report
Egypt: Mubarak may be released as 2-year detention limit expires
New book sees Middle East ripe for flowering of entrepreneurship
Christian Science Monitor: In Egyptian village, Christian shops marked ahead of church attack [video]
Egypt: Vigilantes banned, protests go on
Egypt: Coptic Orthodox Church Bishop alarmed at the "unprecedented attack" on Coptic Christians
Egypt: Democratic Coalition responds to Obama
Minister Moore fires back at wireless giants over 'misleading' Verizon ads after Financial Post letter
Jesse Kline: The sky is not falling so don't fall for Canadian wireless giants' nationalistic ad pitch
Tim Hudak’s critics ‘need their heads examined,’ veteran Conservative says of two fellow MPPs calling for review
Lac-Mégantic: Study shows high pollution; one carcinogen 394,444 times above limit
Calgary police search for low-life car thieves who dumped teenage girl's cremated remains on wet street
‘Very troubling’ Wallin audit sent to RCMP as Senate restricts lawmaker’s travel
Deloitte review of Senator Wallin's expense claims [pdf]
Senate Committee report on Senator Wallin expense claims
Lac-Mégantic: Canadian Transportation Agency is pulling operating license for Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway, saying it doesn't have enough insurance to handle claims
Senator Pamela Wallin calls audit 'flawed and unfair' but will pay back whatever asked
Founder of Quebec independence party bails, moves to England
DND says Canada has 800 potentially dangerous sites of unexploded wartime ordnance
NY Times: Social media has finally put viewers in driver seat when it comes to TV fare
Hot air balloon pilot dies in crash near Montreal
Kelly McParland: London builds a $24B subway while Toronto scraps over streetcars
Ontario Liberal emails offer rare glimpse into backrooms of power
Eritrean consulate in Toronto defied arms embargo with ‘illicit revenue collection’ for military: UN report
Harper vows to review Ottawa's regulation of exotic animals after African rock python kills NB boys
Parker Gallant: Elections Ontario: big pan, little fish
Average cost of a mobile call in Europe in each country
Daily Mail: Breakthrough in battle against malaria as new vaccine proves 100% effective against disease for the first time in history
Harper vows to stick to wireless plan despite heavy lobbying by Bell, Rogers and Telus
1921 Canadian census data released online, to genealogists’ delight
Harper says Canadians expect government to speak out on Russia's anti-gay law
The Senate is more representative of ordinary Canadians since Harper took over, analysis shows
Canada loses 39,000 jobs in July; public jobs down, private sector jobs up
Brrrrrrr! 1,122 record cold temps in U.S. in one week; 71% of U.S. below normal temperature in 2013; South America in massive deep freeze
Drone delivers free beer by parachute at South Africa music festival
BlackBerry open to going private, sources say
John Ivison: Jobs obsession behind Stephen Harper's interest in Energy East pipeline
Finn Poschmann: CRTC ruling is a last gasp for broadcast regulation’s status quo
Margaret Wente: A nation of $100,000 firefighters
Flooded out High River, Alberta residents still baffled by police actions after RCMP return most of 539 guns seized during flood; "One gun owner, said his vaulted weapons weren’t seized, but emergency officials left his door lying in his yard and caused $2,000 worth of damage to his home"
Ontario ombudsman to probe police de-escalation guidelines in wake of shooting
Work on $1.4B Windsor Parkway resumes where it isn't affected by 320 sub-standard girders for Tunnel 2 and 7 built by Spanish/French partners as puzzled Wynne Government hires more consultants to tell it what to do
Giant new virus 'opens Pandora's box', says French team
Number of births hits 40-yr high as UK population rises faster than any other EU country
Bloomberg: Tesla Motors stuns Wall Street ... again
Lac-Mégantic: Quebec Superior Court agrees to put Montreal, Maine and Atlantic railway under bankruptcy protection
Daily Mail: Islamist mob parades nuns in Cairo as prisoners of war after six hours looting church school and replacing cross with banner resembling Al Qaeda flag
Consequences: NYC Police Commissioner: 'No question' people will die if stop-and-frisk ends
Tragedy: Utah girl dies after wind sends trampoline flying
BBC: Saudi Prince sacks TV chief for Muslim Brotherhood ties
Insensitive: Muslim group under attack for planning 'Million Muslim March' set for September 11 in Washington D.C.
Florida: Brain-eating warning issued over amoeba
Lebanon: Explosive-filled car seized, 4 arrested
Inventions: Urine-powered cellphones in near future [video]
Egypt: At least 1295 killed in recent clashes: independent count
Egypt: Grand Imam of Al-Azhar: Tells Muslim Brotherhood legitimacy will not be gained by blood or chaos; condemns burning of churches; current strife planned by "external regimes"
Egypt: French government-owned 'France24' criticizes Egyptian media for having a consistent view of the Muslim Brotherhood thugs as terrorists; foreign media naively distort reality
Philippines: Current toll: 34 dead, 80+ missing from sunken ferry
Egypt: Ministry of Civil Aviation says Cairo airport operating normally
Egypt: Armed forces condemn Muslim Brotherhood ‘lies’
Egypt: Ziad Akl: What went wrong in Egypt?
Fast Company: Why did Jeff Bezos really buy the Washington Post?
Egypt: Interim president Adly Mansour has expressed appreciation for support of Saudi King against Muslim Brotherhood terrorists
Afghan forces kill 36 Taliban fighters in 24 hours
Divers search sunken Philippine ferry for 213 missing
Matrix-style replays coming to NFL games
Cool Enough For Ya? Atlanta breaks a century-old temperature record Thursday; high temp of 73° F. is the coolest high on record for August 15; it's 4 degrees cooler than previous record, set in 1908
New NSA revelations stir congressional concern
Abdulrahman al-Rashed: The Muslim Brotherhood’s second defeat
Egypt: International press conference to be held Saturday at Presidential Palace
Reuters: Hundreds rescued after ferry collision, sinking in Philippines
Snowden downloaded NSA secrets while working for Dell, sources say
Egypt: Foreign governments and media ignore attacks on Christians: foreign ministry
Washington Post: Remember when Obama said the NSA wasn’t "actually abusing" its powers? He was wrong
Read: NSA report on privacy violations in the first quarter of 2012
Washington Post: NSA often breaks privacy rules; Audit finds thousands of breaches each year since 2008
India: 4 bodies found on sub; 14 more likely dead
Egypt: ElBaradei’s resignation condemned by June 30 Front
Every important person in Bitcoin has been subpoenaed by New York's financial regulator
Bolivia: At 123, Carmelo Flores Laura not just the oldest person in the world, he's the oldest ever documented
Egypt and Middle East: Islamists vs. secularists: Battle between world views
Car bombs kill 31 in Iraqi capital
Egypt closes Rafah crossing in light of deteriorating security situation in the Sinai Peninsula
Manning apologizes for first time, said he ‘hurt the United States’; sincere or self-serving?
Tim Stanley: The New York Times takes down the Clinton Foundation; This could be devastating for Bill and Hillary
Hillary Clinton group partnered with company that laundered $250B for Iran and violated sanctions
Former Illinois Congressman Jesse L. Jackson Jr. sentenced to 30 months for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign money to fund an extravagant lifestyle
How to extinguish a truck fire on a remote road, Canadian style!




When a semi-truck hit a road grader and caught fire on the Trans-Labrador highway a fire truck wasn't
available. But there was a Canadair CL-415 water bomber nearby... ~ Shawn Noseworthy Youtube
Sinkhole causes central Florida resort villa to partially collapse

A section of a building at the Summer Bay Resort in Clermont, Florida, shows damage from collapsing
into a sinkhole early Monday August 12, 2013. ~ Alma Rodriquez AP Photo
Indonesia volcano erupts: 6 dead on Palue, rumbling started in October;
Hundreds of tons of CO2 into atmosphere, naturally

The eruption of Mount Rokatenda could be seen from the Maurole district of East Nusa Tenggara province. ~ BBC
Two arrested in Saudi Arabia over terror plot that forced embassy closures
Alligators seized, euthanized from New Brunswick python store
The Obama Strike Back: U.S. drones kill 12 in 3 Yemen airstrikes

Terrorists can run but not hide from USAF Predator drones.
No permits: Alligators, crocodiles, snakes removed from python store
Unexpected strength in China trade data eases some gloom
CRTC denies mandatory carriage to Sun News, but asks for feedback on new policy that would force it
Two arrested in Rehtaeh Parsons cyberbullying case
Cocoa 'might prevent memory decline' by enhancing vascular health in brain
UK: Ten years too late, it’s good riddance to wind farms -- one of the most dangerous delusions of our age
Storms rip across parts of Ontario, trigger tornado warnings
Processing fee: Temporary foreign workers to cost employers $275 each
Roma refugee numbers plummet in wake of Ottawa's crackdown
FBI meets Ireland-to-Philadelphia flight on tarmac due to apparent bomb threat
Takei favours dumping Sochi for Vancouver
Senate scandal widens after revelation Mac Harb accepted $55K loan from lawyer who did business with federal government
Walt Disney to lose millions on Lone Ranger film
Danish Meteorological Institute: Arctic Sea ice now 1.7 million square kilometers over last year
Ken Dryden will not raise money to pay back loan for 2006 Liberal leadership race, lawyer says
A study in misleading government claims; Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong sets the record straight, notes Union Station TTC platform re-build late and over budget despite claims last week
Ontario Liberals' Metrolinx creating $6.7B LRT mega-project; bundling excludes smaller, local firms, slows project and costs taxpayers an extra $500M: critics
Northern Ontario: Dog saves owner from black bear, loses life in struggle
Governments, industry team up on pipeline research
Alex Rodriguez suspended through 2014; able to play during appeal
Twelve MLB players suspended for PEDs; Rodriguez not yet included
No surprise: Wynne Government waits until after August 1st Ontario by-elections to sue itself for decision stopping wind turbines in Prince Edward County
Blizzard: PC Leader Tim Hudak faces leadership review demand from small group
Preventing post-crash fires not as simple as TSB suggests: Transport Canada
Now James Cameron to make three 'Avatar' sequels
France to close embassy in Yemen temporarily on security fears
Canada shuts Bangladesh Embassy amid terror fears
Toronto stock market up slightly as U.S. employment data for July disappoints
Canadian Embassies at 'elevated risk' after U.S. issues alert over al-Qaeda threat
John Ivison: Liberals hold on to McGuinty's old seat and confirm the demise of political accountability
Rogers may have plan to fend off Verizon
Will CBC lose 'Hockey Night in Canada', the Saturday night phenomenon since 1953? Negotiations underway will tell the tale
Harper endorses west-east pipeline; says it will improve energy sales, and boost government's number one priority of job creation
Egypt: Mohamed El Baradei resigns as Vice-President after crackdown on Morsi protesters turned violent
U.S. First Lady promotes killer drug concoction on hip-hop children's CD: Someone should tell Michelle Obama what 'Lean' means
Multiple deaths in Egypt media corps as fighting rages
Iraq Kurds reach out to Baghdad to fight surging al Qaeda
BBC: Sky News cameraman Mick Deane shot and killed in Egypt; dozens said dead
2 pilots killed in UPS jumbo cargo plane crash near Alabama airport
BBC Live: Egypt police move on Cairo sit-ins as conflicting dead and wounded casualty counts reported, heavy armour in streets
TIME: After Grisly mosque attack, Nigeria’s Boko Haram terrorist group taunts Obama
updated: Hope fades for 18 sailors on Indian submarine after explosion, fire on Mumbai-docked conventional submarine; worst blow to navy since 1971 war with Pakistan
Zero attendance for Obama climate change rally in Georgetown
Police chase in Texas leaves 6 dead
Alaska serial killer Israel Keyes may have victims in Canada: FBI
Oprah 'cannibalized' me: Zurich shop clerk says TV host is lying about alleged racist incident; Oprah claims 'absolutely not true'
India launches home-built, 37,500-tonne aircraft carrier in a shot across the bow to China; Aircraft carrier Monday, a nuclear sub Saturday -- India’s two new nuclear-capable weapons stake its claim to global superpower status
Honda on the move to help save drive-in theatres
U.S. Federal Government acts to block merger of U.S. Airways and American Airlines which would have created world's largest airline
44 gunned down by Islamists in Nigeria mosque
Is Seals loss in 2011 Chinook crash a bigger scandal than Benghazi?
Fox Sports 1 waits on deals with DirecTV, Dish Network, and Time Warner cable, which represent over 50% of pay TV distribution; alternative to ESPN will absorb and replace Speed channel
Mobster Whitey Bulger found guilty and will likely spend of his life in prison, but wants feds to return his Stanley Cup ring
Has "credible fear" become the "open sesame" for would-be refugees at Mexico-U.S. border? Reports say sudden flood of asylum requests expressing fear of drug cartels
London bans trash cans that spy on smartphone users
Ford sweating the dealerships for a Lincoln comeback
Uh oh.... Now the New York Times is confused about why the durn climate isn't following its warming models -- but they say "don't worry, we'll add new ideas"... or just blame China
Conrad Black: In Russia and Egypt, a bad week for America
Rex Murphy: It's all about Hillary: "How dare you compare Weiner to Bill, or Huma to me?"
Sunday: U.S. to re-open 18 embassies and consulates closed due to Yemen-based terror threat
Yemen officials: 7 of recent drone targets there were from Saudia Arabia
Billionaire Oprah loses touch with reality, extorts sympathy over purchase of $24,000 alligator skin handbag; or is she promoting her new movie by attacking Swiss clerk?
Walter Russell Mead: Joint Russo-Chinese gloatfest over America’s dithering foreign policy failures
In wake of Lac Mégantic deaths, U.S. Railroad Administration says crude oil being shipped in unsafe rail cars
After giving Canada the snub, Obama has a brand new friend: Venezuela, the winner from Keystone delay
Gunmen in Pakistan kill nine in attack at mosque on Muslim holiday
Offensive, bizarre American-made anti-Keystone pipeline ad is a low blow to Canada
South Miami man kills wife, posts photo of bloody body, then turns himself in to police
U.S. messaging mess in Egypt complicates diplomacy
Memories of Benghazi: U.S. evacuates consulate in Lahore, Pakistan due to 'specific' terror threats
Kelly McParland: If Obama can't get along with Canada, who can he get along with?
No surprise: Washington Post writes profile praising new owner Jeff Bezos
In wishing Bush well after heart surgery, Putin has message for Obama
Pakistan Quetta suicide bomber kills at least 28 people
How sleep deprivation makes us want to eat fat
U.S. drone kills 7 in southern Yemen
Egypt rages against likely U.S. ambassador on Twitter after unsubstantiated report from sketchy Canadian website
Syrian troops ambush rebels, kill 62
Obama cancels meeting with Putin after Russia grants Snowden asylum
Castro 'hell house' demolished in Cleveland
Fort Hood gunman meticulously planned attack
AP sources: First charges filed in 9/11/2012 Benghazi attack
Yemen denounces U.S. evacuation of some embassy staff as aiding extremists
Iraq violence: Car bombs in and around Baghdad kill 41
U.S. drone strikes kill 4 militants in Yemen
U.S. military evacuates non-essential government personnel from Yemen amid terror threat
Robert Fulford: Obama's new role as America's presidential scold
Al-Qaeda backers found with U.S. contracts in Afghanistan; incredibly, U.S. cites "due process rights" as a reason not to cancel the agreements
Guardian: Embassy closures earn little respect for a U.S. that's lost the benefit of the doubt
Western Embassy closures across the Middle East show the war against al-Qaeda is far from over
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos buys Washington Post for $250M
Explosives implanted inside terrorists' bodies may be behind current terror alerts
Quietest hurricane season on record to date
Boy-killing python had escaped before & entered ventilation pipes: expert
NASA: Sun’s magnetic field about to flip

This graph illustrates the variations in our solar cycle over several years and predictions into the future. ~ NASA/MSFC
Montreal, Maine and Atlantic railway files
for bankruptcy protection after blowing up Lac-Mégantic
Reuters: Saudi Arabia offers Russia deal to scale back Assad support
updated: Kenyan airport re-opens after massive fire destroyed terminals;
broke out on 15th anniversary of the bombings of the U.S. Embassy
buildings in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, in neighboring Tanzania
Foiled Yemen plot was to seize cities, oil terminal
NY Times: Yemeni authorities foil al-Qaeda plot, officials say
Terrorism? Nairobi airport closes as fire crews tackle major blaze

The BBC's David Okwembah, who is at the airport, says many ambulances are going
to the scene as well as fire engines. ~ BBC
B.C. snake owners concerned after New Brunswick python attack
Two boys died at best friend's, in living room where
they'd make forts from cushions and play video games

Noah Barthe, 5, left and Connor Barthe, 7, right, were killed by an African rock python at a sleepover
above an exotic animal store. They are seen here with their mother, Mandy Trecartin. ~ Facebook
NB children killed by python were on sleepover; didn't live there
Two children dead after python escapes from New Brunswick pet store

The python is believed to have escaped from Ocean Reptile and killed the two young boys
living in the apartment upstairs. ~ CBC
NY Times: U.S. extends closing of some diplomatic posts for at least a week
Officials: Chatter among al Qaeda operatives
in Yemen led to today's U.S. warnings

Threat to Yemen and possibly its capital, Sanaa, "appears much worse than it has in a long time," says Yemeni official.
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood leaders to be tried August 25
Terror threat: U.S. Senator cites increased 'chatter'
Close call: Steel beam crushes truck cab with driver inside

A truck driver is lucky to be alive after a massive steel beam missed him by mere inches in an accident at a Coquitlam shopping centre Friday morning. He was rushed to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. ~ CTV
Harper: Keystone XL pipeline important for jobs in U.S. and Canada
U.S. issues worldwide travel alert amid terrorism fears
Tombstoning: Terrifying new craze in Britain in which children
as young as 11 leap from clifftops into sea...

Fast-growing craze includes jumping into water from cliffs, piers and other structures.
Irving Oil to build $300M terminal for new E-W TransCanada pipeline

New TransCanada pipeline will stretch from Alberta to New Brunswick and keep a lot of oil off railways.
TransCanada goes ahead with new $12B pipeline
from Western to Eastern Canada, Alberta to New Brunswick
Canada's economy grew for 5th-straight month in May
Ontario Integrity Commissioner asked to examine Liberal
Premier's pressure on Queen's Park Speaker
Emails show Liberals bullying Ontario Legislature Speaker Dave Levac
Read the emails Ontario Liberal insiders tried to destroy [pdf]
'Appalling' new chapter in Liberals' ugly gas-plant saga:
Internal emails reveal plot to bully Ontario Speaker

Former Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty and now-Premier Kathleen Wynne show solidarity.
~ Chris Young The Canadian Press
Twins & triplets take Montreal in 'Just for Laughs' cowboy/cowgirl parade

Twins Alyssa left, and Amber right, Lavine walk down St. Catherine St. during the Just for Laughs
cowboy and cowgirl twins parade in Montreal, Saturday July 27, 2013. ~ Peter McCabe The Gazette
Triplets Maica (left), Laura (middle) and Lya Bealieu walk down St. Catherine St. during the Just
for Laughs cowboy and cowgirl twins parade in Montreal. ~ Peter McCabe The Gazette
Lloydminster crash: Death of six teens shatters parents’ lives

Six teens died in the car hidden beneath this tanker semi in a pond near Lloydminster, Saskatchewan. Police who
arrived at the accident were horrified to find the car crushed underneath it. ~ Jason Franson The Canadian Press
High speed on curve blamed in Spanish train disaster;
at least 80 dead, with another 36 in serious condition

Dramatic video footage from a security camera shows the train hurtling into a concrete wall
as carriages jack-knife and the engine overturns at driver-reported 190 kilometres per hour.
Voters drop Trudeau Liberals like rock after "sober second thought";
Forum Poll puts Harper Tories back on track to win slim minority
Spanish firm claims non-code girders "good for at least 30 years";
local builders say govt invited problem when they hired foreigners
Liberal Minister Murray admits he knew in May non-code girders were
being used; only stopped installation on Monday; latest Liberal fiasco
Lac-Mégantic reasonably demands MM&A railway foot clean-up cost;
5.7 million litres of crude oil spilled into local environment, govt says
Spanish company's pre-stressed concrete girders fingered in billion-dollar Herb Gray bungle: MTO & Wynne Govt knew, but public left in dark as by-elections loomed; who will pay for excavation, demolition, & new girders, concrete pours & landscaping? Why was foreign firm chosen?

