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The Latest: Romania seizes eggs imported from Germany
In this photo taken Monday, Aug. 7, 2017 Eggs are kept fresh in an egg-box in a laboratory of the Chemical and Veterinary Investigation Office in Krefeld, Germany. Dutch investigators detained two men Thursday who are suspected of being involved in the illegal use of pesticide at poultry farms that sparked a massive food safety scare in several European countries. (Marcel Kusch/dpa via AP)
Markets Right Now: Stocks drop, led by technology companies
CI Financial strikes $780-million deal to buy Sentry Investments
CI Financial’s assets under management will rise by 16 per cent to $140-billion when the deal to acquire Sentry Investments closes, subject to regulatory approvals.
Child sex convictions spark UK debate about race and abuse
Northumbria Police Chief Constable Steve Ashman during a press conference in Newcastle Wednesday Aug. 9, 2017 after more than men were convicted of sexual offences. Prosecutors said the dozen men were of the convicted of sexual offenses in the city of Newcastle as children’s advocates expressed outrage at news that a convicted rapist was paid to inform on parties where the young women and girls were abused. (Owen Humphreys/PA via AP)
Survey finds employees wary to tell work about a mental health issue
A person pondering a maze.
Soggy New Orleans looks warily at more rain, possible floods
FILE - This Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017, file photo shows the Circle Food Store engulfed in floodwaters in New Orleans. With more rain in the forecast and city water pumps malfunctioning after weekend floods, New Orleans' mayor is urging residents of some waterlogged neighborhoods to move their vehicles to higher ground. Mayor Mitch Landrieu's office said early Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017, the city has lost service to one of its power turbines, which powers most of the pumping stations service the East Bank of New Orleans. (Brett Duke, Nola.com/The Times-Picayune via AP, FIle)
Iranian blogger says she feels 'safe' after reaching Israel
Iranian blogger Neda Amin sits during a press conference in Jerusalem, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017. Amin, who wrote for an Israeli news website and who left her country for life in exile, said she feels "safe now" after finally reaching Israel. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)
Netflix Canada hikes prices as streaming competition heats up
It’s the first price increase in nearly two years for the company, but it only affects users in Canada.
Houston artist to repaint mural about Mexican-Americans
Netflix Canada hikes prices as streaming competition ramps up, expenses rise
The Netflix logo is shown on an iPhone in Philadelphia on Monday, July 17, 2017. Watching your favourite shows on Netflix Canada just got a little more expensive. The popular video streaming service is hiking prices for new members effective immediately. It will do the same for existing users after notifying them by email in the coming weeks. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Matt Rourke
Russian activist freed from prison vows to unite opposition
Russian opposition activist Sergey Udaltsov gestures before a news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017. Udaltsov was released from prison on Tuesday after having served a term of 4.5 years for organizing Bolotnaya protests. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
Chris Cornell statue planned for Seattle by singer's widow
FILE - In this July 29, 2015 file photo, Chris Cornell poses for a portrait to promote his latest album, "Higher Truth," during a music video shoot in Agoura Hills, Calif. Cornell's widow told The Seattle Times for a story published Aug. 9, 2017, that she has commissioned a statue of the late Soundgarden frontman to be placed in his home town of Seattle. (Photo by Casey Curry/Invision/AP, File)
Financial stocks ‘among the most attractive in the TSX’
Scott Barlow
South Africa's opposition moves to dissolve parliament
FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017 file photo, members of parliament prepare to vote for or against the motion of no confidence against South African president, Jacob Zuma in the South African parliament in Cape Town, South Africa. South Africa's main opposition Democratic Alliance party submitted a motion to dissolve pariament Thursday, Aug. 10 2017 in a move that, if passed, would require fresh national elections. (Rodger Bosch/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Health officials tie norovirus outbreak to doughnut shop
Smugglers threw 280 migrants into sea off Yemen over two days: UN
Chief of Mission of the International Organization for Migration in Yemen Laurent calls the suffering of migrants on the route from Somalia to Yemen enormous.
Politics Briefing: Trudeau finally confirms pastor’s release
Neymar’s debut in French league could be delayed again
Paris Saint-Germain's Brazilian forward Neymar gestures as his arrives during his presentation to the fans at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on August 5, 2017.
