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Top Digital Journal Reports
Katey Sagal’s closing words on ‘Sons Of Anarchy’ — The Final Ride (Includes interview and first-hand account) by Earl Dittman
With only three episodes left before the series end of ‘Sons Of Anarchy’ — the brutal drama about the criminal inner workings of an outlaw motorcycle biker gang — Sagal opens up on the journey’s end for her character and the groundbreaking FX series.
Op-Ed: Christian Zealots — ISIS in America (Includes interview) by Robert Weller
Mikey Weinstein, an Air Force Academy graduate, is worried that radical Christians pose the same kind of threat ISIS does in the Middle East
Review: Emblem3 amazes at The Paramount in Huntington, New York (Includes first-hand account) by Markos Papadatos
Pop-rock group Emblem3 performed at The Paramount in Huntington, New York, on November 15, and they put on an exceptional live show.
Photo essay: Defending Burnaby Mountain (Includes first-hand account) by Joseph Boltrukiewicz
This short report documents the location and every day life of Burnaby Mountain protesters against Kinder Morgan pipeline.
New approach for tackling the causes of infertility (Includes interview and first-hand account) by Tim Sandle
Researchers have found that a single gene mutation can lead to infertility. The gene affects the sex organs and this makes reproduction impossible. This new insight increases the scientific understanding of infertility.
Top Images
Pro-democracy protesters hold placards asking for better access to speak at the main stage of the protest site of the Admiralty district of Hong Kong on November 21, 2014
Philippe Lopez, AFP
A pro-democracy protester speaks at the main stage of the protest site of the Admiralty district of Hong Kong on November 21, 2014
Philippe Lopez, AFP
The pro-democracy protest site in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong on November 21, 2014
Philippe Lopez, AFP
A pro-democracy protester stands under a display of yellow umbrellas after a barricade outside the CITIC Tower office block was removed, near a protest site in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong, on November 18, 2014
Philippe Lopez, AFP
Security staff remove a barricade outside the CITIC Tower building near a pro-democracy protest site in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong, on November 18, 2014
Philippe Lopez, AFP
Security staff members remove a barricade outside the Citic tower near a protest site in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong, on November 18, 2014
Philippe Lopez, AFP
The Palais Coburg in Vienna, the venue for nuclear talks aimed at settling a dispute over Iran's nuclear programme, days before a deadline, on November 21, 2014
Vladimir Simicek, AFP
UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Philip Hammond arrives for nuclear talks with Iran in the Palais Coburg in Vienna on November 21, 2014
Vladimir Simicek, AFP
Police stand outside the Palais Coburg palace in Vienna, where negotiators from Iran and six world powers will meet from November 18, 2014 for a final round of talks on securing a deal over Tehran's nuclear programme by a November 24 deadline
Samuel Kubani, AFP
Skylar Campbell in the National Ballet of Canada’s production of “Nijinsky.”
Bruce Zinger
Skylar Campbell performs in the National Ballet of Canada’s production of John Neumeier’s “Nijnsky.”
Bruce Zinger
Kevin Harvick hoists the Sprint Cup for the first time in his NASCAR career at Homestead-Miami Speedway, on Nov. 15, 2014. Harvick won the final two races of the season to win the title.
Sean Gardner/Getty Images
Running back Rafiq Douglas is forced out of bounds after a 23-yard run setting up the Dukes second touchdown of the game moments later. Steve Pope/Digital Journal
April Robinson is heavily guarded as she try to dribble around Amanda Bernsten (No.14) Steve Pope/Digital Journal
Leslie Robinson (No.45) blocks out Brinna Thomas in early first half action Sunday during the Dukes season opener in Pittsburgh. Steve Pope/Digital Journal
People demonstrate against the presumed massacre of 43 students, in Mexico City, on November 20, 2014
Yuri Cortez, AFP
People take a part in a protest in Zocalo square in Mexico City, on November 20, 2014 over 43 students who went missing in southern Mexico after an attack by gang-linked police last September 26
Alfredo Estrella, AFP
People, furious at the presumed massacre of 43 students, clash with the riot police in the surroundings of Mexico City's international airport on November 20, 2014
Alfredo Estrella, AFP
A traveller arrives at the departure terminal of Mexico City's international airport guarded by Federal Police on November 20, 2014
Yuri Cortez, AFP
A woman wearing a dress made of pictures of missing students marches during a protest in Chilpancingo, Mexico on November 14, 2014 by thousands of teachers and students to demand justice for 43 young men feared massacred by drug-gang hitmen
Hector Guerrero, AFP
Health workers from Guinea's Red Cross prepare to carry the body of a victim of the Ebola virus in Momo Kanedou in Guinea on November 19, 2014
Kenzo Tribouillard, AFP
A member of a Chinese military medical contingent takes a 'selfie' at Beijing airport on November 14, 2014, before leaving for West Africa
Wang Zhao, AFP/File
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) shakes hands with members of his motorcycle escort at the airport in Brisbane as he leaves the G20 Summit on November 16, 2014
Steve Holland, G20 AUSTRALIA/AFP
