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At the turn of the century, Detective William Murdoch (Yannick Bisson) uses radical forensic techniques including fingerprinting, blood tests, and trace evidence, to solve some of Torontos most intriguing murders. "Much-loved series... if you haven't seen it, you must... a delight from start to finish" -The Globe and Mail. 24 episodes, 18 hrs, 5 DVD

At least 24 are dead in the wake of Tuesday mornings terrible Tennessee tornadoes. They carved a long scar across Middle Tennessee in the dead of night, racking up a large death toll in the process.

If history is made of cultures collective memory, novelists have an important role in enlarging and complicating that memory especially when it comes to the lesser-known chapters, even the ones that seem best forgotten. Crystal Hana Kim does exactly that in her courageous new novel, The Stone Home, which peers into the darkest corners

By Tom StaffordFeatures correspondent A few extreme cases show that people can be missing large chunks of their brains with no significant ill-effect why? Tom Stafford explains what it tells us about the true nature of our grey matter.

Former NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton said police need to hit unruly anti-Israel protesters with criminal charges that would screw them up for the rest of their damn lives if they keep acting up as he slammed the city for ending a crowd control practice that he believes has handicapped cops.