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Dempsey scores twice as Sounders top Whitecaps 2-0 to advance to MLS West final
SEATTLE - After his team failed to direct a single shot on target in a scoreless first leg of their Western Conference semifinal, Vancouver Whitecaps head coach Carl Robinson rolled the dice with an a...
Nov 02, 2017
Health Canada expands fire extinguisher recall involving 2.7 million devices
OTTAWA - The Canadian government is expanding a recall of Kidde and Garrison brand fire extinguishers to cover some 2.7 million of the devices in Canada, including some that date back more than 40 yea...
Nov 02, 2017
Jets damage Bills' AFC East standing, 34-21
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - There was one team that looked like a playoff contender Thursday night. It wasn’t the Buffalo Bills. Buffalo’s pursuit of AFC East kingpin New England was stymied b...
Nov 02, 2017
Smith makes 43 saves, Giordano scores in OT to lift Flames over Penguins
CALGARY - It was another strong performance from Mike Smith on Thursday night. Smith made 43 saves and Mark Giordano scored at 2:19 of overtime as the Calgary Flames beat the defending Stanley Cup cha...
Nov 02, 2017
Cullen sparks Wild in 6-3 win over Price, Canadiens
ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Minnesota Wild have been beset by a bunch of injuries during a sluggish start, including long-term absences for two top forwards. Matt Cullen led the wakeup call less than five m...
Nov 02, 2017
Refugee chief criticizes UN for failing to solve conflicts
The U.N. refugee chief sharply criticized the Security Council and world leaders Thursday for failing to prevent and resolve conflicts that have displaced nearly 66 million people around the world. Fi...
Nov 02, 2017
EPA to hold hearing on climate plan repeal in West Virginia
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration announced Thursday it will hold a public hearing in West Virginia on its plan to nullify an Obama-era plan to limit planet-warming carbon emissions. The state is ...
Nov 02, 2017
Brother of French jihadi who killed 7 escapes life sentence
PARIS - The older brother of a man who killed Jewish schoolchildren and paratroopers in southern France was convicted Thursday of having ties to a terrorist enterprise but found not guilty of complici...
Nov 02, 2017
4-foot-long lizard found in Southern California backyard
RIVERSIDE, Calif. - A lizard that can grow to be 8 feet long has been found in Southern California, thousands of miles from its native land, and authorities think it’s a pet gone astray. The 4-f...
Nov 02, 2017
Mark Scheifele's hat trick leads Winnipeg over Dallas 5-2
WINNIPEG - Mark Scheifele couldn’t have timed his second career hat trick any better. Scheifele’s parents were in the stands at Bell MTS Place to watch his three goals help propel the Winn...
Nov 02, 2017