This handout photo taken and released by G20 Australia on November 16, 2014 shows Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (R) waving goodbye as he leaves the G20 Summit early, in Brisbane
Steve Hollland, G20 Australia/AFP
A handout photo released on November 15, 2014 by Australia G20 shows Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott (L) and Russia's President Vladimir Putin cuddling koalas before the start of the first G20 meeting in Brisbane
Andrew Taylor, G20 Australia/AFP
Israeli Zaka emergency services volunteers carry the body of a Palestinian assailant who was shot dead while attacking a synagogue in the ultra-Orthodox Har Nof neighbourhood in Jerusalem on November 18, 2014
Gali Tibbon, AFP
Israeli security personnel walk outside a synagogue that was the scene of an axe attack in the Har Nof neighbourhood of Jerusalem, on November 18, 2014
Gali Tibbon, AFP
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man prays at the scene of an attack on a synagogue in the Har Nof neighbourhood of Jerusalem, on November 18, 2014
Gali Tibbon, AFP
Ultra-orthodox Jews watch the scene on November 18, 2014, after two Palestinians attacked a synagogue in the ultra-Orthodox Har Nof neighbourhood in Jerusalem
Gali Tibbon, AFP
An Ultra Orthodox Jew studies and prays on November 19, 2014 in a synagogue in Jerusalem a day after a deadly attack by two Palestinians
Thomas Coex, AFP
A masked Palestinian youth tries to hammer a hole in Israel's controversial barrier that separates the West Bank town of Abu Dis from Jerusalem during a protest on November 17, 2014
Ahmad Gharabli, AFP
Masked Palestinian youths burn tires near Israel's controversial barrier that separates the West Bank town of Abu Dis from Jerusalem on November 17, 2014
Ahmad Gharabli, AFP
Syrian men sit next to a wrecked factory in Aleppo's industrial area on November 18, 2014, a potent symbol of an economy lying in ruins
Joseph Eid, AFP
A ruined mosque in Aleppo, pictured on November 18, 2014
Joseph Eid, AFP
The ruins of a company head office in the Syrian city of Aleppo, pictured on November 18, 2014.
Joseph Eid, AFP
A damaged sign in the industrial area of Aleppo, pictured on November 18, 2014, which has been devastated by the Syrian civil war
Joseph Eid, AFP
Syrian children stand outside a community kitchen in the Salhin district of the northern city of Aleppo on November 15, 2014
Baraa al-Halabi, AFP
Maria Jose Alvarado (R), Miss Honduras World, is crowned in this undated picture
, AFP/File
The bodies of Miss Honduras Maria Jose Alvarado and her sister were partially buried along the banks of the Aguagual River in the town of Arada
, AFP/File
Sotero Munoz (C), grandmother of former Miss Honduras World Maria Jose Alvarado, 19, and her sister Sofia Trinidad, cries during their wake in front of their home on November 20, 2014
Orlando Sierra, AFP
Honduran police escort Plutarco Ruiz — the boyfriend of Miss Honduras sister — after he was arrested in Santa Barbara, on November 18, 2014
, AFP/File
People cheer as US President Barack Obama delivers remarks on the new steps he will be taking within his executive authority on immigration at Del Sol High School in Las Vegas, Nevada, November 21, 2014
Jim Watson, AFP
US President Barack Obama (C) shakes hands with the crowd after delivering remarks on the new steps he will be taking within his executive authority on immigration at Del Sol High School in Las Vegas, Nevada, November 21, 2014
Jim Watson, AFP
The audience at the 15th Annual Latin Grammy Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada, watches as US President Barack Obama delivers a speech on immigration on November 20, 2014
Mark Ralston, AFP
US President Barack Obama announces executive action on immigration policy during a nationally televised address from the White House November 20, 2014 in Washington, DC
Jim Bourg, Pool/AFP
A four wheeler drives down a street in the Lakeview neighborhood of Buffalo, New York on November 19, 2014 after a storm dropped nearly five feet of snow
John Normile, Getty/AFP
This November 19, 2014 handout photo courtesy of the Office of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo shows a view of the turnpike near Buffalo, New York during a major snowstorm
, Office of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo/AFP
New York Air National Guard members from the 107th Airlift Wing assist in snow removal in West Seneca, New York, on November 19, 2014
Mark Frank, US Aarmy/AFP
New York's Central Park covered in snow earlier this year
Stan Honda, AFP/File
Nurses look at a dog pass in the corridor at the Donetsk city hospital located in Oktyabrskiy district, one of the most shelled areas in the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, on November 16, 2014
Menahem Kahana, AFP
A patient drinks as he sits on his bed at the Donetsk city hospital located in Oktyabrskiy district, one of the most shelled areas in the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, on November 16, 2014
Menehem Kahana, AFP/File
A patient lies in bed at the Donetsk city hospital located in Oktyabrskiy district, one of the most shelled area in the city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, on November 16, 2014
Menahem Kahana, AFP
A Ukrainian woman cries as she holds a photo of her son in front of the monument to the fallen Heroes of the “Heavenly Sotnya” (Hundred), in honor of Maidan activists who died during mass protests, at a memorial ceremony in Kiev, on November 21, 2014
Sergei Supinsky, AFP
A protester throws a molotov cocktail at Ukrainian riot police during clashes in Kiev, on January 22, 2014
Vasily Maximov, AFP
Rally to Prioritize Post-Secondary Education, November 17, 2014.
