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An unidentified piece of space-junk narrowly missed the International Space Station on Tuesday, as it flashed by at high speed. The incident forced the six astronauts on board the orbiting lab into their rescue craft.

A California law banning the sale or rental of violent video games was deemed unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court. The law violates the U.S. First Ammendment right to freedom of expression.

An unforgiving German side faced off against a valiant Canadian squad Sunday in the opener of the Women’s World Cup. Germany won the game 2-1 in front of a capacity crowd in Berlin’s Olimpiastadion. Almost 74,000 people were in attendance.

Germany scored both goals in the first half of the game. It took a free kick from Canadian captain Christine Sinclair late in the game to close the gap,  but it was not enough to beat the two-time defending champions.

It was, however, the first time the German side has allowed a goal in the World Cup since 2003.  

Thousands came out to celebrate the Fete national in Quebec City Thursday night. However, new rules kept some party goers away. For the first time, people could not bring their own alcohol to the party site.

Heightened security checked searched every bag that entered the Plains of Abraham. Every member of Quebec City’s police force was on duty.

We could try and write something funny about this week's DJ of the week, maybe  even tell you all the embarrasing behind the scene stories and inside jokes (gauntlets and goblets anyone). Instead we thought it best to just let you get to know them through their questionnaire.

Without futher ado, this week's DJ of the Week; host of Charts & Crafts: Erica "Ricky Fish" Fisher

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Residents of several West-Island municipalities will have to forgo watering their lawns until further notice. Municipal officials announced a complete watering ban on Tuesday. 

The affected boroughs are Pierrefonds-Roxboro, Île Bizard, Ste. Geneviève and Dollard des Ormeaux. These municipalities rely on the city of Montreal water filtration plant on Rivière des Prairies. However, according to Pierrefonds-Roxboro spokesperson Johanne Palladini, this filtration plant is currently under some stress. The plant is undergoing a major expansion that has temporarily reduced its capacity.

In northwestern Russia a passenger plane crashed late Monday night on a highway just short of a runway where fog lights had failed to turn on. The crash killed 44 people, only eight survived.

The RusAir plane was on its way from Moscow to the city of Petrozavodsk when it made a crash landing two kilometers before the runway, breaking apart and lighting on fire. At the moment it is unclear if the plane attempted to land on the road, or weather it just fell there.

Petrozavodsk is near the Finnish border 640 kilometers from Moscow.

Mercier bridge officials announced Sunday the creation of a committee to deal with the traffic problem of travelling to and from the South Shore. Representatives of the government and of the Agence Métropolitain de Montréal will sit on the weekly committee.

Pierre Moreau is the MNA for Chateauguay. He says the committee aims to keep affected drivers informed and to find solutions for the traffic issues.

A stubborn dog was sentenced to be stoned to death in Jerusalem.

A rabbinical court suspects the pooch is the reincarnation of a lawyer who insulted the court twenty years ago.

The dog wandered into the court last week and resisted the frightened judges’ attempts to get him out. A judge then remembered the rude lawyer had been cursed by the court to come back as a dog. Traditional Judaism sees dogs as impure animals.

The dog escaped, but one of the judges sentenced him to be stoned to death by the local children.

Animal welfare group Let the Animals Live filed a complaint against the court. Although

It’s business as usual at Air Canada Friday. The airline and the Canadian Auto Workers Union have reached a tentative deal. That means picket lines are down as customer service and sales staff return to work.

The agreement was made three days into a walkout. The strike meant some delay for travelers, but created no major issues.