Large-scale concrete pour takes place over faulty Spanish-made pre-stressed concrete girders during construction of
Herb Gray Parkway to eventually connect to new Windsor-Detroit international bridge. ~ Jason Kryk Windsor Star
Wynne by-election cover-up? $1.4B project halted 7+ months after
560 girders found to be sub-code; 320 already installed; Liberal
Government knew but didn't tell public with 5 by-elections underway
NY Times: How Goldman Sachs turns a slow Detroit-area warehouse
shuffle of 1500-pound aluminum bars into pure gold which we pay for

Aluminum ingots waiting to be shipped from a processor. Financial institutions like Goldman Sachs have
used industry pricing regulations to earn millions of dollars each year. ~ David Walter Banks NY Times
A master class in keeping them guessing to the end:
How the Royal couple kept birth secret for four hours

People gather outside a floodlit Buckingham Palace in London to mark the birth of a baby boy to Prince
William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, Monday, July 22, 2013. ~ Sang Tan AP Photo
It's a boy! Prince William's wife, Kate, gives birth
International tunnel sale not ruled out in Detroit bankruptcy [video]
First experiment began in 1942 on 300 malnourished Norway House Cree
CBC's 'As It Happens' interviews University of Guelph's Ian Mosby

Food historian Ian Mosby has found evidence of experiments conducted by the federal government on aboriginal children and adults, during and immediately after the Second World War.
While Canada was fighting ethically-challenged Nazis in Europe,
Prime Minister Mackenzie King's Liberal Government was
conducting medical experiments on Canadian native children
~           ~           ~           ~           ~           ~
Ian Mosby: Administering Colonial Science: Nutrition Research and HumanBiomedical Experimentation in Aboriginal Communities and Residential Schools, 1942-1952
Château Laurier for sale; opened by Sir Wilfrid Laurier in 1912

The Fairmont Chateau Laurier, just off Parliament Hill in Ottawa, has been put up for sale along with
a sister hotel in the U.S., the Fairmont Washington, D.C., Georgetown.
Hundreds dead? Britain taken by surprise by first prolonged
heat wave in seven years after coldest Spring in 50 years
Washington Post: Detroit owes $19B, debt restructure could take years
After decades of corrupt Democrat administrations, former economic
power Detroit files largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history

Kwame Kilpatrick was twice elected mayor, but resigned office in 2008 after pleading guilty to two counts of felony obstruction of justice. He was one of 7 Democrat mayors since 1962 who led Detroit towards bankruptcy through years of riots, brutal murder and crime waves, municipal frauds and consequent job evaporation. ~ Jeff Kowalsky Bloomberg
Record cold weather sweeps Western Canada, beating
previous lows set in the late 1800s; some places had frost!
Vancouver plane crash report: Fire risk after landing too high due to live battery circuits
Ontario by-elections: Ontario Liberals pounded by voters; cling to 2 of 5 "safe" seats, come third in provincial vote total as Hudak PCs make Toronto breakthrough and take most votes province-wide
updated: 4 electrocuted near Watford, Ontario as they installed a wedding tent and hit power wires; 1 dead, 3 seriously injured
Ontario Liberal candidate for Sarnia-Lambton goes rogue, says she's against government policy on wind turbines being rammed down municipal throats
Margaret Thatcher warned of Pierre Trudeau's 'unsound personal views' ahead of 1983 visit, secret files reveal
Senate can be reformed without prying open the Constitution, federal government argues
Ottawa, Ontario reportedly hiring bankers for GM share sale
Search for Lac-Mégantic victims ends with 5 still missing; vaporized?
Police training: ‘You shoot until the threat has stopped,’ use-of-force trainer says
Bombardier profit rises 22% in 2Q
Dix’s mentor and former boss Ian Waddell blasts NDP’s ‘laid-back’ BC election strategy
B.C. ghost town could become major natural gas hub; owner hopes to revive abandoned molybdenum mining town as a terminal
updated: Ontario by-elections: Poll shows NDP way ahead with PCs in second place in longtime Liberal stronghold of Windsor-Tecumseh
Ontario by-elections: Liberal Gov't's sub-dismal record under the microscope in five tight races which were supposed to be 5 easy wins for them
Ontario by-elections: Transplanted Minister Murray takes dumb comments to new low, says "provincial by-elections none of the Toronto mayor's business"
Ontario by-elections: Harsh words between Toronto mayor and former Winnipeg mayor who serves as Ontario Transportation Minister shows Liberal safe seats not so safe
Knifewielding Sammy Yatim ‘wasn’t stable,’ says witness on streetcar
MLB: Buck Showalter steamed at Yanks' possible A-Rod windfall
Banks, materials take TSX to two-week low as Fed stays course
Ex-Tory spokesman fined for failing to register as lobbyist
Latest e-mail revelations couldn't come at a worse time for Wynne's Liberals
Ontario Liberals bracing for the 'end' of Kathleen Wynne’s momentum
Keyera, Kinder Morgan to build new crude-by-rail terminal in Edmonton
Canoeist praised for 'changing the map of Canada' in wilderness adventure
Teen takes 'idiotic' language war to YouTube after Quebec says made up company name -- Wellarc -- sounds too English
Russia’s potash breakup a ‘game-changer’ for Canadian industry
Manitoba government wants to re-jig its feel-good never-met climate-change plans
Potash’s $20B market transformed by Uralkali move to end production restrictions
Emails reveal: Squirming McGuinty sought ex-judge's advice on derailing power-plant inquiry before finally resigning
Nine dead after norovirus outbreak at B.C. care home: chief medical officer
Elections Canada gives up on Liberals with illegal leadership campaign debts since 2006; still over $400,000 owing
Have the federal Liberals repeated the Ignatieff mistake with out-of-touch outsider tipped to replace Bob Rae?
SpaceX wins bid to launch Canadian radar satellites
Ontario by-elections: Liberal candidate in Scarborough knocked for talking out of both sides of her mouth; was against subways but now subway "champion" she claims, even as Liberals short-shrifting subway costs
World Fuel Services Corp. acts surprised, says it doubts Quebec Government can 'legally' order it to pay for part of Lac-Mégantic oil clean-up
TIFF 2013: Toronto Film Festival will world-premiere documentaries on Bob Guccione, the bank robber who inspired 'Dog Day Afternoon' and a painterly inquiry from the latter half of Penn & Teller
Canada Post honours 4 Canadian bands on stamps: Rush, The Guess Who, Beau Dommage and The Tragically Hip
Toronto Star: Nine wind turbines proposed for Leslie Street Spit in downtown Toronto; huge risk posed for migratory birds
Bombardier wins Saudia Arabia metro contract worth $383 million
Ontario by-elections: Windsor Star endorses PC candidate Robert de Verteuil in Windsor and PC candidates for all 5 Ontario by-elections for those who want change; "The province's financial situation has declined for a decade under the Liberals -- with a $11.7 billion deficit and debt heading toward $300 billion. The Liberals' track record is full of scandals -- $600 million wasted to relocate two gas plants, the Ornge Air fiasco and a billion dollars down the drain on the eHealth project. The province's economy continues to sputter and there's no real indication the government has the commitment needed to get Ontario's finances back in order."
Ontario by-elections: Hudak predicts change in former Premier Dud’s riding
Ontario by-elections: PC leader Tim Hudak sees "growing momentum" in race for Ottawa South; McGuinty stronghold under siege
Ontario by-elections: Ottawa Citizen endorses PC candidate Matt Young in Ottawa South
Ontario PCs lead in 2 Liberal strongholds ahead of by-elections
Windsor-Detroit tunnel’s U.S. side may soon be under control of Bermuda-based financial firm after bankruptcy intrigue in New York courtroom
Lac-Mégantic: Financial noose tightens around three U.S. firms at centre of Quebec rail disaster; MM&A, World Fuel Services Corp. and subsidiary, Western Petroleum Company
Toronto: Cop at centre of streetcar shooting suspended as new audio reveals officer’s final warning
Germany's Siemens completely winds down solar business
Green energy disaster sinks Siemens CEO
Outrage, questions in Toronto after teenaged knife-wielder shot dead by police in otherwise empty TTC streetcar [video]
TransCanada counters Obama's caution on jobs
Migrant worker receives $23,500 in damages in human rights abuse case after vile name-calling
Hudson's Bay buys luxury retailer Saks for $2.9B, may open 30+ Saks locations in Canada
Ontario by-elections: Hudak wants 'smoking gun' Auditor-General's report released before August 1st by-elections
Pay-it-forward at Tim Hortons becomes national trend: Outpouring of Canadian coffee shop generosity puzzles, inspires
Witness: Spain train driver said he couldn't brake
Six teens dead after crash near Lloydminster, Saskatchewan
NDP MP fined for robocalling violations
James Delingpole: Wind turbines are a human health hazard: the smoking gun
Christina Blizzard: Fort McGuinty attacked on the right and left
Pinocchio? Former McGuinty henchman Fraser, running for boss's old Ottawa seat, denies he knew anything about $600M gas plant fiasco, despite having been ex-Premier's 'executive assistant'
Ontario Liberals not escaping blame for blowing $600M on approving then cancelling gas power plants in Mississauga and Oakville says new poll
Senate scandal: RCMP say Mac Harb home ‘uninhabitable’
Bombshell policy announcement: Justin Trudeau wants to legalize marijuana in order to ‘keep it out of the hands of our kids’; does that work for alcohol, cigarettes?
ESPN: Biogenesis whistleblower claims more PED bombshells beyond MLB; include NCAA, boxing, tennis, MMA, but NOT NFL or NHL
Officials identify Canadian-Lebanese suspect in 2012 Bulgaria bus bombing
American-born woman gets media sympathy in trying to use Canadian race rules to access special Canadian native benefits
Canadian gifts for Prince George: $100k for Canada children's charity, a handcrafted blanket "reflective of our country's rich and diverse culture", children's books in both official languages, mukluks and moccasins
Lac-Mégantic: Police raid MMA rail company Canadian offices in Farnham
Police-reported crime drops again in Canada but still 2 million crimes and victims as "rate" rhetoric used to minimize problem
U.S. operator of Detroit-Windsor Tunnel files for bankruptcy
Gas plant emails re-surface at worst possible time for Wynne, just days before 5 by-elections, and after months denying she had anything to do with scandal
Canadian dream: Man buys free coffees for next 500 customers at Tim Hortons
Last runaway train was in 2011; carried iron ore, didn't derail; TSB report shows detail and analysis that goes into their investigations [pdf]
Ontario Conservatives add to lead over Liberals in 5 by-election races in Liberal 'safe' seats
Prince George, B.C. wants namesake newborn Prince George to bring his parents to celebrate city's 100th birthday in 2015
Christina Blizzard: Player in cancelled gas plant fundraises for Liberal Mitzie Hunter
U.S. judge halts all challenges to Detroit's bankruptcy bid
MLB players deplore doping rather than defend cheating users
Royal baby name revealed as George Alexander Louis
BBC: Newspaper review; print media waxed poetic, ecstatic and extensively on first public appearance by latest little royal
Quebec loses appeal to preserve long-gun registry data
Chow crudely plays politics with Lac-Mégantic, wants premature political sideshow while Liberals and Conservatives waiting for facts; meanwhile, Transport Canada orders all trains with dangerous goods to have two operators, and no such train to be left unattended
Canadian accused of terror links released from Mauritanian prison; Aaron Yoon has London, Ontario links to 2 Canadians involved in attack on Algerian gas plant
Libya: Canadian Embassy staff safe after car bomb explodes nearby while office closed
Persistent cold weather keeps thwarting German efforts to fight warming!
The world is not respecting or fearing President Obama
Al-Qaeda’s reality check
Tapper peeks into Benghazigate
Security tightens around shuttered Yemen embassies after militant warning
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.: The economics of no-growth
Mr. President: Economic growth lessons from America's North
A year ago Obama said al-Qaeda is on the run, and now WE are on the run; 22 Embassies closed across Middle East
Kerry replacing problematic Anne Patterson as Ambassador to Egypt with former U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford
Honduras militarizes main prison after deadly riot
George F. Will: Kevyn Orr, Motown’s one-man show
San Diego bidder questions Boston Globe buy, says he bid more; shareholder backlash?
John Kerry: Flying everywhere, getting nowhere
Joseph Camilleri: Election 2013 issues: Australia and the world
Stephen F. Hayes: Brennan sent letter to Benghazi 'survivors'
William Kristol: Is Al Qaeda on the run? Or are we?
Obama to skip meeting with Putin if no change with Snowden: report
P&G to put more marketing dollars in digital, focus on ROI across brands
Kevyn Orr: How Detroit can rise again
Forbes: Is A-Rod about to lose $34M bet with baseball and be suspended for 214 games on Monday?
Australian PM Rudd calls national election for September 7
Jerusalem Post: Interpol issues global security alert after prison breaks believed linked to al-Qaeda; Warning comes after U.S. issues travel alert, closes embassies
Volcanic range discovered off Norway's Svalbard archipelago on Arctic Ocean; rising from ocean floor, expected to break surface soon, heating Arctic waters
Frost damages nearly fifth of Brazil sugar cane crop
TMI? Critics say Obama revealed too much in Embassy warnings
CNN: Is rock 'n' roll radio on its death bed
Obama apologist admits: The attack in Benghazi -- worth investigating after all
In rare interview, Egyptian General sharply criticizes U.S. response, accusing Obama administration of disregarding Egyptian popular will and providing insufficient support amid threats of a civil war
John Ivison: Obama's latest Keystone comments could foreshadow a crisis in Canada-U.S. relations
New York Times sells Boston Globe to Red Sox owner John Henry for $70M; paid $1.1B for it in 1993
U.S. boosts rail safety requirements after Lac-Mégantic, Quebec crash of U.S. oil train
Benghazi may have been center for covert arms to Syrian rebels in CIA op; secrecy is to avoid Iran-Contra type exposure
CNN: Majority oppose bailing out Detroit - Quinnipiac poll
Under Obama Black teen unemployment jumps to 41.6%
Black boxes show Spanish train derailed at 179 kph
The top 10 riskiest industries -- and how much they’re going to lose in the next 5 years
World’s largest tunnelling machine, Bertha, starts digging new Highway 99 route beneath Seattle waterfront
How Hollywood censored films and an MGM executive even divorced his Jewish wife just to keep Hitler happy
CNN Exclusive: Dozens of CIA operatives on the ground during Benghazi 9/11 attack
CNN blockbuster: CIA engaged in massive intimidation campaign to keep Benghazi a secret
FBI taps hacker tactics to spy on suspects
Thanks, Eh: U.S. paying for Canadian police emergency radios
Syrian rebels fire rockets into Homs weapons depot: Massive blast kills 40
Booze by mail: U.S. Post Office looks at new revenue stream
Snowden leaves airport after Russia grants asylum
Cleveland: Ariel Castro plays blame game, won't take responsibility, says he's "sex addicted" at sentencing hearing
BBC: Will farmers benefit from demise of large potash cartel? [video]
Some Syria missiles eluded Israeli strike, U.S. officials say
Gore effect in Chicago: "coldest July weekend seen in the city in decades"
'Garden of Eden' to become Iraq's first national park
Hillary Clinton's worst nightmare: New Monica Lewinsky-Bill Clinton tape released
Bitcoin banned in Thailand
California: Want a jail cell upgrade? That’ll be $155 a night
Mini-apartments are the next big thing in U.S. cities
Fifty Shades of Grey - not the Koran - is 'most requested book at Guantanamo Bay'
Scrap green taxes or they will add a third to electricity prices by 2020, UK MPs warn
Weinerland: Top Weiner aide trashed intern who wrote campaign tell-all
Rules are rules, except in baseball and dictatorships
Obama risking Canadian relationship, former U.S. Ambassador says
Keystone XL proponents wonder where Obama got his low job-creation numbers; his nose continues to grow
The unemployment President: Obama mocked for 'disparaging private-sector jobs while backstage at a jobs rally'
Bradley Manning guilty of five espionage counts, five theft charges, a computer fraud charge and other military infractions; acquitted of aiding the enemy
Unemployment rates rise in 90% of U.S. cities
Appeals court: NYC's big-soda ban unconstitutional
Spain investigators: Train driver was on phone to railway official when crashed
Inglewood: The Forum aims to rock rival Staples with major renovation; now owned by MSG, will be dedicated to music, no sports
updated: All workers now accounted for, 8 injured after Orlando area propane tank re-filling plant blows up
Weiner falls to 4th in new NYC mayoral poll
FBI weekend raids rescue 105 young people from child prostitution; major targets were in San Francisco Bay and Detroit areas, along with Milwaukee, Denver and New Orleans
Canada's U.S. Ambassador disputes Obama's Keystone claims
Spitzer: Weiner shouldn’t be New York mayor
Clintons reportedly turning on Weiner after comparison of their sex scandals
At least 40 injured as two passenger trains collide head-on in Switzerland
Estimated value of diamond jewelry stolen in Cannes raised to $136M
Wave of car bombings targets Iraqi Shi'ites, killing at least 44
Libya: Explosions rock Benghazi, protesters take to streets
BBC: Italy bus crash: 'At least 36 dead' near Avellino
AP: 4 in 5 in U.S. face near-poverty, no work
Ariel Castro avoids death penalty with guilty plea over Ohio abductions, will serve life in prison
Death toll now 72 as Egyptian security forces fire on demonstrators at Morsi rally
Obama failures mount: Middle East is more of a powder keg, with more fuses, than it has been in years; political violence is surging
J.J. Cale, dead at 74
BBC: More than 1000 inmates escape from Libyan jail
Car bomb hits Turkish staff building in Somali capital, killing Turkish special forces agent
5.1M quake hits under Pacific off Vancouver Island
'$60 Trillion' Arctic methane scare is already disproven; emissions 'not caused by warming sea,' say top boffins
Washington Post: Methane mischief: misleading commentary published in Nature
Spain train crash: toll down to 78 from 80, 'black box' recovered, train operator detained as suspect
One of Wall Street's biggest firms faces criminal and civil charges with focus on insider trading
CNET: U.S. tells web firms to turn over user account passwords
'Sweet Caroline' Kennedy named new U.S. Ambassador to Japan
Teenagers who smoke cannabis damage brains for life and may be more likely to develop schizophrenia: study
Poll: Weiner has 'moral character' rating of 17%; fellow Democrats call for him to exit NYC mayor race
Weiner mess a character question for New York City voters; will largest U.S. city elect a low-life mayor, with all this evidence on the table?
Was Spanish train going over twice speed limit on curve when it derailed, killing 77?
Now, family rescued from SUV accident by Zimmerman fears wrath of his haters
updated: Spain: Passenger train derailment before huge Christian festival kills at least 77 with 130+ injured; still considered accident, but brings back memories of 2004 train bombing by Islamists
Obama blames others for his failures to fix U.S. economy despite 5 "summer of recovery" predictions
Egypt army call for support signals possible crackdown
Snowden to stay in Moscow airport for now
updated: CBS: Fire still out-of-control on blown-out Gulf gas well
Weinergate round 2: In bizarre news conference Weiner arrives late, admits guilt, asks for forgiveness, says possibly more to come, won't quit, asks wife Huma to speak; married by Bill Clinton, with Huma as senior aide to Hillary, subtext is how will this affect 2016?
Did Weiner really think he could hide behind 'Carlos Danger' nom de notoriety? Will he still be taken seriously as NYC mayor candidate?
Weinergate round 2: New York mayor wannabe Anthony Weiner a serial sexter? New revelations suggest he didn't learn his lesson
Detroit bankruptcy won't scuttle international ferry plans
Weather hype? 3 of 5 weather records set in Philadelphia this summer have been for rain, none for top temperature
Stephanie Flanders: Most British citizens oblivious to austerity; local budgets cut by average of 25%, yet 65% haven't noticed
Crystal Wright: Obama comments on Trayvon Martin were beneath the office of the Presidency
Hundreds of Al Qaeda militants flee Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison in violent mass break-out; 10 police killed in assault, 500 escapees, some re-captured
Coffee rises on threat of frost damage in Brazil; sugar advances
NOAA: 'Extraordinary' cold and large snowfall for southern Brazil
HPV linked to one-third of all throat cancers: Europe study
Daily Mail: While Zimmerman helped rescue family from SUV wreck last week and kept quiet, the race-baiting Al Sharpton keeps up the Martin-as-angel charade
Snowden expects to be out of Moscow airport and onto Russian streets by Wednesday
Car bombs, other attacks kill 46 people in Iraq
BBC: Online pornography to be blocked in UK by default, PM Cameron announces
The smearing of J. Russell George
Peter Ferrara: The meaning of the Zimmerman trial; Progressives bring the French Revolution to America
Obamacare’s branch of the NSA; community organizers will use a Federal Data Hub to sign up people for subsidies -- and even ballots
Flashback: Potential ObamaCare privacy nightmare; collecting personal data from across government opens door to abuse
The rise of the intangible economy: U.S. GDP to start counting R&D, artistic creation
Washington suddenly notices the economy still stinks for most people
Daily Caller: Embattled IRS chief counsel met with Obama 2 days before writing new targeting criteria
The other Detroits: Six ways 'shrinking' cities have tried to survive
updated: At least 75 dead after series of earthquakes hit northwestern China
Hypocrite-in-Chief? Obama co-sponsored 2004 bill strengthening self-defense in Illinois
Cleveland murders: Ohio police resume search after finding three bodies
Media created its own story in the Trayvon Martin case
New Transport Minister Lisa Raitt visits Lac-Mégantic, 7 mayors
want to meet with her about MMA rail line through their towns
Lac-Mégantic tragedy prompts special inspection of tracks across Maine

