As It Happens

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US Shutdown: Fed Worker, Jim Prentice, FTR Labrador Chief, Knit House, Vets Charter, Musician Creativity, Paralympian Barred

The Stars and Stripped. As the American government winds up the second day of the shutdown, a federal worker shares her concerns for the future, now that she's without a job and without pay.

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US shutdown - Tea Party, BC First Nations health deal, Angola 3 decision, From our archives: Ivory Coast ICC, Veterans' Ombudsman, Fudge steals ice cream

They do not like it in the House. They are the Tea Party -- right-wing Republicans -- who many in Congress, from both major parties, are blaming for today's shutdown of the American government.

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Syrian refugee neighbours, Sue Rodrigez after 20 years, Greek Minister on the Golden Dawn, Loose Onions, US Republican, Residential School Art, Foxy Thieves

Boiling point. The head of the UN's refugee agency warns that, unless more help is forthcoming, the crisis in Syria may spill over into neighbouring countries.

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Macintosh Review. IPCC Report, Iran at UN, From Our Archive: Zero Population Town, Ballerina Study, Tape: Montreal Rower

Abuse and the system. The federal government announces an internal review of Ottawa's involvement in the case of Fenwick MacIntosh -- a serial sexual abuser who was freed despite being found guilty. They're not besties yet -- but they're approaching "

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UN Arms Treaty, Del Mastro Charges, Snooker Match Fixing, Script: Swedish Jesus Fish, Greek University Closures, From Our Archive: Obit Denis Brodeur, Sneeze Speed, Nepal-Qatar Slavery

Hands off arms. More than ninety countries have signed a United Nations Arms Treaty -- but the Canadian government is not among them. A major major problem. Students at five Greek universities are blown off-course when the country's austerity measures

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Steven Fletcher, Sikh Professor Attacked, Alaska Bar Bear, Script: UK Deodarant Factory, Ghanaian Poet Obit, Lloyd's List Ends Print, From Our Archive: John Ford Obit

A means to an end. A video by the late Dr. Donald Low restarts the national conversation about assisted suicide -- and MP Steven Fletcher gives us his opinion on the right to die. Dearly departed. Ghanaian poet Kofi Awoonor was killed Saturday during t

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Iran Prisoners Release, For The Record: Donald Low, BC Mine Protest Update, Surprise Marathon Winner, Yellowknife Homeless Donation, Tape: Invisible Man, Hult Prize Winner

A fate better than death. The release of eighty prisoners from Iran's Evin Prison comes as a welcome surprise -- and raises hopes that others may also be set free. A friend who's known need is a friend indeed. A Yellowknife man who's been homeless on

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Kenya attacks: survivor, BC mine protest, Norhtern Soul anniversary, Kenya attacks: former Somali PM, Truth and Reconciliation, Flushable wipes, Montreal poetry prize, False review fines, Blackberry sold

It began as just a regular Saturday shopping trip. Now, scores of visitors to a mall in Nairobi, Kenya, are dead, and dozens more are hostages, since Somali-based militants staged a coordinated attack.

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Blackberry Cuts, Detroit Pensioners, Missouri Purple Heart, TB: Summer is the Worst, Chicago Shootings, FOA: Insite Anniversarry, Bondwoman's Narrative, 3rd Level of Consciousness

This is bound to create a lot of hang-ups. Today, Blackberry is not looking too sweet to investors or employees -- after a billion-dollar loss, and announcements of serious job cuts.

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Pope Francis Reaction, University of Alabama Frats, Donald Low Obit, Smell Research, Oklahoma Cars Found, Disappeared Afghans, Beer Gut

The sermon on the surmountable. Pope Francis speaks out against the Catholic Church's fixation on abortion, contraception, and homosexuality -- and our guest sees it as a positive step toward change.

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OC Transpo crash: passenger, Man Booker to America, Newfoundland stolen guitar, New Brunswick bird deaths, Russian captain stuck, musician fees

A crash at the crossing. In Ottawa, a double-decker bus collides with a train, killing at least six people -- and a passenger on the bus tells us what he saw -- and what he heard.

