The Associated Press CHICAGO One couple ran away to get married … at the Chicago Marathon. Stephanie Reinhart says she just wanted a “short and sweet ceremony.” Mark Jockel wanted a big wedding surrounded by friends and family. The 35-year-old Reinhart and 46-year-old Jockel compromised, marrying at the 8-mile mark […]
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The Associated Press Two orphaned sisters separated decades ago in Korea have been reunited after miraculously getting hired on the same floor of a southwest Florida hospital. Holly Hoyle O’Brien was adopted by an American couple in 1978 when she was 9-years-old. A few years earlier, her biological father had […]
By Nicole Winfield The Associated Press VATICAN CITY Pope Francis’ divisive meeting on family issues took another controversial twist Monday with revelations that several conservative cardinals wrote to the pontiff expressing serious concerns about “predetermined results” coming out of the meeting ‚Äî only to have doubts arise over both the […]
By Stacy A. Anderson The Associated Press WASHINGTON Michelle Obama is grooving to the tunes of Beyonce, Demi Lovato and Esperanza Spalding as she celebrates the International Day of the Girl. The first lady tweeted Sunday a link to her “girl power” music playlist on the streaming music platform Spotify. […]
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer Amid the bloodbaths of 21st-century America, you might think that there would be a lot of research into the causes of gun violence, and which policies work best against it. You would be wrong. Gun interests, wary of any possible limits on weaponry, have […]
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer Amid the bloodbaths of 21st-century America, you might think that there would be a lot of research into the causes of gun violence, and which policies work best against it. You would be wrong. Gun interests, wary of any possible limits on weaponry, have […]
By Melissa D’Arabian The Associated Press School, kids, work… It’s always something. Whatever the culprit, we are all busy. And on those crazy-busy days, dinner can sneak up on me, and suddenly I find my whole family ravenous. And the busier and more hectic the day, the more likely we […]
By Raf Casert The Associated Press BRUSSELS At the sixth time of asking, British-based brewer SABMiller accepted “in principle” Tuesday a 69 billion-pound ($106 billion) takeover offer from Belgian-Brazilian Anheuser Busch InBev that will create the world’s biggest beer company and bring together top U.S. brands Budweiser and Miller Genuine […]
The Associated Press NEW YORK ‚Playboy will no longer publish photos of nude women as part of a redesign of the decades-old magazine, according to a news report Monday. Executives for the magazine company told The New York Times that the change will take place in March 2016. The paper […]
The Canadian PressAlexander Panetta WASHINGTON, D.C.—Federal campaign politics played out on a foreign stage yesterday, with a high-profile Washington audience hearing the progressive mayor of Vancouver express hope of change from Canada’s “embarrassing” current government. Gregor Robertson’s comments came in the formal dining room of the U.S. State Department—the chandeliered, […]
From the MNRF No new fires were reported in the Northwest Region from Oct. 6-8. Two active fires remain in the region—one in Kenora District and one in Sioux Lookout District. Both are being monitored and posing no problems. The forest fire hazard currently is “low-moderate” but forecast to rise […]
Staff Four other teams in the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League proved that taking care of business isn’t just a “Mother’s” prerogative. League-leading How I Set Your Mother was on top of its game again last night, registering its fourth-straight six-point night to boost its season total to 24. But […]