The aftermath of a train derailment and fire is seen in Lac-Megantic on Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Thirty-seven bodies have been recovered and another 13 people are believed to be dead. ~ Ryan Remiorz The Canadian Press
Toronto's Iconic Honest Ed’s store - famous for its cheesy
outdoor signage and low prices - quietly put up for sale

The iconic Honest Ed's, located at the corner of Bathurst and Bloor Street in Toronto,
Monday, July 15, 2013. ~ Peter J. Thompson National Post
Harper broke new ground with his twitter-first announcements of
cabinet shuffle, bypassing old media to talk directly to Canadians
India floods: More than 5,700 people 'presumed dead'
Loblaw to buy Shoppers Drug Mart for $12.4B
Harper names new cabinet via twitter, adds eight new members;
Nicholson & MacKay swap Justice & Defence; Kellie Leitch to Labour

Jason Kenney, Minister of Employment and Social Development, Diane Finley, Minister of Public Works, Peter MacKay, Minister of Justice, Rob Nicholson, Minister of Defence, Gary Goodyear, Minister of the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, and Kellie Leitch, Minister of Labour arrive for the swearing in of the federal cabinet at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Monday, July 15, 2013. ~ Patrick Doyle The Canadian Press
Calgary Stampede 101 defies odds to wrap up 10-day run with smiles

After 10 days of bucking broncs, 10 days of cotton candy and 10 days of celebrating the spirit of a community that has refused to be beaten by floodwaters, Stampede 101 is over. By Saturday night, 1,009,778 people had visited the 2013 edition of the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth. A few weeks before it was all under water.
CNN: Zimmerman found not guilty by jury
updated: France: Six killed as commuter train derails outside of Paris

Six died and several dozen were injured when a packed commuter train derailed at a station in Brétigny-sur-Orge, a southern suburb of Paris, Interior Minister Manuel Valls said Friday evening. ~ @remycatinois Twitter
Lac-Mégantic: ‘He looked very, very, very shaken up’:
Train driver’s horror described as he first saw flames
Treason? Did Hamas help Mohammed Morsi escape from prison
during 2011 revolution? Egyptian investigators want to know

A poster of President Mohammed Morsi in Cairo, Egypt, on June 11, 2013 reads, "Wanted for justice,
escaped from the Natroun valley prison in Jan. 29, 2011." ~ Amr Nabil AP
Chatham: No firm date yet to remove huge wind turbines
located dangerously close to Chatham-Kent airport

Transport Canada wasn't consulted before Province of Ontario rush-approved eight huge wind turbines near
Chatham-Kent airport. They're a safety hazard for pilots and the spinning blades also reportedly affect radar.
Teddy Bear row in High River, Alberta as flood clean-up in full gear

Alberta clean-up includes everything -- even the kitchen sink. Ruined drywall, doors, furniture, doors,
windows and warm memories are all on the street waiting for dumpsters. Then will come cleaning,
evaluations of wiring, plumbing, flooring and a rush to get things fixed before winter. ~ Pat Walsh
Lac-Mégantic: Death toll up to 20, MM&A President now says he
believes train engineer didn't set reported number of hand brakes
Lac-Mégantic oil spill clean-up efforts ‘a great success’; "No threat to public health now": PQ Environment Minister Yves-François Blanchet

Environment workers lay booms on the Chaudière River near Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, to contain the massive crude
oil spill following train derailment & explosion, Tuesday, July 9, 2013. ~ Jacques Boissinot The Canadian Press
Lac-Mégantic: Gazette: What causes a runaway train?
Why MM&A explanation doesn't make sense to rail experts
Quebec rail disaster shines critical light on oil-by-rail boom
Lac-Mégantic: Reuters: How train ran away & devastated Canadian town
Toronto police and firefighters rescue 1400 from commuter
train stranded on tracks with water up to windows
Record rains cause heavy flooding in Toronto area; 100 mm on Monday beats July monthly average of 74.4mm; city parkways, expressways,
subways drowned, streets, underpasses flooded, big power outages

The Toronto Police marine unit rescues stranded passengers from GO commuter train in Toronto
after unprecedented deluge. ~ @SimonOstler Twitter
Lac-Mégantic: Death toll now 13, number still missing "about" 37
Lac-Mégantic: Railway, fire chief dispute details surrounding lethal run
FLASHBACK June 28/13: Maine protesters arrested for trying to block oil train to Canada; "the moment we're in ... calls for dramatic action"
Lac-Mégantic: Journal de Montréal: Victims are unrecognizable: "could not tell if five people confirmed dead on Sunday were men or women"

Several sources confirm bodies were charred or practically vanished in blast. ~ ©Reuters
Lac-Mégantic: 'Wall of fire' engulfed Musi-Café, the popular and
full bar just 50 metres away from ground zero for Quebec disaster
as dozens of light oil-filled tanker cars ripped apart and exploded


Federal Industry Minister Christian Paradis, MP for Lac-Mégantic, ate lunch at the totally obliterated Musi-Café which became ground zero for one of the biggest and most deadly crimes in Canadian history just hours later. As the political minister for Quebec in the cabinet, Paradis will play a huge role in co-ordinating the federal recovery response at the political level. ~ graphic by Richard Johnson National Post (top) and photo by Ryan Remiorz The Canadian Press
Lac-Mégantic: Fires out, 9-member Transportation Safety Board team on-site; locomotive event recorder black box has been recovered
Lac-Mégantic Murders -- MM&A: Two ways to shut down locomotive:
emergency lever on outside and number of levers & buttons inside cabin.
"Both were used" by unauthorized persons

MM&A locomotive unit 8569 is a GE Dash 8-39B (sometimes referred to as a B39-8) 4-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Electric Transportation Systems in 1988. It is one of the locomotives typically used by MM&A in heavy hauls, such as the 73-car tanker train which was sabotaged in Lac-Mégantic. "If the operating locomotive is shut down, there’s nothing left to keep the brakes charged up, and the brake pressure will drop finally to the point where they can’t be held in place any longer," explains Montreal, Maine & Atlantic railway Chairman Ed Burkhardt.
Lac-Mégantic: Relatives have little hope for the 40+ missing
in Quebec explosion, fire; 163 evacuees stayed overnight in school
Brakes fingered by train owner, the Montreal, Maine & Atlantic railway
Lac-Mégantic: Criminal investigation under way; did Maine
or Canadian eco-thugs shut down train and shut off train's brakes?
Support Lac-Mégantic website (original in French)
Support Lac-Mégantic website (English translation)
FLASHBACK: 'Direct action' attacks: terrorism by another name?
updated Lac-Mégantic: All tanker car fires now extinguished;
PM Stephen Harper told town the entire country was praying for it
Donations to Canadian Red Cross: 1-800-418-1111

Police still investigating, no one in custody. Some 40+ missing, according to Sunday press conference. ~ CBC
CTV: Five now confirmed dead in Lac-Mégantic, 40+ missing
Fearless Summer: U.S. climate groups escalate anti-fossil fuels campaign;
"People need to do what makes sense for their struggle and campaign"

Is industrial sabotage still among the tactics advocated by the well-funded anti-fracking activists? Will they co-operate
and reveal any connections to those found guilty of tampering with this 73-car train full of light oil, causing it to roll
12 km downhill and kill the the people of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec and polluting its river and lake? ~ La Presse
Cheerleader website for fracking radicals promote links: "49 Acts of Powerline Sabotage, 19 Acts of Oil Pipeline Sabotage in Last Six Months"
Toronto Star: Police arrest two who snuck into Lac-Mégantic evacuation zone with "bad intentions"; warn of arrests for others
Sabotage? Did radical American environmentalists sneak across
Canada border, release brakes on ghost train and blow up Lac-Mégantic?
Same groups proudly blockaded same rail line June 27th in Fairfield, Maine

On Thursday June 27th, 350 Maine and Earth First members blocked a train carrying 70,000 barrels of "fracked" crude oil from North Dakota heading to a Canadian refinery. Six were arrested. The radicals say the took the action as part of 'Fearless Summer', a series of direct actions attacking fracking. ~ Michael G. Seamans Maine Media Today
Toronto Star: LIVE coverage of Lac-Mégantic disaster;
unconfirmed report 59 missing, water mains broken, using lake water
updated: 2 confirmed dead, 182 hospitalized, now
all 307 'accounted for' in San Francisco 777 crash

This photo provided to CNN by Eunice Bird Rah - shot by her father, who was a passenger on plane - shows
flames and smoke bursting out of many of the aircraft's windows. Rah's father knew something bad was coming,
he told his daughter, telling her the pilot appeared to try to raise the plane at the last minute. ~ CNN
Lac-Mégantic Ghost Train: One confirmed dead, dozens may be missing
Lac-Mégantic Ghost Train lost its non-running locomotives outside town

Dozens may be missing after runaway train blew up in downtown Lac-Mégantic at 1:30 a.m. ~ photo Twitter
Runaway unmanned train in Lac-Mégantic had been parked and locked
for night; wasn't powered as it rolled into town, derailed and exploded
Downtown Lac-Mégantic devastated by oil tanker blast, fire;
as many as 30 buildings said to have been destroyed
Lac-Mégantic located east of Sherbrooke, near Maine border
Still burning, leaking oil now in Chaudière River & Lac Mégantic [trans]


At least one Facebook page has been set up to locate survivors and sort out who's missing. ~ La Presse
Explosion, fire as 73-car runaway oil train derails in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec
1,000 people evacuated from homes, many missing, feared dead [video]

The Montreal, Maine & Atlantic railway train carrying crude oil derailed overnight in heart of Lac-Mégantic,
a town of 6,000 in Quebec's Eastern Townships. The huge fire has brought firefighters from town,
neighbouring municipalities and U.S. ~ CBC
Egypt: Islamist group threatens violence after Morsi ousting
PM Harper praises clean-up (and pitches in) as Calgary Stampede begins


