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Mega Millions tickets will climb to $5, but officials promise bigger prizes and better odds

Mega Millions tickets will climb to $5, but officials promise bigger prizes and better odds

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The cost of buying a Mega Millions jackpot dream will soon more than double, but lottery officials said they're confident players won't mind paying more after changes that will lead to larger prizes and more frequent winners.
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Western Forest Products temporarily curtails production at B.C. sawmills

Western Forest Products temporarily curtails production at B.C. sawmills

VANCOUVER — Western Forest Products Inc. says it is temporarily curtailing lumber production due to market challenges. The Vancouver-based company says it is reducing production from its B.C.
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Federal judge orders Google to open its Android app store to competition

Federal judge orders Google to open its Android app store to competition

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Monday ordered Google to tear down the digital walls shielding its Android app store from competition as punishment for maintaining an illegal monopoly that helped expand the company's internet empire.
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Movie armorer on Alec Baldwin's film 'Rust' pleads guilty to gun charge in separate case

Movie armorer on Alec Baldwin's film 'Rust' pleads guilty to gun charge in separate case

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The weapons supervisor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film “Rust" pleaded guilty Monday to a separate criminal charge of carrying a gun into a licensed liquor establishment.
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Lore Segal, esteemed Austrian American writer who fled the Nazis as a child, dies at 96

Lore Segal, esteemed Austrian American writer who fled the Nazis as a child, dies at 96

NEW YORK (AP) — Lore Segal, an esteemed Viennese American author and translator whose gift for words helped her family escape from the Nazis and who later drew upon her experiences as a Jewish refugee and immigrant for such fiction as “Other People's
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CRTC calls on Big 3 telecoms to lower international roaming fees

CRTC calls on Big 3 telecoms to lower international roaming fees

The CRTC said Monday that if it finds the companies are not making "sufficient progress" on the matter, it will launch a formal public proceeding.
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Montreal dockworkers set to halt all overtime work as talks drag on

Montreal dockworkers set to halt all overtime work as talks drag on

MONTREAL — Dockworkers at the Port of Montreal plan to halt all overtime work starting later this week in a pressure tactic aimed at management as contract talks grind on.
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S&P/TSX composite index closes lower, U.S. stock markets also fall

S&P/TSX composite index closes lower, U.S. stock markets also fall

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index closed lower Monday in a broad retreat that outweighed gains in energy stocks, while U.S. stock markets also fell on a weakened outlook for interest rate cuts.
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Don't expect human life expectancy to grow much more, researcher says

Don't expect human life expectancy to grow much more, researcher says

NEW YORK (AP) — Humanity is hitting the upper limit of life expectancy, according to a new study.
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Federal judge orders Google to open its Android app store to competition

Federal judge orders Google to open its Android app store to competition

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Monday ordered Google to tear down the digital walls shielding its Android app store from competition as a punishment for maintaining an illegal monopoly that helped expand the company's internet empire.
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