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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launches spacecraft higher than ever
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket company shot a capsule higher into space Wednesday than it’s ever done before. The New Shepard rocket blasted off from West Texas on t...
Jul 18, 2018
ESPYs host Danica Patrick falls flat in opening monologue
LOS ANGELES - Danica Patrick’s monologue to open the ESPYs went over like, well, a flat tire at the Indianapolis 500. The newly retired racecar driver was the first woman to host the annual show...
Jul 18, 2018
Taylor Ruck wins gold in women's 200 at Canadian Trials
EDMONTON - Taylor Ruck has picked up right where she left off after winning a record eight medals at the Commonwealth Games in April. Competing in her first, and perhaps only, event at the 2018 Canadi...
Jul 18, 2018
Silva goal lifts Impact of Whitecaps in Canadian Championship opener
MONTREAL - The Impact and the Whitecaps were neither ecstatic nor overly disappointed after Montreal’s 1-0 victory over Vancouver to open their Canadian Championship semifinal on Wednesday night...
Jul 18, 2018
TFC win first leg of Canadian championship semifinal, beat Ottawa 1-0
OTTAWA - Toronto FC is right where they want to be after the opening leg of the Canadian Championship semifinal. Jonathan Osorio scored in the fifth minute as Toronto downed the Ottawa Fury 1-0 on the...
Jul 18, 2018
Dodgers land All-Star shortstop Manny Machado from Orioles
The Los Angeles Dodgers have won the Manny Machado sweepstakes, getting the prized All-Star shortstop from the Baltimore Orioles in a trade Wednesday night. The Orioles received five prospects in the ...
Jul 18, 2018
Suspected Russian agent has ties to South Dakota businessman
PIERRE, S.D. - A conservative political operative who once worked on Pat Buchanan’s 1992 presidential campaign and made an action movie with Jack Abramoff more recently helped arrange several sp...
Jul 18, 2018
Pregnant Disney dancer claims gender bias in lawsuit
ORLANDO, Fla. - A former aerial dancer at Walt Disney World has sued the resort alleging gender discrimination, saying she was fired after she became pregnant with twins and went on an 11-month leave....
Jul 18, 2018
City of Burnaby issues eviction notice to protesters at Kinder Morgan terminal
BURNABY, B.C. - The City of Burnaby is evicting protesters from a make-shift camp set up outside one of Kinder Morgan’s terminals, citing fire safety and public health concerns. City manager Lam...
Jul 18, 2018
Ground breaking celebration held for local Rocky spray park
A ground breaking celebration was held Tuesday for Rocky Mountain House's very own spray park. Hosted by the Rocky Spray Park Council, the event featured a pop-up Spray Park courtesy of Clearwater Reg...
Jul 18, 2018