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Sorry about the delay in posting today, folks. Last night’s power outage and consequent Internet chaos has derailed my blogging schedule.

But, better late than never.

Canada

• Quebec dog survives 19 days locked in a car.
• The Atheist Bus campaign may be coming to Toronto.

World

• We’re barely halfway through January, and we already have the hero of the year.
• PETA attempts to rename fish as “sea kittens” to stop people from eating them. Little do they know, I also eat kittens.
• A bus driver in Southampton refuses to operate a bus carrying an Atheist ad.
• A coffee company has chosen an odd slogan: the former motto of Nazi concentration cap Buchenwald.

Science & Tech

• Handy new iPhone death calculates your odds of dying  at a given location.
• Why not visit one of the former USSR’s atomic (and highly radioactive) lighthouses?
• Firehose + missile launcher = badass.
• Dude. Mars totally farted.
• Our universe may, in fact, be a giant hologram. 

Pop Culture

• The Watchmen lawsuit has been settled, and the film will be released as planned. Hallelujah!
• Was Jack the Ripper a woman?
• The Zombie-Nazis from Dead Snow are also selling hot chocolate in Norway.
• The most disgusting cheese in the world. Bonus: maggots attempting to eat your eyes.
• Keanu Reeves to star in a live-action version of Cowboy Bebop?
• Boy George is going to jail.
• Ron D. Moore wrote a prequel to John Carpenter’s The Thing? Awesome!
• DVICE claims the Battlestar Galactica would defeat the Enterprise in battle. Lies!
• Radio stations are a bit confused about handling Britney’s new single: “F.U.C.K Me”.
• The BSG prop auction has begun.
• Steven Tyler is a creepy, creepy man.
• British wine snob calls beer drinkers “loser and sadsacks.” SO getting punched.
• Steve Carrell is now the proud owner of a small-town general store.