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Huronia Case Settled, Colorado Floods, Jan Lisiecki, Lac Megantic Environment, Spanish Civil War Obit, CA Eminent Domain Town, Olympics Displacement, Email: Bee Keeper

Their harm away from home. For decades, residents of an Ontario institution for the developmentally disabled say they suffered daily abuse -- and now, the Ontario government has agreed to a settlement, and an apology.

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Costa Concordia, Saskatchewan medical records, Saul Landau, Tofino message in a bottle, Syria: UN report, Chicago police torture, Northampton clown, Bee regulations

Lost in the foundered. To Kevin Rebello, the salvage of the Costa Concordia cruise ship doesn't just mean clearing up a massive eyesore -- it may mean the remains of his brother will finally be discovered.

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New Jersey fire, Mourani: Mon Pays, BC salmon run, Dolby on Dolby, Francis Penashue obituary, balloonist fail, Ig Nobel Awards, Congressional approval

Adding inferno to injury. After almost a year, businesses in New Jersey's Seaside Park were recovering from Hurricane Sandy -- and then a raging fire destroyed all they had rebuilt.

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Adam Nobody Verdict, Quebec Charter, Bones Internment, Omagh No Inquiry, FOA Trans Dress Dispute, Gun Lobby Defeats, Interstellar Space Music

After three long years, a measure of justice. A Toronto police officer is convicted of assault with a weapon for his role in the beating of a G20 protester named Adam Nobody -- and tonight, Mr. Nobody tells us what that means to him.

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Quebec Charter Update, From Our Archive: Hadron Anniversary, Payne Music Closes, Iowa Blind Guns, Lethbridge Update, Script: Bulgarian Bag Swim Record

What not to wear. We'll reach two women in Quebec -- one who has started a petition against the government's new charter banning public servants from wearing religious garb, and one who welcomes the charter. Sights and the sightless. A couple of years

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Helicopter Crash, Quebec Charter, St Louis Typewriters, Syria HRW Report, Syria Gov't Advisor, DA Welsh Rugby Score

Out of a clear blue sky. A routine reconnaissance mission in the Arctic ends in a helicopter crash -- killing all three crew members aboard.

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Joe Oliver, Lethbridge care home, Chris Harmer on Syria, Mayor Stubbs recovers, Polar bear attack, Closing theme e-mail, Montreal stolen bike, Physio injured

Oliver's travels. Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver makes yet another trip to Washington to push for approval of the Keystone XL pipeline -- but insists any shift in environmental policy is not a concession to the U.S.

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Syria-Russia, Syria-Intelligence, FTR High River, Oklahoma Crickets, Dateline Chomsky in Turkey, Military Sexual Assaults, Not Downton Abbey, Socalled Byes Theme

From Russia, without love. President Obama leaves the G20 Summit in St. Petersburg without support for a military strike in Syria -- and tonight, a key member of the Russian Parliament shares his government's objections.

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Sinclair Documents, Syria Rebels - Activist, Script: Senate Finance Clerk, Peru Mystery Structure, Script: Sleep Texting, Vancouver Slumlord, Tape: Jetski Rescue, California Prison Strike Ends

Patients were not a virtue. An internal hospital report sheds some light on why Brian Sinclair died, ignored, in a Winnipeg waiting room -- by revealing some staff felt threatened by the people they were supposed to treat. A non-gentleman and the squa

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Syria - France, Neo-Nazi town, Zoo sex explainer, Northern Ireland mural controversy, new theme - Lou Pomanti, polar bear attack

The French resistance. President Francois Hollande is making the case for joining any future U.S. mission in Syria -- but our guest, an opposition politician, says acting without authorization and evidence would be a war crime.

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Theme remixed, Diana Nyad's swim, Microsoft's Nokia deal, Chicken swallows ring, Rudd on gay marriage, Saguenay Mayor on mosque attack, Germany's Auschwitz guards, Alaska Shale

Bursting at the themes. This beautiful music you're hearing has kicked off "As It Happens" for more than forty years -- and in a few minutes, we'll present our new opening music: a variation on the theme.

