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US stocks fall for 3rd straight day over more trade worries
Stocks closed broadly lower and bond prices rose sharply on Wall Street Tuesday after President Donald Trump cast doubt over the potential for a trade deal with China this year. Technology companies, ...
Dec 05, 2019
Willie Nelson says he's not smoking, but is still using pot
SAN ANTONIO - Willie Nelson may have given up smoking, but he hasn't stopped using marijuana. While in San Antonio last week for two performances, the 86-year-old country music legend told KSAT TV tha...
Dec 05, 2019
Chris Brown must give up monkeys under judge's restrictions
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles judge on Wednesday said Chris Brown must give up all rights to his former pet monkey, pay for its care and not try to buy a new one if he wants charges of illegal animal ow...
Dec 05, 2019
Canada women win opening match but men beaten by Samoa at Dubai 7s
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Bianca Farella scored two early tries and Canada staved off a Russian rally in the second half to win its opening match 24-19 at the Dubai Sevens on Thursday. The Canadia...
Dec 05, 2019
Mic'd up four-year-old hockey player near top of YouTube's 2019 most viewed list
Celine Dion? Kim Kardashian-West? Prime Minister Justin Trudeau? They've got nothing on a four-year-old named Mason. Jeremy Rupke runs a YouTube channel called Coach Jeremy that features videos on hoc...
Dec 05, 2019
Random House to publish Trump impeachment report
NEW YORK - A leading publisher will release a book edition next week of the House Intelligence Committee's findings on President Donald Trump. Random House told The Associated Press on Wednesday that ...
Dec 05, 2019
Supreme Court won't hear appeal from former Nazi death squad member
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear the appeal of an elderly man whose Canadian citizenship was revoked for lying about his membership in a Second World War Nazi death squad. Helmu...
Dec 05, 2019
Gabrielle Union, NBC meet over 'America's Got Talent' firing
LOS ANGELES - Gabrielle Union and NBC both said Wednesday that they have had a "productive" first conversation on her firing from "America's Got Talent" and her allegations that she was removed over h...
Dec 05, 2019
New Orleans is home to mystical academy in new Marvel comic
NEW ORLEANS - The city known for 19th century Voodoo queen Marie Laveau and for the tarot card readers who tell fortunes in its historic French Quarter is about to play host to a different kind of sor...
Dec 05, 2019
November sweeps victory makes NBC the king of network TV
NEW YORK - NBC's victory during the November ratings sweeps period means there's a new king of broadcast television - at least for now. The network ended CBS' 18-year winning streak in November, a per...
Dec 05, 2019