Five myths about tornadoes

BBC: Woolwich murder sparks anti-Muslim backlash in UK

Conrad Black: Scandal-wise, Canada’s got nothing on the United States

Kimberley A. Strassel: U.S. conservatives became targets in 2008

NBC fails to report its own scoop that Attorney-General Eric Holder approved investigation of Fox's Rosen

UK arrests 2 men over incident with diverted Pakistan plane

Peggy Noonan: A battering ram becomes a stonewall; the IRS's leaders refuse to account for the agency's corruption and abuse

Fox News’ Roger Ailes responds to Justice Department investigation

Charles Krauthammer: There’s a fly in my soup; "when the maitre d’ screens patrons for their politics and only conservatives find flies paddlewheeling through their consomme, the problem is not poor service. It is harassment and invidious discrimination"

LA Times: H7N9 bird flu can pass between mammals: researchers

Manufacturing no longer viable for Ford in Australia; to shut its only 2 plants

Extortion Mayor? Lawsuit contends NYC's Bloomberg threatened taxi fleet owner with $3.5M in trumped-up fines if he didn't back mayor's scheme

Tough times for Obama apologists

Mitch McConnell: The IRS scandal and Obama’s culture of intimidation

Marathon bomb suspect Tsarnaev’s first court appearance July 10th

Two more arrested as London terror probe expands

Violent immigrant rioters blame Sweden; tip: go home if you don't like it

MI5 DID know of Woolwich fanatics but both were 'deemed not to be planning attack'

FBI arrest 37-year-old in Spokane, WA ricin letter investigation

Washington Post-ABC News poll: It’s not just Republicans up in arms about Benghazi. That’s a problem for President Obama.

Blaze: More Benghazi whistleblowers to reveal ‘devastating’ details about attack, including why Ambassador Chris Stevens was in Libya

Joe Scarborough: Feds' Fox News snooping 'out of control'

CNN: Tsarnaev pal shot by FBI in self-defense confessed to Massachusetts triple murder, then grabbed kitchen knife

BBC: Woolwich killing: The long-feared attack

The Apple Tax Diversion; Senators beat up a U.S. success for following the tax laws they wrote


Below added more than 24 hours ago


Judge apologizes for lack of transparency in James Rosen leak probe

Trained U.S. Navy dolphins find 130-yr-old torpedo off San Diego

NY Times: U.S. admits for first time that drones have killed 4 Americans

UK 'soldier beheaded' in 'Islamist terror attack' outside barracks in Woolwich

Washington Post: A bushel of Pinocchios for IRS’s Lois Lerner

New York Mayor Bloomberg reportedly goes ballistic after his plan to ram through expensive new taxi design rejected by state supreme court

DOJ seized phone records of numbers tied to Fox News lines, documents show

Keith Boag: Have you heard about the murderous abortion doctor?

Mysterious respiratory illness strikes 7 in Alabama; 2 dead

Cover-up plea: IRS's Lerner to invoke Fifth Amendment in congressional hearing about tea party targeting program

IRS's Lerner had history of harassment, inappropriate religious inquiries at FEC

Fox News reporter James Rosen got 'AP treatment' by Obama Justice Dept; Google gives private emails to government; 'APgate' explodes

Romney donor audited by the IRS three times in four months after being attacked by Obama campaign

Massachusetts Senate race: Markey’s fight strategy: Duck ’n’ cover

France to buy U.S. and Israeli drones 'straight away'

Venezuela in rare diplomatic overture to U.S.

IRS targeting scandal fuels Tea Party resurgence

Larry Kudlow: Special counsel only way to clean up IRS rat's nest

This is not the President Obama we voted for

Associated Press CEO says government seizure of phone records has made sources less willing to talk to reporters; may sue government

Benghazi cover-up continues: Obama aide says 'irrelevant fact' where President was during Benghazi attacks, "doesn't recall"

'Google accused of running 'scandalous' tax avoidance scheme by whistleblower

Not terrorism? Officials say broken rail of interest to investigators seeking cause of Connecticut train collision

Neil Macdonald: Barack Obama's war on the press; Washington's obsession with leakers has rendered reporters radioactive

Chicago’s criminals are getting away with murder; only 132 of Chicago’s 507 murders were solved last year

White House loses stonewall battle to withhold key Benghazi records

IRS Commissioner Miller has mobster answer to key question: "I don't remember" who I was told is responsible for the IRS scandal

GOP Congressman Mike Kelly receives standing ovation after he rips IRS Commissioner Miller [video]

Jonathan Tobin: Denial flows like a river at the IRS

Syria meltdown; integrity of the Syrian state "biggest casualty"

Issa subpoenas Benghazi probe co-leader, report raises new questions about lack of U.S. FEST response

'We could lose everything': Tea Party groups prepare to sue IRS

Is J. Russell George the blockbuster witness of IRSgate?

Plot thickens on AP records scandal; was spying retaliation because AP had stepped on White House toes?

NY Times: Political cover-up: Treasury knew of IRS political screening issue in 2012, official says

2 bombs kill 9, wound 70 inside Afghan gated community linked to Karzai family in south

Peggy Noonan: This is No ordinary scandal; political abuse of IRS threatens basic integrity of our government

Kimberley A. Strassel: The IRS scandal started at the top

Weekly Standard: IRS deliberately chose not to fess up to scandal before election

George F. Will: Obama’s tapped-out trust

Two blasts at Iraqi Sunni mosque kill 47

Employees at Cincinnatti IRS office say all direction "comes from the top"

Michael Goodwin: Raindrops wash away reeling O’s fake veneer

NY Post: Legend Dick Trickle on 911 call: 'There's gonna be a dead body...It's suicide'

Jesse Kline: What can be done to stop the government from spying on journalists?

