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Allison Jones, The Canadian Press Published Monday, February 9, 2015 3:19PM EST Last Updated Monday, February 9, 2015 5:59PM EST

TORONTO -- Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and her deputy chief of staff will meet with police investigators, the premier's office said Monday, as the Liberals denied allegations they broke the law in the lead-up to a recent byelection.

"We've been clear that the authorities have our full co-operation, and we are confident that after Premier Wynne and Pat Sorbara meet with the investigators, they will reach the same conclusion," Wynne's spokeswoman, Zita Astravas, said Monday in an email.

The Ontario Provincial Police are investigating allegations that Liberal officials offered their Sudbury, Ont., candidate from the June election a job or appointment late last year in exchange for not running in last Thursday's byelection.

Wynne appointed former NDP MP Glenn Thibeault, who won the byelection, instead of holding a nomination.

The spurned candidate, Andrew Olivier, is quadriplegic and records many conversations because he can't take notes, so he has put the audio of his talks with two Liberals -- including Pat Sorbara, the premier's deputy chief of staff -- online, saying they back up his claims.

Earlier Monday, deputy premier Deb Matthews said she is "absolutely convinced" the Liberals did nothing criminal in behind-the-scenes talks ahead of the byelection.

Matthews admitted she hasn't listened to Olivier's audio recordings, but said she is confident the allegations are false.

"I am absolutely convinced that there was no breach," she said. "I have not listened to the tapes. But I've seen enough."

Progressive Conservative house leader Steve Clark said the Liberals "gave up their integrity" to win the Sudbury seat.

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By Victor Ochieng Dartmouth College has a grim past due to its foundation premised on using Black lives to save white ones. But the school is working hard to redeem its image by offering a new spring semester course on the Black Lives Matter movement. The course covers both historical and modern perspectives of structural inequality resulting from racism. A ... Read More

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Reported by Liku Zelleke When First Lady Michelle Obama was in Saudi Arabia to attend the funeral of the kingdoms late ruler, King Abdullah, she decided she wasnt going to wear a veil. That decision didnt seem to sit well with the media. Headlines read that she had disrespected Saudi Arabian customs and even went as far as calling the ... Read More

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During the mid-1990s, a federal corruption investigation was targeting Bronx politician Larry Seabrook the mentor of newly chosen Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie. At the time, prosecutors were probing whether employees at a nonprofit Seabrook controlled and funded with taxpayer dollars were forced to work on his 1994 campaign for Assembly. That year, Heastie was both bookkeeper of the taxpayer-funded ... Read More

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A Zimbabwean headmistress has been charged with murder after a pupil she allegedly caned for indiscipline died shortly afterwards. Modester Rubhabha, 43, is alleged to have called the boy to an empty classroom after he was reported to her for misbehaving in a new teachers class, the Herald newspaper said. The boy was caned on the buttocks and collapsed during ... Read More

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Bill Cosby has canceled his two Sunday night performances in Boston because of the weather, but he plans to return soon. In a statement, the comedian said, I have decided to cancel for your travel safety. No need to worry, I will be back soon to raise the roof with laughter. The two Boston shows were expected to be met ... Read More

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WHAT LIBERALS ARE SAYING ABOUT MONDAY'S LEADERSHIP SPILL MEETING:

"The only question for our party is do we want reduce ourselves to the level of the Labor Party in dragging down a first-term prime minister?"

- Tony Abbott tells reporters in Sydney on Sunday.

"It's inconceivable it would be in the best interests of either the Liberal Party or the country for the prime minister to go into the parliament tomorrow with this issue unresolved."

- Cabinet minister Mathias Cormann.

"I'm in the cabinet, of course I support the prime minister, everyone supports the prime minister. You don't have to keep on saying that all the time."

- Malcolm Turnbull tells reporters outside his Sydney home on Sunday morning.

"If you are going to be disloyal to someone, you should front them. If I disagreed with the prime minister and if I believed he wasn't the best person to lead the team I would step down from the cabinet - that is the appropriate thing to do"

- Treasurer Joe Hockey when asked whether Tony Abbott could expect all cabinet ministers to oppose the spill motion.

"If, for whatever reason, the leadership of a political party is vacant then any member of the party can stand, whether they be a minister or a backbencher, without any disloyalty to the person whose leadership has been declared vacant."

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Newswise COLUMBUS, Ohio New research suggests that liberals, as well as conservatives, can be biased against science that doesnt align with their political views.

The study found that people from both the left and right expressed less trust in science when they were presented with facts that challenged specific politicized issues.

For conservatives, climate change and evolution were the issues that led them to lose some trust in science. For liberals, it was hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and nuclear power.

The results challenge recent books and articles that claim conservatives alone have difficulty dealing with scientific fact.

Liberals are also capable of processing scientific information in a biased manner, said Erik Nisbet, co-author of the study and associate professor of communication and political science at The Ohio State University.

They arent inherently superior to conservatives.

The researchers caution that the results shouldnt be interpreted to create a false balance in which each side could be seen as equally wrong on all issues.

Our point is there is evidence of bias on both sides, although the bias may appear on different issues, said co-author R. Kelly Garrett, also an associate professor of communication at Ohio State.

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