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Shakespeare's sonnets come to life in new app

TORONTO (Reuters) - A new app launched on Monday aims to bring William Shakespeare's sonnets to the masses with the help of short films starring stage actors performing them in front of New York landmarks. Full story

Alleged Crack Smoking Toronto Mayor Should Be More Like Rahm, Expert Says

There’s only one American politician who has been seen in public with Rob Ford, the Toronto mayor who was allegedly seen smoking crack on a video recorded by Somali drug dealers. That politician, of course, is our own mayor, Rahm Emanuel. Last September, Ford visited Chicago to renew the Sister C Full story

click 3: Semper dry?

   Chris Hayes shares the three awesomest things on the internet today 1) Gawker reports that the mayor of Toronto is seen on video smoking crack cocaine 2) Right-wing trolls mobilize after President Obama calls in two marines with umbrellas 3) A 9 year old girl throws out the first pitch at a baseball

Toronto mayor denies smoking crack cocaine

TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto Mayor Rob Ford on Friday denied allegations that he smoked crack cocaine. Full story

Toronto mayor denies smoking crack in video

A video purportedly of Toronto's mayor smoking crack has caused an uproar in Canada.            Full story

Tim Hortons CEO cautious on higher debt, share buyback

TORONTO (Reuters) - Tim Hortons Inc <THI.TO> is likely to raise its debt levels and buy back shares but not to the extent that an activist investor is pushing for, Paul House, chief executive of the Canadian coffee-and-doughnut chain, said on Thursday. Full story

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  New twists in terror plot thwarted in Canada

Toronto Globe Reporter, Colin Freeze, talks with MSNBC’s Alex Witt about the terror plot thwarted in Canada earlier this week. Freeze discusses the suspects and what could have motivated them to carry out the attacks. Freeze also comments on the role of radical Islam and the scope of its threat in C

  'If Candidate X wins, I'm moving to Canada'

CBC News' cheif correspondent, Peter Mansbridge, joins from Toronto to talk the old American election season saying: "If Candidate X wins, I'm moving to Canada."

  Duck family crosses 4-lane highway  in video

A few feathered friends weathered some scary moments as eight baby ducklings followed their mother across a busy highway in Toronto in a viral video.

  Crane collapse knocks power lines onto bus

A construction crane flipped in northwest Toronto, bringing down power lines and temporarily trapping a bus of passengers. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

  Colo. victim remembered for ‘infectious attitude’

Jessica Ghawi was an aspiring sportscaster who friends are remembering for her love of laughing, especially at herself. She was killed in the Aurora, Colo. tragedy after blogging about her near-miss at another shooting in Canada just weeks ago.

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