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MTV Awards salute 'Beauty and the Beast,' 'Stranger Things'
LOS ANGELES - Film hit “Beauty and the Beast” and Netflix newcomer “Stranger Things” were the night’s big winners with two trophies apiece as MTV partied with its Movie &...
May 08, 2017
Plan to help save southern New England lobsters up for vote
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. - A plan to try to stem the decline of the southern New England lobster population is coming up for a vote in front of an interstate regulatory board. The population of lobsters off...
May 08, 2017
Liberals put on defensive over plans to create infrastructure investing machine
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government was on the defensive Monday over its plans to create a new infrastructure financing body amid opposition accusations that the Liberals had given global investors too mu...
May 08, 2017
Los Angeles, Paris await Olympic inspectors in 2024 race
GENEVA - Los Angeles and Paris, both already seen as winning options for the 2024 Games, await their Olympic inspectors this week. The cities will host three-day visits by an International Olympic Com...
May 08, 2017
Australian rules football great Lou Richards dies at 94
SYDNEY, Australia - Lou Richards, one of the first superstars in Australian rules football, has died, his former club said Monday. He was 94. Richards played for Collingwood from 1941-55. He was induc...
May 08, 2017
Blackfalds RCMP trying to locate the owner of an urn
BLACKFALDS – RCMP are asking for the public's assistance in identifying the owner of property found abandoned near Range Road 283 and Township Road 375A in Red Deer County. Mounties were contact...
May 08, 2017
New Hamas chief tours native Gaza, highlights power shift
GAZA, Palestinian Territory - The newly elected leader of Hamas paid tribute in Gaza on Monday to Palestinian prisoners being held in Israel, his first appearance in the new role and a sign of the gro...
May 08, 2017
Nicki Minaj pays college costs for Twitter fans
Nicki Minaj is putting some fans on scholarship. After a fan asked the hip-hop star if she would pay his college tuition on Twitter on Saturday night, Minaj agreed to pay fans’ school costs - on...
May 08, 2017
Nigeria identifies 82 freed Chibok girls; parents await word
ABUJA, Nigeria - Nigerian newspapers published the names Monday of 82 Chibok schoolgirls set free three years after being kidnapped by Islamic extremists, but they remained behind closed doors and the...
May 08, 2017
People committing suicide because of long wait for help, N.S. Tories say
HALIFAX - The Progressive Conservatives committed $40 million to mental health services in Nova Scotia on Monday, saying the Liberals have failed to address a deepening crisis that is seeing people co...
May 08, 2017