Viral video: Daughter throws ceremonial pitch at Tampa Bay Rays' game only to find 'catcher' really her dad, home from Afghanistan

Charles Krauthammer: White House can't keep its cover-ups straight

Remote Alaska volcano continues to erupt, with lava fountains, ash plumes; 625 miles southwest of Anchorage

IRS official Lerner speedily approved exemption for Obama brother’s illegal ‘charity’

Second IRS sacrificial lamb chopped; was appointed May 8th

Climate models getting worse than we thought

Cleta Mitchell to Newsmax: IRS Scandal Reaches to White House; an impeachable offense

lighter side: IRS 'Cheetahs' cancel softball game with Senator's staff

Boston: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev left confession note in hiding boat

Malkin: A brief history of slimy Dem snoops and dumpster divers;
fired Miller linked to Clinton-era IRS shenanigans

The media break up with Carney and Obama

U.S. claims for jobless benefits rise sharply

Has CBS TV been suppressing Benghazi coverage by star reporter Sharyl Attkisson?

updated: 6 Americans, 8 Afghans dead in Kabul suicide convoy bombing, 30 wounded; U.S. military vehicle destroyed

Lara Brown: A clueless White House

Director of IRS tax-exempt determinations office is Obama donor

Michael Gerson: Government’s heavy hand felt in IRS, AP scandals

Transparent, hypocritical media bribe attempt as White House suddenly backs 'shield' protection for media but it wouldn't have stopped what was done to AP

CIA warned of 'jihadist' threat to Cairo Embassy; warning ignored and language struck from Benghazi talking points

Benghazi email "documents show that then-CIA Director David Petraeus objected to the final version that U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice used five days after the assault"; Petraeus "wanted to see more detail made public, including a warning issued from the CIA about plans for an embassy attack"; did this trigger his removal from CIA?

Obama says he fired Acting IRS Commissioner but he claims in email his "assignment ends in early June"

Karl Rove: IRS did Democrats bidding

Holder grilled on AP fishing expedition, IRS interference

IRS faces class action lawsuit over theft of 60 million medical records

Democrat Sen. Baucus tries to have it both ways: pro-snooping and pro-investigation into snooping

Double standard? IRS targeted conservatives, despite spike in applications from labour groups

NY Times: Israel hints at new strikes, warning Syria not to retaliate

Now David Axelrod urges Obama Adminstration to come clean on Benghazi emails

‘Very frightening’: Prominent Catholic professor claims IRS audited her after speaking out against Obama and demanded to know who was paying her

Stephen F. Hayes: Release all the Benghazi emails

Wired: Hear Ye, Future Deep Throats: This is how to leak to the press

China missile launch reaches 6,200 miles, highest suborbital level since 1976

AP calls Obama Administration on ever-changing story: "A look at statements about foiled terror plot"

Criminal and Congressional investigations under way in Washington as three crises have Obama saying he "knows nothing" and even Democrats call for AG Holder to resign

Jonathan Karl: More details on Benghazi talking points emerge; more concern over what was said than what wasn't done

GOP Chair and Keith Olbermann agree: Obama AG Eric Holder must resign

At least 274 U.S. soldiers' body parts dumped in Virginia landfill [video]

ABC News: IRS asks for reading list, Tea Party group sends Constitution

NBC reporter Todd calls out Jay Carney during contentious White House news conference

White House relies on incompetence defense as IRS, AP scandals grow

Rev. Billy Graham and his son Rev. Franklin Graham among those targeted by IRS

Gosnell gets life in prison in return for no appeal; spared death row

Carney hit by 46 questions on Benghazi, IRS scandals on Friday

Cleveland Plain Dealer: Gina DeJesus, Amanda Berry and Michelle Knight now imprisoned by the media

Washington, D.C. ties record overnight lows; what global warming?

George F. Will: In IRS scandal, echoes of Watergate

Media snooping, an administration out of control

France: Hollande's Justice Minister says she wants land for slaves’ descendants in former colonies "without sparking a civil war"

Reuters: Import prices fall, lower oil costs expected to help households, hurt producers

NWT industry minister pushing for 'made in the North' oil pipeline

Washington Post: Not just Cinncinnatti IRS office involved in illegal group targeting, Washington office, others, too

Conflict of interest? CBS, CNN and ABC Presidents all have siblings or spouses in Obama Administration

U.S. objects to Iran chairing UN disarmament conference

Pro Publica: IRS office that targeted Tea Party also disclosed confidential docs from conservative groups to Pro Publica

Obama tries to swat down 2 swirling controversies

AP: Obama Justice Department undertook "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into how news organizations gather the news

Townhall: CBS News President and White House official tied to Benghazi scandal are brothers

Saudi arrested with pressure cooker at Detroit airport

breaking scandal: Justice Department secretly obtained AP phone records

Jaron Lanier: The Internet destroyed the middle class

Behind the Gosnell brutality and criminality was an unliked millionaire doctor who made up to $15,000 a night in his late-term abortion mill

Kermit Gosnell guilty of three murders in late-term abortions; found guilty of involuntary manslaughter of an adult patient; delivered babies alive and used scissors to sever their spines

IRS scrutiny went beyond Tea Party, targeting of conservative groups broader than thought

Scrubbing the Truth from Benghazi; Caught playing politics with tragedy, what's next for Obama admin and GOP investigators?

Bill Kristol: Inaction and deception

'House of Abortion Horrors' Gosnell Jury: "We're hung on 2 counts"

Mother’s Day tragedy: 4 children, 2 adults killed in eastern Pennsylvania house fire

In New Orleans, a newspaper monopoly that lost its grip

'Other two' Castro brothers haunted by their brother's depravity, their untrue association with it [video]

AP Exclusive: IRS knew Tea Party targeted in 2011; but denied it to members of Congress

The New Yorker: Spinning Benghazi; "For a long time, it seemed like the idea of a coverup was just a Republican obsession. But now there is something to it."

Joe Klein: IRS mess; "And now they have violated one of the more sacred rules of our democracy: you do not use the tax code to punish your opponents."

updated: 19 wounded at New Orleans Mother's Day parade shooting

Christian Science Monitor: Has Benghazi become the Obama administration’s Watergate?

