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Annual food bill for Canadian family in 2018 expected to rise by $348: study
A man walks by a Freshii restaurant in Toronto on Tuesday, March 21, 2017. Canadians are eating out more and can expect to pay extra to do so in 2018, suggests a forward-looking report into food prices. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
GOP says it's got a deal on taxes; cuts coming for next year
FILE - This Sept. 27, 2017 file photo shows Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., center, joining Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and other GOP lawmakers to talk about the Republicans' proposed rewrite of the tax code for individuals and corporations, at the Capitol in Washington. The Republican tax plan will deliver a swift adrenaline shot to the economy that will send hundreds of billions pouring into federal tax coffers, the Trump administration asserts in a new analysis. House and Senate negotiators are rushing to finalize the tax legislation and deliver the promised measure to President Donald Trump before Christmas. Trump will try on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017 to sell the American people on an unpopular GOP tax overhaul. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)
Russia moves to block Khodorkovsky's news website
GOP's not all that sad; party grapples with Alabama fallout
'Three Billboards' tops SAG noms, 'Big Sick' bounces back
Saudi Arabia frees 82-year-old former judge after 5 years
Russian court freezes assets of major conglomerate
Watchdog: Egypt remains among worst jailers of journalists
Alaska lawmaker bucks party, refuses to quit amid claims
File - In this Jan. 17, 2017 file photo, state Rep. Dean Westlake, D-Kotzebue, talks with another legislator during a break in the opening session of the Alaska Legislature in Juneau, Alaska. The rural Alaska lawmaker has refused calls that he resign amid allegations of inappropriate behavior from seven women. Westlake issued a statement Tuesday evening, Dec. 12, 2017, saying he plans to stay in office. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)
In Alabama, an unusual alliance yields a Democratic upset
Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Doug Jones greets supporters and voters outside Bethal Baptist Church Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017, in Birmingham , Ala. Jones is facing Republican Roy Moore. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Addiction, mental illness complicate help for the homeless
Addiction, mental illness complicate help for the homeless
Spain: 9-month profit for Zara owner jumps on strong sales
Monkey selfies, eclipse, bitcoin, Lauer top Google in 2017
'Nobody saved us': Man describes childhood in abusive 'cult'
Firefighters wary despite gains against California fire
In this photo provided by the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, fire burns canyons and ridges above Bella Vista Drive near Romero Canyon as the fight to contain a wildfire continues in Montecito, Calif., Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017. The fifth-largest wildfire in California history expanded Tuesday, ripping through dry brush atop a coastal ridge while crews struggled to keep flames from roaring down into neighborhoods amid fears of renewed winds. (Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP)
3 things to watch for from the Federal Reserve on Wednesday
FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017, file photo, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen attends a hearing of the Federal Reserve Board Joint Economic Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Investors may not be sure about what the central bank might have in store for 2018, and they’ll look to Yellen’s final news conference as Fed chair Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017, for clues. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
What Canadians were curious about: Google searches suggest 2017 a tough year
Elections chief: Automatic recount unlikely in Alabama race
'Nobody saved us': Man describes childhood in abusive 'cult'
In this Nov. 16, 2017 photo, Jamey Anderson wrings his hands as he talks about the letter to his grandfather, front, that was returned to him unopened during an interview in Charlotte, N.C. After breaking with Word of Faith, Anderson lost all contact with his mother and brother, who remain in the church. He said church co-founder Jane Whaley even refused to let him attend the funeral of his grandfather, the most important male figure in his childhood, and that he was omitted from the list of family members in the obituary. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
Hawaii tourism officials fined for alleged travel upgrades
Canseco tweets could jeopardize his job on A's telecasts
Abbas says UN should replace US as Mideast mediator
Mental health care worries linger 5 years after Sandy Hook
FILE - This undated identification file photo released Wednesday, April 3, 2013 by Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, Conn., shows former student Adam Lanza, who authorities said opened fire inside the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, killing 26 students and educators, after killing his mother at their home. A 2014 report by the Office of Connecticut Child Advocate concluded that Lanza's actions were not directly caused by his psychiatric problems, but it noted that his mother rejected psychologists' recommendations that her son should be medicated and undergo treatment for anxiety and other conditions. (AP Photo/Western Connecticut State University, File)
New Hampshire man acquitted in failed murder-for-hire plot
Bangladesh: Accused NYC attacker followed radical preacher
Okinawa boy injured after window falls off US Marine chopper
Global stocks steady ahead of expected Fed rate hike
WHL Roundup: Alexander Alexeyev leads Rebels over Tigers to snap winless streak
