ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Scuba divers or astronauts on the International Space Station may be the only humans who avoided a barrage of advertisements over the last two weeks enticing them to bet on the Super Bowl.

But the expensive, ubiquitous come-ons succeeded in driving new customers to many of the nation’s largest sportsbooks, boding well for the fast-growing legal sports betting industry in the U.S.

The gambling companies won't reveal exactly how many new customers they gained in the run-up to Sunday's Super Bowl, saying that is closely held proprietary information.

But in general terms, they say the barrage of ads — many of which offered easy-to-win bets reserved for new players — succeeded in gaining them new customers they hope will

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Cyclists find new way to show appreciation for Montreal health care workers

coronavirus pandemic, we’ve seen different ways people have thanked health care workers, from banging pots and pans nightly to donating meals for overworked front line staff.But a group of Montreal cyclists found a new way to show their appreciation for health care workers, which is very on-brand. About 100 cyclists honked their horns and rang their bells as they cheered on staff outside the Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital after a nine km bike ride this Saturday.“We’re all seeing that they’re doing, an amazing, amazing job and it’s really just to try to show them support for all that they’re doing,” Montreal Active Mobility Coalition Spokesperson Dan Lambert said.

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Newfoundland and Labrador reports 38 new cases of COVID-19, has 434 active cases

Newfoundland and Labrador’s COVID-19 outbreak grows with 60 new infections They involve 14 people under 20 years of age, seven between 20 and 39-years-old, 13 people in their 40s, three in their 50s and one person over 70.Health officials are also reporting three presumptive positive cases in the eastern region which still need to be confirmed.The province currently has 434 active cases of the novel coronavirus.The province reported 60 new cases on Friday as it deals with an outbreak that is nearly two weeks old.This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb.

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Winter storm woes send gas prices up in New Jersey, around nation

TRENTON - Gas prices shot up in New Jersey and around the nation amid tightening gas supplies due to the winter storm’s impact on Gulf Coast refineries.AAA Mid-Atlantic says the average price of a gallon of regular gas in New Jersey on Friday was $2.73, up eight cents from a week ago. Drivers were paying an average of $2.47 a gallon a year ago at this time.The national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline was $2.60, up 10 cents from last week.

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Over 1m vaccine doses per month expected - MacCraith

The head of the High Level Task Force on Covid-19 Vaccination has said that Ireland is on course to give out one million doses per month over April, May and June.

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Florida health officials report over 7,000 new COVID-19 cases, 125 deaths

ORLANDO, Fla. – Health officials in Central Florida are helping those qualified to receive the COVID-19 vaccine pre-register to get the shot.

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Lafrenière scores 2nd of season, Rangers beat Capitals 4-1

WASHINGTON – Alexis Lafrenière scored his second NHL goal, Artemi Panarin had two assists and the New York Rangers made the best of a new-look lineup, beating the Washington Capitals 4-1 Saturday for their second consecutive victory.

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New Brunswickers still waiting for province’s promised staycation rebate

New Brunswick tempted residents to opt for a staycation within provincial borders by offering a rebate on money spent on local accommodations, attractions and businesses.With the Explore NB Travel Incentive, residents were offered a 20 per cent rebate on up to $1,000 of eligible expenses – they just had to save their receipts and file them in October.Almost five months later, many who took advantage of the opportunity are still waiting for the province to pay up.“The timeline was 10-12 weeks,” says Albert County resident Don Coleman, who filed his receipts in the fall, “obviously we’re more than 12 weeks into the wait time.”Coleman’s not mad about the delay – in fact, he has nothing but nice things to say about the program.He says the

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3 more COVID-19 deaths in Manitoba Saturday, 95 new cases

COVID-19 have been reported Saturday.The deaths are:The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 5.3 per cent provincially and 4.0 per cent in Winnipeg. Many seniors struggle with loneliness.

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Coronavirus: Nova Scotia reports 4 new cases Saturday

COVID-19 on Saturday.There are now 18 active cases of the novel coronavirus in the province.One of the new cases is located in the western zone and is related to travel outside Atlantic Canada.

