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04.12.2008 17:01
Canadians who spend more time than others on the internet may spend more time alone, but the wide array of social tools available online means these people are far from isolated, according to a Statistics Canada study published Thursday.
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04.12.2008 17:00
Blockbuster author J.K. Rowling is giving Harry Potter fans - and booksellers - an early gift for the holidays with Thursday's release of her book The Tales of Beedle the Bard.
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28.10.2008
The first legal sale of elephant tusks in a decade is being held in Namibia on Tuesday, with nine tonnes of ivory to be auctioned off under the UN's watchful eye.
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28.10.2008
The threat to humans posed by a dangerous strain of E. coli remains despite the approval of a new vaccine for cattle, the lead investigator of Walkerton, Ont.'s, tainted water tragedy said Tuesday.
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28.10.2008
BOSTON — The Christian Science Monitor said Tuesday it will become the first national newspaper to drop its daily print edition and focus on publishing online, succumbing to the financial pressure...
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28.10.2008
NEW YORK — It's been another astounding day on Wall Street, with the Dow Jones industrials soaring nearly 900 points as investors scooped up stocks that were pounded lower in recent sessions.
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28.10.2008
Bed rails are supposed to protect nursing-home patients from a fall, but a CBC I-Team investigation has turned up dozens of incidents involving bed rails at Winnipeg homes - most resulting in injury, but some linked to deaths.
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28.10.2008
Canada's standard of living has slid to ninth among the world's 17 top industrialized nations, according to a report from the Conference Board of Canada.
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28.10.2008
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Whirlpool Corp.
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28.10.2008
A north Toledo packaging plant that made boxes for area industries will close by the end of the year because of a lack of work, a spokesman for the company said.
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28.10.2008
Island companies that make their money from exports are getting a big boost thanks to the low Canadian dollar.
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28.10.2008
NAPOLEON - Doug Pelmear will jump into his Mustang tomorrow morning with a buddy and head for Vegas, but this is no ordinary 4,000-mile road trip by two middle-aged guys in a 21-year-old pony car.
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