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Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Saskatchewan town considers changing ‘Land of Rape and Honey’ slogan

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Saskatchewan town considers changing ‘Land of Rape and Honey’ slogan
The mayor of a town in northern Saskatchewan sighs at the prospect of having to explain yet again what the community’s slogan really means. Tisdale has been called the “Land of Rape and Honey” for nearly 60 years and its weathered welcome sign still sports the phrase.
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Straight-A schoolgirl, 16, given detention for missing half an hour of lessons for emergency appointment with her GP
A straight-A schoolgirl was given a detention for missing half an hour of lessons for an emergency appointment with her GP, her mother claimed today.
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Quebec girl told to stop reading by school bus driver
Sarah Auger, 8, enjoyed reading to and from school, until the bus driver said it was dangerous
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Hear moment man dialed 999 to report 'hit-and-run' on a squirrel
The audio recording captures the moment a puzzled 999 controller received an emergency call from a member of the public reporting that a squirrel had just been killed.
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Craft beer brewed from sewage is the next big thing
Up to 10 trial barrels of the stomach-turning frothy brew will be made in Oregon, where regulators were persuaded it wouldn't make people sick
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Farmer Killed By Wife, Buried Under Manure
A woman has been charged with killing her husband of 30 years and burying his body under a manure pile on the couple's western New York farm.
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Astonishing scenes of bloody carnage on Chinese subway after stampede that was sparked by a woman fainting
At least a dozen people were injured during a rush hour stampede sparked by a woman fainting at a subway station.
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Colorado man cited for 'killing' uncooperative computer with handgun
Police in Colorado have cited a 37-year-old man for carrying his computer into an alley then shooting it eight times with a handgun after what authorities said had been a long battle with the uncooperative machine.
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‘Kylie Jenner challenge’ leaving teens’ lips bruised, swollen
Now, teens are trying to enhance their lips, sparking the trending Twitter topic #kyliejennerchallenge.
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New York judge to consider claims that chimpanzees are 'legal persons'
An animal rights group has been granted a court hearing in which it will argue that two chimpanzees who live at a New York state university cannot be held captive because they are autonomous, intelligent creatures.
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Woman with agoraphobia goes outside and falls down manhole
A grandmother who has only been outside three times in the last 10 years suffered a setback when she fell down a manhole.
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Mother’s heart-wrenching warning after daughter’s insides ‘explode like TNT’ from taking internet diet pills
A devastated mother has told how her daughter died when her metabolism ‘exploded like TNT’ after taking diet pills she bought off the internet.
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Public warned not to exercise nude after man spotted doing star jumps in the buff
Police in Manchester have seen fit to warn the public that they should not be exercising naked
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