Laureen and Stephen Harper have been lending a hand this week in High River along with thousands of other volunteers as Southern Alberta recovers from devastating June flooding. ~ ©Stephen Harper
Clement accepts arbitration offer from striking diplomats, with "conditions"
Libya: Car bomb near Canadian Embassy in Tripoli?
Are Ontario Liberals making misleading robo-calls in London West? Sure looks that way
Five women start 1st-ever end-to-end Lake Ontario relay swim today
Canadian retail sales jump 1.9% in May, most in three years
India: Mystery surrounds common bullets found in Mississauga grandmother's luggage; arrested, now out on bail during vacation
Ottawa asks courts for help with aboriginal abuse documents
John Baird welcomes EU decision to outlaw Hezbollah
Andrew Coyne: Fewer people sit below the poverty line now than ever before. Why are we not talking about it?
University of Toronto professor at Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) and former Ontario Deputy-Minister of Education, charged with 7 counts of child exploitation and out on bail, will cease all education duties, university announces, two weeks after charges followed raid on Benjamin Levin's house
MLB: Ryan Braun suspended rest of year -- at least 65 games -- for drug violations
Lac-Mégantic: $60M from federal government for recovery and reconstruction
Kitchener day care owner charged in kids' poisoning
Royal baby watch: Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, in labour
Wind power horror stories coming from all corners and walks of life
Wind farm bird deaths higher than previously thought
Lac-Mégantic: Paul McCartney offers free show tickets to town residents
Crown Royal: Diageo moving jobs out of Ontario to U.S. and Quebec due to higher Ontario electricity costs?
Lorrie Goldstein: Wynne’s green power blues; Liberals have gone too far to admit the obvious -- their renewable energy program is a disaster
Search resumes in Lac-Mégantic for missing after heavy cranes brought in from Montreal; official death toll now 42, with 5 still missing
Lac-Mégantic train disaster not first explosive derailment for rail veteran
Hypocrisy or worse? After giving go-ahead to Ostrander Point wind project in Prince Edward County, which threatened rare Blanding's turtles -- and which was cancelled by the Environmental Review Tribunal because of that -- the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources trumpets its support of these turtles
Lac-Mégantic: New Transport Minister Raitt advises her department to "expedite" a review of rail safety recommendations from Transportation Safety Board
Supreme Court grants appeal by former Congo diplomat seeking refugee status
Lac-Mégantic: Transportation Safety Board press conference; have already made safety recommendations to Transport Canada, proceeding with extensive analysis of site, train cars, locomotives, contents, etc., have conducted many interviews, looking at MMA and Transport Canada regulations, have met with and will keep families informed [video]
Australia: Disbanded climate change department defends cutting staff at the same time it was hiring
North American Windpower: Not FIT to be tried? Industry journal lectures energy companies for desperate problems in Ontario windland: "While the provincial government certainly deserves plenty of blame, wind developers themselves are equally responsible for the growing levels of resentment in Ontario" -- "For wind energy to reverse the ill will now permeating the province, serious changes will have to be made in the way developers engage the community"
Saudi Arabia’s oil sector threatened by North American supply
Tornado warning issued, promptly lifted for Greater Toronto Area after funnel cloud spotted in storm
CN and CP tighten safety rules after Lac-Mégantic disaster
Trudeau under fire by Muslim Canadian Congress for attending controversial Islamic group's event; they "endorse polygamy and support Sharia law in Canada"
Lac-Mégantic: Quebec brings in 9/11 expert to help sift through train crash debris
Toronto Mayor Ford wins subway debate; council backs his Scarborough subway proposal 28-16 despite heavy lobbying against it by LRT advocates, lobbyists and downtown left-leaning councillors
Chinese museum forced to close after revelation its 40,000-piece collection of ‘ancient relics’ are fakes
Shocked customers and staff at iconic Honest Ed’s faced with sale of store where nothing ever changes
Ontario waterpark facing 3 lawsuits, 20 charges for safety violations
Lac-Mégantic: 'Devastated' train engineer Harding speaks for first time through his lawyer, remains holed up; has been interviewed by police and Transport Canada investigators
Legendary builder, Don Smith of EllisDon, dead at 89
Wynne watch: A decade of energy over-spending and mismanagement of the energy portfolio by Ontario Liberals
Wynne watch: Premier wanted to be Agriculture Minister, too, but nowhere to be seen as farmers in flood crises
Sun Media to shutter 11 papers, cut 360 jobs
Lac-Mégantic: Death toll now 38; with 12 positively identified so far
Unemployment set to drop in Canada, U.S., says OECD
Wynne watch: Operational issues at Ornge linked to up to eight patient deaths: coroner
Canadian musicians plan multiple benefit concerts to help Alberta flood victims
Hudak says Toronto 'subways are the right thing to do'
Lac-Mégantic: Official death toll now 37; survivors begin class-action lawsuit
Lawrence Solomon: Arctic sea ice continues to expand, silently
Why small manufacturers are returning to ‘Made in Canada’
Levant on Levin: violating innocence at home and at work
Rick Conroy: McGuinty's folly; Had Dalton not decided to destroy Ontario's power system, consumers and businesses in Ontario would be enjoying some of the lowest prices for electricity in North America
Canadian federal cabinet changes Monday; media staking out Ottawa airport to see who's flying in for ceremony
Canadian actor Cory Monteith, 31, found dead in Vancouver hotel room
Lac-Mégantic: Church bells ring out to honour dead one week after tragedy
Lac-Mégantic: Five more bodies found, official death toll now 33
U.S. eyes high-tech security boost along land borders with Canada
Too much blood: Researchers fear the ‘gift of life’ may sometimes endanger it
NASA's Hubble telescope spots deep blue planet
Trouble-makers who claim they aspire to Canadian citizenship refuse to swear oath to Queen, demand it be dropped, despite not being citizens; time to deport?
Rogue natives led by anti-democrat Nepinak want steering wheel, elbowing hard at AFN Chiefs who disagree; is it time to de-fund the rogues?
Chris Selley: David Suzuki stirs the pot
Kelly McParland: Mulcair falls flat in effort to look prime ministerial
Taking flight: Canadian team nabs prize unclaimed for over 30 years with human-powered helicopter
Jason Kenney slams David Suzuki’s immigration views as ‘toxic and irresponsible’ after environmentalist says Canada ‘full’
Another benefit of increased CO2 – trees use water more efficiently
Andrew Coyne: Beware those using Lac-Mégantic disaster to further their own agendas
Faces of the Lac-Mégantic train disaster: Losses felt across Quebec and Canada
Ford has a better idea: Ontario and Toronto close to agreement on Mayor's choice of a subway rather than just an LRT replacement for Scarborough
Christine Blizzard: Liberals bowing to NIMBYism leaving Ontario in the dark
B.C. Premier Christy Clark cruises to victory in Westside-Kelowna by-election
'Prince of Pot' Marc Emery approved for transfer to Canadian prison
Premier Wynne adviser, with links to Trudeau and Rae, from prominent family, free on bail after 7 charges relating to making, possessing and distributing child pornography initiated by police in New Zealand
Lac-Mégantic: Train engineer Harding was involved in a train derailment last year, described as "polite man who talked a lot" by cabbie
Lac-Mégantic: Inferno easily viewed from space
Lac-Mégantic: Quebec sets aside $60M in emergency aid
Ontario Tories propose tax break that will benefit farmers and food banks
Gas plant scandal: Some deleted emails recovered after OPP called, Privacy Commissioner Cavoukian appalled at being misled
Lac-Mégantic: MMA railway boss Ed Burkhardt visits ground zero: "I’m devastated"; residents critical of company response
Lac-Mégantic: Total of dead/missing revised upwards to 60
North Perth investigates wind turbine noise bylaw because province usurped ability to ban them
Richard Gwyn: Formal and informal revolutions of rising expectations and lowering standards going global
Parker Gallant: Ontario’s Power Trip: Retirement deficit coming to your hydro bill
Fukushima lessons learned: Canada’s first nuclear emergency response support centre planned for somewhere in Ontario; may co-ordinate with U.S. centres opening soon in Memphis and Phoenix
Wheels of justice turn slowly: 'Miss Congeniality' gets conditional discharge for her part in 2011 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot
Lac-Mégantic: MM&A head accepts 'some' responsibility, says their "insurance company is co-operating and is preparing to accept claims from those affected by the disaster"
Bacon brothers murder conspiracy: Five UN gang associates took part in 'human safaris,' hearing told
Web troll weeps as sentenced to two years in prison for vowing to kill 200 in Facebook threat
Lac-Mégantic: Before and after photos show how train explosion destroyed small town's bustling downtown
Quebec rail tragedy serves as reminder that oil pipeline debate has led to poor decisions; until recently, oil companies showed little interest in transporting oil by rail in large quantities - and with good reasons
Leaked documents give ‘confidential advice’ to Ontario cabinet, shows there's no real plan to tackle structural deficit
Lac-Mégantic: Official death toll now 15, as finger-pointing blame game heats up
ESPN says Ryan Braun suspension from MLB imminent; says he refused to answer questions from MLB in recent meeting
'Snakes on train': Toronto storm-stricken commuter train gains slithering passenger from Don floodlands [video]
Lac-Mégantic: Rail officials face tough questions; Lead Transportation Safety Board investigator Don Ross confirms various established facts, but many contradictions remain, including who might have tampered with 'hand brakes'
Toronto floods leave electrical system 'hanging by a thread'
Canada Day B.C. bomber changed after converting to Islam, friend says
Lac-Mégantic: Engineer Tom Harding rushed to haul 9 tankers away from crash, railway chair says
Disaster train's one-man crew a U.S. trend
Lorrie Goldstein: Quebec rail tragedy shows need for oil pipelines
Power report: Continuing Ontario reliance on Liberal wind power plans are a lose-lose-lose-lose proposition: power costs higher, fewer jobs, reduced economic investment, more GHG emissions
Back to earth: Spanish government recognizes 'renewable energy' subsidies were unaffordably generous and is now asking for pay back
Lac-Mégantic: Nantes fire chief confirms late-night fire before train rolled away and exploded; says his man shut down locomotive and left train with two MMA employees
Lac-Mégantic: MM&A eager to set up local office and start compensating losses; "If I’m a business and it’s burned down, I want someone to pay for that loss. It’s as simple as that, and that’s what we’re prepared to do."
July 8th was the last day for AltaVista, the great 1990s search engine before Google came along and spoiled us
Train derailment may boost west-east pipeline support
Canadian Army goes back to the future with return to original pre-1960s Canadian ranks and designations
Lac-Mégantic: What role did Nantes firefighters play in shutting off Ghost Train brakes? New theories, details emerge
Federal Public Safety Minister Vic Toews resigns as MP and from Cabinet effective Tuesday
Canadian tragedy: And reflections on how efficiency and safety favour pipelines over railways, but since Warren Buffet's Burlington Northern Railway makes a lot of profit from oil and he donated to Obama heavily in 2012...
Canada has best reputation among 50 nations for third year in a row: 2013 Reputation Institute Country RepTrak Study
Oil shipments by rail have increased 28,000% since 2009; Warren Buffet and Bill Gates two of biggest railroad share owners; both against Keystone XL pipeline
Lac-Mégantic: Social media playing important role in train disaster
Violent eco-terrorist threats more common than many people realize
Lac-Mégantic: La Presse: MM&A locomotive engineer had 30 years of experience with Canadian Pacific Railway and an initial examination has found the hand brake was applied [translated]
Lac-Mégantic After unspeakable disaster, the townsfolk have exhibited tremendous compassion and dignity
Lac-Mégantic: Le Devoir: The multiple impacts are almost too much for the townsfolk to absorb: the loss of people, homes, stores, infrastructure and environment damage to trees, the river and the lake [translated]
Lac-Mégantic 'Like a war zone': Harper shocked after tour, says federal emergency funds will flow automatically, hints at additional funding after Cabinet discussion
Lac-Mégantic: Statement from Montreal, Maine & Atlantic railway
Lac-Mégantic Disaster triggers rail-vs-pipelines debate
Tone deaf: While Prime Minister Harper and Thomas Mulcair are in Lac-Mégantic sizing up the biggest disaster in his province's history, Justin Trudeau crashes a pancake breakfast at the Calgary Stampede and plays partisan politics; says he'll do a flood relief photo op, too
"We have to save them, we have to save them." Then the line went dead; One Red Cross volunteer put it bluntly: "You have to understand: there are no wounded. They’re all dead."
FLASHBACK: "A Call for Direct Action in the Climate Movement" -- code words for law breaking
Maine radical activist training: The "legal consequences of civil disobedience" and other tips for "direct action" enthusiasts; do they cover extradition treaties and Canadian prisons?
Union-owned wind turbine imposes low-frequency noise on homes that would be considered a workplace hazard in a car plant, says doesn't care, but local residents do
Ostrander Point: How a turtle toppled unwanted Prince Edward County wind turbines
Lorrie Goldstein: Wynne’s wind fiasco; IESO website explains real story of electricity generation in Ontario
High River still underwater
Conrad Black: Morsi’s unsuccessful Islamist audition
RCMP Commissioner asks for investigation of High River gun seizures by Mounties
Brian Lilley: Mounties try to shoot the messenger over their big mistake
updated: Childhood readers stay sharper in old age, brain study says
Brazilian school kids have been learning English by correcting celebrities’ grammar on twitter
Alberta commits $5B to proposed Energy East pipeline to carry oilsands bitumen to refineries in Quebec and New Brunswick
Ontario teachers shocked by ex-union head’s jump to Liberals; a question of loyalty
Toronto Deputy Mayor Doug Holyday to run in provincial byelection for PCs
Christina Blizzard: Byelections are a chance to give Liberals the boot
Windsor Star editorial: The ugly McGuinty legacy; the man who inherited prosperity and turned us into a have-not province; he cost us, and our children, billions of dollars more by doubling spending in just 10 years and running up the debt and deficit
Internal trade barriers an invisible monster threatening economy, Paradis says
Bitumen bubble bursts as price almost double the lows of January
Back in the saddle: Calgary Stampede 101 finalized as city's state of emergency lifted
Foreign Minister Baird says Morsi "accountable" after his ouster
PCs, NDP say Wynne playing ‘dirty tricks’ to give Liberals advantage with August 1st byelection date; falls just before August long weekend
Canada Day terror: Brother of BC pressure cooker bomb suspect says he "completely changed" a few years ago
View downloadable Ostrander Point wind farm decision from Ontario Environmental Review Tribunal (PDF)
Ostrander Point wind farm in Prince Edward County rejected by Ontario Environmental Review Tribunal
Canada to resettle up to 1,300 Syrian refugees by end of 2014
Rearview mirror: Toronto 18 and Squamish 5 are part of Canada's terror history
Douglas C. Engelbart, inventor of the computer mouse, dies at 88
Water bomber fighting forest fires in Labrador goes down, pilots safe
Grey County says county councils should be able to veto wind turbines
Being sold a bill of goods: 37 other pipelines under construction in North America while Obama claims to make a stand with Keystone blockade; Texas wind farms affect climate change and global warming more than Keystone, say Friends of Science
Lorne L. Dawson: Were Victoria, BC terrorist bomb suspects really ‘self-radicalized?’ Probably not
Molson's beer fridge that only Canadians can open
See the Canadian-American gun in Barbados which set world record by firing an object 112 miles into the sky; designed by Canadian engineer Gerald Bull it was abandoned in 1967
Why emergency fire shelters aren't used in Canada; different tactics and fire environments than U.S.
Gender gap? Women, especially in Canada, are more ignorant of politics and current affairs than men, says UK research
Propaganda watch: Commercial sponsorship from wind companies buying human billboards to come under review; school t-shirt giveaways in Huron and Perth counties don't raise flag for oblivious school board director
Parker Gallant: Today's Ontario forecast: Record high electricity prices
Five expected Ontario by-elections on August 1st could lead to Liberal Wynne ouster
Accidental death in Cirque du Soleil's KÀ in Las Vegas halts performances until further notice
updated: Canada closes Cairo embassy for security reasons
BBC: Morsi given until Tuesday to resign as Muslim Brotherhood offices ransacked; biggest crowds since 2011 revolution that toppled Mubarak
LIVE Al Arabiya blog: Egyptian protesters attack Muslim Brotherhood offices, say Port Said is "freed" of MB, fill Tahrir Square demanding Morsi resign
Construction underway on temporary housing in Calgary for High River flood refugees
Province: Longtime owner of Pemberton Soaring Centre one of 4 to die in the tragic collision with small plane that downed both craft in B.C.'s wide Pemberton Valley
5,000 High River flood evacuees assess damaged homes; town's 13,000 residents left last week when river burst its banks
Calgary to construct temporary community for displaced High River residents
Air, ground crews battle Labrador fires near Wabush; fire still out of control, unsafe for residents to return
Matt Gurney: High River citizens right to be suspicious as RCMP changes story over removal of guns
Conrad Black: Canada positioned like never before to be a leader and influence in the world
Quebec Opposition parties to band together to rewrite special legislation ending construction strike
Ontario messes: ORNGE helicopters banned from ‘essential’ landing procedure
Andrew Coyne: Senate’s defiance over union bill was brave, principled and completely wrong
'Shine coming off Trudeau Express': Liberal support drops, Tories make up ground in poll
DNA confirms at least one 'Boston Strangler' victim was killed by confessed killer DeSalvo
Retailers vow not to sell Rolling Stone issue as critics blast decision to put accused Marathon bomber Tsarnaev on cover
Rolling Stone cover of bomber Tsarnaev called 'slap' to Boston
Down's syndrome cells 'fixed' in first step towards chromosome therapy
CBS: Canadian cold front to bring relief from typical July heat wave
Coming August 12th: Elon Musk will reveal his Hyperloop in less than a month: How it might get you from LA to San Francisco in 30 minutes
The management framework that propelled LinkedIn to a $20B company
Dr. Alveda C. King: Judge by content of character, not skin color or hoodies
Solar storm could cause a catastrophe, and Earth’s defenses are few
Slavery alive and well in Africa
Will Corey be disbarred for holding back evidence?
Zimmerman prosecutor Angela Corey’s checkered past; Her peers describe an M.O. of retaliation and overcharging
Driving in the U.S.? There’s a good chance the government has a record of it -- even if you’ve done nothing wrong
Senior Taliban figure explains why group shot Malala Yousafzai in extraordinary letter to teenage activist
School meal kills 22 in India's Bihar state
U.S. ties outweigh intelligence 'squabbles' - Putin
Gay marriage reveals surprise contrast between "starchy" Britain and "freewheeling" France; Britain legalizes gay marriage as Queen Elizabeth II gives royal approval
Fired IT employee to file lawsuit against Zimmerman prosecutors
Mort Zuckerman: A jobless recovery is a phony recovery
Requiem for Spanish wind? The pain in Spain cannot be sustained; joins UK, Germany and Italy in cutting subsidies
Fugitive Snowden applies for asylum in Russia
GM global sales up 4%, may gain on Toyota
'Neo-Nazi' singer Vikernes in French terror arrest; a convicted murderer and church arsonist, he had past contact with Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik
Egypt: 7 killed in overnight Cairo clashes
Lac-Mégantic: American-owned oil train blows up just across border, kills 50+ Canadians; "If the wreck happened some 10 miles away, across the Maine border, it would have been on the front page of every American newspaper for days."
Australia plans to scrap carbon tax, bring forward trading scheme
Zetas leader captured by Mexican marines, authorities confirm
CNN: Juror says it was Zimmerman calling for help as he was being beaten
Russia's Putin wants Snowden to go, but asylum not ruled out
Sun's bizarre behavior: Weakest solar cycle in 100 years
China's economic growth slows more as trade slumps
Timeline: How the press prosecuted Zimmerman while stoking racial tensions
Guardian journalist says Snowden has 'blueprints' to how NSA operates
BBC: Secrets behind the sophisticated spam scams
‘Detached staple’ caused deadly French train crash
U.S. Justice Department says it will review Zimmerman case and whether to file civil rights charges
Egypt 'freezes assets' of Muslim Brotherhood leaders
Florida fires IT Director who testified for defense in Zimmerman trial
Dershowitz: Zimmerman prosecutors 'should be disbarred'
Jerusalem Post: Israeli submarine strike hit Syrian arms depot at Latakia, says British report; targeted advanced Russian-made Yakhont P-800 anti-ship missiles
Al-Qaida-linked gunmen kill Syrian rebel commander
Snowden wants Russia asylum, lawmaker says
BBC: Heathrow reopens after Boeing Dreamliner 787 fire
Fitch: France not worthy of AAA credit rating any longer
Twitter releases data to French anti-Semitism probe after court order
Will cheerleader's lawsuit victory trigger chill in anything-goes anonymous website postings?
China’s great economic leap forward hits the wall
Trapped: An air escape from Moscow unlikely for NSA leaker Snowden
CNN: Ex-Sanford police chief: Zimmerman probe 'taken away from us'; felt pressure from city officials to arrest Zimmerman to placate the public rather than as a matter of justice: "It was (relayed) to me that they just wanted an arrest. They didn't care if it got dismissed later," he said. "You don't do that."
MIT’s police chief calls for death penalty in Boston bombing case
Average New York City rent passes $3,000
U.S. lawmakers say Obama Administration’s lack of candour on surveillance weakens oversight
Futures jump in wake of Bernanke comments
More Chinese cities likely to curb auto sales: industry group
Bank of Japan says economy recovering, unfazed by China slowdown
Apple played 'central role' in ebook price-fixing conspiracy, says federal judge
BBC: Tsarnaev denies his obvious guilt as legal dance begins over Boston Marathon bombings
PCWorld exits print, and the era of computer magazines ends
Australian shale oil deposit living up to hype, may supercharge the Oz economy; find estimated to have between 3.5 and 233 billion barrels of oil
Passengers were told to not evacuate jet after it crashed in San Francisco - shortly before flames engulfed cabin
Slate: Zimmerman is probably going to walk, and that’s not a bad thing; leftie media finally wakes up, grudgingly, when confronted with facts of case
Landmark ruling against Apple changes the game for digital entertainment
Zimmerman does not testify, as defense rests its case; had been shown in court in various videos
Hilarious and true: U.S. Democrats introduce bill to create "national park" on the moon; apparently don't understand moon is not part of U.S.
Game-changer: U.S. successfully lands drone on aircraft carrier
Dick Morris: U.S. Latinos back border plan
Egypt: Arrest of Muslim Brotherhood spiritual leader ordered
Tribune Company, which recently bought more TV stations and has been expected to sell its newspapers, including Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times, announces restructuring to create separate broadcast and publishing divisions
Egypt: Army pushes transition ahead, naming economist Hazem el-Beblawi as Prime Minister; Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have committed $8B in grants, loans and badly needed gas and oil
Prickly ElBaradei lands on feet as "Vice-President" or perhaps just "Deputy to the President, Responsible for Foreign Affairs"
Treasure chest of 500 ‘new’ classic Chevrolets from longtime Nebraska dealer, with plastic on seats and stickers on windows to be auctioned off: 1958 Cameo pick-up with 1.3 miles on odometer, 1964 Impala with 4.4 miles on it, classic 1978 Corvette with 4 miles; more dust than miles
Zimmerman’s account of how he shot Trayvon Martin consistent with forensics, expert testifies
Last request: Man wants Cleveland Browns as pallbearers so team 'can let him down one last time'
Bret Stephens: Can environmentalists think? Think of the Keystone XL pipeline as an IQ test for greens
Has the smartphone boom peaked? Ominous signs pile up
Three Ohio kidnap victims say 'thank you' to supportive public in Youtube video posted at midnight
Egypt: Interim President Mansour seeks quick elections, a parliamentary ballot within about six months with a presidential vote to follow
Clearwire shareholders vote for takeover by Sprint with SoftBank blessings
Bin Laden's life on the run revealed by Pakistani inquiry
Loud explosion in southern Beirut suburbs
Italian mafia 'turns to wind farm investment to launder money and benefit from EU subsidies'
Zimmerman trial Judge allows defense to introduce evidence of Martin's marijuana use
Egypt: Islamist party backs out of negotiations to name Prime Minister after shoot-out
Hurricane Chantal moving fast, should hit Florida on Thursday
Federal official: Asiana flight tried to abort landing seconds before it crashed
Egypt: LIVE: Muslim Brotherhood calls for uprising
Egypt: Christian community fears sectarian violence
Daniel Hannan: Why Britons should celebrate the American Declaration of Independence
Government by shell game: Secret move keeps bin Laden records in the shadows
updated: Egypt: Official says at least 54 dead at attack in Cairo outside Republican Guard HQ
Asiana says pilot had little experience on 777s; only 43 hours, first attempt to land one at San Francisco
Egypt: Talks on new Prime Minister hit road block as Islamic group that backed Morsi ouster by Army, doesn't want ElBaradei
All 10 aboard dead after de Havilland Otter air taxi crashes at Alaska airport
Rescue vehicle may have run over and killed a San Francisco plane crash survivor
Egypt: Pro-Morsi mob waving Al Qaeda banners throws terrified teenage boy off 20-foot ledge before beating him to death
Is Obama abusing his executive discretion under the Constitution?
BBC: Radical Islamist preacher Abu Qatada has been deported from the UK after a lengthy legal battle; he has been charged with terrorism in Jordan and is now in a Jordanian jail awaiting trial
Pictures prove Secretary of State John Kerry was on his boat while Egypt plunged into chaos - after his spokesman denied he had been sailing in Nantucket
Islamic extremists kill 29 students at Yobe boarding school in Nigeria; teacher also dead
updated: Egypt opposition leader Mohamed El Baradei has NOT been named interim Prime Minister
Guardian: Mohamed Morsi's downfall determined by coffee shop rebels rather than army
Ortega says Snowden could have asylum in Nicaragua, too, "if circumstances permit"
Reuters Special Report: Morsi's downfall from military insider; ignored advice led to 'Plan B'
Zimmerman's magic bullet
updated: Venezuela's President Maduro offers asylum to Snowden
updated: At least 24 dead as Islamist protests spread across Egypt
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood plans wave of protests as Morsi’s supporters say they’re ready to become martyrs
Egypt crisis: El Baradei: "The other option was civil war. We were between a rock and a hard place"
Bloomberg: One-third of China shipyards face closure as orders slump
World leading, award-winning solar technology provider to slash 700 jobs in Germany
Charles Krauthammer: Obama’s global-warming folly
Morsi’s ouster spells trouble for region’s other Islamist movements
After Morsi’s ouster, a second chance for Obama
South African government denies Mandela in vegetative state after court papers claim doctors advised family to turn off life support 8 days ago
World leaders cautious after transfer of power in Egypt
Will political delay of ‘unworkable’ Obamacare backfire on Obama?
Egypt arrests supreme leader of Muslim Brotherhood
TIME: Fall of Morsi and Muslim Brotherhood welcomed by their tradional enemies in Arab world
Morsi's fall a devastating blow to Islamists, resulting from his disdain for "the will of the people" by which he said he'd abide
Obama attacked by all sides for wilfull blindness in naive, Quixotic & chaotic global warming crusade
While economy expands slowly, U.S. unemployment remains stubbornly high
Obama doubles down on Egypt folly
Kathleen Parker: Wendy Davis shouldn’t be sainted for her filibuster; abortion never for celebration
Obama orders U.S. to review aid to Egypt following removal of corrupt Morsi regime
Egypt: Leading Muslim Brotherhood members arrested
Youtube: Largest anti-government demonstrations in world history? Riveting video and rant of commentator on Russia Today TV
Nordex wind power firm shutters U.S. plant
Bessma Momani: The myth of political Islam has been exposed in Egypt; the real revolution
Investigators to examine why Arizona blaze killed 19
U.S. drone kills 16 suspected militants in Pakistan
Will voters see through "devious" one year Obamacare delay to stop negative feedback before 2014 elections?
Egyptian President Morsi rejects army deadline as 16 die in Cairo violence
NY Times: State’s witnesses in Zimmerman trial put the prosecution on the defensive
Zimmerman trial: Unhelpful prosecution witness testimony, consistency of statements by Zimmerman tilt trial towards acquittal [ABC News video]
Bolivian leader's plane re-routed on Snowden rumour
Protests in Brazil: It might as well be Spring
Brazil stocks plunge in broad sell-off; data showed Brazil’s industrial output fell twice the amount analysts had expected in May
Pentagon mum on Egypt stand-off after having supported military
Israel agrees to Egypt troop movements in Sinai near border with Gaza
Bomb blasts in Iraq kill
at least 43 people
Iran importing missile-grade ore from Germany, France
Obama Admin sanctions Myanmar General for dealings with North Korea
Tribune to buy 19 local TV stations for $2.73B; becomes largest TV broadcaster in U.S.; still expected to sell LA Times, Chicago Tribune and six other newspapers it owns
Zimmerman trial judge tells jury to ignore detective's assertion that he believed defendant telling the truth
U.S. seeks to calm European outrage over alleged spying
Egypt's Morsi and protesters on collision course
Putin puts 'stop damaging American partners' rider for Snowden to seek asylum in Russia
White House says Obama encourages Morsi by telephone to respond to protesters' concerns
Taliban attack on supply base in Afghan capital kills six
U.S. whistleblower Snowden seeks asylum in India, 18 other countries: WikiLeaks
Surprise: Ecuador not considering Snowden asylum: helping him was a 'mistake'
Shocking aerial images show utter devastation left when deadly Yarnell wildfire tore through Arizona town burning homes to ground and scorching earth
ABC: Most of Yarnell, town of 700 lost as Arizona tragedy revealed [video]
Brave firefighting crew of 19 was lost while battling to save small town of Yarnell, Arizona
Crew of 19 elite firefighters killed in Arizona wildfire; Only one survivor from 'hot shot' unit trained to venture into remote areas, which was overtaken by rapidly moving blaze
The FBI's teenage mole inside WikiLeaks
Obama announces $7B U.S. investment to electric power in Africa
'Shocking' allegations that U.S. spied on EU allies could threaten trade talks, officials say
Assange says NSA leaker Snowden 'marooned' by U.S. in Russia: 'He's being put through a meat grinder'
EU officials furious over reports NSA bugged diplomatic offices on both sides of Atlantic
Not so fast, not so hot: the record temperature in Las Vegas yesterday wasn’t 117°F
Nelson Mandela: A Canadian diplomat remembers his time with the South African leader
Aging weather stations contribute to high temperature records; record much higher daytime temperatures, 1.63°C higher than new stations
5 key moments from first week of Zimmerman trial
Is search for Snowden turning into sideshow?
BBC: U.S. and Ecuador discuss Snowden's bid for asylum
Ecuador breaks U.S. trade pact to thwart 'blackmail' over Snowden asylum
NY Times: Visit by Obama is overshadowed by Mandela vigil
Zimmerman trial: Neighbor who called 911 testifies Trayvon Martin was on top of Zimmerman moments before fatal gunshot; says Zimmerman was person yelling for help
updated: Vatican Bank probe leads to three arrests; prelate, broker and member of Italian Secret Service arrested; attempt to smuggle $26M from Switzerland to Italy
Snowden's dad proposes deal for son's return; raises concerns about some of the people surrounding his son, including WikiLeaks
Cafe attacks in Iraq kill 17
Twitter account of 'star' prosecution witness scrubbed overnight of tweets referring to drinking, 'getting high', and DUI
ABC: Severe doubts being raised about reliability of 'star' prosecution witness in Zimmerman-Martin trial; admits lying, didn't write letter she sent to Martin's mother and couldn't read the cursive handwriting: "I don't read cursive", now says she dictated it
Charles Krauthammer: Nationalized gay marriage, now inevitable
Vance Serchuk: Syria won’t be Iran’s quagmire
Why Russia evacuated its naval base in Syria
Revealed: UAE fighter jet in near-miss with Emirates Boeing 777 bound for Istanbul with 431 people aboard
Indictment: Boston Marathon bomber Tsarnaev downloaded bomb-making instructions, jihad literature
Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev indicted on 30 counts; faces life in prison or the death penalty in 17 of the charges
BBC: Exact duplicate mouse cloned from single drop of blood
Europe’s renewables hype implodes as German solar goes belly up
Anthony Watts: Obama's White House releases a laughable, error-filled state-by-state climate impact report
Secret CIA memo leaked: CIA is cracking down on leaks
Buffalo-Fort Erie Peace Bridge deal reached after long cross-border feud
Hong Kong says U.S. got Snowden's middle name wrong
Pope probes Vatican bank as part of expected clean-up
Snowden still in limbo at Moscow airport, Ecuador asylum decision may take weeks
France24: Agressive Leftist killed in brawl 'threw first punch' after targeting skinheads
Dual Supreme Court rulings boost gay marriage; the Clinton-signed DOMA violates 'equal protection principles'; Justices avoid ruling on California's Prop 8, effectively upholding a federal district court's ruling striking it down
U.S. Supreme Court strikes down DOMA and Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage
Texas immediately restores voter ID law after Supreme Court decision
John Ivison: Obama's pragmatist side wins out on Keystone
Keystone pipeline supporters and foes read Obama’s climate-change speech differently
New York puts nix on Wallenda walk between Empire State and Chrysler skyscrapers
Forbes: Chicago Blackhawks Stanley Cup win will add $50M to team's value
8 attackers, 3 guards dead after assault on Afghanistan's presidential palace
McCain: Time to get tough with Putin
U.S. Supreme Court strikes down restrictive Voting Rights Act formula that put heightened scrutiny on Texas, other southern states
Espionage, not change of heart? Snowden admits infiltrating contractor to harvest documents
Is Snowden's flight stalled for now?
Snowden snowballs into colossal embarrassment for Obama and his foreign policy
NY Times: Owner of Hudson’s Bay and Lord & Taylor explores deal to buy Saks
Explosions, gunfire outside Afghan presidential palace
U.S. worried about security of files Snowden is thought to have
U.S. factory boss held hostage in China by workers demanding severance packages even though not being laid off
Reuters analysis: Al Qaeda's Syria rift may lead to open conflict among jihadis
Send him back: U.S. urges nations to return Snowden
U.S. masks its humiliation over Snowden case with sarcasm
Italy court convicts Berlusconi on sex charges; 7-year jail sentence for abuse of office and paying for sex with a minor
Series of bomb attacks in Iraq kill at least 42
NY Times: Escape from Hong Kong; how and why Snowden fled suddenly
Business Insider: It's becoming more clear how hard Hong Kong just slapped the U.S. in the face
BBC: Ecuador Foreign Minister confirms Snowden has asked Ecuador for asylum; link to live press conference in Hanoi, Vietnam
The Snowden Moscow airport stakeout continues; is he still there?
INSIGHT: What if journalists covered the U.S. as they provide world coverage to the U.S.?
China persuaded Snowden to flee Hong Kong: sources
Russia defiant as U.S. raises pressure over Snowden
Douglas V. Gibbs: Edward Snowden’s questionable associations
BBC: Hero/villain Edward Snowden Ecuador-bound in next few hours?
Bonn endgame: Africa rebels as climate talks collapse
Mark Steyn: Obama’s melting wings
NSA leaker Snowden arrives in Moscow en route to 'third country' with WikiLeaks help; examined by Ecuadorean doctor at airport, now said to be en route to Cuba
Laura K. Donohue: NSA surveillance may be legal -- but it’s unconstitutional
Brazil stuns the world with an angry undercurrent
Norway's Pirate Party says Snowden travelling through Oslo to Iceland [translated]
Snowden: final destination may be Cuba, Ecuador, Iceland or Venezuela, according to various reports
VOA: Snowden flew from Hong Kong to Moscow via Aeroflot says South China Morning Post; will Russians turn him over to U.S. or provide asylum?
AP: Hong Kong says Snowden has left for third country
Why are Brazilians protesting the World Cup? Most feel the biggest football festival in the world, along with the foundation of their country, is being stolen from them as neighbourhoods are being confiscated and razed, and public money poured into stadiums
Rex Murphy: Barack Obama becomes ordinary as his remarkable, but largely artificial, charisma fails
"He was a sitting target" -- Mother of Canadian Muslim convert says son recruited into Syrian conflict from Calgary mosque
LA Times: Black Ops? FBI denies Michael Hastings was under investigation; he was working on story about Jill Kelley privacy lawsuit against DoD and FBI
KTLA Exclusive: Michael Hastings sent colleagues email hours before fatal crash; "I'm onto a big story and need to go off radar for a bit"
Boeing bets on Jumbo rebound while some 747-8s wait in desert storage
Araminta Wordsworth: Brazilians prefer bread to expensive circuses
NSA implementing 'two-person' rule to stop the next Edward Snowden
NY Times: In turnabout, Syria rebels get Libyan weapons, financed by Qatar
Syria: Rebels 'have new weapons'
Edward Snowden extradition attempts 'could take years'
The German Solar Disaster:
21 Billion Euros burned
Michael Walsh: Obama’s rotten road trip; falling flat all over Europe
U.S. army in Jordan expands to 1,000 troops
LA Times: Morsi opponents push for a new revolt in Egypt
U.S. has secretly provided arms training to Syria rebels since 2012; CIA agents and special ops troops have trained rebels in anti-tank and anti-aircraft weaponry in Jordan and Turkey
U.S. charges Edward Snowden with espionage in leaks about NSA surveillance programs
World faces ‘perfect storm’ as liquidity dries up
Zero Hedge: The party is over
Nik Wallenda set to wire walk across Grand Canyon gorge on Sunday
NY Times: Mercurial mortgage rates to stabilize soon, analysts say
Hezbollah fighters should pull out of Syria because they are fuelling instability at home, Lebanese President says
Obama’s crackdown views leaks as aiding enemies of U.S.
Washington state DOT dropped ball, didn't flag caution on I-5 Skagit River span
Gawker video: Michael Hastings' Mercedes burns after hitting hydrant and palm tree at high speed [video]
Assassination? Was star Buzzfeed/Rolling Stone writer Michael Hastings murdered on the streets of LA only hours after revealing he was under FBI investigation?
Brazil protests: More than half a million take to the streets one week after protests started
Salon: Rahm Emanuel is losing control of Chicago
Berlin looks a lot different to 'tarnished' Obama in 2013 than it did in 2008; embarassingly small crowd for Brandenburg Gate speech; 2008 - 200,000 people, 2013 - 6,000 people; bleachers less than half full, parade square mostly empty [photos]
Leading 3D printer firms to merge in $403M deal
FBI ends latest Michigan search for Jimmy Hoffa's remains
Obama in Berlin: 'Our work is not yet done'
Boston: NFL fans stunned as New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez 'has not been ruled out as a suspect' in a homicide investigation; Hernandez said to be not cooperating with investigators
Finding IRS scandal’s origins like peeling an onion; lessons in bureaucratic indecision-making or something more sinister?
Snowden and the globalization of whistleblowing; inevitable after globalization of terror and surveillance, or still insidious?
NY Post: A scandal of scandals -- with Obama at center
Obama defends NSA secret data gathering as 'transparent'
German energy: White elephants seen in North Sea
Huge offshore energy project may prove expensive disaster

