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Chris Pratt and Anna Faris announce separation
LOS ANGELES - Chris Pratt and Anna Faris have announced they are separating after eight years of marriage. The actors announced their breakup on social media Sunday night, writing that they tried to m...
Aug 06, 2017
Do You See Yourself Spending a Night at the Clown Motel?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Vacancy at the Clown Motel In the middle of the Nevada desert, the small town of Tonopah offers a very interesting lodging option: The Clown Motel. The Clo...
Aug 06, 2017
Tropical Storm Franklin closes in on Mexico's Yucatan
MEXICO CITY - Mexican authorities set up shelters, cleared storm drains and evacuated low-lying areas on the Caribbean coast Monday, preparing for an overnight landfall of Tropical Storm Franklin on t...
Aug 06, 2017
Kyra Sedgwick stars as a mother whose daughter disappears
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - TV producer Tassie Cameron had a recurring nightmare: While she was in her study working on a script, her sleeping children were taken from their beds. This nightmare inspired ...
Aug 06, 2017
Ruth Hamblin leads Canada to opening win over Cuba at FIBA women's AmeriCup
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Ruth Hamblin scored 15 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as Canada opened the FIBA women’s AmeriCup with an 81-35 victory over Cuba on Sunday. Nirra Fields had a game-high...
Aug 06, 2017
Book prize creator Jack Rabinovitch dead at 87: Family
TORONTO - Jack Rabinovitch, the beloved businessman who created the lucrative and prestigious Scotiabank Giller Prize literary award that boosted the profiles and sales of countless Canadian fiction a...
Aug 06, 2017
Bowie gets gold, and Jamaica fails to medal in the 100
LONDON - The American sprinter took a mighty tumble. Nobody, however, has fallen harder than Jamaica so far at this year’s world championships. The evening after Usain Bolt’s improbable lo...
Aug 06, 2017
Astros rally for 4 in 9th, beat Blue Jays 7-6 on Centeno hit
HOUSTON - The Houston Astros continue to find ways to win, with their latest victory coming thanks to a player who was called up from the minors just a day earlier. Juan Centeno hit an RBI single with...
Aug 06, 2017
Injuries, illness have plagued Canada through three days at world track and field
LONDON - Down two of its biggest stars, and now battling a stomach bug. Through three days of the world track and field championships, luck hasn’t been on the beleaguered Canadian team’s s...
Aug 06, 2017
Campfire, off-road bans limited new long-weekend wildfires in B.C.: officials
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Restrictions meant to help stave off new wildfires in tinder-dry British Columbia appear to be working as people enjoy the long weekend, officials say. Kevin Skrepnek with the BC Wild...
Aug 06, 2017