Sports 21 May, 2012 0

Sunday's Games NHL Western Conference Final Phoenix 2 Los Angeles 0 (Los Angeles leads series 3-1) -- World Hockey Championship Gold Medal Game Russia 6 Slovakia 2 Bronze Medal Game Czech Republic 3 Finland 2 -- Memorial Cup Shawinigan 6 London 2 -- Baseball Interleague N.Y. Mets 6 Toronto 5 Cincin

Sports 21 May, 2012 0

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The San Antonio Spurs mowed down another opponent, using their guile under pressure to close out another perfect playoff series. Tim Duncan scored 21 points, Tony Parker added 17 and the Spurs beat the Los Angeles Clippers 102-99 on Sunday night to win their second-round matchu

Sports 21 May, 2012 0

INDIANAPOLIS - LeBron James scored 40 points, superstar sidekick Dwyane Wade added 30 — 22 in the second half — and Miami's dynamic duo took over after halftime to bring the Heat even in the series with a 101-93 victory over the Indiana Pacers in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinal Sunday. Wi

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SHAWINIGAN, Que. - There was a party atmosphere at the Bionest Centre with the Shawinigan Cataractes making merry with a goal-scoring spree against the usually stingy London Knights. Defenceman Brandon Gormley scored twice and added an assist as the Cataractes got their first win of the MasterCard M

Business 21 May, 2012 0

BEIJING, China - A Chinese conglomerate announced Monday it will buy a major U.S. cinema chain, AMC Entertainment Holdings, for $2.6 billion in China's biggest corporate takeover in the United States to date. Dalian Wanda Group Co.'s purchase reflects the global ambitions of a wave of cash-rich Chin

Business 21 May, 2012 0

HONG KONG - Struggling Internet company Yahoo Inc. has secured a lifeline after agreeing to sell half of its prized stake in Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba for about $7.1 billion, with most of the cash going to shareholders. The deal, announced Sunday in the U.S., will see Alibaba Group buying bac

National 21 May, 2012 2

MONTREAL - Quebec's student protests took a dark, angry turn over the weekend following the introduction of an emergency law aimed at restoring order in the province, while the movement gained a number of high-profile supporters on the international stage. For the second night in a row, police clas

World 21 May, 2012 0

JERUSALEM - An Israeli human rights group has released a video suggesting Israeli soldiers stood by while Jewish settlers opened fire on Palestinians in the West Bank. The B'tselem organization says a 24-year-old Palestinian man was shot in the head and hospitalized in stable condition. B'tselem say

World 21 May, 2012 1

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan blocked the social networking website Twitter for several hours because it refused to remove tweets considered offensive to Islam, said one of the country's top telecommunications officials. The tweets were promoting a competition on Facebook to post images of Islam's Prophet Mu

World 21 May, 2012 0

NEW YORK, N.Y. - The death of the only man convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing has left some victims' relatives relieved and others raising questions about his guilt and whether others went unpunished. Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, a former Libyan intelligence official, died Sunday of cancer, his fami