Patrick Stewart teaches 'quadruple take,' becomes captain of internet

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How close is too close? Testing personal space boundaries

CBC News reporter Chris Brown tested out several personal space bubbles in downtown Vancouver Wednesday. (CBC) British researchers think they may have quantified the precise distance when close becomes too close. The study, conducted by the University...

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U.S. man robs $1 from bank, waits for police

A 50-year-old man allegedly robbed $1 from an Oregon bank and then waited for police to arrest him so he could get medical treatment, sheriff's deputies said. 50-year-old Tim Alsip allegedly robbed an Oregon bank of $1 then sat down to wait for police...

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North Korea upset over Switzerland's ski lift ban

North Korea objected on Saturday to a ban on imports of equipment for a luxury ski resort mainly for the ruling elite, indicating toughened U.N. sanctions are impacting the impoverished state. Under the leadership of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un,...

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Topless blogger keeps Kelowna mayor abreast of equality issue

Some people in Kelowna are wondering what their mayor was doing in chatting with a topless blogger after the interview was posted to YouTube two days ago. The video starts out in routine manner, with Mayor Walter Gray being interviewed by Lori Welbourne,...

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U.S. man robs $1 from bank, waits for police

A 50-year-old man allegedly robbed $1 from an Oregon bank and then waited for police to arrest him so he could get medical treatment, sheriff's deputies said. 50-year-old Tim Alsip allegedly robbed an Oregon bank of $1 then sat down to wait for police...

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Frank Stronach bares chest in Austrian election

Austria's general election campaign is heating up with two high-profile contenders — one of them a Canadian — going way beyond rolling up their shirt sleeves — they've taken the shirts right off. Borrowing a page from Russian President Vladimir Putin's...

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NASA space telescope rebooted as asteroid hunter

NASA will reactivate a mothballed infrared space telescope for a three-year mission to search for potentially dangerous asteroids on a collision course with Earth, officials said on Wednesday. The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, telescope...

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Toronto transit workers reject Canadiens-coloured uniforms

Toronto transit workers are rejecting proposed new uniforms because they look too much like those of the Montreal Canadiens. The red and blue colour scheme is seen as a little too close to that of the Habs, and union president Bob Kinnear says TTC operators...

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500 vintage Chevys to be auctioned by Nebraska dealer

Seventeen years have passed since Ray Lambrecht closed his Chevrolet dealership, a small-town operation in northeast Nebraska with a big and valuable secret. For decades, the owner of the Lambrecht Chevrolet Co. in Pierce held on to new cars and trucks...

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Hamilton man wins Tim Hortons Duelling Donuts competition

Andrew Shepherd crowned winner of Duelling Donuts competition on Monday The Canadian Press Posted: Aug 20, 2013 8:32 AM ET Last Updated: Aug 20, 2013 11:04 AM ET   A dreamed-up doughnut that melds together chocolate, caramel and pecans...

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Surprising discovery in gun safe ordered online

A gun safe made in Mexico was found to contain $420,000 worth of marijuana. (Matilde Campodonico/Associated Press) Authorities in Ohio say a man who ordered a gun safe online opened it up only to discover 127 kilograms of marijuana inside. Shelby County...

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Replica weapons cause fright at B.C. zombie event

Some people in downtown Vancouver got a bit of a scare at an annual zombie parade this weekend — but it wasn't the gory-makeup or calls for "brains" that had them and authorities concerned. Vancouver's annual Zombie Walk, first held back in 2005, has...

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Gary, Indiana, offering homes for $1 US

Gary, Indiana, plans to offer houses for $1 US in an effort to attract residents back to the once-thriving city. Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson has spearheaded the plan that would allow people to buy abandoned homes if they demonstrate the financial ability...

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Princess pleads not guilty in cockfighting case

Princess Irina Walker, daughter of the last king of Romania, has pleaded not guilty to operating a cockfighting business with her husband at their Oregon ranch. Irina Walker, seen in this booking photo provided by police in Multnomah County, Ore., appeared...

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Does One Direction's new hit borrow too much from The Who?

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Christchurch, N.Z., gets post-quake cardboard cathedral

A temporary cardboard cathedral will become the new place of worship for a displaced Christchurch, New Zealand congregation after a deadly Feb. 2011 earthquake demolished their former church. "This building will attract people," said Craig Dixon, the...