9 detained; Turkey says evidence links Syria to car bombings

‘Pragmatic’ Obama will eventually approve contentious Keystone XL pipeline: senior Democratic strategist

BBC: Israel prepares for the worst as tensions over Syria grow

Pakistan election: Nawaz Sharif 'set for victory'

Chrysler recalls 469,00 Jeeps

updated: Car bombs kill 43 in Turkish town near Syrian border

BBC: West Wing of White House evacuated over smoke report

Stephen F. Hayes: Carney keeps on digging; "Carney claimed that there was no hard evidence before Susan Rice’s television appearances on September 16th that terrorists linked to al Qaeda were involved in the attacks. That’s simply not true."

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) targeted political opponents of Obama Administration, admits it; bigger than Watergate; will heads roll?

Daily Mail: Charged paramedic was fired two days after West blast

BBC: U.S. Government demands 3D printer blueprints for plastic gun be removed from internet; but blueprints alive and available via bit torrent after more than 100,000 copies downloaded; crime by guns or crime by people?

NY Times: EMT at fertilizer plant blast in West, Texas faces charge of possessing bomb parts; criminal investigation opened into fire & explosion that killed 14, injured 200

IRS admits inappropriate scrutiny of conservative groups was wrong

Listen to cops respond to Amanda Berry 911 call: "Might be for real" - "We found them. We found them."

Boehner under new pressure for special committee on Benghazi

TIME: The prison next door

Charles Hurt: Benghazi shows Democrats at most desperate

Civic pride and a DIY attitude takes over in insolvent Detroit as volunteer citizens pitch in to replace city work formerly done by union workers

Boston chief wasn't told FBI got Tsarnaev warning

'I am a sexual predator and I need help': Ariel Castro's 'confession' letter found in his home; blames victims

8 charged in $45M New York City ATM fraud scheme

sad commentary: Rep. Marcia Fudge cites karaoke skills in seeking leniency for ex-Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. who absconded with $750,000

Five key takeaways from Wednesday’s Benghazi hearing

Elliott Abrams: Benghazi truths vs. Washington politics

NY Times: Diplomat Hicks says questions over Benghazi led to demotion; from second-in-command in Libya to Washington "desk job"

Unheard fourth Benghazi witness gagged by Obama Administration red tape

Hillary aide upset Benghazi diplomat spoke with investigators; one of cover-up's smoking guns

Washington Times: Benghazi whistleblowers give Congress blow-by-blow account of deadly diplomatic attack

Ropes and chains discovered in Cleveland house where three women held captive for a decade

Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro helped search for one of the victims, knew her father

The Guardian: US special forces told not to fly to Benghazi in wake of attack: diplomat

Asian shares rise on strong China trade data, record Wall Street

Kansas Senator calls for appointment of Watergate-like special prosecutor in Benghazi investigation

Aurora theater shooting: James Holmes to plead insanity

Lt. Col. Ralph Peters on Benghazi: "How much evidence does it take?" [video]

Syria's Assad says Syria able to face Israel

profile: Sharyl Attkisson of CBS News, a persistent voice of media skepticism on Benghazi

No hands on deck in Benghazi; no inspector general for five years and four months meant no oversight

Cleveland horror: Police hoping to find info on a 4th missing girl, leaks from investigation finds suggest extreme brutality and abuse

Former SC Gov. Mark Sanford defeats sister of TV comedian Stephen Colbert in House of Representatives special election

Unravelling the Benghazi cover-up

At least 42 people killed in Islamic extremist attacks in northeast Nigeria

20 dead in gas tanker explosion near Mexico City

Pew: Big crime decline in U.S. since 1993, both in rate and real numbers; fatal and non-fatal crime down even as population rose; rise and decline matches baby boom and aging of demographic

Reclusive multi-million earning singer Lauryn Hill blames failure to pay $ million in taxes on "economic system imposed on me"

GM to build $1.3B Cadillac plant in China

Jerusalem Post: Syria to permit Palestinians to attack from Golan: report

Boston Herald: Unions may be leaning to Republican candidate Gomez in Massachusetts Senate race

Suicide attack on candidate kills 12 in Pakistan

Boston Herald: Democrat politicians bumbling through Tsarnaev burial debacle

Marc A. Thiessen: A Benghazi bombshell

Washington Post: Special Ops halted from responding to Benghazi attacks, U.S. diplomat says

North Korea missiles moved away from east coast launch site: U.S. officials

Friend of Tsarnaev released while awaiting trial for lying to investigators

North Korea missiles moved away from east coast launch site: U.S. officials

Denver Post: Heavy Colorado storms boost snowpack, northern reservoirs may refill

CBS' Schieffer goes there: Benghazi 'cover-up'

Flashback — Ed Markey called Benghazi talking-point concerns “bogus”; Massachusetts Senate seeker had the chance to be loyal Democratic politician or truth-seeker, he chose politician

vindicated: Charges of a Benghazi cover-up no longer ‘Fox-induced hysteria’

Notorious bomber and Obama buddy Bill Ayers protests that Weather Underground, Boston bombings not same

Kelly McParland: Look to family, not society, for source of Tsarnaev’s anger

Facebook 'unfriends' Manitoba site for data farm because of Canadian privacy laws; speaks volumes about Facebook, eh?

FBI says Friday's Minnesota arrest of 24-yr-old with pipe bombs and molotov cocktails disrupted a "terror attack"

Democrats now critical of Rice's Benghazi explanation, amid more damaging evidence; when will impeachment start being talk of Washington?

American Thinker: The complete Benghazi timeline in spreadsheet format

Sharyl Attkisson: Greg Hicks on Benghazi cover-up: "I never reported a demonstration. I reported an attack on the consulate...I thought it was a terrorist attack from the get-go. I think everyone in the mission thought it was a terrorist attack from the beginning."


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Skagit I-5 bridge had history of 'high load hits' to steel super-structure;
but no road signs warning of uneven lane clearances or hit-risky design


The I-5 bridge is deemed 'functionally obsolete' with narrow lanes, almost non-existent shoulders and sloping steel
beams which are often hit by trucks, while being 'critical' to the bridge's structural integrity. Was it a disaster waiting
to happen? Why weren't U.S. infrastructure funds spent on replacing such obsolete and overly delicate structures?

