Former cabinet minister Cauchon makes late entry into Liberal leadership race

OTTAWA - Former cabinet minister Martin Cauchon is making a late entry into the already crowded federal Liberal leadership race.Cauchon submitted his nomination papers and $75,000 entry fee just hours before the party's registration deadline of midnight Sunday.Assuming everything is in order and is verified by the party in the next day or two, Cauchon will become the ninth candidate seeking to lead...

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Ravens-Patriots redux for AFC title after New England beats Houston 41-28

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - Tom Brady became the winningest quarterback in post-season play, throwing for three touchdowns Sunday to beat Houston 41-28 and lift the New England Patriots into the AFC championship game.Brady got his 17th victory, surpassing his childhood hero, Joe Montana, by throwing for 344 yards. Seldom-used running back Shane Vereen scored three times, twice on receptions.If Brady can...

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Thousands converge on Eiffel Tower in mass protest against gay marriage

PARIS - Holding aloft ancient flags and young children, hundreds of thousands of people converged Sunday on the Eiffel Tower to protest the French president's plan to legalize gay marriage and thus allow same-sex couples to adopt and conceive children.The opposition to President Francois Hollande's plan has underscored divisions among the secular-but-Catholic French, especially more traditional rural...

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UPDATE 1-NBA-Microsoft's Ballmer and Seattle group set to buy Kings-report

* Deal worth $500 million* Report says team will move to old Supersonics home* Sacramento mayor desperate to keep teamSEATTLE/SACRAMENTO, Jan 9 (Reuters) - A group of investors led by hedge fund manager Chris Hansen and Microsoft Corp CEO Steve Ballmer is close to a deal to buy the Sacramento Kings basketball team for $500 million and move the franchise to Seattle, Yahoo Sports reported on Wednesday.The...

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Microsoft's Ballmer and Seattle group set to buy Kings - report

October 29, 2012. REUTERS/Robert GalbraithSEATTLE/SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - A group of investors led by hedge fund manager Chris Hansen and Microsoft Corp CEO Steve Ballmer is close to a deal to buy the Sacramento Kings basketball team for $500 million and move the franchise to Seattle, Yahoo Sports reported on Wednesday.The Maloof family, which has wrangled with the city of Sacramento for years over...

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UPDATE 8-NBA results

Jan 10 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the NBA games on Wednesday (home team in CAPS)TORONTO 90 Philadelphia 72Utah 112 CHARLOTTE 102CLEVELAND 99 Atlanta 83BOSTON 87 Phoenix 79Milwaukee 104 CHICAGO 96NEW ORLEANS 88 Houston 79SAN ANTONIO 108 LA Lakers 105OKLAHOMA CITY 106 Minnesota 84DENVER 108 Orlando 105LA CLIPPERS 99 Dallas 93Memphis 94 GOLDEN STATE ...

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Israel Is OK with Hagel as Secretary of Defense

Republicans trying to raise a case against confirming Chuck Hagel have cited not so kind remarks about Israel -- or "the Jews," as he's been quoted calling them -- as a reason not to confirm, but that could be a hard sell when Israel's departing Deputy Foreign Minister thinks Hagel is an alright guy.RELATED: If Chuck Hagel Won't Be Secretary of Defense, Who Will Be?Talking Points Memo's Josh Marshall...

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Montreux Jazz Festival founder Claude Nobs dies

GENEVA (AP) — Claude Nobs, the founder and general manager of the Montreux Jazz Festival, whose passion for music and artistry introduced generations of legendary musicians to international audiences on the Swiss stage, has died. He was 76.The Jazz Festival said Nobs, a native of Montreux, died Thursday after sustaining injuries from a fall while cross-country skiing in nearby Caux-sur-Montreux on...

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Indian rape accused had appeared on reality TV show

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The driver of the bus on which an Indian student was gang-raped and fatally beaten featured three years ago on a television show that was hosted by a former top woman police officer.Ram Singh, the main accused in last month's assault on the woman in New Delhi, had sought help on the show, "Aap Ki Kacheri" or "Your Court", to get compensation for injuries he sustained in a bus...

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Pa. governor sues NCAA for Penn State sanctions

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — The NCAA imposed landmark sanctions against Penn State over the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal in a cynical ploy to weaken the university and enhance its own dismal reputation, Pennsylvania's governor claims in an unprecedented federal antitrust lawsuit against college sports' governing body.Gov. Tom Corbett said the NCAA veered dramatically from its own disciplinary rules...

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