Canada
#1 — CBC | Ottawa balks at new costs for delayed N.B. reactor
The federal government is holding firm to its position that it will not pay extra costs associated with the growing delays at the $1.4-billion refurbishment of New Brunswick’s Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station.
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#2 — CBC | N.S. man jailed hours after winning bail fight
A Nova Scotia man accused of plotting to kill police officers in western Newfoundland was thrown back in a cell Tuesday night, just hours after winning a bail fight.
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#3 — Globe | Vader was ‘tired, sick’ day after Alberta couple vanished: sister
The sister of a man RCMP have questioned about the disappearance of an Alberta couple says he showed up at her Edmonton home “tired and sick” the day after Lyle and Marie McCann vanished.
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#4 — Globe | The police sting that netted a drunk driver
While visiting a pub one day in October, 2008, Carol Berner bumped into a divorced woman and the two became close friends.
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#5 — Globe | Speculation mounts over John Tory mayoral bid
If John Tory jumps into the mayor’s race, Rob Ford has no intention of dropping out – and his brother plans to run for council to help prove the family’s commitment.
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NP | John Tory for mayor of Toronto: no, no, no, no …yes? Perhaps yes
#6 — FP | Fallout from Michigan spill spreads
CALGARY — Enbridge Inc. will sit down with opponents of its proposed Northern Gateway pipeline to the West Coast to discuss the concerns they may have over an oil spill on one of Enbridge’s existing lines in Michigan — a spill critics have already embraced in their campaign to block Gateway.
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#7 — NP | Jonas: The New York Times can’t tell a liberal from a statist
A friend sent me a kind of game that newspapers dream up from time to time, especially in the salad days of summer. This one, from The New York Times, took six split decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court, asking readers how they would have voted on them.
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#8 — NP | MacNair: Michael Ignatieff for sale. Newest model
By now it should be clear to everybody that the “Liberal Express” is nothing more than an attempt at a Liberal makeover. Unfortunately for the Liberal party, it’s about a year and a half too late.
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#9 — MG | McGill will no longer require MCAT
MONTREAL – McGill University’s medical school may have an Ivy League reputation, but it no longer has something that most of the top medical schools on the continent do -a requirement for all students to write the Medical College Admission Test.
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#10 — MG | Turbines to be submerged in river this week
Imagine if every time you flipped on the light, the energy could be traced back to a giant underwater fan propelled by the current in the St. Lawrence River.
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Notes:
Who knew? Can it be that people in the halls of power have finally opted to use their heads for something besides a hat rack?
#11 — Star | Customers fume over ‘outrageous’ gas bills
If your natural gas bill is out of whack this month, join the club.
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World
#12 — BBC | No survivors as Pakistan plane crash kills 152
An airliner has crashed near the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, killing all 152 people on board.
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#13 — BBC | US scientist says much surface Gulf oil ‘dispersed’
Oil from BP’s damaged Gulf of Mexico well is clearing from the sea surface faster than expected, scientists say, 100 days after the disaster began.
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CNN | Incoming BP CEO thinks, but ‘can’t guarantee,’ oil flow has ended
#14 — BBC | Flooding traps 30,000 in Chinese town
Flooding in northeastern China has stranded 30,000 people in one town and washed 1,000 barrels of explosive chemicals into a river, reports say.
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#15 — Fox | EXCLUSIVE: DOJ Accused of Stalling on MOVE Act for Voters in Military
The Department of Justice is ignoring a new law aimed at protecting the right of American soldiers to vote, according to two former DOJ attorneys who say states are being encouraged to use waivers to bypass the new federal Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment (MOVE) Act.
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#16 — Fox | At Least 30 Homes Destroyed in Calif. Wildfire
TEHACHAPI, Calif. — Two wildfires that erupted and spread quickly near the Mojave Desert have destroyed dozens of homes and forced evacuations in remote areas of California as hundreds of firefighters work to contain the flames.
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#17 — NY Times | Budget Chief Tried to Tilt Power to Executive Branch
WASHINGTON — There probably won’t be a lot of gift baskets or teary farewells from House Democrats when Peter Orszag officially steps down as White House budget director on Friday. This partly reflects the friction that always exists between a budget director, who seeks to impose the president’s priorities, and Congress, which tends to have a few of its own.
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#18 — NY Times | Texas Battles Health Law Even as It Follows It
AUSTIN, Tex. — There are more uninsured residents of Texas — 6.1 million and counting — than there are people in 33 states. The state’s elected officials might be expected, therefore, to cheer a federal health care law that is likely to deliver billions of dollars from Washington to Austin and cover millions of low-income Texans.
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#19 — DM | Massive asteroid could hit Earth in 2182, warn scientists
A massive asteroid might crash into Earth in the year 2182, scientists have warned.
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#20 — DM | ‘I’m not talking Britain down’, Cameron insists
David Cameron today refused to apologise over his declaration that Britain should show ‘humility’ to India.
The Prime Minister insisted he was not talking down the UK but argued it was right to be ‘realistic’ about our place in the modern world.
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#21 — DM | Lucky escape for grizzly bear who comes face-to-face with Sarah Palin
Considering she’s an avid hunter, it’s unclear who would have been more scared when Sarah Palin came face-to-face with a wild bear.
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#22 — Independent | Handyman ‘planted child porn on colleague’s computer’
A handyman planted child porn on a school caretaker’s computer to get him sacked, the Old Bailey heard today.
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