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American Airlines brings back free meals on some flights
On Tuesday, March 14, 2017, American Airlines said it will offer free meals to everyone in economy on certain cross-country flights starting May 1, 2017.
McDonald's tests mobile ordering before national rollout
FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016, file photo, McDonald's CEO Steve Easterbrook demonstrates an order kiosk, with cashier Esmirna DeLeon, during a presentation at a McDonald's restaurant in New York's Tribeca neighborhood. McDonald’s has started testing mobile order-and-pay after acknowledging the ordering process in its restaurants can be “stressful.” The company is testing the option in California and Washington ahead of a national launch in the U.S. toward the end of 2017. Easterbrook has noted the initial stages of visiting can be “stressful” and that the company is making changes to improve the overall customer experience. That includes the introduction of ordering kiosks, which executives say can help ease lines at the counter and improve order accuracy. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
Up to 30 Dominican migrants detained in Puerto Rico waters
A barrel of fun: American side of Niagara Falls touts thrills in rebranding
Recipe: Make these delicious zucchini fritters and spring salad for dinner tonight
A pair of coin-operated binoculars stolen in Massachusetts
US women's hockey players stand firm in wage fight
Federal watchdog to review banks’ sales tactics
Toronto's financial district is seen in this file photo. The Financial Consumer Agency of Canada will begin a business practices probe in April, focusing on financial institutions’ business practices regarding express consent and disclosure when dealing with customers.
How Fed hike will affect mortgages, car loans, credit cards
In this March 6, 2017, photo, a mortgage rate graph is displayed on a computer in North Andover, Mass. Are mortgage rates headed up? How about car loans and home equity lines of credit? With the Fed prepared to announce an interest rate hike Wednesday, March 15, 2017, The Associated Press takes a look at what a hike could mean for people and businesses. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Grain higher, livestock mixed
Angelina Jolie to teach course at London School of Economics
FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2017, file photo, actress Angelina Jolie gives a press conference in Siem Reap province, Cambodia. Jolie gave a lecture at the London School of Economics on March 15, 2017, as a preview of a course she'll be teaching at the prestigious school in the fall. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)
Toronto FC star striker Sebastian Giovinco ruled out for Vancouver game
Toronto FC's Sebastian Giovinco celebrates his goal against the Philadelphia Union during first half MLS soccer playoff action in Toronto, Wednesday, October 26, 2016. Giovinco has been ruled out of Toronto FC's weekend game in Vancouver.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
'Norse Mythology' by Neil Gaiman tops Maclean's fiction list
US businesses boost stockpiles at modest pace as sales slow
Plea deal reached for man who fired shots inside DC pizzeria
FILE - This Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016, file photo shows Edgar Maddison Welch, 28 of Salisbury, N.C., as he surrenders to police, in Washington. Welch, who said he was investigating a conspiracy theory about Hillary Clinton running a child sex ring out of a pizza place, fired an assault rifle inside the restaurant. At a status hearing on Wednesday, March 15, 2017, in U.S. District Court in Washington, lawyers said they have reached a plea deal in principle for Welch. They said they needed some more time to complete the paperwork, and U.S. District Judge Ketanji B. Jackson scheduled a plea hearing for March 24. (Sathi Soma via AP, File)
Goldman turns cautious on stocks as Fed threatens to upset calm
A view of the Goldman Sachs stall on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange July 16, 2013.
US homebuilder sentiment surges to 12-year high in March
In this Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, photo, real estate signs mark the lots near one of the new homes for sale in a development for new homes in Cranberry Township, Butler County, Pa. On Wednesday, March 15, 2017, the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo releases its March index of builder sentiment. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Niche business education programs open the road to better careers
Peter Conforti, right, wanted to ‘set up a career’ in the auto sector, so he turned to The Automotive Business School of Canada at Georgian College in Barrie, Ont., where Jim Smith is an instructor.
3 service men killed in military plane crash in New Mexico
This frame grab from video supplied by KFDA-TV shows the broken fuselage of an Air Force plane Wednesday, March 15, 2017, in Clovis, N.M. The Air Force says three service members were killed when the single-engine reconnaissance and surveillance plane crashed in eastern New Mexico during a training flight. (KFDA-TV via AP)
Plenty of lessons in year one for John Chayka, youngest GM in sports history
In this May 5, 2016, file photo, Arizona Coyotes general manager John Chayka speaks at a news conference in Glendale, Ariz. While taking in a Panthers game on break from the NHL general managers in Florida earlier this month, the youngest GM in pro sports history picked the brain of one of hockey's greatest players and savviest managers. Chayka wanted to know how Steve Yzerman went about constructing Team Canada's Olympic and world championship teams, and how the process helped him develop as a manager. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Matt York, File
GOP leaders acknowledge health bill changes, may delay vote
In this March 8, 2017, photo, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. speaks during a news conference at the Republican National Committee Headquarters on Capitol Hill in Washington. House Republicans are working on a companion to their bill replacing “Obamacare,” a legislative second act that would ease cross-state sale of health insurance and limit jury awards for pain and suffering in malpractice lawsuits. The problem: the so-called “sidecar” bill lacks the votes in the Senate. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Sok An, right-hand man of Cambodia's Hun Sen, dies at 66
Lives lived: Slavko Lepki, 49
Slavko Lepki.
