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Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper of the Tories has conceded defeat, after Justin Trudeau's center-left Liberal Party ran away with a landslide election.  The trend was already clear on Monday night as returns showed the Liberals claiming all of the Maritime Provinces in the east.  But expectations of a minority government gave way to a majority as the Liberals spread a red wave across Toronto - where in the recent past conservative angry white males picked crack-smoking buffoon Rob Ford as their leader.  The Liberal landslide is even more remarkable considering that the party's worst defeat in parliamentary elections was just four years.

The Liberal victory means 43-year old Justin Trudeau will be prime minister.  He's the son of the late, great Pierre Trudeau, who many consider to be the father of modern Canada, the PM who championed policies of bilingualism, multiculturalism, and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms that some consider core Canadian values.  Standing in such a long shadow, the Conservatives hoped that the youthful Trudeau would affirm their attack advertisement assertion that he was "Just Not Ready"."  Instead, Trudeau proved to be a charming and effective campaigner who got voters to believe that he represented "Real Change Now".  CBC Analyst Barry McLoughlin said, "They created an energized, youthful-oriented campaign."

But Canadian voters aren't swayed by celebrity as much as they are by policy.  The Liberals took a bold gamble against Harper's austerity and declared they would run budget deficits for three years to pay for much-needed investment in infrastructure - effectively countering that crabby old conservative bleat of "we can't afford it" with "we can't afford not to do it".  On the conservative side, they offered nothing new in terms of policy except for rumblings about possibly banning the Niqab head covering that many Muslim women wear, something that judges warned was unconstitutional.

South Africa released Oscar Pistorius from prison a day early, after he served less than a year for the shooting death of his girfriend Reeva Steenkamp.  Authorities spirited him away from prison under cover of darkness, and brought him to the posh estate of his uncle where the former Olympic and Paralympic athlete will complete the remainder of his five year sentence under house arrest.  Many are complaining that South Africa's justice system is horribly unbalanced to favor the wealthy and white, and the Steenkamp says Pistorious' release is "unfair".  However, prosecutors are still appealing the verdict and are asking a higher court that Pistorius be convicted on a more serious charge - if that happens, he will be returning to prison for a much longer stay.

US intelligence officials are investigating reports that an anonymous hacked claiming to be a high school student hacked into the personal email account of CIA chief John Brennan.  And worse, it's an AOL account.  Seriously, who still has an AOL account?  What is this guy, like.. 90?  Does he dial in with a 56K modem, and have a dot matrix printer, too?  The head of the friggin' CIA has an AOL account?  Really?  Really?  Anyway, the hacker let loose with hundreds of email addresses that he claimed were taken from Brennan's contacts, and spreadsheets which name current and former national-security officials.

Apple is removing hundreds of apps from its online store, after discovering they contain secret Chinese code that harvested personal details such as email addresses and even iPhone serial numbers.  The apps' creators used a software development kit from a Chinese advertising company called Youmi, and the apps were downloaded by about a million users.

Slovenia reopened its border with Croatia, allowing the entrance of about 5,000 migrants and refugees who were literally stuck in the mud.  The multitudes - including women, children, sick, and disabled - were stopped in a cold, wet, muddy field on the Croatian side under a relentless cold rain.  The dire conditions prompted Slovenian authorities to rethink their policy of allowing 2,500 a day to come through on their way to Northern European countries offering more favorable conditions to asylum-seekers.

A terrible drought in southern Mexico led to the reemergence of the ruins of a 16th century church.  Locals thought that the Temple of Santiago was long gone beneath the water's surface when the Nezahualcoyotl reservoir was first filled 50 years ago.  But the reservoir's level dropped more than 24 meters, revealing the old stone structure.