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ESPN signs Chip Kelly as college football studio analyst
Chip Kelly is getting back into the college football business, this time without a headset.…
Pastor convicted of sexually assaulting female congregants
OLD LYME, Conn. – The former pastor of a Connecticut church has been convicted of…
Maud Lewis painting ‘Black Cats’ sells for$36,800 at Consignor Art Auction
TORONTO – A Maud Lewis painting has been sold for well above its pre-auction estimate…
Police: 3-week-old child dies after Michigan dog attack
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Police say a 3-week-old child who was left alone in a…
Boehner: Trump’s term ‘disaster,’ aside from foreign affairs
WASHINGTON – Former House Speaker John Boehner says that aside from international affairs and foreign…
Woman gets 20 years in death of man buried under concrete
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Rhode Island woman has been sentenced to 20 years in prison…
91 killed, 110 missing in Sri Lankan floods, mudslides
BELLANA, Sri Lanka – Floods and torrents of mud unleashed by heavy rains in Sri…
South African opposition leader barred entry to Zambia
JOHANNESBURG – The leader of South Africa’s main opposition party on Friday sharply criticized Zambian…
Restructured and much smaller Penn West proposes name change to Obsidian Energy
CALGARY – Penn West Petroleum Ltd. (TSX:PWT) wants to change its name to Obsidian Energy…
Thirty herons killed at nesting site in Vernon, B.C., after powerful windstorm
VERNON, B.C. – More than two dozen great blue heron chicks and one adult bird…
A look at extremist attacks on Egypt’s Coptic Christians
An attack Friday on Egypt’s Coptic Christians in which masked militants opened fire on a…
Chicago inmates can order fancy Italian pizza made in jail
CHICAGO – How can you get a gourmet Italian pizza delivered right to your door…
Olympian, Pan Am champion Karine Thomas retires from synchro swim team
OTTAWA – Two-time Olympian Karine Thomas has retired after a 10-year career with the Canadian…
Ontario community’s work to prevent turtles, snakes being killed on roads a model for others
A rural Ontario community’s work to prevent endangered reptiles from being killed on a 3.6-kilometre…
Curling Canada expands Olympic pre-trials field to 28 to avoid tiebreaker option
ORLEANS, Ont. – Curling Canada has expanded the field of a pre-trials qualifying event for…
Nortel Canada to start paying billions to creditors; first instalment by July
TORONTO – Nortel Canada’s long-suffering creditors will finally begin to receive their share of more…
Ohio hospital drops rule requiring women to wear pantyhose
AKRON, Ohio – Women at an Ohio hospital system can once again skip the pantyhose…
Trump views on climate ‘evolving’ amid push from Europeans
TAORMINA, Italy – President Donald Trump views on climate change are “evolving” following discussions with…
The Latest: G-7 ask internet providers to aid terror fight
TAORMINA, Italy – The Latest on the G-7 summit in Taormina, Sicily (all times local):…
Report: More Americans with Alzheimer’s are dying at home
NEW YORK – One in 4 Alzheimer’s deaths in the United States are now occurring…
Albania returning Brazil poultry shipment with salmonella
TIRANA, Albania – Food authorities in Albania say they are returning a poultry shipment to…
Bolanos the Whitecaps’ offensive catalyst with Vancouver set to host D.C. United
VANCOUVER – The raking cross dipped in and out of the tricky late-afternoon shadows at…
That’s Saint John not St. John’s: Sea Dogs shake off branding blunder at MemCup
WINDSOR, Ont. – The Saint John Sea Dogs shook off an embarrassing branding blunder at…
Key dates in Sri Lanka’s contributions to UN peacekeeping
Sri Lanka’s participation in U.N. peacekeeping operations began while the country was embroiled in a…