As we do every week, we’ve collected the top news stories and compiled them on one page. Digital Journalists this week reported on big musical events, the downfall of a once-loved Canadian icon, the latest in the word of odd news and more.
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Top Digital Journal Reports
Review: David Cook flawless on new radio single ‘Wait for Me’ (Includes first-hand account) by Markos Papadatos
Rock singer-songwriter David Cook is back with his new radio single “Wait for Me” and it is a stand-out vocal performance by a true artist.
Victims of 1960s Thalidomide seek Canadian justice (update) (Includes interview and first-hand account) by Tim Sandle
Over fifty years after the drug, Thalidomide, was prescribed as a morning sickness treatment for pregnant women, their surviving children are campaigning for financial support from Canada’s federal government.
Review: Linkin Park rock London (Includes interview and first-hand account) (via Digital Journal Mobile) by Tim Sandle
Linkin Park played an outstanding gig at London’s O2 Arena on November 23. The hard rock band performed exceptionally, offering the audience an exhilarating performance.
Review: Love and Theft fantastic on new single ‘Whiskey on My Breath’ (Includes first-hand account) by Markos Papadatos
Country duo Love and Theft are back with their amazing new radio single, the sophisticated ballad “Whiskey On My Breath.”
Op-Ed: San Francisco Sheriff determined to withstand ‘shunning’ by Mayor (Includes interview and first-hand account) by Jonathan Farrell
City politics, especially in San Francisco has a reputation for sometimes being like a small town, intense, rudimentary and seemingly personal.
Top Images
Sean Lien, a mayor candidate from the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) party waves to supporters during an election campaign rally in Taipei, on November 28, 2014
Sam Yeh, AFP
French president Francois Hollande and Guinea's president Alpha Omar Conde speak with French militaries in charge of humanitarian supplies at Conakry airport on November 28, 2014
Alain Jocard, AFP/File
French president Francois Hollande has his temperature measured upon his arrival at the Donka hospital in Conakry on November 28, 2014, as part of a one day visit to Guinea focused on the Ebola situation
Alain Jocard, AFP
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro delivers a speech in Caracas, on November 21, 2014
Juan Barreto, AFP/File
A worker stands behind a half-open door at a morgue where deceased inmates from Uribana prison were taken, November 28, 2014 in Barquisimeto, Venezuela
Shamil Camejo, AFP
Syrian refugees who are on fourth day of their hunger strike demanding asylum and housing protest on November 27, 2014 during a 24-hour general strike in Athens
Louisa Gouliamaki, AFP
Rebel fighters stand on the road between the villages of Zahraa and Nubol in the northern Syrian Aleppo province during clashes with pro-government fighters on November 23, 2014
Mohamad Zeen, AFP/File
Syrian rescue workers remove a body on November 25, 2014 following a string of Syrian regime air strikes on the Islamic State group's self-proclaimed capital Raqa
, Raqa Media Center/AFP
A protester against same-sex marriage is comforted outside the Finnish Parliament in Helsinki, Finland on November 28, 2014
Mikko Stig, Lehtikuva/AFP
Supporters of same-sex marriage celebrate outside the Finnish Parliament in Helsinki, Finland on November 28, 2014
Mikko Stig, Lehtikuva/AFP
French firefighter divers search for a missing person near a river on November 28, 2014 in La Londe-les-Maures, southeastern France, after a violent storm which caused flooding
Bertrand Langlois, AFP
A picture provided on Novemebr 25, 2014 by the Greek Defence Ministry shows the cargo ship Baris carrying immigrants during a rescue operation by Hellenic Coast Guard and Defence Ministry off the island of Crete
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Migrants arrive at the Cretan port of Ierapetra on November 27, 2014
Costas Metaxakis, AFP/File
People take part in a march demanding justice for the 43 missing students along a street in Mexico City on October 22, 2014
Ronaldo Schemidt, AFP/File
Teachers from Guerrero state sit during a protest against the disappearance of 43 students at the tollbooths of the Mexico-Acapulco highway in Chipalcingo, November 26, 2014
Pedro Pardo, AFP/File
Police arrest a protester as they try to clear a road at a pro-democracy protest site in the Mongkok district of Hong Kong, on November 25, 2014
Philippe Lopez, AFP
Police move a couch as they clear away a pro-democracy protest camp in the Mongkok district of Hong Kong on November 26, 2014
Alex Ogle, AFP
Workers wearing red caps and t-shirts reading “I Love Hong Kong” help to dismantle barricades built by pro-democracy protesters as bailiffs and police continue their clearance of a protest site in the Mongkok district of Hong Kong, November 26, 2014
Philippe Lopez, AFP
Police march forward as they clear out a pro-democracy protest camp in the Mongkok district of Hong Kong, on November 26, 2014
