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Holiday rom-com 'Love, Actually' inspires UK election memes
LONDON - "Love, Actually" is all around this year in Britain's pre-Christmas election. The 2003 romantic comedy about the love lives of assorted Londoners over the holiday season has played a surprisi...
Dec 10, 2019
Stormy Daniels' lawyers argue for timely lawyer-fee payments
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A judge should grant attorney fees to lawyers who represented porn actress Stormy Daniels in a lawsuit against Ohio's capital city before competing claims on Daniels' $450,000 settlem...
Dec 10, 2019
RDCRS receives $20,800 grant for staff and student wellness
Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools will receive a $20,800 grant from the Alberta Healthy School Community Wellness Fund through the University of Alberta's School of Public Health and the Government o...
Dec 10, 2019
Dallas Stars fire head coach Jim Montgomery, citing "unprofessional conduct"
DALLAS - The Dallas Stars have fired head coach Jim Montgomery, citing "unprofessional conduct." Rick Bowness, who has served as an assistant coach since June 2018, was named interim head coach. ...
Dec 10, 2019
Sylvan Lake woman accused of taking over $500,000 from employer
A Sylvan Lake woman stands accused of stealing more than $500,000 from her employer. Laurie May Watts, 55, has been charged with theft over $5,000, use of credit card data, forge a document and utteri...
Dec 10, 2019
Teen seriously injured in Lethbridge swarming, 5 people charged
LETHBRIDGE- Five people in have been charged in what police say was the swarming of a 16-year-old boy who had made arrangements to meet with a young woman before he was attacked.The Lethbridge Police ...
Dec 10, 2019
Judge rules for Exxon Mobil in suit over climate regulations
NEW YORK - Exxon Mobil prevailed Tuesday in a lawsuit accusing the energy giant of downplaying the toll that climate change regulations could take on its business, with a judge saying the state attorn...
Dec 10, 2019
Merriam-Webster declares 'they' its 2019 word of the year
NEW YORK - A common but increasingly mighty and very busy little word, "they," has an accolade all its own. The language mavens at Merriam-Webster have declared the personal pronoun their word of the ...
Dec 10, 2019
NewsAlert: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces agreement on North American trade pact
WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces agreement on North American trade pact. Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland is in Mexico today to finalize the amended deal. More ...
Dec 10, 2019
6 dead from New Zealand volcano as helpers describe horror
WHAKATANE, New Zealand - Survivors of a powerful volcanic eruption in New Zealand ran into the sea to escape the scalding steam and ash and emerged covered in burns, say those who first helped them. T...
Dec 10, 2019