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Like any parent, I love watching children as they use their creative juices.  When they seem to get fixated on the task of making a picture or simply writing their name they are hooked and there is no return till they are done.  CP toys has the On-A-Roll Art Center for this very purpose of [...]

Tonight’s “time traveling” annular solar eclipse hundreds of miles wide and thousands of miles long, will turn the familiar disk of the sun into a ring of fire for sky-watchers in parts of Asia and the U.S. West. An annular…

An experimental drug targeting a common mutation in melanoma successfully shrank tumors that spread to the brain in nine out of 10 patients in part of an international phase I clinical trial report in the May 18 issue of The Lancet.
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I don’t know if this story is all that funny, ha ha, ……………………. but it sure is worth reading!

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At the 1994 annual awards dinner given by the American Association for Forensic Science, AAFS President Don Harper Mills astounded his audience in San Diego with the legal complications of a bizarre death. Here is the story.

“On 23 March 1994, the medical examiner viewed the body of Ronald Opus and concluded that he died from a shotgun wound of the head. The decedent had jumped from the top of a ten- story building intending to commit suicide (he left a note indicating his despondency). As he fell past the ninth floor, his life was interrupted by a shotgun blast through a window, which killed him instantly. Neither the shooter nor the decedent was aware that a safety net had been erected at the eighth floor level to protect some window washers [More...]

Soccer can be a very boring sport with not much ebb and flow throughout. Nothing much was going on for the first 82 minutes. Bayern Munich dominated the play with 26 shots that went toward the Chelsea net, compared to Chelsea’s mere six. But many were not very good chances. One Bayern Munich goal early [...]

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The transgendered beauty queen from Vancouver takes to the pageant stage in Toronto
By Jordan Chittley | Daily Brew

Jenna Talackova did not win the crown, making it to the penultimate Miss Universe Canada pageant round before losing on Saturday. But Talackova made history as she walked the stage in her evening gown and swimsuit.

She became the first transgender female to compete for the title after pageant owner Donald Trump announced Talackova would be able to compete despite the rules. She then became one of four contestants named Miss Congeniality.

The 24-year-old graced the stage in a tight-fitting white backless gown and then a tiny bikini. Standing 6’1, she easily towered over the other 61 competitors, according to a CTV article.

Photos: Talackova walks stage in different outfits and bikini

While her competing is seen as a success for the transgender community, not everyone is happy with her being there.

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The union representing 4,800 workers at Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. has served strike notice and say they are prepared to walk off the job as early as Wednesday if a new labour agreement cannot be reached

The New York Rangers have taken a 2-1 series lead against the New Jersey Devils in the Eastern Conference Final. Saturday the Rangers got a shutout from Henrik Lundqvist, who made 36 saves, and got goals from Ryan Callahan, Dan Girardi, and their rookie wiz kid Chris Kreider. But all hockey fans must be absolutely [...]

Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, a Libyan intelligence officer who was the only person ever convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, died Sunday nearly three years after he was released from a Scottish prison.
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The Oklahoma City Barons are back on even turns against the Toronto Marlies in the Calder Cup playoffs of the American Hockey League. Friday night in Oklahoma City, Mark Acrobello and Philippe Cornet each scored a goal and an assist as the Barons defeated the Marlies 5-1 to tie the Western Conference Final 1-1. Magnus [...]