B.C. government bails out Port Mann P3

There's a lot of questions being raised about the future of using so-called public-private partnerships to provide major infrastructure projects like the Port Mann Bridge and Highway 1 expansion. Just yesterday,...

Aussie 'free hugs guy' to donate kidney to stranger

In this self centred world at the time when we are witnessing so much of violence, hatred and being carpet-bombed daily with messages of fear and disconnection.Everyone is running for their own life but Juan...

Simon Mann jailed 34 years for African coup plot

In 2004, former British army officer Simon Mann led a privately funded effort to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea. Mann's mission fell flat, though, as he and his fellow mercenaries were arrested in...

Star Wars stormtroopers in British court

A prop designer who made the stormtroopers costumes for the 1977 cult hit 'Star Wars' appeared for the first time in court today over a dispute with George Lucas about the fact that he doesn't own the rights to...

10 Best gunfights in cinema history

"I have only recently come to see that Michael Mann is a maker of boring movies with awesome final shootouts that eclipse the rest of the film making it seem better than it really was."

US director Mann to direct Litvinenko film

"US actor Johnny Depp is reportedly producing a separate account of his life and death. The confirmation came on the day Marina Litvinenko's book "Death Of A Dissident: The Poisoning Of Alexander Litvinenko And...

Faslane 365 days on: 1,110 arrests and £5m bill for policing protest

"IT HAS lasted a year, cost police and taxpayers £5 million and has resulted in 1,110 arrests. But the wider impact of the Faslane 365 protests on Britain's commitment to the Trident nuclear weapons system and...

Boy faces Prison or deportation for flashing

"Fifteen-year-old Luis Miguel Chacon Trujillo maintained his composure Tuesday until the subject of prison came up. Trujillo, who last lived in Lynn Haven, has spent the last 238 days in jail awaiting trial on a change of exposing himself to an 8-year-old in January. He was...

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Climate Change Skeptics the New Flat Earthers

"When the Wall Street Journal published and editorial this summer attacking the scientific facts behind global warming and climate change it strayed from its usual area of expertise in economics to tangle with science."

Start-up puts new twist on dinner-movie nights (Orlando Sentinel)

" Cafeshorts shows short independent films in several area restaurants. Mark Chediak | Sentinel Staff Writer ADVERTISEMENTS For years, Adrian Mann, co-owner of Dexter's, has tried all sorts of gimmicks to lure crowds to his restaurants on a slow Monday night. He has...

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