Japan one-ups Scotch with whisky, coveted around the world
In this March 10, 2017 photo, shot bar Zoetrope owner and bartender Atsushi Horigami adjusts the bottles of Japan-made whisky at his bar in Tokyo. Zoetrope, a tiny bar in a dingy building in a Tokyo backstreet, is famous among whisky lovers for specializing in Japanese whisky. "Japanese whisky has an unpredictability that makes it fun, and the highly skillful Japanese blenders have created a subtle taste with an impeccable balance," said Horigami. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Iranian news agency: 2 nationals charged with spying
Manitoba government move to lift cap on K-3 class size draws strong reaction
Kenya becomes latest African nation to ban plastic bags
FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015 file photo, a man who scavenges for a living takes a rest next to a Marabou stork on top of a mountain of garbage at the dump in the Dandora slum of Nairobi, Kenya. Kenya's government has announced it will become the latest African country to ban the manufacture and import of all plastic bags used for commercial and household packaging, which have littered the streets of the capital Nairobi and created towering piles at dump sites. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
Saudi policeman shot dead in second such killing in a week
The Latest: Vermont city records 3rd-biggest snowfall ever
Snow plows work to keep the grounds clear at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., Tuesday, March 14, 2017. A storm pounded the Northeast with more than a foot of snow in places Tuesday, paralyzing much of the Washington-to-Boston corridor after a remarkably mild February had lulled people into thinking the worst of winter was over. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Nova Scotia NDP member ponders legal move if vote called without boundary review
Hot Toronto real estate market helps push home sales up last month, CREA says
The hot real estate market in Toronto and the surrounding areas helped push home sales up last month to their highest mark in nearly a year. A real estate sold sign hangs in front of a west-end Toronto property Friday, Nov. 4, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
Financial Consumer Agency launches review of business practices at banks
Bank towers are shown from Bay Street in Toronto's financial district on Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Canada's financial consumer watchdog is launching a review of business practices among the major banks following reports citing unnamed employees who alleged the lenders were signing customers up for services without their consent. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrien Veczan
Lone lawmaker crusades against the death penalty in Alabama
Trump tweets dig at Snoop Dogg over mock shooting in video
FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2016 file photo, Snoop Dogg speaks while being honored with the "I am Hip Hop" award at the BET Hip Hop Awards in Atlanta. Snoop Dogg's new music video, posted Monday, March 13, 2017, aims a toy gun at a clown dressed as President Donald Trump. The video is for a remixed version of the song “Lavender,” by Canadian group BADBADNOTGOOD featuring Snoop Dogg and Kaytranada. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
Dutch vote is step 1 as Europe elections test populism
Investors should ‘stop worrying and learn to love oil’
Scott Barlow
All charges dismissed against ex-New York Jet Darrelle Revis
FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017, file photo, New York Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis walks on the field after an NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills in East Rutherford, N.J. Revis has a court date in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, March 15, 2017, on charges alleging he was in a fight with two men in Pittsburgh last month. The Jets released the former University of Pittsburgh star shortly after the Feb. 12 incident and he’s yet to sign with another team. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun, File)
Eni CEO: Corruption investigation unlikely to affect mandate
Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi, right, talks with Borsa Italiana s.p.a. CEO Raffaele Jerusalmi prior to the Eni investor meeting, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, March 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
Wednesday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades
File photo of CN Rail.
Families plead for Somali pirates to release ship's crew
Mother Hema Adhikari, standing center watches as sister Namalee Makalandawa, seated, shows a wedding photograph of Premnath Ruwan Sampath stored in a laptop at their residence in Maharagama, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, March 15, 2017. Sampath is one among the Sri Lankan crew members being held captive by suspected Somali pirates after armed men seized an oil tanker off the coast of Somalia Monday. Makalandawa said Sampath, was her only brother and that he had got married a year ago. He had joined the tanker two months ago. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
UK Treasury chief backs down on tax plans after outrage
FILE - In this Wednesday, March 8, 2017 file photo, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond poses for the media with his traditional red dispatch box before delivering his annual budget speech to Parliament in London. Britain’s Treasury chief has told lawmakers in his Conservative Party on Wednesday, March 15 that the government will not go ahead with plans for higher taxes on self-employed workers after the plans touched off outrage from within the Tory ranks. Philip Hammond announced an increase in National Insurance contributions for the self-employed in his budget last week. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, file)
Trump's allies melting away on wiretapping claims
In this photo taken July 16, 2016, Roger Stone, an adviser to Donald Trump, center, speaks to reporters in New York. Stone says he believes his contacts with a Russian-linked hacker who took credit for breaching the Democratic National Committee were obtained through a FISA warrant, which allows the government to collect the communications of individuals suspected of being agents of a foreign power. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Canadians richer on surging stock prices, but stuck in debt trap
TMX Group Inc. signage is seen at the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) in this file photo.
