Unlimited supply of chocolate for the world.

So we think the general population is getting heavier, but if this research pans out, we are all about to get a lot fatter! Heres a summary of what is going to happen. Cocoa crops getting bigger, more chocolate is...

Child safety laws mean adults 'scared to approach children'

"Adults are afraid to interact with other people's children because they fear being labelled a paedophile, according to a report published today by the thinktank Civitas.The report, Licensed To Hug, calls for...

Yet Another Database: UK to Record Who Wants to Work with Kids

The UK government's information addiction is growing, with a database meant to score anyone who wants to work with under-18's. Aside from the oft-demonstrated fact that the UK is very clumsy with private data, the...

Flags at half-staff for Peace Officers Memorial Day in the US

Flags are flying at half mast throughout the United States today as government offices and state facilities paid their respects to Police who have fallen in the line of duty for Peace Officers Memorial Day.While police officers actually have a statistically high death rate,...

Vatican vows to fight Devil

"The Catholic Church has vowed to "fight the Devil head-on" by training hundreds of priests as exorcists. Father Gabriele Amorth (82), the Vatican's Exorcist-in-Chief, announced the initiative amid the Church's...

A.G's website offers tips on safe internet surfing

" The Attorney General's cybersafety website offers tips on safe internet surfing. The children page includes several entertaining and educational games that teach internet safety. The teen page offers tips on safeguarding personal information and avoiding dangerous...

US Nuclear Security Agency Lost 20 PCs

No, it's not the plot of 24, but something I read this morning: The NNSA (National Nuclear Security Agency) can't find twenty of its computers; more than half of these machines were used to deal with sensitive info. You would be correct if you recall this sort of thing...

Save the Boreal

TORONTO – Prominent Canadian authors, artists and musicians joined seven conservation groups today in calling on Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty to bolster his government's much anticipated climate change plan with protection of Ontario's Boreal Forest. A letter urging the...

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