US weekly requests for jobless aid up 3,000 to 244,000
FILE - In this Friday, May 19, 2017, file photo, job seekers line up to check in at the Opportunity Fair and Forum employment event in Dallas. On Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits a week earlier. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
US wholesale prices edged down 0.1 per cent in July
This Wednesday, May 3, 2017, photo shows a gas pump at a Chevron station in Miami. On Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017, the Labor Department reports on U.S. producer price inflation for July. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
Consumers Reports pulls Microsoft Surface recommendations
A Microsoft Surface is displayed at Yorkdale Mall in Toronto on Nov. 15, 2012.
Thursday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades
Hydro One has an electricity transmission monopoly in Ontario, and seems intent on building on its 25-per-cent share of assets that distribute power to end users in homes and businesses.
Egypt inflation soars to near 33 per cent amid subsidy cuts
FILE -- In this Oct. 26, 2016 file photo, volunteers from a local supermarket sell sugar after a market shortage, in the Sayeda Zeinab neighborhood of Cairo, Egypt. In the latest move in the government's ambitious economic reform plan, Egypt is curtailing access to ration cards that are used by three-quarters of the country's 93 million people to buy subsidized food items. A decree that went into effect Wednesday, August 9, 2017, denies access to the cards to state and private sector employees earning more than 1,500 Egyptian pounds, or about $84, a month. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)
Department stores - except Nordstrom - see sales metric drop
In this Thursday, May 11, 2017, photo, a shopper carries a bag as she walks in the parking lot of a shopping mall in Hialeah, Fla. Macy's Inc. reports earnings, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
Krispy Kreme marks eclipse with chocolate glazed doughnuts
FILE - In this April 17, 2008, file photo, Krispy Kreme doughnuts are shown in Matthews, N.C. Krispy Kreme announced Aug. 9, 2017, that it's giving its signature glazed treats a chocolate sheen for the first time ever in honor of the Aug. 21 eclipse. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)
91-year-old Thai woman earns bachelor's degree
In this Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017, photo, Kimlun Jinakul, 91, attends her graduation ceremony from Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University where she received a bachelor's degree in human ecology from Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun. (AP Photo)
Rwandan refugee in Uganda kidnapped in capital: Officials
Trump suggests Senate GOP leader must deliver or step aside
FILE - In this June 6, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump, flanked by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, and House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. President Donald Trump resumed his taunts of his party's Senate leader, expressing disbelief that McConnell couldn't persuade a Republican majority to pass a health care bill. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
China protests US ship sailing by island in South China Sea
In this photo taken Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011, the USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) destroyer sails off the coast of Vietnam. A Navy official says the USS John S. McCain has sailed close to a Chinese man-made island in a freedom of navigation operation in the disputed South China Sea. (AP Photo/Na Son Nguyen, File)
Peru expels Venezuela ambassador as pressure on Maduro grows
FILE - In this June 24, 2016 file photo, David Smolansky, mayor of El Hatillo district, center, shouts with others standing in line, after learning the validation center to certify the authenticity of petitioners' signatures has closed without attending them, in Caracas, Venezuela. The government-packed Supreme Court on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017, ordered the removal and imprisonment for 15 months of the Caracas-area for not obeying orders to shut down protests in his district. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)
Consumers Reports pulls Microsoft laptop recommendation
FILE - This April 12, 2016, file photo shows the Microsoft logo in Issy-les-Moulineaux, outside Paris, France. Consumer Reports said Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017, that it can no longer recommend multiple Microsoft laptops or tablets because of poor reliability compared to other brands. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
Police: 12-year-old poured boiling water on NYC girl's face
Blue Apron revenue beats forecast, but hurt by plant delays
FILE - This Oct. 6, 2014, file photo shows an example of a home-delivered meal from Blue Apron. Blue Apron Holdings, Inc. reports earnings, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Matthew Mead, File)
Home of the Week: A Guildwood oasis of natural delights​
The Scarborough property is surrounded by lush gardens.
HVAC and plumbing installs complicate Etobicoke home rebuild
Progress on home of Tory Crowder and Sean Thomas. Aerial drone shots.
