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NB brothers in snake case lived life 'to a maximum'

CBC.ca - ‎36 minutes ago‎
The two boys who died after an African rock python escaped its enclosure were "two typical children who enjoyed life to a maximum," a great uncle said Tuesday, as the investigation into their deaths continued.

Amber Alert Q&A: Why it happens, how to turn it off

Los Angeles Times - ‎12 minutes ago‎
The high-pitched Amber Alert that hit cellphones across Southern California overnight may have confounded and annoyed, but the text message also prompted a fresh round of questions.
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Defiant Hasan tells Fort Hood trial 'I am the shooter'

Reuters - ‎43 minutes ago‎
By Lisa Maria Garza. FORT HOOD, Texas | Tue Aug 6, 2013 4:02pm EDT. FORT HOOD, Texas (Reuters) - Nidal Hasan, a former U.S. army psychiatrist accused of murdering 13 fellow soldiers and wounding dozens more in a shooting rampage at Fort Hood ...
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Apple's USB charger trade-in plan after electrocution death is not a recall

Globe and Mail - ‎1 hour ago‎
Apple Inc. is offering to replace third-party USB phone chargers after a Chinese woman's death was linked to answering her iPhone while it was plugged into an electrical socket.
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Talking points: Chris Hadfield's detractors, Taylor Swift's Internet habits, Japan's ...

Globe and Mail - ‎1 hour ago‎
Chris Hadfield's son Evan has responded to claims that a ghostwriter helped the astronaut tweet from space. Ottawa-based news site Blacklock's Reporter published an article last month saying the Canadian Space Agency suggested tweets and experiments ...
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Iraq violence: Baghdad car bomb attacks kill 31

BBC News - ‎25 minutes ago‎
A series of bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, have left at least 31 people dead, officials say. More than 90 others were wounded by six car bomb blasts, which targeted markets and shopping streets in different parts of the city on Tuesday.
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Apartment building gas explosion rocks Argentine city, killing 6 and injuring ...

Montreal Gazette - ‎13 minutes ago‎
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - A natural gas explosion destroyed a tall apartment building in the Argentine city of Rosario on Tuesday, killing at least six people, injuring more than 60 and causing an evacuation of much of the downtown.
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Car bomb in Damascus suburb kills 18 as rebels capture major air base in ...

Montreal Gazette - ‎13 minutes ago‎
BEIRUT - A car bomb in a pro-regime district near the Syrian capital killed at least 18 people on Tuesday while rebels captured a major air base in the north and swept through a string of villages in the heartland of President Bashar Assad's minority Alawite ...
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UPDATE 3-US military judge trims potential sentence in WikiLeaks case

Reuters - ‎22 minutes ago‎
Tue Aug 6, 2013 4:24pm EDT. (Adds military testimony, paragraph 10). By Tom Ramstack. FORT MEADE, Md. Aug 6 (Reuters) - The military judge who last week convicted soldier Bradley Manning of committing the biggest breach of classified data in U.S.

Canada's cyberspace top gun talks military strategy

Vancouver Sun - ‎2 hours ago‎
OTTAWA - In a secret corner of the military's national headquarters in Ottawa is the office of Lt.-Col. Francis Castonguay. He has a crucial role - heading the task force struck three years ago to drive changes to the Canadian Armed Forces so the army, navy ...
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Linda McQuaig vies for NDP nomination in Toronto Centre

CBC.ca - ‎2 hours ago‎
Author and journalist Linda McQuaig has jumped into the race for the NDP nomination in Toronto Centre, adding another media personality to the mix of hopefuls to fill the seat vacated by Liberal Bob Rae.
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Winnipeg ER death a failure 'at all levels,' inquest told

CBC.ca - ‎58 minutes ago‎
Winnipeg's health authority has admitted that it failed Brian Sinclair, who died in his wheelchair after sitting for 34 hours in a hospital's emergency waiting room in 2008.
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CMHC cools mortgage market with new cap for banks

CBC.ca - ‎5 hours ago‎
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. is putting a cap on the amount of mortgage-backed securities sold by banks that it is willing to guarantee.
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Molson Coors beats expectations on Starbev addition

Reuters - ‎1 hour ago‎
By Atossa Araxia Abrahamian. Tue Aug 6, 2013 1:43pm EDT. (Reuters) - Molson Coors Brewing Co (TAP.N) on Tuesday reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit thanks to a recent addition to its European business, sending shares up almost 5 percent ...
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The pension downside of living longer

