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Wisconsin Senate leader says Foxconn votes may be lacking
The Assembly Committee on Jobs and Economy meets about the incentive deal for Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis. The company last week that it planned to construct the first liquid crystal display panel factory outside of Asia in southeast Wisconsin. The deal requires the state to approve $3 billion in tax breaks tied to Foxconn hiring and spending as promised. (Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP)
Report: 4 gunned down in apparent mafia hit in Italy
A Carabinieri Italian police officer looks at the body od a man who, according to Italian news agency ANSA, was among 4 people killed by gunmen in an apparent Mafia hit, near Foggia, in the southern Italian region of Puglia, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017. ANSA quoted investigators as saying the first two victims were killed when another car carrying four or five people drove up alongside it and opened fire, while the other two victims were brothers who apparently witnessed the murders and were chased down by the killers and shot to death. (Franco Cautillo/ANSA via AP)
GE closing Rochester plant, work being moved to China
Illinois murder case challenges longstanding ballistic tests
In this June 28, 2017, photo, Patrick Pursley and his fiancee, Michelle Carr, talk in his attorney's office in Chicago about how reexamination of ballistic evidence helped him get a new trial for a 1994 murder he says he didn't commit. The case marks the first time someone has gotten a new trial by using a ballistics software that investigators have been using to put countless criminals behind bars. Pursley is free on bail and living with his fiancee while he waits for a new trial. (AP Photo/Ivan Moreno)
Former exec settles with matchmaking service over bad dates
FILE - In this July 24, 2012 file photo, matchmaker Amber Kelleher-Andrews, from the TV series "Ready For Love," and chief executive of matchmaking service Kelleher-Andrews attends NBCUniversal's 2012 Summer Press Tour in Beverly Hills, Calif. Darlene Daggett, former president for U.S. commerce for the West Chester-based home shopping channel QVC, settled a lawsuit against Kelleher International for a matchmaking service that set her up with a string of highly incompatible suitors, including men who were married, mentally unstable or felons. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
Shoppers have many high-end card options, but for how long?
FILE - This file photo provided by JPMorgan Chase shows a likeness of the Chase Sapphire Reserve Card. Shoppers who want a lot of high-end rewards on their credit cards currently have plenty of options. Ever since JPMorgan Chase launched its $450-a-year Sapphire Reserve Card in 2016, there’s been a proliferation of cards joining it and the American Express Platinum Card in offering big perks for a big annual fee. But whether enough people are willing to hold many of these cards may determine how sustainable the expansion is. (JPMorgan Chase via AP, File)
Crew to make Canadian shot put history without quarantined coach by her side
Shot putter Brittany Crew poses during an interview with The Canadian Press in Toronto on Wednesday May 31, 2017. Crew won't have her coach at London Stadium tonight when she makes history in women's shot put. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Testimony ends after emotional day in Swift groping case
Ian Simpson, right, of Provo, Ut., gives a kiss to his wife, Lauren, as they wait at the head of the line for the public wait to get courtroom seats to view the third day of a civil trial to determine whether a radio host groped pop singer Taylor Swift in a case in federal court Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017, in Denver. former DJ David Mueller, who sued Swift after she said he touched her backside before a concert in Denver in 2013. He's seeking at least $3 million. Swift countersued for sexual assault and is seeking $1. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Settlement reached in lawsuit over deadly Halloween hayride
This December 2013 photo provided by Monica Charette shows her late daughter, Cassidy Charette, who was killed in an October 2014 hayride crash in Mechanic Falls, Maine. The family has settled a lawsuit against the farm owner who operated the Halloween attraction, the family lawyer said Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017. (Monica Charette via AP)
'Alias Grace,' film starring Evan Rachel Wood headline TIFF's Canadian slate
Evan Rachel Wood attends a premiere for "Into the Forest" at the Toronto International Film Festival at in Toronto, Sept.12, 2015. The world premiere of Mary Harron's TV miniseries "Alias Grace" and films starring Evan Rachel Wood, Geena Davis and Sandra Oh are in the homegrown lineup for this year's Toronto International Film Festival.THE CANADIAN PRESS/ AP-Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File
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Makwala to run alone in 200 heat at worlds
Botswana's Isaac Makwala reacts after winning his heat of the Men's 400 meters during the World Athletics Championships in London Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Survey suggests many people in the LGBT community are reluctant to come out
A man holds a flag on a hockey stick during the Pride parade in Toronto on June 25, 2017. A new Canadian survey on the LGBT community suggests while just more than one-tenth of the population identifies as part of that group, many people are reluctant to tell others.More than half of the respondents who described themselves as LGBT said they have not come out to work colleagues, while just under half have not told their classmates. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mark Blinch