Freighter aground in river linking lakes Superior, Huron
In this photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, the merchant vessel Calumet sits aground in shallow water outside of the channel on St. Marys River, which runs between the U.S. and Canada along Michigan's eastern Upper Peninsula, southeast of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Thursday, Aug 10, 2017. The Coast Guard says the Calumet left a steel facility in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, and was heading to its next port when it ran aground late Wednesday near Sugar Island. No injuries were reported. (U.S. Coast Guard via AP)
Canadian pastor freed from North Korean prison 'on his way home': family
In this file image made from July 30, 2015, video, Canadian Hyeon Soo Lim speaks in Pyongyang, North Korea. Relatives of a Canadian pastor released this week after more than two years in a North Korean prison say he is "on his way home" and they are anxious to be reunited with him. The Korean Central News Agency reported Wednesday that North Korea's central court had decided to free Hyeong Soo Lim, who was serving a life sentence for anti-state activities. (AP Photo)
Accelerated sale for custom Hamilton home in cooling market
23 Moonstone Ct., Hamilton
Toronto home buyers and sellers play the waiting game
A realtor's sign outside a Borden St. home is photographed on May 11, 2017.
‘Tremendous proportions’ help in Summerhill sale
Staging helps draw shoppers to East York family house
A farm house near Guelph that's focused on fun
The property sits on 16 hectares, which also includes a barn, wooden fences and a dressage building.
Location helps drive up price of Danforth home
Police investigate as Coldplay fans turned away in Montreal, duped by fake tickets
Two fake tickets to a Coldplay concert are shown in Montreal on Thursday, August 10, 2017 in this handout photo. Many Coldplay fans in Montreal were turned away from a show on Wednesday night, the victims of an apparent fake ticket scam. Montreal police say they received 17 complaints last night at a downtown police station near the Bell Centre. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Eva Romano *MANDATORY CREDIT*
Woman, man charged in 2012 killings that stymied police in Halifax
EU: 17 nations get tainted eggs, products in growing scandal
Acquitted ex-Tulsa officer volunteers at sheriff's office
FILE - In this May 17, 2017, file photo, Betty Shelby leaves the courtroom with her husband, Dave Shelby, right, after the jury in her case began deliberations in Tulsa, Okla. Shelby, a former Tulsa police officer who resigned after being acquitted of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man, is going to work for the sheriff's office in neighboring Rogers County. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)
Jews ask Poland's leader to denounce rising anti-Semitism
FILE - This file photo taken April 29, 2017 shows members of the far-right group, the National-Radical Camp, marking the 83rd anniversary of their organization, in Warsaw, Poland. Warsaw's Jewish community urged the country's most powerful politician, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, to denounce growing anti-Semitism, while other organizations on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017 warned they witness a rise of extreme right-wing violence. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, file)
Extreme heat decimating crops in parts of Europe
Pavel Tordaj, 42, a farmer, shows corn damaged by drought as he stands inside his field of corn in Padina, Serbia, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017. Authorities and experts are warning that extremely hot and dry summer this year in the Balkans has decimated crops, dried rivers and hurt the animal world. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)
Utility pays bonuses to execs before nuclear project fails
Before the Bell: Five things every Canadian investor needs to know
Trader Edward Curran works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, March 20.
Canadian Tire profit rises, but warns sporting division will likely miss targets
People walk by a Canadian Tire Store in downtown Toronto, in this file photo.
UN: Smugglers throw some 280 migrants into the sea off Yemen
Laurent de Boeck the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Chief of Mission for Yemen, talks to The Associated Press in Brussels, after a boat load of migrants were forced to abandon their boat by migrant smugglers, leaving five migrants dead and more than 50 still missing in the sea off the coast of Yemen, Thursday Aug. 10, 2017. This is the second such drowning in two days, de Boeck said Thursday "We have five bodies for sure ... but we believe that there are certainly more than 50 who are still in the sea." (AP Photo)
Baloney Meter: Libs avoid triggering 'irregular arrival' of asylum seekers
Asylum seekers step out of a tent to receive lunch at the Canada-United States border in Lacolle, Que. Thursday, August 10, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
NDP government says feedback shows most Albertans oppose daylight time
Calgary skyline.
