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Warren Sapp to donate brain for medical research
MIAMI - Pro Football Hall of Famer Warren Sapp is donating his brain for medical research. Sapp announced Tuesday that his brain will go to the Concussion Legacy Foundation after his death. The 44-yea...
Jun 20, 2017
Saudi king names son heir as new generation encircles throne
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia’s King Salman appointed his 31-year-old son Mohammed bin Salman as crown prince on Wednesday, placing him first-in-line to the throne and laying the groundwor...
Jun 20, 2017
Citizens on Patrol and Alberta RCMP sign official partnership
June 20 marks the start of an official partnership between the Alberta RCMP and the Alberta Citizens On Patrol Association (ACOPA). After many years of being a police supported program, Citizens On Pa...
Jun 20, 2017
Toshiba prefers US-Japan bidder for memory chip biz sale
TOKYO - Toshiba Corp. has chosen a U.S.-Japan consortium as the preferred bidder in the sale of its lucrative memory chip business. The troubled Japanese electronics giant has had deep recent losses a...
Jun 20, 2017
Martinez pitches Rangers back to .500 with 6-1 win over Jays
ARLINGTON, Texas - Nick Martinez wasn’t distracted by a quick trip to the bullpen after a couple of rough starts as part of the churning bottom of the Texas rotation. The right-hander knows the ...
Jun 20, 2017
Tropical Storm Cindy strengthens in Gulf; warning area grows
NEW ORLEANS - Tropical Storm Cindy formed Tuesday in the Gulf of Mexico, hovering south of Louisiana as it churned tides and spun bands of heavy, potentially flooding rain onto the central and eastern...
Jun 20, 2017
Rebels attack Philippine village, possibly to divert troops
KIDAPAWAN, Philippines - Muslim rebels raided a southern Philippine village and positioned themselves in a school as they engaged troops in a gunbattle early Wednesday that officials said may be an at...
Jun 20, 2017
Science Says: DNA shows early spread of cats in human world
NEW YORK - Long before cats became the darlings of Facebook and YouTube, they spread through the ancient human world. A DNA study reached back thousands of years to track that conquest and found evide...
Jun 20, 2017
Woman who hid gun in her vagina gets probation in drug case
WACO, Texas - A Texas woman who police said packed a loaded pistol in her vagina has been sentenced to probation after she pleaded guilty to drug possession. Ashley Cecilia Castaneda has been sentence...
Jun 20, 2017
Triple murder trial hears testimony about remains found in firepit
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - The trial of a man accused of killing a young father, his two-year-old daughter and a senior in southern Alberta is hearing testimony about the firepit where the girl’s remai...
Jun 20, 2017