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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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
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Nissan to recall 841,000 vehicles
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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:
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Green - 1; Indy - 1
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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
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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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