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'I Never Told Anyone Not to Vaccinate'
The Atlantic - James Hamblin
Vaccination is among the few definitive tenets of disease prevention, but because of rampant misinformation, fear, and scientific illiteracy, rare infections have come back to life. In the way the word
Fisherman finds large red dildo in cod he has just caught
metro.co.uk - Metro News Reporter
A fisherman was baffled after he found a massive dildo inside a cod he had just caught. Bjoern Frilund, 64, was pleased to have reeled in the six …
Apple Upgrade Tracks Customers Even When Marketing Apps Are Off
NPR - Martin Kaste
The people who design marketing apps are celebrating a change in the way iBeacon works on iPhones. That's the Bluetooth-based system that lets a store track a customer's movements, and capitalize on them.
Storms Head East After Battering Midwest, South
NBC News - Source: TODAY
Weather A powerful weather system has spawned tornadoes, flash floods and hailstorms from Texas to Michigan. NBC’s Joe Fryer reports. Read more here.
Doctors Are Talking About Creating A New Attention Disorder For 'Daydreamy' Kids
Business Insider - Kevin Loria
Alex Dodd/flickrAccording to the New York Times, some researchers say that almost two million American kids could have a controversial attention disorder called "sluggish cognitive tempo." Half of these
Police Release Chilling Details on High School Stabbing
NBC News
U.S. news An X-Box, a Nintendo Wii and a Sony Playstation, along with dozens of games and gaming paraphernalia, an iPod, an iPad and three computers were taken from the home of the Pennsylvania high school
'World's most haunted island' up for auction
The Telegraph - By Tom Kington, Rome
Dubbed one of the most haunted places in the world, Poveglia, which was sealed off after it was hit by the plague, is to be sold off to raise money for Italy A lease of a Venetian island described as of
Tennessee is Making Pregnancy a Criminal Liability
The Daily Beast - Emily Shire
Tennessee may become the first state with a law that could criminally prosecute pregnant women if they harm their unborn children by taking illegal …
12 Ways To Make Your Chocolate Chip Cookies Even Better
HuffPost - Julie R. Thomson
There's nothing worse than ruining something so perfect. There's something magical about putting a batch of cookies in the oven and watching them bake into perfect, chewy chocolate chip cookies. No matter
Southern Ontario, Quebec on flood watch with heavy rains on the way
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Meet the man who created the bug that almost broke the Internet
The Globe and Mail
The Heartbleed cybersecurity problem began on New Year's Eve 2011, about an hour before the stroke of midnight on a Saturday, when a British computer consultant in Staffordshire posted a new version of
CRA online services running again following Heartbleed scare
The Globe and Mail - The Canadian Press
The federal tax agency says its online services are up and running again after it blocked public access five days ago due to the so-called Heartbleed bug. The Canada Revenue Agency says the security risk
Market View: The fascinating e-mail Steve Jobs left behind
The Globe and Mail
Documents revealed in the ongoing Apple-Samsung patent dispute shed light on the late CEO's plans before his untimely death, Michael Babad explains
An Ohio man who spent hours on a street corner Sunday with a sign declaring he's a bully says that the punishment in a disorderly
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East Coast seal hunt starts amid ongoing court case, trade challenge
The Globe and Mail - The Canadian Press
The annual East Coast seal hunt starts Monday against a backdrop of ongoing trade and court challenges in Europe and renewed claims from animal welfare groups that the 400-year-old industry is dead in
Subway 'Yoga Mat' Chemical Is History
huffingtonpost.ca - The Associated Press
Subway says the ingredient dubbed the "yoga mat chemical" will be entirely phased out of its bread by next week, reflecting the greater scrutiny food …