Missing: Canada's only Olympic oak

Has anybody seen a German oak (querqus peduculata), about 70 years old, somewhere in Canada?  Presented to gold medallist paddler Frank Amyot in 1936 and last seen at a ceremony in Ottawa."Where is Canada's only...

Global reach of paedophile mastermind Philip Thompson

The "librarian" for a worldwide internet child abuse ring has been jailed indefinetely after one of the biggest undercover police investigations into online abuse. " A global investigation into internet child abuse...

10 fastest-dying cities in U.S.

Forbes has listed the 10 fastest-dying cities in America.  The cities on the list all face fleeing populations, painful unemployment waves and slow growing economies.  " The article says old manufacturing...

Olympics: US Basketball stars admit they could leave NBA for Europe

Some really surprising comments have emerged from some of the US basketball superstars gathered in Beijing to play in the Olympics. Historically, the National Basketball Association (NBA) has been the only place a...

Securing Ohio’s Energy Future Must Include Plans to Resurrect Passenger Trains

Obama in Ohio Outlines Energy Plans, Calls for High-Speed Trains OhioNewsBureau OpeDitude By John Michael Spinelli COLUMBUS, OHIO: Returning to Ohio for the third time since the end of the Democratic presidential...

Poverty and Shrinking Cities Pose Powerful Problems in Ohio

With Poverty Up and Most City Population’s Down, What Can Buckeye Leaders Really Do to Turn It All Around? OhioNewsBureau By John Michael Spinelli COLUMBUS, OHIO: The news Thursday from just-released Census data...

Cars Slow to Watch as Teens Beat Homeless Man to Death

Once again, "A Clockwork Orange" proves to be accurate prophecy. The cruelty and de-personalization of our current society continues to grow."A group of teenagers beat a homeless man to death as passers-by slowed to watch the attack, some of which was caught on videotape,...

NBC's Tim Russert dead at 58

"WASHINGTON - Tim Russert, NBC News’ Washington bureau chief and the moderator of “Meet the Press,” died Friday after a sudden heart attack at the bureau, NBC News said Friday. He was 58. Russert was recording...

Lost cameras 'phone home' to catch thieves

" NEW YORK - Alison DeLauzon thought the snapshots and home videos of her infant son were gone for good when she lost her digital camera while on vacation in Florida.Then a funny thing happened: her camera "phoned home."Equipped with a special memory card with wireless...

Johnny Cash's Very American Recordings

"When Johnny Cash died at age 71 on September 12, 2003, he'd been everywhere, man. Everywhere, that is, in a geographic, moral, and spiritual sense. The son of a dead-end sharecropper who scratched out a meager...

Blackouts hit thousands as generators fail

A blackout in the UK has left hundreds of people without power. A number of power stations have suddenyl shut down. The icnident is on a scale not seen for at least a decade according to one power company insider."Hundreds of thousands of people were hit by electricity...

Carlisle 0-2 Leeds (agg 2-3), Leeds go in to the Playoff final.

Carlisle 0-2 (agg 2-3) Leeds FT   Howson 10Howson 90" Carlisle v Leeds (agg 2-1) LEAGUE ONE PLAY-OFF SEMI-FINAL SECOND...

Pistons Oust Magic, Reach 6th Straight East Finals

For the sixth straight year, the Detroit Pistons have advanced to the Eastern Conference finals after defeating the Orlando Magic in Game 5 of the series. "AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - The Detroit Pistons made just enough shots and stops to advance to the Eastern Conference finals...

OH Ex-Attorney Imprisoned For Filing Civil Rights Claim

"CLEVELAND—She’s one of 59 individuals designated in Ohio as a “vexatious litigator”. Now she sits in Cuyahoga County Jail awaiting transport to the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville, Ohio, because she filed a civil rights claim"

Papa John's offering 23 cent pizzas today in the Cleveland area

If you live in the Cleveland area, today is the day for 23 cent pizzas! "UPDATE:  According to WKYC , this offer has been expanded to include some stores in NE Ohio (Toledo and Youngstown):    Papa...

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