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Swine Flu scare: Experts say keep pigs away from fairs!

This little pig couldn’t market, This little pig had bad genome, This little pig had rife loose teeth, This little pig had H1N1, and this little pig had a bladder infection and went wee, wee, wee all the way home!

What happens in Nunavut stays in Nunavut?

Google”s “Street View” uses customized tricycle to map remote Arctic town of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut.

Jack Layton, Olivia Chow

Remembering Jack Layton:  July 18, 1950 – August 22nd, 2011

Julian Assange, USA: Wikileaks; Sweden: Willi-leaks

Asange seeks sanctuary to avoid extradition to Sweden for Rape charges

Car Wars!

Self-driving cars will be a reality by 2025, say auto executives.

Putin takes personal revenge on Pussy Riot

3 young women from Punk Rock “Pussy Riot” sentenced to 2 years hard labour for anti-Putin protest performance

Scrabble Scandal: drawing blanks

A young Scrabble player was ejected from a Florida tournament for hoarding extra blank tiles.

Farewell to the Ultimate “Gurley-Girl”

Helen Gurley Brown, famed editor of “Cosmopolitan” magazine and author of best-seller “Sex and the Single Girl”, dead at age 90