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May 1, 2008 Earth's magnetic field could cause suicide   April 30, 2008 If I was a terrorist   April 29, 2008 Gasoline may soon cost a sawbuck
Incredible as it seems a Russian study has discovered a remarkable correlation between peaks in the earth's magnetic field and the incidence of suicide. Other studies are showing similar findings in other parts of the world.   This outstanding YouTube movie makes one think seriously about the way things are going in the country to the south of us and how the country's leadership could most certainly be responsible for the plight in which it finds itself.   The economic climate and continued high demand for fuel suggests that the price could simple continue to rise until US prices reach $10. In other times there have been pressures that slowed the rise those no longer exist.
               
April 28, 2008 Food Crisis Starts Eclipsing Climate Change Worries   April 25, 2008 Load up the Pantry   April 24, 2008 World's 'wurst' lovers?
It takes the amount of corn to feed a man for a year to make 25 gallons of ethanol. #0% of the US corn crop is going to fuel production and the price of food world wide is spiralling upward.   No other investments will rise at the rate that food is expected to climb in the coming months and year. This investment columnist is recommending non-parrishable food.   A poll was taken of 10,000 women travellers to determine who were the best lovers. No surprises in this one, Germans the worst and Italians the best.
               
April 23, 2008 Natural gas explosion claims father and son   April 22, 2008 Japan's hunger becomes a dire warning for other nations   April 21, 2008 Food Rationing Confronts Breadbasket of the World
Located across the street from the conflagration the Nipawin Journal had a front row seat at their communities dire explosion and fire which claimed the life of two men and injured others.   A combination of situations including the skyrocketing cost of commodities have seen Japan out of butter, wheat products up over 100% and even beer rising drastically.   Shortages of Rice in Asia and the high cost of fuel seem to be creating a very dangerous situation whereby people are hording food, specifically, rice, fearing that it will become unaffordable.
               
April 18, 2008 Across the globe, empty bellies bring rising anger   April 17, 2008 Making no concession to enemy ideology   April 16, 2008 Retail Chains Caught in a Wave of Bankruptcies
With the rise in fuel prices the cost of food world wide is skyrocketing far faster than the world's poor nations can handle and to make matters worse the shift to biofuels is increasing the costs.   Since Fidel Castro's retirement due to his failing health he continues to write in the national news paper. Here is his column from yesterday where he points out all the evils he is not responsible for.   Things are changing at the mall as the American recession digs in retailers are feeling the pinch closing stores and in many cases having to declare bankruptcy.
               
April 15, 2008 Climate experts predict temperature drop   April 14, 2008 6 Common Causes of Development Delays for Biofuel Projects   April 9, 2008 CBS Said to Consider Use of CNN in Reporting
The powerful affects of La Nina, the Pacific cool ocean current that gave us a difficult winter in 2008 is expected to persist into the summer stopping the trend in global warming since 1998.   This story was written more than two years ago but deals with the common causes for projects like Tisdale's ENSASK to fail.   CBS is running in third spot behind NBC and ABC with its various news programs and is trying to find a way to get an edge. They are seriously considering outsourcing to CNN.
               
April 8, 2008 Expert: "We're brainwashing our childre" about global warming   April 4, 2008 Global temperatures 'to decrease'   April 3, 2008 Doomsday fears spark lawsuit over collider
An expert from the National Hurricane Conference in Orlando says that the warming of the Atlantic Ocean may decrease rather than increase the number of hurricanes each year.   The affects of La Nina current in the Pacific are expected to continue into this summer resuling in lower temperature. Over all world temperatures have declined from 1998 to 2007.   Fearing this massive experimental device might trigger a massive cateclysmical calamity, a group has launched a serious lawsuit to stop further experiements.
               
April 2, 2008 Merkel says she will not attend opening of Beijing Olympics   April 1, 2008 Mile-high tower: Saudi prince promises £5bn desert spire twice as tall as nearest rival being built   March 31, 2008 German watchdog eyes $600 bin global bank losses: report
German's Chancellor has decided as has several other European leaders to avoid attending the opening of the Beijing Olympics because of the unseemly crack down in Tibet.   The plan is to construct a 5,200 ft building in Jeddah Saudi Arabia. There is a tower being built in Dubai that will be 2,300 ft tall dwarfing the world's tallest structure now the Toronto CN tower.   A German bank report indicates that about $300 billion has already been lost in the chaos created by the US collapse of subprime housing loans and worst case is $600 billion.
               
March 29, 2008 Hersh: Don't trust Washington on Iraq   March 28, 2008 KOIN Exclusive: D.B. Cooper evidence unearthed   March 20, 2008 Peace in Iraq 'difficult': Miliband
Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh is warning that because of the way the war in Iraq is being reported news and what we think is happening may be false or deliberately misleading   A guy who called himself D.B. Cooper highjacked an airliner in 1971 then jumped from the plane with the ransom and that was the story. Now his parachute may have been found.   Its been five years since the US and Britain invaded Iraq and fight has been continuous for all of that time killing thousands of Iraqis and make many thousands homeless.
               
March 19, 2008 Record-setting pilot dies at 26   March 18, 2008 Dual rear wheel solution   March 17, 2008 Robert Soloway facers 26-years in jail for spamming
Establishing two flight records as a child, continental flight at 11 and the Atlantic at 12 Vicki Van Meter as an adult, suffered from depression and on Sunday took her own life.   Accidents with school and work transport 15 passenger vans has lead to the banning of them for that purpose in many areas and here is a viable solution to the stability issues with these machines.   The so-called spam king entered a guilty plea as he faced multiple counts of wire fraud and related charges for being responsible for a very large amount of all spam generated.
               
March 14, 2008 Red-light cameras increase crashes, Florida researcher finds   March 13, 2008 Air Force's stealth fighters making final flights   March 11, 2008 Mamma mia! Legendary automaker sues local firm
Not only Florida but studies in other jurisdictions including Ontario conclude that the use of Red light cameras increase the number of crashes and push up insurance costs for drivers.   The US Air Force had 59 of the F-117 stealth fighter and its first combat was in Panama and of course in the Gulf War and the invasion of Iraq. But is service life is over and it is being retired.   A Saskatoon kit car maker is being sued by Lamborghini for producing products which include logos and markings that make the kit indistinguishable from the real thing.
               
March 10, 2008 The US one dollar bill   March 7, 2008 Padded lamposts tested in London to prevent cell phone texting injuries   March 6, 2008 1888 photo depicts Helen Keller, teacher
The American dollar's present design has been around since 1957. The pack a lot of politics, superstition and American hoopla into what is printed on their currency. Here is more than you want to know.   Kevin described this as "pathetic" but honestly a cell phone company is testing padded street posts in Britain because there are so many injuries of people texting and walking into posts.   A remarkable image of an 8 year old Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan recently came to light in some material donated to a museum. Keller is holding her beloved doll in the picture.
               
