The Associated PressLindsey Tanner CHICAGO–Marijuana users’ self-proclaimed holiday is linked with a slight increase in fatal U.S. car crashes, an analysis of 25 years of data found. The study lacks evidence on whether pot was involved in any of the April 20 crashes, but marijuana can impair driving ability. Previous […]
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By Lindsey Tanner The Associated Press CHICAGO — Marijuana users’ self-proclaimed holiday is linked with a slight increase in fatal U.S. car crashes, an analysis of 25 years of data found. The study lacks evidence on whether pot was involved in any of the April 20 crashes, but marijuana can […]
By Mike Stobbe The Associated Press NEW YORK — An Oregon woman who had worms coming out of her eye is being called the first known human case of a parasitic infection spread by flies. Fourteen tiny worms were removed from the left eye of the 26-year-old woman in August […]
By Sara Moulton The Associated Press A larger-than-usual crowd meeting up at your house for dinner? This Onion Beer Bread would add a lot to the menu. It’s delicious, of course, but it’s also very easy to whip up. Unlike more conventional breads, this one doesn’t involve yeast or require […]
By Robert Burns The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The B-52, which people have called “aging” seemingly for ages, is now likely to outlive its younger, snazzier brother bombers, the swing-wing B-1 and the stealthy B-2. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson announced Monday that her service will begin retiring the B-1 […]
The Canadian PressJudy Owen WINNIPEG–Henrik Lundqvist left Winnipeg satisfied with how his team earned two points. The Jets threw 38 shots at the veteran N.Y. Rangers’ goalie and lost 3-1 yesterday afternoon. Lundqvist kept New York hanging around long enough for Jimmy Vesey to score the go-ahead goal with 3:53 […]
The Associated PressDoug Ferguson PEBBLE BEACH, Calif.–For one day at Pebble Beach, Ted Potter Jr. was better than the best in the world. Look back even further and his three-shot victory in the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am is even more remarkable. He played so many mini-tour events that he […]
The Associated PressJodie Valade CHARLOTTE, N.C.–Before the season even began, C.J. Miles admitted he and his teammates boasted about just how good his Toronto Raptors’ bench might be. “We’ve been saying we’re the best bench in the league since Day One,” he noted. “And if it wasn’t true then, it’s […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–The Toronto Blue Jays will retire former pitcher Roy (Doc) Halladay’s No. 32 on opening day. Halladay, 40, died Nov. 7 when the plane he was flying crashed into the Gulf of Mexico. The Jays will retire Halladay’s uniform March 29 when they host the N.Y. Yankees […]
The Canadian Press A veteran group of decorated figure skaters and moguls star Mikael Kingsbury earned Canada its first gold medals of the Pyeongchang Olympics. Gabrielle Daleman of Newmarket, Ont. clinched Canada top spot in the team figure skating competition today after finishing third in the women’s free skate, before […]
Jamie Mountain Having three games in as many days proved to be too much of an uphill battle for the Fort Frances Lakers over the weekend. The squad wound up losing all three and now is mired in a six-game losing streak. The Thunder Bay North Stars, the hottest team […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie boys’ hockey team served their cake and ate it, too. Just hours after hosting their annual tea and bake sale in the Fort High cafeteria, the black-and-gold (10-1) closed out their regular-season home schedule with a 17-2 rout of the Red Lake Rams on Saturday night […]
