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Ex-SNC-Lavalin exec's trial hears of $10 million offer to witness for testimony
MONTREAL - The fraud and corruption trial of a former SNC-Lavalin executive has heard of an attempt by a lawyer representing the accused to pay off a key Crown witness currently on the stand. Riadh Be...
Nov 05, 2019
Leafs captain John Tavares set to return after seven-game injury absence
TORONTO - Maple Leafs captain John Tavares will return to the lineup tonight when Toronto hosts the Los Angeles Kings following a seven-game absence with a broken finger. The 29-year-old suf...
Nov 05, 2019
Marshall, Leonard, Lalama named CFL top performers for final week of season
TORONTO - Hamilton running back Cameron Marshall, Saskatchewan defensive lineman A.C. Leonard and Montreal linebacker D.J. Lalama are the top performers for the final week of the CFL regular season. M...
Nov 05, 2019
Defending-champion Calgary Stampeders face longer road to Grey Cup
TORONTO - The road to a fourth straight Grey Cup appearance will be a little longer than usual for Bo Levi Mitchell and the Calgary Stampeders. Calgary (12-6) hosts the Winnipeg Blue Bombers...
Nov 05, 2019
Legendary Puerto Rican astrologer Walter Mercado dies at 88
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Television astrologer Walter Mercado, whose glamorous persona made him a star in Latin media and a cherished icon for gay people in most of the Spanish-speaking world, has died...
Nov 05, 2019
ABC says interview with Epstein accuser wasn't ready to air
NEW YORK - ABC News is defending itself against charges that it was afraid to air an interview with a Jeffrey Epstein accuser after video emerged Tuesday showing its reporter, Amy Robach, venting abou...
Nov 05, 2019
Spanx founder buys Olivia Newton-John's 'Grease' pants
NEW YORK - The founder of Spanx was revealed to be the successful bidder for the skintight satin pants that Olivia Newton-John wore in the movie "Grease." Sara Blakely told "CBS This Morning" Tuesday ...
Nov 05, 2019
AP source: White House finds Pelosi drug plan 'unworkable'
WASHINGTON - The White House says House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's plan authorizing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices is "unworkable" and President Donald Trump is instead supporting bipartis...
Nov 05, 2019
Bosnian war survivors protest Peter Handke's Nobel prize win
SARAJEVO, Bosnia - Bosnian war survivors, including mothers who lost husbands and sons in the Srebrenica massacre, protested Tuesday in Sarajevo, urging the Nobel Committee to reverse its decision to ...
Nov 05, 2019
At least 9 US citizens die in cartel attack in north Mexico
MEXICO CITY - Drug cartel gunmen ambushed three SUVs along a dirt road, slaughtering at least six children and three women - all of them U.S. citizens living in northern Mexico - in a grisly attack th...
Nov 05, 2019