VANCOUVER – An annual conference that features innovative ideas and inspiring speeches is moving from California to Vancouver.
Different paths brought Duhamel, Radford to the Canadian pairs podium
Eric Radford remembers going to the video store as a kid in tiny Balmertown, the farthest north one can travel by road in Ontario. A group of kids stood smoking outside and Radford had to push his way through them as they taunted and teased him.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell: Outage at Superdome won't affect New Orleans as future host
NEW ORLEANS – The blackout at the Superdome will not stop the Super Bowl from returning to New Orleans.
State claims a wild card in BP civil deal on Macondo oil spill
(Reuters) – It is a question that has lawyers and many others on the U.S. Gulf coast buzzing: Will BP strike a massive deal to settle the remaining claims over the Gulf of Mexico well blowout? BP could be neari ng a settlement of federal claims with the U.S. Department of Justice, but people tracking the case closely say the company and coastal states, especially Louisiana, might still be far apart. So unless the talks with the states quicken or the judge delays the process in the hope a far-reaching deal will happen, the civil trial of the year will get under way on February 25 in New Orleans. … Analysis: Commodity hedge funds find money more scarce, pedigree pays
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Pierre Andurand, who managed $2 billion at his BlueGold oil hedge fund before it folded last year under heavy losses, is headlining a host of one-time commodity stars looking to make a comeback in a less merciful market. Andurand began trading on Friday at a new $200 million hedge fund that he plans to expand to $500 million by the end of the first quarter and $1 billion eventually. But the 36-year-old Frenchman who tripled his investors’ money in his first year at BlueGold will have to face more wary investors this time. …
Peru seeks to protect little fish with big impact
CALLAO, Peru (AP) -- The ocean off Peru boasts the world's richest fishing grounds, but Taurino Querevalu is returning to port empty again after a hunt for Peruvian anchovy, cursing his empty nets and an increasingly stingy sea. Passenger describes terrifying ride on runaway bus before California mountain crash
YUCAIPA, Calif. – A runaway bus careened down a mountain road without brakes and the driver called out to passengers to phone 911 before a violent crash with two other vehicles that killed eight people and injured dozens of others, a surviving passenger said Monday.
Alaska House passes bill that would change regulation of cruise ship wastewater
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Alaska House has passed legislation that critics say would roll-back requirements that cruise ships meet state water quality standards when dumping wastewater.
Canada begins phasing out its penny
TORONTO (AP) -- Canada started phasing out its penny, the nuisance coins that clutter dressers and cost more than their one-cent value to produce. 
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