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View Article  Journalism ethics: Toronto police shoot a hostage taker. What do you show on TV?
If you live in Toronto, the big news event of the day (and I'm sure this made several national newscasts), was the police shooting of an armed hostage taker. Our cameras and cameras from ...   more »
View Article  [What they said] So Weirdly Wrong
[Hilarious report from AKMA, vacationing in Maine] A few minutes ago, a police officer passed the bench where I was sitting outside the [edit: Nantucket] Athenaeum, enjoying the mild temperature and the wifi signal, and he said, “Sir, you can’t use the Internet outside the library.&rdquo. I said, ...   more »
View Article  Canada gets a new $20 bill

There are 600 million twenty dollar bills in circulation in Canada -- more than any other denomination. Starting on Sept. 29, the Bank of Canada will start replacing every single one of them with a new bill. The new bill has a ...   more »
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