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Scientists find new evidence of water in the moon

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Category: Tech & Science
Created: Tuesday, July 25, 2017
CBC News
New satellite data has found numerous volcanic deposits across the moon, adding to the growing body of evidence that there's a surprising amount of water beneath its barren-looking surface.
The ancient deposits are believed to consist of glass beads of water formed during explosive eruptions of magma.
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$1 soda sales promo helps boost McDonald's sales in U.S.

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Category: Economic
Created: Tuesday, July 25, 2017
CBC News
McDonald's says a promotion for $1 sodas and a new line of premium burgers helped boost sales in its flagship U.S. market.
The company said Tuesday that domestic sales rose 3.9 per cent at established locations during the second quarter.
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21 sent to hospital after farm workers’ bus and truck collide

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Category: World News
Created: Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Toronto Sun
SUFFIELD, Conn. — A bus carrying tobacco farm workers has collided head-in with a pickup truck in Connecticut, sending 21 people to the hospital for evaluations.
Suffield Fire Chief Chuck Flynn says the crash occurred at about 5:45 a.m.
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Dress code controversy around Arcade Fire's live album launch

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Category: Entertainment
Created: Tuesday, July 25, 2017
CTV News
The Canadian indie band, who will release their fifth studio album "Everything Now" (via Columbia Records) on Friday, will play a Brooklyn concert the evening prior.
Music website Consequence of Sound reported that ticket holders for Friday's Arcade Fire show in New York were asked, via email, to maintain "hip and trendy" sartorial choices, and thus to avoid sporting "shorts, large logos, flip flops, tank tops, crop tops, baseball hats, solid white or red clothing.
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TIFF 2017: Tragically Hip doc, George Clooney and Matt Damon’s ’Suburbicon’, Jennifer Lawrence’s ‘Mother!’ and Margot Robbie’s Tonya Harding biopic headed to Toronto

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Category: Entertainment
Created: Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Toronto Sun
If you’re thinking, ‘I wouldn’t mind seeing Margot Robbie in a fat suit,’ you won’t have to picture it in your mind much longer.
The Suicide Squad actress is headed to Hogtown with her Tonya Harding biopic, I, Tonya, this September.
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BMW to manufacture electric Mini in Britain

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Category: Economic
Created: Tuesday, July 25, 2017
CTV News
German luxury car manufacturer BMW said Tuesday it will build a future all-electric version of its Mini in Britain, easing fears that it might move production away after Brexit.
Electric drivetrains will be built at two plants in Bavaria "before being integrated into the car at Plant Oxford, which is the main production location for the Mini 3 door model," the group said in a statement.
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U.S. Navy ship fires warning shots near Iranian ship

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Category: World News
Created: Tuesday, July 25, 2017
CTV News
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A U.S. Navy patrol boat fired warning shots Tuesday near an Iranian vessel that came close to it during a tense encounter in the Persian Gulf, an American defense official said.
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Examining the 'Devil's Bargain' between Bannon and Trump

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Category: World News
Created: Tuesday, July 25, 2017
CTV News
For anyone wondering how a businessman-turned reality TV star ascended to the presidency of the United States, one journalist with years of experience covering U.S. politics says the answer is simple: Steve Bannon.
In his new book, “Devil’s Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Storming of the Presidency,” author Joshua Green argues that the former leader of the ultra-conservative Breitbart News website and Trump’s current Chief Strategist in the White House was key to securing the presidency for Trump.
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Charlie Gard's parents ask court to let them take him home to die

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Category: World News
Created: Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Toronto Sun
Charlie Gard's parents have decided to end their legal fight over the treatment of the terminally-ill child.
Attorney Grant Armstrong said the boy's parents, Chris Gard and Connie Yates, are withdrawing their appeal to court orders that say Charlie's treatment should end, according to the Associated Press.
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In 'Detroit,' Kathryn Bigelow revisits still-burning flames of 1967

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Category: Entertainment
Created: Tuesday, July 25, 2017
CTV News
NEW YORK -- Kathryn Bigelow hasn't forgotten the out-of-body experience she felt when she won the best director Academy Award for her 2009 "The Hurt Locker." At that moment, she became the first woman to win the award.
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TIFF 2017: 1st slate includes movies starring Jennifer Lawrence, Idris Elba, Jake Gyllenhaal

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Category: Canada News
Created: Tuesday, July 25, 2017
CBC News
The festival unveiled on Tuesday the first batch of films heading for Toronto cinemas this September, specifically in TIFF's galas and special presentations lineups.
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George Clooney, Angelina Jolie projects among those headed to Toronto film fest

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Category: Entertainment
Created: Tuesday, July 25, 2017
CTV News
TORONTO -- A comedy-drama directed by George Clooney and a biographical thriller helmed by Angelina Jolie are headed to this year's Toronto International Film Festival.
Organizers have announced Clooney's home-invasion comedy-drama "Suburbicon," written by the Coen brothers and starring Matt Damon and Julianne Moore, is among the titles in the fest.
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