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May 09, 2008 Breaking News

TTC Workers and the Right to Strike

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:52:48 PDT
The way the mainstream media has told the story, all is well in Toronto in the aftermath of the passage of legislation in the Ontario Legislature ordering the employees of the Toronto Transit Commission back to work. The subways, buses and streetcars are running and that's all that matters. Something is very wrong with this picture. Fundamental issues are at stake here and they cut right to the heart of our democracy. The right of workers to withdraw their labour in pursuit of improved

More Bad News for Hillary

Fri, 09 May 2008 10:40:13 PDT
It was only a matter of time, really.

Online Art Fraud Nets Growing Number of Victims

Thu, 08 May 2008 15:25:58 PDT
An FBI investigation recently resulted in indictments in a scheme to allegedly sell $5 million worth of fake art prints via eBay. The prints were sophisticated fakes of works by Picasso, Warhol, Chagall and other artists. A member of the FBI's art crime team and a victimized art dealer talk about the growing trend of art fraud online.

Profs in National News

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:36:57 PDT
Prof. David Sparling, associate dean, research and graduate studies for the College of Management and Economics, was featured on CBC News Morning today talking about rising food prices, what the global food shortage means to Canadians and how it progressed to this point. He was interviewed by business reporter Danielle Bochove. Prof. Barry Smit appeared on CBC Newsworld Monday discussing the topic of rising food costs and Canada's international role. The geography professor has expertise in t

CTV, Global join forces to denounce cable-satellite vision of broadcasting (Canadian Business)

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:58:33 PDT
Julian Beltrame, The Canadian Press April 17, 2008 - 12:36 a.m. GATINEAU, Que. - Canada's two largest private broadcasters joined forces Thursday to warn that cable and satellite companies will destroy the country's broadcasting system if the federal regulator doesn't stop them.

Google and Kingsoft Release Free Translation Software in China

Fri, 09 May 2008 10:13:56 PDT
Google and Kingsoft have just released a free translation software called “Google Kingsoft PowerWord.” The software offers Japanese, Chinese and English translation and audio pronunciation. This is first time Google has released a co-branded product and the two companies intend to split advertising revenue generated by the free product. The product can be downloaded here. via China Snippets] Related Story: This Makes Us Feel All Warm and Fuzzy: Google Chat Translation Bots

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Fri, 09 May 2008 10:37:33 PDT
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Color, fashion and fabric trends for spring 2008 (News Democrat & Leader)

Fri, 09 May 2008 06:43:38 PDT
The spring color palette features classic, versatile neutrals accented by splashes of invigorating brights.

Happy Mother's Day, Michel Houellebecq!

Fri, 09 May 2008 09:21:52 PDT
As far as nascent literary subgenres go, there may be none sadder than the maternal counter-memoir. As we wait for Augusten Burroughs' mom to come out with her version of the truth, we can -- if we're French-- already read Lucie Ceccaldi's take on her son Michel Houellebecq's dysfunctional childhood, which he fictionalized in 'The Elementary Particles.' Angelique Chrisafis, who interviewed her in the Guardian, says that while "literary theorists welcome the precious psychological insight into

Where does your recycling really go?

Fri, 09 May 2008 09:25:33 PDT
Good news: one third of UK households now recycle. Bad news: thousands of tons of collected recycling ends up in landfill anyway, and thousands of tons more is shipped for processing overseas as part of the little known global trade in recycled waste.

Morning Coffee 05/09/08

Fri, 09 May 2008 09:37:36 PDT
Odds and Ends of this morning's news.

US study claims LGB population is less than 3%

Fri, 02 May 2008 05:15:20 PDT
Indiana delegate comes out for Obama ahead of tight race Indiana Representative Baron Hill, who introduced Senator Hillary Clinton at a rally just last Friday, today endorsed Barack Obama, becoming the fourth new superdelegate to throw support behind the Obama campaign in the last 24 hours. Royal "blackmail" evidence is "insubstantial, insignificant, and incomplete" A defence barrister at the trial of two men accused of trying to blackmail a member of the Royal Family has dismissed t

Real-Time Local News a Central PA Winner

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:00:01 PDT
Harrisburg, PA (PRWEB) September 27, 2007 -- There's a lot going on and nobody wants to miss it. Now Central Pennsylvania has a source for...


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