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The big event starts at 8 p.m. EDT here, but it's come and gone in Sydney, Australia. Some Globe and Mail stuff: Will the last one out turn out the lights? 60 things to do during Earth Hour In training for the big event Personally, I don't see Earth Hour hurting anything, but for it [...]
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Along with historically high oil prices, the price of staples like rice, wheat and corn have doubled in the past year, causing unrest in places that already suffer stability issues. From the Globe and Mail: Canadians might be forgiven for not noticing. The remarkable rise of the loonie has so far largely insulated them from [...]
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From the NYT: More fighting in Iraq. Somalia in chaos. People in this country can’t afford their mortgages and in some places now they can’t even afford rice. None of this nor the rest of the grimness on the front page today will matter a bit, though, if two men pursuing a lawsuit in federal [...]
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Henry Hill's life story was immortalized in the incomparable Goodfellas. He lived a high-flying life as a gangster before crashing in a drug bust and ratting out his associates to literally save his own life. The BBC's Heather Alexander tagged along as Hill revisited the old nabe: “I couldn't walk around this neighbourhood ten years ago,” [...]
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Late-night newscasts led with word of a shooting in a TTC subway car. The “victim” and a friend had reportedly been yipping with two guys for some time. She reportedly pulled a knife; unfortunately, he had a gun (there is an alternate version; darned if I know what the truth is as I write this). However, here's the [...]