CBC.ca - ‎1 hour ago‎
Canadians are living longer than ever before. Most of us would consider that good news. But longer lives could pose new funding risks for many pension plans and their members.
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Gold stocks lead TSX to 134-point drop

CBC.ca - ‎30 minutes ago‎
Energy and mining stocks - especially the gold miners - led a substantial pull-back for the TSX on Tuesday as a broad-based sell-off hit most sectors.
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Saputo boosts dividend but warns of challenges from Canadian competition

CTV News - ‎1 hour ago‎
LAVAL, Que. -- Dairy and cheese giant Saputo boosted its dividend Tuesday but warned that stagnant domestic growth and intense competition will eat into the benefits from its recent Morningstar acquisition in the United States.
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Microsoft cuts Surface Pro price by $100 following Surface RT reductions

The Verge
Aug 5, 2013
Written by
Tom Warren
Microsoft is discounting its Surface Pro tablet this weekend, following heavy reductions to its Surface RT costs recently. The 10 percent price cut to Surface Pro reduces the cost of the 64GB and 128GB models by $100 each in the US.
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Long weekend deaths drop, but thousands charged: OPP

CTV News - ‎37 minutes ago‎
Despite a busy weekend on the roads, provincial police say the Civic Holiday long weekend had the lowest fatality rate in two decades.
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William Shatner to receive Stratford Festival honour

Toronto Star - ‎3 hours ago‎
Space is no longer the final frontier for William Shatner. This fall, he'll boldly go where one man and one woman have gone before, when he becomes the third recipient of the Legacy Award of the Stratford Festival, following in the distinguished footsteps of ...
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Chris Brown SNEAKS Into Jail!

TMZ.com - ‎22 minutes ago‎
Chris Brown pulled a fast one Monday ... turning himself in at an L.A. jail for his hit-and-run case -- a day ahead of schedule. TMZ has learned ... Brown showed up at the Van Nuys jail at around 2 PM. We're told his lawyer, Mark Geragos, engineered it all and ...
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US novelist Elmore Leonard hospitalized following stroke

Reuters - ‎1 hour ago‎
LOS ANGELES | Tue Aug 6, 2013 3:53pm EDT. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. novelist Elmore Leonard, known for gritty crime dramas including "Get Shorty," has been hospitalized in the Detroit area after suffering a stroke last week, the author's longtime ...
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A-Rod Speaks

ESPN - ‎1 hour ago‎
Alex Rodriguez was once expected to own Major League Baseball's all-time home run mark while serving as the wholesome face of the game in the post-steroid era.
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Tiger Woods Feeling Good About Greens

ESPN - ‎47 minutes ago‎
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- The last chance to win a major championship in 2013 looms this week at Oak Hill Country Club, and for Tiger Woods it is another opportunity to put to rest the questions about when he will capture that elusive 15th major title.
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Canucks come to terms with first round picks Horvat, Shinkaruk

Globe and Mail - ‎1 hour ago‎
The Vancouver Canucks have come to terms with both their 2013 first round draft picks, forwards Bo Horvat and Hunter Shinkaruk. Horvat was selected ninth overall at the June 30th draft in New Jersey with a pick that was acquired as part of the Cory ...
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Bartoli set to build on Wimbledon triumph

The Province - ‎25 minutes ago‎
France's Marion Bartoli, who captured the Wimbledon crown this year, is playing at the Rogers Cup in Toronto. Photograph by: Getty Images Files , Postmedia News.

5 things to know about giant hogweed

CBC.ca - ‎4 hours ago‎
The City of Guelph has issued a public warning to residents, telling people to keep pets and children away from giant hogweed, an invasive, noxious weed with a sap that can cause painful blisters, even blindness, if it comes in contact with the eyes.
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What an African rock python usually prefers to eat: monkeys, antelope and ...

Telegraph.co.uk - ‎24 minutes ago‎
Size: The rock python is the largest snake in Africa and averages 3 to 5 metres in length. The longest specimen, at 7.5 metres, was found in the Ivory Coast.
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Some blood pressure meds boost breast cancer risk: study

AFP - ‎Aug 5, 2013‎
WASHINGTON - Postmenopausal women who take certain blood pressure medications for 10 years or more face twice the risk of developing breast cancer, US researchers said Monday.
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Eating (raw) garlic twice a week may reduce lung cancer risk, study says

National Post - ‎18 minutes ago‎
Eating garlic may not give off the most fragrant of odors, but consuming raw garlic twice a week can cut the chances of lung cancer almost in half, according to a report in The Daily Telegraph.
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