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Ginger Baker, Cream's volatile drummer, dies at 80
LONDON - Ginger Baker, the volatile and propulsive drummer for Cream and other bands who wielded blues power and jazz finesse and helped shatter boundaries of time, tempo and style in popular music, d...
Oct 08, 2019
Scheer, Trudeau draw blinds on foreign policy and focus on pocket-book politics
OTTAWA - Monday's English-language debate may open a window on how the major party leaders would try to steer Canada through a world of economic and political turbulence. Not a moment too soon, say fo...
Oct 08, 2019
From a lot to a little, party leaders dish baloney in English-language debate
OTTAWA - When they weren't talking over each other or trying to land political body blows, the six federal leaders who squared off in an English-language debate Monday night each made statements with ...
Oct 08, 2019
3 win Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries in cosmology
STOCKHOLM - Three scientists won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for their work in understanding how the universe has evolved, and the Earth's place in it. The prize was given to James Peeb...
Oct 08, 2019
Chinese state TV suspends 2 NBA preseason game broadcasts
BEIJING - Chinese state broadcaster CCTV announced Tuesday it will no longer air two NBA preseason games set to be played in the country. In a statement, CCTV indicated the decision was prompted by NB...
Oct 08, 2019
Trudeau attacks Tories for not releasing platform as leaders prepare for debate
OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau took aim at the Conservatives on Sunday for not releasing their election platform as the majority of federal party leaders spent the day cramming for Monday's cr...
Oct 08, 2019
Trudeau heads to the North as Scheer and Singh make for Toronto after debate
OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is touting his party's climate-change policies in Iqaluit today, the first party leader to go to the North in this federal election campaign. He's to appear with...
Oct 08, 2019
Torres leads Yankees to 5-1 win and sweep of Twins
MINNEAPOLIS - Gleyber Torres got New York going with a second-inning home run, scored on each of his two doubles and made a pair of sparkling defensive plays, fueling the Yankees to a 5-1 victory over...
Oct 07, 2019
Cole fans 15, Bregman homers as Astros top Rays 3-1
Houston's pair of aces dealt the Astros a pair of wins. Gerrit Cole carried his splendid September into an outstanding October with a 15-strikeout performance and Alex Bregman handed fans chanting MVP...
Oct 07, 2019
Bryan Burnham tallies three TDs, Lions trounce Argos 55-8
VANCOUVER - It might be late in the CFL season, but the B.C. Lions are finally clicking. The Leos (5-10) posted their fourth victory in a row on Saturday, trouncing the Toronto Argonauts 55-8. "We're ...
Oct 07, 2019