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Canadians ponder cost of rush for dirty oil
Here we get a long and considered article on Canada's oil sand bonanza or environmental disaster depending on how you view it. Alberta as the new Kuwait. John Vidal's piece is a mixture of sound fact and comment and... 
Python Found in Toilet Bowl
Australian residents found that a python awaited them in their toilet bowl. The python is 1.8 meter (nearly six feet) long, and is discovered in a highrise apartment in Australia's northern tropical city of Darwin.... 
Nutria under the gun on the 17th Street Canal New Orleans
"Posted by Andrew Vanacore June 05, 2008 11:02PMA Jefferson Parish SWAT team has been called in to defend the 17th Street Canal.The threat? Nutria, the orange-toothed rodents that eat through marshlands and levees,...
PR Rep Defending Bell Traffic Shaping Calls Journalists 'Lemmings' On Facebook
While thousands of users are furious that Bell decided to throttle all encrypted bandwidth, including those of third party wholesalers, a Bell rep named Jason Laszlo has been speaking to media outlets, spouting off... 
UN chews out Canada for offering free drug gear
The free crack-pipes and needles offered by Canadian drug programs aren't cool, says the United Nation drug control board.But are Hep C and AIDS epidemics any better? I'm pretty sure no one walks by a safe-injection...
Exeter's Temple of Doom Gives Up Treasure
"His real name is Derek Dugdale but all his mates call him Indiana Jones. He's the man who visited Exeter's very own Temple of Doom and emerged with a treasure beyond the dreams of avarice. Derek was digging deep and hard in Princesshay when he saw something strange,...
The Scream of 9/11: A global picture
Prior to 9/11
2nd August 1990 Iraq shocked the world by actually invading Kuwait city after threatening Kuwait since January 1990 where as some troops had entered Kuwait territory. This being related to an argument... 
Mexico City is running out of water
This report by World Vision looks at the deepening water crisis in Mexico City - compelling stuff. " With 18 million residents, Mexico City is running out of water. In the poor suburbs, the water crisis already has... 
Scientists propose 'plumbing' method to solve crisis of global warming
"Global warming can be offset by plumbing the depths of the oceans with a gigantic array of pipes, according to two of the world’s leading environmental scientists. Huge pipes up to 650 feet (200m) long and 33 feet (10m) in diameter should be deployed to pump nutrient-rich...
Study finds smoking wards off Parkinson's disease
"CHICAGO (Reuters) - There is more evidence to back up a long-standing theory that smokers are less likely to develop Parkinson's disease than people who do not use tobacco products, researchers reported on...
Whale Rescue Effort on Hold
The two injured whales stuck up the Sacramento River have been left to their own devices for the weekend as rescuers switch tactics in their efforts to free the mother and calf. "Efforts to free two humpback whales...
Falling Chinese woman saved by pile of shit
"The accident happened when the woman was hanging out laundry on Monday in Nanjing, capital of the eastern province of Jiangsu, the Kuaibao tabloid said on its Web site (www.kuaibao.net). "Workers happened to be emptying the building's septic tank, which had not been tended...
Eve’s Grocery
"Eve’s Grocery at the corner of Clergy and Barrie creeps me out. They carry about five products, are always cooking something in a crock pot, and usually look kind of closed. All that aside, I kind of love the place. Eve’s is a great spot to buy cheap pop. Sure...
Net Neutrality killer bill dies
Nick Farrell The Register Monday, December 11, 2006 - A DAFT BILL by technology wizard Senator Ted Stevens, which would have meant telecom companies could charge sites for access for the use of their 'pipes', has died a...
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