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Canadian class-action suit over baby powder, Report

Canadian class-action suit over baby powder, Report

Rochon Genova LLP and Will Davidson LLP have commenced a class action against Johnson & Johnson (“J&J”) over allegations that its Baby Powder product causes ovarian cancer. A woman was recently awarded $55 million after being diagnosed with cancer in 2011. She claimed to have used talc-based feminine hygiene products for the better part of 40 years. A separate jury …

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Microsoft to block simple passwords

Microsoft to block simple passwords

Remembering all the passwords in your life might seem like a lot of effort but they exist for a reason. To help encourage better password etiquette Microsoft has taken the bold step of banning ‘easy’ passwords on all of its accounts. Microsoft is putting a tool in place for anyone using its login systems that has a check against the …

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Beth Jumbo: woman receives $5 bill in mail from random American

Beth Jumbo: woman receives $5 bill in mail from random American

It’s always great finding money when you least expect it, but how great would it be to be sent $5 in the mail, by a complete stranger? That exchange happened randomly in Fort Simpson this week when a woman named Beth Jumbo received a note and a $5 bill in the mail from a man identified only as “Brian from …

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Stephen Dwyer: ‘AZ Student’ With Leukemia Not Allowed to Graduate

Stephen Dwyer: AZ Student With Leukemia Not Allowed to Graduate

Stephen Dwyer’s family was devastated when he was diagnosed with leukemia during his junior year at Dobson High School. Stephen Dwyer is a senior at Dobson High in Mesa who withdrew from classes his junior year to receive a lifesaving bone-marrow transplant to treat leukemia, according to a post he penned on Facebook Wednesday night that has been shared more …

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Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Gets a Live Action Trailer (Watch)

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Gets a Live Action Trailer (Watch)

If you want to know what’s changed in the world of Deus Ex since Human Revolution, then this trailer will fill in the blanks. The live-action Mankind Divided trailer outlines the shift from the golden era of augmentation to the current Mechanical Apartheid. Featured above, the “Mechanical Apartheid” trailer showcases the games controversial and yet ambitious approach to a near-future …

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Whole Foods Selling Lionfish in Florida stores, sans venom

Whole Foods Selling Lionfish in Florida stores, sans venom

Whole Foods is now selling fresh lionfish in seafood departments, hoping to take a bite out of the non-native, invasive species hurting Florida’s offshore reefs. Whole Foods workers will remove the venomous spines before consumers purchase the fish. It will retail for $8.99 per pound through May 31, according to WWSB-TV, before moving to its regular price of $9.99 per …

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Kevin Vickers: Canadian ambassador tackles man at ceremony in Dublin

Kevin Vickers: Canadian ambassador tackles man at ceremony in Dublin

Kevin Vickers has been celebrated for a second time after tackling a protestor who started chanting “insult” at a service to commemorate British soldiers killed a century ago. Kevin Vickers, who previously served as a Mountie and Parliament’s sergeant-at-arms, has now apparently added freelance tackler to his résumé. Kevin Vickers was attending a ceremony held in a graveyard in Dublin …

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