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Visiting a particle accelerator is like a religious experience, at least for Nima Arkani-Hamed.Immense detectors surround the areas where inconceivably small particles slam into one another at super-high energies, collisions that may confirm Arkani-Hamed's predictions about undiscovered properties of nature....
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At age 71, Rita Witkin decided she was too old to take the wheel and navigate the torrent of traffic on southern Ontario's busy roads and highways....
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During a late afternoon break between exams last month, Queen's University student Molle Dorst stuck her headphones over her ears, switched on her iPod and joined the throbbing, dancing crowd outside the student centre....
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While the quintessential pairing of ripe tomatoes and lettuce is certainly enjoyable, a good salad can be so much more. Adding fruits, nuts, and other well-chosen ingredients offers a welcome change. More importantly, incorporating a few more nutritious ingredients is an easy way to serve a more healthful dish....
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The Detroit Red Wings proved potent on the power play and pestered netminder Marty Turco to perfection in winning the opener of their playoff series with the Dallas Stars on Thursday night....
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Zara Phillips, a granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II, will compete for Britain in equestrian at the Beijing Olympics....
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Billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian launched his previously announced $170-million (U.S.) cash offer to buy up to 20 million additional shares of Ford Motor Co. on Friday, calling it “an attractive investment.”...
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The Canadian economy added a better-than-expected 19,200 new jobs in April, but several analysts said the employment picture isn't quite as rosy as it might appear on the surface....
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy weighed in on the Canadian unity debate on Thursday, saying he'd like to help bring Quebec closer to the rest of Canada....
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Violence was reportedly ebbing Friday after Hezbollah gunmen, some armed with rocket-propelled grenades, seized most of Muslim West Beirut, a predominantly Sunni area supportive of the Lebanese government....
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A top United Nations official says he is "furious" over the Myanmar's government's refusal to allow the organization to distribute aid flown in for cyclone disaster victims....
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Horizon Air marks 10 years of service to Kelowna today with a celebration in the ticket counter area for customers flying Horizon....
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Okanagan Lake Bridge was shut down for almost an hour overnight after an accident on the bridge....
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Members of the Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans Unit 376 were in shock and disbelief Thursday when they learned their beloved sergeant-at-arms had died on the way to a ceremony....
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Multiple sclerosis afflicts women three times as often as men. That’s why the MS Society’s Carnation Campaign takes place every year over Mother’s Day weekend....
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Though Halo 3 held the all-time entertainment industry record for single-day sales for eight months, it could be a long time before anyone bests the record-shattering sales achieved by GTA IV....
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She's got cred as the first female press secretary to a U.S. president. But why is she preaching empowerment in a pink room? Siri Agrell reports...
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Pet owners know that their furry friends can add a little something extra to the spring cleaning chores. CNN spoke with "the Queen of Clean," Linda Cobb, a New York Times best-selling author and television personality. Cobb, who owns three cats, knows a thing or two about getting the best of pet messes....
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The legend of Jack Daniel reaches all the way back to the moment he was born. Unfortunately, nobody knows exactly when that was....
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Meanwhile, in a city that isn't searching for a new coach OR a new general manager, the Western Conference final begins tonight between the Detroit Red Wings and Dallas Stars, a series that features two of the most successful and — underline this word, Maple Leaf management types - stable NHL franchises of the past decade....
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The Toronto Blue Jays will look to build on Wednesday night's offensive outburst in the series finale against the Tampa Bay Rays at the Rogers Centre on Thursday....
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Gerry Schwartz is itching to do a deal, but he's not sure when he and his team at buyout firm Onex Corp. will have a chance to unveil another takeover....
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Air Canada, the country's biggest airline, reported a deeper first-quarter loss on Thursday, partly due to a $125-million charge to cover a cargo price-fixing investigation....
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A search of a suspected drug house on Leon Avenue has a Kelowna man behind bars....
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Kelowna-Lake Country MLA Al Horning has presented a cheque for 29 thousand dollars to Kelowna Community Resources....
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Sherri McEwan remembers a young boy getting a loose paint chip stuck in his hand on Family Night as he slid it along a metal railing in front of Sensisyusten School....
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Starting in March 2009, the vast majority of households in the Central Okanagan will receive a new automated collection system for garbage, yard waste and recyclables....
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When my doorbell rang,one sunny December afternoon six years ago, I had no idea that my life was about to change forever. A police officer informed me that my husband had been involved in a car accident and taken to a local hospital....
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Israel celebrates its 60th birthday on Thursday with barbeques and a Bible quiz, but the party is ......
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An 11-year-old boy is being credited for saving the lives of several elderly people after a blaze tore......
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A single mother of four has been rehired, a day after Tim Hortons fired her for giving a free Timbit......
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"Do you have a Brightkite invite yet?" I was asked that question at least three times at last month's Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, one of those gatherings where an invitation to the latest private-beta social network is a coveted status symbol....
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New outbreaks in China reported today put the number of children infected with hand, foot and mouth disease above 15,000, and the death toll has risen to at least 28 across the country....
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With all the food-shortage crises in the world, we as restaurant owners and others in the food industry should be doing our part by not wasting water, rice and grains....
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Sunday night is getting less steamy. Oxygen's "Talk Sex" call-in show with colorful septugenarian educator Sue Johanson is ending its run after six seasons, the network announced Tuesday....
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The Toronto Maple Leafs made their first big move of the off-season on Wednesday, firing head coach Paul Maurice....
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Over the past quarter-century, North American sports facilities have undergone a revolution in design, followed by building booms that have swept through every level – from junior hockey and minor-league baseball through the NBA, NHL, NFL and Major League Baseball....
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Thanks to record crude oil prices, OPEC members will likely earn over $1-trillion this year from oil exports, according to the U.S. government's top energy forecasting agency....
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The chairman of software giant Microsoft said Wednesday that the company isn't pursuing other deals after the withdrawal of its $47.5 billion US takeover bid for internet search engine Yahoo....
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Former senator George McGovern, who backed Hillary Rodham Clinton, is urging her to drop out of the Democratic presidential race. Mr. McGovern said Wednesday he has decided to endorse Barack Obama....
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This week's column is dedicated to George Spetifore. The Spetifore family was the real estate developers of Wildwood in the Mission, who we purchased our new town home from. We had the best building experience with the Spetifore's and will always remember their willingness to make sure things were just right. We were lucky to have found them....
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According to the Kelowna branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association more and more of the province's youth are experiencing mental health issues....
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It‘s looking like the kids at Pearson Road Elementary School are going to get a third-rate playground because their parents aren‘t well-to-do....
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The City of Kelowna’s 2008 Micro Surfacing program will begin Monday, May 19th. Approximately 14 kilometres will be re-surfaced involving 25 different road segments across the city....
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The 2008 Life & Arts Festival will be the host for a unique one time professional development guitar clinic with three diverse guitarists. Todd Butler, Blu Hopkins, and Brad Prevedoros will take to the stage together and give a 90 minute demonstration of various guitar picking and strumming techniques....
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Pope Benedict will text message thousands of young Catholics on their mobile phones during World......
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The Canadian border police have lost track of more than 40,000 people who have been ordered deported......
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An 11-year-old boy is being praised for warning residents to get out of a burning North Vancouver apartment that left three people dead and dozens homeless....
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It's that time again! It's time for an update from one of Kelowna's giving machines! Take a moment to browse through what has been happening in Jenn Davies' world...
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While it isn't likely to generate the same level of consumer hysteria as an iPhone launch, Microsoft Corp. [MSFT-Q] announced Tuesday its Zune digital music devices will finally go international when they arrive in Canadian stores June 13....
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