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Jeff Bezos will blast into space on rocket's 1st crew flight
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Outdoing his fellow billionaires in daredevilry, Jeff Bezos will blast into space next month when his Blue Origin company makes its first flight with a crew. The 57-year-ol...
Jun 07, 2021
Judge approves plan on fix for 18,000 Flint water lines
DETROIT - Water lines at 18,000 homes in Flint, Michigan, will be replaced under a landmark deal approved by a judge on Tuesday, marking a milestone in the effort to overcome the disastrous decision i...
Mar 28, 2017
Conservatives question government purchase of Trudeau replicas, musical tickets
OTTAWA - Anyone who has wondered how much money it would take to buy Justin Trudeau now has an answer. The cheapest life-size-but-lifeless version of the prime minister cost $63.24, according to docum...
May 09, 2017
August Busch IV investigated in office park copter landing
ST. LOUIS - Former Anheuser-Busch CEO August Busch IV is under investigation after appearing “too intoxicated to take off” hours after a helicopter landed in an office park near St. Louis,...
Jul 12, 2017
Billionaire Berlusconi is spared big-bucks alimony to his ex
ROME - A Milan court has ruled that billionaire media magnate and former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi no longer must pay 1.4 million euros ($1.65 million) a month in alimony. Italian news reports...
Nov 16, 2017
Tiger-Cats claw out 32-29 win over Lions in overtime
VANCOUVER - Running back Ante Milanovic-Litre took a direct snap and scored on a one-yard run in overtime to give the Hamilton Tiger-Cat a 32-29 win against the B.C. Lions in a nail-biting CFL game on...
Sep 28, 2024
Doctors encourage inoculation against painful shingles, laud new vaccine
TORONTO - Like many Canadians, Anne Van Burek had chickenpox as a child. But she never expected the virus that causes the itchy rash to come back to haunt her decades later. In February, Van Burek dev...
Nov 14, 2017
Still a trickle, but refugees sick of exile return to Syria
ALEPPO, Syria - Desperate to escape Syria’s terrors, Ammar Maarawi bolted. In early 2016, he paid smugglers and endured a dangerous sea crossing to Greece and an exhausting journey by train, bus...
Feb 02, 2018
A look at how provinces plan to emerge from COVID-19 shutdown
Provinces have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here is what some of the provinces have announced so far: Newfoundland and Labrador ...
Jun 12, 2020
Wells Fargo cutting sales goal in wake of hefty fine
NEW YORK - Wells Fargo announced plans Tuesday to cut its aggressive product sales goals for retail bankers, nearly a week after state and federal regulators fined the bank $185 million for allegedly ...
Sep 13, 2016