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Gerard Mortier, the Belgian opera director whose nonconformist style often grated the tradition-bound elite and who worked tirelessly to bring the art closer to the public, has died.

People inspect the site of a car bomb explosion in Baghdad's northern Qahirah neighborhood, Iraq, Sunday, March 9, 2014.

A general view of the site of a car bomb attack in the neighbourhood of al-Qahera is seen in northern Baghdad, March 9, 2014 At least 35 people have been killed and 147 wounded when a suicide bomber driving a minibus detonated the vehicle filled with explosives in the southern Iraqi city of Hilla.

Two police officers say the blast at the entrance of Hillah city killed six security personnel and three civilians, and wounded another 25 people.

The word Casey Ashley used to describe his 15-13 bag on day 2 of the Lake Hartwell FLW Tour was "solid."

The Vietnamese government reported Saturday that oil slicks - thought to be from the missing Malaysian jetliner that vanished Friday - had been spotted between Malaysia and Vietnam amid growing fears for the 239 people aboard the Malaysia Airlines flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

The Moose Jaw Police Service received 57 calls for service between 7 a.m. Friday and 7 a.m. Sunday.

Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-2H6-ER, tail number 9M-MRO, at Sydney - Kingsford Smith International Airport on Dec. 18, 2010.

The race for Fort Worth's District 9 council seat is a heating up - with five candidates committed to the race and another still considering the plunge into politics.

A 26-year-old Forestdale man who had been working to join the Brewster Fire Department was released Friday on $2,000 bail after pleading not guilty to multiple drug and weapons charges.

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp ., the federal agency that insures mortgages, is raising its rates by an average 15 per cent on May 1. Although this is not good news for homebuyers since it will add to the cost of many purchases, the overall impact isn't disastrous.

On March 9, 2009, the S&P 500 plummeted to a Great Recession low of 676. Since then, the index has enjoyed a robust run - up more than 170%.

Frustrated with the leisurely pace of federal regulation in the face of Metro-North's accidents and a flood of crude oil being shipped in tank cars widely considered unsafe, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and other senators Thursday demanded quicker, more decisive action to make the nation's railroads safer.

A former Marion County sheriff's deputy was arrested this week on a charge of providing false information while trying to buy a gun.

Around 815,000 criminal offences were committed in 2012-13 compared with more than 1.4 million in 2008-9.

Despite the recent controversy over the environmental risks of "fracking" in the nation's abundant shale plays, the future looks bright for suppliers of oil country tubular goods.

You don't have to be a dog person to love a good dog -- or a good dog movie. Canine companions have a way of bringing out the best in a person in tough situations, and they make for ideal movie sidekicks.

Ottawa Public Health officials are trying to track down 200 families that may have been exposed to a child with measles over four days in late February.

A " Government regulators are taking too long to write new rail safety regulations in light of recent fiery oil train accidents and a deadly commuter train derailment, senators complained Thursday.

Rhode Island's unemployment rate ticked down in January to 9.2 percent, and the number of jobs was up sizably.