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Reuters Oddly Enough JanuaryBono, U2 frontman, may never play guitar again - Arts & Entertainment - CBC News Barack Obama's golf game forces couple to relocate wedding - World - CBC News Argentina to start 2015 with lapdogs flying high | Reuters Basma Hameed creates booming business tattooing scars - Business - CBC News New mushroom species discovered in London grocery store - Technology & Science - CBC News Chocolate health myth dissolves - Health - CBC News Minnesotan who lived on yacht, collected aid, gets 21 months in prison | Reuters Florida man accused of toting baby to home burglary | Reuters Bridge to the past: Massachusetts opens 220-year-old time capsule | Reuters Passenger refused flight over missing letter on airline ticket - Edmonton - CBC News Crazy Genius Builds a Redstone Minecraft Word Processor | Kotaku UK Injured California hiker located via Facebook after 911 call fails | Reuters 20 Illuminating, Enlightening, Day-Brightening Facts About Light | Perimeter Institute Dr. Oz, The Doctors' TV advice not always supported by evidence - Health - CBC News Coin dealer pays $2.9 million for rare American penny | Reuters Swiss clamp down on cross-border pizza delivery | Reuters Margaret Atwood, Michael Morpurgo 'alarmed' Oxford Junior Dictionary has dropped nature words - Arts & Entertainment - CBC News Fossil found by P.E.I. boy fills gap in reptile evolution - Technology & Science - CBC News Man rescued off coast of Mexico by Disney cruise ship: ABC News | Reuters Seattle dog takes solo trips to the park via city bus | Reuters Norwegian fined for false promise on contract killing | Reuters 'Thumbs up' robber recognizes clerk, gives Colorado store a pass | Reuters Hobbyists see success turning their passions into businesses - The Globe and Mail Mars Beagle-2 lander found after 11 years missing - Technology & Science - CBC News Astronauts' year on ISS will be trial for Mars-trip stresses - Technology & Science - CBC News Inches from death in a 26-car pileup, an Oregon man can’t believe he’s alive - The Washington Post Project HoloLens: Our Exclusive Hands-On With Microsoft's Holographic Goggles | WIRED Singapore smoker fined $15,000 for throwing butts out of window | Reuters Iowa billboard mannequin startles motorists, loses job | Reuters Death by chocolate: a problem for bears in New Hampshire | Reuters Hoax caller impersonating spy chief put through to UK PM Cameron | Reuters Chemists find a way to unboil eggs Liver transplant ethics: Should alcoholics be sober first? - Toronto - CBC News Zombie or miracle, Florida cat claws his way back from the dead | Reuters Mr Incredible convicted of attacking Batgirl on Hollywood Boulevard | Reuters Canadian man loses appeal on missing lotto jackpot by 7 seconds | Reuters What is the Average Color of the Universe? Drunken spy satellite agency employee crashed drone on White House lawn | Ars Technica This Chart Shows That Americans Are Way Out of Step With Scientists on Pretty Much Everything | Mother Jones Goldie Hawn's mindfulness program makes kids better at math, says UBC - British Columbia - CBC News Something Really, Really Terrible Is About to Happen to Our Coral | Mother Jones Talking to Pluto is hard! Why it takes so long to get data back from New Horizons | The Planetary Society February'Back to the future' medicine man turns frustration into big opportunity - CNN.com Science's Biggest Fail | Scott Adams Blog (Diet) Albanian highwaymen outwitted by Chinese karate skills | Reuters Greek forced to surrender 500,000 euros at Cyprus customs | Reuters Pilot taking 'selfies' before fatal Colorado crash: report | Reuters Florida considers bear hunting after spate of suburban attacks | Reuters (bear in a hammock pic) BBC News - Distant exoplanet hosts giant ring system Air Canada leaves luggage behind in Cuba, passengers still waiting - Calgary - CBC News Skwomesh language revitalized by First Nation youth through DIY immersion - Aboriginal - CBC Texas man arrested for fight at tax office over tightly folded money | Reuters Chimps joining new troop learn its 'words': study | Reuters Anya Pogharian invents $500 dialysis machine with at-home potential - Montreal - CBC News Sewage sludge contains