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Meredith Shaw and Sid Seixeiro no longer hosts at Citytv's 'Breakfast Television'

Meredith Shaw and Sid Seixeiro no longer hosts at Citytv's 'Breakfast Television'

TORONTO — "Breakfast Television" co-hosts Meredith Shaw and Sid Seixeiro are no longer with the program, amid a broader shakeup at the Citytv morning show.
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Folk artist Maud Lewis's husband's artwork, including fake signature, draws $5,500

Folk artist Maud Lewis's husband's artwork, including fake signature, draws $5,500

HALIFAX — An art dealer says a painting by the husband of renowned folk artist Maud Lewis sold Sunday for $5,500, with part of its attraction being that he falsely signed his wife's name to his work.
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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 16-22

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 16-22

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 16-22: Feb. 16: Jazz singer Peggy King is 95. Actor William Katt (“Greatest American Hero”) is 74. Actor LeVar Burton is 68. Rapper-actor Ice-T is 67. Guitarist Andy Taylor (Duran Duran) is 64.
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Kendrick Lamar and SZA are expanding their tour to Europe

Kendrick Lamar and SZA are expanding their tour to Europe

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fresh off their Super Bowl halftime spectacle, Kendrick Lamar and SZA are expanding their upcoming tour to make stops in Europe. The additional stops announced Monday include a July 4 show in Frankfurt, Germany.
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Memoir by former prime minister of Finland, Sanna Marin, to come out in November

Memoir by former prime minister of Finland, Sanna Marin, to come out in November

NEW YORK (AP) — Former Prime Minister of Finland Sanna Marin will have a memoir out this fall, looking back on a momentous four years in office when she led an all-female governing coalition, presided over her country's joining NATO and enacted legis
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Elwood Blues, Wayne Campbell, Turd Ferguson: 'SNL' characters that helped make Canuck comics famous

Elwood Blues, Wayne Campbell, Turd Ferguson: 'SNL' characters that helped make Canuck comics famous

Live from New York, Mike Myers became a star on “Saturday Night Live.” As did fellow Canadian comics Dan Aykroyd, Martin Short, and the late Phil Hartman and Norm Macdonald.
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Tom Robbins, literary prankster-philosopher, dies at 92

NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Robbins, the novelist and prankster-philosopher who charmed and addled millions of readers with such screwball adventures as "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" and "Jitterbug Perfume," has died. He was 92.
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Jon Batiste's reimagined Super Bowl anthem highlighted wife's painting and set stage for new music

Jon Batiste's reimagined Super Bowl anthem highlighted wife's painting and set stage for new music

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Jon Batiste transformed the Super Bowl stage into a symphony of creativity, debuting new music, reimagining “The Star-Spangled Banner" and shining a global spotlight on his wife's creative vision.
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Opening statements set in trial of man accused of trying to kill Salman Rushdie

Opening statements set in trial of man accused of trying to kill Salman Rushdie

MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Lawyers are scheduled to deliver opening statements Monday at the trial of the man charged with trying to fatally stab author Salman Rushdie in front of a lecture audience in western New York.
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Tom Robbins, literary prankster-philosopher, dies at 92, multiple outlets report

NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Robbins, the novelist and prankster-philosopher who charmed and addled millions of readers with such screwball adventures as "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" and "Jitterbug Perfume," has died. He was 92.
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