Germany building expensive navigation hazards in North Sea. ~ AP
UK's Hague says Morsi ousting tells next leaders to do better -- or else

Egyptians celebrate outside the Presidential palace after President Morsi was ousted.
Teacher wears same outfit for school photo for 40 years

Teacher Dale Irby told the Dallas Morning News that when he received his photo in his second year he was embarrassed to discover he'd worn the same polyester shirt and brown sweater vest as the first year. His wife dared him to wear it again the third year. Then why stop? Above, from left: 1973, 1980, 1988, 1996, 2004 and 2012
Egyptian state TV: Islamist gunmen attack Egypt's Sinai airport

Military vehicles proceed northeast of Cairo May 21, 2013. ~ Reuters
Knives come out for U.S. Ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson

Ambassador Patterson was seen as a Morsi ally at a time when groups had decided he was
taking centrist Egypt on an Islamist ride that was making everything worse.
Egypt: Arrest warrant issued for Muslim Brotherhood chief & deputy
for killing 8 protesters in clashes outside group's Cairo headquarters
Mansour, 67, from little-known judge to Egypt's interim ruler

Mansour was never a household name, but that probably served the military's purposes
in their search for a neutral figurehead for a potentially rollercoaster transition.
Egypt's interim President Mansour praises protesters, says united Egyptians
Obama was silent as 'largest protest in human history' felled friend Morsi
Sunday 'Tamarod' protest numbers across Egypt as high as 17 million
Anti-Obama messages popular among huge anti-Morsi crowds in Egypt

One of only dozens of anti-Obama banners in Tahrir Square and surrounding avenues. Others
reassure Americans they are loved, it is their President and Ambassador who aren't.
updated: Chief Justice Mansour sworn in as interim President of Egypt
Army to install temporary civilian government until elections;
Morsi, aides under house arrest, Brotherhood, Al-Jazeera studios raided
Reuters: LIVE coverage from Egypt [live video]
updated: Lt. Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi announces on State TV that interim President and Head of State - Adly Mansour, Egypt’s top judicial authority - will have right to decree laws during transitional period

Egypt's military chief Lt. Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi spoke to nation on State TV. ~ AP/Egyptian State Television
Independence Day, July 3, 2013: Egyptian Army ousts Morsi, suspends
constitution and vows new elections; top Army commander on television:
Morsi "failed to meet the demands of the Egyptian people"

Fireworks burst over Cairo's Tahrir Square, the center of protests against Mohamed Morsi, and across
the Egyptian capital after the army suspended the Egyptian Constitution and appointed a new, interim
Head of State Wednesday. "The people and the army are one hand," protesters cheered in the square,
amid the roar of horns and chanting, a Reuters witness said. ~ Steve Crisp Reuters
Bloodshed and blood oaths stain Egypt's
protests, as military ultimatum runs out
Egypt: Army chief meets commanders before Morsi deadline
Male terror suspect has criminal record that includes violent attacks,
played in death metal band, ranted in street about afterlife and Islam

Not your average Canadian: John Stewart Nuttall, 38,
charged in Victoria, BC Canada Day terror plot
B.C. terror bombers share traits with Boston's Tsarnaev brothers:
recovering drug addicts, living on welfare, converts to Islam 2 years ago,
attended nearby mosque, and listened to radical Islamist tapes
Marathon-style bombs in thwarted B.C. terror plot were planted
among crowd of 40,000 Canada Day revellers; scooped by police

B.C. Premier Clark announces terrorism charges to media. John Stewart Nuttall and Amanda Marie Korody
were each charged with knowingly facilitating a terrorist activity. ~ Geoff Howe National Post
Despite checkered past, no one saw couple in BC terror plot as threat
Canada Day killers: B.C. terrorists "inspired" by Al Qaeda
built multiple pressure cooker bombs filled with rusty nails, nuts, bolts

Boston Marathon-style pressure cooker bombs seized by RCMP in British Columbia plot.
LIVE in Cairo: Egypt on the edge after Morsi rebuffs army ultimatum;
streets filled as revolutionary spirit and anticipation palpable
Canada Day killers: Victoria man, woman charged
in terrorist plot at B.C. legislature

July 1, 2013: Hundreds gather on B.C. Legislature lawn to form Canada Day living flag. Two Victoria residents have been charged with terrorism after suspicious package found. ~ Bruce Stotesbury Victoria Times Colonist
Reuters: Egypt army gives ultimatum to Morsi, will scrap constitution, parliament if no resolution by Wednesday; main liberal and leftist opposition alliance has refused to talk to Morsi, demanding along
with youth activists that he resign immediately
Russia loses $200M satellites as launch ends in flames [video]

An unmanned Russian rocket carrying three navigation satellites failed at lift-off at the Russian-leased Baikonur
launch facility in Kazakhstan. All staff were in bunkers and there were no injuries as the rocket lost control and
headed back to earth after an emergency switch-off of the rocket’s engines 17 seconds into flight. ~ Reuters
Canada Day sees Canadians celebrating around the world


The Toronto Blue Jays celebrated Canada Day with their traditional red and white uniforms, a full house and an 8-3 win over the Detroit Tigers. Newly red-headed Carly Rae Jepsen topped a rich tableaux of Canadiana on Parliament Hill as Commander Chris Hadfield made his final public appearances as a Canadian astronaut (retiring on July 3rd) with guitar in hand, Snowbirds, skydivers, other warmly received music acts including Metric and Terri Clark, and a red and white cast of a few hundred thousand. And, Oh yeah, both Gov-Gen David Johnston and Prime Minister Stephen Harper paid warm tribute to the late Stompin' Tom Connors. ~ photos Frank Gunn (top) and Fred Chartrand The Canadian Press
Anthem-singing stokes patriotism say large majority of Canadians: poll
Where to celebrate Canada Day this long weekend

The Toronto Zoo is open to visitors on Monday, July 1st - Canada Day. ~ Darren Calabrese National Post
Dozens of wild animals rescued from Alberta deluge

