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Former Quebec premier Jean Charest took a final bow on the political stage on Saturday by making a passionate plea for national unity and reminding Canadians how important the province is to Canada. More...

More than 300 daycares across Quebec will close Friday while workers stage a one-day protest over wages and benefits. More...

All charges have been stayed in the August 2009 collapse of a stage at the Big Valley Jamboree that killed a 35-year-old woman. More...

Two months ago, Tyler Farrar was demoralized, sleeping 20 hours a day. He had even stopped riding, overcome by sorrow after his best friend died in a crash at the Giro d'Italia. On Monday, Farrar became the first American to win a stage of the Tour de France on the Fourth of July. It was the...

Between the boos raining down on Commissioner Roger Goodell and the uncertainty created by a bitter labor battle, the NFL draft opened Thursday night lacking much of its usually festive atmosphere. What it wasn't missing was intrigue and surprises — at least after the Carolina Panthers made Cam...

The Kodak Theatre was rocking as Gwyneth Paltrow, Mandy Moore, Celine Dion and other musicians ran through the numbers they'll perform on Sunday's Academy Awards. Moore dueted with Zachary Levi on "I See the Light," the nominated song from Disney's "Tangled," as composer and eight-time Oscar...

The Kodak Theatre was rocking as Gwyneth Paltrow, Mandy Moore, Celine Dion and other musicians ran through the numbers they'll perform on Sunday's Academy Awards. Moore dueted with Zachary Levi on "I See the Light," the nominated song from Disney's "Tangled," as composer and eight-time Oscar...

Sydney, Australia (CNN) -- Singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett fell off a concert stage and was injured at the end of a show in Sydney, Australia, Wednesday night, according to his manager. Buffett, 64, spent a day in Sydney's St. Vincent's Hospital, but he was released on Thursday, according to a...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/health/2010/11/05/gupta.charity.lungs.cnn Soprano Charity Tillemann-Dick returns to the stage after a double lung transplant. CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports.

Michael Douglas undergoing cancer therapy NEW YORK, -- What began as an irritating sore throat turned out to be Stage 4 throat cancer, U.S. actor Michael Douglass revealed on "The Late Show with David Letterman." "I got cancer," the Oscar-winning actor said Tuesday during a promotional...

Pink hospitalized after stage fall NUREMBERG, Germany, U.S. pop star Pink apologized via Twitter to the audience of Thursday's concert in Germany after an onstage stunt went awry and sent her to the hospital. The BBC said the singer fell out of a harness and was dragged into a barricade at...

Winehouse performs with Ronson on stage LONDON, (UPI) -- British soul singer Amy Winehouse, who has performed infrequently in recent years, appeared onstage with musician Mark Ronson Tuesday night. The BBC said Winehouse helped Ronson sing their 2007 hit "Valerie," but she seemed to forget...

Ex-hot dog eating champ arrested NEW YORK, (UPI) -- Competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi was arrested Sunday when he stormed the stage at a New York hot dog-eating contest, an event organizer said. Kobayashi, 32, didn't compete in the annual Nathan's Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest...

Pontiac stage collapse injures 10 roadies PONTIAC, Mich., (UPI) -- Firefighters say 10 people were hurt Saturday when a stage being set up at the Pontiac Silverdome near Detroit collapsed. The victims were stagehands and production personnel for a performance by A.R. Rahman, who did the...

Carey puts out small fire on stage LOS ANGELES, (UPI) -- U.S. pop star Mariah Carey said via Twitter she extinguished a small fire on the stage at a concert in Egypt this week. "In Egypt getting ready to go on stage and suddenly there was a surge of power and an electrical fire started...

MONT VENTOUX, France – Alberto Contador all but sealed his second Tour de France title Saturday, keeping the yellow jersey after a punishing mountain ride in the next to last stage. And almost certain to join him on the podium is Lance Armstrong. Armstrong, a seven-time champion in his first...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – The new and improved Britney Spears apparently isn't a fan of cigarette smoke — or any other kind of smoke, for that matter — while she's performing. The 27-year-old pop star left the stage for about 30 minutes during a concert in Vancouver on Wednesday night...

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