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Big week for Facebook's Zuckerberg: From IPO opening bells to wedding bells

Breaking News - 2 hours 19 min ago
SAN FRANCISCO - For Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, it was quite a week — from birthday, to IPO, to I DO. A day after the historic Facebook stock offering, Zuckerberg on Saturday wed 27-year-old Priscilla Chan, his girlfriend of nearly a decade, according to a guest authorized to speak
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Local News - 2 hours 20 min ago
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Sex-scandal inquiry to be heard in city

Local News - 2 hours 20 min ago
The stage is set for a formal inquiry into allegations of sexual harassment against a Manitoba judge whose husband once handed out explicit photos of her to a client. On Saturday, a five-person Canadian Judicial Council panel gave the green light to launch the inquiry against Justice Lori
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BIG BANG theory

Local News - 2 hours 20 min ago
Sometimes Leiah Beck takes a bow she knows her audience will never see. Her canvas, the night sky, ensures that. It swallows her, as it ultimately does her art. Beck, 30, is a senior pyrotechnician for Archangel Fireworks Inc. of Winnipeg, the company that will shoot tonight's fireworks at The
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Local News - 2 hours 20 min ago
Death of lakes program makes a splash Readers had plenty to say about the Harper government's decision to kill the Experimental Lakes Area, one of the most unique and successful water research projects in the world. Somehow, Harper can approve $50 million for a gazebo in Tony Clement's
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Local News - 2 hours 20 min ago
No paper tomorrow The Free Press will not publish tomorrow, Victoria Day. The circulation and display advertising departments will be closed. Classified advertising will be closed Sunday (today), but open Monday 12:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. for obituary notices only at 697-7384. Regular office
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Discontinue C-BETTORS

Local News - 2 hours 20 min ago
In hold-em you don't flop hands very often. So what are you to do if you are sitting in a game with players who are constantly continuation betting? Well, if you want to start making money and punish these types of players, you're going to have to start bluff-raising their C-bets. In hold-em,
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In brief

Local News - 2 hours 20 min ago
Two stabbings in city POLICE are seeking suspects in connection with separate stabbings that sent two men to hospital Friday night and early Saturday morning. The first involved a 19-year-old man stabbed in the upper body in the 600 block of Main Street. Police say they arrived on the scene at
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Grey skies offer ray of hope

Local News - 2 hours 20 min ago
The rainy start to the long weekend was a bummer for campers but great news for firefighters battling the stubborn dregs of grass fires in southeastern Manitoba. Firefighters made good progress Saturday on the two fires in the Sandilands Provincial Park, one near the village of Badger and the
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The method behind his MADNESS

Local News - 2 hours 21 min ago
Anna Faris was about to make her way into the pomp and circumstance of the 2012 Academy Awards when Sacha Baron Cohen, her co-star in The Dictator, pulled alongside her in a stretch Rolls-Royce limousine flying banners from the film's fictitious Republic of Wadiya. "I turned to my husband and
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Men in Black ARE BACK

Local News - 2 hours 21 min ago
"You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows," but these days, a guide through the seemingly endless flurry of pop culture is just what we need. With that in mind, here is what's on the radar screen in TV, music and film for the coming week. MOVIES Big release: Men in Black
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Fire, barricades, and a Rolling Stone: Quebec protests make waves

Breaking News - 3 hours 22 min ago
MONTREAL - A plan to restore order in Montreal appeared to erupt in smoke late Saturday, with fiery blockades blazing on a busy downtown street corner in a dispute gaining international attention. Groups of protesters built pyres from plastic traffic cones and construction materials, setting
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Transgendered beauty queen falls short at Miss Universe Canada

Breaking News - 4 hours 56 min ago
TORONTO - Wannabe beauty queen Jenna Talackova failed in her bid to become Miss Universe Canada's first transgendered victor Saturday, but her supporters say she's already achieved much more than a crown. "She's a winner to me. That's my baby sister, she didn't let anybody down," said brother
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Goldeyes hop to a win in Texas

Breaking News - 5 hours 52 min ago
AMARILLO, Texas — Winnipeg Goldeyes left-fielder Kyle Day hopped on one foot to second base to get the game-winning run aboard in the 11th inning as the Goldeyes won a second straight come-from-behind game here on Saturday. Ridge Carpenter came in to pinch run and scored the winning run as...
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G8 leaders urge Europe to focus on growth rather than austerity at G8 summit

Breaking News - 6 hours 30 min ago
CAMP DAVID, Md. - The Group of Eight nations are advocating growth rather than austerity in Europe after spending two days of meetings at storied Camp David aimed at containing an escalating fiscal crisis overseas. U.S. President Barack Obama, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and leaders of the
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Judge's bid to move inquiry dismissed

Local News - 6 hours 45 min ago
The stage is set for a formal inquiry into allegations of sexual harassment against a Manitoba judge whose husband once handed out explicit photos of her to a client. On Saturday, a five-person Canadian Judicial Council panel gave the green light to launch the inquiry against Justice Lori
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Judge's bid to move inquiry dismissed

Breaking News - 6 hours 45 min ago
The stage is set for a formal inquiry into allegations of sexual harassment against a Manitoba judge whose husband once handed out explicit photos of her to a client. On Saturday, a five-person Canadian Judicial Council panel gave the green light to launch the inquiry against Justice Lori
Categories: Winnipeg News

Canadian Pacific workers give 72 hour strike notice as negotiations continue

Breaking News - 8 hours 14 min ago
CALGARY - Unionized workers at Canadian Pacific Railway (TSX:CP) have turned up the heat at the bargaining table, serving 72 hour strike notice. The company issued a news release Saturday saying that negotiations are continuing with the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, who represent 5,000 CP
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Blast in tunnel kills 19 people at central Chinese highway construction site

Breaking News - 8 hours 15 min ago
BEIJING, China - A blast in a tunnel has killed 19 workers at a central Chinese highway construction site. The explosion Saturday in Hunan province also injured one person, said two officials from the provincial work safety bureau who would only give their surnames, Li and Yang, a practice that
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Missing Gimli woman contacts RCMP

Local News - 9 hours 16 min ago
A Gimli woman missing since May 8 has been located. Holly Lynn Hambleton, 36, made contact with RCMP Saturday and is no longer considered missing. RCMP issued an alert for her last week. She was last seen May 8 in Winnipeg, missed an important medical appointment and left her family very...
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