March 5, 2008 Brain chemistry ties anxiety and alcoholism   March 3, 2008 Love for muskrat skinning evident at beauty pageant   February 29, 2008 Boyd Coddington, 63; custom car designer starred on 'American Hot Rod'
A Chicago College study has discovered a remarkably strong link between anxiety and the intake of alcohol. So much so that it might explain a key componet to alcoholism.   Beauty pageant contestant skinned a muskrat as part of the talent contest portion of the pageant. The community combines a muskrat skinning contest and beauty pageant.   Car enthusiasts who watch Discovery Channel's American Hot Rod lost the star of the show, award winning car designer Boyd Coddington
               
February 28, 2008 Katey Sagal testifies in John Ritter wrongful-death trial   February 27, 2008 California's live streaming web-cams   February 26, 2008 Michael Jackson's Neverland foreclosed: auction date set
Two doctors overlooked or missed in their diagnosis John Ritter's damaged aorta and when he was in distress he was treated for a heart attack as the aorta ruptured.   Most web cams are still images this set of web cams in California are live action. When you click on one it downloads to QuickTime and plays on your screen.   The King of Pop's ranch and property in Santa Barbara will be sold off on March 19. Jackson owes some $24,525,906 on the property and has not been to the place since June of 2005
               
February 22, 2008 Something to purr about: cats reduce heart attack risk   February 21, 2008 Shakeup at CBC aims to integrate TV, web & radio   February 20, 2008 Some Homeless squat in foreclosed houses
A recent US study discoverred that people between ages 30 and 75 have 30% fewer heart attacks and strokes than non-cat owners   CBC news has appointed a new head with the aim of not duplicating services within their various news departments. Journalist Michael Enright is not convinced of the project.   In Cleveland alone there are over 15,000 houses that are standing empty and on the market after the collapse of the less than prime mortgage problem. Many homeless are taking advantage of the housing
               
February 19, 2008 Russia: US satellite shot a weapons test   February 18, 2008 Florida cop dumps wheelchair man on floor   February 15, 2008 Canadians 'winning' in Kandahar, general says
Russians believe the US attempt to shoot down a disabled spy satillite just a weapons test to try out the Star Wars hardware on a real target.   See the survailence video that caught a Florida man totally wheelchair dependent being dumped from his chair on the floor. Incident points to normal bad treatment that ttakes place.   Fewer attacks on key areas are proof that Canada is succeeding in Kandahar however, most of the area is held by the Taliban who have parallel courts and infastructure in place.
               
February 14, 2008 Why handling your own divorce is a bad idea   February 13, 2008 AR Dept of health debunks leprosy fears   February 12, 2008 Bush orders clampdown on flights to US
With hundreds of millions at stake it would seem like the problem is best left to professionals but this story explains that even in ordinary divorce cases these matters belong in the hands of pros.   A very large number of cases of Leprosy sparked fears of an epidemic in Arkansas. The Department of health explained the low rate of contagiousness of the disease.   Flights from Europe to the United States are about to become far more controlled with armed marshalls aboard and stringent reporting of passenger lists to the US.
               
February 11, 2008 Paparazzi crackdown over Britney chaos   February 7, 2008 Jay Leno's garage   February 6, 2008 Quarter of Brits think Churchill was myth: poll
A Los Angeles councilman has realised that the chaos around celebrities has reached a dangerous level and is drafting rules to curb the excesses.   If you are one of those people who is truly interested in cars and the history of the automobile you will enjoy the huge numbers of features on this web site which has videos of special cars.   Polling over 3,000 folks in the UK it was a surprise to discover that so many thought real people were myths and so many myths were real people. Churchil, Richard the Lion Hearted, Charles Dickens . . .
               
February 5, 2008 Plain language works best   February 1, 2008 Genetic Genealogy   January 31, 2008 Internet outage hits business from Cairo to Colombo
Speaking to SUMA deligates on Sunday in Regina an expert on how to write laws and regulations explained how to make things understandable, as a human right.   If you are one of those seeking to find your ancestorial roots this web site may be what you are looking for. The cost is $120 to genetically, using DNA to search for relatives.   Two undersea cables more than a mile apart have been destroyed leaving a huge part of the Middle East with a very small amount of Internet access greatly disrupting commerce.
               
January 30, 2008Actor Snipes Trial offers IRS perfect script   January 28, 2008 Kansas Baptist church intends to picket Heath Ledger's funeral because he played gay character   January 21, 2008 Mobile phone radiation wrecks your sleep
Wesley Snipes and two others are in criminal court for tax fraud. They claim that the IRS does not have the authority to tax them and they are refusing to pay taxes.   Australian actor Heath Ledger died of an apparent accidental perscription drug incident. Best known for his performance in Broke Back Mountain.   Studies by the manufacturers of cell phones have come up with some unsettling test results that indicate that using a cell phone in bed disrupts sleep patterns considerably.
               
January 18, 2008 Katrina victim sues U.S. for $3 quadrillion   January 16, 2008 Jobs reveals tiny new laptop   January 15, 2008 Report: 4 major studios nix writer's contracts; Current TV season may be dead
Most of the damage to New Orleans was caused by the US Corp of Engineer's levies failing so it seems only just that the victims are seeking compensation from them for the damages.   Apple Computers announced its new "Macbook Air" yesterday in San Francisco. This wireless wonder is less than half an inch tick with a full size keyboard and on board camera. It can wirelessly access a CD or DVD drive from another computer.   The Writer''s guild strike has gone on so long that now next season production is in jeopardy as this is the time of the year when the new pilots and programme development takes place.
               
January 14, 2008 California wants to control home thermostats   January 11, 2008 Mom sells rule-breaking son's car   January 8, 2008 2009 Corvette ZR1 to top 200 mph
In times of electrical emergencies the State of California wants radio controlled thermostats in homes so they can externally control power consumption.   Mom from Des Moine Iowa bought her son a car at Thanksgiving with no booze and lock the car as the only provisions. She found booze and sold the car.   GM has decided its time for the new muscle car and has put together a 620 hp Corvette that will leave the Italian speedsters in the dust/ This story has the specs on the new car.
               
January 7, 2008 Sunspot marks start of 11-year solar cycle   January 5, 2008 A cold spell soon to replace global warming   January 3, 2008 Stanford Nanowire Li-ion battery holds 10 times the charge
Sun spot activity can produce extreme condition in the space around our planet affecting our dependence upon satillite technology for communications and defence.   Russian scientist Dr. Oleg Sorokhtin says that the cycle of warming of the planet is not related o greenhouse gases and that we are at the peak of hot cycle to be followed by a 60 year cold one.   This development involves using wires to store the lithium ions as they transfer energy to first store the input then provided power in what ever device the battery is used.
               
December 28, 2007 TV not good for babies' brains   December 27, 2007 Gadgets Affected by Analog Shutdown   December 21, 2007 Archbishop says nativity 'a legend'
Research after research is showing that exposure to television has a detrimental affect on developing babies. But reading to them is just outstanding.   Across North America the old and original cell phone network which was anology is doomed and due to be shut down in February. This not only affects cell phones but many other devices.   The head of the Anglican Church pointed out that only Matthew mentions the "wise men" and Christ was most likely born in October.
               
