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Police: Arrest in Case of Dead Chinese Student
By not in system - AOL NewsTORONTO -- A 29-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a college student whose frantic boyfriend in China watched though a webcam as she struggled with an attacker, police said Wednesday. Brian Dickson was charged with first-degree murder, Toronto police spokesman Tony Vella told The Associated Press. Dickson was scheduled to appear in court Thursday morning. Police did not release any more details but asked the media not to publish any photos of Dickson, saying it could compromise the investigation. The body of York University student Liu Qian, 23, of Beijing, was found Friday ...
Student in Canada Killed as Friend in China Watches on Webcam
By Mara Gay - AOL NewsA Chinese woman studying in Canada was fatally attacked in her Toronto apartment as her friend watched helplessly from a webcam in China. Qian Liu, 23, was found dead Friday morning in an apartment near York University, where she was enrolled in an English-language program. Liu, who was originally from Beijing, was chatting online with a man her friends have identified as her boyfriend in the early hours of Friday morning when she answered a knock on the door and was attacked, police said. The Chinese man with whom she had been chatting told police he watched in horror as Liu battled her ...
Hamlet, Romeo and Othello Battle in 'Kill Shakespeare'
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(Dec. 6) -- Two Canadian writers have taken Shakespeare's most famous characters and put them in a "Lord of the Rings"-type quest, and that has lovers of the Immortal Bard grumbling whether it is to be or not to be. The comic book in question is called "Kill Shakespeare" and features Shakespearean celebs like Hamlet, Othello, and Romeo and Juliet battling it out against Lady MacBeth, Iago and Richard III to see who can find a mysterious wizard named Shakespeare. Although the 12-volume series is a hit, some scholars wonder whether 'tis nobler for vital characters like Hamlet, Richard III and ...
Opinion: Technology Can Make Air Travel Easier
By not in system - AOL News(Nov. 22) -- The holiday season is a time for joy and thanksgiving. But as anyone traveling over the holidays knows, it can often be unpredictable. To add to the mix, new security screening technology has been raising concerns among some passengers. About 1.3 million to 2.5 million people will be flying each day during this holiday season, and that means travelers need to be on their toes. But while the bottleneck we often face at the airport security lines and things like the weather are mostly beyond our control, there are some new technologies being developed by airlines and airports to ...
Bomb Scare Diverts Plane; May Have Been a Hoax
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STOCKHOLM (Sept. 25) -- Canadian police are investigating whether a phoned-in hoax caused a Pakistani jet to be diverted to Stockholm for several hours Saturday for fear that one of its passengers was carrying explosives. Police evacuated 273 people from the jet, and briefly detained a Canadian man, after an anonymous caller in Canada tipped-off authorities that the suspect was carrying explosives. However, no explosives were found on the man, who was released after questioning by police, or on the Boeing 777 from Pakistan International Airlines, which had been bound from Toronto to Karachi, ...
Judge Bars Conrad Black from Returning Home to Canada
By David Knowles - AOL News(July 23) -- He may be out of federal prison, but he's not going back to Canada just yet. Conrad Black, the Canadian media mogul who just finished serving two years in a Florida prison after being found guilty of three counts of mail fraud, was required to turn over his now-expired passport to a U.S. District Court judge Friday, The Associated Press reported. Judge Amy St. Eve is reviewing Black's case after the U.S. Supreme Court said the federal "honest services" law by which Black was convicted was too vague. Black, 65, is free from the Coleman Correctional Facility on a $2 million ...
Duck Boat Accidents: A Brief Guide
By David Knowles - AOL NewsAn amphibious tour boat was rammed by a barge on the Delaware River near Philadelphia today. Thirty-seven passengers aboard the bus-boat hybrid ended up in the water, and two people remain missing. A day earlier, another so-called duck boat burst into flames in Oahu, seriously burning a 67-year-old employee of Hawaii Duck Tours. Unfortunately, these accidents are just the latest in a series of duck boat mishaps. Duck boat accident history In 1999, 13 people were killed in a duck boat accident in Arkansas. In 2002, four people drowned in Canada when their duck boat suddenly sank. What ...
Heat Wave Along East Coast Claims One Life
By Lauren Frayer - AOL News(July 6) -- A heat wave along America's East Coast has left one person dead and sent temperatures soaring into the triple digits, creating dangerous conditions from North Carolina to Boston. A 92-year-old Philadelphia woman has died because of excessive heat exposure, a medical examiner told CNN today. She did not have an air conditioner. Temperatures in that city are expected to rise to 101 degrees today. In New York City, where the official temperature reached 100 degrees this afternoon, over 2,200 residents in Staten Island have lost power, according to Con Edison. An outage in the ...
What Can You Do to Prevent a Blackout?
By Mara Gay - AOL News(July 6) -- With temperatures soaring along the East Coast, it's hard to blame people for blasting the AC. But concerns about a blackout are running high as well. On Aug. 14, 2003, a single outage caused more than 50 million people to lose power across the U.S. and Canada for more than four days. Even New York City's skyline was plunged into darkness. Fortunately, energy experts say there are ways to prevent such a massive power outage. Michael Bryant, Philadelphia Inquirer / MCT A boy stands in a Philadelphia fountain, seeking relief from the oppressive heat gripping the East Coast. ...
Toronto Police Fire Tear Gas on G20 Protesters
By Paul Choi - AOL NewsTORONTO (June 27) -- Police and protesters clashed near a makeshift detention centre in Toronto on Sunday, a day after a peaceful protest aimed at the G20 summit turned ugly in Canada's largest city. ...
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