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U.S. security czar softens stand on border
Seeded on Wed May 27, 2009 2:38 PM EDT (Toronto Star)
A senior U.S. official who earlier stoked concerns that Canada's border would be treated no different than Mexico's now says that while the law governing the crossings is the same, the techniques used to implement it will be different.
Short Sales: Banks Blocking Way Out Of Foreclosure Crisis
Seeded on Fri May 8, 2009 7:18 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
A good report on the failure of the "cram down" Senate vote, and the reasons why banks prefer to foreclose rather than finance short sales of real estate. This costs far more than short sale losses to both seller and bank.
Susan Boyle: What If the Bird Will Not Sing?
Sun May 3, 2009 12:32 AM EDT
Susan Boyle, the Scot heard 'round the world, is a rare, endangered songbird that needs protection. Like the first bluebird of a cold Spring, her song is a promise of warm summer days.
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Susan Boyle: earliest singing footage unearthed
Seeded on Sat May 2, 2009 3:08 PM EDT (Telegraph)
The earliest known video footage of Susan Boyle – showing the Britain's Got Talent star singing at a social club – has been unearthed. The clip was recorded a quarter of a century ago when Boyle was just 22, but the power of her voice was clear even then.
Your Cell Phone Is Bugging You
Seeded on Thu Apr 30, 2009 5:12 PM EDT ()
With readily available phone spyware, cell phones are easily wiretapped.Your "private" conversations can be heard even when you are off the phone. Heard by anyone, anywhere, anytime, invisibly with no trace. They can also track your location. Protect yourself!
The Disappearing Male
Seeded on Thu Apr 30, 2009 12:21 AM EDT ()
Is this the real prelude to human extinction? The 80,000+ chemicals we make and use in daily life permanently damage the development of male reproductive organs, whether human or animal.
French Paedophile Flees Prison By Helicopter
Seeded on Tue Apr 28, 2009 12:06 AM EDT ()
The pedophile leader of an outlawed sect and two accomplices escaped by helicopter from a prison on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion on Monday
Susan Boyle: Not Quite Out of Nowhere
Seeded on Sun Apr 26, 2009 11:48 AM EDT (TIME)
Potts and Boyle are not two undiscovered singers who never got their shot at fame. Their stories are less telegenic than the one sold by Britain's Got Talent, but much more common. Thousands of singers take their shot and fail, just as these two had.
Investors, leave hope for dead
Seeded on Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:59 PM EDT (MSN)
It's not natural for Americans to abandon a dream, but continuing to believe that the economy is on the verge of a turnaround would be a costly mistake.
I know those sneers. I've heard them too
Seeded on Sun Apr 19, 2009 5:51 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
Susan Boyle's worldwide fame is a triumph for all those who have ever been judged by appearances. I know those sneers. I've heard them too.
It wasn't singer Susan Boyle who was ugly on Britain's Got Talent so much as our reaction to her
Seeded on Sun Apr 19, 2009 5:27 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
By raising this Susan up, we will forgive ourselves for grinding every other Susan into the dust. It will be a very partial and poisoned redemption. Because Britain's Got Malice. Sing, Susan, sing - to an ugly crowd that doesn't deserve you.
Reality TV star Susan Boyle set for duet with idol Elaine Paige
Seeded on Sun Apr 19, 2009 5:21 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
Susan Boyle's triumph on Britain's Got Talent has led Elaine Paige to suggest a collaboration
Canada Issues a Wake-Up Call: You May Be a Citizen
Seeded on Fri Apr 17, 2009 9:15 PM EDT (Wall Street Journal)
Thanks to a new law, Canada will bestow citizenship Friday on what its government believes could be hundreds of thousands of unsuspecting foreigners, most of them Americans.
Grow 100 Pounds of Potatoes in 4 Square Feet
Seeded on Thu Apr 16, 2009 6:41 PM EDT (The Seattle Times)
You don't need your own private Idaho to grow potatoes. Greg Lutovsky, who has been growing potatoes as a business since 1993, says you can grow 100 pounds of potatoes in 4 square feet. All it takes is some lumber, seed potatoes and careful attention to watering.
Bob Dylan on Barack Obama, Ulysses Grant and American Civil War ghosts
Seeded on Sat Apr 11, 2009 10:28 PM EDT (The Times)
Bob Dylan recognizes a story-worthy character when he sees one, and he certainly sees one in Barack Obama, judging by his description of the president in an interview with the U.K.'s Times Online.
