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NHL TRADE DEADLINE
Trade Tracker: Deal-by-deal details & analysis
Get a recap of today's action as Yahoo Sports' Nick Cotsonika provides commentary on all the moves that took place leading up to the deadline.
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Demi Lovato Doesn't Have a Thigh Gap, But Still Loves Her Body: See Her Motivational Bikini Pic
Demi Lovato shared several photos of her body, saying she doesn't have to have a thigh gap to be beautiful -- see the bikini shots!
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Dakota Johnson on SNL in 2015 vs. Melanie Griffith in 1988: Compare Their Hosting Outfits!
Dakota Johnson hosted Saturday Night Live on Feb. 28, and noted that her mom had hosted the series 26 years before--and the similarities don't stop there! Compare their monologue outfit style
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Warren Buffett criticizes Keystone XL delay, says U.S. 'thumbing nose' at Canada
The Keystone XL pipeline got an emphatic endorsement Monday from a powerful backer of President Barack Obama who questioned the handling of the file. To billionaire investor Warren Buffett, the delay is a thumbing of the nose at Canada. "I would have passed Keystone," Buffett said in an interview with CNBC. "I think that we have an enormous interest in working with Canada, as they have in working with us.
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First woman to be executed in 70 years in US state seeks clemency in husband's murder
The only woman on death row in the state of Georgia will become the first female to be executed in 70 years in the state Monday unless the U.S. Supreme Court or the state parole board steps in with a last-minute reprieve. Kelly Renee Gissendaner, 46, is scheduled to die by injection of pentobarbital at 7 p.m. (0GMT) at the state prison in Jackson for the February 1997 murder of her husband, Douglas Gissendaner. The courts found she plotted the stabbing death of her husband by her boyfriend, Gregory Owen, who will be up for parole in eight years after accepting a life sentence and testifying against her. Gissendaner would be only the 16th American woman put to death since the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the death penalty to resume in 1976.
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Adelaide men perform emergency C-section on dead wombat, save baby
Dmrenzo Kotze, 21, and Chris Dimasi, 20, spotted a dead wombat on a dirt road. When they went to move the roadkill out of the way, they noticed tiny movements inside the marsupial. “We could kind of see something moving inside,” Kotze told The Advertiser. “We thought we could see what we could do because (we thought) it could be a baby.”
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How Chris Hadfield's flight suit landed in thrift store by mistake
Chris Hadfield has. Now the astronaut's son, Evan Hadfield, has answered the vexing question about how his father's flight suit ended up in a Toronto thrift store. For 26 years, Chris Hadfield, a Sarnia, Ont., native, was living outside of Canada — in Russia and the U.S. — building a career operating the Canadarm in orbit, becoming the first Canadian to walk in space and rising to fame aboard the International Space Station.
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Connecticut launches probe into Lenovo use of Superfish software
Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen's office said on Monday it has launched an investigation into Lenovo Group Ltd's sales of laptops pre-loaded with Superfish software, which the U.S. government last month warned made users vulnerable to cyber attacks. The office said that Jepsen last week sent letters to Lenovo, the world's biggest personal computer maker, and privately held software maker Superfish asking them to provide information, including contracts and emails that discuss their partnership. Reports that the pre-loaded software tracks users' web searching and browsing for advertising purposes are "alarming revelations" that suggest Lenovo may have "seriously undermined computer users' online security and privacy," Jepsen said in his Feb. 27 letter to Lenovo. A Lenovo spokesman said the company has seen Jepsen's letter "and will cooperate in responding to the query." Superfish has not yet received the letter but expects to cooperate fully with the investigation, according to an email from a spokeswoman.
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Timmins, Ont.-born jihadist recruited 5 others for ISIS
Inspired by Andre Poulin's apparent charisma and his message, five Toronto men followed him to Syria and ultimately into the arms of ISIS, CBC News has learned. Poulin, from Timmins, Ont., converted to Islam and went by the name Abu Muslim. He joined the jihadist fight in Syria in 2012, in the process creating an 11-minute propaganda video for ISIS aimed at Westerners. CBC News has learned that Poulin also had a direct role in recruiting at least five young Muslim men from the Toronto area to go to Syria.
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This Is What Happens During Commercial Breaks at the Oscars
The Academy Awards are Hollywood's biggest night, but they are also one of Hollywood's longest nights. Stars start walking the red carpet at 3 in the afternoon and then report to their seats inside the Dolby Theatre by about 5 p.m., where they stay until the show wraps up at around 9 p.m. But they don't actually stay put in the audience that whole time! Between heading backstage, watching the live action, and mingling during commercial breaks, there's a lot more fun that goes on when the cameras aren't rolling.
