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Oklahoma tornadoes

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Authorities in Oklahoma say at least one person is dead and several people are injured after a tornado ripped through a mobile home park near Oklahoma City.
The local sheriff says a 79-year-old man was killed.
Up to 35 homes have significant damage.
The tornado was part of a severe weather outbreak that stretched from Texas to Minnesota.
Twisters were also reported in Iowa and Kansas.

 

Woman killed during Jeep demonstration

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A woman is dead after an accident at a charity event to raise money for the Edmonton Food Bank.
Police say she was hit by a jeep when the driver apparently lost control during a climbing demonstration.
The driver was sent to hospital.
The event was called “Jeeps Go Topless” and was being held in the parking lot of a shopping centre. 

 

Powerball winner!

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Someone in the United States is suddenly rich.
A lottery official says there was just one winning ticket for Saturday's record Powerball jackpot of more than 590-million dollars.
It was sold at a supermarket in Florida northeast of Tampa.
The odds of winning were one in 175-million.

 

Fatal fishing boat accident in N.B.

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A small community in northeastern New Brunswick is in mourning after the loss of three fishermen.
They were on a boat that hit a sandbar and capsized early Saturday about five kilometres from their home port of Tabusintac .
The body of a 23-year-old man has been recovered, but two other men are missing.
The captain of the vessel is reported to have rented it after his own fishing boat was destroyed in a fire earlier this month.

 

Prime Minister's chief of staff resigns

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   Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s embattled chief of staff resigned Sunday morning over his role in helping Senator Mike Duffy repay over $90,000 in potentially improper Senate expenses.
   In a release sent out by the Prime Minister’s Office, Nigel Wright said “In light of the controversy surrounding my handling of matters involving Senator Duffy, the Prime Minister has accepted my resignation as Chief of Staff.
   “My actions were intended solely to secure the repayment of funds, which I considered to be in the public interest, and I accept sole responsibility. I did not advise the Prime Minister of the means by which Sen. Duffy’s expenses were repaid, either before or after the fact.
   The revelation that Wright wrote Duffy a personal cheque to cover a $90,000 repayment for potentially improper Senate expenses came as a shock to many observers, who saw it as ethically problematic. The scandal — and confusion — deepened when Duffy claimed that he also took out a loan from Royal Bank to cover the cost of repaying his Senate expenses,”
   Duffy has since been booted from the Conservative caucus.
   Wright’s resignation is just the latest twist in a festering expense-claims scandal involving Conservative senators Duffy, Patrick Brazeau, and Pamela Wallin, as well as Liberal senator Mac Harb. All four have either been booted from or quit their respective party caucuses.

 

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