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27 February, 2019 — Gerber's 2019 spokesbaby is a Hmong girl in North Carolina  CityNews CalgaryHICKORY, N.C. — Gerber says its newest spokesbaby is a spunky 1-year-old with “the look of wonder in her eyes,” born to a Hmong immigrant family in North ...

27 February, 2019 — Montenegro issues arrest warrant for ex-ruling party ally  CityNews CalgaryPODGORICA, Montenegro — Montenegro has issued an international arrest warrant for a fugitive banker who is a former close ally-turned-foe of long-serving ...

27 February, 2019 — Ukraine court strikes down anti-corruption law  CityNews CalgaryMINSK, Belarus — Ukraine's constitutional Court has struck down a law against officials enriching themselves, a move that raises concern about the country's ...

27 February, 2019 — Alaska governor removes French as oil, gas commission chair  CityNews CalgaryJUNEAU, Alaska — Gov. Mike Dunleavy has fired the chair of a state commission tasked with overseeing oil and gas drilling in Alaska, saying Hollis French was ...

27 February, 2019 — Lawsuit: Missouri professor stole, sold student's research  CityNews CalgaryKANSAS CITY, Mo. — The University of Missouri is accusing a pharmacy professor of stealing and selling a student's research that the school says could ...

27 February, 2019 — Sri Lanka court frees Indian cleared in assassination plot  CityNews CalgaryCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A Sri Lankan magistrate has freed an Indian man who was detained for five months over an alleged plot to kill island nation's president ...

27 February, 2019 — Salvadoran lawsuit victor allowed to stay in US for now  CityNews CalgaryFREDERICK, Md. — A Salvadoran woman who successfully sued a Maryland county over wrongful profiling and was later unexpectedly detained during a ...

27 February, 2019 — Greek court refuses to extradite dissident to Iran  CityNews CalgaryTHESSALONIKI, Greece — A Greek court has refused to extradite to Iran an Iranian political dissident and Christian wanted in her country for alleged ...

27 February, 2019 — 2 arrested in buffet brawl over crab legs  CityNews CalgaryHUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Alabama police say a dispute over crab legs at a dinner buffet ended in a brawl that left two people facing misdemeanour charges.

27 February, 2019 — A tax on digital ad spend (*cough* Facebook and Google) could bring in $2 billion for journalism  Nieman Journalism Lab at HarvardFree Press is suggesting an analog to a carbon tax on fossil fuels — but atoning for the attention economy's perils instead of climate change.