Morning Update August 25th, 2012 (10)

CANADA

#1 — CNews | U.S. fraud fugitive nabbed in Toronto

TORONTO – A U.S. attorney who allegedly ran a South African Ponzi scheme bilking investors in Canada and south of the border out of millions of dollars to support his lavish lifestyle was busted in the Beaches area after being on the run for months.

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#2 — Globe | Las Vegas gambling mogul visits Rob Ford to lobby for casino

In the latest sign of the high-rollers’ interest in a Toronto casino, Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire gambling magnate and Republican megadonor, has paid a personal visit to Mayor Rob Ford.

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#3 — LFP | Times tough for older workers

Ava Gibbons has spent much of her life working, including a 15-year stint at Bell Canada.

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#4 — NP | Hudak to keep pushing for broad public-sector wage freeze in Queen’s Park’s fall session

On the October morning after he lost the election that was his to lose, Tim Hudak was asked what he had done wrong.

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#5 — CH | Monster salmon caught off B.C. is one for the record books

One of the biggest sport-caught chinook salmon on record has been landed on B.C.’s central coast – then tossed back into the ocean.

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WORLD

#6 — BBC | Syria crisis: Number of refugees rises to 200,000

The United Nations refugee agency says that more than 200,000 Syrian refugees have fled to neighbouring countries as the conflict has intensified.

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#7 — CNN | Ten ICE agents target Obama deportation policy with lawsuit

Washington (CNN) – A group of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents is going to court, saying new Obama administration directives on removing illegal immigrants could put them in violation of federal law.

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#8 — Fox | Multiple people shot near Empire State building in Manhattan, police say

DEVELOPING: Multiple people were shot Friday near the Empire State Building in Manhattan, the New York City Police Department confirmed to FoxNews.com.

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DM | ’Two people shot dead’ and multiple others injured after gunman opens fire outside Empire State Building

#9 — DM | Is this Bigfoot? Intriguing video shows hulking, hairy creature stalking the Ohio woods

Is Bigfoot on the loose in the Ohio woods?

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#10 — Telegraph | Three killed as suspension bridge collapses in China

Three people were killed and five injured when an eight-lane suspension bridge in northeast China collapsed early on Friday, only nine months after it opened, state media said.

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