Breaking news at calgaryherald.com
Compiled by Meg de Jong, Calgary Herald
Published: Monday, October 22, 2007
Top Stories
Two Found Guilty in Murder of Businessman
It took nearly 48 hours of deliberations over five days, but a jury of eight women and four men Sunday unanimously convicted both Robert Elliot Deer and Mohamed Ali Karim of first-degree murder for fatally shooting the 49-year-old president of Morbank Financial, Jack Beauchamp, just outside his 12th-floor office.
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$1.50 a Litre Gas May Not Be Far Off
Albertans could be paying as much as $1.50 a litre at gas pumps within six months, local analysts say, as the price of crude oil hovers around the record-breaking $90 US a barrel mark and threatens to jump higher.
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Mind Over Matter Doesn't Conquer Cancer: Study
In one of the strongest studies to challenge the notion the mind can heal the body, researchers have found a positive, emotional outlook doesn't make people with cancer live longer.
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News Sections -- A and B
City & Region
Convicted Girl Tries for Time in Psychiatric Care
Canada's youngest convicted multiple killer, who turned 14 Sunday, is facing a judge today to learn if she is eligible for a unique $100,000-a-year rehabilitation sentence that would split her time between jail and a psychiatric hospital.
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Grand Plans for Calgary Zoo
Polar bears are still coming and beluga whales haven't been ruled out for the future at the Calgary Zoo by its new president, Clement Lanthier, who officially takes over today.
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Canada
Defence Spending Matches Cold War Peak
Canada's defence spending has hit its highest level since the Second World War with the country earmarking as much money during the Afghanistan conflict and the war on terrorism as it did at the height of the nuclear arms race with the former Soviet Union, concludes a new study.
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World
Kurdish Rebels Ambush Turkish Troops
In a brazen escalation of hostilities near Iraq's northern border, Kurdish rebels ambushed a Turkish army patrol Sunday, killing at least 12 soldiers and raising the spectre of a major cross-border retaliation by Turkey.
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Poles Oust Kaczynski
One of Europe's most controversial rulers was booted from power Sunday as Poles, at home and abroad, turned out in record numbers to defeat Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski's Law and Justice Party.
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China's Top Leaders Clear Way for Successors
China's vice-president and two other aging Communist Party leaders stepped aside Sunday, clearing the way for younger potential successors to President Hu Jintao to grab for a spot on a supreme nine-seat decision-making body.
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Traffic
- Right lane closed, speed restricted to 50 km/h: On westbound Crowchild Trail, west of Crowfoot Rise N.W. until Oct. 28.
- Right lane closure, speed restrictions: On northbound 14th Street at Berkley Gate N.W. until Oct. 28.
- Road closure: On 42nd Street between Bow Trail and Windermere Road S.W. until Oct. 31.
- Left lane closed: On 14th Street, north of 33rd Avenue S.W. starting 9 a.m. today, until Oct. 31.
- Single lane traffic and speed restrictions: On the 85th Street Bridge over the Bow River until Nov. 15.
Commuter Weather
6 A.M. Off to Work: Variably cloudy.
Temperature: 5 C
12 Noon Lunch: Mainly sunny with cloudy periods. Winds increasing to westerly 40km/h.
Temperature: 14 C
5 P.M. Heading Home: Variably cloudy.
Temperature: 16 C
Overnight: Variably cloudy. Low: 9 C
Tuesday: Sunny. High: 20 C Low: 3 C
Sunday: High: 10.4 C Low: -6.6 C
Online Extras
News: Dodge says market forces preferable to regulation.
News: Coroner's inquest on young foster girl begins.
Sports: Pierce ready to take over if Jackson can't lead Leos.
Sports: Sad sack Tabbies bring back bad memories for Rider fans.
Quote of the Day
"I am not Gandhi or Angelina Jolie, but I made some progress."
Author A.J. Jacobs, on his latest endeavour to follow the Bible's precepts and teachings literally for a year. See story, Page D1.
Calgary Business -- B8
Electricity Demands Confront Industry
Alberta Energy Minister Mel Knight will kicks things off as electricity industry leaders gather in Calgary today for an annual electricity conference. The electricity industry has never faced greater challenges, with rising costs compounded by mounting environmental issues and reliability strained by mushrooming demand.
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Holistic Centre Rubs Calgarians the Right Way
Charis Lynn Williams, owner of Prema Sai Wholistic Living centre, decided the city needed a "lighthouse," or a "hub, that is addressing holism or is addressing body, mind and spirit." The decision to open such a business proved to be an astute one. "It's totally taken on a life of its own," she says of the centre's success.
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Editorial -- A12
Return of Benazir Bhutto No Guarantee of Harmony
Despite Bhutto's claims to be the future restorer of Pakistani democracy, her party has been negotiating with Pakistan's widely disliked military ruler, General Pervez Musharraf. Some sort of ugly compromise may be in the works.
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Letter of the Day
Many times . . . I have been scared by the traffic jams and the overly frustrated, stressed-out drivers. I think we all need to think about the way we conduct ourselves on the road, and how it could affect others.
Heather Oliver, Page A13
Sports -- C1
Raikkonen Declared Formula One Champ
Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari's 28-year-old Finnish "Iceman," was twice before a runner-up in the Formula One world championship with his former team McLaren, before finally reaping the rewards on Sunday with victory in the Brazilian season-ender to become F1 champion.
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Roughriders Roll Over Toothless Tiger-Cats
The red-hot Saskatchewan Roughriders steamrolled the woeful Hamilton Tiger-Cats 38-11 on Sunday at Mosaic Stadium.
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Real Life -- B6
Don't Supersize Me
Oversized food portions and super-sizing have become the norm. At many fast-food and family-style restaurants, a portion equals two to eight standard-size servings. Portion control is an important part of your weight-loss program, and experts recommend maintaining a daily food log and menu plan.
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No Excuse for Bad Driving
"Way, way, way too many people are not paying attention to speed limits," says Const. Mike O'Connor of the Calgary Police Service's Traffic Education Unit, adding that local police handed out 4,200 tickets in playground and school zones during a two-week period last month.
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Sudoku
World's Hottest Puzzle Craze
How to Play:
Complete this grid by placing the digits 1 to 9 exactly once, and only once, in each horizontal row and in each column. Also, each digit should only appear once in every 3x3 shaded or white mini-grid in the puzzle. Sudoku appears on the 5 Minute Herald page Monday to Friday and on the Saturday and Sunday puzzle pages.
Entertainment -- D1
Author Follows Bible, Literally, for a Year
A.J. Jacobs, 39, an agnostic, put himself into "the mind-set and sandals" of his forefathers, for a year-long endeavour to follow the Bible's more than 600 precepts and teachings, recording his efforts in The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible (Simon & Schuster, $25).
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Tonight's TV Picks:
- Dancing With the Stars: 9 p.m. on CTV (Ch. 3).
It's An Odd World
Florida Divers Take Halloween to New Level
Divers took part in an underwater pumpkin carving contest off Key Largo in the Florida Keys this weekend. The contest, staged by the Amoray Dive Resort, judges divers on their artistic originality, as well as the degree of difficulty to carve the entry in the subsea environment.
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