December 14, 2007 The truth about Hitler's British love child   December 13, 2007 Sat-nav blunder take coach full of Christmas shopper to Lille . . . in Belgium, instead of Lille in Francen   December 5, 2007 Italy politicins urges Nazi policies for immigrants
British aristocrate Unity Milford was enchanted with and a personal friend of Adolph Hitler. After was was declared she shot herself but did not die rumors persist that she may have had a child by Hitler.   A British bus driver took his load of shoppers on a bit of a missed mission as he followed the Navigation system to the wrong destination   It is a sign of extreme frustration as politicians from the wealthy northern portion of the country are showing great contempt for lawless immigrants.
               
December 3, 2007 Effort to limit junk food in schools faces hurdles   November 26, 2007 Mortgage failures could create nightmare   November 23, 2007 Sesame Street DVD dubbed 'Not suitable for children '
US federal legislators are trying to pass a bill to eliminate junk food from America's schools using a Department of Agriculture bill but things are not going smoothly at all.   Huge numbers of Americans have mortgages and bad credit ratings. They borrowed on flimsy deals and the rates are going up, doubling in some cases and this could cause a massive real estate collapse.   The first two DVD volumes of the popular childrens programme are deemed to be to violent for today's children and are label as unsuitable
               
November 22, 2007 Corn bin collapses, burying Iowa family   November 21, 2007 Famed NASA Astronaut confirms Extraterrestrials are here   November 19, 2007 In the U.S. name count, Garcias are catching up with Joneses
A ninety foot tall 500,000 bushel corn bin had just been built some twenty feet from the Kellett family home. On Monday night the rivets started popping and the thing spilled its contents.   Unable to explain an unusual visual phenomena during a shuttle flight Astroaut Musgrave is certain that we have already had contact with visitors from outer space.   There is a remarkable shift in the ethnicity of the United States as people of Latin American origin have grown during the 90s by 58% now reaching 13% of the total.
               
November 16, 2007 American Gangster's wad of Euros signals U.S. decline   November 15, 2007 Weather Channel boss calls global warming 'the greatest scam in history'   November 8, 2007 Council votes to scrap store hours bylaw
This outstanding article explains the slip in value of the US dollar and goes to great length to clarify the underlying situation that both created the problem and will make it worse.   Long time weatherman John Coleman considers the whole thing about global warming a scam and maintains that in time the temperatures will not rise as predicted.   Saskatoon retail workers are not happy with the city's decision to deregulate store hours making the market place a free for all and several retails intend to go all night.
               
November 5, 2007 Devices enforce silence of cellphones, illegally   November 2, 2007 Gene tweak makes for mighty mouse   November 1, 2007 Man wins case against funeral protesters
Hand held and fixed base cell phone jamming devices are being sold in large numbers as people try to curb the annoying users.   A minor genetic modification to lab mice genes have created a strain that have higher endurance, live longer and stay lean.   A Baltimore Federal Jury awarded $11 million to the father of a soldier killed in Iraq whose funeral was protested by a Kansas Baptist church.
               
October 29, 2007 Biofuels 'crime against humanity'   October 26, 2007 Jackpot or Mistake? Man sues over $1.6M 'Jackpot'   October 9, 2007 A box, a blanket, a wheelchair
A United Nations expert has condemned the growing use of crops to produce biofuels as a replacement for petrol as a crime against humanity.   At a first nations casino Gary Hoffman won $1.6 million but the casino claims it was a computer error and refuses to pay   This Saskatoon Star Phoenix story tells about the difficulties of Ken Budd and many other Saskatoon homeless who are likely to find shelter for this winter.
               
October 4, 2007 Secessionists meeting in Tennessee   October 2, 2007 Oak Lawn Schools cancel holiday traditions   September 27, 2007 Some SA apartments banning tattoos
The state of the American Union is not necessarily a happy or united one as many Americans, not just Southerners feel that the country is headed in the wrong direction and want out.   Some Chicago school districts have up to 30% Muslim population and are having to drop or change the names of things like Halloween and Christmas.   Counter culture activities have a bad track record when it comes to being good tennants and renters in San Antonio Texas say no to those with tattoos.
               
September 25, 2007 Antler Art   September 24, 2007 Food for thought   September 20, 2007 Fears of dollar collapse as Saudis take fright
A family business in Colorado collect antlers from deer and elk then use these horns to make furniture, lamps and chandeliers. Check out their web site to see what they make and sell.   We are often all guilty of throwing out statements that if taken literally mean something quite different than intended. This is a good little story.   The reduction in the US Federal reserve's interest rate has affected middle east economies and they are unpegging the dollar. Its devaluation is a certainty.
               
September 17, 2007 Move doesn't add up for family   September 15, 2007 Czech speedway driver awakes from crash speaking perfect English   September 12 2007 Biolgraphy for
John Hodgman
An Edmonton family accepted the facts presented on the Saskatchewan web site urging people to come to the province but things are not adding up as advertised.   Though not completely unheard of this is an extremely rare phenomena. Following a serious head injury a victim in Glasglow awakes with inproved speech ability.   The performer who appears in the "i'm a Mac, I'm a PC" advertisements by Apple is actually a comedy writer and works on Jon Stewart's "Daily Show."
               
September 5, 2007 Airline sacrifices goat to
appeasee sky god
  September 4, 2007 Man arrested for
bulldozing Troy Police Department
  August 31, 2007 Boom of condo crash
loudest in Miami
Reuters reports on Nepal's airline having a problem with two of their Boeing aircraft. There had been missed flights and the problem was dealt with by fixing the snags and sacfificing two goats.   34 year old stanley Burt of Troy New Hampshire stole a D3 Cat and rammed the Troy police department building three times Saturday causing serious damage.   Get rich quick schemes have over built condos in S. Florida so that Miami has 23,000 empty units for sale or rent. Loses average $100,000 and many foreclosures
               
August 30, 2007 Chaotic Britney bares her soul . . . and her bottom   August 29, 2007 Saving million-dollar homes   August 27, 2007 Widower denied accidental death benefit sues
This story from the Daily Mail discusses the pop singer's public choice of clothing and has a clip of her newest song which may explain her behaviour   In Montana and other US states insurance an insurance company offers their wealth customers private fire fighting to prevent loss during wild fire outbreaks. Insurance company claims to save money by reducing loss claims.   A Saskatoon man lost his wife in a work related accident when she was killed in an accident in a rental. The insurance company refuses to cover the loss because the rental was not a car.
               
August 24, 2007 NAACP: Michael Vick doesn't deserve to be banned   August 22, 2007 Bill Murray cruises through Stockholm in golf cart, refuses breath test   August 21, 2007 U.S. foreclosures rise sharply in July
The National Association for the advancement of colored people have declared that the football star who will plead guilty to dog fight promotion and gambling does not deserve to be banned from his football career.   Actor/comedian Bill Murray took a golf cart and drove off about a mile through Stockholm Sweden to a night club. He was pulled over by police and asked to take a breathlizer test and refused. A blood sample was taken and Murray released pending test results.   Up 9% from June to July and up 93% over the previous year as home owners are unable to keep up with the rising cost of their debt and modest increases in interest rates. All in all it is a very bad sign for the US economy despite the continued rise in new housing starts.
               
