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  • Two Canadian sites in running for World Heritage status

    A Basque whaling station that dates to the 1500s and a largely unspoiled expanse of boreal forest where five First Nations have existed for six millenniums are among the international sites being considered this week for coveted World Heritage designation.Canadian officials are in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, hoping to convince UNESCO's World Heritage Committee that the Red Bay National Historic ...

  • Blackhawks pull even in Stanley Cup final with OT win over Bruins

    The Chicago Blackhawks mob Brent Seabrook, after his game-winning goal against the Boston Bruins during the first overtime period in Game 4 on Wednesday in Boston. (Charles Krupa/Associated ...

  • Richmond widow racks up $1800 hospital parking bill

    A Richmond widow -- furious at racking up nearly $1,800 in hospital parking fees while visiting her dying son and husband -- says hospital parking should be free. But the health authority says that money is needed to pay for operating costs. Anne Graham lost her son Bruce to lymphoma, in October. Then her husband Don died from bone cancer in March. The 82-year old would visit every day for ...

  • Kids removed from Canadian Mennonite community

    (38 mins ago) 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 its care and would not reveal any other details about the case. The department said child protection ...

  • 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 ...

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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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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

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