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Facebook 'defriending' led to double murder
Strange | 57 hits | 2:31 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
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A Tennessee couple who “defriended” a woman on Facebook were murdered in their home by the jilted woman’s father and another man, police said on Thursday.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Alleged ‘Tazer ball' team in Toronto sparks horror, amusement
Strange | 69 hits | 7:50 AM on Friday | posted by Regina
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Group of Torontonians has formed a team called the Toronto Terror, despite the fact that the small stun-guns are illegal in Canada
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Man sentenced to romantic Red Lobster dinner with wife
Strange | 111 hits | 11:55 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
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A romantic night on the town with his wife rather than a night in jail was the sentence for a Florida man arrested after a marital fight over a birthday.
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Killer whales the plaintiffs in 'slavery' lawsuit
Strange | 138 hits | 4:46 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
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A federal judge for the first time in U.S. history heard arguments Monday in a case that could determine whether animals enjoy the same constitutional protection against slavery as human beings.
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Link Related to Canada in some say A Close Call with a Fire in Ops Township
Strange | 103 hits | 5:58 PM on Monday | posted by MetroTO
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Kawartha Lakes fire crews had their work done for them after a fire in a garbage can got so hot it burst the toilet tank it was next to, which in turn extinguished the fire
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Link Related to Canada in some say Woman declared dead, says she's alive
Strange | 179 hits | 8:02 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
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Susan Campbell is afraid to look in her mailbox.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Mysterious noise escalates in Windsor, Ont.
Strange | 228 hits | 4:19 PM on Monday | posted by Hyack
An unexplained rumbling disturbed hundreds of Windsor, Ont., residents this weekend to the extent that some thought it was an earthquake, prompting calls for Ottawa to step in.
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More than 1,000 Kyrgyz prisoners sew mouths shut
Strange | 96 hits | 1:55 PM on Sunday | posted by Hyack
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More than 1,000 prisoners in Kyrgyzstan have sewn their lips together, a grotesque act inmates describe as a protest of their dismal conditions, but which authorities blame on organized criminal gangs who resent attempts to break the power they wield in p
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Link Related to Canada in some say Bones found in boot on B.C. beach not likely human
Strange | 119 hits | 12:12 AM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
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Bones found inside a boot on a Vancouver beach are likely not human and may have come from an animal, says a member of the BC Coroners Service.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Possible human foot washes ashore on B.C. coast
Strange | 110 hits | 5:04 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
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A boot containing the apparent remains of a human foot have washed ashore on Vancouver's coast.
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Link Related to Canada in some say On-the-loose cat in the cockpit delays Air Canada flight
Strange | 150 hits | 8:53 PM on Wednesday | posted by Regina
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Air Canada flight 603 was delayed for hours by a passenger’s feline that got loose and wound up in the cockpit
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Link Related to Canada in some say Stolen bike returned to mystified owner 28 years later
Strange | 186 hits | 8:51 PM on Monday | posted by Hyack
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Nearly three decades after Tony Roche's bike was stolen from outside a Victoria pub, the "well used" ride has been returned to its rightful and slightly baffled owner.
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No joke: 3-inch nail removed from U.S. man's brain
Strange | 135 hits | 6:47 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
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Doctors have removed a 3-inch nail from a Chicago man's brain, a procedure he thought they were joking about.
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Indonesian girl swallowed by crocodile as dad looks on
Strange | 216 hits | 8:30 AM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
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Officials say a crocodile swallowed a girl in Indonesia as her father looked on helplessly.
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Link Related to Canada in some say B.C. woman fights to get back tame Canada Goose
Strange | 71 hits | 7:39 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
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Over 1,700 people have joined a Facebook campaign to help a northern B.C. woman reclaim a young goose she raised from a gosling, after Lucy was seized by conservation officers.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Wayward owl causes traffic jams near Ontario town
Strange | 186 hits | 7:28 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
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A wayward great grey owl calling Kingsville, Ont., home is creating parking and traffic control problems in the southern Ontartio town.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Shot in the eye, woman insists on finishing beer
Strange | 265 hits | 10:10 AM on Sunday | posted by Curtman
"It was like she was oblivious to what had happened. She didn't want any treatment until after she finished her beer," a source told the Free Press.