August 20, 2007 Airlines brace for shortage of pilots   August 16, 2007 Ala. city consders end to alcohol sales   August 15, 2007 Malaysia's automotive battery makers hike prices by 15-20 percent - report
Commercial aviation is growing at a rate of about 8% a year and the ongoing war in Iraq has dried up the usual source of pilots, the US military. To deal with the problem, worsened by foreign carriers picking up US pilots the industry is considering raising retirement to age 65.   Most of us thought prohibition was a thing of the past but out of Alabama's 67 counties 26 do not allow the sale of liquor. Possession and consumption are not illegal but you can't buy the stuff in those counties. 22,000 folks in Athens Alabama and they voted on the issue Tuesday.   The price of lead and other raw materials has been edging upward for several years and finally the automotive battery business has no choice but to up the price of their product. Though this report is from Malaysia the prices are expected to increase elsewhere.
               
August 14, 2007 Learn from the fall of Rome, US warned   August 12, 2007 Locked up at only nine   August 11, 2007 Nearly half US murder victims are black: report
David Walker comptroller general of the United States warned today that the US economy is in very deep trouble with unsustainable expenses and over spending. Nothing new in this story it is just that the source of the warning needs to be heeded.   An Australian nine year old has been taunting police stealing cars and engaging in a wide range of criminal activities with impunity. Finally after 35 incidents the social system kicked in and the got the nine year old cime spree locked up.   Only 13% of the population of the United States is black yet 49% of all murder victims are. The statistics available are for 2005 but they are startling with young men being the majority of the victims and 35% are female. 77% of those murders involved firearms.
               
August 9, 2007 Amrerican Home files for bankruptcy after shutdown   August 8, 2007 Sicilian mother cuts off 61-yr-old son's allowance   August 7, 2007 Arkansas couple welcomes 17th child
A massive mortgage lending company specialising in less than perfect credit customers looks to have bit the dust after its sources of investment capital dried up. So many Americans have purchased houses they simply can't afford.   For staying out late and complaining about her cooking an Italian mother decided enough was enough and took the matter to the local police who helped sort out the squabble.   There is a good chance you have seen one of the TV shows about this amazing family. Two sets of twins the oldest child is 19 and now they have a newborn and are considering more. All of the children are home schooled.
               
July 27, 2007 Leonard Nimoy to reprise role as Spock in 11th 'Star Trek' movie   July 26, 2007 Producer of 9/11 Conspiracy Film "Loose Change" arrested for deserting the army   July 24, 2007 Shoppers to quit selling smokes
Leonard Nimoy is now 76 years old but looking forward to playing the character for which he will be for ever associated, the logical Vulcan Spock in the 60s TV series 'Star Trek" this latest film goes back and introduces a new younger spock.   He served in Afghanistan and Iraq and has been out of the army for 18 months with honourable discharge papers but he was arrested for desertion. So much for freedom of speech in the "land of the free and the home of the brave."   A year ago Shoppers Drug Mart decided to not sell cigarettes in its new outlets in the prairie provinces. Of the 26 stores in Saskatchewan five already do not sell smokes.
               
July 23, 2007 Elderly woman who never used computer has fastest Internet connection in the world   July 12, 2007 The Pentagon as global landlord   July 11, 2007 105 balloons put lawn chair pilot in air
Using fibre optics and some revolutionary technology a Stockholm Sweden connection can download a DVD movie in two seconds.   We all know that the United States is an aggressive empire building country but it is unlikely that you were aware of the extent of its bases and world wide holdings. This story by Nick Turse is dramatically shocking.   Gasoline station owner Kent Couch 49, wearing a parachute went 193 miles in a lawn chair lifted by helium filled balloons. He went from his home town, Bend Oregon almost to Idaho where he decided to end the flight before getting over nasty terrain.
               
July 10, 2007 So a tree walks into a bank. . . and walks out with cash   July 9, 2007 Blame it on Mr. Rogers: why young adults feel so entitled   July 7, 2007 Woman, 33, killed near Tisdale after head-on collision
Perhaps a disguise is a good idea but this one was a bad idea. A bank robber duck taped twigs and leaves to his face and body before robbing a New Hampshire bank last Saturday. He was recognised on the security camera and was arrested.   More than one psychologist is suggesting that we have produced a generation of people who think the world owes them a lot and that they are "so...special" The suggestion is that the self esteem message by folks like Mr. Rogers did more harm than good.   A Nipawin woman was killed Friday morning when her mini-van collided with a semi. RCMP and ambulances responded from both Tisdale and Nipawin to the accident scene 30km north of Tisdale on highwy 35.
               
July 5, 2007 Fed up with war, some won't pay taxes   July 4, 2007 Have barn will travel   June 28, 2007 Leaning Tower of Pisa is saved from collapse
A growing movement in the United States involves people either refusing to pay taxes or deliberately earning less than taxable income to protest the war in Iraq. Though the movement is small it was also a tactic carried out during the Vietnam conflict.   University of Saskatchewan veterinarian Gregg Adam bought a sixty foot loong barn and had it moved five miles to his acreage. The barn hasn't been used since 64 when it was a dance hall that had been built in 1939.   Several historial attempts to straighten the tower of Pisa have been unsuccessful but after $40,000,000 and nine years of red tape the project was declared a success yesterday as some clever engineering and tricking balancing has paid off.
               
June 25, 2007 Universiity of Manitoba Weather Central Remote Video Page   June 21, 2007 Read the sunspots   June 17, 2007 Think before you ink
This page includes dozens of webcams in Western Canada and a few in North Dakota.This is a remarkable collection of real time and delayed time views of so much of the country.   Timothy Patterson of the Financial post has put together an outstanding factual and objective look at the issue of global warming. He reports that C02 in not a significant factor in the warming process the earth is now experiencing and that governments would be bertter to consider preparing for a mini-ice age.   It seems that the number of young people getting tattooed has risen to 24%. As teenagers think it is the thing to do they can jeopardise future events in their lives over a misplace obvious tattoo.
               
June 16, 2007 N.C. Panel Disbars Duke Prosecutor   June 11, 2007 "Star Wars" - Revenge of the Writers   June 8, 2007 Semi-truck takes man and wheelchair for a ride
The prosecutor who brought charges for rape against three Duke University Lacrosse players for their alleged rape of a black woman has resulted in the prosecutor being disbared as it appears he took action to advance his political career.   The runor is that preparations are underway for a Star Wars TV movie to cover portions of the epic story not covered in the various movies.   Moving across the entrance to a service station a man in a wheelchair was hit by a semi-tractor. The driver did not see the wheelchair and rolled out onto the Red Arrow highway at 50 mph.
               
June 7, 2007 Fideters 'likely to be thinner'   June 6, 2007 China acts over poor food safety   June 4, 2007 Official, rock music is too loud
Scientists are working hard on finding underlying causes of obescity and have discovered a connection between being thin and being restless and uneasy. This is just yet another link in a puzzle that must be solved.   With deaths occuring from pet food and tooth paste laced with anti-freeze China has announced a long term plan to clean up the bad stuff that goes into its exported food products.   British recording engineers have decided that many recent releases are so loud that the sound is unlistenable because of distortion. The recording companies think loud music sells so they have pumped up the volume.
               
