Indy 500: Big race picking up speed after sputtering along for years: Kelly This year’s Indianapolis 500 is being hailed as a return to form after a long downturn.
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U.K. braces for possible copycat attacks, right-wing protests after savage slaying of soldier There is anxiety and confusion in England after the murder of Lee Rigby, a young soldier brutally killed in an attack on a London street involving a self-styled radical Islamist wielding a meat cleaver.
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Joe Arpaio, ‘America’s toughest sheriff,’ still believes in pink underwear and harsh justice Joe Arpaio, the controversial Arizona lawman, remains unrepentant even as America’s golden age of hyper-incarceration seems to be ending.
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Toronto police arrest man in 1991 child sexual assault Scientific advances allow DNA from the incident to be tested decades later.
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Toronto police searching for three suspects after woman defrauded $100,000 Woman says she was offered a great deal on diamonds, but what she got was rocks.
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People without Jobs — Jobs without People: Decoding Canada’s ‘skills crisis’ Canada has 1.33 million unemployed workers, yet business hired 338,000 temporary foreign workers last year, citing shortages in low-skilled jobs.
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Blue Jays: Call-up Nolin knocked around by O’s in big-league debut Double-A call-up Sean Nolin lasts just 1.1 innings in 10-6 loss to Baltimore; Lawrie, Gibbons ejected early
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