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One man is dead following a police stand-off on Sherbourne St. Kim McKinnon of Toronto EMS said a middle-aged man was pronounced dead at the scene, centred at 437 Sherbourne St. She couldn’t confirm if it was the suspect and if he was shot at, or if the shots were self-inflicted. Police were called to the scene at 12:30 p.m. …

A makeup artist is lashing out against rapper Lil Kim for stealing her photo to use for album artwork. Canadian makeup Samantha Ravndahl artist told TMZ that she posted the above photo on Instagram showing herself with a green face and dead decaying flesh. According to reports, makeup artist Samantha Ravndahl uploaded a very unique pop art zombie inspired Halloween …

Parents who are willing to cheat for their kids’ grades are already a rung or two up the whacko ladder. But I can’t even be all finger pointy at 52-year-old Caroline D. who allegedly tried to pose as her daughter during the baccalaureate exam. I’m just too busy LOLing! The Huffington Post reports that the mother really committed for this …

A volunteer at a Toronto church unpacking goods dropped off to help Filipino survivors of Typhoon Haiyan pulls out a sunshine-yellow gown, holds it aloft and jokes to a fellow helper about who is going to need a party dress. Then she dutifully folds the pleated skirt and bodice into a square and places it on one of a dozen …

Valeria Lukyanova, who turned herself into a real-life Barbie doll, went viral last year and has, in a relatively short space of time, amassed hundreds of thousands of followers online as well as recognition for her continual commitment to achieving physical perfection in this Sebastian Faena-lensed editorial in V magazine. But in this new vice.com documentary we learn something new …

Those were indeed the cries of a newborn baby on the platform at the L’Enfant Plaza Metro Station Thursday morning. The baby boy showed up two weeks early. His mom was on her way to a doctor’s appointment at the time. “They’re doing great,” says Sharon Taylor of her grandson, Amir Mason, and daughter, Shavonnte Taylor. “I have a beautiful, …

When Sally Colburn reached into a 10-pound bag of potatoes on Wednesday night, she figured she’d get nourishment, not a message from her dead husband, Jack. “I was just frying up some onions and potatoes,” she told The Huffington Post. “I reached in the bag and the last potato was shaped like a heart.” Heart-shaped potatoes are uncommon, but not …

Tallahassee, FL – A Georgia woman drives from Cairo to Tallahassee with a passenger that she didn’t know she had. “He’s a Cairo cat and he hitched a ride all the way to Tallahassee.” Says Curtis White. White says a little kitten rode in of his co-worker’s car — under the hood. “This little guy was hopelessly stuck down into …

The treasure-hunting Schmitt family made the discovery of a lifetime after finding what could be $300,000 worth of gold off the coast of Fort Pierce in Florida, reports the Orlando Sentinel. The family—along with diver and friend, Dale Zeak— found the fortune about 150 yards offshore and just 15 feet down. They uncovered 64 feet of thin gold chain, five …

Colombian police say they have arrested a Toronto woman who wore a fake pregnancy belly to smuggle cocaine. Col. Esteban Arias says 28-year-old Tabitha Leah Ritchie was stopped while trying to board an Air Canada flight in Bogota after an inspector noted that her belly was unusually cold and hard. He says police discovered a false belly made of latex …

The balloonist who took off from northern Maine early Thursday morning on what he hoped would be a record-breaking trans-Atlantic flight is on the ground after landing in Newfoundland around 6:30 p.m. Few details are available on what cut Jonathan Trappe’s cluster balloon flight short, but according to a post he made on his Facebook page he is in a …