May 31, 2007 US Internet 'Spam King' arrested   May 30, 2007 Bomb plot thwarted at Falwell's funeral   May 28, 2007 New museum says dinosaurs were on Noah's Ark
Robert Soloway the skurge of millions of computer users was arrested Wednessday in Seattle. He was indited by a grand jury for mail and e-mail fraud and is considered as one of the biggest spammers of all.   Emotions were certainly running high at the funeral for the right winged political evangelist Jerry Falwell with demonstrates for and against the controversial man who produced the moral majority.   Dinosaurs are a problem for fundamentalist Christians with the world only being 6,000 years old a Creationist Museum in Kentucky contends the extinct reptiles were on Noah's Ark.
               
May 25, 2007 Paul Newman says he's given up acting for good   May 24, 2007 School division eyes Zenon Park as solution   May 21, 2007 ASBOS for village idiots
Academy award winning actor Paul Newman is now 82 and feels he can no longer perform at the level he considers his best so that's it for acting. But the man is still keeping busy.   The school division's decision to kill French immersion in Nipawin is unpopular and may even be unconstitutional but some parents have been looking at Zenon Park as a solution (note second letter)   A family in a United Kingdom village of about 900 have distinguished themselves as being so troublesome the village and law enforcement have gone to the courts to have them banned from all residences and access to one road in and out.
               
May 16, 2007 Handi-Works to end paper and cardboard collection this month   May 14, 2007 Possibly the strangest traffic offence ever in Spain   May 10, 2007 Gasoline price gouge meter
This story appeared in today's edition of the Nipawin Journal and deals with the issue of a community wanting to recycle paper products and government being unable or unwilling to do the job.   A 95% disabled man got drunk then missed the exit to a brothel in his motorized bed and ended up driving down ten kilometers of really busy highway.   Use this interesting web site to calculate the appropriate price of gas given the value of the Canadian dollar and the value of a barrel of crude oil. It looks like the oil companies are taking in about 21% extra profits with today's fuel prices and they are going up tomorrow.
               
May 9, 2007 Women have ruined BBC, says Moore   May 8, 2007 Iowa prison keys for sale on eBay   May 5, 2007 Paris Hilton going to jail for 45 days
Eccentric astronomer Sir Patrick Moore claims that women have ruined the BBC but also involving women in shows like Star Trek ruined them.   Anamosa State Penitentiary is a very old facility and it is possible that those are workable keys someone has for sale on eBay.   Party girl and mega celebrity Paris Hilton breached her parole and was caught driving with a suspended licence, she is going to jail June 5.
               
May 4, 2007 Hockey officials defend Doan, Bloc leader compares him to bank robber   May 2, 2007 Emmy-winning 'Newhart' comic actor Tom Poston dies at 85   April 30, 2007 New fuel source from trees
Hockey Canada has to defend appointing Shane Doan Team Canada captain despite earlier accusations of anti-French comments to a referee.   Always playing the understated character in a manner that endeared him to everyone.   There is a tree that grows in a Brazil that can be tapped and its sap burns unrefined in a diesel engine.
               
April 23, 2007 Insulating slippers have shocked hospital   April 16, 2007 Are mobile phones wiping out our bees?   April 9, 2007 Learning to live with global warming: Why so gloomy?
Molded plastic footware discovered to load up amazing static electrical charge and could disable hospital equipment.   The mysterious disappearance of bee colonies has prompted a major alarm now it looks like the culprit may be something out of science fiction.   A contributor to Newsweek magazine suggests that there is no reason to panic about global warming.
               
April 5, 2007 Power outage leaves hundreds in the dark   April 3, 2007 Actor of 'Star Trek' star James Doohan to be blasted into space   April 2, 2007 With five private jets, Travolta still lectures on global warming
The Nipawin Journal reports how an unexplained power outage darkened much of Carrot River and surrounding areas   Scotty's ashes will go into space with those of Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper.   Actor John Travolta owns and operates 5 jet aircraft including a Boeing 707 and wants us all to use less greenhouse gases.
               
March 22, 2007 Letterman regular Calvert DeForest, aka Larry 'Bud" Melman dead at 85   March 20, 2007 Lufthansa flying Airbus A380 to U.S.   March 19, 2007 The DA VINCI victim: Obsessed art expert took deadly overdose
Deadpan walk on character for years on the David Letterman show passed on Monday. This was one of those loveable characters we will miss.   Carrying more than 500 passengers the Airbus 380 made flights to New York and Los Angeles yesterday to show off the new airliner to American airlines.   Obsessed with the idea she was herself engulfed in the Da Vinci Code plot women kills self to protect family.
               
March 16, 2007 We're #9   March 13, 2007 Paul McCartney Leaving Capitol Records After 40 Years   March 12, 2007 Apple plans disk-free laptop
Melfort makes the top ten in Saskatchewan communities for growth in the recent Stats-Can sensus.   Taking his records with him Sir Paul has said good bye to the shrinking recording giant.   With the price of memory coming down Apple is expected to release a laptop computer using RAM for storage with no hard drive.
               
March 11, 2007 Woman in the well may solve family's mystery   March 8, 2007 Biography for Anna Nicole Smith   March 7, 2007 O.J. Simpson says Anna Nicole Smith's baby might be his
The 1920s murder victim found in Saskatoon's suburb now has at least three possible leads for police to check out.   Vickie Lynn Hogan's life and achievements are spelled in this biolgraphy.   This is a story that will not go away. Just when it seems it couldn't get any messier it does.
               
March 6, 2007 Britney 'attempted rehab suicide'   March 5, 2007 Expert in Russian poisoning case is shot   March 2, 2007 UFO science key to halting climate change
Pop star Britney Spears is really having a tough time and looks like things in rehab are not going well.   Law enforcement have no leads and are puzzled by the serious but not fatal shooting of Paul Joyal.   Paul Hellyer, former minister of defence advocates using some of the science from UFO alien contact, he claims is kept secret.
               
February 24, 2007 Jackson family to tour   February 17, 2007 The Squirrels have returned   February 10, 2007
Michael Jackson and family are planning to tour once more including Janet.   American Airlines flight from Tokyo forced down because of squirrels.   Vancouver talk radio CKNW had a contest about people knowing they were from Saskatchewan. Didn't go over in Saskatoon
     
February 1, 2007 LaRonge Fire Chief proposes   Jasnuary 30 2007 AIDS rising among S. Africa's rich, best-educated   January 25, 2007
Steve went to the Enchanted forest in a limo to propose to Angela   More than one in every ten South Africans is HIV positive now its not just the poor.   Quebec man rides his snowmachine across the country to break the record
 
January 24, 2007 Inside the Church of Scientology
This is a fascinating 1983 Penthouse magazine interview with the son of the founder of Scientology
January 23, 2007

Cruise 'is Christ" of Scientology

British newspaper reports the spiritual leadership of actor Tom Cruise

November 23, 2005 Old Farmers Almanac predictions for this coming year

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 November 2, 2005  Pot not a major cancer risk: report

Amy Norton of Reuters writes that a major study shows that as a cancer causing agent marijuana is far from as serious as the use of tobacco.
   October 28, 2005  Conco Phillips profits beats forecasts

(Reuters) Deepa Babington reports that the US oil giant is not suffering one little bit as a result of high oil prices.

