The penny has officially been taking out of circulation in Canada. For those kids who don't know what pennies are, they're those brown coins that no one really has a use for. The government is expected to melt down the pennies and sell the copper (due to the high copper prices these days - about four dollars a pound!) or to outfit the Parliament buildings with a new bar and/or eavestrough.--
If you're a smoker this should scare the bejesus out of you sufficiently to want to quit. Health Ontario has announced that they will be putting graphic warning on cigarettes that including a frail cancer victim and cancer spores on your tongue. They should just make a pack that smells like a wet, butted out cigarette. That should cure anyone.
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The CBC has announced that it is slashing jobs, shows and radio shows in an effort to make up a $115 million shortcoming over the next three years. I hope this doesn't make me a bad Canadian but i didn't know that there was anything on the CBC other than Hockey Night In Canada and Coronation Street.
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US Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's road to taking on Barack Obama for the chancellor of the Empire just got a little easier as his main opposition in the Republican party Rick Santorum has suspended his campaign and all but guarantees him punching a ticket to the big dance in a few months. Newt Gingrich, with a fifth of the support of Mitt, insists he isn't done and hope to get some of the Santorum backers on his side, even though he can't seem to get any support anywhere but the southern states. It's over baby, you're done.
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On April 11, 1976 the Apple I was introduced to the market for the nice round price off $666.66. The computer was nothing more than a circuit board and in order to make it an actual working computer the owner had to also add a case, power supply, keyboard and a video card. In 2010, an Apple I sold at a London auction for $213, 600. Not bad for an electronic type writer. Of course these days Apple has been doing much better with their market value at around $600 coming close to eclipsing the record set by old sparring partner Microsoft, who are for some reason not yet bankrupt.
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April 15, 1912 is the day the Titanic sank and to mark the hundred year anniversary of the event they are sending a boat with the exact same path as the Titanic did. How weird is that? Let's hope it turns out a bit better.
Why Do We Love the Titanic? From the New Yorker.
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David Letterman turns 65 this week. The late night talk show, who famously lost out the job of hosting the Tonight Show from under his nose, has been doing his show from the old Ed Sullivan Theatre for nineteen years after NBC's decision to go with Jay Leno even the gig was all but promised to Letterman. I had the pleasure of seeing a taping of a show in 2009 with guests former playboy president Bill Clinton and basketball superstar LeBron James. Very funny stuff, the warm up comedian, I can't remember his name was quite good and clearly a vet. This is the only picture I was able to take before I was threatened with my camera being confiscated and being pistol whipped by the usher. Anyways, happy birthday to you Mr. Letterman! 
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The Toronto Blue Jays opened the home portion of their schedule with a ninth inning collapse again a team (God love em) who are familiar with collapses, the Boston Red Sox. But fortunately, Jays closer, referred to by some already as BJ Santos gave up three runs giving the Red Sox their first win of the season after having their bats coming up cold for most of the game only for the Jays to come up empty in the bottom half of the ninth. The boys of summer are back! (no homo)
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In other baseball news, former White Sox manager and current Miami skip Ozzie Guillen has been suspended for his comments regarding Fidel Castro saying how he admired him. Especially weak considering the large Latin population in Miami. I always thought Ozzie wasn't so much a dictator but more of a tyrant.
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Maple Leafs Sports & Entertainment president Larry Tanenbaum posted a letter online and in many Toronto newspapers apologizing for the horrible ending to the season the saw the fall from a sure playoff spot at the beginning of February to qualifying for the lottery pick by the end. In case you missed it I'll sum it up in three words "Sorry, we suck." Burkie seemed especially testy when one reporter suggested that he follows the Pittsburgh model, which I'm sure he meant draft well and develop your own players but when faced with the question snapped back, and I'm paraphrasing, "What do you want me to do? Get a lottery pick then draft the best player in the world. Am I able to do that?" As it turns out he isn't able to do much and the roster is clearly in need of an overhaul before the next season.
For the good teams, the playoffs start tomorrow.
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Have a great week!
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