millions of dollars worth of gold - Technology & Science - CBC News Gun hidden inside book turns up in Maine thrift store | Reuters Family obit, in jest, says Seahawks' Super Bowl play caused death | Reuters Joggers warned to beware of angry owl in Oregon | Reuters CRISPR Natural History in Bacteria | Quanta Magazine Oscars 2015: Robert Bridson, UBC mathematician, gets Academy Award for Hobbit, Gravity, Avatar work - British Columbia - CBC News Mum's the word as Brazilian club bid to curb violence | Reuters Seattle burglary suspect gets stuck in air duct, asks police for help | Reuters The Chicago mob and the Stradivarius - priest admits to bizarre plot | Reuters Old cholesterol warnings steeped in 'soft science,' may be lifted in U.S. - Health - CBC News Alec Falkenham, Dalhousie student, develops tattoo removal cream - Nova Scotia - CBC News One year later, sinkhole didn't sink Corvette Museum in Kentucky | Reuters Scorpion stings Alaska Airlines passenger, delaying flight | Reuters Facebook AI Director Yann LeCun on His Quest to Unleash Deep Learning and Make Machines Smarter - IEEE Spectrum Game Theory Explains How Cooperation Evolved | Quanta Magazine Broken heart syndrome: Can you really die from heartbreak? - Newfoundland & Labrador - CBC News Melody Torcolacci won't be teaching Queen's students about vaccines next year - Health - CBC News Citronella bug spray makes comeback after public pressure - Business - CBC News Checkout donations: Poor transparency about where the money goes - Business - CBC News 'Ice volcano' forms at geyser in New York state park - SFGate Washing dishes by hand linked to fewer allergies in kids - Health - CBC News Facebook flags aboriginal names as not 'authentic' - Community - CBC News The Internet of Sheep: eat grass, send data - CNN.com Hungry Shoppers Also Buy More Non-Food Stuff – Consumerist Brazil judge in Batista case seen driving tycoon's seized Porsche | Reuters Pioneering Women of Physics | Perimeter Institute Hundreds of garter snakes found at B.C. construction site - British Columbia - CBC News Deer with head in bag rescued by teenager's lasso in Grand Forks, B.C. - British Columbia - CBC News #TheDress colour question divides an internet - Community - CBC News Leonard Nimoy Tweets STM bus driver refuses to lower ramp for woman with walker - Montreal - CBC News Neptune smartwatch aims to make you throw out your smartphone - Technology & Science - CBC News Lupita Nyong'o's $150,000 Oscar gown returned by thief via TMZ | Reuters Oregon sheriff investigates case of 'stolen' log cabin | Reuters Seattle woman knocked unconscious in drive-by egg throwing incident | Reuters Toronto tunnel dug by 2 men for 'personal reasons': police - Toronto - CBC News Skydiver Christopher Jones has seizure during jump, saved by instructor - World - CBC News Chris Hadfield's flight suit found in Toronto thrift store - Toronto - CBC News MarchDon't be fooled by big fat surprises, fat is still bad for you - Health - CBC News Heliconia plant only allows certain hummingbirds to pollinate it - Technology & Science - CBC News It's raining cats and tourists on a Japanese island | Reuters Science Says You Shop Differently If You’re Looking Up At Products – Consumerist Last box of Canadian-made Kellogg's cereal opened in Timmins - Windsor - CBC News Cancer-killing dandelion tea gets $157K research grant - Windsor - CBC News Ubisoft has new video game designed to treat lazy eye - Montreal - CBC News Bacchus club members help Bedford couple after flood - Nova Scotia - CBC News Alligator blood may be our next source of new antibiotics | Science! | Geek.com K-Cup creator John Sylvan regrets inventing coffee-making system - Business - CBC News Leonard Nimoy memorialized in mural by artist A.J. A. Louden - Edmonton - CBC News Leaks from taps cause massive damage to Germany's spy agency | Reuters Florida man drove dead body to attorney's office: police | Reuters New paint makes tough self-cleaning surfaces U.S. man rescued trying to walk from Detroit on frozen lake to Canada | Reuters Massive octopus in Seattle nearly crawls out of aquarium display | Reuters Brand new Lamborghini ticketed and towed for excessive speeding - British Columbia - CBC News Maine innkeeper to give property