Massachusetts Rep. Tsongas won't seek re-election
FILE - In this June 2, 2012 file photo, Rep. Niki Tsongas, D-Mass. speaks in Springfield, Mass. Tsongas says she won’t seek re-election. The congresswoman, in a statement Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017, is hailing the gains of elected women in the state, from Sen. Elizabeth Warren to the 50 percent of the female state legislators in her northern Massachusetts district. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
What's next? Who's next? Businesses need succession plans
In this Aug. 2, 2017, photo, Jessica Sayles, a certified public accountant, works in her office in Las Vegas. Sayles is thinking about who might take over for her when she retires from the accounting firm where she is managing partner, even though that's still more than 20 years away. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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Kentucky man, transgender wife sue Amazon for workplace bias
This Aug. 4, 2017, photo provided by Jillian Weiss shows Dane Lane, left, and his transgender wife, Allegra Schawe-Lane, outside the federal courthouse in Covington, Ky. The couple is filing a lawsuit against Amazon, alleging that they endured sustained discrimination and harassment during a year as co-workers at an Amazon warehouse in Kentucky. (Jillian Weiss via AP)
United apologizes for death of dog on delayed plane
Trump endorses Strange; Brooks said president was misled
No sneak peeks, spoilers for these 'Game of Thrones' purists
This image released by HBO shows Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jamie Lannister in a scene from "Game of Thrones," which aired Sunday, Aug. 6. Sunday's airing was the series' most-watched ever, seen by 10.2 million viewers. (Macall B. Polay/HBO via AP)
Speculators love the Canadian dollar. Is that a bad sign?
A loonie is pictured in North Vancouver, on March 5, 2014.
British prosecutors convict 17 men, 1 women of sex crimes
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)
S&P/TSX composite lower in late-morning trading, loonie moves down
Lawmaker: Florida governor's office broke promise to LGBTQs
Jim Brenner, left, and Chuck Jones, discuss Florida Gov. Rick Scott's failure to sign an order protecting gay and lesbian state workers from discrimination on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Brendan Farrington)
Kentucky man, transgender wife sue Amazon for workplace bias
Police: Woman posts Snapchat video of herself being raped
Markets must now consider what was once unimaginable
President Donald Trump talks about North Korea during a briefing on the opioid crisis, Tuesday, Aug. 8 at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J.
The Latest: Firm tied to Trump dossier provides records
First female member of Alabama Supreme Court dies at 85
Witness: Patient who stabbed nurse howled at moon afterward
Canadian tech sector not immune to sexism and discrimination of Silicon Valley
Kirstine Stewart, former Twitter executive and current chief strategy office at Diply, says she wasn’t surprised by the content of a letter written by a Google engineer that ascribed gender inequality in tech industry to biological differences.
Town response to Jewish community stirs anti-Semitism fears
Canadian tech sector not immune to sexism and discrimination of Silicon Valley
Google's headquarters are shown in Mountain View, Calif., on Jan. 3, 2013. Sexism displayed in a recent memo by a male Google engineer is alive and well in Canada's tech sector, says one of the country's biggest media bosses. Former Twitter executive Kirstine Stewart says she wasn't surprised by a memo that went viral over the weekend, and cautioned anyone north of the border from being "holier than thou." THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Marcio Jose Sanchez
What you need to know about Guam, the centre of U.S.-North Korea tension
In this May 11, 2017, file photo, cars enter Naval Base Guam near Hagatna, Guam.
Jeannette Walls' life is now a major motion picture
This image released by Lionsgate shows Brie Larson as Jeannette Walls in "The Glass Castle." (Jake Giles Netter/Lionsgate via AP)
Bruce Springsteen plans a series of Broadway fall concerts
FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2016, file photo Bruce Springsteen performs during a Hillary Clinton campaign event at Independence Mall in Philadelphia. Springsteen plans to make his Broadway debut onstage this fall at the Walter Kerr Theatre in a solo show in which he performs songs from his career, interspersed with readings of his best-selling memoir “Born to Run.” “Springsteen on Broadway” begins previews Oct. 3, 2017, ahead of an Oct. 12 opening. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
Oprah-branded mashed potatoes, soups to hit supermarkets
FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015, file photo, Oprah Winfrey attends the premiere of the Oprah Winfrey Network's (OWN) documentary series "Belief," at The TimesCenter in New York. Winfrey is headed to the supermarket aisle with her own line of refrigerated soups and side dishes. The media mogul is launching the food line, called O, That's Good!, after creating a joint venture with Kraft Heinz Co. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP, File)
Clinton family to vacation in Quebec's Eastern Townships at 5-star inn: reports
Pimco and T. Rowe Price warn investors it’s time to reduce risk
Pedestrians walk past a Wall Street sign and security camera in front of the New York Stock Exchange.