Jennifer Lawrence opens up about boyfriend Darren Aronofsky
FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2016, file photo, Jennifer Lawrence arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Passengers" at the Village Theatre Westwood. Lawrence opened up on her relationship with director Darren Aronofsky in an interview with Vogue magazine published online on Aug. 9, 2017. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
Thursday’s small-cap stocks to watch
Aeroplan
Halifax Chronicle Herald staff approve new contract after 18-month strike
Striking journalists walk outside the Chronicle Herald building in Halifax on Thursday, April 13, 2017.
Yemen’s civil war turns country into cholera breeding ground
A girl drinks water from a well that alleged to be contaminated water with the bacterium Vibrio cholera, on the outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen, July 12, 2017.
Morning Update newsletter: Kyle Miller makes golf history; study tests full-day kindergarten outcomes
Members of the Canadian armed forces erect tents to house asylum seekers at the Canada-United States border in Lacolle, Que. Wednesday, August 9, 2017.
Bosnia marks 20 years since Princess Diana's visit
FILE --In this Sunday August 10,1997 file photo, Britain's Diana, Princess of Wales, right, chats with Bosnian muslim girl Mirzeta Gabelic, a 15 year-old landmine victim, in front of Mirzeta's home in Sarajevo, while Diana was on a visit to the region as part of her campaign against landmines. Bosnia is marking Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017, the 20th anniversary of Princess Diana’s visit, her last overseas tour only weeks before she died in a car crash in Paris. (AP Photo /Hidajet Delic, File)
Collision kills two beloved geese who frequent Nova Scotia pond:police
Geese are seen near a vigil for two recently killed geese in Dartmouth, N.S., in this recent handout photo. Two geese are dead after being hit by a vehicle at a crosswalk the popular birds use to access a pond at a park in Dartmouth, N.S. Police say a man was driving on Prince Albert Road during the rush hour Wednesday when he struck three of the geese, who were crossing over from the Elliott Street area to Sullivan's Pond. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Katy Jean *MANDATORY CREDIT*
Rights groups alarmed over planned executions in Maldives
FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2014 file photo, Maldivian President Yameen Abdul Gayoom, accompanied by his wife Fathimath Ibrahim, arrives in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Human rights groups have expressed concern over the Maldives government's purported plan to carry out its first execution in 60 years.President Gayoom said earlier this week that the country will execute the first of the three convicts next month. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)
At The Turn: Golfers hone shorts game at PGA as game's legwear fixation continues
Dustin Johnson hits a tee shot on the 16th hole during a practice round at the PGA Championship golf tournament at the Quail Hollow Club Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, in Charlotte, N.C. The internet collapsed in paroxysms, the golf part of the internet, anyway, when the PGA of America broke with decades of tradition and allowed players to wear shorts during their practice rounds at this week's PGA Championship, the fourth and final major of the year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Chris Carlson
Quebecor looks to buy back equity after profit surge
The offices of Quebecor are seen in Montreal in this file photo.
Islamic State group claims attack on police in Egypt's Sinai
Firefighter recruit fired, 3 resign in noose investigation
2 hostages freed by al-Qaida make 1st public appearances
Sweden's Johan Gustafsson speaks during a press conference at Swedish library Association in Stockholm, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017. A Swedish man kidnapped by Islamic militants in northern Mali nearly six years ago and released in June, says he brushed off the idea to flee because he realized he was held captive far away from everything. (Vilhem Stockstad / TT via AP)
The Latest: US urges Kenya's candidates not to use violence
Riot police fire water cannons at protesters throwing rocks, during clashes in the Kawangware slum of Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017. International observers on Thursday urged Kenyans to be patient as they awaited final election results following opposition allegations of vote-rigging, but clashes between police and protesters again erupted in Nairobi. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
10 Things to Know for Friday
In this April 18, 2017, photo, Walter Wenger visits his severely disabled son, Steven, in a hospital in Kingston, N.Y, where he was moved after maggots were twice found in the area around his breathing tube while living in a state group home. The Associated Press obtained a confidential report on the state investigation that determined the 2016 infestations at the group home in Rome, N.Y., were the result of neglect by caregivers. In most states, details of abuse and neglect investigations in state-regulated institutions for the disabled are almost never made public. (AP Photo/David Klepper)
Case of maggots in throat offers rare look at neglect probes
Sweden aided Ottawa in North Korea's release of pastor, Trudeau signals
In this file image made from July 30, 2015, video, Canadian Hyeon Soo Lim speaks in Pyongyang, North Korea.
