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Montreal Alouettes re-sign veteran Canadian long-snapper Martin Bedard
MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes re-signed Canadian long-snapper Martin Bedard to a two-year contract Tuesday. The six-foot-three, 239-pound Bedard, 35, will return to Montreal for a 1...
Feb 26, 2020

Ovechkin scores 701st, shootout winner as Capitals beat Jets
WASHINGTON - Alex Ovechkin began the night being celebrated for what he's best at. He ended it doing something much more rare. Ovechkin scored his 701st goal minutes after being honoured for 700 and a...
Feb 26, 2020

Bucks defeat Raptors in battle of Eastern Conference heavyweights
TORONTO - Nick Nurse saw his Toronto Raptors turn the heat on the best team in basketball Tuesday night. But only for a time against the Milwaukee Bucks. "We were incredible for 22 minutes. There was ...
Feb 26, 2020

Ellis, Arvidsson score as Preds rally, beat Senators 3-2
NASHVILLE - Ryan Ellis and Viktor Arvidsson each scored power-play goals in the second period as the Nashville Predators rallied to beat the Ottawa Senators 3-2 on Tuesday night for their second strai...
Feb 26, 2020

Tokyo organizers, government take offensive on virus threat
Tokyo Olympic organizers and the Japanese government went on the offensive Wednesday after a senior IOC member said the 2020 Games were being threatened by the spread of a viral outbreak, with their f...
Feb 26, 2020

B. Smith, model turned lifestyle guru, dead at 70
NEW YORK - Barbara "B." Smith, one of the nation's top black models who went on to open restaurants, launch a successful home products line and write cookbooks, has died at her Long Island home at age...
Feb 26, 2020

China postpones key political meetings because of virus
BEIJING - China announced Monday it has postponed its most important political meetings of the year because of the outbreak of the new virus, a significant step for an authoritarian government that ha...
Feb 26, 2020

Iran says 12 dead from new virus, rejects higher death toll
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Iran's government said Monday that 12 people had died nationwide from the new coronavirus, rejecting claims of a much higher death toll by a lawmaker from the city of Qom...
Feb 26, 2020

Italy tries to contain virus as isolated towns hunker down
CODOGNO, Italy - Police manned checkpoints around quarantined towns in Italy's north on Monday and residents stocked up on food as the country became the focal point of the outbreak in Europe and fear...
Feb 26, 2020

Italy seeks to calm fears in Europe as cases, deaths rise
ROME - Italy sought Wednesday to calm fears and rally international support for its efforts to contain the coronavirus even as its caseload rose to 374 and more European travellers linked to Italy got...
Feb 26, 2020