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AP source: Former higher ed commissioner to lead Ole Miss
An official with firsthand knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press late Thursday that former state Higher Education Commissioner Glenn Boyce will be the next chancellor of the University o...
Oct 05, 2019
Cardinals score 4 in 9th, hold off Braves 7-6 in NLDS opener
ATLANTA - Back in the playoffs for the first time since 2015, the St. Louis Cardinals look as gritty as ever. The Atlanta Braves also started down a familiar path. Marcell Ozuna and Kolten Wong each h...
Oct 05, 2019
Gregorius, Yanks stagger Twins again, lead ALDS 2-0
NEW YORK - Didi Gregorius hooked a slump-busting grand slam during a seven-run third inning and the New York Yankees pummeled the Minnesota Twins again, cruising to an 8-2 victory Saturday for a 2-0 l...
Oct 05, 2019
Medicine Hat election vignettes
Medicine Hat, AB - Medicine Hatters have been enfranchised to vote federally since 1887, originally in the Assinaboia West riding of the Northwest Territories prior to the 1908 general election when A...
Oct 05, 2019 Photo courtesy of the Alberta Legislature - The portrait of Arthur Sifton which hangs in the Alberta Legislature. Sifton was Alberta`s second premier and third MP for the federal riding of Medicine Hat.
Alford returns punt for TD in Montreal debut, Als beat Stamps to clinch playoff spot
MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes clinched a playoff spot for the first time since 2014 following a 21-17 victory over the Calgary Stampeders on Saturday. Vernon Adams Jr. returned from a one-game sus...
Oct 05, 2019
US authorities seek access to Facebook encrypted messaging
NEW YORK - U.S. Attorney General William Barr and other U.S., U.K. and Australian officials are pressing Facebook to give authorities a way to read encrypted messages sent by ordinary users, re-igniti...
Oct 05, 2019
Long-lost sculpture has returned to Los Angeles library
LOS ANGELES - A bronze sculpture that mysteriously disappeared from the Los Angeles Central Library 50 years ago has returned to its original home. One of three panels of the Well of Scribes was unvei...
Oct 05, 2019
Toronto Wolfpack win Million Pound Game to secure a berth in the Super League
TORONTO - The Toronto Wolfpack won promotion to the top-tier Super League on Saturday, rallying for 20 second-half points in a 24-6 comeback win over Featherstone Rovers in the Million Pound Game...
Oct 05, 2019
Calgary Zoo says baby giraffe born this week died overnight
CALGARY - The Calgary Zoo says a giraffe that was born there earlier this week has died. In a Facebook post Saturday, the zoo says the male calf that was born last Sunday to an eight-year-ol...
Oct 05, 2019
US vaping illnesses top 1,000; death count is up to 18
NEW YORK - The number of vaping-related illnesses has surpassed 1,000, and there's no sign the outbreak is fading, U.S. health officials said Thursday. Doctors say the illnesses, which first appeared ...
Oct 05, 2019