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Two Calgary women say they’ll never take another Associated Cab again after an incident Friday night with a driver in the Southland area. Mya McDonald first shared her outrage over Facebook after she wrote the man told her group that her friend “Brit” was too large to sit in the back seat. “He told my friend to sit in the back because she was smaller and the other bigger girl should sit in the front so that we could all fit in the back because (hand movements) she’s… y’know, fatter than all of you,” McDonald wrote.

It's renowned for its swimwear round, stunning dresses and a seemingly never-ending array of beautiful women. However, last night's Miss Universe final in Miami got hotter than ever - after Miss Colombia, Paulina Vega, 22, was controversially crowned the winner of the beauty pageant. Instead of the usual cheering, the audience erupted into boos of disapproval as favourite-to-win Miss Jamaica Kaci Fennell only made it to fifth place. Shortly after Miss Fennell, 22, left the stage in the 63rd annual contest, her name began trending on Twitter along with the hashtag #MissJamaicaShouldHaveWon.

Smallmouth bass travel farther than largemouth By Terry Knight -- Record-Bee outdoors columnist During the weigh-in for the Angler's Choice Tournament of Champions on Saturday at the Konocti Vista Casino, Resort and Marina, a small group of fishermen got into a discussion about how far the bass being released at the tournament would travel. The guesses ranged from less than a mile to more than 15 miles. One fisherman insisted that bass have homing instincts and would travel all the way back to the area they were caught. For example, if a bass was caught near Redbud Park in Clearlake...