American retail spending increases slightly in February
In this Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016, file photo, tourists from Taiwan carry shopping bags as they walk along Lincoln Road Mall, a pedestrian area featuring retail shops and restaurants in Miami Beach, Fla.
Stolen 70-pound popcorn ball, valued at $700, returned
Canadian household debt hits another record in fourth quarter
Trudeau in New York City to catch musical Come From Away
The cast of Come From Away takes a bow onstage at the Broadway opening night at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre in New York on Sunday.
Liberals should consider overhaul of parental leave benefits: study
Justin Trudeau celebrates his Liberal leadership victory with his wife, Sophie Grégoire, son Xavier and daughter Ella-Grace..
Manufacturing in New York state expands in March
4 convicted of forming German far-right terrorist group
The defendant Markus W. stands in the courtroom of the Higher Regional Court in Munich, Germany, Wednesday, March 15 2017, accused of planning a terror attack on a refugee shelter using explosives. The defendant an alleged member of the extremist far-right terror group known as as the 'Oldschool Society.' (Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP)
Study says Liberals should consider overhaul of parental leave benefits
Train and car collide in north Toronto; GO trains holding
Man, 67, dies after car collides with truck in Hamilton
Americans spent slightly more at retail stores last month
In this Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, photo, a shopper passes a display in the window of a J. Crew store in the Shadyside shopping district of Pittsburgh. On Wednesday, March 15, 2017, the Commerce Department releases U.S. retail sales data for February. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
US consumer prices rose at a tempered pace in February
In this Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, photo, a shopper passes a sale sign in the Shadyside shopping district of Pittsburgh. On Wednesday, March 15, 2017, the Labor Department reports on U.S. consumer prices for February. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
The Latest: Athletic club dome collapses from snow, ice
Mariah Cunningham-Kanaus walks home after digging her car out in a parking area on the eastern promenade, Wednesday, March 15, in Portland, Maine. A powerful nor'easter buffeted much of the Northeast with blizzard conditions on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Hungary: Activists blow whistles on prime minister's speech
French weather presenter with Down syndrome scores a hit
In this image provided by France Televisions on Wednesday, March 15, 2017, Melanie Segard, left, who has Down Syndrome, listens to France 2 weather presenter Chloe Nabedian during an undated training at France Televisions headquarters in Paris, France. Segard took to the airwaves Tuesday March 14, to present the weather on French national television, breaking ratings records for the broadcast.(Christophe Russel/France Televisions via AP)
Kenyan officials say 13 killed in clashes between herders
Trump’s tax returns: What did we learn? A guide to the files and the fallout
Attorney: 5 with IS ties plead not guilty to killing guards
Wednesday’s TSX breakouts: A marijuana stock with several potential catalysts and 47% upside forecast
Jennifer Dowty
Zimbabwe opens tobacco-selling season for financial boost
UK court rules for animal charities in contested will case
FILE- In this file photo dated Dec. 12, 2016, Heather Ilott, faces the cameras outside court in London. Britain’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday March 15, 2017, against Ilott who tried to overturn her estranged mother’s will after the estate was left to animal charities. (Dominic Lipinski/PA FILE via AP)
Canadian students asked to design Google doodle for Canada’s 150th birthday
The Google logo is seen on a door at the company's office in Tel Aviv.
Powerful storm slams Maritimes with high winds
A man clears snow from the middle of the street during a snow storm in Halifax on Jan. 13, 2016.
Ethiopia relaxes emergency measures that followed protests
Patrick Maroon helps Oilers to 7-1 rout of Stars
Edmonton Oilers center David Desharnais (middle) celebrates his goal against the Dallas Stars with Oilers left winger Benoit Pouliot and defenseman Darnell Nurse.
Before the Bell: Markets to open higher with Fed, oil in focus
Colin Cieszynski
Toronto FC’s Steven Beitashour still dealing with concussion effects
Toronto FC defender Steven Beitashour suffered a concussion on March 4.
