* Trans Canada is giving up on Keystone XL! Keystone XL is dead! (Although they may revive it if Republicans take the White House Next year ( Read more... )

* I am long on record with my opposition to Angela Merkle's financial policies, but I'd like to say I admire the hell out her for standing firm on helping refugees during the crisis and now for her remarks about the Holocaust. I wish the leaders of my own country were as honest and forthright about our own history of genocide. So I will likely ( Read more... )

* He won't be missed. "The 14 Most Fecking Stupid Things Tony Abbott Has Done:" http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/03/17/tony-abbott-gaffes_n_6884382.html

* "Syrian refugees desperate as they're met with closed borders:"

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* The Madison police hunted and killed an unarmed teenager named Tony Robinson. They are actually investigating it ( Read more... )

* There were two attacks in Copenhagen, one at a free speech debate at a cultural center and one at a synagogue during a bar mitzvah. The shooter had a history of violence and had only been out of jail a couple of weeks. A documentary filmmaker called Finn Norgaard was killed in the first attack. The second victim was Dan Uzan, who was guarding ( Read more... )

* Two babies and a nurse were killed in a gas explosion at a small hospital that served the poor in Mexico City. 70% of the hospital is rubble. They believe they have pulled all the other babies from the rubble.

* "Religious bigotry haunts group hosting RNC:"

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* "Ferguson Australia, Murder under the Red, White and by Blue:" http://1deadlynation.wordpress.com/2014/11/25/ferguson-australia-murder-under-the-red-white-and-by-blue/Read more... )

* "Local workers at Ebola treatment center unsatisfied with pay:" http://www.eboladiaries.com/liberia-blog/2014/10/24/local-workers-at-ebola-treatment-center-unsatisfied-with-payRead more... )

* They found the missing plane in Mali. All 116 are thought to be dead. The flight recorder data makes it look like a storm took them down ( Read more... )

* "Burial reveals complex origins of metallurgy:" http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/05/2014/burial-reveals-complex-origins-of-metallurgyRead more... )