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Quebec logs 769 new COVID-19 cases, highest number of vaccinations in a single day

COVID-19 today and 14 additional deaths linked to the disease, including four within the past 24 hours.The Health Department says the number of hospitalizations declined by 23 to 700.It says 120 people are in intensive care, a decline of seven from the day before.Health authorities say 15,386 doses of vaccine were administered yesterday– the highest single-day total since the province began its immunization campaign — for a total of 329,324.Variants could bring ‘strong resurgence’ of COVID-19 if restrictions lifted, feds warn[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Health Minister Christian Dubé issued a tweet describing the situation as “very encouraging” and calling on residents to continue following

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People who lost jobs in 2020 had wages below Canadian average, report says

COVID-19 pandemic all had something in common: They made $27.81 an hour or less.But the biggest decline in work was among the country’s very bottom wage earners, with an hourly wage under $13.91.Those findings are included in a report by CIBC Economics based on Statistics Canada data that shows that all the jobs lost in 2020 were among workers who earned below average wages.

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New Brunswick’s active COVID-19 case count drops below 100 for the first time since January

COVID-19 cases in New Brunswick has slipped below 100 for the first time in more than a month.The province reported three new cases on Saturday, combined with 21 additional recoveries since Friday. Health officials say there are now 87 active cases.According to provincial records, the last time the active case count was below 100 was on Jan.

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Ottawa sees 53 new COVID-19 cases and 1 new death Saturday

OTTAWA -- Ottawa Public Health says 53 more people in Ottawa have tested positive for COVID-19 and one more person has died.

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Osceola County health department holding COVID-19 vaccine pre-registration events

KISSIMMEE, Fla. – The Florida Department of Health in Osceola County is holding COVID-19 pre-registration events to help people pre-register for the COVID-19 vaccine.

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Tribes have high hopes as Haaland confirmation hearing nears

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Deb Haaland stood with fellow tribal members protesting an oil pipeline outside a reservation in North Dakota, advocated for protecting cultural landmarks in her home state of New Mexico and pointedly told government witnesses in a hearing about blasting sacred Native American sites near the U.S.-Mexico border: “I don't know how you can sleep at night.”

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Ontario reports more than 1,200 new coronavirus cases, 28 deaths

coronavirus Saturday, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 291,999.A total of 274,714 COVID-19 cases are considered resolved, which is up by 1,313.Twenty-eight additional deaths were also reported on Saturday, bringing the provincial death toll to 6,848.Nearly 57,200 additional tests were completed. Ontario has now completed a total of 10,645,980 tests and 30,762 remain under investigation.

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Ontario reports just over 1,200 new COVID-19 cases Saturday with 54 in Ottawa

OTTAWA -- Ontario health officials are reporting 54 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Saturday.

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Two Democratic governors see stars dimmed by virus woes

ALBANY, N.Y. – At the outset of the coronavirus pandemic, two Democratic governors on opposite ends of the country were hailed as heroes for their leadership in a crisis. Now they're leaders on the ropes.

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Maryland police reform would repeal officer job protections

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Every Wednesday, for 395 weeks, Tawanda Jones has held a vigil to protest the death of her brother, Tyrone West, who died after a struggle with Baltimore police in 2013.

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Coronavirus Scotland: 803 new cases confirmed as care home visits set to resume

Scotland as the nation prepares to take its first baby steps out of lockdown.New figures released by the Scottish Government today show that a total of 196,642 cases have been reported since the outbreak of the pandemic last March.But with schools set for a phased return from Monday, and an announcement earlier today that indoor care home visits are to resume in 'early March', hope is on the horizon.The Scottish Goverment has confirmed care home residents will be granted two designated visitors.

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Covid-19: Kerala records 4,650 new cases and 13 deaths today

Kerala recorded 4650 new coronavirus cases and 13 new deaths on Saturday. With this, the total number of cases in the state to 10.30 lakh."Out of the total cases reported today, 76 reached the state from outside while 4,253 contracted the disease through their contacts.

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Scottish Government confirms 29 coronavirus deaths overnight as 803 new cases recorded

coronavirus in the last 24 hours. The Scottish Government also announced a further 803 positive cases have been detected overnight, bringing the total to 196,642.

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AIIMS chief calls for PPP to rollout large-scale COVID-19 vaccination programme

New Delhi: Terming the recent drop in COVID-19 cases in the country as a "small window of opportunity", AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria on Saturday called for a public-private partnership (PPP) for rollout of the COVID-19 vaccination programme at a large scale.Speaking at an AIMA event here, Guleria said the vaccine is the only weapon available to gain immunity and help reduce mortality rate due to the infectious disease.He noted that there was a need to put healthcare at the centrestage and not consider it only as a service sector."As far as vaccination is concerned there is still a lot to do and I think there has to be more private public partnership," the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) director said.There is a need to

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Princess Eugenie and husband pick a name for their baby son

LONDON – Britain’s Princess Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank have named their baby boy August Philip Hawke Brooksbank, Buckingham Palace said Saturday.