Striking workers at Halifax newspaper vote overwhelmingly in favour of new deal
The Chronicle Herald building is seen in Halifax on Thursday, April 13, 2017. Striking newsroom employees at the Halifax Chronicle Herald are to vote on a tentative contract later today.A deal was reached Saturday in the 18-month-old labour dispute after two days of mediation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Kuwait tells AP: North Korean workers welcome amid crisis
FILE- In this Tuesday, July 25, 2017 photo, Korean waitresses play music at the Pyongyang Okryu-Gwan North Korean Restaurant in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Stalwart U.S. ally Kuwait tells The Associated Press it will keep issuing visas to North Korean laborers whose wages help Pyongyang evade international sanctions. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)
Hachi-roku: Honouring the spirit of Toyota’s celebrated 86​
In Japanese, the word for 86 is hachi-roku, and it's nearly a code word.​
Aug. 10: Promises of ‘fire and fury.’ Plus other letters to the editor
President Donald Trump: ‘North Korea best not make any more threats to the United States. They will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen.’
Police: French soldier attack suspect not known as radical
In this image taken from video, masked police stand outside a residence during a search at Sartrouveille suburb, northwest Paris, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017. Officials have said that French police are searching a building which is believed to be linked to the chief suspect in a car attack that injured six soldiers in Paris. (AP Photo)
Sri Lanka foreign minister resigns over alleged scandal
FILE- In this May 25, 2017 file photo, Sri Lanka's then appointed foreign minister Ravi Karunanayake prays during a function to invoke blessings, as is customary practice before the start of important activities, as he assumes office in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Karunanayake resigned on Thursday Aug. 10, 2017 after being accused of possessing a luxury apartment paid for by a businessman investigated for shady treasury bond transactions. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)
Turkey: Russian national detained over planned drone attack
Turkish police officers escort Russian national Renad Bakiev in Adana, Turkey, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017. Turkish authorities have detained a Russian national and suspected Islamic State militant for allegedly planning a drone attack on U.S. aircraft at Turkey's Incirlik air base, according to the Turkish police. Renad Bakiev was detained in the southern city of Adana over suspicions that he plotted to crash an American aircraft or attack the Incirlik air base using a drone, the Adana police said in a statement. (DHA-Depo Photos via AP)
Wine and olives: No, not a sexy evening, but two trade spats
Kenyatta declared winner of disputed Kenya presidential vote
A Kenyan woman sells eggs in the Mathare slum of Nairobi Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017. Kenya's election commission is defending the country's electronic voting system as secure, saying there were "no interferences before, during and after" Tuesday's election. The statements Wednesday night came after opposition candidate Raila Odinga accused hackers of infiltrating the system and manipulating the vote in favor of President Uhuru Kenyatta. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
The Latest: Franklin weakens to tropical storm over Mexico
Tape protects the windows of a restaurant as residents prepare for the arrival of Hurricane Franklin, in the port city of Veracruz, Mexico, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017. As a tropical storm, Franklin made a relatively mild run across the Yucatan Peninsula on Monday night and Tuesday, but on Wednesday it strengthened to a hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico as it prepared to pound a mountainous region prone to flash floods and mudslides with heavy rains. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)
Tech leaders must stop treating humanity like computer code
Navneet Alang is a Toronto-based freelance technology culture columnist.
Is Macron’s presidency already falling apart?
Konrad Yakabuski
Q&A: What does the US military do on the island of Guam?
