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Long-term mortgage rates flat to higher; 30-year at 3.75%
WASHINGTON - U.S. long-term mortgage rates were flat to slightly higher this week, hovering around three-year lows as financial markets anticipated the Federal Reserve's cut in its benchmark interest ...
Aug 01, 2019
CEO Michael Friisdahl looking for more hardware for MLSE trophy case
TORONTO - Succeeding the hard-to-miss Tim Leiweke in late 2015, Michael Friisdahl has been content to work behind the scenes and stay out of the spotlight as CEO and president of Maple Leaf Sports &am...
Aug 01, 2019
Senators send goalie Mike Condon to Lightning for contract of Ryan Callahan
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators traded goalie Mike Condon to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday for the contract of veteran forward Ryan Callahan. Callahan has one season left on his deal and was placed ...
Aug 01, 2019
Disgraced NFL star loses bid to undo plea deal in rape case
NEW ORLEANS - Disgraced NFL star Darren Sharper's attempt to get out of a 2016 plea deal and 18-year prison sentence in a sexual assault case has been rejected by a federal judge. Attorneys for Sharpe...
Aug 01, 2019
US sanctions Zimbabwean official over post-election killings
HARARE, Zimbabwe - The United States on Thursday placed on its sanctions list a former Zimbabwean army general who commanded troops accused of killing six civilians after a disputed election a year ag...
Aug 01, 2019
US presidential envoy sent to Sweden for A$AP Rocky's trial
HELSINKI - American rapper A$AP Rocky pleaded not guilty to assault as his trial in Sweden opened Tuesday, a month after a street fight that landed him in jail and became a topic of U.S.-Swedish diplo...
Aug 01, 2019
Latest round in northern Manitoba hunt for B.C. murder suspects proves fruitless
YORK LANDING, Man. - A massive police manhunt for two British Columbia homicide suspects has ended without success in a remote northern Manitoba Indigenous community. Mounties have pulled their heavy ...
Aug 01, 2019
Lebanon festival drops popular band after Christian pressure
BEIRUT - An international music festival in Lebanon said Tuesday that it has cancelled a planned concert by a popular Mideast rock band whose lead singer is openly gay, apparently caving to pressure a...
Aug 01, 2019
Brazilian police dismiss rape claim against Neymar
SAO PAULO - Brazilian police said Tuesday they've decided there are no grounds to bring rape charges against soccer star Neymar. And they're investigating whether his accuser filed a false report. "We...
Aug 01, 2019
Jury to find what Katy Perry owes for hit they say she stole
LOS ANGELES - Jurors are set to hear closing arguments before deciding how much Katy Perry, her collaborators and her record label owe the writers of a Christian rap song over her hit "Dark Horse." La...
Aug 01, 2019
