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Jesse Jackson Jr., wife charged in federal cases

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. was charged Friday with scheming to spend $750,000 in campaign funds on personal expenses. His wife was charged with filing false income tax forms. Federal prosecutors filed a charge of conspiracy ...

Meteor Attacks

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/dailybrew/massive-meteorite-strikes-russia-leaving-hundreds-injured-135805861.html

RCMP officer and wife face multiple charges in child abuse investigation

An RCMP officer and his wife are facing multiple abuse and sex-related charges following a child abuse investigation in Ottawa that police say involves more than one victim. Police say the 41-year-old officer and 34-year-old wife are charged with sev...

'The end of the world?': terror over Russian meteor

“I was driving in the car across the square. Suddenly the square lit up with a bright, bright light, not a normal light,” said Chelyabinsk resident Vasily Rozhko. Witnesses of the falling meteor over the Russian Urals spoke of their shock and horror ...

‘I’m not middle class. I don’t pretend I am’: Justin Trudeau

‘I’m not middle class. I don’t pretend I am’: Justin Trudeau discloses $1.2M inheritance http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/02/13/im-not-middle-class-i-dont-pretend-i-am-justin-trudeau-discloses-1-2m-inheritance/

Brevity is Best

Interesting. George F. Will: A successful president who proved brevity is best By George F. Will, National Post February 14, 2013 – 9:13 am ET Before Ronald Reagan traveled the 16 blocks to the White House after his first inaugural address, the White...

What cruise lines don't want you to know

(CNN) -- A Carnival cruise ship was adrift 150 miles off the coast of Mexico after an engine room fire. Cruise passengers were complaining about the lack of air conditioning, hot cabins, cold food and toilets that wouldn't flush. As I watched the new...

‘Canada First’ military spending a surrender to bad policy

“We have in this country a federal government that increasingly is engaged in trying to determine which business, which regions, which industries will succeed, and which will not, through a whole range of economic development, regional development co...

Kerry's portfolio could grow with Heinz deal

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry's family financial portfolio could grow by hundreds of thousands of dollars as a result of the $23 billion megadeal between Nebraska billionaire Warren Buffett and a Brazil-owned investment firm to buy ...

Former Quebec viceroy says she 'can do no wrong' and demands fraud charges

QUEBEC CITY — Quebec's former lieutenant governor says that as the Queen's representative she "can do no wrong" and wants the Supreme Court of Canada to quash her upcoming fraud trial. Lise Thibault claims she's above the law and can't be charged for...

Canadians require international driver's license in Florida.

http://www.680news.com/2013/02/14/canadians-now-require-international-drivers-licence-in-florida/

LA cops stalked by suspect -- and a brutal past

There's a killer on the loose and Los Angeles is on edge -- again. This jaded city has witnessed every variety of killing, from Charles Manson and his helter-skelter spree to the Night Stalker's deadly nocturnal prowling and the random strikes of the...

Rubio missed the year of the woman

(CNN) -- You would think that in the shadow of a general election dubbed "Year of the Woman," the last thing any Republican in Washington would want to do is tick off women. And while the Violence Against Women Act passed in the Senate by a healthy b...

Taxpayers foot $110,054 bill for premiers conference swag

HALIFAX — Most Nova Scotians weren’t invited to the swanky party, but they paid for it. During last year’s premiers’ conference in Halifax, taxpayers coughed up $110,054.90 for a meeting steeped in swag. The bill included $1,653 for whiskey tumblers ...

PQ unwittingly votes against own budget-cut measure

QUEBEC CITY — Confusion reigned in the Parti Quebecois caucus this week when separatists mistakenly supported a motion denouncing their own decision to cut university funding by $250 million. In a moment of distraction, shortly after Question Period ...

Look Forward to Anger

This was posted by the late Christopher Hitchens back in 2007. He certainly knew how to turn a phrase, and employ words like a craftsman. http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/fighting_words/2007/06/look_forward_to_anger.html

Why would they ??

Oh I don't know. I think I will go for a drink.

Questions in Israel over death of 'Prisoner X' with alleged Mossad ties

Israeli MPs and commentators were on Wednesday asking tough questions about the mysterious detention and apparent suicide of “Prisoner X” after a TV report said he was an Australian Jew with ties to Mossad. Twenty-four hours after the emergence of an...

Europe is hot for this form of renewable energy

European countries are increasing their demand for Canadian wood pellets to heat their homes and generate energy in their factories, but just two decades ago this product was garbage – literally. “This is an industry invented from nothing,” explains ...

Weekly Board Hour

Wouldn't this work better if people could post to the thread http://community.ebay.ca/topic/Weekly-Board-Hour/Welcome-To-Ebayca/3000008342

Stephen Colbert on why Quebec cardinal shouldn’t be pope: He’s Canadian

Is the world ready for a Canadian pope? Stephen Colbert says no. Colbert devoted most of his satirical news show “The Colbert Report” to coverage of Pope Benedict’s surprise resignation on Monday, handicapping the possible contenders to lead the worl...

Veterans’ lawyers in line for $66-million payout

Lawyers who fought a clawback of military pensions all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada are in line for a $66-million payout when a judge later this week considers a settlement agreement for thousands of disabled veterans. Mr. Justice Robert Ba...

Human rights group says RCMP, native relationship 'dysfunctional'

The RCMP has a “dysfunctional relationship” with aboriginal women and girls in northern British Columbia, in part because it has failed to seriously investigate a series of disappearances and suspected murders in that part of the province, an interna...

Survivor - Texas Style"

Due to the popularity of the "Survivor" shows, Texas is planning to do one entitled: "Survivor - Texas-Style!" The lucky contestants will all start in Dallas, drive to Waco, Austin, San Antonio, then over to Houston and down to Brownsville. They will...

Fantino defends Uganda grants policy against religious, anti-gay claims

International Co-operation Minister Julian Fantino is defending the way Canada hands out money for development projects abroad. He’s under fire in the House of Commons following a Canadian Press report that funding went to an evangelical group that h...

An Endangered Bottomfeeder from La Belle Province

"The copper redhorse is the only fish living exclusively in Quebec. Weighing more than 5 kg and with a length generally greater than 50 cm, it is the largest of Quebec’s redhorses. It also lives the longest, reaching thirty years of age. This copper ...

Robert Kelly commentary

Interesting viewpoints, IMO. Many embedded links to support his position. http://asiansecurityblog.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/islamic-homophobia-watch-will-muslim-leaders-shake-the-new-german-foreign-ministers-hand/

A Ballad

This was composed by the English songwriter Frederic Weatherly. Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling From glen to glen, and down the mountain side The summer's gone, and all the flowers are dying 'Tis you, 'tis you must go and I must bide. ...

Breaking News Yesterday Great Falls Montana ZOMBIES Attacking The Living

Hackers Broke Into TV Station KRTC's Emergency Alert System and warned residents "Civil authorities in your area have reported that the bodies of the dead are rising from their graves and are attacking the living." apparently caused confusion for som...