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New calculator tackles inequality in missing persons stories

NEW YORK (AP) — If you went missing, how much press would you be “worth”? The Columbia Journalism Review unveiled a tool on Thursday that calculates the number of stories your disappearance would net, based on demographics.
'I'm a work in progress': Pamela Anderson on restoring her B.C. home and herself

'I'm a work in progress': Pamela Anderson on restoring her B.C. home and herself

Model, actress and environmental crusader Pamela Anderson is on a mission of rehabilitation. Reached at her home in Ladysmith, B.C.

Miss Puerto Rico, Miss Argentina announce they are married

HAVANA (AP) — Two former beauty queens, Fabiola Valentín of Puerto Rico and Mariana Valera of Argentina, announced this week that they had secretly married.
Emerging playwrights get a boost in Terrence McNally's honor

Emerging playwrights get a boost in Terrence McNally's honor

NEW YORK (AP) — If it was show time at any of the city's myriad off-Broadway theaters, audience members could likely expect to see a theatrical giant in their midst — playwright Terrence McNally.
Cops: ‘Hood CNN’ reporter’s murder solved but no prosecution

Cops: ‘Hood CNN’ reporter’s murder solved but no prosecution

CHICAGO (AP) — The 2018 killing of “ZackTV," a trailblazer in a perilous genre of gangland reporting he called "‘hood CNN,” seemed destined to go unsolved, even though gunmen attacked him on a downtown Chicago street lined with surveillance cameras.
Review: 'Salvatore' fetes a life devoted to feet and fashion

Review: 'Salvatore' fetes a life devoted to feet and fashion

Next time you arrive home with aching, blistered feet after a long day, take heart: It’s not your feet that are the problem. It’s your shoes.
Prince William's Earthshot Prize ceremony to air on PBS, BBC

Prince William's Earthshot Prize ceremony to air on PBS, BBC

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Earthshot Prize , founded by Britain’s Prince William to honor groundbreaking solutions to environmental issues, will broadcast its second ceremony on PBS and the BBC.
Bono opens book tour before adoring fans at Beacon Theatre

Bono opens book tour before adoring fans at Beacon Theatre

NEW YORK (AP) — Bono opened his book tour Wednesday night in what he called a “transgressive” mood, a little bit guilty for appearing on stage with three musicians who were not his fellow members of U2 and otherwise singing, joking and shouting out h
Former CTV anchor Lisa LaFlamme among luminaries to be invested into Order of Canada

Former CTV anchor Lisa LaFlamme among luminaries to be invested into Order of Canada

OTTAWA — Former CTV national news anchor Lisa LaFlamme is among the luminaries set to be invested into the Order of Canada. Gov. Gen. Mary Simon will decorate 44 appointees at a ceremony at Rideau Hall this morning.
P.E.I. carpenter Nicholas Herring wins Writers' Trust fiction prize

P.E.I. carpenter Nicholas Herring wins Writers' Trust fiction prize

TORONTO — Debut novelist Nicholas Herring took home the top fiction prize at the Writers’ Trust Awards Wednesday evening for his tale of a lobster fisher whose unhappily monotonous life is upended by a series of unexpected events.
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