Word: canadas
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This week the Harvard Islamic Society joins Muslim student groups at colleges and universities across the United States and Canada in holding events in recognition of Islam Awareness Week...
...arrested for shoplifting in June 1985 and committed suicide by taking cyanide during police questioning. When police searched his cabin, they found more than 40 lbs. of human remains buried on the property, plus a soundproof concrete bunker that had been used as a prison. Ng was arrested in Canada a few weeks later after shooting a security guard during a store theft...
...took years to bring him to trial in the U.S. First Ng was tried in Canada for the shooting and spent four years in jail. He fought extradition to the U.S. all the way to the Canadian Supreme Court before finally being returned to California in 1991. Once there, he became a jailhouse lawyer, filing complaints about everything from prison food to his attorneys. After a change of venue because of pretrial publicity, Orange County superior court judge John J. Ryan had finally had enough. When Ng, representing himself, refused to answer questions, Ryan ordered court-appointed lawyers to take...
...stand-up Steve: a fellow less cool, less together--and thus funnier--than he thinks he is. Martin takes inspiration from prescription bottles, the Schrodinger's cat paradox and Marlon Brando on Larry King Live. The little gems come at a hefty price--87[cents] each ($1.17 in Canada!)--but are worth it for their expectation-defying musings on philosophers, paparazzi and the word underpants. This is high-wire humor, as pure as the drivel snow...
...after Canadian investigators dredged up evidence of suspicious heat damage near the unit on the Geneva-bound MD-11 that crashed off the Nova Scotia coast Sept. 2, killing all 229 people aboard. The airline said the step was precautionary and no cause for the crash has been determined. Canada's Transportation Safety Board agreed with the airline's position, yet the findings point a finger of suspicion at the electrical wiring on the sophisticated video system...