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Kathleen Wynne on the Environmental Lakes Area, Clare Short on Syria, St. Jacobs Market fire, Dutch journalist calls NSA, Canadian Navy accident, Terrace sound talkback

Intervening against an intervention. Former British cabinet minister Clare Short argues against air strikes in Syria - just as she argued -- and resigned -- over attacking Iraq.

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Seamus Heaney, NFL settlement, Brain hats, Norway election: survivor, Bernard Landry reaction, Terrace's weird sound, Silver thief, NSA pick-up lines

The pen was mightier than the shovel. In his famous poem "Digging", Seamus Heaney wrote, "Between my finger and my thumb/The squat pen rests./I'll dig with it." We'll pay tribute to the late, great poet tonight.

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Syria: Labour MP, Bernard Landry, The Onion at 25, Twerk Foam Finger, Texas Rancher Takes on TransCanada, Fast Foodd Strike, Sri Lankan Dog Wedding

If the facts aren't straight, the whole thing goes sideways. A British MP isn't against his country intervening in Syria -- but as Western leaders' rhetoric heats up, he wants cooler heads to prevail.

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Syria: Eliot Engel, Quebec Charter: Montreal, Fancy Water, I Have a Dream Anniversary

The best of the bad options. New York Congressman Eliot Engel makes the case for American intervention in Syria -- saying that doing nothing is no longer a real choice.

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The Unexpected Episode

A conversation, of sorts, with a robot named Bina48. A Welsh farmer who says his pig speaks to him - with a French accent. An author who went many extra miles to satisfy an unhappy reader.

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Syria Resident, Mustafa Poem, America's Cup Challenge, Sour Toe Swallowed, Bolivia Doc, Police Pig, Book Remnants Found, Single Men's Sheets

Help not wanted. The U.S. is threatening to intervene in Syria...but our guest -- a resident of Aleppo -- believes that would create more problems instead of providing a solution.

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Syria Turkey NATO, Syria Former Govt Spokesman, Fake Bomb Detectors, Too Fat Ducks, Japan Debris Worries, NWT Mistrial Follow, German Organ Trial, Nunavut Lost Boat, SC: Save Tiramisu

Divining intervention. With Syria's war sinking to new lows, and no Western action in sight, we ask Turkey's former ambassador to NATO as well as a former Syrian regime spoksperson whether it's time for diplomacy to make way for military action.

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Syria Intervention, SOD Titanic Pig, Nestle Water Fight, FOA John Lennon's Tooth, North Korea Meth, Aftershock Study, Video Better Than Audio, Convocation Speech

War wary. With chemical weapons claims prompting France to call for a Syrian intervention, we ask the a former Deputy Secretary General at the UN, whether the time has come.

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Manning Sentence, FTR Flaherty Retreat, Fukushima Leak, Lusty LAdy Closes, Prison Hunger Strike, FTR Syria Chemical Attack, SCR Italian Astronaut, Afghanistan Pakistan Match, DA: New TTC Uniforms

Begging his pardon. Private Bradley Manley is sentenced to thirty-five years for passing documents to Wikileaks, leaving his lawyer to make one last plea...to U-S President Barack Obama.

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The Perseverance Episode

A man who completed the London Marathon in a snail suit. A family that gave their pet chicken CPR. And the world-record holder in fist-pumping.

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Chicago Safe Passage, Musharraf Charges, St. Boniface Logs Stolen, Yellowknife Belly Landing, Joke of the Year, California Prisoners Force Fed, High River Return, Painting Uncovered, FOA Elmore Leonard

A little knowledge in a dangerous place. As Chicago children prepare to return to school, organizers struggle to expand safe corridors where they can walk to class without falling prey to a rash of gun violence.

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Sammy Yatim Charge, Greenwald Partner, Dead Whale, Snoring and Singing, Canadian Relay Team, Obit: Jacques Verges, Egypt Arrest, FOA Patrick the Horse

Testing the thin blue line. Ontario's Special Investigation's Unit charges a Toronto police officer with second degree murder in the streetcar shooting death of Sammy Yatim.

