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CITY HALL & FORD’S ‘MISUNDERSTANDING’
• Ford admits to phone use while driving, but flipped finger a ‘misunderstanding’ [Globe & Mail]
• Rob Ford: Alleged rude gesture a ‘misunderstanding’ [The Star]
• Rob Ford calls alleged middle-finger incident with motorist a ‘misunderstanding’ [National Post]
• ‘Are you going to get somebody to do that for $10.25?’ [The Star]
• Heavy duty cleaners make a pitch to keep city jobs [The Sun]
• Keep breakfast programs for kids, Toronto board of health urges [The Star]

LIBRARIES
• Library board puts off decisions on cost-cutting [The Star]
• Public library board shelves branch closures [The Sun]
• Library cuts will happen ‘in a heartbeat,’ Doug Ford says [Globe & Mail]
• Map: Toronto libraries most likely at risk [Globe & Mail]
• Constituents to Ford: Lose our library and lose our votes [The Star]
• Doug Ford blasts Margaret Atwood over libraries, says ‘I don’t even know her’ [The Star]
• Margaret Atwood? ‘I wouldn’t have a clue who she is’: Doug Ford [National Post]

OTHER NEWS
• Former Mississauga councillor’s husband confirms bid for her vacant seat [National Post]
• Trainspotters stalking TTC for glimpses of Toronto Rocket [National Post]
• Peter Kuitenbrouwer: New waterfront park doesn’t feel like a boondoggle [National Post]