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Tourism industry may make Quebec negotiate with student protesters

Montreal window display via AFP

Faint hope for renewed talks between the government and students in Quebec flickered Sunday as the top tourism official in the Canadian province warned of possible fallout from months of protests

HE DOESN'T LIKE DEFINING PEOPLE

Anti-contraception cardinal refuses to say Romney is a Christian

Cardinal Donald Wuerl speaks to Fox News

A Catholic cardinal who is supporting a lawsuit against the Obama administration’s refused on Sunday to say whether presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney was a Christian.

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Miami police shoot naked man biting another’s face

A couple of bodies laying on the ground in Miami. Screenshot via The Miami Herald.

A bizarre and tragic series of events took place in Miami Saturday afternoon, when police shot a naked man after he was biting the face off of another man.

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British abortion providers fear for safety after U.S.-style protests

40 Days of Life promises to continue anti-abortion vigils in London by @mjb via Flickr

British doctors who help women end unwanted pregnancies are growing concerned for their own safety as anti-abortion groups step up protests outside clinics.

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Teenaged immigrant solves problem that baffled Isaac Newton

Sir Isaac Newton via Wikimedia Commons

16 year old Shouryya Ray denies being a genius, but he’s being hailed for having solved a problem that has baffled mathematicians ever since Sir Isaac Newton posed it over 300 years ago.

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Simpson tells GOP: ‘For heaven’s sake, Norquist can’t murder you’

Former Wyoming governor Alan Simpson. Screenshot via CNN.

Former Wyoming Senator Alan Simpson offered another colorful perspective from his cantankerous mind Sunday, urging Congressional Republicans to not be scared of anti-tax advocate Grover Norquist.

Science

Iran to launch new nuclear plant project

Iran is to build a new nuclear power plant, alongside its sole existing one in the southern…

Greenpeace blocks Brazil port over Amazon law

Greenpeace temporarily blocked a freighter from being loaded at a northern Brazilian port in protest over…

Storm threatens big U.S. beach weekend

SpaceX capsule has ‘new car’ smell, astronauts say

Tech News

Google faced with a million requests a month to remove copyrighted material from search

Figures from Google’s transparency report reveal huge increase on 2009 as growth comes from rise…

Facebook makes mobile move after IPO flop

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook released a “camera” application Thursday that lets people take Instagram-style pictures…

Media

U.S. actress Andie MacDowell puts accent on beauty

You wouldn’t think that Andie MacDowell would have confidence problems. But the US actress and long-time face…

Bullying drama scoops Cannes new talent prize

“After Lucia”, a harrowing drama about a young girl who falls prey to bullying, on…

World

19 Pakistani pilgrims wounded in Iraq bombing

A roadside bomb in Iraq’s Anbar province wounded 19 Pakistani Shiite pilgrims on Sunday, police and a doctor said, in the second attack against pilgrims in the…

Al-Qaeda offshoot seizes key arms dump in Mali’s north

An Al-Qaeda offshoot this week seized a key underground arms depot in the strategic town of Gao in Mali’s rebel-controlled north, security sources said on Sunday. The…

IMF chief angers Greeks as crisis election looms

Political leaders in Athens rounded on IMF chief Christine Lagardeon Sunday for branding Greeks tax-dodgers as parties went on the campaign…

Afghan officials: NATO air strike kills six children

A NATO air strike killed a family of eight, including six children, when it hit their home in eastern Afghanistan, local officials said…

U.S. News

Panetta says no need for U.S. boots in Yemen

The United States can deal with Al-Qaeda’s spreading presence inYemen without US forces on the ground, relying…

McCain on Romney’s Bain record: ‘Free enterprise system can be cruel’

Former Republican presidential nominee John McCain on Sunday walked back on his 2008 attacks on…

San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge turns 75

San Francisco on Sunday will mark the 75th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge, the…

American kidnapped in West African nation of Benin

An American citizen has been kidnapped in the West African nation of Benin, a US embassy spokeswoman said…

Obama pays tribute to U.S. war dead

President Barack Obama paid tribute Saturday to US soldiers who died in service of the…