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NEW YORK, N.Y. – Dozens of celebrities have helped fuel the success of the ice bucket challenge for ALS. Here are a few examples:

OTTAWA – Ottawa police have released a video of a person of interest in a recent "nighttime prowling incident" in the city's Rockcliffe area — the same neighbourhood that's home to Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau.

KAMLOOPS - The final phase of the Lorne Street project is nearly complete as crews rush to finish up the landscaping at the corner of the busy downtown corner. The fourth phase of the Lorne Street Beautification saw the realignment of Lorne Street with 1 Avenue, Lansdowne Street and Victoria Street. The $2.2 million project...
LONDON – The Islamic militant in a video showing the death of American journalist James Foley took great care to disguise his identity, dressing head-to-toe in black, with a mask leaving only his eyes visible.
WASHINGTON – American fighter jets and drones continued to pound Islamic State militants in Iraq on Wednesday, and military planners weighed the possibility of sending a small number of additional U.S. troops to Baghdad, U.S. officials said, even as the insurgents threatened to kill a second American captive in retribution for any continued attacks.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A grisly video released Tuesday shows Islamic State militants beheading American journalist James Foley, U.S. officials said, in what the extremists called retribution for recent U.S. airstrikes in Iraq. The militants threatened to kill another captive they also identified as an American journalist.
EDGARTOWN, Mass. – The White House says President Barack Obama will deliver a statement on Wednesday, the day after Islamic State militants released a video showing an American journalist being beheaded.

NEW YORK, N.Y. – The MTV Video Music Awards will open with a “Bang.”
WASHINGTON – A grisly video shows Islamic State militants beheading American journalist James Foley, U.S. officials said, in what the extremists called retribution for recent U.S. airstrikes in Iraq. The militants threatened to kill another captive they also identified as an American journalist.

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Get ready to dance in Madonna’s old clothes.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tune-in alert: Taylor Swift is performing at the MTV Video Music Awards.
VERNON – Fear over where Vernon’s alleged serial arsonist will strike next has pushed the…
BEIRUT – Simone Camilli was a consummate storyteller — a passionate, talented newsman with an eye for detail and the ability to convey events with powerful video images that touched people around the world.
GAZA, Palestinian Territories – An Associated Press video journalist and a freelance Palestinian translator were killed Wednesday when ordnance left over from the Israeli-Hamas war exploded as they were reporting on the conflict’s aftermath.

ATLANTA – Pharrell is teaming up with the world’s bestselling basketball video game franchise as a music curator.
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Marlene Pinnock said she thought she was going to die as a California Highway Patrol officer straddled her, repeatedly punching her head, on the side of a Los Angeles freeway.
CLEVELAND – President Barack Obama has helped kick off the international Gay Games in Cleveland with a surprise video message shown at the opening ceremonies.
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Attendees at the New York City music festival where two people died last year will be required to watch an anti-drug video before admission this year.

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Beyonce is set to have a “Flawless” night at the MTV Video Music Awards.
ARMSTRONG - Video store manager Sherry Aiken remembers days when the aisles were filled with people; families, couples on date night, movie buffs lining up for new releases. But like a good movie, those days came and went all too fast. “It’s becoming the end of an era,” Aiken says. “This used to be the...
TORONTO – Toronto police are trying to determine what drugs may have been consumed by two people who died and 13 others who were sickened at a weekend music festival, but some of the recovering victims are not even sure what they took.

QUESNEL, B.C. – Authorities say the equivalent of 2,000 Olympic swimming pools of mining waste has been discharged into waterways in British Columbia's Cariboo region, forcing hundreds to stop using water in the area.

KELOWNA - Any booklover in Kelowna would know the first location in band PRTY H3RO’s latest music video is Ted’s Paperbacks on Sutherland Avenue. As for the man walking through the used bookstore, those who recognize him might remember his face from somewhere a little more posh. Justin Sterling is a model and can be...

You could hear the fear in the woman's voice as she watched an iceberg collapse before her eyes. She and her husband were boating in the Bay of Exploits in Newfoundland. As they video-taped the iceberg it collapsed and sent them running. Also today on Trending Now, Gordon Ramsay makes scrambled eggs on Jimmy Kimmel Live,...