Want to live like a Trump? President's old home is on Airbnb
FILE - This Jan. 17, 2017 file photo shows the boyhood home of President Donald Trump in New York. The 1940 Tudor-style house in Queens is on Airbnb and is being offered for $725 a night. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
FBI agents searched former Trump campaign chair's home
FILE - In this July 18, 2016 file photo, then-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort walks around the convention floor before the opening session of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. A spokesman for President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, says that FBI agents served a search warrant at one of his homes. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Review: Love, somehow, shines through 'The Glass Castle'
This image released by Lionsgate shows, from left, Sadie Sink, Charlie Shotwell, Ella Anderson, foreground center, Woody Harrelson, Naomi Watts and Eden Grace Redfield in "The Glass Castle." ( Jake Giles Netter/Lionsgate via AP)
US colleges help foreign students wary of travelling home
In this undated photo provided by Adelphi University, student Usman Anwar works at his campus job on Long Island, N.Y. Anwar said he skipped a trip home to Pakistan this summer because he worried he might not be allowed to re-enter the U.S. if he left. Like Anwar, some international students have remained in the U.S. because they worried about potential travel troubles, even if they aren't from majority Muslim countries in the government's travel ban rules. (Noelle Fiallo-Evans/Adelphi University via AP)
Asian stocks mostly lower on growing unease over North Korea
FILE - This July 15, 2013, file photo, shows the New York Stock Exchange. U.S. stocks headed lower in early trading Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017, as traders weighed the growing tensions between the U.S. and North Korea. A batch of disappointing company earnings also helped pull the market lower, with consumer-focused companies and technology stocks among the biggest decliners. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
In Photos: Violence in Nairobi after allegations of election fraud
Opposition supporters take to the streets of Nairobi, Kenya following allegations of manipulated election results
Anchor sets record for longest career as TV news broadcaster
Danes to Israel: Don't shut down Al-Jazeera's bureau
Ballou Tabla apologizes for skipping Impact practice to press transfer demand
Montreal Impact's Ballou Tabla is chased by FC Dallas' Hernan Grana during first half MLS action in Montreal on Saturday, July 22, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter McCabe
Burns and blindness: 'Very nasty' giant hogweed plant spreading in Canada
Conservation Lands Planner Victoria Maines, left, and Natural Heritage Ecologist Charlotte Cox walk through a patch of giant hogweed in Terra Cotta, Ont. on July 20, 2009. It can cause third degree burns and even permanent blindness - and it's spreading. Giant hogweed is cutting a wider swath in B.C. and Ontario, and the Nature Conservancy of Canada is urging people across the country to document sightings of the towering green plant with large umbels of white flowers and a clear sap. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
Rotor blades fell off German military chopper as it crashed
Intensified airstrikes on IS-held areas in Raqqa kill dozens
Pop-up Cheetos-themed restaurant to open in New York City
FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2014, file photo, Simply Cheetos are displayed in New York. Frito-Lay is opening a pop-up Cheetos-themed restaurant in New York City for three days beginning Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Candice Choi, File)
National Bank boosts its Dividend All-Stars portfolio to 29 securities
The sign for National Bank Financial is seen in Toronto’s financial district.
Hamilton police investigate Progressive Conservative nomination battle
Wayne Haun, Lauren Daigle top Dove Awards nominations
FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015, file photo, Lauren Daigle performs during the Dove Awards in Nashville. Producer-songwriter Wayne Haun, Daigle and rock singer Zach Williams are the top nominees at the 2017 GMA Dove Awards, honoring gospel and Christian music, announced Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski, File)
Man drowns while trying to rescue child in Lake Erie
Flights added, passenger volume soars at Long Beach Airport
Michigan student gets $42K in alleged racial post settlement
Thai court imprisons man to 20 years for insulting monarchy
Delta jet aborts takeoff from Atlanta after 2 tires go flat
Netanyahu rips media, opposition in face of corruption case
FILE -- In this Sunday, July 16, 2017 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu listens to French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France. Israel's ruling Likud Party is organizing a rally in support of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Wednesday, August 9, 2017, in what it hopes will be a show of force by the beleaguered Israeli leader as he battles a slew of corruption allegations. Likud leaders have been putting heavy pressure on party activists to attend Wednesday evening's rally in Tel Aviv. (Stephane Mahe/Pool Photo via AP, File)
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Navalny launches new attack on Putin's inner circle
Police: Toddler OK after ride down 100-foot-high hill in SUV
In this Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017 photo provided by the Vandergrift Police Department a vehicle, which contained a toddler inside, lies on its side after rolling down a 100-foot-high (30.48 meters) hill, in Vandergrift, Pa. Pennsylvania police said a 2-year-old boy "was happy as could be" and wasn't injured after he and the SUV rolled down the hill. (Joseph Gray/Vandergrift Police Department via AP)
Politics Briefing: Why good policy needs good data
New beer aims to quench thirst of oft-delayed NYC commuters
Zimbabwe to spend $1 billion on university honouring Mugabe
The Latest: Tiger Woods to enter diversion program Oct. 25
The Latest: Migrant boy called 'Little Picasso' shows works
FILE - In this Wednesday, March 2, 2016 file photo, a Greek police officer checks registration papers as refugees crowd to cross the border from the Greek side to Macedonia at the northern Greek border station of Idomeni. EU countries have begun the process of sending migrants who arrived in Europe via Greece over the last five months back to have their asylum applications assessed there, it was announced on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. Under EU rules, migrants must apply for asylum in the country they first enter. But the rules were suspended as hundreds of thousands of people, many Syrian refugees, entered Greece in 2015. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, file)
Testimony set in US trial over Chinese student's slaying
With $1-trillion chasing deals, investors park cash in ETFs
American flags fly above the BlackRock Inc. logo, displayed at the company's offices in New York on Oct. 14, 2013.
