Man who beheaded bus seat mate defiled body, police tape says

"TORONTO, Ontario (AP) -- A police officer at the scene of a grisly beheading on a Canadian bus reported seeing the attacker hacking off pieces of the victim's body and eating them, according to a police tape leaked on the Internet Saturday. ...

Record Rainfall Set to Hit Toronto

Rain rain, go away...but a few more drops won't hurt us folk in Toronto from getting a record amount of precipitation this week.Around 240 millimetres of rain has fallen since the beginning of last month, and only...

DMX Arrest-O-Meter

Inspired by the runaway success of the NowPublic Oil-O-Meter, I thought we might also benefit from turning our celebrified attention to the ever-crazy and arrest-prone world of the notorious Earl Simmons, aka...

Sirens on Coney Island

BROOKLYN NEW YORK- July 19, Coney Island - The Siren Music festival (http://siren.villagevoice.com/siren/) kicked off Saturday in celebration of music giving the Coney Island boardwalk a jolt of local tourism for...

Useful web site tools

"Website Grader Have you ever wondered just how your web site compares with others, its social popularity, its inward links, its readability level and other technical factors ? Well, wonder no more. Website Grader will give you an immense...

Pope attacks pop culture, 'false idols' at World Youth Day

By Neil Sands AFP - 2 hours 50 minutes ago this is an excerpt from http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080717/twl-australia-vatican-pope-culture-dc3662d.html SYDNEY (AFP) - Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday delivered a stinging attack on pop culture, consumerism and "false idols" to...

Green Living means 'Don't shit where you eat'

In a context totally unrelated to sewage a boss of mine once advised me early in my career not to 'shit where I eat'.  This was wise business advice but it's also true in a literal sense.  The question...

The Roots, Broken Social Scene Play Whistler Music Festival

There's more to alpine mecca Whistler than just year-round outdoor sports and packed ski slopes, there are increasing opportunities to see incredible live music. This weekend the inaugural Whistler Music Festival...

Storm clouds gather over South African land reform

Benin's summary:Chido analyzes an article that appeared in the BBC talking about how land, farming, politics, and race collide in South Africa.  He reminds us that land is a rather touchy subject not just in Zimbabwe, but for the most part across Sub Saharan...

From 'untouchable' to role model

" As a Dalit, the lowest level in India's complex caste system, she was a so-called scavenger, a person who collects the garbage, feces and urine of other higher caste people. In the eyes of many, that would make...

Nursery nurse has boob job paid by 100 men she doesn't know - thanks to socia...

Welcome to the reality show..."A mum who had a breast enlargement has 100 men and a social networking site to thank for her new assets.Karen Fielding was able to afford the £2,500 operation after members of...

Woman kills husband with folding couch

A Russian women has folded her husband to death in a folding couch."St Petersburg's Channel Five said the man's wife, upset with her husband for being drunk and refusing to get up, kicked a handle after an argument, activating a mechanism that folds the couch up against a...

Code red for wildlife

The number of endangered wildlife species in Vietnam has increased in recent years, according to the latest edition of the Vietnam Red Data Book."The country’s biodiversity status has changed a lot because of...

Alcohol returns to Baghdad

Alcohol is available for sale once more in Baghdad. The sale of alcoholic beverages has not been allowed since early 2006, but now drink stores and cafes are starting to reopen again. Two years ago, al-Qa'ida...

Fury as Tory leader David Cameron tells poor: It's your own fault

The differences between the Labour and Conservative parties in the UK have become increasingly blurred in the last 15 years. But yesterday David Cameron, the Conservative leader who is leading the charge to bring...

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