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Senate sends Duffy expense audit for 2nd internal review
cbc.ca - 2013-05-21 3:21 PM
The Senate decided to send Senator Mike Duffy's audit report back to its internal committee for a second review, despite objections from the Liberal Senate leader, who argued the RCMP should be tasked with the job.
Only 1 set of human remains found at Millard farm, police say
cbc.ca - 2013-05-21 8:16 AM
Hamilton police have confirmed that they are dealing with only a single set of human remains at the Waterloo region farm of Dellen Millard.
Mountie sues 13 ex-colleagues for sex assault, harassment
cbc.ca - 2013-05-21 11:15 AM
An RCMP staff sergeant has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against 13 former colleagues in the force's travelling equestrian show the Musical Ride, claiming she was sexually assaulted and harassed in the 1980s.

One dead after B.C. float-plane crash
thecanadianpress.com - 2013-05-21 8:27 PM
VICTORIA - One person is dead following a float-plane crash off Vancouver Island.
Harper sheds little light on Senate scandal
thecanadianpress.com - 2013-05-21 8:16 PM
OTTAWA - A "very upset" Prime Minister Stephen Harper tried to settle down a scandal-rattled Conservative caucus Tuesday with talk of accountability and Senate reform, but shed no new light on the $90,000 transaction that cost him his chief of staff.
Duffy issue sent to closed-door committee
thecanadianpress.com - 2013-05-21 8:01 PM
OTTAWA - Conservative senators have sent Mike Duffy's controversial improper expenses back to the same closed-door committee that initially reviewed them, rejecting a Liberal bid to have the matter referred directly to the police.

9-year-old from Plaza Towers school among first tornado victims identified
Janae Hornsby, 9, (right) with her cousin Taylor, 14, in a photo taken over the weekend.
Before and after: Tornado cuts devastating path through Oklahoma
Aerial photos show the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., before and after it was hit by a massive tornado on Monday, May 20.
Immigration bill clears hurdle with 13-5 approval by Senate committee
Jodi Arias pleads for jury to spare her life, says, 'I want everyone's pain to stop'
Jodi Arias, seen in court on May 15, is expected to speak to the jury that will decide whether she should get the death penalty.

Deadly Oklahoma tornado confirmed as most powerful type
Emergency workers neared the end of their search Tuesday afternoon for survivors in Moore, Okla., following a deadly tornado that weather officials said was now classified among the most powerful type of twister.
Baseball fuels dreams, desperation in Dominican Republic
The Toronto Blue Jays have a number of stars from the Dominican Republic, but in the shadow of these successful players is an equally important story about the deaths of young players and a country desperately struggling to balance hope and poverty.
Jodi Arias asks jury to spare her life
Jodi Arias asked jurors Tuesday to give her life in prison, arguing she "lacked perspective" when she told a local reporter in an interview after she was convicted of murder that she preferred execution to spending the rest of her days in jail.

Pakistani cricket star politician leaves hospital
ISLAMABAD - Pakistani cricket star-turned politician Imran Khan left the hospital Wednesday, more than two weeks after he suffered serious back injuries in a fall from a forklift at a campaign event, a spokesman said.
Ai Weiwei uses music to mock state power in China
BEIJING, China - Two emotionless prison guards watch Ai Weiwei as he eats, sleeps, paces, showers — and even sits on the toilet — in the Chinese artist's new obscenity-filled, metaphor-rich music video mocking state power.
Egypt TV: 7 security men kidnapped in Sinai freed
CAIRO - Egyptian state TV says six policemen and a border guard kidnapped by suspected militants in the Sinai Peninsula last week have been freed.