Category Archives: Canadian Press
Stewart, Seinfeld, Springsteen headline benefit
NEW YORK - Somewhat incredulously, Jon Stewart on Tuesday recalled getting into a Twitter war three years ago with the man who could be elected president of the United States next week. The former hos...
Nov 01, 2016
Cubs, Indians take Series to Game 7: 'This is what you want'
CLEVELAND - Most fans around the country can sit back and savour Game 7. Not so easy for anyone who has spent a lifetime rooting for the Cubs or Indians. All those years of hope and heartbreak collide...
Nov 01, 2016
Brownstein and Saunders, mutual admirers, co-host reading
NEW YORK - It’s not hard to understand why author George Saunders and rock star-actress-author Carrie Brownstein admire each other. Co-hosting a reading Tuesday night in Manhattan, they each sho...
Nov 01, 2016
Civil liberties group sues over California ballot selfies
SAN FRANCISCO - California’s ban on sharing photographs of marked ballots violates voters’ First Amendment right to freedom of speech by preventing them from expressing their political vie...
Nov 01, 2016
US says money for Indian land buys will come up short
BILLINGS, Mont. - An ambitious effort to restore tribal control over huge areas of privately owned land on American Indian reservations is projected to run out of money with millions of acres still un...
Nov 01, 2016
102-year-old Arizona woman casts early vote for Clinton
PRESCOTT, Ariz. - A 102-year-old Prescott, Arizona, woman born before women gained the right to vote in America has cast her ballot early and voted for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinto...
Nov 01, 2016
911 transcripts show confusion, fear during mall stabbings
MINNEAPOLIS - The first person to call 911 as a man stabbed several people at a central Minnesota mall in September urged a dispatcher to send police and an ambulance, saying: “There’s blo...
Nov 01, 2016
Kane helps Blackhawks beat Flames 5-1 for 3rd straight win
CHICAGO - Patrick Kane was terrific, and Corey Crawford had another solid performance for the Blackhawks. Oh, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Cleveland Indians in Game 6 of the World Series. “Sure...
Nov 01, 2016
North Dakota officials borrow $4M, criticize protest cost
BISMARCK, N.D. - North Dakota leaders have agreed to borrow an additional $4 million to cover the escalating costs of policing protests at the Dakota Access pipeline and slammed the federal government...
Nov 01, 2016
Poker player cries as he admits massive debt collection scam
NEW YORK - One of the nation’s top card players lost his poker face on Tuesday while pleading guilty in a $31 million debt collection scam. Travell Thomas, a past winner of World Series of Poker...
Nov 01, 2016