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Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Rotten Sneaker Contest Six young participants from across the country, New York to Alaska, smelled it out for the country's stinkiest sneaker. Despite an a...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Phineas Gage When 25-year-old Phineas Gage went into the Vermont wilderness to work as a railroad foreman in 1848, he had no idea that his story would show...

TORONTO - A man accused of killing a young woman in Toronto’s gay village had his charge upgraded to first-degree murder after police found new evidence in the case, an investigator said Thursda...

The Alberta government has laid two charges against a Drayton Valley used oil storage and recycling facility and its directors for failing to comply with provincial environmental legislation. Jonah an...

BEISEKER- RCMP were called to a collision between a semi and a train yesterday morning on Highway 575 at approximately 11 a.m. The semi, which was loaded with grain, struck the train and caused a mino...

BRUSSELS - The European Union is recalling its ambassador from Moscow for consultations over the nerve gas attack against a former spy in Britain earlier this month, reinforcing a united stand with Pr...

BRUSSELS - British Prime Minister Theresa May will urge European Union leaders to unite and condemn Russia as they meet Thursday in Brussels. May is seeking a strong statement against President Vladim...

HOUSTON - A toxic onslaught from the nation’s petrochemical hub was largely overshadowed by the record-shattering deluge of Hurricane Harvey as residents and first responders struggled to save l...

Egyptians go to the polls next week in what is essentially a one-candidate election considered by critics to be a return of sorts to authoritarian rule, after a 2011 revolution that sparked loftier ex...

WASHINGTON - Imagine: A pay-per-view steel-cage fight featuring Donald “Kick His A–” Trump versus Joe “Beat the Hell Out of Him” Biden. Price to tune in? Enough to elimin...