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on November 11, 2014 in World News

Lest we forget: Canadians mark Remembrance Day

Lest we forget: Canadians mark Remembrance Day Millions of Canadians are gathering across Canada today to honour the brave men and women, both past and present, who have served our country. According to a new poll conducted on behalf of the Vimy Foundation, more than a quarter of Canadians (27 per cent) say they plan to attend an official commemorative service this year. Remembrance Day resonates with many Canadians this year, following the recent deaths of Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent and Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, the two Canadian Forces members killed just days apart in separate attacks last month. Canadians are… View Article

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on November 11, 2014 in World News

Morale sinks at CNN’s DC bureau

Morale sinks at CNN’s DC bureau CNN’s Washington bureau is suffering from low morale and high anxiety in the wake of weeks of layoffs and buyouts — with one employee likening the place to the Redskins’ locker room. In conversations with POLITICO, sources at the bureau spoke of tension in the office as several longtime staffers have been let go while others are being promoted and given raises. On Friday, during the most recent departures, “people were crying all over the bureau,” one D.C. employee said. “Morale at the CNN Washington Bureau is about as strong as it is inside… View Article

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on November 11, 2014 in World News

lenn Beck Reveals the Life-Changing ‘Pivot Point’

Glenn Beck Reveals the Life-Changing ‘Pivot Point’ He Has Kept Hidden From Almost Everyone for Five Years Glenn Beck on Monday revealed the true extent of his health issues, saying he can no longer keep what has happened a secret from his friends, his staff or audience, whom he considers to be his family. If you have sensed a change in Beck — maybe you even thought he was losing interest in his program — Beck said it is because he was told he may only have several functional years left, and his health conditions were causing such excruciating pain… View Article

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on November 11, 2014 in World News

Regular pot smokers have shrunken brains, study says

Regular pot smokers have shrunken brains, study says xperimental mice have been telling us this for years, but pot-smoking humans didn’t want to believe it could happen to them: Compared with a person who never smoked marijuana, someone who uses marijuana regularly has, on average, less gray matter in his orbital frontal cortex, a region that is a key node in the brain’s reward, motivation, decision-making and addictive behaviors network. More ambiguously, in regular pot smokers, that region is better connected than it is in non-users: the flow of signal traffic is speedier to other parts of that motivation and… View Article

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on November 11, 2014 in World News

Sheriffs Plan to Converge on Capitol, Call for Secure Border

Sheriffs Plan to Converge on Capitol, Call for Secure Border A group of sheriffs is looking to mobilize their peers around the country to gather in Washington, D.C. to call on Congress and the Obama administration to secure the border. According to a letter from Bristol County, Massachusetts Sheriff Thomas M. Hodgson, obtained by National Review, Hodgson is looking to convene fellow sheriffs at the Capitol on Dec. 10 to “encourage immediate action” to secure the border “once and for all.” “Never before in our nation’s history has it been so important for the American sheriffs to stand united and… View Article

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on November 11, 2014 in World News

NY Farm Owners Fined $13,000 for Refusing to Host Same-Sex Wedding

NY Farm Owners Fined $13,000 for Refusing to Host Same-Sex Wedding The New York state government has fined Cynthia and Robert Gifford, the owners of Liberty Ridge Farm, $13,000 because they refused to hold a same-sex wedding ceremony on their property. Two lesbians, Melisa Erwin and Jennifer McCarthy, filed a formal complaint with the state Division of Human Rights, prompting Judge Migdalia Pares to rule that the farm was a “public accommodation.’’ Pares ordered the Giffords to pay a $10,000 fine to the state and two payments of $1,500, one for Erwin and one for McCarthy. The issue began when… View Article

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on November 11, 2014 in World News

Gun Sales in Ferguson Skyrocket As Grand Jury Decision Draws Near

Gun Sales in Ferguson Skyrocket As Grand Jury Decision Draws Near At a gun shop near Ferguson, Missouri, the manager told CNN that sales of firearms for personal protection have increased nearly 50 percent. As stores in Ferguson and nearby areas board up their fronts in fear of riots that could be sparked in the coming days of a potential grand jury decision, residents appear to be taking up arms. “Every time that door opens we see new faces everyday. Dozens of new faces are coming in,” the shop manager said noting that he believes the spike in sales is… View Article

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