Country survey: Canada ties for second behind Germany
in positive ranking and places first with fewest negatives


Canadian trucking company had Washington permit to haul
over-size drilling equipment across I-5 bridge that collapsed

Canadian trucker at wheel when extra-wide rig hit 'obsolete' I-5 bridge;
was being passed in left lane by another semi; upper part of bridge hit

Massive but deep Okhotsk quake felt in Moscow; no injuries

Bridge collapse survivor: 'You hold on as tight as you can'

Deep (600km) M8.3 quake hits Sea of Okhotsk, close to Russia coast

Witness recounts oversized truck striking Skagit River bridge

Here's a daylight picture of the over-sized truck stopped just south of
fallen bridge. One report says it's a portable stage on way to Sasquatch
music festival east of Seattle. ~ screencapture king5.com

updated: Oversize load being investigated in Skagit River bridge collapse

Preliminary word is that this stopped truck may have clipped the bridge and caused it to fail. ~ kirotv.com


No word yet on fatalities or injuries. ~ screencapture kirotv.com

Three victims of I-5 bridge collapse rescued by boat as bystanders cheer;
search ongoing downstream and around wreckage in Skagit River

Northernmost span of I-5 bridge collapsed


No word yet on fatalities or injuries. ~ photos @KING5Seattle king5.com

I-5 bridge collapses over Skagit River in Washington state
north of Seattle; north and southbound cars in water


"Skagit County PIO is lead on rescue efforts," according to Washington State Trooper Mark Francis ~ @wspd7pio

Three brave women stood up to cleaver-wielding London
fiends to comfort Woolwich terror attack victim in final moments

If Lerner still refuses to testify she can be held in contempt of Congress

'No longer valid': Issa says IRS boss can't plead Fifth, wants testimony

Road and Track: How an American saved Porsche 911 from extinction

Peter Schutz saved the legendary Porsche 911 three weeks after becoming CEO in 1981.

UK PM Cameron: "The people who did this were trying to divide us."
"Something like this will only bring us together and make us stronger."

Was IRS' Lois Lerner in contempt of Congress or just contemptuous
when she invoked 5th Amendment? She may have blown her immunity

LIVE TV IRS hearing by U.S. House Committee on
Oversight and Government Reform -- now recessed

Plot thickens? Florida man fatally shot by FBI in Boston bombing probe

Moore 'monster' Monday tornado now confirmed as an EF-5,
the most powerful on scale, with sustained winds over 200 mph;
final tolls set at 24 dead and 237 injured, both miraculously low;
no survivors or victims found since Monday night

Tunisia announces 3 cases of coronavirus and
one death following visits to Saudi Arabia

Reuters Live coverage:
Medical Examiner reduces official death toll to 24 from 51;
rescue workers & supplies pouring in from neighbouring towns & states

Reuters: Moore survivor search finds good and bad news

Searchers dig through rubble overnight at levelled Towers Plaza elementary school. ~ Reuters

WaPo Live coverage: Moore death toll said expected to hit 91;
101 survivors found overnight in buried storm shelters


The Moore tornado blasted through everything in its path. ~ Facebook.com/basehunters

BBC: Tornado's damage "unlike anything that I've ever seen
before," said Rick Smith of the National Weather Service

Most expensive tornado in history? Went from clear sky to EF5 in 1 hour

A fire chief coordinates rescue workers at Briarwood Elementary school after a tornado
destroyed the school near SW 149th and Hudson. ~ Paul Hellstern The Oklahoman


No building in direct path of the 20-mile-long killer twister survived. ~ The Oklahoman

Resident Kim Schwab looks over her destroyed home in south OKC Oklahoma City, OK, Monday,
May 20, 2013. Near SW 149th and Hudson. ~ Paul Hellstern The Oklahoman

Reuters: Moore death toll expected to rise, medical examiner says

WATCH LIVE TV coverage from Moore, OK on FOX 25

USA Today: Moore death toll reduced to 24 after lists checked, hundreds injured

Fox News: At least 24 confirmed dead in Moore, OK; teachers found
covering their students; one with a car on top, inside school

KFOR chopper pilot: driveways & sod pulled up by Moore, OK twister

WATCH LIVE TV coverage from Moore, OK on KFOR

Monster Moore, OK tornado two miles wide, destroys 30 square miles,
may have spun at over 250 mph; massive devastation, many deaths;
hospital, 2 schools, theater, blocks & blocks of homes totally obliterated;
dozens of children feared dead in school, reporters breaking up on-air


Plaza Towers elementary school sustained direct hit and has been 100% destroyed. Only two survivors found. ~ KFOR

This was Plaza Towers elementary school before the storm. It has been 100% levelled.

Moore Medical Center: this hospital almost 100% destroyed.

2 Moore, OK schools take direct hit after tornado touches down;
children reportedly trapped in debris

With power knocked out, Oklahoma's Lincoln County to use
police and fire sirens to warn of violent weather

Huge tornado churns through Moore, an Oklahoma City suburb,
as twister hits for second day in a row; massive damage


Parents race toward Briarwood Elementary School, which sustained direct hit from tornado. ~ News9.com Press

NY Times: North Korea launches missiles for 3rd straight day

Deadly twisters hit Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa

A tornado touches down near Wichita, Kansas, cutting power to 7,500 homes
and businesses. ~ Travis Heying Associated Press

Bob Woodward: Obama Administration didn’t tell truth on Benghazi [video]

Woodward has compared the Benghazi scandal to Watergate. Movie 'All the President's Men' was about how Woodward and partner Carl Bernstein uncovered Watergate scandal which led to removal of President Nixon from office in 1974.

