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Stephen King complaint spurs newspaper subscription drive
PORTLAND, Maine - A Maine newspaper that horrified author Stephen King by dropping its local book review coverage is using his complaint to boost digital subscriptions. King, who lives in Bangor, comp...
Jan 12, 2019
Granddad: Wisconsin girl has no link to suspected kidnapper
MADISON, Wis. - The grandfather of a northwestern Wisconsin girl who authorities say was abducted during a home invasion that left her parents dead said Saturday that the family has no connection to t...
Jan 12, 2019
Motive for slaying of California policewoman still a mystery
DAVIS, Calif. - A gunman on a bicycle ambushed a rookie policewoman in Northern California, shooting her from the shadows, then reloaded and narrowly avoided wounding others before walking home and ca...
Jan 12, 2019
Trump calls report on FBI probe of him 'most insulting'
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Saturday called “most insulting” a published report that federal law enforcement officials were so concerned about his behaviour in the days after he...
Jan 12, 2019
US starts withdrawing supplies, but not troops, from Syria
WASHINGTON - The U.S. military says it has started pulling equipment, but not troops, out of Syria as a first step in meeting President Donald Trump’s demand for a complete military withdrawal. ...
Jan 12, 2019
Selective shutdown? Trump tries to blunt impact, takes heat
WASHINGTON - The government shutdown is wreaking havoc on many Americans: Hundreds of thousands of federal employees don’t know when they’ll see their next paycheque, and low-income people...
Jan 12, 2019
Congo runner-up Fayulu asks court to order election recount
KINSHASA, Congo - Congo’s presidential runner-up Martin Fayulu has asked the constitutional court to order a recount in the disputed election, declaring on Saturday that “you can’t m...
Jan 12, 2019
Dozens feared dead in Nigeria as leaking oil tanker explodes
LAGOS, Nigeria - An overturned oil tanker exploded in Nigeria while dozens of people were scooping up the leaking fuel and many were killed, police and witnesses said Saturday. Hundreds of people have...
Jan 12, 2019
Underfunding, bad repairs, cited for why Canadian roads are breaking down
OTTAWA - Municipal and provincial governments in Canada are all looking for better ways to deal with their growing pothole problems, but none is properly tracking whether the repairs they do now are e...
Jan 12, 2019
Foreign affairs minister welcomes "brave new Canadian" as Saudi teen lands in Toronto
TORONTO - A Saudi teen described as a “brave new Canadian” by an official from the government that granted her refugee status as she fled her allegedly abusive family is en route to her ne...
Jan 12, 2019