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A look at G8-G20 protests

People covered in fake oil — actually chocolate and coffee grounds — march through Toronto's financial district behind a giant papier mache head of Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

June 21 — Protesters block intersections and briefly occupy an Esso gas station, saying they're upset over the po…

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G20 Protesters Win - NO on LRAD (Sound Cannon)

A Canadian judge handed protesters of the G20 summit in Toronto a small victory on Friday, restricting the use of a controversial sound cannon for crowd control.

Toronto police agreed to amend their guidelines for use of the cannon, keeping volumes below the maximum and not using the device from…

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Kellogg Recalls Apple Jacks Corn Pops Froot Loops and Honey Smacks #cereal

Kellogg Co. is voluntarily recalling about 28 million boxes of Apple Jacks, Corn Pops, Froot Loops and Honey Smacks cereals because an unusual smell and flavor from the packages' liners could make people ill, the company said Friday.

Kellogg said about 20 people complained about the cereals, inc…

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Storm threatens to disrupt BP oil-siphoning

With a storm threatening to disrupt oil-siphoning efforts at BP Plc's blown-out Gulf of Mexico well, the U.S. Coast Guard on Friday said collection efforts would be suspended five days before the forecast onset of gale-force winds.

A tropical disturbance over the western Caribbean could deal a …

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Raining Oil in Louisiana? Video suggests Gulf Oil Spill Causing Crude Rain!

Raining oil? A video purports to show the aftermath of an oily rain that has left a rainbow sheen on the streets of River Ridge, Louisiana. The EPA says that an oily rain is highly unlikely.

Raining oil in Louisiana? An unsettling – and unverified – amateur video shows what appears to be the afte…

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Despondent Fishing Captain Commits Suicide In Gulf

For 25 years charter fishing captain Allen Kruse made a living doing what he loved. But as he explained in an interview six weeks ago, the oil spill took it all away, reports CBS News reports.

"The day that oil entered the Gulf, my phone quit ringing," said Kruse on May 13. "We don't know what's…

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Giant China Algae Slick Getting Bigger

A floating expanse of green algae floating off China's eastern seaboard is growing and spreading further along the coast, state-run media has reported.

The algae bloom has expanded by about 50 percent since it was first reported by state media earlier in the week to 320 square kilometres (120 …

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Stephen Colbert Report Issues a Challenge

In a tongue-in-cheek call for immigration reform, farm workers are teaming up with comedian Stephen Colbert to challenge unemployed Americans: Come on, take our jobs.

Farm workers are tired of being blamed by politicians and anti-immigrant activists for taking work that should go to Americans a…

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Why You Should Avoid Taking Vaccines

Dr. James R. Shannon, former director of the National institute of health declared, "the only safe vaccine is one that is never used."

Cowpox vaccine was believed able to immunize people against smallpox. At the time this vaccine was introduced, there was already a decline in the number of case…

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Nurses Say they'll File Strike Notice

Minnesota nurses in an ongoing dispute over staffing and pension issues with 14 hospitals in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area plan to file a formal strike notice.

The Minnesota Nurses Association said late Thursday that it will file the 10-day strike notice on Friday. The union must do that before…

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US Childlessness is Up

Nearly 1 in 5 American women beyond childbearing years never gave birth as fewer couples, particularly higher-educated whites, view having children as necessary to a good marriage.

An analysis of census data by the Pew Research Center, being released Friday, documents the changes in fertility …

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Police: California couple tried to sell baby at Walmart

A California couple faces child endangerment charges after police say they tried to sell their 6-month-old baby for $25 outside a Walmart store.

Salinas police spokesman, Officer Lalo Villegas, said Thursday that Patrick Fousek, 38, and Samantha Tomasini, 20, were arrested early Wednesday, hours…

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Lawmakers seek a late-night deal for Wall St. bill #WallStreet

Lawmakers negotiated behind closed doors late into the evening Thursday, seeking a compromise on a contentious Wall Street restriction that would force large bank holding companies to spin off their lucrative derivatives business.

Obama administration officials were trying to broker talks betwe…

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Remains of 72 people found on the World Trade Center site

New York City officials say a renewed search this year of debris in and around the World Trade Center site has recovered 72 human remains.

The sifting of more than 800 cubic yards (612 cubic meters) of debris recovered from ground zero and underneath roads around the lower Manhattan site began in…

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Nebraska Congressman Tours Flood Damage

With all of the recent flooding problems, rain is something a lot of Northeast Nebraska communities are trying to avoid right now.

Nebraska Congressman Jeff Fortenberry was in Norfolk to get a first hand look at the damage.

He says one of the federal government's top priorities will be to help r…

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Seafood Prices Bound To Spike Due To Oil Spill

Pittsburgh's Strip District is one of the most popular areas in town to buy fresh fish and seafood. It is also an area that will inevitably be affected by the aftermath of the oil spill in the Gulf region.

VIDEO: SEAFOOD PRICES HEADING UP

Fresh fish continue to pour into local seafood markets fro…

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State Police Trooper Caught on Tape Assaulting 72-Yr-Old Man

A Pennsylvania State Police trooper is facing charges after he allegedly pinned his elderly neighbor to the ground in a property dispute.

State police say 40-year-old Trooper Christopher Miller was caught on tape scuffling with his 72-year-old neighbor last week.

Channel 11 News was there as Mi…

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Immigrant Farm Workers' Challenge: Take Our Jobs

In a tongue-in-cheek call for immigration reform, farm workers are teaming up with comedian Stephen Colbert to challenge unemployed Americans: Come on, take our jobs.

Farm workers are tired of being blamed by politicians and anti-immigrant activists for taking work that should go to Americans and…

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Fluoride – the next tobacco?

What do cigarettes and fluoridation have in common? Much more than meets the eye according to Fluoride Action Network NZ (FANNZ), the non-profit health-focussed community organisation campaigning against fluoridation.

Dr Jeffrey Wigand, the tobacco industry whistle-blower made famous in the movie “T…

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Absence of Sunspots Make Scientists Wonder if they're Seeing a Calm before a Storm of Energy

Sunspots come and go, but recently they have mostly gone. For centuries, astronomers have recorded when these dark blemishes on the solar surface emerge, only to fade away after a few days, weeks or months. Thanks to their efforts, we know that sunspot numbers ebb and flow in cycles lasting abou…

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