Driver apologizes on Facebook after woman killed in Jeep stunt

Woman, 20, killed at Edmonton Food Bank fundraiser as
Jeep demonstration goes disastrously wrong


Edmonton police investigate the scene after a fatality during a stunt demonstration. ~ John Lucas Edmonton Journal

North Korea launches three short-range guided
missiles into sea off east coast; fell in own waters

At least 60 injured after two trains derail, collide near Fairfield, CT;
accident or terrorist tampering with rails or switches? NTSB on way

Victoria Day holiday weekend - celebrated in Canada since
before Queen Victoria created Dominion of Canada in 1867


Victoria Day, 1854; crowds gather outside Government House in Toronto, Canada West (now province of Ontario).

breaking: IRS plants question to get ahead of scandal

Tables turned on IRS, lawmakers grill agency at heated hearing

"I owe her my life" Wisconsin woman who can't load shotgun,
uses it to club bear attacking husband; will get lessons


The attacking bear hung around after rescue until a deputy later shot it. ~ Marie Ninnemann

Porsche 918 Spyder: Like a torque-rich Prius that goes 211 mph?

Porsche 918 Spyder ~ Porsche

Fired IRS Commissioner says targeting conservative groups "not illegal" [video]

Shallow 5.1M quake centred north of Ottawa felt hundreds of miles away

The 9:43 am quake hit just north of Ottawa and could be felt across Southern
Ontario, Quebec, and northern New York and Ohio states. ~ USGS

Globe and Mail: Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denies drug-video allegations

Can Toronto’s Teflon Mayor Rob Ford survive bombshell allegations?

Gawker: Somali video peddler claims he sells cocaine to a range of
high-profile Torontonians, including "a prominent hockey analyst"

Toronto Bombshell: Self-proclaimed Somali drug dealer tells Toronto Star
he has sold cocaine to Mayor Rob Ford and wants "6 figures" for a video
he claims shows Ford smoking crack cocaine; two senior reporters say
they have seen video 3 times on a smartphone and it appears to be Ford


This is the Toronto Star story which reports on drug allegations against Toronto Mayor Rob Ford.

Big Brother Government ~ IRS official Ingram in charge during
Tea Party targeting now runs Obamacare enforcement office: ABC


Incompetent or insidious? Sarah Hall Ingram was the Internal Revenue Service official in charge of
tax-exempt organizations at the time when the unit specifically targeted Tea Party and other conservative
groups. She now runs the IRS office responsible for Obamacare penalties. ~ Twitter

Low-tornado year, but killer Texas twister may have hit 200 mph: NWS

Daily Mail: Map shows world's most racist countries

U.S., Canada, Britain and South America countries are among the least racist countries in the world according to World
Value Survey, while Hong Kong, Bangladesh, Jordan and India are named least tolerant.

Stephen F. Hayes: Benghazi emails directly contradict White House claims

One New Orleans Mother's Day parade shooter arrested, a second sought

updated: At least 6 dead, 14 missing, many
injured after 3 twisters slam Hood County, Texas


A swarm of tornadoes unleashed on North Texas, devastating two neighbourhoods in southern
Granbury and a neighborhood in nearby Cleburne. ~ NBCDFW

Deadly Texas tornadoes hit multiple places in Dallas area

Obama caves, White House releases Benghazi e-mails, show State Dept had
heavy hand in changing 'storyline'; put more effort in cover-up than security

Liberals pull off stunning BC win, form majority government

Premier Christy Clark thanks supporters and all candidates in victory speech. ~ CBC

The three biggest solar flares of the year
all happened in a 24-hour period yesterday


The sun erupted with an X1.7-class solar flare on May 12, 2013. This is a blend of two images
of the flare from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory: One image shows light in the 171-angstrom
wavelength, the other in 131 angstroms. ~ NASA/SDO/AIA

Obama White House in damage control mode as scandals pile up

Striking CCTV images capture New Orleans Mother's Day shooter [video]

New Orleans: 19 people were injured as gunman (foreground)
appeared to randomly fire into Mother's Day parade crowd. Police
are seeking 19 year-old suspect Aiken Scott. ~ Reuters

Commander Chris Hadfield and the secret of the world [video]

Stephen F. Hayes: The Benghazi scandal grows; The State Department,
the CIA, the White House . . .admits misled White House press corps

Obama scandal week: Benghazigate and IRSgate show pattern of
political interference followed by playing fast and loose with facts

A final triumph: Cmdr Chris Hadfield connects earth and space with
spectacular video re-make of David Bowie's 'Space Oddity' [video]


A day before he heads home from commanding International Space Station, Chris Hadfield
delivers ultimate space song in its ultimate version. This will go viral. ~ Youtube

France confirms 2nd case of new SARS-related virus

Carney nose grows: admits misled White House press corps

ABC News exclusive: Benghazi talking points underwent 12 revisions;
scrubbed of terror reference; Obama spokesman Carney lied to public

Third man: Tunisian train plotter arrested in NYC didn't arrive via Canada;
had been denied re-entry to Canada, arrived in U.S. directly from Tunisia

17 days: Woman pulled alive from rubble of Bangladesh factory

Rescue workers carry a woman from the rubble of the collapsed
Rana Plaza building in Savar, May 10, 2013. ~ Sanaul Huq Reuters

'Third man' pushed bacteria plot to kill ‘100,000 people’

Hezbollah says getting "game-changing" weapons from Syria

Third terror train suspect arrested -- by FBI in New York
Tunisian man had lived in Canada, was trying to scam U.S. work visa

Ariel Castro now the ‘captive,’ Cleveland prosecutor says at bail hearing;
sets bail at $2M per charge, $8M in total

transcript: Whistle-blower Hicks' account of 9/11 Libya terror attack

Benghazi hearing - Hicks on Rice video excuse:
‘I was stunned. My jaw dropped. And I was embarrassed.’

Benghazi Live blog: Hicks: "I got an angry phone call from a top Clinton
aide after State Dept lawyer was excluded from briefing with Rep. Jason
Chaffetz (R-Utah)" -- yet, it was unprecedented to have a lawyer present

Benghazi hearing: Request for special ops team in Benghazi denied;
Democrats defend Obama and attack cover-up testimony


Gregory Hicks, the deputy chief of mission in Libya during the September 11, 2012
attacks testified that he was frustrated when the U.S. military turned down a
request to dispatch four Special Operations troops from Tripoli to Benghazi.

