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Still most visited place, Orlando had 75 million visitors
ORLANDO, Fla. - Orlando had 75 million visitors last year as the theme park mecca continued to be the most visited destination in the United States, tourism officials said Thursday. Orlando in 2018 ha...
May 9, 2019
Amazon's Bezos says he'll send a spaceship to the moon
WASHINGTON - Amazon tycoon Jeff Bezos said Thursday he's going to send a spaceship to the moon, joining a resurgence of lunar interest half a century after people first set foot there. Bezos said his ...
May 9, 2019
Trump backs Fla. plan to import lower-cost meds from abroad
WASHINGTON - In a move sure to get attention in a 2020 battleground state, President Donald Trump indicated Thursday that his administration may approve a Florida plan to import lower-cost prescriptio...
May 9, 2019
Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes: Time to break up company
Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes says it's time to break up the social media behemoth. In a New York Times opinion piece published Thursday, Hughes said CEO Mark Zuckerberg has turned Facebook into an...
May 9, 2019
New tree for Grande Prairie school marks Alberta Forest Week
The annual Arbor Day tree plant took place at Roy Bickell School in Grande Prairie Thursday. People from the Swan City Rotary Club were also busy handing out tree seedlings to Grade 1 kids. Every Grad...
May 9, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith
Death at post-prom party raises concerns about civic responsibility: observers
The death of a teenager at a post-prom party held at an Airbnb rental property north of Toronto should be raising questions around safety and civic responsibility in an evolving industry, lawyers and ...
May 9, 2019
Former senator links hijab and mutilation at Quebec secularism hearings
QUEBEC - Hearings into Quebec's secularism bill veered off track Thursday when a former senator drew a connection between the Muslim head scarf, female genital mutilation and forced marriage. Que...
May 9, 2019
Peace River vehicle fire becomes grass fire
A pick up fire led a grass fire in Peace River Thursday.A release from the Town says the vehicle fire was first spotted at 1:45 p.m near the 12 Foot Davis gravesite. Firefighters were called in, but t...
May 9, 2019 Photo supplied by the Town of Peace River
Beyak suspended from Senate over refusal to delete racist letters from website
OTTAWA - Lynn Beyak cast herself as a defender of free speech and a victim of political correctness moments before senators voted summarily Thursday to suspend her without pay from the Senat...
May 9, 2019
'Big Bang Theory' tops 'Game of Thrones' in weekly ratings
LOS ANGELES - In the ratings battle between titans "The Big Bang Theory" and "Game of Thrones," laughs won out. CBS' "The Big Bang Theory" was last week's top-rated program, with 12.5 million viewers ...
May 9, 2019