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  October 18, 2005 Evacuees binge on Cape: Spend fed cash on booze, strippers

Maggie Mulvihill and Dave Wedge of the Boston Herald
describe the good life of some New Orleans people housed at a Boston military base.
   

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October 14, 2005 Alta. warns of soggy cars

This Star Phoenix story explains that used car shoppers should be on the look out for cars imported from the United States which may have been written off from flood damge.
  October 10, 2005 Miers Gets Standing Ovation at Church

This Associated Press story by Sheila Flynn and Matt Curry tells about the alternative church this candidate for the US supreme court belongs to and how the congregation recognised her Sunday.
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  October 6, 2005 Weyerhaeuser Announces Indefinite Closure at Prince Albert Pulp & Paper

Prince Albert's pulp and paper mill is once more closing down throwing more than 700 peopole out of work.
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September 23, 2005 Man subdued with Taser doing well

the Salt Lake Tribune
reports that a man waiting for a bus was shot with a Taser because he looked like a suspect in a hold up.
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  September 20, 2005 Mr. President, this job can't be fun for you any more

Television comedian and social commentator Bill Maher had some pointed comments directed toward his president on his Monday night show that are worth looking over.
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  September 19, 2005 Whatever happened to Steve Fonyo?

Steve completed his run across Canada and other fund raising marathons then had a shot a private life. He had some problems but has sorted them out and lives in BC.

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September 15, 2005 The Ugly Truth, why we couldn't save the people of New Orleans.

Errol Louis writing in the Daly news on September 4 outlines the disgusting political climate that created the failure of local, state and federal government to the disaster in the city of New Orleans.
  September 13, 2005 Samsung readies 32GB memory cards

Sumner Lemon
of IDG news service reports in PC World that Samsung now has 16GB flash memory cards and is ready to produce and market full 32GB cards. This paves the way for the company to soon offer laptops without hard drives in them at all but instead relying on memory modules for the computer's operation.
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  September 12, 2005 25 Mind-Numbingly Stupid Quotes About Hurricane Katrina And Its Aftermath

About it's political humour editor Daniel Kurtzman has assembled a set of quotations and references that describe the questionable handling of the Katrina Hurricane disaster in Southern United States.

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July 27, 2005 King George's madness linked to arsenic Emma

Ross
for Associated Press explains that King George III suffered from an inherited illness that produced a disorder in his blood. The treatment may have contained enough arsenic to have caused the mental deteriations for which he was known.
  July 21, 2005 Kevin is directing us toward a remarkable web site that has been around for many years that tracks gasline prices and averages for Saskatoon. Worth a long hard look.
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  July 20, 2005 Ohio man charged with exposing his breasts

This odd ball AFP story about six foot, 200 pound Jerome Mason being arrested first appeared July 7 but has been carried by countless papers as one of those summer oddities.
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July 19, 2005 Athletes working pits of NASCAR

Neal E. Boudette of the Wall Street Journal reports that the stock car pit crews are now being recruited from the ranks of accomplished athletic programmes and are trained as athletes to do their job.
  July 18, 2005 Faulty fuel gauge delays Discovery launch

Marcia Dunn's
story for Associated Press in the Washington Post explains the compound errors that have seen the launch of the shuttle further posponded. Remember the
Gimili Glider.
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  July 13, 2005 She's not saying no to Justice Judy.

Lloyd Grove reports in the Daily News that the US president should consider ABC personality Judge Judy for the supreme court. Though he is somewhat jesting the point is that she displays the kind of attitudes needed on the American Supreme Court bench.

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July 7, 2005 Service men, women who have died in Iraq, Afghanistan

William M. Hartnett of the Palm Beach Post has constructed a map of his country showing the dispersion of the dead from the on going war in the Middle East.
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  June 29, 2005 Boffins create zombie dogs

Nick Buchan of Australia's News Interactive reports on successful experiements by Pittsburgh's Safar Cnetre for Resuscitation research in bring dogs back to life after being dead for three hours.
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  June 18, 2005 Ketchup email leaves lawyer re-faced
The original story comes from Reuters but was carried by many news agencies and reports how e-mail spread the story of highly paid lawyer demanding dry cleaning fees from a secretary. His company Baker & McKenzie is a world organisation but obviously short on dry cleaning expense money.

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June 16, 2005 Human toll of a Pension Default

Dale Russakoff
of the Washington Post takes his readers to the actiual consequences of the largest ever pension default in US history.
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  June 10, 2005 Man with what appeared to be a bloody chain saw let into the U.S.
Gregory Despres walked into US customs with an assortment of weapons including a bloody chain saw and after questioning was admitted in the country while the mounties were looking for him because of the murder of Frederick Fuiton and his wife. (Story by Associated Press.)
  June 9, 2005 Drawing uncovered of 'Nazi nuke'

This remarkable BBC story reports the finding of a sketch of nueclear bomb thought to have been drawn prior to the end of the second world war.
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June 1, 2005 Michael's Money Spent on the Limo of Limos

Fox News reports that Michael Jackson purchased a sumptuous Benz S500L Limo but it is neither licensed nor insured.
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  May 31, 2005 Mother indicted for hiring stripper for son's birthday party
This Associated Press story carried by USA Today and a more details story on WATE tells of a Nashville mother hiring a stripper for her son's sixteenth birthday party both she and the stripper have been charged.
  May 26, 2005 Pesticides and Parkinson's. Is there a link?

A recent study discovered that gardeners were 9% more likely and farmers 43% more likely to contract Parkinson's disease than other people.

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May 25, 2005 A ":Super Size" Lawsuit
Josh Grossberg
reports that the clever film maker Morgan Spurlock is being sued by a company trying to cash in on the success he had with his low budget film about just eating fast food.
  May 24, 2005 Does this French woman have Diana's kidney?

The Daily Mail reports that a 38 year old woman living in Catalonia believes that her life was saved with the transplant of a kidney from the former Princess of Wales.
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  May 20, 2005 Calf born in N. M. with five legs, six hooves

Melanie Dabovich reports that a rancher has discovered a calf with a fifth leg attached to the back of the otherwise healthy animal.
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May 17, 2005 Lucas jabs at 'Bush's empire'

Japan Today points out that the latest Star Wars episode Revenge of the Sith has some remarkable parallels to the US and its recent foreign policy, George Lucas does not deny the allegation.

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. May 13, 2005 Whatcott ordered to stop anti-gay flyers

CBC reported today that the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission has ruled agaisnt this man and his group and fined them $17,000 in damages.