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New Zealand says Covid vaccinations 'small step in long journey'

New Zealand launched its Covid-19 vaccination programme Saturday but warned the initial rollout was only a small step in the long battle against the pandemic.The Pacific nation has been widely praised for its handling of the coronavirus and has seen just 26 deaths in a population of five million.The vaccine drive begins just days after authorities lifted a coronavirus lockdown in Auckland which confined most of the city's residents to their homes for three days."It's the start of what we might call a new chapter but we still have a long way to go," said Ashley Bloomfield, the country's director-general of health.The rollout marked a "small but important step in a long journey", he added, with the initial focus on high risk citizens and

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The Latest: UK urges Sec Council to push for pause in wars

UNITED NATIONS — Britain has circulated a draft resolution to the U.N. Security Council demanding that all warring parties immediately institute a “sustained humanitarian pause” to enable people in conflict areas to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

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Luna Rossa leads Team UK 5-1 in AmCup challenger final

After a week of storms ashore Ineos Team UK won one of two races sailed in a shifting breeze Saturday to raise the faint hint of a comeback in the America’s Cup challenger series final against Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli.

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10 years after quake, Christ Church Cathedral finally rising

CHRISTCHURCH – The Christ Church Cathedral was arguably New Zealand's most iconic building before much of it crumbled in an earthquake 10 years ago. The years of debate that followed over whether the ruins should be rebuilt or demolished came to symbolize the paralysis that has sometimes afflicted the broader rebuild of Christchurch.

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Canada logs over 3K new COVID-19 cases as feds warn of ‘strong’ variant-fueled resurgence

COVID-19 in Canada surpassed 840,000 on Friday as new federal health modelling projected a possible third wave of the virus, sparked by new variants of the virus, could catapult the country’s daily caseload to over 20,000 by mid-March.The modelling comes amid another 3,089 new infections on Friday, which pushed the national total to 840,591. Another 78 deaths linked to COVID-19 also brought the nation’s death toll from the virus to 21,576.

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The new Disney CEO’s covid strategy leans on streaming hits like ‘WandaVision’

Focus on the bottom lineMr. Chapek’s tenure as CEO has so far been somewhat overshadowed by Mr.

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Black history-themed public book ark project popping up around Camden County

CAMDEN COUNTY, N.J. - A Black history-themed public book ark project is popping up around Camden County."Autobiographies," said Erik James Montgomery describing a book inside a book ark he created and stocked. "Some of these are faith-based books and some of these are art books," he said. It’s part of an existing program to place books housed in these ark-structures in neighborhoods around Camden County. "I've seen them all around the city.

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Alberta premier announces priority list for Phase 2 of COVID 19 vaccinations

For weeks, the provincial government has been pressed to release details of its Phase Two vaccine rollout plan. On Friday, the government unveiled its plan. Julia Wong explains who is and who is not included.

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Police: Man takes off in pizza delivery driver's vehicle with family inside in Tioga

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia police are searching for a delivery driver's family after his car was stolen with his wife and two children inside in the city's Tioga section.It happened at Broad Street and Erie Avenue around 8:40 p.m. Friday.According to police, the delivery driver for City View Pizza was making a delivery with his 25-year-old wife, and his two children a 4-year-old and 2-year-old kids when a man jumped inside the car and took off with the family inside. The suspect is described a Black male, around 5-foot-9, with a medium build.

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Embiid scores career-high 50 points to lead 76ers past Bulls

PHILADELPHIA – All-Star Joel Embiid scored a career-high 50 points to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 112-105 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Friday night.

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Leading B.C. doctor says 1 shot of COVID-19 vaccine is good enough — for now

COVID-19 vaccine on ice until all high-risk people get their first shot?It’s a possibility Dr. Danuta Skowronski, epidemiology lead for influenza and emerging respiratory pathogens at the B.C.

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Judge rejects Rep. Devin Nunes defamation suit against CNN

NEW YORK – A defamation lawsuit U.S. Rep. Devin Nunes brought against CNN was tossed out by a Manhattan judge on Friday.

