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Fraud Probe at Canadian Airport Kiosks
Credit cards are part of the foundation of our ID, but are also quite prone to theft or misappropriation. Case in point: As Visa investigates a series of fraud reports stemming from airport kiosk usage, Westjet is...
294 ATMs blown up in South Africa
South Africa may be home to the world's most innovative criminals, and from the same people who brought their country Taxi Wars comes a bold new take on bank-robbing: the ATM bombing."There have been 294 ATM bombings... Children's author Harry Horse 'stabbed his wife 30 times' as probe casts doub...
" When children's author Harry Horse and his terminally ill wife were found dead in each other's arms, the world accepted that they had taken their lives with painkillers in a suicide pact. But it has now been revealed that the writer and artist stabbed his...Mercury is shrinking
As Earth warms up Mercury cools down and gets smaller."The smallest planet in the solar system is shrinking, a space mission to Mercury has revealedThe Messenger space probe, which began its 5 billion mile journey to...4-year-olds sex education probe
The headline makes this more sensational than it is with the emphasis at 4 years old being on building good relationships. Young people tell us that the ins and outs of sex education are pretty well taught but the...Voyager pictures reveal Solar System is egg-shaped
"The outer limits of the system of planets around our own Sun, where the influence of our local star ends, are being probed by the Voyager spacecraft, which were launched in 1977 on a five year mission to study...Samsung in crisis after chairman quits
"SOUTH Korea's largest business group Samsung faces a leadership crisis after its chairman quit in the wake of a scandal, the acting chairman said today. "Without a captain or rudder, Samsung now faces...Survey: 3 Out of 4 Angry About High Gas Prices
"June 27, 2008 Red states and blue states are united on at least one issue: Americans are increasingly angry and anxious about high gas prices and favor far-reaching action on energy and climate issues, according to a new poll. About three out of four Americans and a...Martian soil 'good enough for asparagus'
It's a long way to walk to Mars for a bunch of asparagus tips especially when with better land management we could grow all our food needs here on Earth probably forever." Bad for strawberries, great for asparagus... Mars probe Phoenix loses a day of work due to data glitch
In the science and engineering world, data glitches occur frequently and often without any obvious reason. The result is a loss of data, of course. On Wednesday, the Mars probe Phoenix delayed its digging in... One third of people shot by Tasers need medical attention: media probe
A joint investigation by CBC and Canadian Press found that 910 of 3,226 people shot by Tasers needed medical attention. Still, the Canadian Police Association stands by the controversial weapon."About one in three... Afghan Govt: To Probe Own Security Insiders Helped Taliban in Jailbreak
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorAfghani authourities investigating their own prison officals they feel assisted the Taliban in the recent prison raid, it one of the most likely scenarios, as it is well...Troops hunt for Afghan prison escapees
"Afghan and foreign troops were hunting on Saturday hundreds of prisoners, including militants, who escaped the main prison in southern Kandahar city after a raid by Taliban insurgents, the government said....Japan to lift N Korea sanctions
Japan has lifted sanctioned imposed on North Korea after latter tested a nuclear bomb in 2006. Sanction has been continued after every six months since then. But today it lifted and this will loosen restrictions on...Mars lander Phoenix struggles with soil sample
"A soil sample from the Martian arctic dug up by the Phoenix probe appears to be too firmly clumped to deliver any particles into the spacecraft's main test instrument, mission experts said.Apparently no testable...
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