By Katie Workman The Associated Press When it comes to planning a holiday spread, a salad is often an afterthought. Stately roasts, crowd-pleasing potatoes and sultry pies tend to grab the spotlight, and by the time we think, “Oh, yeah, we should probably have a salad,” a bag of mixed […]
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Marvin Owen (“Bud”) Edwards passed peacefully from his failing body into the waiting arms of his Saviour on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Bud was born on Dec. 2, 1943 in Winnipeg, Man. to Ted and Margaret Edwards and raised in Thunder […]
By David Bauder THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — CNN fought back against President Donald Trump on Monday with a lengthy video showing its reporters in dangerous situations and Wolf Blitzer saying that despite the insults, “even the loudest critics can’t silence the facts.” Trump has criticized CNN for “fake […]
By Holly Ramer The Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. — Civil War bonds, travel posters and other paperwork spanning a century of state history were among the long-forgotten artifacts found Monday in a mysterious Statehouse vault. The 6-by-10-foot space is at the top of a narrow spiral staircase in a room […]
By Mesfin Fekadu The Associated Press NEW YORK — Jay-Z is the leader of the 2018 Grammy Award nominations in a year where the top four categories are heavily dominated by rap and R&B artists, giving the often overlooked genres a strong chance of winning big. The Recording Academy announced […]
By Sara Moulton The Associated Press ”Ants in a Tree” is the English translation of the Chinese name for this classic recipe. Built of spicy pork, bean thread noodles (aka cellophane noodles) and scallions, it earned its name because it’s not so far-fetched for the finished dish to call that […]
By Rod McGuirk THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANBERRA, Australia — Tesla Inc. chief executive Elon Musk is on track to deliver on a promise by building the world’s biggest lithium-ion battery in the Australian Outback within 100 days, an official said on Tuesday. Musk promised to build the 100-megawatt battery within […]
By David McHugh The Associated Press FRANKFURT — Airbus, Siemens and Rolls-Royce are teaming up to develop a hybrid passenger plane that would use a single electric turbofan along with three conventional jet engines running on aviation fuel. The plane is an effort to develop and demonstrate technology that in […]
By Felicia Fonseca The Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — An effort to bring one of the world’s largest birds back from the brink of extinction is expanding after northern Arizona and southern Utah found some success in getting deer hunters to use ammunition not made of lead. A group working […]
By Scott Sonner The Associated Press RENO, Nev. — More than 500 black bears have returned to parts of their historic range in the Great Basin of Nevada where the species disappeared about 80 years ago, scientists say. A new study says genetic testing confirms the bears are making their […]
By Regina Garcia Cano The Associated Press LAS VEGAS — The woman representing South Africa won the Miss Universe crown Sunday. Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, who recently earned a business management degree, was crowned during the event at The AXIS theatre at Planet Hollywood casino-resort on the Las Vegas Strip. The runner-up […]
The Associated Press VIRGINIA, Minn. — Unemployment rates on Minnesota’s Iron Range reached their lowest point since the turn of the century, but the tight labour market is making it challenging for local businesses. Iron Range unemployment reached 4 per cent in September, its lowest rate since 2000, on the […]
