PHILLIPS: Royal Canadian Mounted Police plans to release details today on a terror plot that may have links to al Qaeda. Police arrested two suspects in Ottawa and expect to arrest more. "The Ottawa Citizen" newspaper reports that the group's suspected ringleader attended terror training camps in Pakistan and Afghanistan. A US law enforcement source tells us there's no clear link between the Canadian suspects and the US. New York police say a passenger slashed a cab driver's face and body just because he was Muslim. Ahmed Sharif picked up a 21-year-old passenger, who was apparently friendly at first. But the cabbie said that the man started cursing at him, yelling out the Arabic greeting for peace before attacking him. Despite the gushing blood, Sharif was able to flag down police.</s>AHMED SHARIF, CAB DRIVER ATTACKED BY PASSENGER: The cop kept asking what happened. He said, "I'm trying to rob him."</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE SPEAKER: That's what he said?</s>SHARIF: Yes. The cop said, "Well, you're trying to rob him," and he saw I'm bleeding. He said, "What happened?" I told him I'm a cab driver. He tried to kill me.</s>PHILLIPS: The passenger, Michael Enright, has been charged with attempted murder as a hate crime. Police say he was drunk at the time of his arrest. Rick Scott's deep pockets are the talk of the campaign trail. Florida's new GOP nominee for governor opens up about his $50 million primary campaign and allegations that he bought his win.
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