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Story Highlights: - Upstate New York firefighters asked nearby Canadian units for help with blaze - Firetruck that responded held up at U.S. border for eight minutes - Government source says one firefighter's criminal record caused the delay - U.S. firefighter calls it embarrassing, says it delayed relief for tired firefighters A Canadian firetruck responding with lights and sirens to a weekend fire in Rouses Point, New York, was stopped at the U.S. border for about eight minutes, U.S. border officials said Tuesday. Fire officials battling the blaze called for help from fire departments in nearby Quebec, using a longstanding...

A California professor has been exposed … well, actually, she exposed herself (and with a smile). Dr. Diana York Blaine—a women’s studies professor at the University of Southern California—has decided to post topless photos of herself on the Internet. Based on the pictures, Blaine enjoys burning her bras and being “liberated.” Unfortunately, that “liberated” feeling is available for everyone to see on her personal website. The USC professor’s “titillating” site is causing quite a stir, but the university, apparently, won’t be making any “busts.” A KNBC reporter said “a university spokesperson was caught off guard when asked for a reaction...