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Bieber wins MVP, Cleveland shines in All-Star Game
CLEVELAND - Michael Brantley came back, took a well-deserved bow and delivered like always. Shane Bieber pitched a perfect inning and took home an MVP trophy and a shiny new pickup truck. Carlos Carra...
Jul 09, 2019

AL holds off NL for 4-3 win in All-Star Game
CLEVELAND - Justin Verlander, Shane Bieber and the American League pitchers plugged power back into the mound. A day after an awesome Home Run Derby got baseball buzzing even more about monster shots,...
Jul 09, 2019

EU fines Hello Kitty owner $7 million in antitrust ruling
BRUSSELS - European Union authorities on Tuesday fined the Japanese company behind Hello Kitty for restricting cross-border online sales of toys, mugs, bags and other products featuring the cartoon ca...
Jul 09, 2019

Military's second-in-command to resign, links decision with Mark Norman case
OTTAWA - The military's second-in-command, Lt.-Gen. Paul Wynnyk, is resigning. The move, which is effective on Aug. 9, comes only weeks after the federal government agreed to a settleme...
Jul 09, 2019

Mexico's treasury secretary resigns, cites interference
MEXICO CITY - Mexico's treasury secretary resigned Tuesday, complaining of the appointment of unqualified officials by "influential people in the current administration who have clear conflicts of int...
Jul 09, 2019

Man sentenced for stealing Marilyn Monroe statue in LA
LOS ANGELES - Prosecutors say a man who stole a statue of Marilyn Monroe from atop a Hollywood public art installation has been sentenced to a year in jail and ordered to pay more than $14,000 in rest...
Jul 09, 2019

Killing of black teen in Phoenix area trending on Twitter
PHOENIX - Hundreds of people including a presidential candidate are speaking out on Twitter about the killing of a 17-year-old black youth at a suburban convenience store by a white man who said he wa...
Jul 09, 2019

SGI continues to benefit from out-of-province expansion
SGI achieved one goal and closed in on another during the 2018-19 fiscal year.In its annual report tabled Tuesday, the Crown corporation revealed it had written $371.4 million in premiums outside of S...
Jul 09, 2019 (file photo/CKOM News Staff)

Crews rush 46 to hospital after carbon monoxide leak at Winnipeg hotel
WINNIPEG - Sergiy Bolshakov was watching TV in his Winnipeg hotel room when a firefighter knocked on the door and told him the building was being evacuated because of an emergency. The Toronto man qui...
Jul 09, 2019

Massive choir a place for Estonians to find identity, solace
TALLINN, Estonia - Tens of thousands of Estonians joined in singing folk songs Sunday on the 150th anniversary of a music festival that inspired resistance to Soviet control and later received recogni...
Jul 09, 2019