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NS mastectomy mixup, Whitclay liquor ban, NZ cardboard cathedral, NWT mistrial, Mexico oil reform, Catalina Island bison

Recovering from a mastectomy is never easy. But for Sharon Fisher of Halifax, it's even harder than usual -- because, as she'll tell us, she never had cancer: her mastectomy was the result of a mix-up at the hospital.

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Egypt Violence Update, New Totem Pole, Raccoon Guy, Yukon Mounties TV, Tape: New Mammal, Dateline: Name Court Challenge, Khadr Update, Script: Casino Mix-Up

Don't judge a rebuke by its coverage. President Obama's cancellation of joint military exercises with Egypt is seen as a stern condemnation of the violence there -- but what does it really mean? It would be like "Sergeant Preston of the Yukon" -- only

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Egypt chaos, Mennonite child protection, largest squash, Afghan MP kidnapped, otter attack, Uganda protestn budgie smugglers

From coup to chaos. A state of emergency is declared, after scores of people are killed on the streets of Egypt.

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The Cheese Episode

The sport of cheese-chasing. An artist who covered a house in outdated cheese. Musical odes to cheddar. And how to cook the perfect grilled cheese.

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Comeau on Wallin, Photo ID Law, Heart Transplant Non-Compliance, Crony Safari Tour, Egypt: Tawakkol Karman, Yatim Conference, Cal Trans Students, Q/U Portugal Garbage Truck

Could be a lonely barbecue season for Pamela Wallin. The Senator says the latest audit of her expenses is unfair -- but that opinion isn't shared by many of her colleagues.

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Pamela Wallin: Senator David Smith, Whitey Bulger Verdict, Urban Bee-Keeping, Nigerian Student, Bavarian Snapping Turtle, Nazi Death, Arizona Water Patrol

It's payback time for Senator Pamela Wallin -- after an audit shows she might owe as much as a hundred-and-forty thousand bucks in dubious claims.

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NB pets removed, German doping: Canadian olympian, Russian credit card contract, 1957 robot sale, Louisiana sinkhole, King Alfred's remains, Congo oil exploration

Animal pragmatism. The Reptile Ocean pet store in Campbellton, New Brunswick is emptied of its exotic inhabitants, after one of its former residents -- a python -- killed two young boys.

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Rehtaeh Arrests, Sun TV CRTC, George Takei on Sochi, Detroit Art Sale, Tape: Detroit vs Cleveland, Tape: Winnipeg Bird Deaths, Henrietta Lacks' DNA, Tape: "Bongo Bongo Land"

Better too late than never. Four months ago, Rehteah Parsons killed herself -- and tonight, her mother tells us how she feels about the arrests of two people in connection to her daughter's case. Gay abandon. After Russia passes a law against so-calle

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Lac-Megantic bankruptcy, NS bullying, Ariel Castro house demolished, Blue John Stone, Xerox mistakes, UK "predator" case, Tape: bear attack, hands off my Wiener

So much for a speedy recovery. The railway company responsible for the disaster in Lac Mégantic, Quebec, files for bankruptcy protection -- throwing the rebuilding process into uncertainty.

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The Hidden Things Episode

W. Mark Felt was America's most famous anonymous source -- Deep Throat -- until his identity was revealed in 2005. A man who had something mysterious lodged in his head for decades. And the hidden secret to starting your car with a baby.

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NB snake deaths, Sinclair inquest, Richard III parking lot play, MDC: Roy Bennett, puffin babies, James Gray obit

An unimaginable tragedy. A New Brunswick community is in mourning, after a python escapes from its cage at an exotic pet store, and kills two boys at a sleepover.

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Baseball suspension, Cold Lake spill, Eaton's prefab home, British PM feet, G20 Tomlinson, shark tagging, Gods of Scrabble

Blowing the game wide open. Major League Baseball suspends Yankee star Alex Rodriguez and a dozen others for doping. The story of a burned investor who blew the whistle in the first place.

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Rob Ford Video, Kalamazoo: Michigan Brewery, Biggest Drum Kit, White House Boys, Newfoundland Rescue, Pig Cancer Cured, FOA Dave Winfield Seagull, Dateline Russian Mensturation

Out from behind the screen. We now know the name of the man who showed that video of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford allegedly smoking crack to reporters -- and more about his not-so-cinematic past.

