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Farrell will benefit from Valentine's 2012 fiasco
When John Farrell is announced as the new manager of the Boston Red Sox, he will take over a last-place team reeling from 13 months of player revolt.
Pope names 7 new saints, seeks to revive faith
Some 80,000 pilgrims in flowered lei, feathered headdresses and other traditional garb flooded St. Peter's Square on Sunday as Pope Benedict XVI added ...
Boy's miracle cure makes Native American saint
Jake Finkbonner was so close to death after flesh-eating bacteria infected him through a cut on his lip that his parents had last rites performed and ...
On Ice: NHL wipes out 53 more games through Nov. 1
The NHL's next cuts will be the deepest and most costly. With only days remaining to make a deal with the players' association on a new collective ...
TransCanada reaffirms Keystone pipeline restart
TransCanada has reaffirmed its plan to restart the Keystone oil pipeline from Canada to the Midwest on Saturday, although rainy weather is hampering ...
Oil slightly higher after Canada-US pipeline shut
Oil prices inched further above $92 a barrel after a key pipeline transporting crude from Canada to the U.S. Midwest was shut down for repairs.
Official: Injured border guard takes first steps
A Canadian border guard who was shot and wounded by a Washington state man who then killed himself has been able to take her first steps as she ...
NHL players on hand for union's response to league
NHL players showed up in force on Thursday as the union prepared to respond to the league's proposal to end the lockout and start a full season Nov. 2
WHY IT MATTERS: Energy
The issue: Americans depend on energy for everything from driving their cars to powering factories, homes and offices — and of course our smartphones, ...
Modano tops list of new US Hockey Hall of Famers
Mike Modano made his mark long before he and the Minnesota North Stars relocated to Dallas and brought hockey to the Sun Belt. Once he got there in ...
NHL labor talks to resume Tuesday in Toronto
The NHL and its locked-out players will resume negotiations Tuesday in Toronto after a four-day break following two days of meetings last week.
FIFA: 3 Cuban soccer players defected in Toronto
Soccer's governing body says the three Cuban soccer players who disappeared before a World Cup qualifier against Canada have defected. FIFA said in ...
Teen who posted video on bullying found dead
Canada was in uproar Friday over a 15-year-old schoolgirl who was found dead, an apparent suicide, five weeks after she uploaded a video to YouTube ...
Embattled speedskating coaches resign
U.S. Speedskating's embattled short-track head coach and his assistant resigned from the organization Thursday, effective immediately. Head coach Jae ...
US pastor Terry Jones denied entry into Canada
A spokeswoman for U.S. pastor Terry Jones said Thursday that Canada has denied entry to the preacher, whose congregation held a Quran burning in March ...
Bieber is distant cousin of Gosling, Lavigne
Call it the Canadian dynasty of teenybopper pop and movie stardom. Genealogists at Ancestry.com say they've discovered teen idol Justin Bieber is a ...
Review: Ambitious 'Argo' one of year's best films
A movie about the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis probably doesn't sound like it would be a laugh riot — or should be — but that's just one of the many ...
Bus from Canada overturns on NJ exit ramp; 23 hurt
A tour bus from Canada carrying about 60 people bound for New York City overturned on a highway exit ramp in northern New Jersey early Saturday, slid ...
NHL, players' association meet in Toronto
The NHL and the players' association quietly resumed collective bargaining talks Friday and expect to be in contact again in the upcoming days.
Montreal off NASCAR's 2013 Nationwide schedule
NASCAR will not race in Montreal next season after the promoter pulled the plug on the six-year relationship when he couldn't secure a premiere Sprint ...
Unilever may sell Skippy business in US, Canada
Unilever has announced that it will consider selling its Skippy peanut butter business in the US and Canada as part of a strategic review. The company ...
Japan's NHK, Canada's CBC win Int'l Emmys for news
Television networks in Japan and Canada have won International Emmys in the news and current affairs categories for coverage related to devastating ...
Tigers and A's get in, Nationals clinch NL East
Here's how the pennant races look with two days to go: — FIVE ALIVE: A muddled mess only days ago, the American League playoff picture is clearing up ...