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Hurricane centre sticking with projections, for now

Despite some disagreement with their American colleagues forecasters at the Canadian Hurricane Centre are still predicting Hurricane Earl will make landfall in western Nova Scotia as a Category One storm.

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Local 2 Sep, 2010 0 0

Major fundraising goal for new theatre at Citadel High reached

A private donor pushed efforts over the $2.4 million mark

Local 2 Sep, 2010 1 0

Apartment fire suspicious in nature: police

Halifax police say the early morning fire that forced the evacuation of 30 people from a Dartmouth apartment building wasn't an accident.

Local 2 Sep, 2010 0 1

Parks may close, but bikers will ride through Earl

The province may close some parks, but universities and bikers are making plans to endure Earl's arrival.

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National 3 Sep, 2010 1 2

Expanded weather warnings issued ahead of hurricane Earl

HALIFAX - The Canadian Hurricane Centre has now extended tropical storm watches to Cape Breton and Iles de Madelaine as hurricane Earl approaches. The centre's latest tracking places the Category 2 storm about 135 kilometres east-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. It says Earl's maximum sus

National 2 Sep, 2010 0 0

Video of feeding the bears goes viral, minister worries it sets a bad example

VANCOUVER - The grinning man with greying hair quickly darts backwards as a British Columbia black bear playfully paws at a green pail the man is hoisting before slopping out food for two of the hungry beasts. "Hi, my name is Allen. I'm the guy in Christina Lake who's been feeding the bears," said A

National 2 Sep, 2010 0 0

Free Parks Canada passes for Grade 8 students 'no federalist plot,' Harper says

KITCHENER, Ont. - Accusations that free student passes for Canada's national parks are part of a federalist plot aimed at separatists were dismissed as "bizarre" Thursday by Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Talking after a local transit-funding announcement, Harper derided the separatist party for its

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World 3 Sep, 2010 0 0

Suicide bomber hits Tajik police office; 25 injured

DUSHANBE, Tajikistan - News reports say a suicide car bomb blast has torn through police offices in Tajikistan's second-largest city, injuring 25 people. The Interior Ministry confirmed to The Associated Press that an explosion hit the offices of the police organized-crime division in Khujand on Fri

World 3 Sep, 2010 0 0

Earl causes N. Carolina road closing, power outages as hurricane rain and wind reach Virginia

BUXTON, N.C. - Hurricane Earl's powerful gusts and driving rains are churning over the Outer Banks of North Carolina and starting to be felt in southeastern Virginia. National Weather Service meterologist Jeremy Schulz said early Friday morning that rain bands stretched about 140 miles (225 kilometr

World 3 Sep, 2010 0 0

TSA: 1 in custody after suspicious item found in luggage at Miami airport, concourses closed

MIAMI - US federal officials say a passenger has been taken into custody after screeners detected something suspicious in a checked bag at Miami International Airport. A statement by the Transportation Security Administration says its investigators, a Miami-Dade police bomb squad and other law enfor

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Sports 3 Sep, 2010 0 0

Baseball Roundup: A look at Thursday's games

The Colorado Rockies hammered Philadelphia's pitchers for 20 hits. Chase Utley made sure the Phillies still won. Utley drove in six runs and hit a grand slam to cap a nine-run seventh inning Thursday night as the Phillies overcame a four-run deficit to beat the Rockies 12-11 in a makeup of a May rai

Sports 3 Sep, 2010 0 0

Miami's Langford doesn't find missing diamond earring on practice fields

ARLINGTON, Texas - The search for the 2.5-carat diamond earring lost by Miami's Kendall Langford came up empty. "I never found it," Langford said following the Dolphins' 27-25 loss to the Cowboys on Thursday night. Langford, a defensive end, said he forgot to take his earrings off before practice an

Sports 2 Sep, 2010 0 0

LeBron might live in Miami, but still picking Ohio State to beat Hurricanes

CORAL GABLES, Fla. - LeBron James didn't change all of his teams this summer. James posted on his Twitter feed Thursday that he's considering going to Columbus, Ohio on Sept. 11 to see the matchup between No. 2 Ohio State — his longtime team of choice — and No. 13 Miami. And no, the former Cleveland

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Business 2 Sep, 2010 0 0

Dell ends bidding contest over data-storage maker 3Par, will not match HP

SEATTLE - Dell Inc. is walking away from a bidding contest with rival Hewlett-Packard Co. for data-storage maker 3Par Inc. Dell said Thursday it won't match HP's offer to pay US$33 per share for 3Par, or about $2.07 billion. Dell's decision came barely an hour after 3Par announced it had received De

Business 2 Sep, 2010 2 0

Oil platform explodes, catches fire off La. coast; all 13 crew members are rescued from Gulf

NEW ORLEANS - An oil platform exploded and burned off the Louisiana coast Thursday, the second such disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in less than five months. This time, the Coast Guard said there was no leak, and no one was killed. The Coast Guard initially reported that an oil sheen a mile long and

Business 2 Sep, 2010 0 0

3G Capital to acquire Burger King for $24 per share, or US$3.26 billion

CHICAGO - Burger King Holdings Inc. (NYSE:BKC), America's perennially No. 2 hamburger chain, said Thursday that it is selling itself to little-known private equity firm 3G Capital in a deal valued at $3.26 billion. Its shares soared to an 18-month high. Thursday's $24-per-share tender offer comes af

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Entertainment 2 Sep, 2010 0 0

Funk band War tells PepsiCo they can't be friends

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Members of the original funk band War say they can't be friends with PepsiCo. They're suing the soft drink maker for more than $10 million, saying it did not negotiate with them to use their song "Why Can't We Be Friends" in a new commercial. Even if PepsiCo and its advertising agen

Entertainment 2 Sep, 2010 0 0

Review: 'Brazil on the Rise' finds country poised to attain long-sought status as world power

"Brazil on the Rise" (Palgrave Macmillan, $27) by Larry Rohter: When Larry Rohter stepped down as The New York Times' Brazil bureau chief in 2008, he was easily the most reviled foreign correspondent in the country. Despite years of balanced, in-depth reporting about Latin America's largest country,

Entertainment 2 Sep, 2010 0 0

'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' stars Olson, McElhenney welcome baby boy

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Kaitlin Olson and Rob McElhenney (MAK'-uh-lay-nee) of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" hit a home run with their new baby boy. A spokeswoman for the couple says Olson gave birth to Alex Lee McElhenney at home in the Los Angeles area Wednesday. He weighed in at 8 pounds, 7 ou