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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 5-11

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 5-11

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 5-11: Jan. 5: Actor Robert Duvall is 94. Singer-bassist Athol Guy of The Seekers is 85. Former talk show host Charlie Rose is 83. Actor Diane Keaton is 79. Actor Ted Lange (“The Love Boat”) is 77.
Stock market today: Wall Street opens lower in final days of a banner year for US stocks

Stock market today: Wall Street opens lower in final days of a banner year for US stocks

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are opening lower as a strong year for the market looks set to end on a sour note. The S&P 500 was down 1.3% early Monday.
Linda Lavin, Tony-winning Broadway actor who starred in the sitcom ‘Alice,’ dies at 87

Linda Lavin, Tony-winning Broadway actor who starred in the sitcom ‘Alice,’ dies at 87

NEW YORK (AP) — Linda Lavin, a Tony Award-winning stage actor who became a working class icon as a paper-hat wearing waitress on the TV sitcom “Alice,” has died. She was 87.
Value-seekers drove 2024's retail trends and dead ends

Value-seekers drove 2024's retail trends and dead ends

Value was in vogue in 2024. Shoppers and restaurant patrons in the U.S. were choosy about where and how to spend their money as they wrestled with high housing and food prices . Well-heeled customers traded down to Walmart and Aldi.
Boozy or not, that leftover eggnog makes a great milkshake

Boozy or not, that leftover eggnog makes a great milkshake

There’s that bottle of leftover eggnog in the fridge. And what are you going to do — pour it out? I think not.
Paying down debt top financial priority for Canadians in 2025: CIBC poll

Paying down debt top financial priority for Canadians in 2025: CIBC poll

TORONTO — CIBC says paying down debt is the top financial priority for Canadians heading into 2025.
Flavorful chorizo brings meaty depth to a paprika pinto bean soup with collard greens

Flavorful chorizo brings meaty depth to a paprika pinto bean soup with collard greens

Instead of a tough cut that requires hours to become tender, this recipe uses chorizo, a flavour-packed sausage that boasts a robust, smoky taste.
How American presidents have planned their own funerals

How American presidents have planned their own funerals

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jimmy Carter's memorial journey will end at his house in the tiny town of Plains, Georgia, where he grew up on a peanut farm. That is where his wife, Rosalynn , was laid to rest last year in a burial plot that they chose years ago.
Value-seekers drove 2024's retail trends and dead ends

Value-seekers drove 2024's retail trends and dead ends

Value was in vogue in 2024. Shoppers and restaurant patrons in the U.S. were choosy about where and how to spend their money as they wrestled with high housing and food prices . Well-heeled customers traded down to Walmart and Aldi.
Housing market poised for 2025 comeback as lower rates unleash pent-up demand

Housing market poised for 2025 comeback as lower rates unleash pent-up demand

As the calendar flipped one year ago, Canadian real estate watchers were optimistic a sluggish 2023 would give way to a rebound, with hopes of renewed demand as soon as the spring.