Alex Ogle, AFP
Police stand by as workers clean a road previously occupied by pro-democracy protesters in the Mongkok district of Hong Kong on November 26, 2014
Philippe Lopez, AFP
Demonstrators march during a protest against the government of President Michel Martelly in Port au Prince, Haiti, on November 25, 2014
Hector Retamal, AFP
Picture released by the Italian Airforce on November 25, 2014, shows doctors carrying a patient to a special ambulance after a Boeing KC-767 air force plane landed at the Pratica di Mare military airport near Rome early this morning
, Italian Airforce/AFP
A special ambulance containing an Italian doctor with Ebola arrives at the Lazzero Spallanzani hospital in Rome early on November 25, 2014 after an Boeing KC-767 delivered him to the military airport of Pratica di Mare
Filippo Monteforte, AFP
Egyptian residents stand on the rubble of a collapsed building on November 25, 2014 in Cairo's northern district of Matariya
Mohamed El-Shahed, AFP
Workers ready the St. George Church in Fener Patriarchate for Pope Francis's visit to Istanbul, on November 27, 2014
Ozan Kose, AFP
Pope Francis addresses journalists aboard a plane during his trip to Ankara as part of a three day visit in Turkey on November 28, 2014
Filippo Monteforte, AFP
Pope Francis (C) visits the Anitkabir, the mausoleum of modern Turkey founder Mustafa Kamal Ataturk, in Ankara on November 28, 2014
, AFP
Pope Francis walks past a guard of honor as he arrives in Ankara as part of a three day visit in Turkey on November 28, 2014
Filippo Monteforte, AFP
A soldier and sniffer dog patrol the European Parliament in Strasbourg ahead of a visit by Pope Francis on November 25, 2014
Frederick Florin, AFP
US President Barack Obama and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel shake hands during a press conference to announce Hagel's departure at the White House in Washington DC, on November 24, 2014
Mandel Ngan, AFP
US President Barack Obama announces the resignation of US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel on November 24, 2014
Saul Loeb, AFP
A resident inspects his house which was destroyed as a result of shelling between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian militants in the eastern Ukrainian village of Krasnyi Pakhar, northeast of Donetsk, on November 23, 2014
Alexander Khudoteply, AFP/File
A resident clears a fragment of a Grad rocket from his house which was destroyed in clashes between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian militants in the eastern Ukrainian village of Krasnyi Pakhar, northeast of Donetsk, on November 23, 2014
Alexander Khudoteply, AFP
People wait in front of a closed bank on November 26, 2014 in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk
Eric Feferberg, AFP
A man stands in front an out-of-order ATM machine on November 26, 2014 in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk
Eric Feferberg, AFP
Nina Nikiforovna, a pensioner in the rebel-held Ukrainian city of Donetsk, cries at her home on November 25, 2014
Alexander Khudoteply, AFP/File
Crimean residents hold a banner reading 'Forever with Russia', in Simferopol, on November 25, 2014, during a rally is support of pro-Russian rebels in western Ukraine
Max Vetrov, AFP/File
A protester holds up her hands as National Guard troops secure the police station in Ferguson, Missouri, on November 25, 2014
Jewel Samad, AFP
Workers board up windows and install fencing around a gas station in Ferguson Missouri, on November 24, 2014
Jewel Samad, AFP
A demonstrator flashes a victory sign in front of a burning police car during clashes between police and protesters over the decision in the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, on November 24, 2014
Jewel Samad, AFP
A police car burns during clashes between police and protesters over the decision in the shooting death 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, on November 24, 2014
Jewel Samad, AFP
Protesters overturn a police car during clashes with police following the grand jury decision in the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, on November 24, 2014
Jewel Samad, AFP
State troopers blocks part of West Florissant Avenue, where protesters and looters rampaged businesses in Ferguson, Missouri, on November 25, 2014
Jewel Samad, AFP
National Guard troops secure the police station in Ferguson, Missouri, on November 25, 2014
Jewel Samad, AFP
Thousands march in protest November 25, 2014 on the streets of Washington, DC, one day after a grand jury decision not to prosecute a white police officer for the killing of an unarmed black teen in Ferguson, Missouri
Saul Loeb, AFP
Protestors march November 25, 2014 in Los Angeles, one day after a grand jury decision not to prosecute a white police officer for the killing of an unarmed black teen in Ferguson, Missouri
Robyn Beck, AFP
A demonstrator is arrested on November 26, 2014 in Los Angeles during demonstrations against a decision by a Ferguson, Missouri grand jury to not indict a white police officer in the shooting of black teenager Michael Brown
