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BANGKOK - Thailand's chaotic politics took two astonishing turns Friday when the sister of the king made a historic bid to become prime minister, only to have him shut down her effort as "inappropriat...

NEW YORK - If there were a best-view award at New York Fashion Week, Christian Siriano would win it. The sights outside the designer's runway show atop Rockefeller Center were hard to beat: The Empire...

MONTREAL - The red-hot Montreal Canadiens refused to be intimidated by one of the league's best and biggest teams. The Canadiens confirmed their surprising start to the season is more than just a fluk...

DETROIT - Former U.S. Rep. John Dingell, the longest-serving member of Congress in American history and a master of legislative deal-making who was fiercely protective of Detroit's auto industry, has ...

ATLANTA - The Toronto Raptors have a new big man coming to help their push for the top spot in the Eastern Conference. In the meantime, the Raptors won by playing small. Pascal Siakam scored a career-...

OTTAWA - Helping the Ottawa Senators end a five-game losing streak was just as sweet as posting his first shutout of the season for Anders Nilsson. Nilsson stopped 45 shots as Ottawa defeated the Anah...

MONTREAL - John Tavares scored in overtime to give the Toronto Maple Leafs a 4-3 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night in a battle for second place in the Atlantic division. Andreas Jo...

EDMONTON - Kevin Labanc recorded his first career hat trick as the San Jose Sharks remained red-hot with a 5-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday. Evander Kane and Tomas Hertl also scored fo...

BURBANK, Calif. - Champagne briefly replaced scripts Thursday for a ceremony renaming the nondescript Stage 25 on the sprawling Warner Bros. production lot after the sitcom "The Big Bang Theory." Stil...

WASHINGTON - Democrats launched a sweeping plan Thursday to transform the U.S. economy to combat climate change and create thousands of jobs in renewable energy, signalling its likely elevation as a c...