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HALIFAX—Two wins and family bragging rights.
Not a bad day for Glenn Howard and his Ontario rink at the Tim Hortons Brier.
Ontario solidified its position atop the Brier standings with a 5-0 record after three days of play with wins over New Brunswick and Nova Scotia yesterday.

ATHENS — Savage street clashes erupted between rioting youths and police in central Athens Thursday as more than 30,000 people demonstrated during a nationwide strike against the cash-strapped government’s austerity measures.

ORANGEVILLE, Ont.—Charges of cocaine possession and drunk driving against former Conservative MP Rahim Jaffer were withdrawn today after he pleaded guilty to careless driving.
In convicting Jaffer and fining him $500, the judge said he would not interfere with the joint submission by Crown and defence.

TORONTO — Early adopters can buy a new 3D TV by the end of the month, Samsung said Wednesday, although it remains to be seen how many consumers will be willing to pay a premium for a technology in its infancy.

TORONTO — An international team of cancer researchers has found a way to predict which Hodgkin’s lymphoma patients won’t respond well to therapies, opening the door to using a less aggressive regimen on those more likely to be cured.

PARIS, France — Mideast rivals Israel and Syria on Tuesday each announced ambitions to develop nuclear energy, with Israel facing the prospect that its plan could bring new attention to its secretive nuclear activities.

WASHINGTON — Sarah Palin’s weekend admission that her family once travelled to Canada to receive treatment under the public health-care system she’s so often demonized prompted skepticism and ridicule Monday among her critics in the United States.

Sandra Bullock dressed the part at Sunday’s Academy Awards: She wore a gleaming, metallic, slim-fitting gown that seemed fashioned after the Oscar statuette itself.