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Allen Stanford gets 110 years for orchestrating $7-billion Ponzi scheme
HOUSTON – Former jet-setting Texas tycoon Allen Stanford had plenty of things to say before a federal judge sentenced him to 110 years in prison for bilking investors out of more than $7 billion over two decades.
Dunn hits three-run homer in White Sox’s loss
ST. LOUIS – Adam Dunn had to persuade Robin Ventura to put him in the lineup Thursday night.
LeBron James, Miami Heat survive Thunder rally for 100-96 win, tie NBA Finals at a game apiece
OKLAHOMA CITY – LeBron James scored 32 points and hit the clinching free throws with 7 seconds left, Dwyane Wade added 24 points and the Miami Heat claimed home-court advantage in the NBA Finals by beating the Oklahoma City Thunder 100-96 in Game 2 on Thursday night.
Pena drives in tying run, Dyson scores on misguided throw to give Royals 4-3 win over Brewers
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Brayan Pena drove in the tying run in the ninth inning, and Jarrod Dyson scored the winning run on a misguided cutoff throw across the infield, giving the Kansas City Royals a 4-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday night.
Dorzon TD helps Bombers to 22-10 win over Alouettes in pre-season play
MONTREAL – Bloi-Dei Dorzon scored on a 37-yard run as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers opened their CFL pre-season schedule with a 22-10 victory over the Montreal Alouettes on Thursday night.
Jury rejects claims that Costner, partner duped Baldwin, friend out of lucrative BP contract
NEW ORLEANS – A federal jury late Thursday rejected claims that Kevin Costner and his business partner duped fellow actor Stephen Baldwin and a friend out of millions of dollars from a BP contract for using oil cleanup devices in the aftermath of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill.
FDA urges removal of SKorean shellfish from market because of possible norovirus contamination
WASHINGTON – The Food and Drug Administration is urging food distributors, retailers and food service vendors to remove from the market oysters, clams, mussels and scallops imported from South Korea because of possible contamination with human waste and norovirus.
Report: Japan police arrest final cult fugitive from 1995 nerve gas attack on Tokyo subway
TOKYO – Japan’s public broadcaster says police have arrested the last fugitive suspected in a doomsday cult’s deadly nerve gas attack on Tokyo subways 17 years ago.
Silent vigil held Thursday night for victim in body parts slaying
TORONTO – People held candles and lit incense in a Montreal park Thursday night to remember the victim in the notorious body-parts killing.
BeBe Winans writing book on Whitney Houston, ‘The Whitney I Knew,’ due out July 31
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Whitney Houston’s mother isn’t the only person writing a book on the superstar.
Weekend rain expected to push up BC river levels; some may reach flood stage
VICTORIA – Heavy rain expected over parts of B.C. this weekend is once again raising fears of possible flooding.
Insolvent Catalyst Paper to file new creditor plan to avoid sale of assets
RICHMOND, B.C. – Insolvent Catalyst Paper, which has already announced the sale of its assets, says it will file a new amended plan of arrangement to a court Friday in the hopes that the new plan will be approved by creditors after previous attempts failed.
B.C. Supreme Court to rule on doctor-assisted suicide for ill patients
VANCOUVER – A group challenging Canada’s laws against doctor-assisted suicide is expected to get an answer Friday from the B.C. Supreme Court.
Ontario court orders blog-based libel case to trial
TORONTO – A right-wing political commentator should face trial for referring to a blogger as a Taliban supporter during a heated online exchange, the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled Thursday.
US athletes will wear uniforms at Olympics that could shave time off sprints
NEW YORK, N.Y. – U.S. Olympic track and field athletes will wear uniforms at the London Olympics that Nike says could shave up to 0.023 seconds off 100-metre sprint times.