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Jason Kander, rising Democratic Party star, has book deal
NEW YORK - An Afghanistan war veteran, former Missouri state official and rising star in the Democratic Party has a book deal. Jason Kander’s “Outside the Wire: Ten Lessons I’ve Lear...
Apr 10, 2018
Calgary police involved in fatal shooting
CALGARY – A man in Calgary is dead after he was shot during what police are calling a confrontation with plainclothes officers. Police say the man was allegedly armed when the encounter happened...
Apr 10, 2018
UCP leader Jason Kenney calls abortion clinic legislation political game-playing
EDMONTON- United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney says proposed legislation creating safe zones around abortion clinics is political game-playing by the NDP government. He says he will abstain w...
Apr 10, 2018
South African court dismisses Pistorius appeal
JOHANNESBURG - Legal experts say Olympian Oscar Pistorius has finally run out of options to appeal his 13-year prison sentence for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp. South Africa’s highest court dis...
Apr 10, 2018
Report: Man tied to Nobel body leaked winner names
COPENHAGEN - A Swedish newspaper says the husband of a member of the academy awarding the Nobel Literature Prize violated century-old Nobel rules by repeatedly leaking the names of winners of the pres...
Apr 10, 2018
N.S. sailboat captain wins another delay in cocaine-smuggling case
HALIFAX - The lawyer for a sailboat captain who smuggled 250 kilograms of cocaine into Nova Scotia from a small Caribbean island has won yet another court delay. Jacques John Grenier of Hubbards, N.S....
Apr 10, 2018
Used cars, energy-efficient appliances more expensive under Sask. Party budget
REGINA - Buying a used car or energy-efficient appliance in Saskatchewan will get a little more expensive under Premier Scott Moe’s first budget as the government continues to chip away at the d...
Apr 10, 2018
Canadian men down England to reach basketball semifinals at Commonwealth Games
CAIRNS, Australia - Canada defeated England 97-79 Tuesday to earn a berth in the men’s basketball semifinals against New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games. Canada is fielding an all-U Sports men...
Apr 10, 2018
CARTOON 04-10-2018
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Source: CARTOON 04-10-2018
Apr 10, 2018
Poor People's Campaign to begin 40 days of action next month
RALEIGH, N.C. - As organizers rekindle an economic justice effort the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was planning when he was killed, they are looking at people like Amy Jo Hutchison to lead the way. Hut...
Apr 10, 2018