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French judge refuses to block Catholic sex scandal movie
PARIS - A French judge refused Monday to block the release this week in French cinemas of a movie based on a Catholic sex scandal. French director Francois Ozon’s film “Grace a Dieu”...
Feb 18, 2019
'Making this up:' Study says oilsands assessments marred by weak science
EDMONTON - Dozens of oilsands environmental impact studies are marred by inconsistent science that’s rarely subjected to independent checks, says a university study. “It doesn’t make...
Feb 18, 2019
The Greatest Misquotes In History
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! We're a quotable society, and we love to echo the famous words of others. However, many of the most popular quotes we love to recount are actually wrong. H...
Feb 18, 2019
Goodbye Opportunity: The Little Rover That Could
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! This Week [February 10-16th, 2019] Missing Opportunity, a snowy tribute to da Vinci, a dating app for cows, and the rest of the week's weird news from Ripl...
Feb 18, 2019
Country star Miranda Lambert reveals secret marriage
NASHVILLE - Country star Miranda Lambert celebrated Valentine’s Day weekend with the announcement that she secretly got married. A representative for the singer confirmed the marriage after Lamb...
Feb 18, 2019
Don Cheadle sports political shirts as he hosts 'SNL'
NEW YORK - Don Cheadle delivered some political messages along with jokes as he hosted “Saturday Night Live” for the first time. The actor sported a T-shirt that said “Protect Trans ...
Feb 18, 2019
Julia Roberts to receive George Eastman Award for movie work
ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Actress Julia Roberts will be this year’s recipient of the George Eastman Award, given to honour contributions to the art of cinema. The George Eastman Museum in Rochester says...
Feb 18, 2019
Border wall a complex issue for 2020 prospect Beto O'Rourke
EL PASO, Texas - When President Donald Trump visited Beto O’Rourke’s hometown to argue that walling off the southern border would make the U.S. safer, the former Democratic congressman and...
Feb 18, 2019
Ex-FBI official: 'Crime may have been committed' by Trump
WASHINGTON - Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe said in an interview that aired Sunday that a “crime may have been committed” when President Donald Trump fired the head of the FBI an...
Feb 18, 2019
Nigeria's female candidates seek victory despite harassment
KANO, Nigeria - Nervous ahead of Nigeria’s delayed election, a group of young women picked up their cellphones and wished each other well. “Honestly I’m so tensed and scared,” ...
Feb 18, 2019