The Associated PressBeth Harris LOS ANGELES—Clayton Kershaw isn’t sure what to expect from the new-look Mets, whose dramatic transformation in the second half of the season led to an NL East title. The L.A. Dodgers’ ace faced a mostly different New York lineup before the July trade deadline. Even veteran […]

The Associated Press HOUSTON—Indianapolis coach Chuck Pagano isn’t sure when Andrew Luck can play again. Not to worry, though. He’s got the ageless Matt Hasselbeck to fill in. Andre Johnson caught two touchdown passes from the 40-year-old Hasselbeck, the second for two yards in the fourth quarter, to help the […]

The Associated PressDoug Ferguson INCHEON, South Korea—Bae Sang-moon never felt the kind of pressure that weighed on him today at the Presidents Cup. As Bae stood over a 12-foot putt that was critical to the International team’s rally, half his teammates were on the edge of the green and thousands […]

Staff The “Project Safe Hallowe’en” committee is hoping everyone will save the date for this year’s “Trunk or Treat,” which will be held Saturday, Oct. 31 from 4-6 p.m. at the Fort Frances Public Library. Organizers are wanting to pack the parking lot with decorated vehicles so children can go […]

The Associated Press STOCKHOLM—Belarusian writer Svetlana Alexievich won the Nobel Prize in literature today for works that chronicled the great tragedies of the Soviet Union and those that followed in the wake of its 1991 collapse. Alexievich, the 14th woman to win the literature award since 1901, used her reporting […]

The Canadian PressChinta Puxley WINNIPEG—A study assessing a Manitoba alcohol rehabilitation program indicates participants are more likely to have their babies taken from them at birth than those who aren’t seeking help. The study by researchers at the University of Manitoba also suggests that being in the three-year program helped […]

Staff This was no Caribbean cruise. Fort Frances native Steve Arpin sped his way to a fourth-place finish in the final of Sunday’s Red Bull Global Rallycross event at the Bushy Park race track in Barbados. Running his Ford Fiesta ST for Chip Ganassi Racing, Arpin came in 7.716 seconds […]

From the OPP A 17-year-old Kenora male has been charged in connection with an incident Tuesday that saw schools there go into lockdown. The teen was charged with possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose and carrying a concealed weapon contrary. He will be appear in court in Kenora […]

Staff Jean Richards of the Fine Line Art Gallery looked over a collection of paintings by the late Teddy Bone, which recently were donated to the Mowat Avenue gallery. With Bone’s family’s permission, the gallery is looking to sell the paintings.

Heather Latter St. Francis students helped finish the rice by cleaning the remaining husks that did not come off in the dancing and winnowing stages of preparation during the Seven Generations Education Institute’s annual “Fall Harvest” preparations workshop yesterday at the Nanicost grounds here. The two-day annual once again taught […]

The Associated Press GREAT FALLS, Mont.—A bow hunter is recovering after he survived a grizzly bear mauling by remembering a tip from his grandmother and shoving his arm down the animal’s throat. Chase Dellwo, 26, was hunting with his brother northwest of the town of Choteau on Saturday when he […]

The Associated Press INCHEON, South Korea—The Presidents Cup wasn’t an hour old when Nick Price looked at the scoreboard and had that sinking feeling. It was filled with American red. And there wasn’t much Price or the International team could do about it in an opening session that ended just […]