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8-year-old boy at school slashes other students with knife
SAUK RAPIDS, Minn. - An 8-year-old student took a kitchen knife to a central Minnesota elementary school and randomly attacked three other children Monday, authorities said. Police Chief Perry Beise s...
Apr 16, 2018
Calgary city council votes to continue work on possible 2026 Olympic bid
Calgary has pulled back from killing a bid for the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games. City council was steering towards an off-ramp last week, but changed course and voted 9-6 in favour of continued w...
Apr 16, 2018
How Shaolin Monks Obtain Their Superpowers
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Shaolin Monk Superpowers Shaolin monks can perform incredible feats of mental and physical prowess that appear impossible. They balance precariously for ho...
Apr 16, 2018
Optimism among builders slides for fourth consecutive month
NEW YORK - Homebuilder confidence slid for the fourth consecutive month with steadily rising mortgage rates and sky-high home prices putting ownership out of reach for more and more Americans. The Nat...
Apr 16, 2018
Security adviser says he tried to dispel misinformation about India controversy
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau’s national security adviser says it’s the Canadian government’s fault that a convicted attempted assassin was invited to events with the prime minister during...
Apr 16, 2018
California governor says scrapping cap and trade would not be smart move
TORONTO - Scrapping Ontario’s cap-and-trade system would make no sense, the governor of California said Monday as he weighed in on a key Ontario election issue. Gov. Jerry Brown, who was asked a...
Apr 16, 2018
Southern Alberta flooding prompts state of local emergency
LETHBRIDGE - Several municipalities in southern Alberta were under a State of Local Emergency Monday, April 16 due to overland flooding from the melting snow. Lethbridge County was added to the list M...
Apr 16, 2018
Canada's Krista DuChene finishes third in women's Boston Marathon race
Mother Nature offered Canadian Krista DuChene a competitive advantage Monday at the 2018 Boston Marathon. The 41-year-old from Strathroy, Ont., battled a steady headwind exceeding 40 kilometres an hou...
Apr 16, 2018
Vaginal hygiene products like sprays, wipes, creams linked to infections: study
TORONTO - Doctors have long advised women to avoid vaginal douching because of the risk of infection and other adverse effects, but a new study suggests other feminine hygiene products may be just as ...
Apr 16, 2018
WiFi network named 'remote detonator' prompts gym evacuation
SAGINAW TOWNSHIP, Mich. - A Michigan gym patron looking for a WiFi connection found one named “remote detonator,” prompting an evacuation and precautionary search of the facility by a bomb...
Apr 16, 2018