In this May 11, 2017, file photo, cars enter Naval Base Guam near Hagatna, Guam. Security and defense officials on Guam said on Aug. 9, 2017, that there is no imminent threat to people there or in the Northern Mariana Islands after North Korea said it was examining its operational plans for attack. (AP Photo/Haven Daley, File)
Yemen national blood bank faces threat of closure
A man donates blood in National Blood Transfusion and Research Centre in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017. The director of Yemen's national blood bank says the facility could shut down within a week after a medical aid charity ended its support. Ayman el-Shihari, the blood bank's general director, said Thursday its closure could lead to a "humanitarian catastrophe." (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
Trump doubles down on 'fire and fury' vow as wargames near
ADDS TRANSLATION OF SIGN - Tens of thousands of North Koreans gathered for a rally at Kim Il Sung Square carrying placards and propaganda slogans as a show of support for their rejection of the United Nations' latest round of sanctions on Wednesday Aug. 9, 2017, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Propaganda sign at rear says, "We fully support the government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea that totally rejects the anti-republic ‘sanctions resolution!’" (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)
London double-decker bus crashes into store, several hurt
Emergency services personnel examine the inside of a crashed double-decker bus in Lavender Hill, southwest London Thursday Aug. 10, 2017. Transit officials said the bus was heading for the city's Waterloo station when it careened through the plate glass window of a kitchen shop on Thursday morning. (Neil Lancefield/PA via AP)
Guam's residents concerned but have faith in US military
FILE - In this March 7, 2003 file photo, a B-1B Lancer bomber, left, taxies past a B-52 shortly after landing at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam. The small U.S. territory of Guam has become a focal point after North Korea's army threatened to use ballistic missiles to create an "enveloping fire" around the island. The exclamation came after President Donald Trump warned Pyongyang of "fire and fury like the world has never seen" on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. (Masako Watanabe/Pacific Daily News via AP, File)
Suspected WWII-era bomb dug up near Fukushima nuke plant
FILE - This Nov. 22, 2016, aerial file photo shows Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture, Japan. A suspected wartime bomb was dug up at Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017, a construction site near the wrecked complex. The plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., said that a worker spotted the suspected bomb early Thursday while digging the ground at a parking lot about 1 kilometer (0.6 mile) north of the reactors destroyed in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo News via AP, File)
Politicians blocking people on social media ignites debate
FILE--In this March 8, 2017, file photo, Maine Gov. Paul LePage speaks at a town hall meeting in Yarmouth, Maine. An emerging debate about whether elected officials are violating people's free speech rights by blocking them on social media is spreading across the nation as First Amendment advocates file lawsuits or warn politicians to stop. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, file)
Lego appoints new CEO, replaces interim boss
FILE – In this Sep 30 2014 file photo, a portrait of Niels B. Christiansen. Danish toy company Lego has appointed Christiansen, who headed thermostat-maker Danfoss for nine years, as its chief executive. (Sofia Busk/AP via ritzau, File)
Review board splits on North Carolina fatal police shooting
Study says Trump moves trigger health premium jumps for 2018
FILE - In this July 24, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump, accompanied by Vice President Mike Pence, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, and others, speaks about healthcare, in the Blue Room of the White House in Washington. A study by a nonpartisan group says the Trump administration’s own actions are triggering double-digit premium increases on individual health insurance policies purchased by millions of consumers. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Trump administration urged to avoid salmon protection rules
FILE - In this 2013 file photo, the Ice Harbor Dam on the Snake River is seen from the air near Pasco, Wash. A group that represents farmers says saving imperiled salmon in the largest river system in the Northwest U.S. is too costly and is turning to the Trump administration. The Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association wants the government to convene a Cabinet-level committee known as the "God Squad" due to its authority to allow exemptions to the Endangered Species Act. (Bob Brawday /The Tri-City Herald via AP, File)
Pakistan's deposed PM criticizes top judges for his ouster
Toshiba gets auditors' signoff, avoiding delisting for now
Toshiba Corp. President Satoshi Tsunakawa speaks during a press conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
Why North Korea has no interest in talking to the South
FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2007 file photo, South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun, left, holds hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il after exchanging a joint declaration documents in Pyongyang, North Korea. The Koreas last held formal talks in December 2015. Since then, North Korea has conducted a torrent of missile tests and two nuclear tests, boosting its efforts to make nuclear weapons small enough to fit on long-range missiles. South Korean President Moon Jae-in vowed to build on the legacies of late liberal leaders Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun and their so-called “Sunshine Policy.” (Yonhap Pool Photo via AP, File)
Club pros enjoying the spotlight at PGA Championship
Alex Beach watches his tee shot on the fifth hole during a practice round at the PGA Championship golf tournament at the Quail Hollow Club on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
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