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Vine star Jerome Jarre detained at airport for making mid-flight speedo video

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si_jeromejarreaircanada.jpgIt would appear as though American Airlines doesn't take very kindly to its passengers committing wacky on-board "pranks" during flights -- not even if said passengers have 7.5 million followers on Vine.

Selling Hitler: Nazi leader's personal 'Mein Kampf' copy hits the auction block

Categories: Business, Politics, Transparency, World

Tags: auction, Hitler, Mein Kampf

si_hitler.jpgMaking a profit on Hitler: to sell or to donate, that is the question

CBCNews.ca readers cool to Harper's income splitting plan

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Tags: Community, Community Reaction, Politics

HarperCBCNews.ca readers have expressed skepticism about Harper's income splitting plan, with many saying it's merely a bid to win votes in the coming federal election.

Lysol buys 'Ebola' Google search result, gets accused of exploiting panic

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Many online are accusing Lysol of attempting to capitalize on consumer panic after the company bought the top Google search result for "Ebola."

Ivy league school offers 'wasting time on the internet' course

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UPenn is certainly generating a lot of buzz this week with its new English department course "Wasting time on the Internet," but it's not the title of the class that has academics excited -- it's the content of the syllabus, and the views of its professor (world-renowned poet Kenneth Goldsmith.)
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Victoria's Secret is facing mounting criticism in the U.K. due to advertisements for a line of bras that promise 'The Perfect "Body'"

Send us your stories of modern day racism

Categories: Canada, Community

Tags: Canada, My Experience With Racism, Racism, unity

Send us your story with a photo of yourself by emailing us at community@cbc.ca or on social media using the hashtag #MyExperienceWithRacism. We're on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @CBCNews. In this video, Polaris Prize-winning singer Tanya Tagaq tells us of one confrontation.

Street harassment: Video shows woman being catcalled 100 times in 10 hours

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si_streetharassmentvideo.jpgThe ongoing street harassment debate has reached a fever pitch in recent months, as more and more women speak out publicly against those who catcall, harass, grope, assault and stalk them in city spaces.

Millennials shun voice mail in favour of texting

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si_voicemail.jpgThe millennial generation's relationship with voice mail has been the subject of much analysis in recent months, as more and more young people report shunning the once-essential service in favour of more practical methods of communication.

Fat, sugar tax for Canadians? CBC readers say not so fast

Categories: Business, Canada, Health, Transparency

Tags: canada, health, obese, pop, tax

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Canadians are getting bigger and bigger every year. If education alone isn't the answer, what can the government do to help us value being healthy? Who has the answer to our impending health crisis?