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  • One-billion-year-old water saltier than seawater

    University of Toronto scientists have found pockets of water that had been sitting 2.4 kilometres underneath the Earth's surface for more than a billion years. Earth sciences professor Barbara Sherwood, who admitted that she had tasted it from time to time, revealed that the water has the consistency of maple syrup and is much saltier than seawater, News.com.au reported. She told the LA ...

  • Designation of obesity as disease spurs Canadian debate

    A decision in the United States to recognize obesity as a disease has prompted soul-searching within Canada's medical establishment on whether to follow suit.The dramatic move by the American Medical Association on Tuesday, which is expected to spur doctors and insurers to pay more attention to obesity, could also prompt action in Canada. Although no provincial government recognizes ...

  • Children taken from Canadian Mennonite community

    WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Children have been removed from an orthodox Mennonite community in Canada where adults have been charged with assaulting youngsters using items such as cattle prods and leather straps.Manitoba Family Services would not say Wednesday how many children had been taken into care and would not reveal any other details about the case. The department says child protection ...

  • Scientology facing documentary expose by Texan Bert Leahy

    Narconon Arrowhead protest in Oklahoma, and I know Bert as a man with a caring heart a man who seeks truth and justice for those who cannot help themselves. Now he will be filming a multi-State, multi-city documentary across the United States, exposing the horrors of Scientology. Bert feels he was duped and misled by both Scientology and then Marty Rathbun -- viewing Rathbun as the ...

  • ‘Million Dollar Listing’ stars Fredrik Eklund and Luis Ortiz get into a fight

    Fredrik Eklund may have been labeled the listing machine of New York because he is a hardworking broker in the big city who never stops working. He is successful because of his hardworking personality, so it is a big shock that he gets into a fight with a new broker. This season, fans have ...

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The Naked City [DVD]

The Naked City [DVD]

Shot on 107 different locations around New York City, Jules Dassins The Naked City was a new kind of a crime thriller, one whose striking originality when it premiered in 1948 subsequently paved the way for every detailed police procedural that followed, from Dragnet to ...

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  • Sotheby’s stakes claim in Ottawa’s real estate market

    OTTAWA -- Eyebrows rose when a blue and white For Sale sign appeared in front of houses in Hintonburg and Greely, not at the properties but the seller: luxury real estate brokerage Sotheby's International Realty Canada has landed in Ottawa.The great comfort and extravagance associated with luxury is not a trait generally attributed to a city with housing prices which, according to the ...

  • Rycroft Brazilian protesters wont be silenced by FIFA boss

    Despite FIFA President Sepp Blatter's rosy view of things, there is a clear divide growing between what is going on at the Confederations Cup, and what is actually taking place in the streets of Brazil. (Vincenzo Pinto/Getty ...

  • NHLers tweet during Game 4 of Stanley Cup final

    Linesman Pierre Racicot (65) tries to separate Chicago Blackhawks defenceman Duncan Keith, left, and Boston Bruins centre Chris Kelly during the first period in Game 4 on Wednesday. (Charles Krupa/Associated ...

  • Impact remain unbeaten at home with win over Dynamo

    Felipe Martins and Marco Di Vaio scored in the first half Wednesday as the Montreal Impact remained undefeated at home with a 2-0 victory over the Houston Dynamo. The Eastern Conference-leading Impact (9-3-2) improved to 6-0-1 at Saputo Stadium and won a fourth in a row at home in Major League Soccer play. Houston (6-5-4) are winless in their last five (0-3-2). The crowd of 17,694 saw the ...

  • Great-grandmother graduates high school in B.C.

    A great-grandmother who has waited 56 years to get her high school diploma can finally cross that dream off her bucket list. Maureen Baker has attended several high school reunions with her classmates from the 1950s, but felt like an outsider because she never finished school. On Wednesday, the 76-year-old Agassiz, B.C., resident finally walked across a stage with two other seniors who ...

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