Ringo Chiu, AFP
Karen Gold paints on a boarded window of her store in Ferguson, Missouri, on November 26, 2014
Jewel Samad, AFP
The Museum of Fine Arts (Kunstmuseum) in Bern is to announce Monday whether it will accept a German recluse's bequest of a spectacular trove of more than 1,000 artworks hoarded during the Nazi era
Fabrice Coffrini, AFP/File
Russia's Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft, carrying US astronaut Terry Virts, Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov and Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, blasts off from the Baikonur cosmodrome on November 24, 2014
Kirill Kudryavtsev, AFP
(From top) Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti, Flight Engineer Terry Virts, and Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov wave before boarding the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft on November 24, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan
Aubrey Gemignani, NASA/AFP
Edmonton: Right to Housing Rally
Iraqi pro-government forces take part in a major operation against Islamic State (IS) group fighters to retake the town and areas around Saadiyah northeast of Baghdad in Diyala province on November 23, 2014
Younis al-Bayati, AFP
Israeli security forces hold a position along a section of the separation barrier during clashes with Palestinian protesters near the Israeli Qalandia checkpoint, between the West Bank city of Ramallah and Jerusalem, on November 21, 2014
Abbas Momani, AFP
French Foreign Affairs minister Laurent Fabius delivers a speech during a debate on November 28, 2014 at the French National Assembly in Paris, on a motion urging the government to recognise Palestine as a state
Patrick Kovarik, AFP/File
A relative of Abdelrahman Shaludi, a Palestinian who killed two Israelis with his car last month, displays his portrait inside his family home after it was razed by Israeli authorities in east Jerusalem's Silwan neighborhood on November 19, 2014
Ahmad Gharabli, AFP
Palestinians take part in a demonstration calling on the Egyptian authorities to open the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, on November 23, 2014
Said Khatib, AFP
European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini (left) speaks during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, on November 7, 2014
Jim Hollander, POOL/AFP
A Palestinian man inspects a door at a family, recently fire-bombed, that bears Hebrew writing which reads “Death to Arabs”, in the village of Abu Falah, on November 23, 2014
ABBAS MOMANI, AFP
A demonstrator holds a mock-up of a nuclear missile with the lettering 'No nuke to the mullahs' as he protests against Iran's nuclear program and regime in front the Palais Coburg in Vienna on November 22, 2014
Joe Klamar, AFP
US Secretary of State John Kerry disembarks upon arrival in Vienna, where he is to join troubled nuclear talks with Iran, November 20, 2014
Vladimir Simicek, AFP
US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif shake hands prior to a bilateral meeting regarding nuclear talks with Iran in Vienna on November 23, 2014
Ronald Zak, POOL/AFP
US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pose prior to a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the closed-door nuclear talks with Iran at the Palais Coburg in Vienna on November 23, 2014
Ronald Zak, Pool/AFP
Bahraini protestors hold signs calling for a boycott of the parliamentary elections, during a rally in the Shiite village of Diraz, west of Manama on November 21, 2014
Mphammed Al-Shaikh, AFP
Bahraini protestors call for the boycott of the upcoming parliamentary elections as they stand in front of riot police during a rally in the Shiite village of Diraz, west of Manama on November 21, 2014
Mohammed Al-Shaikh, AFP
Bahraini Sunni men cast their vote at a polling station in the city of Rifaa, on November 22, 2014
Mohammed al-Shaikh, AFP
Bahraini election officials wait at a deserted polling station in the Shiite village of Jidhafs on November 22, 2014
Mohammed al-Shaikh, AFP
Bahraini protesters clash with riot police during a demonstration against the ongoing parliamentary elections in the village of Sanabis, west of Manama on November 22, 2014
Mohammed Al-Shaikh, AFP
Sonoma author and realtor, Catherine Clemens Sevenau officially launched her new book “Passages From Behind These Doors: A Family Memoir,” at Readers’ Books on Thurs. Nov. 13, 2014.
courtesy of Catherine Sevenau
Readers’ Books shop owner Andy Weinberger was very pleased with the turn out for Catherine Sevenau’s book launch. Sevenau’s writing echoed some of the 1960’s, Weinberger also recalled that time. “If you were a young person then (and who wasn’t) there was a certainty in your heart that you were riding the crest of an unstoppable wave. Our music (we thought) contained all the truth we’d ever need. You might not know where things were headed, but still the times they were a-changin’, as Bob Dylan
courtesy of Catherine Sevenau
Guillaume Cote in ‘Nijinsky’, on now at the Four Seasons Centre For The Performing Arts in Toronto.