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IBM shareholder sues company, alleging it overvalued chip unit
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - IBM Corp was sued on Monday by a shareholder that said it committed securities fraud by failing to write down a money-losing semiconductor unit before agreeing to pay another company $1.5 billion to take that unit off its hands. The lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court arose from IBM's announcement last Oct. 20 that it would sell the unit to GlobalFoundries Inc, and take a related $4.7 billion pre-tax charge. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc is among IBM's largest shareholders. According to the complaint, IBM inflated its stock price before selling the semiconductor unit by carrying the unit's property, plant and equipment assets on its books at $2.4 billion, when it should have known the assets were worthless.
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Taylor Swift's New Title: Godmother!
Some fans might consider Taylor Swift "god"-like. The signing superstar is going to be godmother to BFF Jaime King's second child, Taylor revealed on Instagram on Sunday night.
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Chris Young struck out against pitching machine in Yankees intrasquad game
Young was the only player in the Yankees intrasquad game to go down swinging.
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Pesticide likely killed two Quebec sisters in Thailand in 2012: coroner
RIVIERE-DU-LOUP, Que. - A Quebec coroner has concluded that two sisters found dead in their hotel room in Thailand in 2012 were probably intoxicated by phosphine, a strong pesticide. The same pesticide was also believed to have been responsible for the recent deaths of two children in northern Alberta. Coroner Renee Roussel said Monday the fact Audrey, 20, and Noemi Belanger, 26, were both very sick and appeared to have the same symptoms led her to conclude they suffered the same health problem — intoxication. She said it is officially forbidden to use phosphine to fumigate hotel rooms in Thailand, but that it might in fact still be used.
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A 'Marvel'ous snowman: Illinois man builds The Hulk in his front yard
When life gives you snow, build The Hulk. Luke Harris built the giant green Marvel character out of snow on his front lawn in Alton, Illinois, simply to make local kids smile.
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Halifax brings in powerful machines to tackle street ice
Work is underway to remove the thick slabs of ice that blankets streets all over Halifax, but the solution is slow and expensive. The city has brought in powerful machines that can rip through thick ice with precision and force. Sunday night, the graders tackled Waterloo Street, scraping up a foot of solid ice from the pavement. "Well amazingly, they turned this into a new street overnight," said Brock Vair.
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Former rap mogul taken to hospital after court hearing, tells judge he's going blind
Knight told Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James Brandlin that he had fired attorneys handling his murder case and was receiving inadequate medical treatment while in custody. The Death Row Records co-founder said he was blind in one eye and had only about 15 per cent vision in his other eye during a brief court appearance on Monday. Brandlin transferred Knight's case to another judge, and he was taken for medical care before his case could be called in Judge Ronald Coen's courtroom. Coen said before calling the case that Knight had been taken to a hospital, but he did not elaborate.
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Daylight saving time starts this weekend
Daylight saving time kicks in this weekend, costing Canadians an hour of sleep but giving many a daily dose of waking sunshine.
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Canadian pastor missing after aid trip to North Korea
By Andrea Hopkins TORONTO (Reuters) - A head pastor of large Canadian church has failed to return from a humanitarian mission to North Korea, and the Canadian government has reached out to try to locate him, his Toronto-based church said on Monday. Reverend Hyeon Soo Lim, 60, has made hundreds of trips to North Korea, where he helps oversee a nursing home, a nursery and an orphanage in the Rajin region, said Lisa Pak, a spokeswoman for the Light Korean Presbyterian Church in suburban Toronto. North Korea and China have clamped down on Christian groups in the last year, and several American Christians have been detained by North Korea.
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5 things to know about the return of 'Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'
It's fair to say that the mid-season finale of "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." changed pretty much everything for the characters on the comics-inspired saga. We learned that Agent Skye, played by Chloe Bennet, is really Daisy Johnson and that nothing will be the same for her again. She underwent a bizarre transformation that Marvel fans know has awakened dormant super powers. Meanwhile, Raina, played by Ruth Negga, was also changed, but into what, exactly, has yet to be seen.
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SUNshine Girl Cassandre is an aspiring chef who likes baking and other culinary pursuits. Cassandre, 24, loves cats, but has a particular fondness for her own, named Teddy. Cassandre’s also an avid snowboarder and video gamer. (Jack Boland
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