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Appetite for destruction: 2012 and the Apocalypse | CTV News
Strange | 211 hits | 7:50 AM on Friday | posted by Guy_Fawkes
Some say the Mayans predicted that 2012 would mark the end of time, what will the coming year bring? Disasters? Famines? Droughts? But if the Apocalypse is only a theory for religion and long-extinct civilizations, why do the rest of us care so much?
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Link Related to Canada in some say Disturbing video prompts calls for ban on horse meat | CTV News
Strange | 258 hits | 6:00 AM on Saturday | posted by Guy_Fawkes
Animal rights groups are calling for a ban on the sale of horse meat after disturbing video emerged from a Quebec slaughterhouse showing horses being knocked unconscious before they are butchered.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Tipsy Santa arrested for public intoxication at Regina mall
Strange | 226 hits | 5:43 PM on Friday | posted by Curtman
A Santa at Cornwall Centre, a downtown Regina shopping mall, was slurring his speech and stumbling Friday morning before he was led away by staff, then arrested by police for being drunk.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Lost puffin found 1,000 km away in downtown Montreal
Strange | 164 hits | 7:00 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
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A lost seabird, likely from the craggy coasts of Atlantic Canada, has been found more than 1,000 kilometres from home: waddling on a busy downtown Montreal street.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Bear captured in downtown Vancouver
Strange | 273 hits | 10:06 PM on Monday | posted by Hyack
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Conservation authorities have successfully captured a large black bear that had been standing on top of a garbage truck in downtown Vancouver.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Ford goes ballistic in The Nutcracker, to everyone's delight
Strange | 277 hits | 6:03 PM on Saturday | posted by kitty
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Mayor Rob Ford plays a bellicose Cannon Doll in an amusing cameo in The Nutcracker ballet at the Four Seasons Centre.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Christmas 2011: Ontario school replaces holiday concert with non-denominational February fest | News | National Post
Strange | 305 hits | 7:42 AM on Friday | posted by saturn_656
For the sake of inclusiveness, an Ottawa-area school has cancelled its annual Christmas concert in favour of a non-denominational winter concert to be held in February
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Michael Jackson's kids make 'X Factor' appearance | CTV News
Strange | 200 hits | 3:27 AM on Friday | posted by Guy_Fawkes
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Prince Michael, 14, Paris, 13, and nine-year-old Prince Michael II made an appearance as the TV show paid tribute to their late father.
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Forget Rudolph: Get your photo taken with Santa — and a grenade launcher
Strange | 180 hits | 8:07 PM on Wednesday | posted by kitty
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An Arizona gun club is offering a chance for children and their families to pose for photos with Santa while holding pistols and military-style rifles.
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'Frosty the Snowman' arrested at Maryland parade
Strange | 241 hits | 10:38 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
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A man in a Frosty the Snowman costume was arrested Saturday during the annual Christmas parade in Chestertown, on Maryland's Eastern Shore.
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Mexico acknowledges 2nd Mayan reference to 2012
Strange | 243 hits | 11:28 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
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Mexico's archaeology institute downplays theories that the ancient Mayas predicted some sort of apocalypse would occur in 2012, but on Thursday it acknowledged that a second reference to the date exists on a carved fragment found at a southern Mexico ruin
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Link Related to Canada in some say OPP charge trucker with watching TV while driving
Strange | 182 hits | 10:07 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
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Police charged a trucker with watching television as he drove along one of Ontario's busiest highways.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Moncton snowblower ad goes viral
Strange | 395 hits | 10:06 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
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A New Brunswick man is blown away that the snowblower classified advertisement he posted online has gone viral.
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Blind Rockaway Twp. man unfit to own guns
Strange | 181 hits | 10:50 AM on Monday | posted by Guy_Fawkes
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A full-blown court hearing started Thursday on whether a blind Rockaway Township man who shot himself in the shin can continue to own handguns or should forfeit ownership and the ability to purchase firearms.
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Google Earth Uncovers Mysterious White Lines in Chinese Desert | NewsFeed | TIME.com
Strange | 370 hits | 10:26 AM on Wednesday | posted by stemmer
Are unknown lines being used for military training?
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Woman selling virginity for $15Gs
Strange | 393 hits | 11:39 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
A 19-year-old woman is selling her virginity for $15,000 through an Australian escort agency.
