Posts

Word travels fast through the corn fields of Iowa – and the word among Democrats is that Beto O’Rourke could be the real thing. After launching his White House bid last week the Texan, light on policy but long on charm, has beguiled and dazzled voters at cafes, bars, and other small venues across the […]

The first two games of the 2015 Women’s College World Series Championship Finals between the defending national champion/No. 1 Florida and No. 3 Michigan (best-of-three game series) have resulted in the most-watched WCWS Championship Finals Game 1 ever (Monday, June 1) and college softball’s highest overnight rating in eight years (Game 2 on Tuesday, June 2). […]

The federal government recently legislated Canada Post employees back to work following weeks of rotating strikes. But with Christmas just around the corner, an unprecedented backlog of undelivered packages has forced the agency to cancel its holiday delivery guarantee. “We’ve been working through [the backlog] but more and more comes and it’s more than we’re […]

Click:custom clothing dance costume Meghan Markle doesn’t have a big family, and as we all know, her father probably won’t be in the running for world’s best parent any time soon. But she’s close with her mother, Doria Ragland — and according to reports, the two might get even closer. Depending how trustworthy you find […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk apparently tried (unsuccessfully) to work with Nintendo on an in-car version of Mario Kart. On Twitter earlier today, Musk was asked about the potential of making certain games playable in Teslas. Specifically, someone asked about Mario Kart. “How about a version of Mario Kart where you can play against random people […]

OKLAHOMA CITY – Lauren Haeger’s arm and bat powered top-seeded Florida to a 4-0 winover No. 5 LSU in the first winner’s bracket game on day two of the 2015 Women’s College World Series, Thursday evening at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium.   For the second straight day, Haeger gave her team the lead with […]

Rejoice, fellow Canadians, for the day we’ve all been waiting for is finally here. Tim Hortons has launched a rewards program after a year of testing. Consumers who join the program can have a free coffee, tea or baked good after every seventh visit — in honour of founder and NHL icon Tim Horton’s jersey […]

Spain’s government has refused a demand from Mexico’s new president that it apologise for conquering the country five hundred years ago. Firing the first shots in what threatens to become a diplomatic row, the Left-wing Mexican leader Andrés Manuel López Obrador  announced on Monday that he had sent letters to Spain’s King Felipe VI and Pope […]

A former Irish soldier who once worked on the official plane of the Irish Taoiseach has been captured by US-backed forces in Syria under suspicion of joining Isil.  Lisa Smith, a 37-year-old woman from Dundalk, was a member of the Irish Defence Force until 2011 but quit after converting to Islam and then moved to […]

This week General Motors announced the closure of assembly plants including Oshawa (Ont.), Lordstown (Ohio) and Detroit-Hamtramck (Mich.) by the end of 2019, eliminating 6,200 jobs in the Great Lakes manufacturing region. While the sustained lows of the DOW industrial average could indicate GM is bracing itself for the possibility of a looming recession, the […]