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Midterm coverage was a roller-coaster ride of dips and dives
NEW YORK - After hours of television commentating, swinging needles on election meters and reams of statistics from obscure counties called up on computer screens, CNN’s Jake Tapper had a revela...
Nov 07, 2018
Assault charge dropped against Atlanta rapper T.I.
MCDONOUGH, Ga. - Prosecutors have dropped a simple assault charge against rapper T.I. but are moving ahead with charges of public drunkenness and disorderly conduct stemming from his May arrest outsid...
Nov 07, 2018
Oland murder trial delayed for two weeks by 'unexpected legal issue'
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - There will be another adjournment in the second degree murder trial of Dennis Oland because of unexpected legal issues, this time for two weeks. Justice Terrence Morrison apologized...
Nov 07, 2018
Premier disappointed NDP backbencher to quit politics
EDMONTON – Premier Rachel Notley says she is disappointed in the decision by a Calgary legislature member to break ranks with the NDP. Robyn Luff was kicked out of caucus on Tuesday night after ...
Nov 07, 2018
Alberta Fish and Wildlife officer frees deer by shooting its antler
WHITECOURT- An Alberta Fish and Wildlife officer has been caught on video using his gun to separate a pair of male deer with locked antlers. Greg Gilbertson was driving a side road near Whitecourt on ...
Nov 07, 2018
Another member quits body that awards Nobel literature prize
COPENHAGEN - A member of the academy that awards the Nobel Prize in Literature said Wednesday she is leaving the body, the latest person to quit amid sex abuse and financial crimes scandals at the exc...
Nov 07, 2018
Trump mocks GOP losers who kept their distance from him
WASHINGTON - Rejecting any hint of a setback, President Donald Trump on Wednesday mocked members of his own party who were defeated in the midterm elections after distancing themselves from him and su...
Nov 07, 2018
Kathy Page, Elizabeth Hay among 2018 Writers' Trust Awards winners
TORONTO - British-Canadian author Kathy Page choked back tears as she thanked her parents for the love letters that inspired her book, “Dear Evelyn,” which won the $50,000 Rogers Writers&#...
Nov 07, 2018
Selecting talent for Canada's junior hockey team 'a real challenge': coach
LANGLEY, B.C. - Tim Hunter knows he’s got some tough decisions looming on the horizon. The head coach of Canada’s junior national team will soon have to invite dozens of the country’...
Nov 07, 2018
Investigators probe third accident at Halifax airport in 15 years
HALIFAX - Federal investigators have arrived in Halifax to piece together why a Boeing 747 cargo plane skidded off an airport runway Wednesday, leaving a trail of debris and sending four crew to hospi...
Nov 07, 2018