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US pending home sales rebounded 4.6 per cent in January
WASHINGTON - More Americans signed contracts to buy homes in January as lower mortgage rates appeared to give the real estate market a boost. The National Association of Realtors said Wednesday its pe...
Feb 27, 2019
Dellacamera, Wagner Fox's lead team for Women's World Cup
LOS ANGELES - JP Dellacamera and former U.S. midfielder Aly Wagner will be Fox’s lead broadcast team for the Women’s World Cup. Making its announcement 100 days before the tournament opens...
Feb 27, 2019
New Philip Pullman 'Book of Dust" novel coming Oct. 3
NEW YORK - Philip Pullman’s next novel will bring us an older and more independent Lyra Silvertongue, his longtime literary heroine. “The Secret Commonwealth” will be published Oct. ...
Feb 27, 2019
Workers dig by hand to free dozens in Indonesia mine rubble
BOLAANG MONGONDOW, Indonesia - A grueling search and rescue effort has saved 19 people from the debris of a collapsed illegal gold mine in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province but officials said ...
Feb 27, 2019
Navs and Flyers clash in do or die Game 5
One of the North West Junior Hockey League 1st round series will come to an end Wednesday night in Peace River. The North Peace Navigators host the Fairview Flyers in Game 5 of their best of five seri...
Feb 27, 2019
Ash loggers race against time before beetles get them all
WALTON, N.Y. - Loggers in snowy forests are cutting down ash like there’s no tomorrow, seeking to stay one step ahead of a fast-spreading beetle killing the tree in dozens of states. The emerald...
Feb 27, 2019
Athletics and Canucks earn Game 3 wins Tuesday
The West division continues to show their dominance in the North Peace Hockey League semi-finals. Both the Grande Prairie Athletics and the Dawson Creek Canucks won Tuesday night, and both have leads ...
Feb 27, 2019
Canadians 'stand together' against bullying on annual Pink Shirt Day
Today is Pink Shirt Day in many Canadian schools, communities and workplaces. Pink Shirt Day originated in 2007 after two Nova Scotia teenagers encouraged their fellow students to wear pink T-shirts i...
Feb 27, 2019
Chicago will elect a black woman as its mayor for first time
CHICAGO - A former federal prosecutor and a county board leader will face each other in a runoff to become Chicago’s first black female mayor after leading a large field Tuesday that included a ...
Feb 27, 2019
In Bolivia, a new generation of wrestlers in bowler hats
EL ALTO, Bolivia - A new generation of athletes is coming to one of the world’s more colorful sporting spectacles: the fighting cholitas of Bolivia, who take to a wrestling ring in the tradition...
Feb 27, 2019