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US retail sales continue rocky ride, slip 0.2% in April
WASHINGTON - U.S. retail sales declined last month as Americans cut back their spending on clothes, appliances, and home and garden supplies. Sales dropped 0.2% in April, the Commerce Department said ...
May 15, 2019
Lamar Odom regrets cheating on ex-wife, Khloé Kardashian
LOS ANGELES - Former NBA star Lamar Odom regrets cheating on his ex-wife, Khlo Kardashian, and lying to her about his addiction to cocaine during their four-year marriage. The 39-year-old tells People...
May 15, 2019
Doris Day, actress who honed wholesome image, dies at 97
Doris Day, the sunny blond actress and singer whose frothy comedic roles opposite the likes of Rock Hudson and Cary Grant made her one of Hollywood's biggest stars in the 1950s and '60s and a symbol o...
May 15, 2019
Sylvan Lake 2019 Tax Rate Bylaw
SYLVAN LAKE- The Town has approved its 2019 Tax Rate Bylaw. Council had previously approved a 2.74% residential and non-residential increase to municipal tax rates, however, due to a 2018 surplus, and...
May 15, 2019
Trudeau offers Canadian lumber, steel to help rebuild Notre Dame Cathedral
PARIS - Canada is offering homegrown softwood lumber and steel to help with the reconstruction of Paris's famed Notre Dame Cathedral, which was partially destroyed by fire in mid-April. In a lett...
May 15, 2019
Facebook takes down anti-vaxxer page that used falsified image of girl who died
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The mother of a young Newfoundland girl says she's relieved a social media company has disabled a site that used images of her dead daughter to promote an anti-vaccination campaign....
May 15, 2019
Their caliphate gone, hidden militants wage nighttime war
BADOUSH, Iraq - It was a chilly January evening, and Khadija Abd and her family had just finished supper at their farm when the two men with guns burst into the room. One wore civilian clothes, the ot...
May 15, 2019
Felicity Huffman pleads guilty in college admissions scheme
BOSTON - "Desperate Housewives" star Felicity Huffman pleaded guilty Monday in the college admissions bribery scheme, the biggest name to do so in a scandal that has exposed the lengths to which some ...
May 15, 2019
Public safety, civil rights groups battle over face ID tech
San Francisco is on track to become the first U.S. city to ban the use of facial recognition by police and other city agencies, reflecting a growing backlash against a technology that's creeping into ...
May 15, 2019
Tankers reported damaged off UAE on major oil trade route
FUJAIRAH, United Arab Emirates - As many as four oil tankers anchored in the Mideast were damaged in what Gulf officials described Monday as a "sabotage" attack off the coast of the United Arab Emirat...
May 15, 2019