3 Kashmir rebels, boy killed in fighting, anti-India clashes
School finds evidence of sexual misconduct by ex-headmaster
Trump offers NKorea tough talk, despite miscalculation risk
Three ways to raise your kids to solve problems like an entrepreneur
North Korea, Trump exchange threats, but likely not fire. Here's why
Tens of thousands of North Koreans reject the United Nations' latest round of sanctions at Kim Il Sung Square on Wednesday Aug. 9, 2017, in Pyongyang.
Police hunt for killer of baby goats left on owner's steps
Several earthquakes hit northern Croatian coast, no injuries
Canadian builders on pace for best year since recession
The Minto LongBranch town home development located at Lakeshore Blvd West and Long Branch Ave. in Toronto, July 10 2017.
Insurer: Miami is more vulnerable to hurricanes like Andrew
FILE - In this Aug. 25, 1992, file photo, rows of damaged houses sit between Homestead and Florida City, Fla. Almost 25 years after Hurricane Andrew struck south of Miami, a new insurance underwriters' analysis says the city's vulnerability to another Category 5 hurricane has grown exponentially. (AP Photo/Mark Foley, File)
Home construction picks up, driven by buildings, condos, CMHC says
Judge to hear ex-treasure hunter's request to end jail time
1 dead after being hit by Amtrak train in Maryland
New Jersey town approves mosque after $3.25M settlement
Egypt curtails access to subsidized food as part of reforms
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)
Police: Baby abandoned by mom survived 3 days in plastic bag
This undated photo provided Elmira Police shows Harriette Hoyt. An 8-month-old baby found alive in a plastic bag outside a home had been abandoned there several days, authorities said. Elmira police said neighbors checking out a noise early Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, and found a baby whose feet were sticking out of the bag. Hoyt was being held Wednesday in the Chemung County Jail and has been charged with attempted murder. (Elmira Police via AP)
Fates of Aimia investors diverge in future without Air Canada
Aimia CEO David Johnson says he's confident in the 'future of the Aeroplan business.'
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Wednesday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades
The stock price of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. is shown on a screen above the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
US productivity rose a modest 0.9 pct. rate in spring
In this June 14, 2017, photo, men work on a street in downtown Boston. On Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017, the Labor Department releases second quarter productivity data. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Facebook video shows driver pointing gun at another motorist
Police investigate 2 unrelated triple shootings in St. Louis
The Latest: Japan says it could shoot down NKorean missile
People walk by a TV screen showing a local news program reporting with an image of U.S. President Donald Trump at the Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017. North Korea and the United States traded escalating threats, with President Donald Trump threatening Pyongyang "with fire and fury like the world has never seen" and the North's military claiming Wednesday it was examining its plans for attacking Guam. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Owner of PokerStars reports jump in profit
Stars Group also announced that it estimates 2017 revenue will be at the upper end of its previous range of between $1.2-billion (U.S.) and $1.26-billion (U.S.).
Loggerhead sea turtle released after rehab
Pentagon: British firm billed US over $50M for iffy expenses
FILE - In this June 6, 2017, file photo, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee ranking member Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., asks a question during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. A British company hired to help train Afghan intelligence officers billed the U.S. government for more than $50 million in questionable expenses that included luxury cars and exorbitant salaries paid to the “significant others” of the company’s top executives, according to a Pentagon audit. McCaskill summarized the audit’s major findings in a letter to Defense Secretary Jim Mattis that she was releasing on Aug. 9. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
6 Red Cross volunteers killed in Central African Republic
Owner of PokerStars reports jump in Q2 profit, raises adjusted earnings estimate
South Africa's main opposition wants to dissolve parliament
South African President, Jacob Zuma, jubilates after surviving a no-confidence vote by MP's in parliament in Cape Town South Africa, Tuesday Aug. 8, 2017. Zuma survived the vote which was the most serious attempt yet to unseat him after months of growing anger over alleged corruption and a sinking economy. (AP Photo)
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