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His online dating profile says Chris Forcand is a gainfully employed Christian and separated father of two looking for dates with women 18 to 50, but police are alleging he was more interested in much younger females.
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Wireless icebreaker: Missoula company's software signals real-life socialization
Rachel Kaufman, right, studies at Break Espresso coffee shop and bakery where customers can enjoy free wireless Internet access. Two Missoula software entrepreneurs have developed iFob, which alerts other users on wireless networks that you're nearby and receptive to socializing.
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Britain: Harry's Afghan deployment over
The Australian women's magazine New Idea reported on Harry's deployment in January. The news appeared Wednesday in the U.S. Web site the Drudge Report, and media around the world subsequently reported it. The ministry deplored the leak by "elements of the foreign media." "However, this was a circumstance that we have always been aware of and one for which we have had contingency plans in place," the statement said. Queen Elizabeth II said her 23-year-old grandson had performed "a good job in a very difficult climate." Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the prince had demonstrated that he was an exemplary young officer and the country owned him a "debt of gratitude. "Security considerations come first. That has been the deciding factor which was made by our defense staff and I think that everybody will respect that is the right decision," Brown said.
Church warns pagan holiday spells trouble
The three-day event, scheduled for July, will be a celebration of the ancient religion which is based on a respect for nature.But the gathering has met with a frosty reception from a Moray church, whose minister fears it may encourage dangerous dabbling in witchcraft.The pagan summer camp will take place beside the Inchberry community hall between Friday, July 18 and Sunday, July 20. The event is open to "all witches, druids, shaman and other pagans of good". It will feature an "op .
A salute to 2007
Not to be confused with his cameo appearance on the score sheet this year: Darcy Tucker makes a cameo appearance on CBC hit comedy Little Mosque on the Prairie. Political correctness right on target: U of T announces it will shut down its 88-year-old shooting range even though no one has complained about it. Stalking snuffer: A British tabloid reports that Victoria Beckham has brought in extra bodyguards after a sexy groupie made it to her husband's Toronto hotel room. Laddie Bountiful: Colin Farrell, in town for the film festival, takes a homeless man on a shopping spree and reportedly pays his rent for a year in advance, after finding the guy in his regular spot outside a Yorkville bar. Zero tolerance zone: After a record-shattering 824-minute, nine-game goalless drought, Toronto FC finally scores, but loses anyway.
S P O R T S
He criticised the Aussies for their "provocative behaviour" during Sunday's Sydney ODI, which prompted the Indians to lodge a formal complaint with referee. "We believe it was the Australians who have been provoking us. It's been going on for a while. In due course I am sure youngsters will learn from it," he said. "Ishant only reacted to what Symonds said to him," he added when asked about the young pacer showing the "send-off finger" to Andrew Symonds in that game, for which Ishant was docked 15 per cent of his match fee. "It's never friendly in international cricket and aggression is okay if you don't cross the line," Dhoni said. "Ishant will learn this art in due course. I call it an art because it happens in international cricket all the time," he added. In the Sydney match, Dhoni had to part with his gloves after the match referee was concerned about their legality.
Pick 'n' roll: Tuesday's best NBA bets
For whatever reason, Shawn Marion seems really happy after skipping town from Phoenix to join the Heat. He expressed that repeatedly in front of the Miami faithful before Sunday's loss to the Lakers. The Heat still needs a lot of help, but at least now you can see a bit of enthusiasm from them on the court. Riley wants to run a lot more with Marion in the mix and they should match up all right with the Nuggets. Plus, it's not exactly unlike Denver to lay an egg after a huge win. The Nuggets pounded LeBron and the Cavs 113-83 on Sunday. Pick: (TBD) New Orleans Hornets at Chicago Bulls (no line yet) For pretty much any other team in the Association, a six-game West Coast road swing would be enough to have everyone thinking about home sweet home.
Snapper offered dying Princess Diana photos for $700K
Two shots of Diana, showing her slumped on the floor of the car's mangled wreckage, were sent to the picture desk of The Sun tabloid by Romuald Rat, one of the paparazzi pursuing her. Stephane Darmon, Mr Rat's motorcyclist on the night Diana was killed, said the photographer had tried to help at the crash scene on August 31, 1997. But in robust court exchanges, Darmon's version was contested by Richard Keen, lawyer for chauffeur Henri Paul, who died in the crash along with Diana and her lover Dodi al-Fayed. "What Mr Rat was protecting was not the victims of this crash, but the £300,000 exclusive that he had just telephoned into the Sun from the tunnel," Mr Keen told the London inquest probing the deaths of Diana and Dodi. Mr Keen accused Mr Rat and Mr Darmon of offering versions of the event that were "self-serving lies" designed to protect them from charges of manslaughter and failing to give assistance to people in distress.
Book reviews
Khorafat al-Taqaddum wal Ta'akhor (The Myth of Development and Underdevelopment: Arabs and Arab Civilization at the Turn of the 21st Century) by Galal Amin Dar el-Shorouk, 2005AUC economics professor Galal Amin raises a very interesting question in this new and highly controversial book: Who has the right to decide whether a country is advanced or backward? According to Amin, nobody. “True, some nations may have success in certain fields while other nations fail to do the same," he writes, “but the term commonly used to describe some nations as advanced and others as backward does not apply to one specific field or fields, but is used generally and without discrimination, as if progress is all-encompassing and backwardness applies to everything." The myths the writer tries to dispel is the idea that progress moves linearly — and that human history is connected like a flight of stairs, in which each step is better than the preceding one.
Earlier 'Reader Response'
Report on the negative aspects as well. We the public require honest argument and discussion from both political and media parties. Unfortunately a life in politics is no longer a calling to serve, but "jobs for the boys" and no politician can honestly say they represent their constituents. Similarly it appears the media also have their own (biased) agenda, shareholders and ratings to consider over and above truthfull, accurate and investigative reporting. Martin L Smith
Stavanger
***** After reading your article on Ms. Kadra being beaten unconscious, I wonder what further examples the world needs to experience before it reacts. Living in the United States, I was imagining that countries such as Norway didn't understand the dangers posed by Islam because of its isolation, but your printing of this tragedy makes me realize that it is just too unpleasant a subject for many to deal with.
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Lunenburg has colorful history
LUNENBURG — According to legend, the first business establishment in the former town of Lunenburg in Izard County was a trading post. A saloon was built shortly afterwards. That saloon building — a log structure — is still standing, and it was in that saloon the community received its name. According to “An Old and Beloved Town: Lunenburg," an article by Leeda Mankin O'Neal in the October 1976 edition of the Izard County Historian, several men were gathered at the saloon discussing the need for a name for the settlement. “Suggestions were not forthcoming and finally a German immigrant, intoxicated at the time, spoke up and in his heavy German accent said, ‘Name 'er Lunenburg, by Gott.' For some time afterwards the town was jokingly referred to as ‘Lunenburg by Gott.'" O'Neal wrote.
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