"Animal shelters around the country will be preparing their kennels over the next couple of days to receive the usual number of "fireworks dogs" who escape their homes/yards after becoming frightened of Fourth of July fireworks displays. Susan Sharpe, APDT, CPDT, owner of...
Nigeria is a oil rich country but the majority of its people have no power or running water or flushing toilets in their shanty style houses. There are high unemployment rates and mass poverty driving many to break...
This is the first time I've heard the phrase, but apparently "choice moms" is catching on as a label for women who choose single motherhood with no intention of partnering. A feature in today's Globe and Mail highlights some related support groups that are gaining...
Are Eco Superstars like Sting and even Al Gore, nothing more than hypocrites, "don't do what I do, do as I say?""Sting has gone against his usual eco-warrior stance to fly solo on a private jet to Germany. The Police...
Sometimes I think I live in a sheltered world when I read a story like this one, it would be too easy just to condemn without trying to understand how these children are sold into marriage, but condemn I do..."Child...
"Who said the wind is free?""Today, a giant new wind turbine soars the height of a London tower block above the Mendip hills where I live in Somerset. A perfect symbol of what is arguably the greatest single...
The human drive to live is just an incredible force of nature. "In what Sacramento police describe as a "miracle," a 2-year-old boy survived on cat food for up to six days on his own and was found Thursday after his...
Screw license plates... if you want to stop recidivism, teach prisoners a real-life skill. In this case, HM Prisons and Cisco are killing two birds with one stone, addressing the aforementioned issue as well as dealing with brain-drain in the skilled-trades sector of...
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"Rep. Ron Paul's presidential campaign, a pugnacious, ideological crusade against big government and interventionist leanings in the Republican party, will officially end Thursday at a rally outside the Texas GOP's...
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"In a case of neglect that resulted in the death of Tiffany Hirst, 3, a court was told yesterday how passers-by used to see the gaunt face of the toddler staring through the window of her mother’s squalid flat." ...
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorAn Ontario Member of Parliament MP Pierre Poilievre broke away from the pack, as Prime Minister Stephen Harper issued a public heartfelt apology to all First Nations for...
Lax security in Aiports again, the boy did well to get to the departure lounge, let alone the 15 mile journey there."Boy, 3, tries to board plane alone An adventurous Polish toddler was found...
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Soaring fuel prices have now started hitting even American economy badly. According to a latest report for the first time in last 13 months, US trade deficit have gone up to $60.9bn in April ."The rising cost...
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"Starting a business requires adequate capital. However, many entrepreneurs are finding that capital alone is not a guarantee for success. Some businesses start out with millions in the coffers, yet end up in the dumps. While a few businesses with shoestring budgets...
AIKEN COUNTY, S.C.---A black bear was spotted Sunday afternoon off the 118 bypass in Aiken County, and there was another sighting tonight near Beech Island. Stephen Holmes and Amy Burroughs sent us pictures of the bear they saw on Sunday. We aren't sure if it's the same bear...