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Bill Clinton to speak at Boston green building conference
BOSTON - Former President Bill Clinton is scheduled to speak at a major conference on environmentally friendly construction in Boston. The Democrat is slated to give the keynote address Thursday eveni...
Nov 08, 2017
National Toy Hall of Fame to induct Class of 2017
ROCHESTER, N.Y. - A new group of toys is set to be inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in New York, where they will have a permanent place alongside previous honorees including the dollhouse, ...
Nov 08, 2017
Ontario students win international prize for cancer-detecting device
TORONTO - A group of four McMaster University students has won a $50,000 prize to develop their idea for a handheld device that detects skin cancer. The recent grads - all students in electrical biome...
Nov 08, 2017
Actor Ed Westwick under investigation for sex assault report
LOS ANGELES - Police in Los Angeles say they are investigating a sexual assault report filed against former “Gossip Girl” star Ed Westwick days after an actress accused him of raping her. ...
Nov 08, 2017
CMA Awards hosts Underwood, Paisley poke fun at politics
NASHVILLE - Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley did more than poke fun at the Country Music Association’s ill-received media guidelines that aimed to keep politics out of Wednesday’s CMA Awa...
Nov 08, 2017
Frederik Andersen comes up big as Maple Leafs down Wild 4-2
TORONTO - Frederik Andersen made some timely saves on Wednesday - most notably in the second period with the game tied - that proved to be the difference for his Toronto Maple Leafs. Andersen stopped ...
Nov 08, 2017
Russia volcano ash drifts over northern Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - An ash plume drifting from a Russia volcano has prompted flight cancellations in northern Alaska. William Walsh, a spokesman for Ravn Alaska, says the airline cancelled flights Wed...
Nov 08, 2017
Boy with rare disease gets brand new skin with gene therapy
LONDON - Doctors treating a critically ill boy with a devastating skin disease used experimental gene therapy to create an entirely new skin for most of his body in a desperate attempt to save his lif...
Nov 08, 2017
Phoenix man found guilty in death of girl locked in box
PHOENIX - A Phoenix man was convicted of first-degree murder Wednesday in the 2011 death of a 10-year-old girl who was locked in a storage box in sweltering summer heat. After deliberating for a day, ...
Nov 08, 2017
Trump optimistic on trade, North Korea after China talks
BEIJING - President Donald Trump on Thursday criticized the “very one-sided and unfair” trade relationship between the U.S. and China, but stopped short of castigating Chinese President Xi...
Nov 08, 2017