Wildlife technicians at the Calgary Wildlife Rehabilitation Society hold baby beavers Aspen and Birch,
rescued from Bow River flood waters. ~ Gavin Young Calgary Herald
Egyptians flood streets to demand Morsi ouster
4 dead after glider-Cessna mid-air crash north of Whistler, BC
22 million Egyptians sign petition for Mohammed Morsi to step down
Fears deadly MERS virus could go global as millions prepare
for trek to Mecca in Saudia Arabia for annual pilgrimage
128 degrees in Death Valley, but still 6 degrees short of record set 100 years ago
Pakistani girl accused of blasphemy now living in Canada
Some High River evacuees cleared to return home, but most of town 'still under water'
Sluggish April GDP confirms Canadian economy slowing amid continuing global economic uncertainty
New rules on wireless spectrum transfers unveiled; licence transfers to be reviewed by Industry Canada within 15 days of deal being struck
BlackBerry reports sharp drop in share price, first-quarter net loss of $84M
Embattled High River Mayor asks Alberta government to take over his devastated town
PMO says the RCMP in High River has better things to do than seize guns from flooded homes
Alberta flood aftermath: Mounties' firearm seizures from homes in evacuated High River adds to citizen tension; evacuees and non-evacuees being treated differently by province a week after mega-flood as Mounties try to keep town locked down
A fifth Ontario Liberal MPP jumps ship; but Margarett Best was already gone, AWOL from Queen's Park since February
CRTC approves Bell's revised $3.4B acquisition of Astral Media
Empire sells theatre business; Cineplex gets 26 locations, Landmark gets 20
Astronaut Chris Hadfield receives unique national honour as he prepares to retire; first holder of both the military and civilian Meritorious Service Cross
Parker Gallant: Ontario’s power trip: McGuinty’s bigger debacle
Pilot resignations hit troubled Ontario Govt ORNGE air ambulance service; three last week alone
Canadian in Algeria gas plant attack threatened to kill hostages, made bombs
Texts, multiple video surveillance recordings, guns, shell casings cited in charges against NFL's Hernandez
Longtime radio personality Dave Rutherford dumped from Alberta airwaves after criticizing station’s flood coverage
Ancient Yukon horse yields oldest genome ever; 700,000-year-old DNA reveals history of horse evolution
updated: NFL player Hernandez arrested; charged with murder and concealing evidence; Patriots drop him
Possible Verizon bid for Wind Mobile slams Canadian telecoms
Tourists stranded on Canadian Arctic ice floe make it to shore, await pickup
Gordon Clark: The party is finished for increasingly irrelevant NDP
Citizen McGuinty even more hypocritical than as Premier
Public Safety Minister Vic Toews expected to retire shortly
20 people stranded on ice floe in Nunavut
BlackBerry launches service to manage Android, Apple devices
Indigo to open 40 Apple in-store shops as retailer works through ‘difficult transformation’
Calgary Stampede selling 'Hell or High Water' T-shirts to raise money for flood relief
John Tory says he's considering running for Toronto mayor
McGuinty says he 'didn't give much thought' to law over how government handles documents
Calgary Zoo struggled during flood to keep hippos from escaping, and in rescue and calming of terrified, shivering giraffes up to their torsos in cold, muddy water, were kicking at their wet-suited saviours
Happy fans fill Chicago streets, 23 arrested; no riots in Boston
Kitchener-Waterloo Record Editorial: A white flag for green energy; Ontario Liberals bill of green goods "is an abject failure that inflated electricity costs, alienated rural communities and never lived up to its billing as the engine not just of more jobs but an entirely new manufacturing sector"
Watchdog slams McGuinty’s office over deleted emails
Chicago wins Stanley Cup by doing to Boston what Boston did to Toronto: snatching victory from defeat with two goals in 17 seconds starting just 76 seconds before the Bruins would have forced a Game 7
Green scams: The Bloom is off Bloom Energy
Leafs' Chair Tanenbaum gives $35M to Toronto hospital
Kelly McParland: Calgary flood sparks crisis in punditary predictions as Tories delay conference until the fall
The Calgary Zoo animals that didn't make it: Peacock, tilapia and piranhas causalities of floods
Alberta flooding could wipe $2-billion from Canadian economy in June alone
Prince William sends royal couple's sympathies to Alberta
Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee warns malevolent forces are 'trying to take control' of internet
Bell accused of breaking labour law with unpaid interns
Barrick Gold to axe 1/3 of Toronto head office staff as price drops
Some flooding in Medicine Hat, but not as severe as initially feared
Get out of flood-ravaged High River, Alberta Mounties urge
Fourth Ontario Liberal jumps Wynne's sinking ship as Broten leaves province
Lorrie Goldstein: Just call them the Fiberals
Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi makes jokes in downtown Toronto about cocaine while his city floods
Saskatchewan flooding: More than 2,000 people fleeing floodwaters
Labrador town of Red Bay granted World Heritage Site status
Doctors make progress toward 'artificial pancreas'
Liberal boondoggle ORNGE should get out of aviation operations, critics say; May’s deadly Moosonee crash raises questions about management of chopper fleet, say MPPs & pilots
Prairie dogs' language decoded by scientists; human-animal translation devices may be available within 10 years
Martin Regg Cohn: Is green energy fading to black in Ontario? Liberals have destroyed economy and now downsizing failed Samsung renewable energy deal
Albertans on high ground reach out on internet to flooded-out brethren to offer emergency accommodations
Drivers Simonsen, Silvester die in races in France and Germany; 24 Hours of Le Mans and 4-hour Nürburgring endurance races
Conservatives cancel national convention planned for next weekend in Calgary due to flood emergency
Flooding causes 'shocking', unbelievable damage to Calgary's Saddledome NHL arena
Susan Delacourt: What do Harper, Rae have in common? You'd be surprised
Water levels, death toll expected to rise in flood-ravaged Alberta
Officials warn downtown Calgary powerless until at least mid-week
John Ivison: Any reasonable person would have assumed Justin Trudeau represented Liberals when he gave $20,000 speech
Is retro 'Toronto the Good' impulse threatening to shut down city's legendary nightlife? Mayor Ford opposed to new backdoor-imposed restrictions proposed by left-wing councillors
Harper empathizes, promises Calgary life will get back to normal when floods recede and provincial and federal aid help re-building
Don Braid: Challenges are huge, but Calgary Stampede 'must go on'; two weeks before opening day, grounds and grandstand under water
Regional Municpality of Niagara votes to back west Niagara wind turbine fight
Politics may be a ’24-hour job’ but House rules make it easy for MPs to earn extra income
Conrad Black: Journalism’s self-righteous myth-makers
India flooding death toll nears 600
3 bodies found in Alberta floodwaters
Hershey Canada to pay $4M fine after pleading guilty to chocolate price fixing
Federal Fisheries Minister Keith Ashfield has asked PM Harper to drop him from cabinet so he can focus on recovery from cancer
Ontario cancels $150M in funding for Toronto
Quebec police ID two women employees who died in BEM Fireworks plant explosion in Coteau-du-Lac
$20G Leader? Liberal lottery values private summer BBQ dinner with Trudeau at $999, with limo ride; no purchase necessary, no opponents wanted
Dozens of events washed out in and around Calgary
Prime Minister's father-in-law, 74, defies High River evacuation orders to help pump water out of neighbourhood seniors' basements using his generator
Keyboard loyalists fuel rebound as BlackBerry poised to snap five-quarter streak of declining sales
More Momo: Pictures and videos of massive flooding in Canmore and southern Alberta
Ontario-Samsung energy-jobs deal cut as deadlines missed
Kelly McParland: Unions bring Tory union-busting efforts on themselves
Terence Corcoran: Chasing cars out of downtown won't help fix Toronto's transit woes, but building more subways will
Story hard to swallow: Birder says nest empty at Ottawa bridge demolition held up by nesting birds, but Ontario govt keeps contractors away anyway
When charity sent request for refund it received no reply at all, not from speaking agency nor from $20,000 man, Justin Trudeau
Molson Coors says 'not so fast', summer won't be Miller's 'Miller time' in Canada
John Ivison: Justin Trudeau is seeking absolution without admitting guilt
Ontario blocks multi-million dollar Ottawa bridge project because of barn swallow nests -- despite estimated 350,000 barn swallows in province
Flooding and evacuations underway in Alberta municipalities
Ford wins again: Supreme Court of Canada rejects appeal; appellants pay costs
Variety: Iconic Sopranos actor James Gandolfini, 51, dies of sudden stroke in Italy while on vacation
Quebec mayor watch: Hudson Mayor Michael Elliott resigns
Latest tit-for-tat tempest in a teapot from Ottawa: Liberals upset Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird stayed at Canada High Commissioner's home in London while it was vacant instead of paying for hotel
Andrew Coyne: Was it wrong for Justin Trudeau to take money for speaking? Every answer to every related question...
Ottawa’s cold wet spring ‘the definition of misery,’ says Canada’s weatherman; Summer fashions a casualty as Ottawans bundle up for warmth
Conservative Senators ready to sit into July to clear bill backlog
Bob Rae quits, chooses to keep second job as natives' negotiator over being MP; another Liberal double-dipper? Gets big pensions as MP and former Ontario NDP Premier
Trudeau promises to "make it right" but still won’t admit to any wrongdoing; high-priced speeches for unions, lobbyists and charities don't pass smell test [video]
Derek Burney and Fen Osler Hampson: The G8 that failed: Syria, Russia and the demise of summitry
MPs pass NDP motion on expenses unanimously, adjourn for summer; motion shows NDP takes Official Opposition role seriously, offers more than Liberal 'stunt'
Globe and Mail editorial: Trudeau was wrong to charge for public speaking
Saudi women jailed for trying to help a Canadian
Somali community upset over last week's Toronto police raids, says spokesman; wrong to be treated like "criminals" in raids which netted 44 arrests, 224 charges, illegal guns and drugs, and involved 83 separate search warrants
Harper lauds G8 declaration on Syrian conflict despite lack of consensus
Chrysler recall avoids showdown with government over Jeep models for fire risk
Montreal Mayor Michael Applebaum resigns amid corruption charges; denies guilt, to focus on legal defence
How cancer spreads in body uncovered by scientists who say it will be ‘relatively easy’ to stop process
GM expands SUV recall to 480,000 for fire risk
Western Premiers to focus talks on eastward pipeline
Charged Montreal mayor alleges Friday shakedown by police union head, who denies it and wants retraction
Ontario couple finds 400-yr-old skeleton, gets $5,000 bill for mandated archaeological dig
Montreal mayor faces fraud, 13 other charges
Canadian home sales and prices tick higher in May
Canada to provide additional $98.4M in aid to Jordan to cope with Syrian fallout
NY Post: New Jersey Devils in financial trouble -- again
Don Macpherson: The soccer turban controversy: It started with a lie
175,000 residential, industrial and commercial construction workers on general strike in Quebec
B.C. voters feared NDP, left-wing government in charge of the economy say post-election polls
Creative Federal Government delayed pay plan would save $9B in 2014, enable debt pay down to begin; unions want to 'consult' rather than be 'engaged'; do they forget they represent employees while govt represents taxpayers?
Automakers race to make tiniest, peppiest engines; 3-cylinder, 1-litre powerplants next big thing
Stephen Gordon: Why Canada is no slouch in productivity; measurement method is really the problem
Harper says no reservations about G8 proposal to fight tax havens
Stephen Harper continues push for free trade, while Syria moves to top of agenda ahead of G8 summit
Rex Murphy: Despite some worthy competition, Dalton McGuinty wins the gold at Scandalpalooza
John Ivison: Justin Trudeau’s hoggishness toward charity proves he’s not too nice to run the country; trading cash for votes
Scandal-plagued Liberal mayor of London, Ontario, plans to seek re-election -- if he doesn’t end up in jail first
Disgraced and barred Liberal Senator Lavigne convicted of fraud begins jail term after last appeal fails
More people failing revamped Canadian citizenship test
'Wilful blindness' but no reason to remove Mississauga mayor Hazel McCallion from office: judge
Liberal Senator Mac Harb to sue Senate over rejected expense claims
Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall calls on Trudeau to return $20,000 he was paid to attend a literacy conference in Saskatoon last year
Trudeau tells New Brunswick charity "tough luck", he's not going to return their $20,000
New Brunswick charity asks Justin Trudeau to return speaking fee after event bombs; charged seniors $20,000
FIFA strikes blow to Quebec's turban ban, okaying headwear's use in soccer
Transport Canada orders removal of 8 huge wind turbines near Chatham Airport for safety reasons
Sears Canada to return two major Toronto-area stores to mall owners in $191M deal
BC's provincially owned insurance company, ICBC, has launched a civil lawsuit against 46 people charged or convicted of participating in the 2011 Stanley Cup riot
Canada urges Iranians to use Canadian website to ‘tell the world what they really think’ about upcoming 'sham' elections
Toronto Star: Minute-by-minute as Toronto police raid towers on Dixon Road
Arthur Porter's wife extradited back to Canada to face laundering charges
McGuinty to collect $313,000 in severance pay after resigning
Feds: 2 New York men tried to make X-ray weapon
The Soul of a new start-up: Inside Pocket: how a startup beat its rivals to build the 'DVR for everything'
Associated Press CEO says government sources won’t talk after Justice Department probe
What happens when a company dumps its founder and public face? 'The Men's Wearhouse' will find out after ousting TV omnipresence George Zimmer
'Days of Rambo are over': U.S. military details plans for integrating women into combat units
Florida bans drug paraphernalia sales; can't knowingly sell glass pipes or bongs for illegal drug use
16 dead: Militants infiltrate UN's Somalia office
U.S. home builders ask: Where have all the carpenters gone?
Ford doubles engine capacity in China; new $500M plant will make 400,000 engines annually
Hamas: 100,000 children to enroll in summer terror training camps; will learn how to kidnap
BBC: Afghanistan suspends talks after US-Taliban move
Dana Milbank: The left turns compliant on violating civil liberties
Taliban: We killed 4 U.S. troops at Afghan air base
Journalist Michael Hastings who brought down U.S. General McChrystal killed in fiery Hollywood car crash
Ammunition fire rages at Russian military base
Pete Williams: Why Edward Snowden isn't a whistle-blower, legally speaking
Left loses big in citizenship-verification Supreme Court case
G8: David Cameron's plea for US to stop paying ransoms to terrorists
G8: Belfast teenager Hannah upstages Obama
Outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Canada calls Keystone XL pipeline "important"
LA Times: Journalistic impartiality tested in NSA leak story
Syria’s Assad: EU will pay price for arming rebels
AP: G8 exposes rifts among leaders on Syria
U.S. Supreme Court rules states cannot impose reasonable rules to ensure federal voters are eligible; say that federal jurisdiction is theirs alone
American ambassador says U.S. is not spying on Canadians
EU and U.S. to begin major trade talks in July with 18-month schedule for a deal
Guardian: Edward Snowden answers live questions about NSA snooping from around the world
Outgoing Iranian President Ahmadinejad summoned before criminal court
Quest for Zimmerman jury reveals system partial to the uninformed
American Zumba teacher and her Ulster husband arrested on terror charges before G8; possessed 130 grams of PETN explosive, sub-machine gun; arrests followed investigation of four smuggled mortar bombs
G8: Syria set to dominate agenda during gathering of world leaders in Northern Ireland?
Newly-appointed Luxor Governor a shock to some inside Egypt; comes from political arm of Islamist terrorist group that once killed dozens of tourists, soldiers and police officers in same city
Washington IRS official contradicts claims about reviews; will incompetence be IRS defence?
Steady rain falls as crews work against 65% contained Colorado fire
Security move: Fan friction as NFL bans coolers, briefcases, backpacks, fanny packs, cinch bags, seat cushions, luggage, computer bags and camera bags; new security rules allow only tiny purses and clear plastic bags not to exceed 12" X 6" X 12"
Future of 3-D TV murky as ESPN ends channel
Let them eat cake: Obama Africa trip to cost $100M; most expensive one-week trip in history
Guardian: Leaked NSA dox reveal then-Russian President Dmitry Medvedev spied on at London G20 summit in 2009
Turkey unrest: Mass rally for Erdogan amid new clashes
Jordan ready to fight any threat from Syrian conflict: King
Separate attacks kill 32 people across Iraq
Turkish police seal off Istanbul square to protesters
NSA admits listening to U.S. phone calls without warrants
NY Times: Heavy pressure led to decision by waffling Obama on Syrian arms
Reaction cool to U.S. arms plan for Syrian rebels
Google launches Internet-beaming balloons
Turkey to halt park demolition until court ruling
Syria, Russia dismiss U.S. chemical weapons claims
Guatemala reels from mass police slaying; 8 officers dead and chief of police kidnapped
U.S. House passes sweeping $638B defense bill
Lebanon's Hezbollah says to keep fighting in Syria; have made "calculated" decision to defend Syrian regime no matter the consequences
AP: By arming Syria rebels, U.S. drawn into proxy war
Rasmussen poll: 57% fear government will use NSA data to harass political opponents
Watts: 12 reasons why the Met Office is alarmed; "the Met Office’s temperature forecasts issued in 12 of the last 13 years have been too warm. None have ended up too cold. That makes the errors systemic and significant."
Benghazi Big Brother? CBS News confirms award-winning reporter Sharyl Attkisson's computer hacked in late 2012
President-elect Rouhani of Iran says he will engage with the West
President Rousseff's popularity plummets in wake of Brazil protests;
to 30% from 57% as 8 of 10 say they favour unprecedented outcry
Calgary: six derailed tanker cars now removed from broken bridge
Calgary: Oil products successfully removed from derailed tankers
Bridge checked 5 times after floodwaters rose, but piers at bottom of
river failed; derailment 'extraordinary' occurrence says CP Rail CEO

Crews work at the scene of a rail bridge collapse and railcars derailment over the Bow River, southeast
of downtown Calgary, Thursday, June 27, 2013. ~ Larry MacDougal The Canadian Press
Calgary: CPR crews to begin pumping fuel out of derailed rail cars;
teetering tankers now lashed to 'anchor train', empty tankers coming
updated: Calgary freight train, bridge at risk of falling into Bow River;
crews readying to remove loaded rail cars from failing Bonnybrook Bridge

The derailed CP train is seen on the Bonnybrook Bridge over the Bow River in Calgary on June 27, 2013.
Canada: Pipeline companies required to have $1B clean-up funds
Mandela reportedly on life support; Zuma cancels foreign trip
BBC: Gillard ouster comes ahead of September election;
return of Kevin Rudd as PM may limit party losses
Gillard expected to leave politics after losing internal vote 57 to 45
Support required: All eyes on Independents after Rudd defeats Gillard
Gillard's downfall: reforms, poor form, did battle
Reuters: Rudd returns as Australia PM after toppling Gillard
How to calm a baby moose and get her into a police cruiser

The Gander, Newfoundland SPCA came upon this stressed and stranded 4-week-old baby moose alongside the
Trans-Canada Highway. The size of a Great Dane, 'Apple' took a memorable ride to safety in a police cruiser
and is about to head to her new home in Newfoundland’s Salmonier Nature Park. ~ Bonnie Harris Gander SPCA
BBC: French police arrest six 'radical Islamists' near Paris
Royal Bank, others plan new Canadian stock exchange
Snowden remains in Moscow airport, will not be extradited: Putin
The $5 Billion flood: Alberta goes all in for flood relief
MERS spreading in Middle East, Europe; 65% fatality rate
Some Calgary flooding evacuees return, parts of downtown
core could be without power for weeks

Dean Hagen of Calgary Transit surveys rails lifted and twisted by floodwaters. Adjacent
northbound tracks were also destroyed. ~ Ted Rhodes Calgary Herald
South Africa making peace with saying goodbye to Mandela

A girl places flowers next to the 'Get Well' messages outside the hospital where former South African
President Nelson Mandela is being treated in Pretoria. ~ Siphiwe Sibeko Reuters
Nik Wallenda walks across Grand Canyon without net; 1500 feet high


Live on the Discovery Channel aerialist Nik Wallenda followed up last year's Niagara Falls walk with a measured
stroll cross the gusty Grand Canyon. No net, just lots of cameras. And success. Thanked Jesus Christ.
2014 World Cup host in the balance: How angry is Brazil?
Pelé and Ronaldo now have feet of clay
Brazil President Rousseff breaks silence, addresses troubled nation;
huge crowds have demanded law and order, end to political corruption
Deluded train terrorist claims Canada "colonizing" Afghanistan;
not asked by CBC how he justified Al-Qaeda attack on 9/11/2001
Downstream, Medicine Hat now prepares for floodwaters
In flood-ravaged High River, Canadian soldiers find something resembling
war zone; a saddened Premier Redford vows Alberta will rebuild

A convoy of military vehicles makes its way on a flooded highway near flood zone in High River, Alberta on Saturday, after the Highwood River overflowed its banks this week. ~ Jordan Verlage The Canadian Press

Alberta Premier Alison Redford surveys heavy flood damage in destroyed downtown shops in High River.
"This is a street where people lived and people shopped and where people grew up for generations,"
said Redford. "The world changed two days ago. It changed for families, it changed for
businesses. It's very sad." ~ Jordan Verlage The Canadian Press
Some neighbourhoods to re-open in Calgary as flooding situation improves
Pre-show video interview with wing walker Jane Wicker
Youtube video link - Jane Wicker's fatal crash today [explicit]
updated: Ohio: Wing walker’s plane crashes at Dayton Air Show;
wing walker Jane Wicker and pilot both killed instantly on impact


Before/After: Wing walker Jane Wicker’s plane crashed as she sat on the wing of her
upside-down 450 HP Stearman named 'Aurora' [top]. ~ whiotv/Youtube video capture
Train terrorist throws others under the bus: "I am in jail, I have been
neutralized, but tomorrow, maybe four or five Esseghaiers will appear
amongst the one million and a half Muslims living in Canada..."
Calgary downtown evacuation likely to last several days
Is this the Samba revolution? Brazil’s socialist leadership in crisis
as 1,000,000+ take to streets; President meets Cabinet as violent demonstrations in 100 cities jeopardize World Cup & 2016 Olympics

Brazil's President Dilma Rouseff called emergency cabinet meeting today in aftermath of protests
last night that saw more than a million people on the streets in at least 80 cities. ~ AFP
Alberta flooding: Momo the viral swimming cat ‘is a survivor’

Kevan Yeats poses with Momo at his parent's house near Okotoks, Alberta on June 21, 2013.
Yeats and Momo narrowly avoided death when they leapt from Yeats' truck in flowing flood
waters in High River on Thursday. ~ Jordan Verlage The Canadian Press
Calgary: Saddledome under water as 100s of soldiers head to flood zone

Calgary Fire Chief and Director of Emergency Management Bruce Burrell, Mayor Naheed Nenshi, Alberta Premier
Alison Redford and Prime Minister Stephen Harper gather for Calgary flood briefing. ~ City of Calgary Twitter
updated: Up to 4 dead in Alberta flooding;
Calgary orders evacuation of entire downtown core
Big cats in big house: Calgary Zoo moves lions, tigers to courthouse cells

The Calgary Zoo’s Siberian tigers have been moved to the holding cells at the
Calgary Court Centre. ~ Bill Graveland The Canadian Press
Officials warn worst is yet to come as areas of Calgary flood
Heavy rain in Southern Alberta: flooding/evacuations in Canmore, High River, Black Diamond, Blairmore, Turner Valley, Okotoks, Kananaskis

Evacuees in High River leave in big dump truck. ~ @SUNLyleAspinall Instagram
Up to 100,000 forced from Calgary homes by flooding
Federal Government sends helicopters and C-130 Hercules
transport plane to help rescue stranded Albertans


Kevan Yeats and his fearless cat Momo dog paddle to safety as the flood waters sweep him downstream
after submerging his truck in High River, Alberta on Thursday, June 20, 2013 after the Highwood River
overflowed its banks. Both were saved. ~ Jordan Verlage The Canadian Press
Calgary: Two missing after mobile home swept up in flood waters
updated: High River, 25 Calgary neighbourhoods, ordered evacuated
as widespread flooding threatens to top 2005 levels

A girl looks out upon flood water in High River, Alberta Thursday, June 20, 2013. The town of High River
was hit by massive flooding Thursday. ~ Calgary Herald
updated: 2 dead as huge fireworks factory west of Montreal explodes;
mega-blast shuts down major cross-Canada road and rail lines


The 'A' marks the spot: The BEM Fireworks Feux d'Artifice fireworks factory 30 miles west of Montreal
blew up this morning and continued to burn for hours. Located at Coteau-du-Lac in Quebec, the explosion
site is 15 miles east of Ontario and 30 miles north of New York state, on the north shore of the St. Lawrence
River. The factory sits between and very close to Canada's main CN rail line and Highway 20 which connects
Ontario's Highway 401 to Quebec Highway 30, the main trucking and travel route to Canada's east coast
provinces. ~ QMI/TVA/Google maps
updated: Government of Canada acquires largest known collection
of War of 1812 history in London auction Wednesday

