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Producers plan TV show set, filmed in southeast Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska - Los Angeles-based producers are working to develop a TV series that would be set and filmed in southeast Alaska. Helena Sardinha and Rafael Thomaseto are planning an eight-episode ant...
Feb 13, 2019
Too big to sell: Airbus bids pained adieu to superjumbo A380
TOULOUSE, France - To passengers, the A380 feels immediately different - spacious, smooth and oddly elegant for a jet so gargantuan. Yet to Airbus, it’s become a burden so super-sized that the E...
Feb 13, 2019
Crosby, Penguins trip up McDavid, Oilers 3-1
PITTSBURGH - The NHL’s most electric playmaker swooping in on him and his team’s one-goal lead very much in doubt, Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Matt Murray did something that’s kin...
Feb 13, 2019
Siakam, Anunoby lead Raptors past Wizards with Leonard watching from bench
TORONTO - Pascal Siakam got chants of “MVP, MVP.” Jeremy Lin, just hours after landing in Toronto, got a standing ovation as he made his Raptors debut. It made for a feel-good night as Tor...
Feb 13, 2019
China, US start trade talks ahead of tariff deadline
BEIJING - U.S. and Chinese negotiators have begun trade talks President Donald Trump says will help decide whether he postpones a planned tariff increase on $200 billion of imports from China. Busines...
Feb 13, 2019
Wisconsin Senate refuses to honour Colin Kaepernick
MADISON, Wis. - Republicans who control the Wisconsin Senate refused to mention NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick in a resolution honouring Black History Month passed Wednesday, rejecting calls from De...
Feb 13, 2019
Heart Report focuses on women's health, brain health, signs of heart attack and stroke
February is Heart Month for the Heat and Stroke Foundation, and in 2019 the organization is focusing on women's heart and brain health, and the signs of a heart attack and stroke. According to this ye...
Feb 13, 2019
Democrats question pledges in $26.5B T-Mobile-Sprint deal
WASHINGTON - Democratic lawmakers challenged top executives of T-Mobile and Sprint on Wednesday over their pledge not to raise prices for wireless services or hurt competition if their $26.5 billion m...
Feb 13, 2019
Congress urged to fully open banks to marijuana industry
LOS ANGELES - Bank officials and others urged Congress on Wednesday to fully open the doors of the U.S. banking system to the legal marijuana industry, a change that supporters say would reduce crime ...
Feb 13, 2019
Google to invest $13 billion in new US offices, data centres
SAN FRANCISCO - Google said today it will invest more than $13 billion in building data centres and offices across the U.S in 2019. The Mountain View, California-based company emphasized its new locat...
Feb 13, 2019