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Toronto council to make Ford mayor in name only

The Toronto City Council moved a step closer to making Rob Ford a mayor in name only following months of publicity surrounding his excessive drinking and drug use, and will look to complete those efforts next week when council resumes. Ford vowed to take City Council to court after it voted overwhelmingly Friday to strip […] Continue reading →

Small California city welcomes doomsday bunkers

In the backyard of his remote Southern California home, Bernie Jones is etching an unconventional blueprint: a construction plan to build his underground survival shelter. It won’t be the typical, cramped Cold War-era bunker. It will hold 20 people. Part of a small but vocal group of survivalists in Menifee, some 80 miles east of […] Continue reading →

Republican NYC mayoral hopefuls spar over police

A debate featuring the Republican candidates in the New York City mayor’s race has been punctuated by testy exchanges. Joe Lhota (LOH’-tuh) and John Catsimatidis (kat-sih-mah-TEE’-dihz) snapped at each other Wednesday over funding for Catsimatidis’ plan to put police officers in high-crime public-housing buildings. Lhota exclaimed “don’t make up numbers” to Catsimatidis. When Catsimatidis disputed […] Continue reading →