Ottawa Evacuation: Suspicious package at National Defence HQ
contained 'elements' of improvised explosive device

LIVE TV feed: Benghazi hearing
U.S. House - Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Mother of murdered Benghazi victim tears into Hillary Clinton
during emotional CNN interview: ‘I blame her’


Pat Smith, mother of Benghazi-slain diplomatic service information management officer Sean Smith ~ CNN

Tempe, AZ: 18 yr-old high school student arrested
for IED possession after maid took a live IED to police

USA Today: Accounts of vigilant neighbors calling police adding up along
with revelations that abuse at Cleveland house of horrors wasn't all indoors

Daily Mail: Pictures inside Cleveland house show padlock on basement door;
Ariel Castro wouldn't let his kids go in locked basement, attic or garage

AP: Cleveland Police under fire; were called by neighbours about
hostage house more than once, showed up, but didn't go inside

Cleveland police press conference: victims are traumatized, request
for public help, many questions, request media to back off, investigation
to take at least a month, police were crying last night

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Plamondon peels back mushy mythology and reveals the mess that Pierre Trudeau left Canada; a fuddle-duddle-seeking missile shattering Trudeau's legacy

Globe and Mail makes wide-ranging allegations against Fords, doesn't blink when threatened with legal action

Tabloid competition? Now Toronto's Globe and Mail goes after Ford brothers with anonymous sources

NDP MP making $160,000 loses post in shadow cabinet over $58,000 in unpaid taxes

Christie Blatchford: Canadian journalists have moved the goalposts in pursuit of alleged Rob Ford crack scandal

"I do not use crack cocaine, nor am I an addict of crack cocaine" - Toronto Mayor Rob Ford; breaks silence that was advised by his lawyer

updated: Has a Rob Ford impersonator fooled media over-eager to attack him? Will lawsuits follow? See ad from January 19th

‘You can’t profit from criminal activity’: Bid to buy alleged Rob Ford crack video could end in cash seizure

Too soon to decide whether to join Pacific Alliance: Harper

Canadian Federal Court rules no proof electoral fraud affected electoral outcomes, dismisses claim by left-wing political group

John Ivison: Stephen Harper still has time to win back voters from an unconvincing Justin Trudeau

Stocks around the world plunge after Japanese slide, weak Chinese numbers

Nissan to recall 841,000 vehicles

Ecuador's only satellite hits space debris, may be terminally damaged; launched a month ago


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1.3 million Montreal residents still without water after filtration plant problems; impact from schools to bars

Ontario power plant cancellations: Liberals knew of $900M ‘worst-case scenario’, Wynne misled Legislature

Tim Bosma homicide: Second suspect Mark Smich appears in court, charged with 1st degree murder

Canada strengthens defence and security ties with Peru

Boil water advisory: Water in most of Montreal and suburbs unsafe to drink; failed test at Atwater purification plant

Canadian expert says Saudi coronavirus outbreak 'complex' but report pending

Via Rail adopts airline pricing model, boosts revenue and ridership

Second arrest made in Bosma murder; police today arrested Mark Smich, 25, of Oakville

Leaking acetylene tank in plumber's car leads to major explosion in Vancouver's West End

Bombardier Recreational Products prices IPO at $21.50 a share; values company at $2.5B

Vancouver guitar maker ramps up after Chris Hadfield's viral space station video

Editor Neil Reynolds (1940-2013) fought for free speech and liberty

'Very upset' Harper wants fast Senate spending reform; PM tells Tory MPs, senators to respect public funds or 'leave this room'

Sandy Crux: Political scandals in Canada made worse by media & partisan nastiness

Children driven around too much, Canadian report suggests

NDP's Horwath says will support Wynne Liberals after blackmail

Ezra Levant: Mulcair’s best-kept secret: Opposition leader could have blown the whistle on Laval mayor, but didn’t. Why?

Wynne spends lots of money in her first 100 days; pretends she's not spendthrift McGuinty

Central Newfoundland digs out from freak snowfall

Police find possible additional human remains on or or near Dellen Millard's farm; he has been linked to at least one missing persons case

Michael Taube: The loss of Nigel Wright is also Canada’s loss

Christina Blizzard: Paul Godfrey firing disgraceful

PM’s chief of staff Nigel Wright resigns in wake of Duffy controversy

One fisherman dead, two still missing off New Brunswick coast

Now you can ‘ping’ without a BlackBerry

Stabbing leaves six hospitalized after fight in west-end Toronto park

NASA reports giant moon explosion after meteor slams into surface

Conrad Black: Why the Liberal win in B.C. is a terrible omen for Mulcair

Christy Clark's big win wasn't a surprise to her pollster; Dimitri Pantazopoulos used tried-and-true methods

Police finally probe link between Bosma suspect, drugs and missing woman

Russia slammed by U.S. for sending anti-ship missiles to Syria

Canada trying to lure Silicon Valley tech workers frustrated by U.S. visa policies northward

Latest Vancouver arson: Anarchists torch Vancouver home being built on site of condemned house

Senator Mike Duffy quits Conservative caucus over expenses

Firing OLG chair Godfrey shows Liberals in ‘disarray’: Hudak

Tim Bosma: Ancaster man was killed inside truck, source says

Another Ontario Liberal failure: Much-vaunted $5B+ Toronto transit non-subway tunnel route still unstarted one year late

Ontario budget: Premier Wynne caves in to one of Horwath’s three demands to avert election, but refuses to give Ombudsman health system oversight or re-think tolls for carpool lanes

Canada’s inflation at just 0.4%, slowest since 2009

Never do a Liberal a favour

Globe and Mail: Mulcair changes story, now says he refused envelope of cash from former Laval mayor charged with corruption

LCBO strike averted hours ahead of deadline

Wynne fires Paul Godfrey from OLG chair after he led major clean-up and turnaround of formerly corrupt organization; won't tell him or media why former metro Chair was fired; OLG Board resigns in protest; $$ billions at stake, government-initiated plans for cash cow now in disarray after 3-year turnaround brings in record revenues

Ontario cabinet ministers told to smooth out wind turbine conflicts

Kincardine questions wind turbine plans at airport, including how they will affect pilots and future plans

Six undocumented foreign workers nabbed in Kingsville raid

Pinewood Studios turned down by local UK officials on $300M plan to expand iconic James Bond studios and add 3,100 jobs

Pollsters continue hand-wringing and excuse-making after blowing third provincial election in a row; blame last-minute mind changes, bad methodology, etc.