A large, coloured and finely detailed map of the village of York (now Toronto) and the Lake Ontario shoreline
produced on Sherbrooke's orders in 1817
Country survey: Canada ties for second behind Germany
in positive ranking and places first with fewest negatives
New evidence points to 'external explosion' causing the crash
of TWA flight 800 off Long Island in 1996 says documentary

The recovered and re-assembled wreckage of TWA Flight 800 at the National Transportation Safety Board
Training Academy where it is used for training new investigators in Ashburn, Virginia on July 16, 2008. ~ UPI
New York to allow Las Vegas-style casinos in Hudson Valley,
and Binghamton & Albany areas to boost upstate economies
I-5 replacement Bailey Bridge link re-opens to all except oversize traffic


The Bailey Bridge temporary span stretches 160 feet over the Skagit River. ~ Scott Terrell Skagit Valley Herald
Stunning images taken on NASA Cassini spacecraft's mission to Saturn

A spinning vortex of Saturn's north polar storm resembling a deep red rose of giant
proportions surrounded by green foliage. Measurements have sized the eye at a staggering
1,250 miles (2,000 kilometres) across with cloud speeds as fast as 330 miles per hour
(150 meters per second). ~ AFP
NBC: NSA considers ending collection of data on Americans' phone calls
G8 leaders agree to 7-point plan on Syria as summit wraps
G8 Final Communique - 2013 Lough Erne
G8 leaders leave summit; call for swift end to bloody Syrian
civil war and urgent peace talks to stop further chaos
G8 agenda full with business and typical protester sideshows

Prime Minister Harper arrives in Belfast for G8 summit. ~ Belfast Telegraph
Obama assassination bid fears - U.S. aircraft
carriers on standby off Irish coast during G8 summit
Montreal Mayor Applebaum arrested by Quebec’s anti-corruption unit
UK's Cameron says G8 summit in Northern Ireland should
reach agreement quickly on trade and tax reforms
Canada's Harper rules out arming Syrian rebels,
blasts Putin for supporting 'thugs of Assad regime'
'Overwhelmed' Quebec village of 978 hosts 100,000 at rock festival;
Amnesia RockFest will be hard to forget; 150 shows, garbage, overflows

"Right now our town looks more like a garbage can", said Nicole Laflamme, of Montebello village council.
Live by sword, leave by sword... Australia PM Gillard faces palace coup
-- reportedly to reinstate Kevin Rudd as election defeat looms
Cheapskate Trudeau offers "free speech" to "make things right";
why would ripped off charities want political make-up speech?
Trudeau backs down after firestorm, says 'might' pay back charities
he took for costly ride; who will pay for his "sit down" with them?
updated: Moderate cleric Rowhani wins Iran's presidential vote
Banff motorcyclist pursued by wolf along B.C. highway, takes pictures

A wolf crossed a lane of traffic as it chased down Tim Bartlett's motorcycle on Highway 93
in Kootenay National Park on Saturday. ~ Tim Bartlett
Toll of homes destroyed in Colorado fires rises to 100s; 2 bodies found

An aerial view of a destroyed home and vehicles in aftermath of a wildfire
in Black Forest, Colorado on Thursday. ~ Rick Wilking Reuters
NASA chief warns of solar tornado season as storms dance across sun

Solar tornadoes on the Sun. ~ NASA
Renegade Brandon, Manitoba Wendy's forced to kill giant T-Rex burger;
joke response to Sports Illustrated spoof years ago actually sold daily

The Brandon-only Wendy's T-Rex burger consisted of 9 quarter-pound beef patties, plus cheese and
full toppings with top and bottom bun. It has led to internet-driven media storm in U.S. ~ Youtube
Harper slams ‘malevolent’ regimes in rare speech to UK Parliament;
first formal address by a sitting Prime Minister since World War II
Harper speech before UK Parliament: 'Britain and Canada share 800
years of constitutional order and evolution that has allowed us
to achieve what others wish for, to choose our governments
and to hold them accountable.'

Prime Minister Stephen Harper addresses both Houses of Parliament in the Queen's Robing Room
in the Palace of Westminster in London, June 13, 2013. ~ Toby Melville Reuters
'Blue sky' crossroads: Will Toronto copy Boston's 'Big Dig'
and bury the Gardiner Expressway? Will the price soar, too?

Plenty of ideas without a price tag, and they run the gamut of everything from building a new Gardiner
next to current one, or burying it in a Boston Big Dig-type tunnel. ~ Waterfront Toronto
She fought the law, and she won;
Sarah Murnaghan gets lung transplant

10-year-old Sarah Murnaghan's family challenged a U.S. policy relegating under-12s to the bottom of the adult organ donation list. The Obama administration refused to intervene in the case. Last week, U.S. District Judge Michael Baylson, who is independent of the Obama administration, ruled Sarah and another child at Children's Hospital in Philadelphia, 11-year-old Javier Acosta, eligible for a better spot on the adult list. He found that the U.S. policy amounted to improper age discrimination. ~ AP
UK PM Cameron: trade deal between 27-nation European Union bloc and
Canada is "close" -- pact between EU & U.S. "hanging in the balance"
Batten down the hatches: Derecho risk from Chicago to Columbus

Derechos are referred to as land hurricanes due to the hurricane-like conditions that occur over land with this thunderstorm complex that is at least 240 miles wide. ~ Accuweather
Al-Qaeda likely to get bigger, stronger and more unpredictable
in next five years, CSIS report says
Russia would consider asylum for Snowden: Putin spokesman
"When the Promise was broken, I cashed in a few of my dreams..."
NSA swoop and scoop betrays trust Obama sought and promised
NSA-leaker Snowden seeking asylum, hiding out in Hong Kong,
counters govt claims, says surveillance not secure: "Any analyst
at any time can target anyone. Any selector. Anywhere..."
Track worker dies in crane accident after Canadian Grand Prix
Guardian: whistleblower behind NSA surveillance revelations revealed;
Edward Snowden, 29-yr-old ex-CIA, now works for defence contractor
updated: Vettel wins Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal from pole

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel of Germany takes turn two during qualification session for F1 Canadian
Grand Prix at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Saturday, June 8, 2013. ~ Dario Ayala The Gazette
As NSA revelations swirl, spin from summit between Obama and Xi Jingping is cyber-security now central to US-China "relationship"
Obama calls monster data sweep of phones & internet
a "modest encroachment on privacy"
Guardian: Obama orders overseas target list for cyber-attacks
Canada adds whopping 95,000 jobs in May, biggest in nearly a decade
State Hackery: NSA taps in to internet giants' systems to mine user data,
secret files reveal; PRISM program claims direct access to servers
of firms including Google, Facebook and Apple; companies deny
any knowledge of intelligence program in operation since 2007

One page of 41-image PowerPoint presentation - classified as 'Top Secret' with no distribution
to foreign allies - apparently used to train intelligence operatives on capabilities of PRISM program.
LA Times: The NSA is tracking ALL U.S. phone calls
Obama Intelligence Chief Clapper blasts NSA leak, says "Trust us"
Remembering D-Day, June 6, 1944: Canadians take Juno Beach

The Royal Winnipeg Rifles heading towards Juno Beach aboard Landing Craft Assault
vessels (LCAs) on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
Anthony Watts: Tropical Storm Andrea tracking as Florida gets wet;
has already spawned 10 tornadoes today
Washington Post: Obama Admin, top Democrats
defend NSA program to collect phone records
Fox: Officials had denied holding 'data' on Americans
Washington Post: NSA bombshell seen as dragnet not just anti-terrorism
Read: Actual 'Top Secret' court order forcing Verizon to comply
Revealed: NSA collecting phone records of millions of Americans daily;
Top secret court order requiring Verizon to hand over all call data shows
broad-sweeping scale of domestic surveillance under Obama White House
Liberal Cover-Up: Ontario Privacy Commissioner finds
‘indiscriminate’ deletion of gas plant-related emails by top Liberals
Record-breaker: Friday's killer tornado in OK was widest on record
at 2.6 miles, second OK EF5 in a week, packing winds up to 295 mph
Queen's coronation anniversary: Crown leaves Tower of London
for first time since 1953 for Westminster Abbey service

Her Majesty the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh during the coronation in 1953. ~ Getty
Pomp and ceremony as Queen Elizabeth celebrates 60 years [video]
David Cameron: We will 'drain the swamp'
which allows Muslim extremists to flourish
Oklahoma tornado relief finally clears U.S. border in Windsor;
had been on hold since Wednesday due to U.S. Govt red tape
Ontario Liberals embrace multi-tax attack; including photo radar, and
new user fees: phone bill taxes and 'pay for stay' charges in jails

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne (left) and Finance Minister Charles Sousa finally
noticing $11.7B deficit after their 10 years of over-spending. ~ Toronto Star
CNN: Three former TV 'Storm Chasers' killed in their truck Friday night
near Oklahoma City were top professionals say peers

Crews haul away mangled truck on Sunday, June 2, in which storm chasers Tim Samaras,
his son Paul Samaras and Carl Young died near El Reno, Oklahoma. Canadian County
Undersheriff Chris West said one body was found inside the wreckage, a second about a
quarter-mile east and a third a quarter-mile west. ~ CNN
updated: Bridge collapse causes freight train to tumble
into Wahnapitae River south of Sudbury, Ontario

Five train cars ended up in the Wahnapitae River, but no one was injured. ~ CBC Twitter
Oklahoma residents opted to flee approaching tornadoes,
ended up clogging roads and interstates

Overturned trucks block a frontage road off I-40 just east of 81 in El Reno, OK, after a tornado
moved through the area Friday, May 31, 2013. ~ Jim Beckel AP Photo/The Oklahoman
Oklahoma City tornado zigged when it should have zagged;
Weather Channel storm chasers fly through the air, live to tell tale

Weather Channel SUV pummelled Friday as crew chased a tornado bearing down on Oklahoma City.
Reporter Mike Bettes and others pulled from destroyed vehicle by fellow storm chaser Sean Schofer.
John Ivison: Canada ready to sign EU free trade deal
Novel Middle East virus may take more than a week to sicken victims
University of Waterloo's Physics and Astronomy Prof. Qing-Bin Lu
shows how Gore and AGW bandwagon jumpers missed the CFC boat
CFCs to blame for global warming prior to 2002, not CO2
Peer-reviewed Canadian study finds CO2 not responsible for global
warming prior to 2002; Earth has cooled for last 11 years
Saudi Arabia reports 3 more deaths from new virus
Former Duffy admin assistant takes blame for improper expense claims;
Travel dates often confusing; never contacted by Senate or auditor;
Liberal & Conservative Hill veteran was filling in for a maternity leave

Senator Mike Duffy under attack for expense claims. ~ CP
Tesla worth more than Fiat/Chrysler after posts profit in early May
Elon Musk: Tesla Supercharger network to triple
by July, enable NYC to LA travel by year’s end

The Tesla S - official range for the Model S Performance model equipped with an 85 kWh lithium-ion
battery pack is 265 miles (426 km), topping the Tesla Roadster and making the Model S the
fully electric car with the greatest range available.
Middle East coronavirus called 'threat to the entire world'
New SARS-like mutated virus loose, says medical journal
The Quiet Gold Rush On the many
splendours of Canada’s tar sands

Fort McMurray, Alberta, home of black gold, not yet Texas tea. How Canadians are cleaning up
and cleaning up on a magnificent natural oil spill. ~ Larry MacDougal AP
AP Exclusive: Secret documents reveal al Qaeda highly structured with
laser focus on deadly terror; mock Obama claim it's time to stop terror fight
Big boom in Baltimore as train hits truck; no serious injuries

Nearby worker said it "felt like a bomb going off" and said "it was
worse than the earthquake" two years ago. ~ Baltimore Sun
Fire ravages Royal Caribbean cruise ship; passengers, crew safe

Major fire damage but all passengers and crew are safe. The fire-damaged exterior of Royal Caribbean's
Grandeur of the Seas cruise ship is seen while docked in Freeport, Grand Bahama island,
Monday, May 27, 2013. ~ Jenneva Russell, The Freeport News AP Photo
Woolwich attack: 'Lone wolves' who run with the pack;
media & apologists consistently misrepresent terror origin & threat

The late Drummer Lee Rigby, hacked to death by terrorists on the street in Woolwich.
What Global Warming? New York ski resort celebrates start of
summer with 3 feet of fresh snow; normally closes in March

Whiteface Mountain Veterans' Memorial Highway after a heavy snowfall Sunday, May 26, 2013. ~ AP
NY Times: Rockets hit Hezbollah’s Beirut stronghold; from Syrian rebels?
Thousands of 'fracture critical' bridges at risk of freak collapse
Skagit I-5 bridge had history of 'high load hits' to steel super-structure;
but no road signs warning of uneven lane clearances or hit-risky design