Scores and Schedule
Minnesota Lt. Gov. Tina Smith named to fill Franken seat
FILE- In this April 7, 2017, file photo, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton listens to a question from the media Friday, April 7, 2017, in St. Paul, Minn. Dayton was set to appoint a replacement Wednesday, Dec. 13, for Sen. Al Franken amid pressure to choose someone who could keep the seat in Democratic hands in a special election next November. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)
Tuesday's Games
Under Putin, Russia increases clout in the Middle East
Alabama shocker: Six ways stunning Senate result upends American politics
Philippine Congress votes to extend martial law in south
FILE - In this July 18, 2017 file photo, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte stands in front of the presidential seal during a ceremony with the Armed Forces of the Philippines at the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines. The Philippine Congress voted overwhelmingly Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017, to approve President Duterte's request to extend martial law in the south by a year after the military warned that terrorist threats continue to lurk despite the defeat of a disastrous pro-Islamic State group siege. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)
Faulty rollover bar prompts recall of small utility tractors
China marks Nanking Massacre's 80th anniversary
Chinese paramilitary policemen stand at attention near a Chinese flag flown at half mast to mark the 80th anniversary of the Nanjing massacre held at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese troops in Nanjing in eastern China's Jiangsu province Wednesday Dec. 13, 2017. (Chinatopix Via AP)
New political frustrations aired in Tea Party re-enactment
In this Monday, Dec. 11, 2017 photo, maintenance worker Luis Cardona, of Revere, Mass., top, applies wood stain to replicas of historic tea containers as containers holding tea, foreground, rest on the floor in a workshop at the Boston Tea Party Museum, in Boston. The museum is encouraging Americans to send unused tea leaves to toss into Boston Harbor as part of the Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017, annual re-enactment of the historic act of defiance that led to the Revolutionary War. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Bombing underscores New York subway system's vulnerability
Strong reactions to upcoming white nationalist college stop
FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2016, file photo, Richard Spencer speaks at the Texas A&M University campus in College Station, Texas. Michigan attorney Kyle Bristow says Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017 that white nationalist Spencer's planned appearance at the University of Cincinnati has been scheduled for next March 14. The University of Cincinnati trustees in October condemned hate while defending a decision to allow Spencer to speak on campus. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
Prosecutor says 3 soccer officials made fortune off bribes
Aggressive wild turkey hit by car undergoes surgery
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Mother who 'blacked out' during baby's death gets 13 years
This 2017 booking photo released by the Waldo County, Maine, Sheriff's Department shows Miranda Hopkins, of Troy, Maine. Hopkins was sentenced Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017, to 13 years in prison after she was convicted of manslaughter in November. She had drunk multiple shots of liquor and smoked marijuana on the January night of her infant son's death from blunt force head injuries. (Waldo County Sheriff's Department via AP)
Men due to leave Gitmo under Obama seem stuck under Trump
In this undated photo released by lawyer Shelby Sullivan-Bennis on Dec. 11, 2017 shows his client Abdellatif Nasser at the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. A diplomatic agreement that would have allowed Nasser to go free was not returned by Morocco until Dec. 28, 2016 eight days too late to meet a deadline to be among the last prisoners to leave under President Barack Obama. (Shelby Sullivan-Bennis via AP)
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Canadian skier Emily Young wins silver at Para-nordic World Cup
Winnipeg letter bomb evidence so similar, probably sent by same person: judge
Packers' Rodgers says he's been medically cleared to return
In this Nov. 26, 2017, photo, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers watches warmups before an NFL football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Pittsburgh. Rodgers has been "medically cleared to return" to action after missing seven games with a broken right collarbone, the quarterback announced on Instagram Tuesday night, Dec. 12. (AP Photo/Don Wright)
Granlund scores shootout winner as Wild beat Flames 2-1
Calgary Flames defenceman Mark Giordano passes the puck around Minnesota Wild right wing Zack Mitchell during the first period at Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, on Dec. 12, 2017.
Indonesia politician's graft trial delayed by stomach woes
Granlund's shootout goal lifts Wild to 2-1 win over Flames
Who is Doug Jones? Things to know about Alabama's new Democratic Senator
In this Dec. 12, 2017, photo, Doug Jones speaks to reporters after voting in Mountain Brook, Ala.
Alaska lawmaker refuses to resign amid misconduct claims
File - In this Jan. 17, 2017 file photo, state Rep. Dean Westlake, D-Kotzebue, talks with another legislator during a break in the opening session of the Alaska Legislature in Juneau, Alaska. The rural Alaska lawmaker has refused calls that he resign amid allegations of inappropriate behavior from seven women. Westlake issued a statement Tuesday evening, Dec. 12, 2017, saying he plans to stay in office. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)
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