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Trapped U.K. churchgoer tweets her way to freedom

[View the story "Trapped U.K. churchgoer tweets her way to freedom" on Storify] Storified by CBC News Community· Tue, Aug 13 2013 09:41:02 @PlymChiefInsp @CouncillorTudor @CarlEveCrime Wine intact officer don't worry hic hic. Last pic before release...

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Prague company offers 'Crony Safari' corruption bus tour

Related External Links Corrupt Tour (Note:CBC does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of external links.) Forget art galleries and architectural wonders — a tour company in Prague is offering tourists a unique glimpse of...

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Thieves return goods and leave apology note at charity

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Rare Canadian stamp could be worth $1 million

Stamp enthusiast Brian Grant Duff remembers the thrill of handling what was, until recently, thought to be the only two examples of Canada's rarest stamp, the two cent "large Queen on laid paper." It's estimated by some to be worth as much as $1 million....

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Archie comic's first gay kiss

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Thieves return goods and leave apology note at charity

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DJ's fan thrilled to be smashed by cake at Toronto concert

Electronic DJ Steve Aoki's caking of a 19-year-old crowd surfing quadriplegic man at a Toronto music festival over the weekend is being described as one of his best tosses yet. "Pretty much every time I have ever seen Aoki I've always prayed to get...

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Teen pilot aims for round-the-world record

An Australian teenager hoping to earn a place in the aviation record books stopped in Labrador Thursday, midway through his mission to fly solo around the world. Ryan Campbell, 19, set out from Australia on June 30, just a day after 21-year-old Californian...

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Monet paintings get cheeky Amazon reviews

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Is Barbie's Mars Explorer doll out of this world?

Mattel partnered with NASA to make the Mars Explorer Barbie to commemorate the first anniversary of the Mars Curiosity rover's landing on the red planet. (Mattel) In collaboration with NASA, Mattel is celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Curiosity Rover's landing...

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Vancouver couple ties knot on bus where they met

A Vancouver couple has exchanged wedding vows on a TransLink bus, as part of I Love Transit week in Vancouver. It was a fateful day in April 2012, when a girl from Germany and a rocker from the Prairies laid eyes on each other. Then magic happened...

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Bus-sized blob of fat found in U.K. sewer

British utility company Thames Water employees have discovered what it calls the biggest "fatberg" ever recorded in the country — a nearly 14-tonne blob of congealed fat and baby wipes lodged in a sewer drain. That's enough "wrongly flushed festering...

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Man in middle of swim to Detroit hauling 334 bricks

A long-distance swimmer who calls himself "The Shark" is in the middle of a 30-hour, 22-mile dip in Lake St. Clair near the Michigan-Canada border. Jim Dreyer is hauling two dinghies filled with 334 bricks weighing a total of more than 906 kg (2,000...

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NASA's hopes high as Curiosity rover marks 1 year on Mars

The NASA rover Curiosity survived its daredevil landing on Mars one year ago Tuesday and went on to discover that the planet most like Earth in the solar system could indeed have supported microbial life, the primary goal of the mission. "The stunning...

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Istanbul clinics patch up scruffy beards, 'staches

Full beards and mustaches are big business in Istanbul, where clinics are busy booking new and returning clients from across the Middle East who want to enhance their facial hair. Having these features is more than just a longtime trend; it's also a...

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Boy, 4, re-elected as mayor of Minnesota town

Robert "Bobby" Tufts hasn't made it to preschool yet, but he's already been elected twice as mayor of a tiny tourist town in northern Minnesota. Mayor Tufts' name was picked Sunday during annual Taste of Dorset festival to be mayor of Dorset for a second...

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Bike rack time limit outrages Vancouver cyclist

A Vancouver cyclist is outraged after finding a notice on her bike telling her she could not use a downtown bike rack. Molly Millar says she wasn't expecting a notice when she parked her bike outside the Granville Street office tower before heading...

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Mosque's journey from Winnipeg to N.W.T. makes TV debut

Inuvik residents, including members of the town's Islamic community, watch the mosque come in. (Philippe Morin/CBC) The story about a mosque that travelled from Winnipeg to Inuvik, N.W.T., is making its TV debut Saturday. The documentary, Arctic Mosque,...

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