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San Francisco may ban male circumcision
SAN FRANCISCO - A U.S. group opposed to male circumcision said they have collected more than enough signatures for a proposal to ban the practice in San Francisco.
Driver says he survived Grand Canyon plunge
A man who apparently drove his car off the South Rim of the Grand Canyon survived when it lodged against a tree just metres before another long drop-off, an official said Wednesday.
Arkansas bans saggy pants
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Students living in the state of Arkansas who love their sagging pants will soon have to leave them at home. Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe signed a bill this week that bans students from wearing clothing that exposes �underwear, buttocks
Lost keepsake found after 62 years
CALGARY - More than six decades after being washed away in a load of laundry and presumed lost forever, a precious keepsake has made its way back into the hands of its owner.
Boating Ogopogo or funny engineering prank?
A boat hanging from a Kelowna, B.C. bridge with a mythical Ogopogo sea monster at the helm has all the hallmarks of a university engineering prank, say police in the province's Okanagan region.
No-show Norfolk employee says she was wrongly firedMcGlone was suspended in 1998 on an allegation of having a weapon on CSB property. For reasons that remain unclear, the agency's director, George Pratt, never resolved McGlone's suspension by either firing her or putting her back to work. She was paid an
Girl 'allergic' to hot, cold temperatures
STRATFORD, Ont. � With a frigid wind blowing, the snow flying and the season stretching into its fourth long month, winter has officially worn out its welcome for many Canadians.
Gadhafi says bin Laden behind Libya uprisingIn his latest remarks, embattled Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi blamed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden for the uprising in his country, hours after pro-government forces attacked a mosque in the city of Zawiya, killing at least 15 people and wounding
'Siamese Dream' Cover Girl Found... in Smashing Pumpkins?Billy Corgan has revealed a really weird coincidence: the latest female bassist to join Smashing Pumpkins may have a history with the band -- she says she was one of the two young girls featured on the cover of the group's 1993 album "Siamese Dream."
Use O Canada as Quebec national anthem: PQ delegate
QUEBEC � A Parti Quebecois delegate, who doesn�t want his name published because he is a civil servant, told a weekend PQ meeting that an independent Quebec, rather than commissioning a new national anthem, could adapt the one Quebecers are used to: O Can
N.L. sightings of Pacific hummingbird stop
A tiny Pacific hummingbird, who was frequenting a feeder in eastern Newfoundland since August, has disappeared. The tough litttle Anna's hummingbird was named Bruce by sisters who have been feeding it in Brownsdale, Trinity Bay.
Toronto man cracked the code to scratch-lottery tickets
He calculated this held true 95 per cent of the time and notified the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. Within days, they pulled the game � the first time in OLG history a recall was prompted by a customer-identified flaw.
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