Ford's supporters ask him to give his side
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's own executive committee has written a letter urging him to address the crack cocaine allegations that have dogged him for a week now. Full Story

	Mayor Rob Ford video sellers have disappeared: Gawker
	Towhey told Ford to go to rehab: Source

Truck crash may have caused Washington state bridge collapse
A bridge collapse that sent cars and drivers tumbling off a four-lane interstate and into a frigid river in Washington state may have been caused when a semi-trailer truck crashed into the structure, officials said on Friday. Full Story

Truck strike may have caused Washington state bridge collapse, officials says

Arrest in 1991 kidnapping, sex assault
Toronto Police are crediting advances in forensic identifying technology for the arrest of a man in a 22-year-old child sexual assault cold case. Full Story

Rizzuto associate pleads guilty to cocaine trafficking in N.Y.
Alessandro Taloni, a former jet-setting Mafia associate who ran a $1 billion cross-border drug ring, pleaded guilty to cocaine trafficking in a New York court. Full Story

Rubbing alcohol served as scotch in N.J.: Attorney general
Investigators have charged 29 bars in New Jersey for selling cheap alcohol — and in one instance, rubbing alcohol coloured with food dye — and serving it as high-end liquor in what's been dubbed Operation Swill. Full Story

New clues about location of Ontario hiker missing in Australia
Rescuers searching for a missing Brampton, Ont., man in the mountains of southeastern Australia have clues he may have taken a different route than originally thought. Full Story

Ontario man lost in Australian mountains

N.J. cop charged with firebombing boss's house
A New Jersey cop is accused of firebombing his boss's home. Full Story

U.K. fighters escort Pakistan plane to airport, 2 arrests
British fighter jets escorted a Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane to Stansted Airport near London on Friday, where police went on board and arrested two men on suspicion of endangering an aircraft. Full Story

		U.S. weather-watcher satellite fails just before hurricane season A key satellite positioned to track severe weather in the eastern United States has failed, just as the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season is about to start. Full Story

Exiled cleric who taught accused in U.K. hacking death praises 'courage'
A Syrian-born Islamist cleric who taught one of the men accused of hacking to death an off-duty British soldier on a London street praised the attack for its “courage” and said Muslims would see it as a strike on a military target. Full Story

	British security services in spotlight after soldier murder
	Video shows British police shooting soldier's suspected killers

Commercial human ventures planned for the moon: NASA study
Corporate researchers may be living on the moon by the time NASA astronauts head off to visit an asteroid in the 2020s, a study of future human missions unveiled on Thursday shows. Full Story

Prince Charles' helicopter makes emergency landing
Britain’s Prince Charles was involved in a mid-air drama on Thursday when his helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing due to a technical issue. Full Story

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