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WASHINGTON - The Pentagon worked Wednesday to stave off a public relations nightmare, suspending efforts to force California National Guard troops who served in Iraq and Afghanistan to repay their enl...

ANTIGONISH, N.S. - The day Brian Mulroney showed up for classes at St. Francis Xavier University in 1955, he was carrying a cardboard suitcase and wearing the only blazer he had. Canada’s 18th p...

Alcohol, not hate, fuelled a break-in and extensive vandalism at a Muslim centre in a remote part of Quebec, say provincial police. “It’s the first business he (the accused) saw after he l...

MARBLEHEAD, Ohio - This was no ordinary bump from a flight. A longtime Cleveland Indians fan is being given quite a reward after giving up his seat on a plane to make sure former outfielder Kenny Loft...

SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Two suspects in a string of nationwide jewelry heists appeared briefly Wednesday in a New Brunswick provincial court facing diamond-theft charges. Seventy-year-old Grigori Zaharov a...

OTTAWA - A spokesman for the minister of international trade says a Canadian delegation would not be heading off to Europe on Wednesday to sign what would be a landmark trade deal with the European Un...

HALIFAX - Officials running the Atlantic Lottery Corp. spent thousands of dollars on lavish dinners and Christmas parties, boosted executive salaries and handed out generous perks to politicians, acco...

NEW YORK - A principal of a New York City public high school who was beaten by a student after asking him to turn down the music in his headphones is recovering. Dr. Matthew Tossman addressed a letter...

JERUSALEM - An Israeli soldier was lightly wounded by fire from Lebanon on Wednesday, the military said, in a rare flare-up along a border that has remained largely calm for the past decade. The milit...

NEW YORK - Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is working with environmentalist Carl Pope on a book about climate change. St. Martin’s Press told The Associated Press on Wednesday that ...