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The Florida Senate Race Is All But Over
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The Florida Senate Race Is All But Over

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Marie

Nail-biter: Control of Senate hangs in the balance TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The battle over the future shape of the Florida Senate is all but finished. The candidates are set for their next debate on...

lvaro Negredo's recovery from cancer is becoming a family story
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lvaro Negredo’s recovery from cancer is becoming a family story

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Marie

Atlético Madrid midfielder's comeback from brain cancer and mother's paralysis This is an archived article that was published on sltrib.com in 2014, and information in the article may be outdated. It is provided only...

City of Toronto’s contract with private security guards to prevent protest camps
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City of Toronto’s contract with private security guards to prevent protest camps

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Marie

Council was told security hired to prevent encampments wouldn’t make arrests. One councillor is questioning why city documents say otherwise. In an effort to end tent camps, Toronto’s City Council voted unanimously on July...

Ontario changes to child care rules
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Ontario changes to child care rules

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Marie

Ontario weakened its $10-a-day child care funding rules. Now the federal government is demanding answers from province and the feds over how the changes came about. The rules change to child care, which required...

The ICC World Cup: How the ICC World Cup Has Shaped Cricket
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The ICC World Cup: How the ICC World Cup Has Shaped Cricket

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Marie

Players gripped by injury fear as World Cup draws near PODCAST The International Cricket Council (ICC) is holding its first World Cup in South Africa this summer, and while the tournament may have drawn...

Bashar Assad’s Victory in Syria Was Not a Rebuke to the Western Left
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Bashar Assad’s Victory in Syria Was Not a Rebuke to the Western Left

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Marie

Op-Ed: Netanyahu's return to power with a coalition of racists is appalling. But Israel's problem runs deeper than a single prime minister. Bashar Assad’s victory in the Syrian civil war last month was remarkable...

Uber’s New Driver-Service Agreement Is Unfair to Drivers
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Uber’s New Driver-Service Agreement Is Unfair to Drivers

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Marie

Uber called its recent union deal ‘historic.’ A new complaint alleges it was actually against the law, because Uber isn’t a driver. In April 2017 Uber reached a new agreement with the National Labor...

Santa Anita’s Triple Crown Prep Races Are Coming
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Santa Anita’s Triple Crown Prep Races Are Coming

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Marie

M.L.S. Playoff Preview: An L.A. Derby and More Questions Answered The Los Angeles Derby, the second leg of the Grade I Santa Anita Handicap & Handicap Sprint Championships, gets underway Friday night at Santa...

Mountain Lions and Wild Horses Have Nothing in Common
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Mountain Lions and Wild Horses Have Nothing in Common

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Marie

Mountain lions are eating California wild donkeys. Why scientists say this is a good thing California’s wild herds of four-foot-tall, 250-pound mountain lions are not the only ones in the state. This spring, a...

Toronto’s Child-Care Program is a stumbling block
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Toronto’s Child-Care Program is a stumbling block

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Marie

Hoping for $10-a-day child care? Here’s how many Toronto daycares opted in to the federal program last year Toronto had a record low in the number of government-funded child-care spaces available in 2018, a...