The Associated PressJoe Kay CINCINNATI–Andy Dalton was dreadful in the Bengals’ opener, turning over the ball five times and finishing with the second-lowest passer rating of his career. He’ll have one thing in his favour tonight: he tends not to let bad days linger. The crowd at Paul Brown Stadium […]
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Staff Clear out those paint cans from your garage. This year’s Household Hazardous and Special Waste Day will take place this Saturday at the Public Works yard (900 Wright Ave.) From 9 a.m.-3 p.m., all Rainy River District residents will be allowed to drop off household hazardous waste. The Miller […]
It will be overcast tonight, with a 60 percent chance of showers or thunderstorms and an overnight low of 11 C (52 F). Tomorrow will be cloudy, with a couple of morning showers, followed by an 80 percent chance of rain in the afternoon and evening. Expect a high of […]
By Tom Withers The Associated Press CLEVELAND — Just a little more than a month ago, Jay Bruce was in New York sinking with the Mets as a season that began with promise and a richness of pitching was undermined by injuries. The plunge was dramatic. So was the rise. […]
The Associated Press LONDON — A new plastic ten-pound note featuring Jane Austen, one of Britain’s most renowned authors, has gone into circulation. The new ‘tenner’ is the first British banknote with a tactile feature involving a series of raised dots in the top left-hand corner to help blind and […]
By Malcolm Ritter The Associated Press NEW YORK — Five prominent species of ash tree in the eastern U.S. have been driven to the brink of extinction from years of lethal attack by a beetle, a scientific group says. Tens of millions of trees in the U.S. and Canada have […]
The Associated Press COPENHAGEN — A Norwegian archaeologist says a well-preserved, if rusty, iron sword dating to the Viking era has been found in southern Norway. Lars Holger Piloe says the nearly one-meter-long (3-foot) sword was found slid down between rocks with the blade sticking out, and may have been […]
The Associated Press BANGKOK — Conservationists say the elusive snow leopard ‚long considered an endangered species has been upgraded to “vulnerable.” The reclassification by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, or IUCN, follows a three-year assessment during which experts determined that the Himalayan big cat no longer numbered fewer […]
By Mike Stobbe The Associated Press NEW YORK — A puzzling study of U.S. pregnancies found that women who had miscarriages between 2010 and 2012 were more likely to have had back-to-back annual flu shots that included protection against swine flu. Vaccine experts think the results may reflect the older […]
By Katie Workman The Associated Press Taxi cab confession: Before now, I had never made a tarte tatin. It sounded just plain scary ‚Äî flipping a pan over so that the fruit ends up on top and the crust ends up on the bottom. Such drama! Why would anyone put […]
By Melissa D’Arabian The Associated Press The arrival of apple season is a worthy consolation prize for the departure of summer. Leaves will soon be turning red and golden brown, but for now, I’m celebrating the original fall flavour (before pumpkin spice syrupy things took over the world): apples slow-baked […]
The Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine supreme court on Wednesday began considering whether a paper millworker left suicidal by narcotic painkillers should receive workers’ compensation for medical marijuana. It’s the first time the court has considered the question of insurance reimbursement for medical marijuana. Madawaska resident Gaetan Bourgoin […]