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. May 11, 2005 Jeep Might Make More Diesels Available

AutoWeek reporter Mary Connelly says that the Italian made diesel engine has made the CRD version of the Jeep Liberty very popular and is Chrysler is considering offering a diesel powered Grand Cherokee

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 May 10, 2005  United Air wins right to default on its Employee pension plans

New York Times reporter Micheline Maynard explains the debt burdened airline is going drop its pension plan on the US government and employees will lose a lot of their money.
  May 6, 2005     May 5, 2005 Ugly children ignored

The British publication Skynews reports a surprising discovery that less attractive children receive a downgraded form of care by their parents.
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May 4, 2005 Revelation! 666 is not the number of the beast (it's a devilish 616)

Tom Anderson reports in the Independent that recent translations of ancient scrolls from a library in Egypt show that the fateful number was actual code for the Roman Emperor of the day and up until now everyone had the wrong number.
  May 3, 2005 The Belly Buster

$30 for a big burger, a really big burge, a full ten pounds while a place in Clinton New Jersey sells a 12.5 pound monster.
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  April 29, 2005 VW Previously owned by Pope Benedict XVI. on Ebay

A 21 year old German bought the car formerly owned by the Cardinal who is now the pope and has offered the car for sale on eBay with the bid now over 37,000 Euros.
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April 28, 2005 Land of the Freeloaders

The New York Post reporter Elisa Lipsky Karasz tells us about the way celebrities take for granted that their celebrity status gives them the right to a wide range of things.
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  April 26, 2005 Email destroys the mind faster than marijuana - study

Published in the Register Andrew Orlowski explains that a recent study seems to indicate that email and technology use seems to deplete intellectual ability in users.
  April 25, 2005 Bigfoot sighting in Manitoba

Steve Lambert
reports on the Nelson House video clip and sighting by a ferry operator of the elusive
Sasquatch.
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April 12, 2005 Gas bonanza shakes dust from Western towns
Todd Wilkinson of the Christian Science Monitor describes the huge development in the Wyoming oil patch produced by the remarkable rise in oil prices which makes marginal fields profitable.
  April 9, 2005 UN says Marburg outbreak in Angola worse than Ebola, launches aid appeal

This viral infection originated with monkeys but has passed to humans with extremely fatal consequences.
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  April 8, 2005 Bushes, Clinton attend Pope's funeral

An Associated Prtess story tells of the American deligation to the Funeral today in Rome.
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April 7, 2005 Pope John Paul II's Last Will and Testament

Here is the text of his will originally written in Polish. You can find out more about the role the will plays by checking the
CBC story on the will.
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  April 5, 2005 Viagra "stops pregnancy disorder'

The BBC reports on a study were rats with elevated blood pressure were given the drug and all delivered live births and survived themselves. This has huge implications for one in ten mothers who suffer from "pre-eclampsia".
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  April 1, 2005 Confused Cops Swarm Woman After Birth
This story was widely reported in a number of news agencies with varying amounts of detail. Debbie Coleman of Kettering Ohio, mother of four delivered the fifth on the way to hospital Wednesday night and was stopped at gunpoint by police.

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March 30, 2005 ICU patient wakes up to construction zone

Janet French
of the Star Pheonix reports today about a patient recovering from brain surgery in the midst of a construction project right in the University Hospital's ICU.
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  March 26, 2005 Many Germans want Berlin Wall back, study finds

The Reuters story today reports that the economic crisis in German is weighing heavily upon everyone both from the East and the West of the country.
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  March 22, 2005 Waistline better indicator of diabetes than BMI

This Associated Press story carried by MSN relates the research findings that if a young man has a waist greater than 37 inches his chances of developing type II diabetes double and greater than 40 inchess pushes the odds up to twelve times greater.
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March 21, 2005 WHITE HOUSE STUDIES $4 GALLON 'NIGHTMARE' SCENARIO

The Drudge report explains that the US government is pretty disturbed by the possible ramifications of continuing and even high gasoline prices.
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  March 18, 2005 Spiraling obesity could shorten US life expectancy

This AFP story reports that Professor Jay Olshansky says that his research points to a two to five year reduction in American life expectancy over the next few decades.
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  March 17, 2005 Man eats underwear to beat breathalyzer

D'arcy Richards of the Stettler Alberta Advocate reports on a driver picked up by police for drunken driving who then ate his shorts to absorb some of the alcohol in his system.
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March 16, 2005 Third-grader commutes to school by mule.

James MaPherson's story from Bismark describes the daily trip to and from school of Saje Beard's who rides to school on her four year oild mule.
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  March 15, 2005 Hitler had nukes, says historian

This story carried in a munber of Austalian papers this weekend explains that by the winter of 44/45 the Third Reich had a device but it was not yet compact enough for aerial delivery.
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  March 10, 2005 Australian scientists stumble across potential HIV treatment

Working on animals and their immunity system a group of Australian scientitsts found a way to trigger a huge immune response to the deadly virus.
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March 8, 2005 Giant swastika carved near Berlin airport   January 26, 2005 Central banks shift reserves away from US

Chris Giles
of the Financial Times reports that more than 65 central banks are shifting their reserves out of US dollars and into EURO currency. The American economy and the huge government deficit have made investment in the United States a poor investment.
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  January 24, 2005 Jan. 24 called worst day of the year

MSN story by Jennifer Carlile explains the formula by Welsh psychologist Dr. Cliff Arnall that determines when folks will be feeling their lowest. The holiday's, New years resolutions, weather all combine to make January 24 a bummer.
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January 21, 2005 One in five Scots has blood tie to ancient Iraq

This story originally appeared in the Scotsman but was distributed by Yahoo News. Genetic testing has shown that the people of Scotland and of Assyria (iraq) have common ancestors. This casts doubt on some of the more conventional beliefs about the origins of the people who came to the British Isles after the last ice age.
  January 20, 2005 Letterman's secret writer: Johnny Carson

CNN
carried this Reuter story about retired talk show Johnny Carson sending jokes about the news to Dave Letterman.
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  January 19, 2005 Nazis 'gassed Hitler's relative'

The BBC has revealed the shocking death of a second cousin of Adolf Hitler who with her family had been labelled by the Gestapo as "idiotic progeny".
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January 17, 2005 Man finds nail in skull six days later
The original associated press story from the Denver Post was carried by ABC News, USA Today and other news services. Most disconcerting is not that the injury went undetected for several days but the victim Patrick Lawler is one of the millions of Americans who has no medical caare and this injury cost between $80,000 and $100,000.
  January 16, 2005 "The Stop Ashlee Simpson" web site.

This site has been set up to develop a petition to stop Jessica Simpson's sister from releasing more records. The performer is a fake, unable to perform live and caught lip synching on Saturday Night Live.
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  January 12, 2005 Florida Preacher dies during sermon.

ABC News was just one of the dozens of news outlets that carried this Associated Press story about sixty-nine yeear-old Rev. Jack Arnold who died Sunday during his sermon. He had by=pass surgery five years ago and died instantly of a massive heart attack.
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January 7, 2005 Violent city deaths hit historic lows

The Daily News article by Jose Martinez reports that New York City crime rates for almost all crime, especially deaths are drastically down. Not a single cabbie was killed in 2004 and murder is to a level equal to the numbers in the mid sixties.
  January 6, 2005 2006 Chevrolet HHR the PT Cruiser has competition!