Outdated mammography equipment may have missed breast cancers; hospital equipment spending freeze had impact while Ontario Govt spent freely in other areas; Minister says "get another test"

National Post: have miners deep underground in northern Ontario really found the "oldest water ever known"? water gurgling beneath Canadian Shield may be 2.6 billion years old

Ontario wants a $585M refund, not a late, crocodile-tear apology for cancelled gas plants: Hudak

WSJ: Retailers troll social media for their products being used by 'real' people; work better than models for some

Bangladesh orders evacuation of 1 million as Cyclone Mahasen starts coming ashore, with deaths already reported; UN says 4.1 million threatened; 2008 Cyclone Nargis killed 140,000

Éric Grenier: Polling industry dealt major blow in B.C. election?

How Canada is winning race in recruiting skilled immigrants while U.S. lags behind

Man dribbling soccer ball from Seattle to Brazil for World Cup hit by truck in Oregon, dies

Kady O'Malley: NDP collapse in BC could put Mulcair on the defensive in Toronto

B.C. election surprise puts 'outdated' Thomas Mulcair on notice over anti-oil rhetoric

The company helping movie studios sue you for illegal downloading has been using images without permission

Christy Clark shocker shows value of good data over bad and a well-planned election campaign with a strong leader; only fly in ointment is losing her own seat

‘Look what he did the first time’: Fear for public safety as police hunt for more suspects in Tim Bosma kidnapping/murder

Man with no legs making 300-km journey through Alberta to raise funds for African water initiative

Six-figure salaries no draw as young workers shun Canada’s oil and gas sector for ‘sexier’ industries

CBC: Christy Clark leads Liberals to upset majority in British Columbia; left-wing NDP support collapses after huge lead in polls

BC election - 11:20 pm PT:
National Post - live results - Christy Clark wins majority; leading or elected: L - 50; NDP - 33;
Green - 1; Indy - 1

BC election - 9:30 pm PT:
CBC - Christy Clark takes lead in British Columbia election; leading or elected with 24% of vote counted: L - 51; NDP - 32

Ontario Liberal Premier Wynne finally apologizes for blowing $585M tax dollars on approved, then cancelled gas plants after TV host drags it out of her; had refused to give apology in Legislative Assembly

EI changes don’t target Atlantic Canada’s seasonal workers, they try to cut need for foreign workers when jobs available

Ford owners sue in U.S. federal court, saying V6 EcoBoost engine is defective

Christie Blatchford: Fallen Canadian soldier inspires Montreal school to ‘adopt’ Edmonton regiment and make a difference

NY Times: No benefit in sharply restricting salt, panel finds

new book: Tiger babies bite back

Cat wars break out in New Zealand

BlackBerry unveils new Q5 smartphone aimed at emerging markets

Man who beheaded and cannibalized bus passenger should be allowed to visit the beach: doctor

Matt Gurney: Ontario NDP’s slo-mo slide from victory to incompetence

Ontario junking dozens of mammography machines not as effective as thought

BlackBerry taking BBM cross-platform, launching on iOS and Android this summer

updated: Missing man Tim Bosma dead, say Hamilton police; recover charred remains; Millard to be charged with 1st degree murder, at least two others sought

Iatrogenesis: How dangerous are hospitals to public health?

Deskercise! 33 ways to exercise at work

Chris Hadfield's next mission: Intensive rehab to recover from physical effects of space

1 in 12 Canadian adults in hospital have superbug; survey of 176 acute-care hospitals looked at MRSA, VRE and C. difficile

Liberal Yvonne Jones wins Labrador byelection, recaptures Grit bastion from Penashue

Marchese threatens Windsor hospital with defamation suit; hospital defiant, risks public funds

McDonald's adding 3 new Quarter Pounders to menu, dropping Angus burgers as price & value become focus

After 26-year legal fight, Canada finally deports Palestinian terrorist convicted of attack on Israeli plane

BC Election Tuesday: Party leaders in final election push

Anti-piracy firm targeting Canadians who download illegally

Student-designed car will travel 1,527 km on one litre of gas

Canadian 'snowbirds' would gain 58 more days in U.S. in rules change; formerly 182 days, now 240 days

Toronto Star: Legendary journalist Peter Worthington dead at 86

Peter Worthington, 1927-2013

Man arrested in missing Ancaster man case, truck found

UK smells coffee, see problems in supply, reliability and cost with Green Plan, starts to turn away

Bob McDonald: Chris Hadfield's fall from space

Why should BC dump Victoria as provincial capital? The whys are counted off...

Rex Murphy: How is it that some Canadians still think Al Gore is relevant?

Conrad Black: Mulcair an insult to history’s real federalists

Canadian mobsters killed in 'old-fashioned' Sicilian mafia hit near Palermo

Senator Doug Finley dies from cancer at age 66

Accuweather: Unusual cold wave, frost, freeze heading for Midwest, East this weekend

Canada immigration: Welfare costs prompt tougher rules for immigrating parents

Flying car crashes in Vernon, BC; two injured

Jack Mintz: Canada unfairly Gored; We outperform the U.S. in carbon emissions reductions

Via Rail now looking at whether to check passenger IDs

Canadian dollar to sink to 90 cents by early 2014: TD

Mark Fraser out of Leafs line-up with cranial fracture after stopping slapshot; second Toronto pro athlete in two nights hit in head, suffers fracture; Blue Jays' Happ hit by liner Tuesday

Cleveland's level-headed Charles Ramsey remains a pop hero offering levity in a gruesome story even as he becomes target for some

Post-leadership poll bump for Trudeau Liberals not as good as it looks; would tie Tories for seats, steal 31 from NDP if it held, which Dion and Ignatieff can tell you it doesn't

Ex-Laval mayor among 37 arrested in Quebec anti-corruption sweep

Canada may take EU to WTO over oil sands dispute

Another Bangladesh clothing factory destroyed by fire: 8 dead; death toll in collapsed factory now over 900

