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A night at the movies took a horrendous turn early Friday morning.

In a report by CNN. a gunman wearing a gas mask burst into a movie theatre in Aurora, Colorado, detonated a smoke bomb and started firing on citizens. They were watching the midnight premiere of "The Dark Knight Rises", the final movie in the "Dark Knight" trilogy.

Syrian President Bashar Assad made a public appearance shortly after the rebels seized two Syrian border crossings.

According to CBC News the rebels seized a border near the Iraqi town of Qaim and a border crossing with Turkey.

The rebels may have also recently been involved in the murder of three senior members of Syria`s ruling regime.

The ongoing crisis in Syria concerns Israel because they fear that Lebanese Hezbollah militants may raid Syria for chemical weapons.

A public memorial service for Jun Lin will be held this coming Saturday.

In a report by the Montreal Gazette, the memorial will take place at the Montreal Chinese Alliance Church in Hampstead. It is set to begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday.

The ceremony is being organized by friends of the former Concordia international student. Lin’s parents will also attend the memorial. They have also not decided whether to bury their only son in Montreal or back in China.

As we trek through the dreary sports months of July and August (unless you're a diehard baseball fan), something new has finally been brought to our attention, something that will not only give us pundits something to talk about for the next few months, but may jeopardize something that many of us in this city look forward to with uncontrollable angst: hockey season.

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According to CBC, 50 homemade explosive devices have been removed by Ontario police officers from a suburban house in Barrie. Police say they have never seen so many explosives in one location.

The explosive devices were scattered through out the home. While some were hidden, others were laying out in the open. Police say it’s more explosives than they would normally find in a year.