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It probably comes as no surprise to those living there (full disclosure, that includes me), but Vancouver has been rated North America’s best city in terms of quality of life. Top quality of living cities in North America: 1. Vancouver, BC 2. Ottawa, ON 3. Toronto, ON 4. Montreal, QC 5. San Francisco, CALowest quality of living cities in North America: 5. Miami, Fla. 4. Houston, Tex. 3. St. Louis, […]

The Bureau of Justice Statistic’s report on 2012 hate crimes exposes an alarming rise in attacks on a population made up of more than 53 million: Hispanics. Attacks against the Hispanic community have more than tripled in a year according to an official report released by the Bureau of Justice Statistics. The Hate Crime Victimizations report, a Census-driven study, shows an alarming rise in violent anti-Hispanic crime from 0.6 per […]

Asian elephants caress each other when stressed. The short list of animals that console stressed-out friends just got longer … and heavier. Asian elephants, like great apes, dogs, certain corvids (the bird group that includes ravens), and us, have now been shown to recognize when a herd mate is upset and to offer gentle caresses and chirps of sympathy, according to a study published February 18 in the online journal […]

A luxury fortress resort with cow dung and clay fireplaces in the middle of Rajasthan’s Thar Desert has been named by Lonely Planet as the world’s most extraordinary hotel beating resorts in New York,  Laos, and Italy to make the top spot. Mihir Garh, or the Fort of the Sun, whose turreted walls and honey-colored towers are described as “an enormous sandcastle,” by the travel guide, was purpose-built in India’s […]

(KTVI) – The body of a missing Southern Illinois University student has been found in Carbondale, but police don’t believe there was any foul play surrounding nineteen year old Pravin Varughese’s death. The young man disappeared after leaving a party last Wednesday.  He had tweeted that his knuckles were bloody and that he may have been in a fight.  Police now say an altercation occurred, but it had nothing to […]

Run as fast as you can! It’s a stampede! … of cute, little bunnies? Oh, yes. Watch out or they just might cuddle you to death! This is an everyday occurrence on the very small island of Okunoshima, which is nicknamed ‘Rabbit Island’, for obvious reasons. With a circumference of merely 2.5 miles, these rabbits have claimed the island as their new home and trust me, the tourists love it. […]

Marwan, four, was found by UN workers near the border of Syria and Jordan after he was separated from his family The little boy, one of one million children forced to flee Syria since the conflict began, was reunited with his mother 130,000 killed and 2.5 million forced to flee the country in the ‘disgraceful humanitarian calamity’ of the Syrian civil war A heartbreaking picture has emerged of a little […]

Chengdu Zoo visitors photographed a man climb inside the tiger pen Yang Jinhai, 27, behaved erratically and danced around the animals One of them retreated, but another dragged him around the enclosure He escaped unharmed after being restrained by zoo officials Chinese zoo keepers managed to save the life of a mentally disturbed man after he announced he wanted to improve the lives of caged tigers at a local zoo […]

STORY HIGHLIGHTS Hong Kong police plan to step up operations against vice operations The move follows a crackdown on prostitution across border in Dongguan Senior police fear vice may shift to Hong Kong in the wake of police raids The Chinese government has indicated that a vice crackdown has gone nationwide Hong Kong police plan to step up efforts against vice operations in the city following a massive crackdown on […]