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Magnitude 3.6 earthquake rattles Canada, suburban Detroit
DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting a 3.6-magnitude earthquake centered in southern Canada that also was felt in suburban Detroit. The quake was recorded late Thursday near Amherstburg, Ontario, a town of…
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Michigan sues company over Great Lakes power cable damage
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette has sued the company he says damaged electric cables and oil pipelines in a Great Lakes channel by dragging a tugboat anchor across them. The lawsuit…
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Correction: Great Lakes-Coolant Spill-The Latest story
MACKINAW CITY, Mich. (AP) — In a story April 17 about a leak of insulation fluid from electric cables in the channel that connects Lake Huron and Lake Michigan, The Associated Press reported erroneously that…
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White student pleads guilty, admits racial slur in fight
ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — A white Cornell University student has admitted using a racial slur during an attack on a black student and has pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct. Police initially charged 20-year-old John Greenwood,…
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Michigan official: Tugboat damaged Great Lakes pipelines
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A tugboat anchor struck underwater oil and electrical lines and caused an insulation fluid spill in the waterway connecting Lake Michigan and Lake Huron earlier this month, Michigan’s attorney general…
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Chicago, surfers criticize US Steel spills settlement
PORTAGE, Ind. (AP) — A proposed federal settlement inadequately punishes U.S. Steel for chemical spills into Lake Michigan, according to Chicago officials and a surfing organization. The deal calls for U.S. Steel to pay nearly…
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Canada pulls families of diplomatic staff from Cuba
TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s foreign ministry said Monday that it is ordering families of diplomatic staff in Cuba to return home amid questions about mysterious health symptoms detected in 10 people who were stationed on…
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US Halifax mall plotter admired Columbine, doc reveals
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — A prosecutor recommended Monday a sentence of 20 years for an American woman who pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy to commit murder in a plot that envisioned her and…
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Oil flow resumes through damaged Great Lakes pipelines
MACKINAW CITY, Mich. (AP) — Oil is flowing again through side-by-side pipelines beneath the waterway that connects Lake Huron and Lake Michigan. Enbridge Inc. announced Monday afternoon it has restarted its Line 5, which was…
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Keystone XL developer to meet with Nebraska landowners
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The developer of the Keystone XL pipeline plans to meet with landowners along its planned route through Nebraska this week and will start surveying for the project in Nebraska, South Dakota…
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Canadian alleged serial killer facing 8th murder charge
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian alleged serial killer Bruce McArthur is now facing an eighth murder charge — the death of a Sri Lankan man who had not been reported missing. Toronto police Detective Sgt. Hank…
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Canada’s Trudeau pledges money, new law pipeline happen
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Sunday he has instructed his finance minister to begin talks with Kinder Morgan to “remove the uncertainty” hanging over the controversial Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project…
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Senators want temporary halt of oil flow through pipelines
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s two senators called Friday for temporarily shutting down twin oil pipelines in a sensitive Great Lakes waterway that may have been damaged by a ship anchor strike, which also…
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Mastercard Foundation ends Michigan State work over Nassar
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Citing “lost confidence,” the Mastercard Foundation announced Thursday it will stop supporting programs with Michigan State University as the school deals with fallout from a former sports doctor convicted of…
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Canadian alleged serial killer facing 7th murder charge
TORONTO (AP) — Alleged serial killer Bruce McArthur is now facing a seventh murder charge involving a missing man whose family initially thought he had abandoned his wife and two daughters. The prosecution said in…
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