In the news...

Tee hee:

PQ LEADERSHIP VOTERS INCLUDE DOG, PLANT: REPORT
Thousands of Parti Québécois members are voting for the party's next leader – as a report suggests a dog and a houseplant are among the registered voters.
FULL STORY:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/11/15/pq-leadership-051115.html

Although it would have been even funnier had the dog and plant been *running* for the leadership.

Ewwww!:

CALCUTTA PATIENT VICTIM OF EYE-EATING ANTS
A woman who underwent a cornea operation in a hospital in Calcutta has died after giant ants were discovered nibbling on her eye during her recovery.
FULL STORY:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/11/15/ants-eye051115.html

Can you imagine living to 175? How about when all you do is nap in the zoo?:

HARRIET THE AUSTRALIAN TORTOISE TURNS 175
A tortoise that was hatched in the Galapagos Islands when Charles Darwin was developing his theory of evolution has turned 175.
FULL STORY:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/11/15/oldest-tortoise20051115.html

I hate smelling cigarette smoke, even outdoors (and they bother me even from 20+ feet away), but isn't this going too far?:

SECOND-HAND SMOKE CAMPAIGNS TARGET GREAT OUTDOORS
Smoking has been banned in workplaces, restaurants and theatres, leaving the great outdoors as the next frontier for anti-smoking campaigns.
FULL STORY:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2005/11/15/smoking-outdoors051115.html

So, when does the invasion of the USA start?:

U.S. OFFICIAL ADMITS PHOSPHORUS USED AS WEAPON IN IRAQ
A spokesman for the U.S. military has admitted that soldiers used white phosphorus as an "incendiary weapon" while trying to flush out insurgents in the northern Iraqi city of Fallujah last year.
FULL STORY:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/11/16/phosphorus-fallujah051116.html

If the cat had nine lives, how many did the lizard have?:

CAT AND LIZARD START FIRE IN P.E.I.
A cat and a lizard are being blamed for starting a fire on Wednesday morning in an apartment in Charlottetown.
FULL STORY:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/11/16/cat-fire-051116.html

Anyone consider moving the sparrow outside? Perhaps not leaving the doors open?:

ACTIVISTS CRY FOUL OVER KILLING OF DOMINO-SPILLING SPARROW
Animal rights activists in the Netherlands want charges laid in the shooting of a rare sparrow that knocked over 23,000 dominoes as a TV company was setting up for a world-record attempt.
FULL STORY:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/11/16/sparrow051116.html