Tim Hortons Donuts Sued by Franchisees over Fresh Ads

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWe as Canadians remember the fiasco a couple of years ago when the owner of Tim Hortons was outraged and resigned after the sale of his Tim Hortons Corp when his beloved...

Canal ice helps Dutch rediscover national identity

It has been 12 years since the Netherland's canals froze on their own, but this year it has been cold enough, so thousands of skaters defied the freezing temperatures and hit the ice; and as a result the hospital...

U.S. May Take Ownership Stake in Banks

"Treasury Department May Take Ownership Stake in BanksHaving tried without success to unlock frozen credit markets,the Treasury Department is considering taking ownershipstakes in many United States banks to try...

McCain joins White House race with political spud ads

"There's a Canadian company that wants to see McCain in the White House no matter which of the competing presidential candidates wins in November.A major ad campaign launched this week by the U.S. subsidiary of New Brunswick food titan McCain Foods Ltd. makes the case for...

Whatever happened to the mac platform redesign… frozen

"Apple is having a momentum with the introduction of the iPhone 3G and while the other Apple businesses are doing quite good we haven’t seen any major change in form or any upgrade to the mac business platform. Apple has been so stressed with the iPhone that the mac...

Global warning: Melting ice threatens Arctic foxes

Some more wildlife animals are on the brink of extinction because of  global warming. "Polar bears may not be the only Arctic wildlife threatened by global warming. Scientists have discovered that Arctic foxes also struggle as the ice disappears because they rely on the...

Post-Soviet 'frozen conflicts' heat up as big-power interests collide

"Tensions are growing as NATO and a resurgent Russia divide over future of breakaway statelets. By Fred Weir | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor from the June 25, 2008 editionOstIngur, AbkhazGeorgia border - Tensions are again spiking...

Frozen chickens security tagged to deter shoplifters

When even the cheapest chickens are security tagged to stop shoplifters stealing them then we really must be in an economic trough. This news in the same week that Gordon Brown tells us that Brits must stop...

Mars Lander Discovers Oil

"PASADENA, CA - NASA's Phoenix Lander, while searching for frozen water and organic compounds on the Martian surface, discovered today what appears to be crude oil instead. A secondary experiment, built by the...

Baby mammoth will ‘live’ 500 years

"Scientists say the body of a prehistoric mammoth, found in Russia, can be preserved for another 500 years. The frozen remains, weighing 50kg, were discovered in the Yamalo-Nenets region in the Urals May last...

Troops Gets a Taste of Chicago-style Pizzas

Looks like the troops in Afghanistan and Iraq will be getting a taste of Chicago this Fourth of July as 3,000 pizzas make their way over to the middle east. These pizzas were packed in dry ice and shipped off...

Lander Finds Ice on Mars

" Pictures beamed 170 million miles to Earth from the Phoenix lander atop Mars's northern polar plain e"

Venezuelans' assets frozen by US

The US Treasury Department has frozen the US assets of two Venezuelan nationals for alleged links with the radical Islamist group, Hezbollah.   " The men include one of the country's official representatives in Lebanon. Ghazi Nasr Din, director of political...

Man accused of stealing frozen lobster in his pants

A Brooklyn restaurant cook stole frozen lobster tails and stuffed them down his pants.  I know the northeast has been hit with a heat wave…but frozen lobsters…really? "Maybe he was trying to beat the...

Out of Egypt-A Voice of Reason

"In Focus: From Abu-Fana to Al-Burullus Opinion By Khalil Al-Anani, June 10, 2008Egypt is boiling; this is the least one can say of the general conditions in Egypt. From Abu-Fana monastery, which witnessed violent clashes between Muslims and Copts less than two weeks ago, to...

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