Toronto Star:
Rob Ford crack scandal: Toronto mayor refuses to discuss specifics of video  —  Calls allegations generally ‘ridiculous’ after furor about clip which seems to show him smoking crack. … RENE JOHNSTON / TORONTO STAR FILE PHOTO  —  Toronto Mayor Rob Ford needs to address allegations …

Dart-Throwing Chimp:
Challenges in Measuring Violent Conflict, Syria Edition  —  As part of a larger (but, unfortunately, gated) story on how the terrific new Global Data on Events, Language, and Tone (GDELT) might help social scientists forecast violent conflicts, the New Scientist recently posted some graphics using GDELT …

New York Post:
Gay man shot dead in Village after gunman shouted homophobic slurs: authorities  —  A gay man was gunned down in Greenwich Village early today by an armed bigot who hurled homophobic slurs at him — and claimed to be the Newtown, Conn. killer before the murder, police said today.

New York Times:
Metro-North Trains Collide in Connecticut; Dozens of Injuries Are Reported  —  Two Metro-North Railroad trains collided after a derailment near Fairfield, Conn., at the height of the evening rush on Friday, injuring 60 people, 5 of them critically, and snarling transit corridors in the Northeast, the authorities said.

Miriam Elder / Guardian:
Russia reveals identity of CIA Moscow chief following Ryan Fogle's expulsion  —  Federal Security Service spokesman breaches protocol as he accuses US agency of crossing ‘red line’ in its recruitment efforts  —  The Federal Security Service in Russia has revealed the identity …

BBC:
Argentine ‘Dirty War’ leader dies  —  Argentina's ex-military leader Jorge Rafael Videla has died aged 87 while serving a life sentence for crimes against humanity, local media report.  —  He is said to have died of natural causes in prison.  —  The general was jailed in 2010 for the deaths …

BBC:
France gay marriage: Hollande signs bill into law  —  France's president has signed into law a controversial bill making the country the eighth in Europe, and 14th globally, to legalise gay marriage.  —  On Friday, the Constitutional Council rejected a challenge by the right-wing opposition …

Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Obama puts Marines on umbrella duty, irking conservatives  —  Slogging through a drizzly Rose Garden news conference Thursday with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President Obama took a break to ask for some rain protection.  —  “I am going to go ahead and ask folks …

Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
New Audit Allegations Show Flawed Statistical Thinking  —  The Internal Revenue Service is under fire for inappropriately targeting conservative groups that sought tax-exempt status.  As I wrote earlier this week, the revelation has the potential to motivate conservative turnout in the 2014 elections …

Michael Stephens / Dallas Voice:
Judge says lesbian mom's partner must go  —  Collin County's John Roach Jr. enforces ‘morality clause’ in divorce papers saying woman can't have roommate unless they're married  —  ANNA WAUGH |  News Editor  —  MCKINNEY — Page Price and Carolyn Compton have been together for almost three years …

Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Portugal Expands Marriage Equality To Include Same-Sex Adoption  —  Portugal has offered marriage equality to same-sex couples since 2010, but until now had not allowed those couple to adopt each other's children.  Today, the Portuguese Parliament passed a bill 99-94 to allow adoption …

AllThingsD:
Yahoo Board to Meet Sunday to Consider $1.1 Billion, All-Cash Deal to Acquire Tumblr  —  According to sources close to the situation, the Yahoo board plans to meet Sunday night to decide whether to approve a $1.1 billion all-cash offer for New York-based blogging site Tumblr.

Andres Jauregui / The Huffington Post:
Anastasia Adair, Colorado Woman, Dies After Assault Rifle Accidentally Discharges  —  A Denver-area woman died Tuesday night after an assault rifle she was handling accidentally fired and shot her in the head.  —  Witnesses told ABC Denver affiliate KMGH that Anastasia Adair, 22 …