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AL holds off NL for 4-3 win in All-Star Game
CLEVELAND - Justin Verlander, Shane Bieber and the American League pitchers plugged power back into the mound. A day after an awesome Home Run Derby got baseball buzzing even more about monster shots,...
Jul 09, 2019
EU fines Hello Kitty owner $7 million in antitrust ruling
BRUSSELS - European Union authorities on Tuesday fined the Japanese company behind Hello Kitty for restricting cross-border online sales of toys, mugs, bags and other products featuring the cartoon ca...
Jul 09, 2019
Military's second-in-command to resign, links decision with Mark Norman case
OTTAWA - The military's second-in-command, Lt.-Gen. Paul Wynnyk, is resigning. The move, which is effective on Aug. 9, comes only weeks after the federal government agreed to a settleme...
Jul 09, 2019
Mexico's treasury secretary resigns, cites interference
MEXICO CITY - Mexico's treasury secretary resigned Tuesday, complaining of the appointment of unqualified officials by "influential people in the current administration who have clear conflicts of int...
Jul 09, 2019
Man sentenced for stealing Marilyn Monroe statue in LA
LOS ANGELES - Prosecutors say a man who stole a statue of Marilyn Monroe from atop a Hollywood public art installation has been sentenced to a year in jail and ordered to pay more than $14,000 in rest...
Jul 09, 2019
Martin tied for lead at Alberta Women's Amateur Championship
ACHESON, AB - It took Becky Martin a little while to find her groove at The Ranch Golf Club.Once she did, the former MHC Rattlers standout returned to the elite-level form Hatter's have came to expect...
Jul 09, 2019
Moose Monarchs finish with 1-4 record at U.S. tournament
SPOKANE, WASH. -The Medicine Hat Moose Monarchs finished with a 1-4 record at a recent tournament in Spokane.The American Legion Baseball Team wrapped up an appearance at the Spokane Fourth of July Wo...
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Killing of black teen in Phoenix area trending on Twitter
PHOENIX - Hundreds of people including a presidential candidate are speaking out on Twitter about the killing of a 17-year-old black youth at a suburban convenience store by a white man who said he wa...
Jul 09, 2019
Crews rush 46 to hospital after carbon monoxide leak at Winnipeg hotel
WINNIPEG - Sergiy Bolshakov was watching TV in his Winnipeg hotel room when a firefighter knocked on the door and told him the building was being evacuated because of an emergency. The Toronto man qui...
Jul 09, 2019
Massive choir a place for Estonians to find identity, solace
TALLINN, Estonia - Tens of thousands of Estonians joined in singing folk songs Sunday on the 150th anniversary of a music festival that inspired resistance to Soviet control and later received recogni...
Jul 09, 2019