away to winner of essay contest | Reuters U.S tourists vandalized Rome's Colosseum, took selfie: Italian media | Reuters Taber, Alta., bans public swearing, spitting and yelling under new bylaw - Calgary - CBC News Sequencing fraud on 9 CIBC Visa cards like 'Groundhog Day' for Ottawa man - Canada - CBC News South Africa crime in focus after television reporter mugged on camera | Reuters Florida golfers undeterred by large alligator on putting green | Reuters New Yorker re-creates Canadian Hug-a-Muslim experiment - World - CBC News Oregon woman sets herself on fire, crashes car, jumps off bridge - and lives | Reuters Time stands still in Japan's village of scarecrows | Reuters Paper planes, parents help Indian pupils outsmart state exams | Reuters MV Blue Puttees trapped in ice since Wednesday with 40 passengers aboard - Nova Scotia - CBC News Retirement home fees of $1K per month continue after seniors die or move out - British Columbia - CBC News Baby born on flight diverted to Gander, N.L. - Newfoundland & Labrador - CBC News Corner Brook woman's sealskin purse seized at U.S. border - Newfoundland & Labrador - CBC News British police hunt thieves who stole 38 pythons | Reuters Washington goose poop prompts officials maybe to let the dogs out | Reuters North Korea's well-to-do feast on French baguettes | Reuters WWII soldier wills helmet to collector who returned it to him - New Brunswick - CBC News Hospital beds, nurses and IV drips on India's fashion catwalk | Reuters Heave, ho: Elephants rescue 18-wheeler stranded on Louisiana road | Reuters Fact or Fiction?: Dark Matter Killed the Dinosaurs - Scientific American 515 Patna students expelled for cheating, govt 'needs parents' help' Francis Boucher, son of Hells Angels kingpin Mom, surrenders - Montreal - CBC News South Korean gets plastic surgery ahead of robbery spree: police | Reuters Mother-in-law's tombstone topples on Pennsylvania man, killing him | Reuters More boys than girls are born, but sex ratio is equal at conception - Technology & Science - CBC News April 1CERN researchers confirm existence of the Force | CERN Tiny blackpoll warbler flies 3 days non-stop in record migration - Technology & Science - CBC News Against April Fools’ in Science Journalism | Observations, Scientific American Blog Network April 2-30Doctor calls medical note to patient's employer a waste of time - Trending - CBC News 'Earthship' takes off-the-grid living to new level for Manitoba couple - British Columbia - CBC News 3D printing helps give girl a new face - Health - CBC News Self-driving car completes drive across U.S. - Technology & Science - CBC News How urban soil farming could help feed more people - Technology & Science - CBC News Medieval potion kills antibiotic-resistant MRSA superbugs - Technology & Science - CBC News China to document its tourists behaving badly | Reuters Man sends wife hilariously 'sad' photos to prove his vacation was no fun without her - Trending - CBC News Los Angeles Police Department training has strong Canadian influence - World - CBC News Natasha Hope-Simpson, prosthetic leg user, gets note saying she 'should be ashamed' - Nova Scotia - CBC News Washington state police find family's stolen vacation cabin | Reuters Dog rescued, recovering after falling 230 feet down Oregon cliff | Reuters Wolverine tranquilized at New Jersey airport after chewing through cage | Reuters Breast milk may alter behaviour of babies - Technology & Science - CBC News U.S. Supreme Court rejects appeal over Arizona 'fish pedicures' | Reuters Goats, llama and shepherdess help clear plants at Oregon airport | Reuters Turnover explosion at Shanghai stock exchange has too many zeros for software | Reuters Health Canada's curious deletion from an information request - Health - CBC News Astronaut snaps epic 'Star Trek' selfie in space - CNET Coffee spill behind Serbian president's airplane scare | Reuters Frog discovered in Costa Rica resembles Kermit - Trending - CBC News Yogurt producers wonder what to do with whey - Health - CBC News 'Bully' New Zealand PM apologizes for pulling waitress's ponytail again and again | Reuters Colorado man cited for 'killing' uncooperative computer with handgun | Reuters Quebec girl told to stop reading by school bus