Bruce Zinger
Edmonton: 81 Avenue getting covered in snow following the snowfall that started on Thursday
In the Media
Op-Ed: Mayweather getting in the way of Pacquiao’s downswing to 140 lbs. by Leo Reyes
Manny Pacquiao’s potential opponents who are waiting for him in the 140 pounds junior welterweight limit are getting impatient for his inability to decide exactly when is he leaving the 147 limit where he has been actively campaigning.
Canadian man charged with assaulting women’s feet by Marcus Hondro
York Regional Police in Toronto have arrested a 28-year-old man in connection with a series of assaults on women and their feet. The alleged assaults have all taken place in the past eight days.
Op-Ed: Did Pacquiao abandon KO plan in order to entice Mayweather? by Leo Reyes
Manny Pacquiao may have held on to his power punches to abort a knockout win scenario over Chris Algieri so that potential foe Floyd Mayweather will be enticed to fight and not get scared to face him in a bout that every fight fan wants to see.
Teens who suffer concussions more likely to use alcohol, drugs by Marcus Hondro
Research published in the Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation found that teenagers who’ve had a concussion or traumatic brain injury (TBI) are more likely to use alcohol or drugs than teens who have not had a TBI. The numbers are alarming.
Scientists baffled by mysterious missing stars by Stephen Morgan
Scientists are mystified because a huge group of stars aren’t where they’re supposed to be and they don’t know where they’ve gone.
Jian Ghomeshi withdraws CBC lawsuit, must pay costs by Marcus Hondro
Embattled former CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi is back in the news today as he did what many said last month he would do – he withdrew his $55 million lawsuit against the broadcaster. He launched the suit the day following his firing on Oct. 26.
Op-Ed: Negligent computer analysis revealed in Amanda Knox case by Bruce Fischer
An expert computer report presented in court by Amanda Knox’s co-defendant was recently translated by Luca Cheli for Injustice Anywhere.
Op-Ed: Mayweather’s last 2 fights on Showtime could be against Pacquiao by Leo Reyes
Floyd Mayweather has two more fights left in his six-fight contract with giant TV network CBS/Showtime and these remaining fights could be against Filipino boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao.
Katy Perry trashes Aussie paparazzi, makes fun of one member by Marcus Hondro
Katy Perry is on an extended stay in Australia on her Prismatic World Tour and by the sounds of it isn’t having the time of her life. She’s being hounded by paparazzi, the famously uncouth Jamie Fawcett being one.
World’s longest train journey — China to Spain opens by Stephen Morgan
China has inaugurated the world’s longest train journey, traversing the whole of Central Asia and Europe. Dubbed the new Silk Road, it is expected to give a major economic boost to trade between China and the EU.
U.S. Physicist: Alien nuclear bomb wiped out Mars civilization by JohnThomas Didymus
A U.S. physicist claims evidence that an ancient Mars civilization was wiped out by nuclear bomb-armed aliens. He warns that evidence of a past nuclear attack on Mars raises concerns about a similar attack on Earth.
Male teacher drags 14-year-old girl to pool during class by Owen Weldon
A male PE teacher at a Stockton school was filmed dragging a 14-year-old girl, and trying to force her into the pool during his class.
Op-Ed: Finally, is this the truth about Amanda Knox? by Selene Nelson
Judge Alessandro Nencini upheld Amanda Knox’s guilty conviction this year, and his 350-page official report has just been translated from Italian into English. So what does it tell us? Is this, finally, the truth about Knox?
Three ‘riders’ get together for a little sex on Toronto streetcar by Marcus Hondro
Toronto police said no charges were laid but it seems some streetcar riders were in a ballsy case of transit sex. Three streetcar passengers, drunk, were caught having sex — how could you not catch them? — on a crowded streetcar Thursday night.
Power Users
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- Ken Hanly
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