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'Dance Moms' star Miller has cancer, underwent spine surgery

'Dance Moms' star Miller has cancer, underwent spine surgery

PITTSBURGH — Former "Dance Moms" reality TV star Abby Lee Miller has been diagnosed with cancer. Doctor Hooman Melamed tells People.com she contracted what they thought was a rare spinal infection and nearly died this week.
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Social media helps fuel teacher activism across the country

Social media helps fuel teacher activism across the country

PHOENIX — The public education uprisings that began in West Virginia and spread to Arizona, Oklahoma and Kentucky share similar origin stories. Teachers, long tired of low wages and a dearth of state funding, begin talking to each other online.
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Westjet to accelerate engine inspections following Southwest incident

Westjet to accelerate engine inspections following Southwest incident

CALGARY — WestJet Airlines Ltd. says it's immediately accelerating inspections of some fan blades following an engine failure on a Southwest Airlines flight Tuesday that left one passenger dead.
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'Dining of the future': vegan restaurant boom fuelled by meat eaters

'Dining of the future': vegan restaurant boom fuelled by meat eaters

Foodies say Canada is in the midst of a renaissance in plant-based dining as vegan restaurants sprout up across the country and traditional establishments update their menus to make them more animal-friendly.
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Acacia Mining production drops 45 per cent as Tanzania troubles persist

Acacia Mining production drops 45 per cent as Tanzania troubles persist

TORONTO — A subsidiary of Toronto-based Barrick Gold Corp. says gold production at its Tanzanian operations plunged 45 per cent last quarter as it grappled with export restrictions from the country.
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Ford's plan to cut Ontario corporate tax and halt wage hike benefits big business: Wynne

TORONTO — Ontario's Liberal premier says Tory promises to cut the provincial corporate income tax while halting a minimum wage hike would benefit big business while leaving workers in the lurch.
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North Korea has a new budget and it's full of fiscal hijinks

North Korea has a new budget and it's full of fiscal hijinks

TOKYO — Imagine a national budget that reflects steady growth, gives a healthy boost to science and technology while reserving big slices of the overall pie to defence and social spending.
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'Pharma Bro' moves to New Jersey - for federal prison stay

'Pharma Bro' moves to New Jersey - for federal prison stay

FORT DIX, N.J. — The pharmaceutical-industry entrepreneur vilified for jacking up the price of a life-saving drug was moved Tuesday to a low-security federal prison in New Jersey.
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Trade issues expose the limits of Trump-Abe 'bromance'

Trade issues expose the limits of Trump-Abe 'bromance'

PALM BEACH, Fla. — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe courted the new American president with a golden driver not long after Donald Trump won the White House.
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Manhattan turf war: 'Billionaires Row' vs. homeless shelter

Manhattan turf war: 'Billionaires Row' vs. homeless shelter

NEW YORK — Some of the world's wealthiest people have apartments in the half-dozen new skyscrapers built along a stretch of Manhattan's 57th Street known as "Billionaires Row." And soon they may have an unwanted new neighbour : a homeless shelter.
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