driver - Montreal - CBC News Belle Gibson, wellness blogger, admits she never had cancer - Health - CBC News Edmonton paramedics save newborn's life, reunite 5 years later - Edmonton - CBC News Police arrest Utah man who lit brush fire 'to signal for help' | Reuters Four decades after jail escape, inmate to return to North Carolina | Reuters Wisconsin church ends pig wrestling after advocates raise stink | Reuters A stroll in Ikea: The ultimate test of a relationship Woman who hit Venezuela leader with mango rewarded with new home | Reuters Wedding ring lost in the Atlantic returned to Mississauga couple - Toronto - CBC News Professor in Texas fails entire class, school says no way -report | Reuters Texas trooper files suit over punishment for Snoop Dogg picture | Reuters Chinese company says 57-storey building's finished – in 19 days - Technology & Science - CBC News Pizza for ‘Please help. Get 911’: Hostage rescued after sending police a message through Pizza Hut order | National Post Losing focus: Why tech is getting in the way of work - BBC News New seasonal allergy treatments offer some hope - Health - CBC News Suicide Squad shuts down Yonge Street, yet again - Toronto - CBC News Fredericton woman finds poisonous beetle in spinach bag - New Brunswick - CBC News Morris the sheepdog comforts mourners at Wetaskiwin funeral home - Edmonton - CBC News Diabetes Has a New Enemy: Robo-Pancreas - IEEE Spectrum JuneCan bladeless wind turbines mute opposition? | Guardian Sustainable Business | The Guardian Parent-less Colorado teen finds a family to help celebrate birthday | Reuters Sir Christopher Lee dies at 93 - latest reaction and tributes - Telegraph Tiny houses for homeless people sprout in Los Angeles - World - CBC News Competitors put best foot forward for toe wrestling championship | Reuters Swiss say stray Venezuela golf balls violate Vienna Convention | Reuters Man arrested for pouring syrup on sidewalk - Latest Hamilton news - CBC Hamilton Obama uses N-word to argue racism is alive in America - Trending - CBC News German robbers chased away by shopkeeper wielding vacuum cleaner | Reuters Fearless L.A. cat wins SPCA's 'Hero Dog' award - World - CBC News Virtually climb El Capitan with Google's first vertical Street View - LA Times Egg throwing contest claims centuries-old tradition | Reuters Oregon men hospitalized, recovering after rare beaver attack | Reuters Man in wheelchair robs New York bank, gets away | Reuters Tom Holland's new role as Spider-Man sparks diversity debate - Arts & Entertainment - CBC News IndieGoGo: Greek Bailout JulyFrom the July/August 2015 issue of Inc. magazine There's a reason all your favorite products are always being discontinued - Chicago Tribune 13 Things from Sci-fi That Became Sci-fact | Perimeter Institute Canadian goes airborne in lawn chair lifted by helium balloons | Reuters Backhoe driver arrested after low-speed chase with RCMP - New Brunswick - CBC News Ageing rates vary widely, says study - BBC News 'Vampires' keep doctors in the dark for fear of stereotyping: study | Reuters Catastrophic Chinese floods triggered by air pollution | Science/AAAS | News Tom Selleck accused of stealing water for California ranch - Arts & Entertainment - CBC News Who is Wendy and why is this dinosaur named after her? | Reuters Email-a-Tree Service Doesn't Go As Planned, But in the Best Possible Way - CityLab A London crash to drone on about | The London Free Press Cambodia uses 'life-saving' rats to sniff out deadly landmines | Reuters OSU researchers discover the unicorn – seaweed that tastes like bacon! | News & Research Communications | Oregon State University sweetest ♥ dreams - i put my feelings in a picture: Thank you Mr. Iwata For women, life is better in Victoria, Gatineau, Quebec City, Montreal, new study says - Canada - CBC News Is flicking a sunflower seed littering? Winnipeg police think so - Manitoba - CBC News Great white shark rescued by Cape Cod beachgoers - World - CBC News Craving machine companionship? Japan's robot hotel is for you | ITworld Bromont lifeguard saves 4 from drowning in Indonesia - Montreal - CBC News Suncayr UV-sensitive ink turns skin purple when it's time for more sunscreen - Business - CBC News Dracula wants your blood: for