 | 'Let's All Hate Toronto' (News)
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The dislike of Canada's biggest city, Toronto, in the rest of the country runs so deep that a filmmaker has made a documentary about it.
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| Chinese translation error blamed for slur on sofa label (News)
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Doris Moore was shocked when her new couch was delivered to her Toronto home with a label that used a racial slur to describe the dark brown shade of the upholstery.
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| Chinese translation error blamed for slur on sofa label (News)
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Doris Moore was shocked when her new couch was delivered to her Toronto home with a label that used a racial slur to describe the dark brown shade of the upholstery.
Tags: Toronto (Ontario) Racism Ontario (Canada) India Beijing (China) Computer Software |
| Town mourns 5 cheerleaders killed in fiery crash (News)
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They were giddy after a weekend of high school graduation parties, still reminiscing about their triumph at a national cheerleading contest, and were lining up a farewell summer of pool parties and sl..
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| Alex Trebek has heart attack (News)
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Alex Trebek, the long-time host of the popular television quiz show "Jeopardy," suffered a minor heart attack at his home Monday night.
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 | fembot (Video)
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Aiko is the brainchild of robotics developer Le Trung and the first Canadian android to make a public appearance. The android visited the Ontario Science Centre November 10, 2007. Thank you YouTube Ca..
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| Cheerleaders killed in fiery head-on crash (News)
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A fiery head-on collision killed five women in a sport utility vehicle less than a week after they graduated from a high school in a Rochester suburb, the principal said Wednesday.
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| Some food from Mexico to face testing (News)
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Starting Monday, health inspectors will halt and check the shipment of ingredients common to Mexican cuisine from Mexico to the United States, sources familiar with the salmonella poisoning investigat..
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| Great Lakes Compact OK'd to prevent water diversion (News)
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Great Lakes water cannot be diverted to thirsty areas elsewhere in the United States and abroad under an agreement approved Friday by President Bush.
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 | Rumsfield TooLate (Video)
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The sound's a lil rough at the begining but gets better...
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| Arctic blast shuts down schools, trains, roads (News)
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A bone-chilling arctic cold wave with temperatures as low as 42 below zero shut down schools Monday, sent homeless people into shelters and put car batteries on the disabled list from the northern Pla..
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| Satisfaction guaranteed: How certain foods help you feel full (News)
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Many of us worry about overeating when we sit down for a meal. But what, beyond overindulgence, makes people feel full -- and how can we leverage foods' filling powers to help control portions?
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| More snow on the way for New York (News)
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Before weekend squalls add to the 8 feet of snow already on the ground, the communities along eastern Lake Ontario needed the dry respite they got Friday.
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| Snowfall tops 100 inches in New York village (News)
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With more than 8 feet of snow already coating the ground, it wasn't good news for this winter-weary region when the blue sky turned gray Saturday, signaling another intense snow squall was about to du..
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| New Yorkers dig out while another storm looms (News)
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The lake-effect squalls that have buried parts of upstate New York in nearly 12 feet of snow finally ended Monday, leaving road crews with the task of clearing snow piled as high as street signs.
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| Storm cancels classes, flights in Northeast (News)
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Blowing snow and sleet glazed windshields and roads across the Northeast and the Midwest on Wednesday, messing up Valentine's Day flower deliveries and wrecking couples' plans for romantic dinners.
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| 12 new things for 2007 (News)
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Perhaps you've heard about the Grand Canyon Skywalk, a glass observation deck that will jut out from the edge of the canyon 4,000 feet over the Colorado River. The Skywalk is scheduled to open to the ..
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| Motorists free, roads closed as death toll rises (News)
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The last of hundreds of stranded motorists were freed, but Pennsylvania highways remained shut Friday as crews struggled to clear ice and snow after a monster storm that has been blamed for at least 2..
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| Baggs: Live on an autistic island? Not me (News)
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Amanda Baggs, a 26-year-old woman with autism, became a bit of an Internet sensation after she posted videos she made about how someone with autism experiences reality.
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| Police: Northwest pilot on cocaine, driving wrong way (News)
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An off-duty Northwest Airlines pilot was suspected of driving under the influence of cocaine when he headed the wrong way on an interstate to avoid the U.S.-Canada border and led deputies on a chase, ..
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 | Skatepark Kenora (Video)
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| Chinese translation error blamed for slur on sofa label (News)
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Doris Moore was shocked when her new couch was delivered to her Toronto home with a label that used a racial slur to describe the dark brown shade of the upholstery.
Tags: Toronto (Ontario) Racism Ontario (Canada) India Beijing (China) Computer Software |
| Chinese translation error blamed for slur on sofa label (News)
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Doris Moore was shocked when her new couch was delivered to her Toronto home with a label that used a racial slur to describe the dark brown shade of the upholstery.
Tags: Toronto (Ontario) Racism Ontario (Canada) India Beijing (China) Computer Software |
| Skim milk best for pumping up muscle mass (News)
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Weightlifters who drink skim milk after a workout will build about twice as much muscle as those who rely on soy beverages, a new study suggests.
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| Schools say iPods becoming tool for cheaters (News)
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Banning baseball caps during tests was obvious -- students were writing the answers under the brim. Then, schools started banning cell phones, realizing students could text message the answers to each..
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