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RCMP help once poison-tipped arrows from Africa find their way to B.C. museum
VANCOUVER - Two old arrows from Africa will be looked at by a curator at the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia to see if they might be added to its archives after the interv...
Aug 10, 2016

RCMP help once poison-tipped arrows from Africa find their way to B.C. museum
VANCOUVER - Two old arrows from Africa will be looked at by a curator at the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia to see if they might be added to its archives after the interv...
Aug 10, 2016
Handcuffs instead of rings for brides and grooms in Austria
VIENNA - Two couples looking to get married have left an Austrian registry office wearing handcuffs instead of rings. State broadcaster ORF reports that the registrar in the town of Moedling, south of...
Aug 10, 2016
Ukulele player gets legal break to perform with reggae star
HONOLULU - A Maui ukulele player who unwittingly sang a duet with reggae artist Matisyahu will be performing with the singer in Hollywood. But making the opportunity happen required help from MauiR...
Aug 10, 2016

Jets' Fitzpatrick will consider Larry David's shave plea
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. - What’s the deal with the beard? Larry David, the creator of “Seinfeld” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” is a big New York Jets fan. He’s not too fon...
Aug 10, 2016

Torstar laying off more than 50 people, job losses at Toronto Star, tablet app
TORONTO - The company that owns the Toronto Star said Tuesday it is laying off more than 50 people, mostly from its newsroom and tablet edition, amid increasing pressure from declining print advertisi...
Aug 10, 2016

Torstar laying off more than 50 people, job losses at Toronto Star, tablet app
TORONTO - The company that owns the Toronto Star said Tuesday it is laying off more than 50 people, mostly from its newsroom and tablet edition, amid increasing pressure from declining print advertisi...
Aug 10, 2016
5.1 quake rattles Northern California, no damage reported
NICE, Calif. - A magnitude 5.1 earthquake rattled rural Northern California Tuesday with no reports of damage or injuries. The U.S Geological Survey reported the quake struck at 7:57 p.m. and its epic...
Aug 10, 2016

Pop stars, diplomacy victims of cooling China-S. Korea ties
BEIJING - Growing Chinese anger at South Korea over a U.S. anti-missile defence system bodes ill for everything from pop star appearances to United Nations action against North Korea’s nuclear a...
Aug 10, 2016

Billionaire landowner the Duke of Westminster dies at 64
LONDON - Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, the sixth Duke of Westminster - a friend of Britain’s royal family and one of the country’s wealthiest landowners - has died at 64. The Grosvenor Estat...
Aug 10, 2016