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Scientists challenge claim that Labrador is site of planet's oldest life
A team of geological researchers is challenging claims that some of the earliest forms of known life existed in northern Labrador. The argument that a rocky outcrop showed evidence of life going ...
May 13, 2019
Kakko scores 3 as Finland beats Slovakia; Czechs rout Norway
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia - Kaapo Kakko scored a hat trick to lift Finland to a 4-2 win over host Slovakia at the ice hockey world championship on Saturday. Kakko, who led Finland with two goals in an upse...
May 13, 2019
Poland shaken by documentary about pedophile priests
WARSAW, Poland - A new documentary revealing new cases of pedophilia by priests has deeply shaken Poland, one of Europe's most Roman Catholic societies, eliciting an apology from the church hierarchy ...
May 13, 2019
'Empire' will go 1 more season, Smollett's future is unclear
NEW YORK - The Fox network says "Empire" will be back this fall for its final season. But Fox executives in announcing the 2019-20 season say that Jussie Smollett's future in the show is unclear. Fox ...
May 13, 2019
UK halts export of 'Lady Chatterley' copy from famous trial
LONDON - The British government has used its powers to preserve the nation's cultural treasures to halt the export of a tattered paperback copy of "Lady Chatterley's Lover." The copy of the once-scand...
May 13, 2019
Sunday's Scoreboard
Sunday's GamesWHL FinalVancouver 4, PA 2Series tied 3-3 World Hockey ChampionshipUnited States 7 France 1Germany 2 Denmark 1Canada 8 Great Britain 0Russia 5 Austria 0Sweden 8 Italy 0Switzerland 3 Latv...
May 13, 2019 (file photo/battlefordsNOW staff)
NBC bets on comedy next year, 'This Is Us" for years to come
NEW YORK - NBC didn't invoke its "must-see TV" 20th-century marketing slogan in announcing a renewed emphasis on sitcoms next season, but it could have. Calling comedy the "heart" of its brand, the ne...
May 13, 2019
'Pillow Talk' to 'Lucky Me': A list of Doris Day's films
The list of Doris Day's films and her leading men: 1948- "Romance on the High Seas" (Jack Carson) 1949- "My Dream Is Yours" (Jack Carson); "It's a Great Feeling" (Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson) 1950- "Yo...
May 13, 2019
2 bodies found at home of woman in German crossbow case
BERLIN - The bodies of two women have been found at the apartment in Germany of one of three people who died at a hotel several hundred kilometres away in a mysterious case involving crossbows, police...
May 13, 2019
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's trade theories don't hold water
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump cast a fog of misinformation over the U.S. trade dispute with China, floating inaccurate numbers and skewed economic theories as big tariffs kicked in on Chinese go...
May 13, 2019