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Many Canadians check work emails in free time : survey

Many Canadians check work emails in free time : survey

A new survey by an independent research group shows Canadians love their mobile devices, even if that means they work longer hours. Asked how important the internet, email and cell phones are for doing their job, two-in-three (65%) working respondents described one or more of these tools as “vital”. Those are among the results of an Angus Reid Institute survey …

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Premature Babies May Have Psychiatric Problems As Adults, Study

Premature Babies May Have Psychiatric Problems As Adults, Study

Premature babies have higher risk of developing psychiatric problems when adults. Canadian researchers at McMaster University say while preemies are at lower risk for alcohol and substance abuse, they have a higher risk of things like depression, anxiety and attentive deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

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Bobby Jindal jokes: ‘You mean I’m not white?’

Bobby Jindal jokes: 'You mean I'm not white?'

“You mean I’m not white?” That was Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s joking response to a white-washed portrait of himself that went viral on Twitter last week, depicting the Indian-American Republican with pale skin. “I’m shocked at this revelation,” Jindal told reporters at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast Monday. “The left is obsessed with race.”

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Farad Roland : US Feds to Seek Death Penalty for Gang Leader

Farad Roland : US Feds to Seek Death Penalty for Gang Leader

Federal prosecutors said Monday they will seek the death penalty for Farad Roland, the alleged leader of a violent Newark street gang charged with six murders. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder directed that the death penalty be sought in the case, Paul Fishman, the U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, said in a news release.

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Teen Kills Classmate Then Posts ‘Selfie’ With the Body : Police

Teen Kills Classmate Then Posts 'Selfie' With the Body : Police

Police in Pennsylvania say a teenager fatally shot a classmate in the face and then took a picture with the body. According to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 16-year-old Maxwell Marion Morton of Jeannette, Pennsylvania, is being held by police without bail on charges of first-degree murder, homicide and illegal possession of a firearm.

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Hackers Anonymous Targets ISIS

Hackers Anonymous Targets ISIS

Hacktivist group “Anonymous”, has claimed responsibility for hacking into, and taking down websites and social media accounts used by the extremist group Islamic States (IS) in response to the Charlie Hebdo account, The Daily Mirror reported. The militant Islamist organisation has a huge social media presence, with accounts on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram.

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