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Badly-made fake license plate leads to arrest in California
MOORPARK, Calif. - A big-rig truck driver has been arrested after authorities spotted a phoney license plate on his rig. How could they tell? Well, the Ventura County Sheriff's Department says the 196...
Jun 12, 2019
Game 5 loss is ancient history to "live in the moment" Toronto Raptors
OAKLAND, Calif. - Live in the moment. It's been the Toronto Raptors' mantra all season. Never get too high after wins. Never too down after losses. Two days after the Raptors were an agonizing basket ...
Jun 12, 2019
Committee of MPs decides against calling for school-bus seatbelts
OTTAWA - A committee of MPs who probed bus-passenger safety in Canada has decided not to call for seatbelts to be installed in Canadian school buses, urging further study instead. The H...
Jun 12, 2019
Ex-NFL player Kellen Winslow Jr. convicted of rape
SAN DIEGO - Former NFL player Kellen Winslow Jr. - the son of a Hall of Famer who himself earned more than $40 million during his career - has been convicted of raping a 58-year-old homeless woman las...
Jun 12, 2019
Utah ski resort wants out of lawsuit against Gwyneth Paltrow
PARK CITY, Utah - A Utah ski resort where Gwyneth Paltrow is accused of crashing into and injuring a skier asked Monday to be dismissed from a lawsuit, contending the dispute should be settled between...
Jun 12, 2019
Mira Sorvino says she is a 'survivor of date rape'
ALBANY, N.Y. - Mira Sorvino has revealed that she's a survivor of date rape in an attempt to lend her voice to a push for stronger sexual assault laws in New York. The Oscar-winning actress choked up ...
Jun 12, 2019
Kenney government to bring in bill to alter union wage deals
The Alberta government has served notice it will bring in legislation to allow the province to override bargained contract agreements and delay wage talks for thousands of public-sector workers.Govern...
Jun 12, 2019
Red Deer RCMP nab extreme speeder
High-speed drivers continue to be on the radar for Red Deer RCMP.On June 8, in response to community complaints, Mounties caught a driver travelling 112 km/h in a 60 km/h zone around 9:30 p.m. while c...
Jun 12, 2019
Employee assaulted in gas station robbery
A Red Deer man has been arrested for robbery following the assault of a gas station employee in Riverside Meadows Tuesday night.It happened around 10:40 p.m. when RCMP responded to the Fas Gas at 5926...
Jun 12, 2019
Nova Chemicals wants to be part of plastic waste solution
Nova Chemicals says it wants to be part of the solution to the problem of plastics in the environment, saying that action by industry, government, communities and consumers is needed to create meaning...
Jun 12, 2019