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Spanish cemetery threatens to evict the dead
Strange | 209 hits | 7:36 PM on Monday | posted by Hyack
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Pushed for space, a Spanish cemetery has begun placing stickers on thousands of burial sites with lapsed leases as a warning to relatives that their ancestors face possible eviction.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Detached foot surfaces in B.C. lake
Strange | 205 hits | 7:03 PM on Monday | posted by Hyack
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Another detached foot has surfaced in the waters surrounding Metro Vancouver.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Man jailed for killing friend with piece of sidewalk
Strange | 193 hits | 6:25 AM on Thursday | posted by QBC
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EDMONTON — A local man has been put behind bars for killing a drinking buddy by hitting him with a chunk of sidewalk as he lay helpless on the...
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Link Related to Canada in some say Here's looking at you: Doctors find face in testicle ultrasound
Strange | 414 hits | 4:56 PM on Tuesday | posted by snookums
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Move over, grilled cheese Virgin Mary. Step aside, bathroom door Jesus.
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Tom Boddingham slipper: Decimal point error sees size size 1,450 order from China | Mail Online
Strange | 331 hits | 12:24 PM on Thursday | posted by DanSC
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Tom, from Ilford, East London, had tried to get a custom-made slipper sent to him to fit his oversized foot - but what came back was 7ft long and size XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXL.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Truck hits the deck ... literally
Strange | 237 hits | 12:32 PM on Tuesday | posted by QBC
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Alcohol is being considered a factor in a bizarre Monday afternoon collision that saw a pickup truck collide with a south end home. Grande Prairie...
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Link Related to Canada in some say Wrecked truck video from Dauphin goes viral
Strange | 431 hits | 11:53 AM on Monday | posted by Curtman
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The short video of a wrecked Ford F150 driving off a pile of rubble in Dauphin has become a social media hit.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Two bear cubs rescued from Coquitlam dumpster
Strange | 197 hits | 10:36 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
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Conservation officers have rescued two bears found in a dumpster in Coquitlam, B.C., but say the mother will have to be killed because she has become too habituated to garbage.
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'America the Beautiful' picked for China space launch
Strange | 266 hits | 8:29 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
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BEIJING — China's state broadcaster isn't saying why the station ran the music to "America the Beautiful" during the gala live broadcast of the country's latest space launch.
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Belgium's 'Mr Penguin' dreams of Antarctic funeral
Strange | 185 hits | 9:17 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
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BRUSSELS - Belgian pensioner Alfred David dreams one day he’ll find eternal rest in the icy waters somewhere near Antarctica, dressed in his penguin suit and laid out in a coffin decorated with penguins.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Man shoots friend, not bear, in camping mishap
Strange | 316 hits | 1:49 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
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The man was camping by the Nitinat River near Lake Cowichan on Saturday when his companion was woken up by what he thought was a black bear trying to get into the tent.
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Link Related to Canada in some say B.C. mom suing kids for financial support
Strange | 482 hits | 4:17 PM on Monday | posted by wildrosegirl
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A lawsuit in B.C. involving a mother who wants her adult children to support her financially is raising questions about whether Canada still needs laws that obligate children to support their parents.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Canadian cryptid coins are the most bad-ass currency in the history of legal tender
Strange | 525 hits | 4:10 AM on Sunday | posted by Canadaka
Most of us are accustomed to money covered with dead historical figures and scenic historical monuments. In the Great White North, they are minting commemorative coins adorned with Québécois lake dragons and underwater panthers. If you live anywhere but C
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'First Irish case' of death by spontaneous combustion
Strange | 288 hits | 10:51 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
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A man who burned to death in his home died as a result of spontaneous combustion, an Irish coroner has ruled.
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Link Related to Canada in some say How female 'hysteria' led to the invention of the vibrator
Strange | 357 hits | 12:19 PM on Friday | posted by Regina
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They’d tremble, flush a deep red, moan and feel remarkably better afterward, a spring in their step as they left their physicians’ operating theatres.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Mystery Windsor rumbling pinpointed to U.S.
Strange | 453 hits | 9:16 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
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The source of mysterious rumblings that have been troubling residents in the Windsor-Essex area for months are coming from the United States, a Ministry of Environment official said Thursday.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Rabbit nurses orphaned kittens
Strange | 240 hits | 9:14 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
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A mother rabbit is helping feed six orphaned kittens after their mother was shot over the weekend.

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