Morning Update July 11th, 2012 (10)

CANADA

#1 — CS | Sizzling heat sparks province-wide rolling blackouts

Sizzling heat and high humidity saw electricity demand spike across Alberta Monday, prompting officials to ask residents to curb consumption to avoid more power outages.

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#2 — Globe | Toronto Somali community looks for answers to end violence

Members of Toronto’s Somali community are holding a series of meetings this month to discuss the challenges their youth are facing in the city and how best to keep their young men safe.

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#3 — MacLeans | Wells: Why no one is in a hurry to lead the Liberals

And now we bring you exciting news from the Liberal Party of Canada, where—no, wait! Come back!

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#4 — FP | Canada’s housing market at ‘tipping point’: Royal LePage

At least one real estate company says the housing market is not quite dead yet.

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#5 — OC | Ottawa police offer rewards in seven ‘cold case’ homicides

OTTAWA — Eight years, five months, and 20 days.

That’s how much time Linda Beland has been waiting for justice in her son’s death.

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WORLD

#6 — BBC | Mexico gunfight leaves 11 dead in Sinaloa state

Seven police officers and four alleged gunmen have been killed in a shootout in north-western Mexico.

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#7 — CNN | Mobile ads can hijack your phone and steal your contacts

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Those pesky pop-up ads from the ’90s are back, but this time they’re holding your smartphone hostage.

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#8 — Fox | Pennsylvania city workers to take mayor to court over across-the-board minimum wage salaries

Employees of a Pennsylvania city, who have all seen their salaries cut to minimum wage as the mayor grapples with budget problems, are hoping a judge restores their paychecks in full.

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#9 — DM | What next after the Higgs?

Scientists are using the world’s biggest telescope, buried deep under the South Pole, to try to unravel the mysteries of tiny particles known as neutrinos

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#10 — Telegraph | Hannan: I had hoped that the Coalition would bring out the best in the Lib Dems; I was wrong

I was an early enthusiast for the Coalition. Like most Britons, I wanted the broadest possible pedestal for a government that was going to have to cut spending. But there was more to it than that. A league between Conservative localists and Orange Book Lib Dems, it seemed to me, could make for a great reforming Whig administration. I looked forward to a programme based on on democratisation, devolution and civil liberties: referendums, primaries, more powers for local councils, fewer quangos, reform of Parliament and so on (see here).

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