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Court allows appeal in 'shaken baby' death
Proclaiming his innocence, Richard Brant says he pleaded guilty only because he feared now-disgraced pathologist Charles Smith
By KIRK MAKIN
-- New Brunswick man Richard Brant was granted permission by the Ontario Court of Appeal yesterday to reopen and fight his criminal conviction for shaking his infant son to death in 1993. FULL STORY 
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150,000 views and a shot at the big time
A pair of young Toronto filmmakers head for the Sundance festival after taking second prize in YouTube's Project:Direct contest
By MATT HARTLEY
-- When the Hollywood big shots line up to receive their inevitable swag bags full of goodies at the Sundance Film Festival this month, inside they will find a little present from Toronto filmmakers Ben Goldenberg and Jason Gossbee, courtesy of YouTube. FULL STORY
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Radio-Canada crosses line with race-based satire
By LES PERREAUX
MONTREAL -- Radio-Canada's New Year's Eve prime-time variety show known as the Bye Bye has always included satirical sketches bordering on bad taste. But this year's edition, featuring gags on the assassination of U.S. president-elect Barack Obama, prison rape, a battered wife, black criminality and anglo inbreeding seems to have gone far over the line, even by Quebec's standards. FULL STORY
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Cellphone firms ordered to fix 911 system to save lives
-Regulator imposes deadline for upgrade that will allow dispatchers to locate callers - Decision follows Globe investigation. Read the full series at globeandmail.com
By GRANT ROBERTSON
-- Canada's telecom regulator will force the cellphone industry to upgrade the country's 911 system, which has fallen behind other parts of the world and may be contributing to deaths involving wireless calls for help. FULL STORY
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