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Koe to meet Edin in Players' Championship final, Jones to face Sinclair
TORONTO - Calgary’s Kevin Koe scored a single in an extra end to beat Winnipeg’s Mike McEwen 5-4 on Saturday night in the Players’ Championship semifinal. Koe, the only men’s s...
Apr 14, 2018
AP investigation: Doctors keep licenses despite sex abuse
WASHINGTON - The first time that Dr. Anthony Bianchi came onto a patient, California’s medical board alleged, the gynecologist placed a chair against the exam room door, put his fingers into the...
Apr 14, 2018
Bon Jovi reunites to enter Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
CLEVELAND - Bon Jovi reunited with former members Richie Sambora and Alec John Such for a powerful performance on Saturday night as the band earned a spot in the prestigious Rock & Roll Hall of Fa...
Apr 14, 2018
Canadian Jennifer Abel bounces back to win diving gold at Commonwealth Games
GOLD COAST, Australia - Canadian diver Jennifer Abel bounced back Saturday from a poor showing in the women’s synchronized three-metre springboard final to win gold in the individual three-metre...
Apr 14, 2018
'Forever in our hearts' Broncos head coach remembered for actions on and off the ice
HUMBOLDT, Sask. - Darcy Haugan was remembered Saturday not just as the head coach of the Humboldt Broncos, but as a family man who led by example on and off the ice. Haugan, who was 42, was one of the...
Apr 14, 2018
Are You A Left Brain Or Right Brain? The Answer Is…
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Left Brain, Right Brain Those of us who use the right side of our brains more are creative, spontaneous, out-of-the-box thinkers. Those who tap into the le...
Apr 14, 2018
Prada Marfa And The Mysteries Of Middle Of Nowhere, Texas
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Marfa Marfa, Texas, is an enigmatic and offbeat place where art meets desert and out-of-place fashion makes a wry statement. A tiny town in West Texas, Mar...
Apr 14, 2018
That Time Britain Thought Spaghetti Grew On Trees
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Spaghetti Farming In 1957, the completely legitimate and credible BBC new program, "Panorama," pulled an April Fools joke for the ages. They ran a short sp...
Apr 14, 2018
Trump uses phrase that haunted Bush: 'Mission Accomplished!'
WASHINGTON - As he declares the U.S.-led airstrikes against Syria a success, President Donald Trump is adopting a phrase that a previous president came to regret - “mission accomplished.” ...
Apr 14, 2018
Canada faces powerful Australia in women's rugby sevens semifinal Down Under
GOLD COAST, Australia - Michaela Blyde scored two second-half tries as New Zealand rallied from a 7-5 halftime deficit to defeat Canada 24-7 in women’s rugby sevens action at the Commonwealth Ga...
Apr 14, 2018