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It's Thursday August the 3 around 6:16AM and

Morning News Feed: Catcher in the Rye Edition

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24 Hours uses the cover today to report on the Sierra Defence Fund's allegations against the GVRD and B.C. government for dumping waste in Burrard Inlet. The kicker is that the B.C. government has given the GVRD until 2030 to clean up its act. ("Sludge means Judge") But the cover picture is about "The Keys to Solitude" - a story about internet users and survery which shock: "conclude[s] that heavy internet users - those who spend more than an hour a day online - devote less time to socializing and are more likely to stay isolated indoors." Surprise, as the subheader suggests, "Studyy proves the nerdy truth" internet users are J.D. Salinger recluses. Groundbreaking stuff.

The Sun also goes with the net users story with the front page headline: "Net Users Are Losing Touch with Families: Stats Can". And it gets more depressing as the cover story on the heat wave suggests more people are drowning. Meanwhile yesterdays, or last decade's news Ross Rebagliati is suing CTV "and the producers of the television series Whistler, claiming the drama has based a character on him without permission."

The Province always going the other way devotes it's two covers to entirely other interests. On the front is the "Adopted daughter stranded in Africa by red tape" story. On the back is what looks like a real sports cover of NASCAR, but on closer inspection it is really about Will Ferrell's new movie alladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. The article is true to sports headlines under the title, "Where there's a Will..."

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