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Species battle pits protected sea lions against fragile fish
NEWPORT, Ore. - The 700-pound sea lion blinked in the sun, sniffed the sea air and then lazily shifted to the edge of the truck bed and plopped onto the beach below. Freed from the cage that carried h...
Mar 22, 2018
Romanian court says dead man can get driving license back
BUCHAREST, Romania - Days after one Romanian court told a man he was officially dead despite evidence to the contrary, another court has declared that a man who was truly dead could get his driving li...
Mar 22, 2018
Alberta budget presents plan to balance books in five years
EDMONTON - Alberta’s 2018 budget includes more spending, an $8.8-billion deficit and a five-year plan to balance the books that’s tied to the ups and downs of oil prices and the vagaries o...
Mar 22, 2018
Schools close as spring snow storm tracks toward Maritime provinces
HALIFAX - Schools are closing across the Maritime provinces as a spring snow storm tracks toward the region. Environment Canada says between 15 and 25 centimetres of snow is expected in P.E.I., northe...
Mar 22, 2018
Lawsuit over RCMP gun seizure during 2013 Alberta flood abandoned
CALGARY – A proposed class-action lawsuit against the RCMP over the seizure of guns during the 2013 floods in southern Alberta has been abandoned due to lack of interest. The lawsuit was initial...
Mar 22, 2018
AP Explains: How a phone may have steered hunt for bomber
SAN FRANCISCO - Most people who own a smartphone take it wherever they go, a fact of modern life that enabled authorities to hunt down the man suspected in five Texas bombings before he blew himself u...
Mar 22, 2018
Austin bombing suspect's uncle says he was smart, kind
A 23-year-old suspected of planting deadly bombs that struck fear across Austin was described Wednesday by his uncle as a smart and kind “computer geek” and a friend said he was an asserti...
Mar 22, 2018
Austin bombing revives trauma of Alabama explosion death
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Judge Robert S. Vance was at his kitchen table on Dec. 16, 1989, when he opened a package that had been mailed to his home. The bomb hidden inside exploded with brutal force, killin...
Mar 22, 2018
Congress OKs $1.3 trillion budget, averting another shutdown
WASHINGTON - Congress gave final approval Friday to a giant $1.3 trillion spending bill that ends the budget battles for now, but only after late obstacles skirted close to another shutdown as conserv...
Mar 22, 2018
White House issues threat over leaked Trump briefing papers
WASHINGTON - The tempest over President Donald Trump’s congratulatory phone call to Vladimir Putin quickly grew into an uproar over White House leaks, sparking an internal investigation and spec...
Mar 22, 2018