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Griddy customer unable to switch provider stuck with $17,000 electric bill

ARLINGTON, Texas - Electric customers across North Texas have been reaching out for help after looking at unbelievable electricity bills.The power cost for some went up astronomically for when the power was on and even some for when it was off during the extreme winter weather.Unless you're in a variable rate plan, you should not see a change in your energy rate.When it comes time for a new contract, we may see higher prices.Dozens have reached out to say there's one company you will not be signing up with.Ty Williams and his family in Alrington were among the lucky ones during this week's storm and never lost power.

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Read the text: House Democrats publish full $1.9T COVID-19 relief bill — including $1,400 checks

WASHINGTON - House Democrats unveiled their massive $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package, releasing the full text of the 591-page bill on Friday.The legislation includes an increase to the Federal minimum wage to $15 per hour, $1,400 direct payments to Americans making $75,000 or less a year, as well as an extension of $400 federal unemployment benefits."This reconciliation bill is the next step toward implementing the American Rescue Plan and finally changing the direction of these crises," said House Budget Committee Chairman John Yarmuth in a press release."Without this relief package, conditions will spiral further out of control and families will suffer needlessly.

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Ford asks dealers to loan new F-150s to Texans to power homes amid historic cold

DEARBORN, Mich. - Texans trapped in some of the coldest temperatures to ever hit the state have resulted in some out-of-box solutions for keeping warm and powering appliances.As it turns out, Ford's new F-150 model that's equipped with an onboard power source can be used for more than just powering electric tools from a toolbox.That solution was codified into an impromptu request from the company that asked dealerships in the state to loan out its F-150s to other Texans in need of respite from the arctic air plaguing the state.On Wednesday, a blog dedicated to Ford's flagship truck posted a photo of an extension cord plugged into the interior wall of an F-150 pickup bed."Easy to use, just turn it on and forget it."Ran power to some lights,

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Border worker vaccinations - an important step in New Zealand’s pandemic response

Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield says New Zealand has arrived at a key point in its pandemic response, with today’s first vaccinations of border workers. “Today’s vaccinations reinforce the value of what we’ve all been doing for the past 12 months to keep COVID-19 at bay,” Dr Bloomfield said in addressing a media conference in Auckland marking the vaccinations.

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'What a Journey': Carson Wentz pens heartfelt goodbye to teammates, City of Philadelphia and Eagles

PHILADELPHIA, PA - OCTOBER 06: Philadelphia Eagles Quarterback Carson Wentz (11) throws a pass in the first half during the game between the New York Jets and Philadelphia Eagles on October 06, 2019 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, PA.

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B.C. reports 508 new COVID-19 cases, 6 additional deaths

Deputy provincial health officer Dr. Réka Gustafson reports 508 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, Feb. 19, and six additional related deaths in the last 24-hours.

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Nova Scotia Health issues COVID-19 exposure warnings for locations in New Minas, Wolfville

COVID-19 exposure warnings for locations in New Minas and Wolfville.The potential exposures occurred on Feb. 10 and Feb.

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New York man killed when driver loses control, crashes into guardrail in Brevard County

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – A man from New York was killed when the driver he was with lost control and struck a guardrail on Interstate 95 in Brevard County Friday afternoon, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

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Virtual concerts announced for first phase of program aimed at reviving live music in London

coronavirus pandemic.Unveiled on Friday, “Revive Live” is aimed at “strategically kickstarting” the safe reopening of venues and public concerts in London.The initiative is being organized by the city-operated London Music Office, Downtown London, London Arts Council, London Economic Development Corporation, Old East Village BIA, and Tourism London. Iconic London, Ont., venue Call The Office to close indefinitely The first phase of the initiative will see performances broadcast from various music venues in the city over the coming months.

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Alberta reports 325 new cases of COVID-19 Friday, 7 additional deaths

COVID-19 on Friday, as well as seven additional deaths from the disease.The new cases came as a result of 9,376 test being completed, putting the province’s positivity rate at about 3.6 per cent.There were 352 people in hospital with COVID-19 on Friday afternoon, 55 of whom were being treated in the ICU. COVID-19 emergency benefits including CRB, sickness benefit, to be extended: Trudeau The seven additional deaths bring the province’s death toll from COVID-19 to 1,812.Six of the deaths occurred in the Edmonton zone.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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