Transylvania music gig | Reuters Pennsylvania couple rents chickens to egg fans, urban farmers | Reuters Massachusetts official faces charges for painting crosswalks | Reuters Singing along while shopping? You're probably spending more money, too - Business - CBC News Happy Birthday song copyright invalid, filmmakers allege - Business - CBC News Ebola vaccine from Canada seems to work in trial in Guinea: WHO - Health - CBC News Nearest rocky planet outside solar system confirmed - Technology & Science - CBC News Miami doctor James Jude, who pioneered CPR, dies at 87 | Miami Herald Will Falk: Science vs. the Real World on Mauna Kea AugustThe thermostat in your office may be sexist | Science/AAAS | News Osheaga fan's wheelchair crowd surf a 'beautiful moment' - Montreal - CBC News Turkish newlyweds skip wedding banquet, feed 4,000 Syrian refugees instead - World - CBC News Stolen car returned to South African owner after 22 years | Reuters Bounty hunter arrested after mistaking Phoenix police chief for target | Reuters Prisoner surfs out of Norway jail | Reuters FBI hopes grainy video will help solve 25-year-old $500 million art heist | Reuters Remains of two Japanese climbers on Matterhorn identified after 45 years | Reuters Internet search engines may be influencing elections | Science/AAAS | News Texas judge gives man a choice: get married or go to jail | Reuters Google morphs into Alphabet; investors cheer clarity | Reuters Three-year-old boy becomes mayor of small town in Minnesota | Reuters Forget Trump, Canada candidate slays dragons to nab votes | Reuters Man who flushed fake poker chips down toilet pleads guilty | Reuters Pennsylvania man protests $25 parking ticket with 2,500 pennies | Reuters Bug-killing book pages clean murky drinking water - BBC News Man in bear costume harasses grizzlies in Alaska, motive unclear | Reuters The real price of Windows 10 is your privacy Ireland scraps heritage certificates presented to Tom Cruise, Obama | Reuters Colorado cops rescue bear cub with head stuck in tub | Reuters Clown Genius | Scott Adams Blog New Yorker Decides US Has Too Much Free Speech; Dismisses 'Free Speech Extremists' | Techdirt Comcast Admits Broadband Usage Caps Are A Cash Grab, Not An Engineering Necessity | Techdirt Germany Says Taking Photos Of Food Infringes The Chef's Copyright | Techdirt Want to make sure the American-made MegaBot defeats Japan? Donate now | Ars Technica Science Isn’t Broken | FiveThirtyEight Man charged with trying to halt departing plane at Denver airport | Reuters How The Hugo Awards Saboteurs Actually Disproved Their Own Best Argument In Germany, a Message-in-a-Bottle Found 108 Years After Its Release - Slashdot Famous People Who Dig Physics | Perimeter Institute Enough to make Mona Lisa smile: Taiwan boy falls through Italian masterpiece | Reuters No charges for Missouri homeowner over military headstone patio | Reuters Talking in class could have benefits, says new UBC research - British Columbia - CBC News L.A. County leaders wash cars two-three times a week amid drought: report | Reuters All wine tastes the same? Aroma kits offer an edge - The Globe and Mail Pwned, SJW among internet slang words added to OxfordDictionaries.com - Trending - CBC News Two men hospitalized after jumping into canal at Venetian in Las Vegas | Reuters Segway knocks Bolt off his stride at the Bird's Nest | Reuters Federal scientist put on leave over Harperman protest song - Politics - CBC News (FI http://t.co/u0SfrimAIS) Alberta company bottling air from Canadian Rockies and selling it worldwide - Calgary - CBC News Bartender finds $20 bill, wins $1 million California lottery with it | Reuters A Nerd’s Guide To The 2,229 Paintings At MoMA | FiveThirtyEight SeptemberAustralian sheep is unofficially the world's woolliest | Reuters Record-breaking runner to pay $500 fine for Maine celebration | Reuters Chris Hadfield invites Ahmed Mohamed to Toronto science show - Toronto - CBC News Studies on kissing, the word 'huh?' among Ig Nobel award winners | Reuters Tofino, B.C., where even the clocks are on island time - British Columbia - CBC News Watching paint dry leads to Guinness world record in rural Indiana | Reuters Monkey who took grinning 'selfie' should own copyright: U.S. lawsuit | Reuters Oklahoma man discovers he was shot twice after celebrating birthday: police | Reuters Modern Browsers Are Undefended Against Cookie-based MITM Attacks Over HTTPS - Slashdot Wisconsin refutes hoax that lawn ornaments counted in state deer tally | Reuters OctoberMontana hunter fends off grizzly by sticking arm into its throat | Reuters Tarantula found crossing road on Ottawa residential street - Ottawa - CBC News Australian car chase ends in Indian Ocean | Reuters Pilot forgets back-up gas tank, crash-lands on Idaho freeway | Reuters American Airlines flight delayed in Texas by swarming bees | Reuters Alaska tribe to get back totem pole taken by U.S actor in 1930s | Reuters Dog named Trigger shoots owner in the foot in Indiana | Reuters Hands-on with Facebook M: the virtual assistant with a (real) human touch | The Verge Runaway U.S. military blimp wreaks havoc in Pennsylvania | Reuters Famous skateboarding dog Tillman dies at age 10 in California | Reuters NovemberGeorge Boole: A 200-Year View—Stephen Wolfram Blog Lung Association of Nova Scotia offers up turkey to quit cold turkey - Nova Scotia - CBC News Tim Hortons, Starbucks knew paper cups were not recycled, employees say - Business - CBC News Star Wars fan Daniel Fleetwood, treated to The Force Awakens while terminally ill, dies - Arts & Entertainment - CBC News 5 things the media does to manufacture outrage. — Medium Carly Simon says You're So Vain verse is about Warren Beatty - Arts & Entertainment - CBC News Taylor Swift lawsuit tossed by judge quoting Shake It Off - Arts & Entertainment - CBC News 'Adult preschool' charges hipsters to take naps, play with glitter glue - Trending - CBC News Peter Mansbridge to voice Peter Moosebridge for Disney film Zootopia - Arts & Entertainment - CBC News Canadian mining firm Lucara finds 2nd largest diamond ever - Business - CBC News A cold, wet one: after pub patio floods, 2 guys sit down for a pint - Home | As It Happens | CBC Radio An Islander's potato proposal, and its sweet story - Prince Edward Island - CBC News Singapore megachurch leaders sentenced to jail for pop music fraud | Reuters Ketchup Leather: The condiment revolution is finally upon us - Home | As It Happens | CBC Radio Man pleads guilty to stealing human brains from Indiana medical museum | Reuters Intruder dies in California chimney after homeowner lights fire | Reuters Canadian caught smuggling 51 turtles in his pants to plead guilty - Windsor - CBC News DecemberFor sale: South Dakota ghost town for $250,000 | Reuters Thief steals $1 million in jewelry during New Mexico Christmas tree lighting | Reuters Pakistan court filing asks British queen to return Koh-i-Noor diamond | Reuters Modern science detects disease in 400-year-old embalmed hearts | Reuters Woman heartbroken after stranger who paid for her groceries dies 1 day later - Toronto - CBC News Austrian police baffled by tens of thousands of euros scattered in Danube | Reuters Florida burglary suspect eaten by alligator after fleeing police | Reuters Connecticut teen tests fire-breathing, turkey-roasting drone | Reuters Untangling the Tale of Ada Lovelace—Stephen Wolfram Blog Debate on separate spouse surnames heats up before Japan court ruling | Reuters Happy Christmas for Swiss boy who found 1,000-franc note | Reuters Mystery Santas pay for $484,000 in U.S. shoppers' Walmart purchases | Reuters Texas Plumber Sues Car Dealer After His Truck Ends Up In Videos of Syria's Front Lines - Slashdot Lawyer for Martin Shkreli Hikes Fees Five Thousand Per Cent - The New Yorker Waiter turns over $32,000 in cash left at Applebee's in California | Reuters German church hosts galactic service to celebrate Star Wars release | Reuters Austrian radio jockey punished for playing 'Last Christmas' 24 times | Reuters 'Star Wars' fan arrested over threat to student who revealed plot: prosecutor | Reuters Coyote stopped at security checkpoint at South Carolina airport | Reuters Actor Nicolas Cage returns stolen dinosaur skull he bought | Reuters Woman who won lottery during divorce can keep it all - Dutch court | Reuters Drunk driving charges dropped after auto-brewery syndrome defence - Health - CBC News Canadian Bad Santa pulls Christmas Eve heist, escapes in Hummer | Reuters |