The I-5 bridge is deemed 'functionally obsolete' with narrow lanes, almost non-existent shoulders and sloping steel
beams which are often hit by trucks, while being 'critical' to the bridge's structural integrity. Was it a disaster waiting
to happen? Why weren't U.S. infrastructure funds spent on replacing such obsolete and overly delicate structures?
Pamela Wallin: ‘I take full responsibility for this’ - admits she made mistakes in paperwork for expenses, but says as a result of not paying attention to details, not an attempt to bilk the system
Toronto Star: Dalton McGuinty’s dumb luck runs out
Overpriced Toronto condo market poses some risk to economy, says Bank of Canada; explains how and why
CTV: Toronto police were probing alleged crack video linked to Ford weeks before story broke; used wiretap surveillance
In historic speech, Harper stresses Canada-UK ties
updated: Over 800 police launch major drug raids in Toronto and Windsor and arrest 43 suspects Thursday morning
Syria turning into major 'hub' for terrorists - and a danger to Canada: threat report
Is MP Olivia Chow using her position as federal NDP transit critic to launch a premature Toronto mayoralty campaign? Bailing on Mulcair?
Kelly McParland: McGuinty quits in silence rather than face questions on $585M gas plant scandal; "a fitting end to an ugly episode that will serve as the cap on a decade of maladministration for which Ontarians will long pay the price"
Most of Canada's millionaires are self-made and almost half of them are newcomers: poll
Christie Blatchford: Scarce evidence against officer accused of assault on Adam Nobody at G20 protest
Farzana Hassan: Canadian government should have power to revoke citizenship of terror suspects
Senate expenses scandal: Pamela Wallin repaid money, Mac Harb owes $231K, Tkachuk confirms
CBC correspondents released from detention in Turkey
John Ivison: Aboriginal ‘workfare’ program getting positive response on reserves, despite vocal critics
Ontario Premier Wynne open to non-citizens voting in Toronto
Newfoundland and Labrador expected to lead Canada's economic growth this year and next
Liberal Sen. Mac Harb owes $231, 649.07
updated: Sobeys to buy Safeway Canada for $5.8B from American owners; includes 213 stores, 199 in-store pharmacies and 62 gas stations; Sobeys currently owns or franchises more than 1,300 stores across Canada under banners that include Sobeys, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo and Thrifty Foods
CBC foreign correspondents Stoffel and Petricic detained in Turkey
Yaz, Yasmin birth control pills suspected in 23 Canadian deaths; Bayer being sued
Serge of shame? 282 current and former female Mounties join RCMP sexual harassment class-action lawsuit; 121 from B.C.
John Ivison: Don’t believe Thomas Mulcair’s clap-trap about the NDP not serving special interests
Scott Stinson: McGuinty resignation threatens to drop cone of silence over answers about deleted gas plant emails
Christina Blizzard: McGuinty broke his last political promise
Former Premier Dalton McGuinty to resign in disgrace from Ontario legislature Wednesday; has been AWOL since January but collecting full pay
Open the books: Did Justin Trudeau use tax dollars to fly him around country as he earned a second living as a professional speaker while ignoring votes and responsibilities in House of Commons?
Small business fights Visa’s ‘smallenfreuden’ campaign; Canadian Federation of Independent Business says Visa’s campaign asking people to use credit card for small purchases is hurting small merchants; liken it to Schadenfreude, meaning "pleasure derived from another person’s misfortune"
Queen's University blasted by alumni for giving honorary degree tomorrow to one of the chief climategate perps
New Toronto area airport will be built on some of 18,000+ acres of North Pickering lands set aside in 1972; some 5,000 acres will be added to Rouge National Urban Park and the rest will be used for urban and industrial development
Michael Ignatieff and others address question: "Is Liberalism dead?" [video]
New bridge between Windsor and Detroit will rank among the world’s longest between the shore-sited towers
Team of B.C. scientists makes breakthrough in producing isotope for medical imaging without need for nuclear reactor
Canadian Soccer Association suspends Quebec group over turban ban
F1 was like a 'religion' to volunteer killed by crane at Canadian Grand Prix
French CBC response to name controversy: In with the old, in with the new, after blowing $400,000 in public funds
Canada has no access to data gathered by NSA surveillance program, but monitors foreign phone, internet traffic
Terence Corcoran: Stephen Harper should be hailed for gutting Brent Rathgeber’s salary disclosure bill
Australian climate scientist Dr. Murry Salby explains why man-made CO2 does not drive climate change
Prime Minister Harper praises Chris Hadfield after learning of his retirement announcement
What sells condos? Grocery stores
Chris Hadfield retiring July 3rd after 35 years as astronaut
updated: Federal Government introducing short-term disability program and reform long-term disability program for public service; will be talking to union about ending banking of 'sick days'
Christina Blizzard: Cancelled gas plant, deleted e-mails then the cover-up
Gas plant scandal puts Dalton McGuinty back in the hot seat
‘A gastronomic transition’: China’s growing hunger for Canada’s food offers expanding markets
'Somebody was asleep at the switch': Radio-Canada suing new TV station that owns trademark to the word 'ici'
Truck carrying fireworks hits moose on Trans-Canada Highway near Wawa, shuts down road for 5.5 hours and lights up the sky
Conrad Black: Celebrating our success as the first and only trans-continental, bicultural, parliamentary democracy
Paul Cellucci, former U.S. ambassador to Canada, Massachusettts Governor, dies after battle with ALS
U.S. unemployment goes up to 7.6% while Canada's down to 7.1%
Tab so far for external audits of 4 Senators over $200,000, more than alleged overages
Asteroid the size of a small truck buzzes Earth
Fresh revelations about the scale of U.S. surveillance programs reveal Barack Obama’s broken promises - "Obama has eclipsed George W. Bush and Richard Nixon in spying on Americans and a police state is emerging as a spillover from the war on terrorism"
Canadian dollar has biggest gain since 2011 on surge in jobs
Wynne predictably blames gas plant email scandal on McGuinty - but she was in his cabinet
China bus fire kills 47, probed as criminal case
Guardian reporter Glenn Greenwald who broke stories about U.S. snooping on phone calls and internet says Obama wants to destroy privacy worldwide and he's going to continue revealing his efforts and plans
Canada’s productivity measurement deserves a serious second look
Ontario Liberals' power plant emails long gone; impossible to recover any more than "fragments" of old emails on political power plant closings, says privacy watchdog
Read: Report from Ontario Privacy Commissioner on suspicious email deletions by Liberal Government in relation to gas plant cancellations
Is the Ontario power-plant scandal cover-up even worse than the expensive crime?
Prince Philip admitted to hospital for operation
Bored at the bus stop? Now you can shop at Walmart while you’re waiting
Toyota recalling 242,000 hybrids for brake design flaw
"Ici" Radio-Canada re-branding creates tempest, draws warning words from federal heritage minister
OECD says Canadian real estate 3rd-most overvalued of developed countries
Wind Mobile wants to buy Mobilicity to create a fourth national cell carrier
Senator Pana Merchant and lawyer Tony Merchant sue CBC for libel over offshore taxes story
Trudeau ups ante on NDP, wants expense spending of both MPs and Senators posted online, says Liberals will lead way
Christy Clark to run in Westside-Kelowna byelection for Ben Stewart seat
Ontario teachers massively calling in sick as end of classes approaches; should such abuse be a firing offense as in private sector?
$1.1B neighbourhood planned for Toronto’s easterly waterfront
Ezra Levant: David vs Goliath: Taking on the wind turbine mega-corp [video]
What’s the best way to fight wind turbines? Get sued!
MLB shocker: ESPN says baseball to suspend as many as 20 players over PEDs from Biogenesis in Florida; stars could include A-Rod, Ryan Braun, Nelson Cruz in the biggest drug scandal in American sports history; Blue Jays Melky Cabrera also being mentioned, even though he served a 50-game penalty in 2012
Elections Canada arbitrarily changes audit interpretations, wants two Conservative MPs suspended because they disagree
CBC: Ottawa rejects Telus takeover of Mobilicity; delays new wireless spectrum auction until January 2014
Kelly McParland: Justin Trudeau's worrying justification behind using the term 'we' when speaking in Quebec; says it’s natural when speaking in Quebec that he defaults to being a Quebecker rather than a Canadian...
Canada presses China to take territorial disputes to UN
Freedom of speech at issue as big American wind energy company sues anti-turbine activist; are they a tad over-sensitive about their logo?
Renault, Citroën hit by 10% drop in French car sales
Detroit carmakers lead Canadian sales, Toyota not far behind; May up 5.3%
Ontario admits will change feed-in-tariff program after WTO black eye
Ontario's big 'green act' loss for Canada at WTO one more nail in political coffin of Ontario Liberals?
Quebec hospital wants 1,000 patients to come in for HIV, hepatitis screening; colonoscopy, endoscopy equipment may not have been sterilized
Senator Marjory LeBreton calls for audit of all Senate expenses; Liberals don't embrace
Astronaut Chris Hadfield boldly goes -- to the movies -- to see Star Trek into Darkness
Corrupt Laval goes under trusteeship, Marois calls it 'terrible, disheartening, sad'
Getting their man: Mounties rename division, give it mandate to tackle corruption at home and abroad, safeguarding country's political, economic and social integrity
Canada puts $250K into Red Cross training for 2,400 students to deliver anti-bullying workshops
Lashed Leroux: 'Benedict Arnold' of soccer players makes up claims of Toronto racist taunts long after game in which her country-switching was issue for fans
Ford recalling 465,000 cars and SUVs to fix fuel leaks; 23,00 in Canada
Freedom of press not alive or well at Union Station in Toronto as reporter finds
CRTC hugs Canadians; new code of conduct enables cancelling wireless contracts after two years, caps on extra data charges at $50 per month and international data roaming charges at $100 per month
Canada to close loophole after learning VIA terror suspect had crimes pardoned after being rejected as a refugee claimant
Former Blue Jay David Cooper: Medical marvel on the make; his spine now buttressed with titanium plates and screws he again has an MLB career in his sights
Federal Government set to unveil national anti-bullying program at school of late teen Jamie Hubley
Ford brothers demand apology for 'gutter journalism'; Toronto Star blasted for bogus, anonymous-sourced story that email, phone records were to be deleted
Spending addicted municipal politicians turn up noses at $53B 10-yr infrastructure commitment from Feds; forget they're creatures of the provinces
ORNGE helicopter crash: 'Black hole' effect could have brought down air ambulance
CTV poll: Torontonians evenly split in their belief of Rob Ford crack allegations
Canadian relief for Moore tornado victims denied at border; U.S. border officials want 20,000 kg of food itemized, physically inspected before entering
Why Canada needs to develop the oil sands
Defiant Rob Ford not bothered by staff resignations, opens up new front in battle with Ontario Premier; fired Chief of Staff Towhey said to be stirring up allegations in revenge move
Ontario's Wynne whiffs with change to wind turbine approvals
Internal revolts led to a crushing electoral collapse for the B.C. Conservatives
Canada’s economy grew at 2.5% in Q1, fastest rate in more than a year: StatsCan
Tim Bosma murder case: Stolen vehicles recovered from Dellen Millard’s hangar, police say
ORNGE helicopter crash kills four shortly after takeoff in northern Ontario; en route to Attawapiskat
Wynne tries to deflect attention from multiple Ontario Liberal scandals by hinting she might remove Toronto Mayor Rob Ford from office
Flaherty rips proposed menu of new taxes to fund latest Ontario transit plan
Via Rail Q1 net income triples to $11.5M after service changes
18 Toronto councillors fly to Vancouver on 'gravy plane'
Why should we have to pay for Toronto’s problems? Will Liberals try to cling to power by taxing rest of province?
Rogers chops 18-month-old 24-hr CityNews competitor to CP24 in Toronto, cuts back OMNI programming
Line 9 pipeline reversal last chance to save 2,000 jobs in Montreal
Montreal to sue individuals and construction firms who admitted to corruption before Charbonneau Commission; will try to seize homes of fraudster civil servants who transferred houses to family members
More Canadians being diagnosed with liver cancer, new stats reveal
Canada ends all trade with Iran citing 'grave and sincere concern' over nuclear program
Ontario Premier Wynne vows to push forward with pie-in-the-sky half-baked $34B transit plan for Toronto with new taxes for whole province while McGuinty debtload remains
NDP, Liberal, Conservatives, MPs and telemarketer company face hefty robocalls fines from CRTC
Late frost wreaks havoc on crops across South Western Ontario; tomatoes, berries and various vegetable crops hammered
Canadian abortion rights crusader Dr. Henry Morgentaler, both revered and hated, dead at 90
$1.1M paid to free Canadians from al-Qaeda group
Montreal Auditor General says city doesn't spend enough on infrastructure, complains his recommendations are ignored
Senate committee calls in Mounties to look at Duffy’s expenses, $90,000 gift; unanimous vote
RIP Murray Bernard Frum, 1931-2013
'Drawing a line in the sand': Public servants to get new mandatory performance reviews in Tory crackdown
‘It strained credulity’: Ontario privacy commissioner perplexed why top Liberal staff deleted gas plant emails
‘Justice delayed, justice denied’: Elections Canada Chief continues to make excuses for sloppily run 2011 election and follow-up
Canadian condemned to beheading by courts in Saudi Arabia released in December after 6 years in jail; still in Saudi Arabia
Alleged fraudster Arthur Porter arrested in Panama by Interpol; to be extradited to Canada to face the music
Senate mulls big changes to expense handling
Will Liberals soak Ontario taxpayers $477 apiece for Metrolinx scheme? Why should people living 500 km away pay for Toronto transit?
Justin Trudeau shows his unreadiness for national role; blasted for defending Senate on grounds it's advantageous to Quebec
Patients left paralyzed after a stroke can now move again thanks to injections of stem cells into their brains
Mega tax report: Liberal-led Metrolinx wants to boost Ontario HST, gas and parking taxes, and add 15% levy to new development charges to pay for Toronto-area transit plans
'Ghost ship' which broke free from tug in March, lost, may have sunk
Students develop shoes that charge your cellphone as you walk; hoped same technology can be used to power life-saving medical equipment
Pollster: Toronto's Rob Ford the 'teflon and kevlar mayor'; support holding firm
No clear result announced after Turkish PM, protesters meet
Game-changer confirmed: Obama has authorized his administration to provide American arms to rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, officials said Thursday
Woman picked to clean up CIA, Avril Haines had 'erotica' past
NY Times: U.S. says Assad used chemical weapons, is said to plan to send weapons to Syrian rebels
‘Game changer’ - Antarctic melt due to warm water, not air temperature
Met Office brainstorms UK bad weather; to debate the causes of UK's disappointing weather in recent years
Snowden leaks: U.S. taking all necessary steps - FBI Mueller
Unpaid internships violated minimum wage laws, NY federal court rules
White children nearly a minority, says U.S. census
U.S. Supreme Court rules human genes cannot be patented
How Sicily’s Mafia plotted to conduct hits with drones
Ralph Nader: 'Has there been a bigger con man in the White House than Barack Obama?'
Feds hunted for Snowden in days before NSA programs revealed
Census: Rural U.S. loses population for first time
NSA director says dozens of attacks were stopped by surveillance programs
Milton Friedman: Welfare state and open borders incompatible
George F. Will: There's more, much more, to the Lois Lerner story
David Kirkpatrick: Did Obama just destroy the U.S. internet industry?
Iranian election shows waning political influence of Shiite clerics
Could the conflict in Syria push Lebanon over the edge?
Strikes disrupt French flights and rail transport
Nigerian cook survives two days under sea in shipwreck air bubble
Ariel Castro pleads 'not guilty' to 329 murder, serial rape charges
Manual left behind in Mali suggests Al Qaeda training to use feared SA-7 'Grail' surface-to-air missile
Oldest man in recorded history Jiroemon Kimura dies in Japan aged 116
Snowden a free man in Hong Kong - for now
David Rohde: The 'secrecy industrial complex'
Turkish President urges dialogue after police clear square
India's Apollo Tyres to buy Cooper Tire for $2.5B
UK says will use G8 summit to push for Syria talks
Secret Service 'visits' outspoken critic of Obama - because of Twitter?
Mathew Ingram: For some, the reaction to PRISM is a shrug: Are we suffering from Big Brother fatigue?
Suicide blast in Kabul kills 17 at Supreme Court
U.S. Senators bid to force government to reveal secret surveillance rulings
Booz Allen fires Snowden, says his pay was $122,000 a year (he said it was $200 Gs)
Snowden faces hard choices while in hiding
Kelly McParland: Despite billions in oil wealth and 13 years of populist rule, Venezuela's socialist economy sinks deeper into despair, forcing it to consider food rationing
Suicide blasts in Syria's Damascus kill at least 14
TIME: Soylent: Is the ‘Food of the Future’ really a nutrition solution?
What did Chinese passenger jet hit at 26,000 feet which severely dented its nose cone? [photos]
Social media tempest: Chinese police say crude 'extraterrestrial' shown in man's freezer is made of high quality rubber; claimed to have witnessed UFO crash near his house
Apple dumps iconic iPhone, iPad interface; what would Steve Jobs say?
Snowden drops out of sight, faces legal battle
Manning trial resumes as new leak scandal unfolds
U.S. spy programs raise ire both home and abroad
U.S. Senate passes half-trillion dollar farm bill
Congressman: 'Can you trust this Administration with your phone records?'
Damian Thompson: Snowden has blown the whistle on this presidency. You have to wonder: Will Obama see out his full term?
Obama pressured over NSA snooping as U.S. Senator denounces 'act of treason'
Daniel Ellsberg: Edward Snowden: Saving us from the United Stasi of America
What's next for Snowden? Hong Kong tells leaker he'd be wise to leave
Bombs and battles hit northern Iraq, at least 40 dead
U.S. mainstream media (MSM) finally stops protecting Obama Administration, CBS News reports State Department cover-ups range from prostitution charges to drug rings
Code name ‘Verax’: Snowden, in exchanges with Washington Post reporter, made clear he knew risks
Questions raised about leaker Snowden's credentials; he says Obama lied to Americans about transparency, and that's why he revealed what he did about NSA snooping
U.S. close to OK on arming Syrian rebels
Thousands of Germans evacuate as dam on Elbe river breaks
Will China/Hong Kong give up whistleblower Snowden?
Sen. Rand Paul says he will file a class action lawsuit challenging constitutionality of NSA programs that sweep up U.S. phone records and private data from internet companies
updated: Taliban launch large attack on Kabul international airport; all 7 attackers killed
Spin cycle: The New York Times A1 story wrongly credits NSA's PRISM for foiling Zazi case
Washington state mulls using drones to combat wildfires
Susan Rice’s prize for lies; "complicit in misleading American public on Benghazi attacks"
Niall Ferguson: Margaret Thatcher: Right about nearly everything
George Will: How sweet it isn't
FrontPage Mag: An Israel-hater heads to the UN as U.S. Ambassador
Actress admitted to mailing ricin-laced letters to Obama and New York mayor Bloomberg to implicate estranged husband: FBI
Americans realizing their paranoid fantasies about government surveillance have come true
Looters from afar now a problem in twister-ripped Oklahoma
NSA sucks in real-time data from 50 companies
Nile Gardiner: The stunning decline of Barack Obama in 2013; Ten key reasons why the Obama presidency is in meltdown
Seven killed in suspected U.S. drone strike in Pakistan
Shane Harris: Where's the evidence that data mining saves lives?
Washington Post: Secret Obama cyber-directive from October 2012 calls for ability to attack without warning
Worth a history lesson: Benjamin Franklin featured on Canada Post’s 250th anniversary stamp
Internet users around globe find U.S. snooping unsurprising, but still worry about trend
Peggy Noonan: The IRS can't plead incompetence; if the agency didn't know what it was doing, it wouldn't have done it so well
NY Times: News of U.S. surveillance draws anger of activists and militants abroad
U.S. confirms it gathers online data overseas
NY Times: Twitter was sole hold-out of big California tech firms approached by U.S. Government for NSA data access
Actor John Malkovich saves dying Ohio man on Toronto street, too humble to comment later
FBI search on for NSA leaker; how bad is security for such a leak to succeed?
Democrat Julie Roginsky: Progressives, Democrats must stand with New York Times against Obama on NSA phone records collection; Obama "betrays the very values upon which he ran five years ago"
Demolition worker to be charged in Philadelphia collapse that killed 6; had marijuana and prescription drugs in system while operating backhoe
Santa Monica update: Five dead as family dispute leads to killing of father, brother, random others
Cleveland kidnapping: Ariel Castro indicted on 329 counts
NY Times editorial: Obama Administration defence of blanket domestic spying 'absurd'
3 crew members killed in medical helicopter crash in Kentucky; last week 4 died in Ontario
AP: Is Big Data turning government into 'Big Brother'?
Volvo Trucks to commercialize dimethyl ether (DME) powered vehicles for North America
Jerusalem Post: Reports on U.S. surveillance fuel privacy debate
Microsoft dogged against botnets for 10 good reasons
FBI and Microsoft cripple $500M Citadel botnet by removing 1,462 botnet feeders; say Citadel had infected 5 million computers in 90 countries
Montana fishing firm starts successful new sideline: 'baby moose catch and release' - a drowning 25-pound newborn moose calf was saved and returned to momma - a heart-warming story going viral
AP: Monumental phone-records monitoring is laid bare
Author of Patriot Act says NSA phone records collection 'never the intent' of law
AG Holder: Refuses to answer publicly under oath when asked if Obama Justice Department is spying on members of Congress
Fink defends lavish $4.1M IRS conference as 'conforming to IRS rules'
updated: At least 6 dead, 13 injured as 4-storey building collapses in Center City Philadelphia during demolition, crushing adjacent Salvation Army Thrift Store
U.S. declares potential emergency over new Middle East virus
Obama's 2012 deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter attended multiple "non-political" ObamaCare implementation meetings with IRS commissioner Shulman at White House
Is Syria's Assad turning the tide of battle? Western intelligence revising its Syrian war predictions
Obama names controversial Susan Rice, married to a Canadian, as U.S. National Security Adviser
U.S. soldier who pleaded guilty to killing 16 Afghans to avoid death penalty, now giving disgusting, cold-blooded details
Missing link found? Earliest ever primate skeleton discovered in China; Archicebus achilles, a 55-million-year-old primate
Benghazi: Al-Qaeda weapons expert claims U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens was killed by lethal injection after a kidnap attempt gone wrong
Washington State detectives seeking second truck from I-5 bridge collapse; passed the oversize truck on bridge, may have been hit
U.S. to deploy Patriot missiles, F-16 jets to Jordan
Judge accepts Joker James Holmes' plea of not guilty by reason of insanity
Senators near plan to eliminate Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, shrink U.S. backstop
Apparent widespread use of secret email accounts by political appointees to avoid scrutiny latest scandal for drowning-in-scandal Obama Administration
European flood waters reach 500-year high
Junk science: Greenland ice core claims are meaningless
Bob Woodward: IRS scandal 'on the road to Watergate' [video]
Atlantic: Why does the American media get big stories wrong? Apologia, theories and observations...
Our American Pravda; the major American media overlooked Communist spies and Madoff’s fraud; what are they missing today?
Ambulance shuts down automatically on way to hospital due to EPA-mandated device; patient dies; why no ambulance exemption? [video]
Syria rebel leader says revolution will fail without weapons from Britain
Global shock as manufacturing contracts in U.S. and China
Death toll from Oklahoma's Friday tornadoes rises to 18
Turkey’s Erdogan takes on protesters - and Twitter
Al-Qaeda: America's sense of security is an illusion; Boston shows "attacks on you have taken off and cannot be stopped..."
Washington Post: Ten ways you know Obama scandal-management is a bust
NJ Gov. Christie faces key decision over appointment to replace late Sen. Lautenberg
U.S. Supreme Court: Police can take DNA swabs from arrestees
Boston fire chief resigns, citing ‘baseless attacks’ by deputies on his response to marathon bombings
Video showing Afghan drone near-miss with airliner in 2004 causing stir in Germany
Turkish PM, President clash over reply to protests
Prosecutor: Manning dumped info into enemy hands
Bloomberg: Manufacturing in U.S. shrinks at fastest pace in four years
updated: Fire kills at least 119 at poultry farm in China
American Geophysical Union: Elevated carbon dioxide making arid regions greener
Iraq arrests five in 'al-Qaeda chemical weapons plot'
The IRS, its glory days and its checkered past
Egypt parliament ruled illegal, but to stay on until elections
Death toll from latest tornadoes in U.S. Midwest rises to 14 as flooding hampers cleanup
Middle East neighbours shamed into helping Syrian refugees
Deadly MERS cases likely around globe, but found in Saudi Arabia because country tests: official
Former Canadian head of Al Jazeera News says Al Jazeera America has odour of disaster
Judge pulls 180, now says Google must comply with data request he previously called 'unconstitutional'
Four firefighters killed in Houston fire
Protests widen in Turkey; riot police pull back
At least nine dead after deadly Friday tornadoes hit Oklahoma City region
Hit again: 2 dead on I-40 as tornado and then heavy hail hits Oklahoma City
Kyrgyzstan protesters storm Canadian mining office; have laundry list of extortion demands
Toronto police officer Glenn Weddell acquitted of G20 assault on Dorian Barton; why did key prosecution witness delete photo that would have backed his claims?
Russia to provide Syria with MiG-29 fighter planes
Nigerian Parliament bans same-sex marriage
Iraq says it averted al Qaeda tanker truck attack on major oil site
Tornado touches down in Tulsa, OK area, some injuries reported
Google takes smartphone battle to Apple with Texas-made Moto-X
UK Spring coldest for 50 years
Zimmerman prosecutor withheld evidence from defence; court employee placed on administrative leave
Syria's deepening sectarian war bleeds across borders
Assad: First Russian missile shipment now in Syria
7 dead after tractor-trailer unhitches and trailer crosses lane and slams mini-van on Rte. 13 south of Syracuse, NY
Smithfield Farms of U.S., world's largest pork producer, purchased by Chinese firm for $4.7B
Implausible deniability: What does the President not know, and is he satisfied not knowing it?
Lerner, other IRS officials signed letters inquiring about conservative groups
Tea Party groups file harassment suit against IRS after agency targeted political ties
Militant suicide attack in 'peaceful' Afghan province fended off by security forces who killed all six militants
updated: Waliur Rehman, Pakistani Taliban's No. 2, killed in apparent U.S. drone strike said to kill 4 in Pakistan
Germany now experiencing coldest spring in 40 years - climate experts running out of arguments
To the horror of global warming alarmists, global cooling is here
French police arrest Muslim 'radical' for stabbing attack on soldier in Paris
U.S. Federal Court: Obama Administration interfered in New Black Panthers voter intimidation case at political level, despite denials
Feds in New York charge 7 in $6B digital currency money-laundering case; also Costa Rica, Spain arrests
Confidential report lists U.S. weapons system designs compromised by Chinese cyberspies
Miniature surveillance drones deployed to combat vandals in German railway network
Judge limits texts, photos in Trayvon Martin case; attorneys won't be able to mention his drug use, suspension from school and past fighting during opening statements
Keystone cancellation could put more than $9B in investments at risk
Cuomo sabre-rattling shakes Peace Bridge relationship between U.S. and Canada
BBC: Lee Rigby murder: Police make 10th arrest after Woolwich horror
Meteorologist Joe Bastardi: Blaming turbulent weather on global warming is extreme nonsense
updated: Wave of bombings in Baghdad kills at least 66
Donald Trump considering 2016 run for President
Baa, baa robot! Drone controlled by computer will be able to track and round up sheep and cows
Mike Vaccaro: Rutgers can't allow AD Julie Hermann to assume post due to her dishonesty
Daily Mail: Hate preachers face ban from British TV... and Google could be forced by law to block extremist websites
The web of extremism surrounding Woolwich terror killers
Colombia, FARC rebels reach deal on land reform

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