{"id":33012,"date":"2012-08-22T00:32:55","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T04:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=33012"},"modified":"2012-08-22T00:32:55","modified_gmt":"2012-08-22T04:32:55","slug":"wednesdays-headlines-261","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/08\/22\/wednesdays-headlines-261\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday&#8217;s headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FORD<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/08\/21\/nathan-phillips-square-reno-not-worth-it-rob-ford\">Nathan Phillips Square reno not worth it: Rob Ford<\/a> (Toronto Sun)<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/08\/21\/rob-ford-a-fan-of-gfl-garbage-pickup\">Rob Ford a fan of GFL garbage pickup<\/a> (Toronto Sun)<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/08\/21\/mayor-tries-to-score-toronto-soccer-team-a-big-win\">Mayor tries to score Toronto soccer team a big win<\/a> (Toronto Sun)<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/08\/21\/mayor-rob-ford-parks-idea-of-getting-a-driver\">Mayor Rob Ford parks idea of getting a driver<\/a> (Toronto Sun)<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/08\/21\/rob-ford-will-not-waste-taxpayers-money-by-hiring-a-driver-rob-ford-says\/\">Rob Ford says he will not \u2018waste taxpayers\u2019 money\u2019 by hiring a driver<\/a>\u00a0 (National Post)<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/toronto\/citing-waste-of-taxpayers-money-toronto-mayor-ford-rejects-hiring-a-driver\/article4491489\/\">Citing \u2018waste of taxpayers\u2019 money,\u2019 Toronto Mayor Ford rejects hiring a driver<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 (Globe &amp; Mail)<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/cityhallpolitics\/article\/1244482--mayor-rob-ford-refuses-to-hire-a-driver-after-he-was-seen-reading-on-gardiner-expressway\">Mayor Rob Ford refuses to hire a driver<\/a> (Toronto Star)<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/cityhallpolitics\/article\/1244678--mayor-rob-ford-wants-a-fountain-like-edmonton-city-hall-s\">Mayor Rob Ford wants a fountain like Edmonton city hall\u2019s<\/a> (Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><strong>POLICE<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/08\/21\/toronto-cop-gets-90-days-in-jail-for-road-rage-beating\">Toronto cop gets 90 days in jail for road-rage beating<\/a> (Toronto Sun)<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/crime\/article\/1244596--off-duty-highway-assault-brings-toronto-officer-90-days-in-jail\">Off-duty highway assault brings Toronto officer 90 days in jail<\/a> (Toronto Star)<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/crime\/article\/1244643--police-reject-michael-bryant-s-criticism-of-probe-into-fatal-2009-incident\">Police reject Michael Bryant\u2019s criticism of probe into fatal 2009 incident<\/a> (Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><strong>OTHER NEWS<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/article\/1244610--cne-sizing-up-visitors-with-an-educated-guess\">CNE: Sizing up visitors with an educated guess<\/a> (Toronto Star)<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/article\/1244588--investigation-into-crane-etobicoke-collapse-delayed\">Investigation into crane Etobicoke collapse delayed<\/a> (Toronto Star)<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/canada\/article\/1244563--dear-jack-celebrates-late-ndp-leader-jack-layton\">Dear Jack celebrates late NDP leader Jack Layton<\/a> (Toronto Star)<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/article\/1244674--toronto-researchers-among-mit-s-35-top-innovators\">Toronto researchers among MIT\u2019s 35 top innovators<\/a> (Toronto Star)<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0<a 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