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Ottawa will continue to monitor housing market: Finance Minister Bill Morneau
TORONTO - Ottawa will continue to monitor the real estate market and take the necessary actions to ensure that an uptick in interest rates or a decline in home prices don’t threaten the country&...
Oct 28, 2016
Prison for hacker who stole celebrities' nude photos, videos
HARRISBURG, Pa. - A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to a year and a half in prison for hacking into the email and online accounts of several female celebrities and stealing private information, in...
Oct 28, 2016
Volkswagen introduces new American-built 7-passenger SUV
DETROIT - Volkswagen took a big step toward recovering from its emissions-cheating scandal by introducing a new seven-passenger SUV. The Atlas SUV gives VW a family hauler entry into the fastest-growi...
Oct 28, 2016
AutoNation to sell its own parts, add used car centres
DETROIT - The largest auto dealership chain in the U.S. is expanding into stand-alone used car sales centres and will even sell its own automotive replacement parts. Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based Aut...
Oct 28, 2016
Amy Yang eagles par 4, stretches LPGA lead to 3 in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Amy Yang holed a pitching wedge for eagle on the par-4 11th hole and stretched her lead to three strokes Friday in the hot, humid and stormy Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia. The 27-y...
Oct 28, 2016
Morneau says he has followed all federal rules governing fundraising
TORONTO - Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau says he has abided by all the rules to ensure he has not violated any regulations governing lobbying and conflict of interest. Morneau’s comments ...
Oct 28, 2016
WADA cites near collapse of anti-doping program at Rio Games
MONTREAL - The World Anti-Doping Agency has detailed serious failings of doping control management at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, saying the system was only saved from collapsing by the “enormo...
Oct 28, 2016
Comedian Pikotaro astonished by viral success of 'PPAP' song
TOKYO - The Japanese comedian behind the viral hit “PPAP” is astonished by the global success of his “pen-pinapple-apple-pen” song. Dressed in his trademark yellow outfit with ...
Oct 28, 2016
Jury awards more than $70M to woman in baby powder lawsuit
ST. LOUIS - A St. Louis jury on Thursday awarded a California woman more than $70 million in her lawsuit alleging that years of using Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder caused her cancer, the l...
Oct 28, 2016
Manson follower 'Tex' Watson denied parole in California
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California parole officials recommended Thursday that Charles “Tex” Watson, the self-described right-hand man of murderous cult leader Charles Manson, should remain in...
Oct 28, 2016