People all across Canada celebrated how wonderful it is to be Canadian yesterday - either by taking part in firework displays, having a bar-b-que, becoming a citizen and being sworn in, and remembering what makes...
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Previous articles on the 40th birthday of Hot Wheels can be seen here.I wish I could go to one of the road shows, but I don't think they are stopping in Vancouver. Seems more interesting than a regular car show since...
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Perhaps the location of graffiti art and wall paintings of the present are determined in the same way as the Stone-Age: through acoustical significance. It has been discovered that cave paintings are situated in the...
British Columbia's Victoria Harbour was plundered by Tall Ships looking for riches and saucy wenches for their piratey crew. Argh a Good time to be had by All, that to be sure of! What a glorious way to...
A fire started by lightning has now blackened 20,000 acres in southeastern Colorado and is threatening archeological sites in a national forest."The blaze has burned through tinder-dry juniper and pinon trees into...
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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...
Pop culture references to this historic event is a thing of the past. This break through moment of US-China relations was revisited in the movie Forrest Gump- but other than that, only the Baby Boomers remember. What...
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The Governor's Mansion in Texas has fallen victim to a suspected arsonist as it was getting renovated. Aside from serious external damage, some of the contents of the residence were burnt beyond recovery."...
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In an e mail sent to her supporters on Thursday, June 5, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, the first woman candidate to succeed as a viable candidate, advancing down to the wire in...
I'm in Minneapolis and yesterday's downpour was pretty intense. Lots of us were worried about flying out but things generally cleared up by the evening."The metro area endured its second hailstorm in five days Thursday, this one peppered with lightning strikes and heavy...
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Setting back from a rural road in
south central Pennsylvania,
is a small country church building that time seems to have passed by. This old church
building does not have electricity and...
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Rather than centering around the controversial issue of biofuels, as was expected, conflict at the emergency food summit in Rome is focused on disagreement between opponents over side issues, such as whether a resolution should condemn US economic danctions on Cuba."ROME...
With this issue on the November ballot, California could be in play for Republicans this year. A gay marriage ban referendum would drive religious conservatives to the polls, increasing turnout for McCain, who would be unlikely to motivate them to go to the polls...
"Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama face off Tuesday in the last contests of the Democratic primary season, bringing an end to a historic race that has produced months of excitement, but still no nominee."
"NewOrleansSaints.com, NewOrleansSaints.comThursday, May 29, 2008 - 12:33 PMLONDON -- The first 40,000 tickets made available for the NFL’s second overseas regular-season game on October 26 at Wembley Stadium in...