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DJ Don Imus, made and betrayed by his mouth, dead at 79
NEW YORK - Radio personality Don Imus, whose career was made and then undone by his acid tongue during a decades-long rise to stardom and an abrupt public plunge after a nationally broadcast racial sl...
Dec 29, 2019

Runaway leader Liverpool already has soundtrack of champions
LONDON - Liverpool fans ended 2019 by chanting "Champions of the world" for the first time at Anfield. "Champions of England" will surely be sung by the Kop in 2020. Sadio Mane ensured Liverpool reach...
Dec 29, 2019

Mounties eyed Cold War candid camera scheme, declassified documents show
OTTAWA - Declassified records show RCMP intelligence officials devised a secret Cold War plan to use a hidden briefcase camera to photograph Communists and Soviet Bloc officials travelling t...
Dec 29, 2019

WJHC Roundup: USA grabs first place in Group B with 5-3 win over Russia
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic - Arthur Kaliyev and Nicholas Robertson scored goals six seconds apart late in the second period to help lift the United States past Russia 3-1 on Sunday at the world...
Dec 29, 2019

2 dead, 1 hurt in shooting at church near Fort Worth, Texas
WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas - Two people were killed in a shooting at a church near Fort Worth, Texas, on Sunday morning and a third person has been taken to a hospital in critical condition, officials sa...
Dec 29, 2019

US strikes hit Iraqi militia blamed in contractor's death
WASHINGTON - The U.S. has carried out military strikes in Iraq and Syria targeting a militia blamed for a rocket attack that killed an American contractor, a Defence Department spokesman said Sunday. ...
Dec 29, 2019

Man arrested in Alberta bank robbery where suspect allegedly fled on snowmobile
ALIX, Alta. - Police in central Alberta say they've made an arrest in a bank robbery where the suspect allegedly fled on a snowmobile. RCMP began investigating on Dec. 20 when they said a lone ma...
Dec 29, 2019

Service Canada told key to improving use, ease of online services is human touch
OTTAWA - An annual review of how well the government interacts with Canadians as they access federal benefits suggests more people would turn to online channels, if there was a human around to he...
Dec 29, 2019

'Civilization is at stake': Democrats versus Trump will be 2020's main event
WASHINGTON - If history is indeed written by the victors, the story of America's epic 2020 title fight will read either like a heroic Hollywood script or&n...
Dec 29, 2019

Montreal's horse-drawn carriage industry rides off into history, but not quietly
MONTREAL - It's the end of the line for King and Maximus, Marilyn and Maya, and the rest of the gentle draft horses that live in an aging stable in Montreal's Griffintown neighbour...
Dec 29, 2019