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'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2' wins weekend box office with $34M
"Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2" gobbled up $34 million in its debut weekend at the box office.The animated Sony sequel featuring the voices of Bill Hader...
Furloughed workers told not to check emails, voicemails or do any work if sent home
WASHINGTON - Federal workers will still have to report to work for about four hours Tuesday even though the government is shutting down.With no late deal...
Most actively traded companies on the TSX, TSX Venture Exchange markets
TORONTO - Some of the most active companies traded Monday on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange:Toronto Stock Exchange (12,787.19 down...
Parks to close, much food inspection to subside, a panda to go unobserved, in a shutdown
WASHINGTON - Campers in national parks are to pull up stakes and leave, some veterans waiting to have disability benefits approved will have to cool their heels...
Canadian dollar closes flat, July economic growth better than expected
TORONTO - The Canadian dollar closed flat Monday despite Canada's economic growth in July coming in better than expected as traders looked to government turmoil...
Labor official: No plans to release Sept. jobs report Friday in case of government shutdown
WASHINGTON - The Labor Department has no plans to release the closely watched U.S. monthly jobs report on Friday in case of a partial government shutdown that...
New rules scaring away needed foreign investment, warns former minister Prentice
OTTAWA - A former Harper government minister is warning that new rules against state-owned firms may be working too well — they are scaring off needed...
Shutdown looming, Senate rejects House GOP conditions on temporary spending bill
WASHINGTON - The Democratic-led Senate has rejected conditions that House Republicans attached to a temporary spending bill.On the brink of a government...
Glitch (briefly) gives France unexpectedly rosy jobless numbers
PARIS - France celebrated a surprise plunge in unemployment figures in August, but it turns out the figures were too good to be true.A glitch by phone operator...
Romania's spy agency: We have been monitoring protests at planned Canadian mine
BUCHAREST, Romania - Romania's domestic spy agency has been monitoring developments involving a planned Canadian-owned gold mine for years, its chief...
Long-running feud over Obama health care law plunges nation into government shutdown
WASHINGTON - Congress plunged the nation into a partial government shutdown Tuesday as a long-running dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law...
Nat'l parks, paychecks and panda cam all casualties of budget standoff in Washington
NEW YORK, N.Y. - A bitter budget fight has led to a U.S. government shutdown, leaving hundreds of thousands of federal workers without paychecks and shutting...
Obama tells military he'll push Congress to re-open gov't soon as agencies start to shut down
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is telling members of the military he'll work to get Congress to re-open the government as soon as possible.Obama is...
Nickelodeon joins with Clear Channel Media, gets station on iheartradio
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Nickelodeon is getting into the radio business.The children's entertainment network has joined forces with Clear Channel Media and...
Congress misses deadline for averting partial government shutdown, 1st in 17 years
WASHINGTON - Congress has missed the deadline for averting the first partial government shutdown in 17 years.As the clock struck midnight Monday, House...
White House budget office tells federal agencies to execute plans to shut down government
WASHINGTON - The White House's budget office says it's notifying federal agencies that the government will shut down Tuesday.Sylvia Mathews Burwell, the...
Crude oil falls as possible partial shutdown of US government looms
The price of oil fell sharply on Monday, to below US$102 a barrel, amid concerns that U.S. political leaders might not be able to reach a deal on a federal...
Rio de Janeiro's mayor dreams of making his city South America's answer to Hollywood
RIO DE JANEIRO - For Mayor Eduardo Paes, it's not enough that Rio de Janeiro is both an Olympic and a World Cup host city. He's determined to turn Rio into a...
Digital warming: Sherman Alexie, e-book detractor, OKs 7 more books to come out electronically
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Sherman Alexie is learning to live with e-books, conflicts and all.Once one of the harshest opponents of books on a screen, Alexie allowed a...
'Blacklist' for stolen and lost phones takes effect in Canada
TORONTO - A so-called "blacklist" for phones that are reported as stolen or lost took effect on Monday, preventing those devices from being activated in Canada...