Canadian Driver reports that General Motors has developed a slightly larger but competitive vehicle to the popular Chrysler vehicle which hit the market more than three years ago.
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  January 5, 2005 Girl saved tourists thanks to school lesson

A British Reuters story reports the remarkable awareness of a 10 year-old girl who saw the signs told her mother and as a result no one on their beach or in their hotel was killed by the tsunami.
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December 30, 2004 Rumsfeld says 9-11 plane 'shot down' in Pennsylvania (pdf)

This World Net Daily story quotes one of Rumsfeld's comments that indicates the Flight 93 did not crash from passenger action but was shot down.
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  December 22, 2004 Mystery Martian 'carwash' helps space buggy

Reuters
reported yesterday that the rover Opportunity is getting cleaned up each night improving its ability to convert sunlight to electricity. Both rovers have far exceeded their design life and expectation on the Martian surface.
  December 21, 2004 Board game lets players run marijuana farm

This AP story is only one of many in magazines, newspapers and television about a board game developed by a guy while in prison and now on the market called Grow-op
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December 20, 2004 44% of Americans Back Limits on Muslims' Rights: Poll
This story was carried by several news agaencies but originated from a published survey results from Cornell University where researcher James Shanahan discovered some very disturbing tendencies among the American public.
  December 18, 2004 From rags to riches to rags

Jason Warick
of Saskatchewan News Network gives us an lengthy interview with Jeff Clark of Moose Jaw a potash miner who won the 6/49 not just once but twice and is now flat broke.
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  December 15, 2004 Alimony ambush nets groom at wedding

CNN
reported on Saturday about an Israeli man who dodged alimony payments to his former wife since 1997 to the tune of 198,000 shekels ($45,530 US). Police nabbed his wedding gifts at his wedding.
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December 14, 2004 Become a Lord for $76

news.com.au
reports this fascination story about a British web site selling titles to a square foot of Scottish land and with it documents that make the purchaser a "lord" or a "lady".
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  December 10, 2004 US report reveals dysfunction in teen sex ed classes

the story was carried in Yahoo News and explains that the US governments reliance upon abstainance as a preventative measure for the spread of sexually transmitted disease and unwanted pregnancy is a $170 million flop.
  December 9, 2004 Homeless Iraq vets showing up at shelters

Mark Benjamin
of United Press International deals with the huge number of US veterans who are homeless, mostly from the Vietnam era but now it looks like many veterans from Iraq are starting to need help.
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December 8, 2004 Religious real estate

Today's Saskatoon Star Phoenix carried this amazing story of an abandoned convent for sale South of Wilkie and west of Biggar. A 20,000 square foot mansion for $100,000.
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  December 7, 2004 Eight Soldiers Plan to Sue Over Army's Stop-Loss Policy
Monica Davey
of the New York Times explains that eight reserve soldiers are sueing for what amounts to a breach of contract where they signed up for a year and US legislation was imposed to keep them beyond their agreement in the war torn Iraq. Few expect them to succeed and even the media is highly prejudiced against them. Last night on CNN the reporter stated the government's position as though it were impartial news reporting.
  December 3, 2004 Kennneth Starr says he shouldn't have been involved in Lewinsky case

The Associated Press story carried by many US papers explains that Starr had seen his role primarily to invest corruption in Arkansas called the "Whitewater" investigation.
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December 2, 2004 Former funeral director charged by RCMP

Shannon Andrews
reports in the Nipawin Journal on Larry Leveque who lost his licence in April has been formerly charged on November 24 with eleven counts of criminal breach of trust with the loss of pre-paid funeral plans of about $160,000. This money has been made up by the funeral home association here in Saskatchewan.
  November 30. 2004 Korean Scientists Succeed in Stem Cell Therapy

the Korea Times reports on the success by Professor Song Chang-hun to implant stem cells from an umbilical cord in the spin of paralyzed victim who is now able to walk. The research and its success sets the stage for advancement in this remarkable field that could lead to some really important improvements in treatment.
  November 26, 2004 Fake Saudi princess-model countersues American Express

This AP story carried by CBS is one of several about the 40 year old Lisa Walker, known as Antoinette Millard who was a triplet born in Buffalo. She is in a bit of trouble for a series of impersonation crimes and owes more than $262,000.
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November 25, 2004 Terry Melcher, shaper of California surf sound dies (pdf)

CNN carried this REUTERs story of the Friday death of Doris Day's 62 year-old son who was one of the main composers for the Beach Boys.
  November 24, 2004 Heavy computer use tied to glaucoma
The CBC reported this remarkable story that shows that research on large numbers of computer workers and discovered that people who are short sighted are most likely to develop vision problems from glaucoma
  November 23, 2004 Two Gotti sons beaten at Mall

The New York Post story by Richard Johnson tells of two of the Gotti boys seen on the A&E television show, Growing up Gotti we accosted by an outraged brother of a girl they had been harassing.
   
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November 22, 2004 Spielberg must fight 'War' fast
The Variety story by Davy McNary explains the logistical monster task of getting the 500 special effects shots, the 1,000 extras and everything compressed into 75 days to put the movie "War of the Worlds" on film.
  November 18, 2004 Man accused of biting police dog

This Kansas City KMBC-TV story tells of Mark McClarty who at 2:15 in the morning did not paid for a cab fare and when police came after him he struck a police man then bit the policeman and his dog.
  November 17, 2004 Some say U.S. no longer feels like home

This ABC news story by Dean Schabner tell how some Americans are reacting to the deep divisions created in the country by the recent presidential election.
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November 7, 2004 Some say U.S. no longer feels like home

This ABC news story by Dean Schabner tell how some Americans are reacting to the deep divisions created in the country by the recent presidential election.
  November 5, 2004 Trick-or-treaters in Saskatoon surprised to get beer from neighbourhood house (pdf)

The Canadian Press story tells of halloween trick or treaters being handed canned beer in a Saskatoon neighbourhood.
  November 3, 2004 US extends troops' time in Iraq

As Americans were voting yesterday the BBC reported that several thousand US troops will get to enjoy Iraq about two months longer than expected.
   
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November 2, 2004 Things grow better with Coke   October 29, 2004 Publisher cancels reissue of racy novel by Lynne Cheney   October 28, 2004  
This story by John Vidal and printed in the Guardian is a remarkable story about farmers in India using Coca Cola as in insecticide on cotton crops.   (AP) Several stories have popped up about the Vice President's wife's work as a writer and the content of her 1980 novel now out of print but copies are selling for from $300 to $500. You can read her biography.
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  CTV & The Comedy channel, Wednesday night, Jesse Jackson. The final clip tonight was Jesse and Jerry Fallwell in a split screen with Jerry saying If it takes tenyears to kill all the terrorists then the President needs to chase them down to all corners of the world and kill them all - in the name of the Lord. Gee, what is the root of the problem in the Middle East - payback and retribution....(goggle: "jerry fallwell + kill them all" to see reactions)