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Let’s Hang out with Terrible Tommy at the Gallows
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! The Story of Terrible Tommy Believe it or not, we own Terrible Tommy's wooden gallows. Well, they're not his exactly, but rather the method in which Tommy ...
Jul 03, 2017
4 Hot Dogs Celebrating Freedom in the Kitchen
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! On Independence Day alone, Americans will consume over 155 million hot dogs. The hot dog is considered a nearly omnipotent food by the National Hot Dog and...
Jul 03, 2017
Iraqi Kurds want same right to self-determination as Quebecers: Diplomat
OTTAWA - A senior representative for Iraq’s Kurdish region is defending her people’s plan to hold a referendum on independence, saying they simply want to exercise the same right to self-d...
Jul 03, 2017
Comic TV and film actor, Paolo Villaggio, 84, dies in Rome
ROME - Paolo Villaggio, a comic actor whose invented workplace characters interpreted Italians’ foibles, died Monday in Rome at 84. His children said Villaggio had been debilitated by complicati...
Jul 03, 2017
Northern shelters for victims of violence got small share of federal funding
OTTAWA - Canada’s Far North is getting the short end of the stick on a major federal investment aimed at reducing gender-based violence, advocates say, because the money is being meted out based...
Jul 03, 2017
Stars sign Radulov to $31.25 million, 5-year deal
DALLAS - Right winger Alexander Radulov got the richest contract given to an unrestricted free agent this off-season when he signed a $31.25 million, five-year deal with the Dallas Stars. Only after a...
Jul 03, 2017
British teen jailed for plotting London bomb attack
LONDON - A British teenager was sentenced Monday to at least 16 1/2 years in prison for plotting a bombing whose potential targets included an Elton John concert on the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 1...
Jul 03, 2017
Montreal Canadiens agree to terms on one-year deal with forward Ales Hemsky
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens agreed to terms on a one-year contract with free agent forward Ales Hemsky on Monday. The 33-year-old Czech missed most of the 2016-17 campaign after undergoing hip s...
Jul 03, 2017
Blue Jays acquire Montero from Chicago Cubs for player to be named or cash
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays acquired catcher Miguel Montero and cash considerations from the Chicago Cubs on Monday in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations. Montero has a...
Jul 03, 2017
Discussing crash, Venus Williams sheds tears at Wimbledon
LONDON - Venus Williams wiped tears from her eyes during her Wimbledon news conference Monday. She shook her head, fiddled with her hair and sat, silently. The wave of emotion came as Williams attempt...
Jul 03, 2017