AP Photog killed, correspondent severely wounded in Afghanistan

The Associated Press reports that one if its veteran photographers  was killed and an AP reporter was wounded on Friday when an Afghan policeman opened fire while they were sitting in their car in eastern Afghanistan.
Anja Niedringhaus, 48, an internationally acclaimed German photographer, was killed instantly, according to an AP Television News freelancer who witnessed the shooting.
Kathy Gannon, the AP correspondent who for many years was the news organization's Afghanistan bureau chief and more recently was a senior writer for the region, was shot twice and is receiving medical attention. She was described as being in stable condition and talking to medical personnel. Gannon is a Canadian.
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Unpaid interns dropped from Rogers-owned magazines

 

At least two Rogers-owned publications have dropped their internship programs, the Star has learned.
In a pre-emptive move, interns at Flare and Chatelaine who were either unpaid or receiving a $400 monthly honorarium were let go Tuesday.
The Ministry of Labour said it has received no complaints and issued no compliance notices for those magazines or others owned by Rogers Communications Inc., one of Canada’s largest corporations.
“Moving forward, we want all our internships to be associated with an educational institution or to be paid,” Rogers spokeswoman Louise Leger said in an emailed statement to the Star.
As for whether paid internships will be created, the company was “evaluating” its program, she said.

Kicking journalist out of basketball game a freedom-to-be-stupid issue: Star columnist

Morris Dalla Costa of the London Free Press was asked to leave the arena because Windsor’s basketball team owner had taken offence at something he wrote.
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Attorney general keeps secret criminal court files of Brampton courthouse shooter

The Ministry of the Attorney General is keeping secret the criminal court files of the Brampton courthouse gunman who wounded a Peel Region police officer, the Star reports.
Even the reason for withholding the files is being kept secret. On Monday, the Star requested all the public criminal information filed with the Ontario Court of Justice at the A. Grenville and William Davis Courthouse for Charnjit Bassi.
Bassi, 45, entered the courthouse on Friday and shot a Peel officer in charge of security, according to preliminary information from the Special Investigations Unit.
Bassi was fatally shot by an officer. Paul Schabas, a media lawyer and partner at Blakes law firm, called the ministry’s move blocking public access to court records “outrageous”.
“In the absence of a valid statutory restriction (which they should tell you about) or a court order, you have a constitutional right to see court documents and the attorney general has no legal authority to withhold them from you,” Schabas said in an email.
“The refusal to let you see court documents flies in the face of the Charter and repeated statements by the Supreme Court.” Schabas said the Supreme Court of Canada has repeatedly made “crystal clear” that the public has a right to access court records.
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Maria Bartiromo numbers are good on Fox

“Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo” won its timeslot in its debut Sunday. In fact, the new show beat CNN’s Fareed Zakaria and MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry combined in total viewers in the 10am hour. The show was down slightly in total viewers but up in the demo vs. last Sunday’s 10am offering. In fact, Bartiromo delivered FNC’s third-highest A25-54 number for the timeslot this year.