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Stephen Harper government goes to court to force First Nations to post finances
Bernard Valcourt, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, issued the following statement today on the First Nations Financial Transparency Act: “First Nations, like all Canadians, deserve transparency and accountability from their elected leaders. That is why we passed the First Nations Financial Transparency Act (FNFTA) which empowers First Nation members to ensure band revenues areused for the benefit of …
Read More »Anna Chapman, Snowden : Sexy Russian spy ‘tried to seduce’ Snowden
Anna Chapman Tried to Seduce Edward Snowden, The plan was for the temptress to enthrall the man who exposed American cyber snooping – and keep him in Moscow.
Read More »Plane crashes into house in Gaithersburg, Causing Fire
Plane crashes into Maryland house in suburban Washington, D.C.; no immediate word on injuries, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service spokesman Pete Piringer.
Read More »Allan Shyback : Calgary man accused of killing spouse after remains found in home
A 38-year-old Calgary man has been charged with second degree murder in connection with the death of his common-law wife who was reported missing in 2012. In a release on Saturday, Calgary police said they had taken Allan Shyback into custody after human remains were found inside a southeast Calgary home.
Read More »Alirocumab : New drug gives adults cholesterol levels of a baby
Researchers have discovered a drug that supercharges the effect of statins and returns adult blood chemistry to the levels of a baby. Alirocumab is being hailed as a significant weapon against heart attacks and strokes after a global study showed it all but eliminates harmful blood fats in more than a third of people already taking statins.
Read More »New Godzilla Movie : Toho Makes 1st Japanese Godzilla Film in 12 Years
Toho plans new Godzilla movie for 2016 release, Even though Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla did well enough to ensure that the U.S. franchise will continue for the time being, Japan’s TOHO is making a new Godzilla movie for the behemoth’s native market as well.
Read More »Romantic Scientist Albert Einstein’s 5000 Love Letters Reveal Online On Friday
On Friday Digital Einstein went live, bringing with it a treasure trove of Einstein letters, correspondences, postcards, and notes detailing the life of one of the world’s greatest thinkers. As The New York Times reports, these are The Dead Sea Scrolls of physics and you can read them today for free.
Read More »Stella Young : Australian Comic Dies At 32 Years Old
Stella Young – the prominent Victorian disability advocate and ABC journalist – has died at 32. Her family issued a statement saying she died on Dec 6 “unexpectedly, but in no pain.”
Read More »Prison Break in Nigeria : Gunmen invade Minna Prison, release 270 Inmates
Prison break frees 200 inmates in central Nigeria, Three members of the gang dressed in `Jalamia’ (robe), stormed the facility at about 4.30p.m and overpowered the prison officials; broke into the records and armoury rooms and carted away some weapons and bullet proof vests.
Read More »Jessica Padgett Murder: Man ‘videotapes sex with stepdaughter’s corpse’
Jessica Padgett Murder: Gregory Graf, 53, allegedly killed his stepdaughter and filmed himself having sex with her corpse last month in Allen Township, Pennsylvania. After a five-day search for Jessica Padgett — Graf’s 33-year-old stepdaughter — with a search warrant, investigators found Padgett’s body buried behind a shed in Graf’s back yard Nov. 26. Padgett had been shot in the …
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