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CANADA FX DEBT-C$ weakens, hit by employment data | Markets | US Markets | Reuters

Reuters (UK)

January 9, 2009

The Canadian dollar edged lower versus the U.S. currency as December employment data signaled that the economy has likely slipped into recession.

Figures on Friday showed the Canadian economy shed 34,400 jobs in December, while the unemployment rate rose to 6.6 percent from 6.3 percent in the previous month.

Volunteers sought for foster care board

The Muskegon Chronicle

January 7, 2009

The state court administrative office of the Michigan Supreme Court is looking for volunteers to serve on the Muskegon County foster care review board.

The board meets once a month to review the cases of children who have been removed from their homes and placed in foster care because of abuse and neglect. The purpose of the review is to ensure that all agencies involved, including the court, have established a permanency plan for the ward.

Dollar Bay man dies after fall into mine shaft

Upper Michigans Source

December 7, 2008

A Dollar Bay man was killed Saturday afternoon after falling several hundred feet down into the Quincy Mine Hoist No. 2 Shaft.

The Houghton County Sheriff's Office says 60-year-old William Gregg, a volunteer worker and MTU Professor of Geology, was attempting to install emergency steel ladders when he slipped and fell into the shaft located on Quincy Hill in Quincy Township.

Oregon hospital tells grandpa he's pregnant

MSNBC

October 3, 2008

Computer error caused staff to give 71-year-old man the happy news

A patient treated for agonizing abdominal pain received this surprising news in the hospital's paperwork: "Based on your visit today, we know you are pregnant."

'Big Macs fund training for homosexual activists'

World Net Daily

August 15, 2008

McDonald's, home of kids' Happy Meals and the Big Mac, has been cited by a boycott campaign for sponsoring conferences at which homosexuals are trained to be activists, according to the American Family Association.

"First, the company paid $20,000 to become a member of the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce and to have a seat on the board of directors. Next, McDonald's refused a request to remain neutral in the culture war by choosing to promote the gay agenda. Then McDonald's accused those opposing the gay agenda, including same-sex marriage, of being motivated by hate," the AFA's alert said.

U.S. Sen. Grassley: Makes progress on legislation to help foster care kids get permanent, loving homes

Iowa Politics

July 30, 2008

Senator Chuck Grassley said today that his legislation to help move kids in foster care to permanent home is scheduled for consideration on Friday by the Senate Committee on Finance.

Grassley urged congressional leaders to find a way to achieve final passage of the legislation before the end of this year's session. Grassley is the Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Finance, which is responsible for social welfare legislation including adoption policies.

Critical flaw rocks the internet

The Sydney Morning Herald

July 9, 2008

Computer industry heavyweights are hustling to fix a flaw in the foundation of the internet that would let hackers control traffic on the World Wide Web.

Major software and hardware makers worked in secret for months to create a software "patch" released on Tuesday to repair the problem, which is in the way computers are routed to web page addresses.

Sewer system probed following plutonium spill

World Net Daily (CO)

July 2, 2008

City officials in Boulder, are investigating whether plutonium, the key ingredient in triggers for nuclear bombs, was washed into their municipal wastewater system when the metal was spilled during a project at the NIST.

According to a report in the Denver Post, the contamination may have reached the municipal system when two people involved in the spill a week earlier washed their hands in a washroom, just feet from the lab where a vial holding a quarter gram of plutonium powder was spilled.

Federal workers contaminated with plutonium

World Net Daily (CO)

July 2, 2008

An unspecified number of federal workers on the Boulder, Colo., campus of the National Institute of Standards and Technology will have to be treated for plutonium contamination after an accident.

NIST officials confirmed that a "small number of personnel" have tested positive for the exposure and will undergo chelation treatment in hopes of preventing an advanced risk for cancer.

Dont Talk to Police

youtube.com

June 21, 2008

An law school professor and former criminal defense attorney tells you why you should never agree to be interviewed by the police.

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