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Hail, Mary! High school's halftime show is a drag pageant
A Vermont high school homecoming football game turned into a "drag ball" runway at halftime, with a mix of students and faculty members parading in gowns, wigs and makeup - and a big crowd in rainbow ...
Oct 16, 2021
Hail, Mary! High school's halftime show is a drag pageant
A Vermont high school homecoming football game turned into a "drag ball" runway at halftime, with a mix of students and faculty members parading in gowns, wigs and makeup - and a big crowd in rainbow ...
Oct 16, 2021
Haaland returns, scores twice for Dortmund to go top in Germany
BERLIN (AP) - Erling Haaland scored twice on his return for Borussia Dortmund to beat Mainz 3-1 and move to the top of the Bundesliga on Saturday. Haaland blasted a penalty straight down the middle in...
Oct 16, 2021
Salah's latest stunner caps Liverpool's 5-0 win at Watford
WATFORD, England (AP) - With a deft touch, a roll of the ball with his studs, a dummy and then a sublime finish into the bottom corner, Mohamed Salah produced another goal-of-the-season contender to h...
Oct 16, 2021
Removing the %&*@ from Maine's vanity plates will take time
Removing the flipping obscenities from license plates on Maine's roads and highways isn't going to happen overnight, even though a law banning such profanities in a state where such regulation has bee...
Oct 16, 2021
Nature groups threaten to take Ottawa to court over Quebec chorus frog protection
MONTREAL - Two environmental groups say they're ready to take the federal government to court if it fails to protect a population of tiny brown frogs they say are threatened by a road expansion projec...
Oct 16, 2021
NASA's asteroid hunter Lucy soars into sky with diamonds
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A NASA spacecraft named Lucy rocketed into the sky with diamonds Saturday morning on a 12-year quest to explore eight asteroids. Seven of the mysterious space rocks are amo...
Oct 16, 2021
Government bracing for surge in passport renewals
OTTAWA - Pierce Schoel thought he might be able to avoid a long wait at the passport office in Kitchener, Ont. by going in the middle of the day. He was surprised to discover line-ups out the door. Th...
Oct 16, 2021
Leaders pay tribute at church where British lawmaker killed
LONDON (AP) - Leaders from across the political spectrum came together Saturday to pay tribute to a long-serving British lawmaker who was stabbed to death in what police have described as a terrorist ...
Oct 16, 2021
International Energy Agency forecasts decline in Canadian oil demand coming
OTTAWA - Environment groups in Canada say governments and the oil and gas industry can no longer pretend there is an economic case for expanding oil production after the latest international energy fo...
Oct 16, 2021