Jonathan Kay: Aboriginals pose Canada’s biggest assimilation challenge, not immigrants

Danny Eisen: Qatar drops Canada from dubious rank of friends

Cleveland Plain Dealer: Initial police report: Ariel Castro offered women rides home, then abducted, beat and raped them for a decade

Kelly McParland: It’s never too late to see the back of Dalton McGuinty

Blue Jays' pitcher J.A. Happ released from hospital after line-drive hit

‘Big Three’ metro areas lose lustre as Canadian newcomers opt for smaller cities

Death toll from Bangladesh building collapse reaches 761, as disbursement of lost wages begins

breakthrough: Antibiotics could cure 40% of chronic back pain patients; medical innovation one spinal surgeon says is worthy of a Nobel prize

Mark Bourrie: Canadian politicians were once world-class boozehounds

National Research Council gets practical focus, becoming a 'research and technology organization' serving industry with a goal of jobs creation; will undertake "large-scale research projects that are directed by and for Canadian business"

McGuinty claims he was clueless, didn't know cost of cancelling gas power plants his government had approved

Dalton McGuinty testifies it was his decision to kill gas plants at cost of $585M

Canadian kids sing along with Chris Hadfield in space station in his last video chat as he prepares to return to Earth

BC election: Did Dix's quandary hand the BC Liberals a potential victory?

Microsoft's Windows Blue to be available later this year; successor, replacement or upgrade to radical Windows 8?

Queen to miss Sri Lanka Commonwealth summit as long haul travel reviewed

Andrew Coyne: Tory initiative could have figured out who started the myth Canadian history is boring

Abacus Data BC Election poll: Black and white and gray all over; who has the best pulse of voters?

Robert Fulford: The twilight of public broadcasting

Jonathan Kay: The Queen of the North tragedy exemplifies everything we hate about unions

Communication breakdown: Diluted chemo drugs administered to Ontario patients didn’t accurately describe saline ‘overfill’

BC Election: Christy Clark says parents know best -- not NDP

CRTC tells Bell to prove case again that $3.4B purchase of Astral is in public interest

Christie Blatchford: Ontario to finally require care homes to install sprinkler systems

Mark Bourrie: The war that made Canada

Federal Liberals claim 'sucker born every minute' as donations up with Trudeau in his cargo shorts 'leading' party

Study shows young crooks use social media to brag of criminal exploits

Kelly McParland: Liberals hope Pinocchio McGuinty can save them from gas plant debacle they'd like you to believe he alone caused

Kodak loss was a big blow to Toronto neighbourhood which put generations to work; devastated community hoping new jobs from rapid transit infrastructure replacing it

Toronto school board diverts $100M a year of targeted funding for neediest students to other uses: report

Blackberry Q10 flying off the shelves in UK and Canada; described as one of our "fastest-selling consumer electronics product ever" by Selfridges in UK

Industry Canada wants to tap basement inventors for new consumer products

Vancouver committee debates paying for transit by taxing First Nations

Justin Bieber attacked from behind while performing onstage at piano in Dubai

RCAF to take second look at search-and-rescue airworthiness of used U.S. Presidential choppers purchased last year from Pentagon

Conrad Black: Public-sector unions are a blight on our society

Via Rail terror plot arrests helped ease Canadian fears after Boston bombing, poll finds

Ken Gray: Spendthrift City of Ottawa spent an extra $1M to get light rail wrong

updated: Baird clears up media's misinterpretation about whether Canada is open to air support for Syrian rebels

Rising temperatures lead to flood alerts in Ontario

Insiders not securing top job at G7 banks; Bank of Canada bypasses deputy for third time; Bernanke?

Tories, PQ join forces to block Qatar from stripping Montreal of key UN agency

Christie Blatchford: The long delay in getting to trial has lost its charm

‘The system is sick’: Canada’s courts are choking on an increase in evidence

Surging B.C. Liberals press NDP to mount more aggressive campaign

Should unprofessional Canadian diplomats picketing Washington embassy over labour negotiations be fired?

Brian Hutchinson: Christy Clark has turned an unwinnable election into a close race

David Frum: Qatar’s bid to relocate the civil-aviation headquarters is a story that should never have taken flight

Angus Reid BC election poll: Christy Clark Liberals now only 7 points behind Adrian Dix NDP

New Bank of Canada Governor Poloz has two ears and has been using them; change of direction ahead?

Harper tells Quebec City audience he's 'fed up' with old constitutional battles

Two of Canada’s best-known TV hosts heading south of the border; joining Fox Sports?

Kelly McParland: Unaccustomed to winning, Ontario NDP is left unnerved by victory over the Liberals

Cheap American flights threaten Canadian airport business

3 Toronto pastors charged in $8.6M Ponzi scheme

Quebec election night shooting suspect gives judge a list of requests and questions

Charbonneau Commission: Quebec Superior Court judge named in political fraud

Former judge charged after citizenship tests given to immigration consultant

Wynne’s budget proposes taking lanes away from regular drivers to create ‘high-occupancy toll lanes’ on Toronto highways to fund regional transit plan

Ontario Liberals make debt servicing the biggest item in budget as spending jumps; debt goes up by $23.8B, welfare goes up, new road fees

Ontario Budget packed with proposals to woo NDP, but Horwath will ‘talk to Ontarians’ before deciding on support

Cancer drug Avastin linked to cases of flesh-eating disease: Health Canada

MacKay announces 'quadrennial' review of search-and-rescue system, more money

Canada records surprise trade surplus in March

Only the naive: Nearly 500 arrested in Montreal as protesters use Charbonneau testimony as excuse for anarchists and communists to launch violent attacks

Ontario's wise rethinking of Toronto region's $34B transit plan mocked by monolithic Metrolinx: "We think we have it about right"

ORNGE sells two unneeded new helicopters at a loss for $20M

Andrew Coyne: The real question that the AG report raises but nobody will ask

GM, Ford and Chrysler gain market share in April on strength of pickups, crossovers in best overall April since 2008


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