An Iraqi journalist who was held in jail after hurling his shoes at the US president, George HW Bush, appeared before a judge yesterday and confirmed his action. Muntazer al-Zaidi, a TV reporter, who called Mr Bush a “dog” at a news conference with Iraq’s prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki faced charges of “aggression against a [...]

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B.C. couple make it 18 babies in 23 years – The couple immigrated to Canada from Romania in 1990 and now live in Abbotsford, about 60 kilometres southeast of Vancouver. Their 17 other children range in age from 20 months to 23 years old. Alexandru Ionce, who works in construction , does not know if [...]

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A broadcast interview showing Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion struggling in English to grasp a question about the economy. In it, host Steve Murphy asks Dion: “If you were prime minister now, what would you have done about the economy and this crisis that Mr. Harper has not done?” Dion struggles to understand the question’s conditional [...]

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The U.S. Postal Service recently released a new stamp for the state of Colorado featuring the state’s flag and a mountain in the background. Unfortunately, the stamp’s designer must have been on something when he created it because he featured a mountain from Wyoming on it. The problem was first identified by Bob Michael, a [...]

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A Lund, Sweden second-grader was utterly disappointed when his teacher decided to take away his birthday invitations from the whole class. The student handed out invitations before class began to all but two students, causing a bit of a stir. Apparently the school has an actual rule regarding the matter and the teacher felt it [...]

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Last April, McDonald’s issued a series of American Idol themed Happy Meal toys in the US based on musical genres such as disco, country, soul, and rock. Well, “New Wave Nigel” happens to sport an orange jumpsuit, pink shades, and Devo’s energy dome hat. That signature red flower pot hat is what distinguishes Devo from [...]

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We’ve heard of lock downs for criminals with guns, stranger people on campus, and the like. But a ninja? Public schools in Barnegat, New Jersey were locked down temporarily after someone reported a seeing a ninja running through the woods behind an elementary school. Worried, school officials wanted to make sure the ninja wasn’t an [...]

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53-year-old Tim Egan and his nephew were bicycling in Boulder, Colorado on Tuesday in order to train for the Triple Bypass Bike Race when they had a run in with an animal. The two were going down a hill at about 45 mph when Egan saw a big blur rush out from the trees. At [...]

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