9.10.2009

Six in the Morning

1. ELECTION THROWN OUT IN AFGHANISTAN: The UN agency investigating fraud in the Afghanistan federal election has thrown out ballots from 83 polling stations. (Globe and Mail)

2. SASK GOVT GOING AFTER MURDERER'S BOOK-DEAL CASH: The provincial government will be going after money convicted murderer, Colin Thatcher, earned from a book deal. (Leader Post)

3. BRUCE POWER NUKES EMPLOYEES OVER EMAIL: Nearly 100 employees of Bruce Power have been fired for violating the company's code of conduct with regards to e-mail and internet use. (Globe and Mail)

4. PORTRAIT GALLERY GONE: After years spent trying to find a home for the National Portrait Gallery, the federal government has decided to fold it into the National Archives. (Globe and Mail)

5. GHOST HUNTER NOW ONE OF THE HUNTED: A woman fell to her death at the UofT while hunting for ghosts. (CBC)

6. TIFF LAUNCHES WITH DARWIN PIC: The Toronto Internationl Film Festival kicks off tonight with Creation, a bio-pic about Charles Darwin. Meanwhile, scientist and blogger PZ Meyers of Pharyngula fame responds to an article in the Telegraph covering the five best arguments for creationism. (Globe and Mail, Pharyngula)

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