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TransCanada Pipeline, Tape: Sammy Yatin Funeral, Snowden Lawyer, UK Neolithic Discovery, Sweden False Confession, Lac-Megantic Talkback, Zimbabwe Election Observer, From Our Archive: Robert Mugabe

In the pipe, or out of line. TransCanada announces plans for a multi-billion-dollar pipeline that would send an awful lot of crude oil across the country -- and for environmentalists, the emphasis is on "awful". It made for a killer story. A Swedish m

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Lac-Megantic Cleanup, Montreal Standoff, Wisconsin 'Got Permit' Singers, Bee Antenna Study, G Lakes Plastics, High River Flood, Emu Encounter, Dragon Boat Email

Tied to the tracks. Ed Burkhardt, the CEO of the train company behind the disaster in Lac Mégantic, says the rebuilding process is out of his hands -- so he won't be signing cheques any time soon.

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As It Happened: The Nordic Episode

The Scandanavians aren't like you and me. They eat a fermented fish called surstromming that makes foreigners gag. They like a little accordion music with their wrestling. And when they gripe, they do it in song.

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Manning Verdict, Megantic Bar, KFC Bucket, DA: France Binge Drinking, Jagdish Raj Obit, Apple Pegatron, Zimbabwe Election, Rocky Jones Obit

The private who went public. The good news for Private Bradley Manning is that he's not guilty of aiding the enemy -- the bad news is he's guilty of pretty much everything else.

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Police Shooting, Dragon Boat Champs, London Fire Brigade, Pope Won't Judge Gays, Migrant Worker Case, Printing the Internet

Non-judgment day. Pope Francis says he doesn't judge gay Catholics -- which comes as a happy surprise to those who've long urged the Church to change its attitude.

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Paralympian Brent Lakatos, Nazi coins follow, Stockholm's Banksy, Mexico vigilantism, peacock feather study, Moncton surfer

Heavy medal star. Inuvik-born wheelchair athlete Brent Lakatos wins the men's 100 metre dash at the Paralympic World Championships -- claiming his third gold medal for Canada.

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Spain train crash, UK porn filter, blood-shooting lizard, Chiwoniso Maraire obituary, lacrosse not too violent, Star Wars set

Sorrow in Spain. After more than eighty people are dead, and dozens more left injured, there are still many questions about what caused the deadly train crash near Santiago de Compostela.

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Oil sands enforcement, Australian asylum rules, Melvin on royal baby, Segway Polo World Cup, Lacrosse too violent, BC war statue, Dateline, car swimming

Not making the grade. A new study cites poor record-keeping, a lack of transparency, and a failure by the Alberta government to enforce its own environmental regulations in the oilsands.

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As It Happened: The Revenge Episode

A Brooklyn man gets revenge on honking drivers with poetry. A woman blows up the factory where her father died on the job. A Texas lawyer takes his donkey to court to get back at his neighbour.

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Train safety: Chow, EI Whistleblower, Chicken manure follow, Mining decision, Singing mail carrier, Lac Megantic environment, Stolen piano

Tracking changes. Transport Critic Olivia Chow responds to the federal government's new railway safety rules, in the wake of the Lac-Mégantic disaster.

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Royal baby, Food experiments, Detroit mower gang, Close whale call, Turing pardon, Winnipeg mayonnaise, UK porn filter, Wolf howl study, Mayan soap opera, Lonely Planet

Tempest at a tea-shop. A British-themed emporium in New York's Greenwich village runneth over with reporters awaiting news of the U-K's newest Royal, who -- as you may have heard -- finally arrived earlier this afternoon.

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Detroit Bankrupt, Mega-Quarry Sale, Worm Memory, Syrian Refugee Camp, International Wage Standard, Boys of Baraka Ice Cream,

The Motor City puts it in neutral. A judge says Detroit's bankruptcy filing is "overreaching",and our guest, The Reverend Charles Williams II, agrees -- saying that proves the state should stay out of municipal affairs.