One-way flight to Afghan outback
Seeded on Sat Apr 11, 2009 9:14 AM EDT (BBC News)
Absent minders: Abandoned on a press trip in Afghanistan. The US and the rest of NATO keep telling us how the security situation has improved. But they are unwilling to practice the confidence they preach.
New York Times Stock Now Costs Less Than Sunday Paper
Seeded on Sun Feb 22, 2009 8:30 PM EST ()
Maybe they could save costs by printing the paper on their stock certificates.
Excuse me, the plane is on fire
Seeded on Sat Feb 21, 2009 9:17 PM EST (The Times)
I've been bumped up to first class. Suddenly it doesn't matter if we crash
Credit Crunch in Pix: Unsold Cars Around The World
Seeded on Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:12 AM EST ()
Millions of new unsold cars are parked in ports and factories. These 10 pix show the depth of car maker's problems better than any chart. Check the predictions at page bottom.
Hudson River Landing: new pro sim from radar data
Seeded on Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:58 PM EST (www.passur.com)
Brand new professional simulation of the flight of US Airways Flight 1549 that ditched in the Hudson River. It is precision radar based with data displayed, from www.passur.com
Baker Street singer Gerry Rafferty vanishes from London hospital
Seeded on Sun Feb 15, 2009 11:40 PM EST (the Mail online)
Gerry Rafferty, the singer behind the 1978 hit Baker Street, has been missing for nearly six months after vanishing from a London hospital where he was being treated for liver failure.
U.S. stimulus: Will history repeat itself?
Seeded on Sun Feb 15, 2009 11:53 AM EST (The Globe and Mail)
Imagine this: community organizers with mesmerizing rhetoric and calls for change, remove the privileged from power. Heavy government debt. makes the economy tank. So they print money as a stimulus package!
Canada has nothing to say
Seeded on Sat Feb 14, 2009 7:43 PM EST (The Globe and Mail)
A succession of minority governments has left our foreign policy in a shambles and our foreign service paralyzed. On trade, on global warming, on peace in the Middle East, on the emerging Third World powers - on anything that matters, Canada has nothing to say.
Open Says Me: Most residential locks vulnerable to "lock bumping"
Seeded on Sat Feb 14, 2009 5:42 PM EST ()
Bump keys are a magic wand to open almost - any - lock. They are cheap, readily available, fast and easy to use. If someone robs your house using a bump key, you may have trouble making an insurance claim.
Senate Passes Stimulus Bill Containing $1.3 Billion for NASA
Seeded on Fri Feb 13, 2009 5:12 PM EST ()
The U.S. Senate passed an $838 billion economic stimulus package Tuesday that includes $1.3 billion for NASA - more than double the amount the House approved Jan. 28 for the U.S. space agency in its version of the bill.
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Poll: Is T. Boone Pickens Right? Is the Iraqi Oil Our Spoils of War?
We are an incredibly poorly managed country. How could we squander trillions fighting a war in Iraq and then turn the spoils of the war over to our dreaded economic rivals, the Chinese? It is almost unfathomable that we would do this. What could we be thinking?
Study: Half of U.S. kids assaulted each year— Nearly half the children surveyed were assaulted at least once in the past year, and more than one in 10 were injured as a result. — Nearly one-quarter of the children were the victim of a robbery, vandalism or theft. — About 10% were victims of maltreatment (including …
Canadian mayors opt out of Buy America retaliation
Canada's mayors said Saturday that they are withdrawing their threat to boycott suppliers from the United States in retaliation for Buy American provisions involving U.S.-funded stimulus projects.
- New gates divide U.S.-Canada border towns
The towns of Derby Line, Vt., and Stanstead, Quebec, which for decades have functioned as one community, are united in displeasure over the erection of a pair of steel gates that will soon divide them.
- Regina Holliday and the Art of Health Reform
If you want to get insights into the problems of our health care system . . . you should also look at a mural by Washington DC resident Regina Holliday. Holliday is a 37-year old mother of two and an art teacher.
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Saw your story on the economic stimulus.
I honestly believe the worst has yet to come and it will get real ugly. What we are seeing in the USA is a massive shift in wealth, most of which is going to China. I'm not sure how bad it is in Canada, but if it gets worse your country may need to put fences to keep Americans looking for work out of your country!!!
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