CBC News Online - Morning News Digest - 2015-03-06

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Parole politics: PM's promise may be more about election than policy Fri, 6 Mar 2015 05:00:00 EST The move to eliminate parole for certain types of killings plays to the Conservative Party's brand in an election year - and is unlikely to become law before the next election. Read More As Australia holds public hearings, Canada's Oct. 22 attack remains murky Fri, 6 Mar 2015 05:00:00 EST Friday's airing of Michael Zehaf-Bibeau's video will be the first information on the case Canadians have received from police or the government in months. In Australia, an inquiry into a deadly hostage-taking in Sydney weeks after Ottawa's Oct. 22 attack has already shared its findings. Read More The Order: 1886 - How much should new video games cost? Fri, 6 Mar 2015 05:00:00 EST The Order: 1886, the latest big-budget video game for the PlayStation 4, has been criticized for being too short an experience for too high a price tag. Why are all new games $70, and what should a gamer expect for their money? Read More NASA's Dawn spacecraft meets dwarf planet Ceres today Fri, 6 Mar 2015 05:00:00 EST A NASA spacecraft will rendezvous this morning with the dwarf planet Ceres in the asteroid belt located between Mars and Jupiter. Read More Witness to Boris Nemtsov slaying receiving death threats in Ukraine Fri, 6 Mar 2015 06:24:28 EST Authorities in Ukraine say the sole witness in the killing in Moscow of prominent Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov has received death threats since returning to her family home in Ukraine.​ Read More More Headlines Harrison Ford 'battered but OK' after small plane crash ISIS follows up Iraqi museum attack by ransacking archaeological site Mike Duffy's travel to Conservative MPs' events probed by RCMP 5 tips for coping with the snooze you lose in daylight saving time Toronto tunneller made plans to sell story to media, employer says Alberta premier's comment on CBC Radio sparks Twitter anger Bell balks at refunding $350 over billing error, blames customer Latest wireless spectrum auction results to be revealed this morning LAPD formally identifies homeless man killed in controversial police shooting Plane skids off runway at New York's LaGuardia Airport