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Russian Activist, Cree Walker Obit, Art Heist Ashes, Stolen Bison Case, Richard III, Zetas Recruit, New Language, Volcano Scream

Dissent into chaos. A strident critic of the Russian government is sentenced to five years in prison -- but his supporters believe he was framed, and the anti-Putin protests begin.

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Aboriginal Experiments, Alex Colville Obit, Zetas Cartel Leader, 60s Scoop, Old Calendar, SA Car Jack

A long-buried betrayal. More on the horrific revelations about a Second World War-era federal government experiment that used aboriginal people as unwitting guinea pigs.

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As It Happened: The Mayors Episode

We’ve got mayors gone wild, mayors that won’t leave office, sharp-tongued mayors and mayors with missing body parts. We've even got a mayor who isn’t human: Stubbs the cat, mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska.

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Aboriginal Food Experiments, Sprinters Doping, Honest Ed's, Eel attack, Glass on Rakoff

Secrets and lies. A researcher discovers that, after the Second World War, an experiment run by the Canadian government used aboriginal children as its unknowing subjects.

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[mp3 file: runs 00:53:22]

Cabinet Shuffle, Tyson Gay Coach, Lac Megantic Resident, Four Foul Ball Catcher, Alberta Redevelopment, Zimmerman Aquittal, Ronnie Hawkins Cottage

A veritable who's what. Prime Minister Stephen Harper's cabinet shuffle brings some new faces into old portfolios -- and leaves some key players in position.

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Lac-Megantic: Rebuilding, Morsi Party Wife, Dateline: Dead Mayor, Sharknado, Irish Abortion Law, Tape: Lightning Strike, Queen Allegiance, For The Record: Malala at UN

From the ground up. Nearly a week after the disaster in Lac-Mégantic, businesses in the community face the prospect of rebuilding -- and in some cases, starting from scratch. A royal pain in the assessment. To be considered a Canadian citizen, you hav

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Lac-Megantic: Rail Safety, Magnitsky Conviction, Hipster Chickens, Aleppo Blockade, Tape: High River Museum, Glacier Plane, Email: Pothole Surgery

On the wrong track. An executive with the union of Canadian engineers is stunned to hear the train that blew up Lac-Mégantic had only one engineer -- and says it's past time for railway safety to be addressed. Desperate measures create desperate times

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Lac-Megantic: Update, Egypt: Photographer Killed, 'Th' Symbol, BC Crab Fishery, Tape: Nova Scotia Justice Minister, Dateline: US Government Malware, Bocce Ball Election, Tape: Wolf Bicycle, Script: Pot Holes

Hoping to stay a place to stay. Since the disaster, the Hotel Oriental in Lac-Mégantic has provided a temporary headquarters for emergency workers and media -- but what comes next is unknown. Declawed. Crab fishermen in B.C. are extremely unhappy when

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The Sports Episode

Baseball legend Bill "Spaceman" Lee on pitching pro at 63. South Africa's number one soccer fan. A baseball DJ who got booted by the ump.

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Lac Megantic Politician and Resident, Toronto Flood, Aussie Film Collection, Egypt Deaths, Indonesian Tiger Rescue, Global Wrath, Bin Laden Commissioner

What's left, and who's gone. Dozens of people are still missing after the explosions in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec -- and the local MNA tells us how residents are coping in the riding he represents.

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Lac Megantic: Resident, Lac Megantic: Company, For the Record: Plane Crash, Sailing Record, Bangladesh Garment Plan, Syria Custody Rescue, Lac Megantic: Pipelines

A waking nightmare. A deadly early-morning train derailment levels much of downtown Lac-Mégantic, Quebec -- and leaves residents fearing the worst for those who are still missing. Deconstructing destruction. Some felt the trains carrying crude through

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RCMP Duffy Docs, Egypt Sex Scandals, Snowden: Bolivia, Gasland II, Paris Cupcake Shop

Probes and cons. Court documents show that the RCMP has been looking hard at Senator Mike Duffy since before the expenses scandal went public -- and raise questions about who knew what, and how high up.

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