Category Archives: Canadian Press
Winner named at giant pumpkin annual weigh-off in California
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. - An annual pumpkin-weighing contest in Northern California has a new winner: a third-grade teacher in Washington state who raised a giant one weighing 1,910 pounds. Cindy Tobeck...
Oct 10, 2016
Brazilian prosecutors bring new charges against ex-president
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian prosecutors said on Monday that they brought new charges against former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, adding yet another accusation to a series of corruption charges ...
Oct 10, 2016
Vice debuts its nightly newscast on HBO
NEW YORK - Vice Media launched a daily newscast Monday designed to appeal to younger viewers with colorful graphics, a light musical soundtrack, no on-camera newsreader and reports on topics ranging f...
Oct 10, 2016
Nationals beat Dodgers 8-3 to take 2-1 lead in NLDS
LOS ANGELES - Jayson Werth always wanted to hit a home run out of Dodger Stadium when he played two seasons in the venerable ballpark. His latest attempt came close with a 450-foot blast into the uppe...
Oct 10, 2016
Emails show how private and public Clinton statements clash
WASHINGTON - Behind closed doors, Hillary Clinton adopted a rather more accommodating tone with Wall Street than she has on the campaign trail. In private paid speeches to financial firms and interest...
Oct 10, 2016
Samsung halts sales of Galaxy Note 7 after new troubles
SAN FRANCISCO - Samsung said it is halting sales of the star-crossed Galaxy Note 7 smartphone after a spate of fires involving new devices that were supposed to be safe replacements for recalled model...
Oct 10, 2016
Worried about your Samsung Note 7? Here are your options
NEW YORK - Worries about the safety of Samsung’s replacement Galaxy Note 7 smartphones have consumers fretting about what to do. U.S. regulators ordered a recall of the original Note 7, a huge p...
Oct 10, 2016
Heartfelt letter from Einstein to son goes up for auction
BOSTON - A heartfelt letter physicist Albert Einstein wrote to his son is up for sale through a Boston auction house. The one-page letter was written around 1929 to Eduard Einstein. It could fetch mor...
Oct 10, 2016
Calgary Flames adjusting to coach, goaltending changes on the fly
CALGARY - The start of this NHL season will be a lesson in adaptation for the Calgary Flames. They have a new head coach and new goaltenders and their top scorer was absent from training camp. A slow ...
Oct 10, 2016
Arizona man accused of terrorism changes his plea to guilty
PHOENIX - A Tucson man accused of plotting a terrorist attack on a motor vehicle office in metro Phoenix has agreed to a plea deal and is facing at least seven years in an Arizona prison, authorities ...
Oct 10, 2016