Rally to Prioritize Post-Secondary Education, November 17, 2014.
Police officers hold position during a protest on November 20, 2014 outside the Ferguson Police Department in Ferguson, Missouri
Michael B. Thomas, AFP/File
Police officers stand during a protest on November 20, 2014 outside the Ferguson Police Department in Missouri
Michael B. Thomas, AFP/File
Demonstrators march during a peaceful protest on November 17, 2014 in Clayton, Missouri
Michael B. Thomas, AFP
Demonstrators mark the 101st day since 18-year-old Michael Brown was killed on November 17, 2014 in Clayton, Missouri
Scott Olson, Getty/AFP
Inside of the protesters camp by the road to Burnaby Mountain, Nov. 15th, 2014.
Christmas on the Square on November 15 in Edmonton. Entertainment on the main stage.
Christmas on the Square on November 15 in Edmonton.
Christmas on the Square on November 15, 2014 in Edmonton. The giant Christmas tree.
Digital Journalist Karen Graham with her dogs Frances Virginia (left) and Major (right)
Karen Graham
England: A large tree with elongated branches in front of a lush green lawn. Hanbury Manor in the autumn.
Any one for a game of outdoor chess? In the grounds of Hanbury Manor, England
A tree in a blaze of autumn sunshine at Hanbury Manor, England
Part of the 18 hole gold course at Hanbury Manor, England
In the Media
Industrial acid deposits are turning Canadian lakes to jelly by Karen Graham
New research into decreasing calcium levels in a number of Canadian lakes has shown that we are still experiencing the effects of industrialization, and it’s not climate related. Instead, it’s a new problem, and a legacy of acid rain.
At least 45 dead in suspected Boko Haram attack in Nigeria by AFP
At least 45 people were killed in a suspected Boko Haram attack in northeast Nigeria, officials and witnesses said on Thursday, in the latest violence to hit the restive region.
Manny Pacquiao’s new Foot Locker ad taunts Floyd Mayweather, Jr. by Leo Reyes
Manny Pacquiao’s new Foot Locker ad did not even mention the name of potential foe Floyd Mayweather, Jr. in his voice message but the ad says a lot about the unbeaten champion’s indecisiveness in forging a fight with him.
Video: Mysterious blast ‘turns night to day’ over Russia’s Urals by JohnThomas Didymus
A massive explosion which lit up the sky over Russia’s Urals has become the subject of speculation after the authorities declined comment on it although several locals captured it on camera. According to an eyewitness, the explosion “turned night to day.”
Canadian woman gets $950,000 medical bill after Hawaiian vacation by Ken Hanly
A Saskatchewan woman, Jennifer Huculak-Kimmel, went on a holiday to Hawaii in October 2013 while she was pregnant. She ended up giving birth nine weeks prematurely in Hawaii.
Magic mushrooms transform brain into new hyperconnected state by Stephen Morgan
Scientists have been surprised to find that magic mushrooms transform the entire organization of the brain and rearrange its whole communication system.
Calgary brothers face charges in appalling sexual assault case by Marcus Hondro
Police in Calgary say that two brothers in that city are in custody and will be charged with sexual assault and other offences after a young woman was raped repeatedly at two locations. She may have even suffered a concussion, police say.
Alien life may exist without conditions like Earth by Stephen Morgan
A group of scientists are proposing that alien life forms may not need conditions similar to Earth to survive and that we should not exclude the possibility of other “exotic” types of life existing in the Universe.
Taiwan chip designer produces low-priced smartphone by Amanda Byas
Smartphone chips manufactured by Taiwan’s MediaTek Inc. were mostly looked over by the big phone brands throughout the past decade.
Ontario family says chemo for aboriginal child ‘uncalled for’ by Amanda Byas
An Ontario family of an aboriginal child who is the center of attention about whether she should be isolated from her family and given chemotherapy treatment states the box was “uncalled for” and that they would not ever hurt a child’s well-being.
Op-Ed: Pacquiao soon to drag elite fighters down to 140 pounds limit by Leo Reyes
While training for his upcoming fight against unbeaten American Chris Algieri, WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao has discovered that he can recoup his natural speed and power if he slides farther down to the light welterweight limit of 140 pounds.
Chagas disease emerging as U.S. public health threat by Tim Sandle
Chagas disease – a stealthy parasitic infection that can lead to severe heart disease and death, is spreading in the U.S. Scientists argue that policy makers need to treat the issue seriously.
Declassified Israeli cables add evidence USS Liberty no accident by Ralph Lopez
A Special Report by the Chicago Tribune details declassified cables, from the Israeli State Archive, which add further evidence that Israel knew it was attacking an American ship as it attacked the USS Liberty.
‘Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’ sets viewer record on Twitch by Marcus Hondro
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is a fun game to play, no question – the new game already has legions of users – but turns out it is something people love to watch, too. In one week alone users spent 5.4 million hours watching others play COD on Twitch.
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