Philippine VP blasts Duterte's drug crackdown, cites abuses
FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2016 file photo, Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo answers questions from the media during a news conference following her resignation from her cabinet post under President Rodrigo Duterte in suburban Quezon city, south of Manila, Philippines. The Philippine vice president has raised alarms over the president's bloody crackdown against illegal drugs, which she says can't be solved "with bullets alone," and she also asked Filipinos to "defy brazen incursions on their rights." The comments are one of Robredo's sharpest critiques so far of President Rodrigo Duterte's campaign and are likely to antagonize him because they are intended for an international forum of human rights advocates, whom he has often lambasted. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)
Hiring a proposal planner can help you properly pop the question
Trudeau to watch Canadian musical Come From Away on Broadway
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a news conference in Houston, Texas, on March 10, 2017.
Kim Jong-nam’s identity confirmed with child’s DNA: Malaysia
This May 4, 2001, file photo shows Kim Jong-nam in Narita, Japan.
Lufthansa reaches 'breakthrough' deal with pilots union
FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2014 file photo Lufthansa planes are parked at the airport in Duesseldorf, Germany. Lufthansa and their pilots found an agreement over all their rate disputes. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
New Sobeys CEO Michael Medline says grocer let down its customers
The Latest: Trump touts GOP health care plan at Tenn. rally
FILE - In this Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump speaks on the telephone with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. In the background is a portrait of former President Andrew Jackson which Trump had installed in the first few days of his administration. Jon Meacham, who wrote a 2008 biography of Jackson titled "American Lion,” said Trump has echoed Jackson's outsider message to rural America by pledging to be a voice for "forgotten men and women." But he says it's "not the cleanest analogy." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Pope warns of 'very grave sin' when jobs are cut unjustly
Royal Marine's murder conviction downgraded to manslaughter
FILE - This is a Oct. 14, 2001 file photo of former Royal Marine Sergeant Alexander Blackman. Blackman who shot an injured Taliban fighter in Afghanistan has had his murder conviction downgraded Wednesday March 15, 2017. The murder conviction of 42-year-old Sgt. Alexander Blackman has been quashed and replaced by a manslaughter conviction. Ôªø (Andrew Parsons/file via AP)
Wednesday's small-cap stocks to watch
Endo International
UN agency: China has explosive growth in patent applications
Woman burned after headphones explode on flight to Australia
Egypt: 2,262 children fell ill in suspected food poisoning
Empire CEO says grocer can win back loyalty of Safeway customers
Ethiopia: South Sudanese tribesmen kill many across border
Top stories to start your day
Rachel Maddow during a taping of her show in New York on March 9, 2017.
UK jobless rate falls to lowest level since 1975
Toronto FC fullback Steven Beitashour hopes to leave concussion behind him
Toronto FC defender Steven Beitashour (33) trips up Montreal Impact midfielder Ignacio Piatti (10) during first half Canadian Championship soccer action in Toronto in a June 1, 2016, file photo. Beitashour is still paying the price for a ball to the head last season which left him with a concussion, one that he's still dealing with. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Texas congressman tells town hall attendee to 'shut up'
FILE - In this April 1, 2014, file photo, Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, questions David Friedman, the acting head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, during his testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation. Barton told a constituent to "shut up" during a town hall meeting in his home district Saturday, March 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Quebecor profitable in fourth quarter, Péladeau plans to stay the course
File photo of Pierre Karl Péladeau, who has returned to Quebecor as CEO.
Correction: Turkey-Twitter story
This is a screen-grab of the Amnesty International Twitter feed taken on Wednesday March 15, 2017. Twitter says it has revoked access to block "a third-party app" apparently used to hack a number of accounts to broadcast pro-Turkish messages, like the one illustrated. It's not clear how many accounts were taken over late Tuesday but the targets appear to have been entirely random. (AP Photo)
Peladeau back at the helm of Quebecor vowing no change in strategy
Premarket: European stocks, oil rise as Fed decision looms
A man walks by an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Wednesday, March 15, 2017. Asian stocks were mixed as the Fed met to decide on whether to hike interest rates in view of improvements in the U.S. economy.
Quebec pounded by winter storm, Couillard acknowledges need for better response
Tractor-trailers sit off the road after a crash involving at least 30 vehicles on a major highway east of Toronto caused a chemical spill on Tuesday, prompting police to evacuate the area.
Ukraine announces economic blockade of rebel-held territory
EU court rules on using phone subscribers' personal data
Why everyone needs to take care of their mental health
Bill Howatt
Death is a booming $1.6-billion industry in Canada
There are a growing number of low-cost alternatives for funerals, so don’t feel boxed into the traditional funeral home experience.
6 killed in Nigeria as teenage girls detonate explosives
The Latest: Yellen says Fed waiting to see Trump's program
Specialist Anthony Rinaldi works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, March 14, 2017. Stocks around the world pulled back Tuesday as investors wait to hear from the Federal Reserve, which is beginning a two-day policy meeting on interest rates. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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