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BLOOMINGTON, Indiana (AP) 鈥� When composer Mason Bates approached Michael Chabon about turning his novel 鈥淭he Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay鈥� into an opera, he said the writer told him frankly that 鈥渙pera was not his thing.

WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Wholesale prices in the United States rose last month, remaining low but suggesting that the American economy has yet to completely vanquish inflationary pressure.

TORONTO 鈥� Hundreds of Taylor Swift fans lined up outside the gates of Toronto's Rogers Centre Wednesday, with hopes of snagging some of the pop star's merchandise on the eve of the first of her six sold-out shows in the city.

TORONTO 鈥� Brookfield Corp. reported its third-quarter distributable earnings totalled US$1.33 billion, up from $1.15 billion in the same quarter a year ago. The global investment firm, which keeps its books in U.S.

Is there a better writer of urban American stories than Richard Price? His resume is hard to beat: To episodes of HBO鈥檚 鈥淭he Wire,鈥� and 鈥淭he Night Of,鈥� and novels like 鈥淐lockers,鈥� 鈥淟ush Life,鈥� and 鈥淔reedomland,鈥� fans can now add 鈥淟azarus Man.

There's good reason to remember to pause to take deep breaths. Chronic, unmanaged stress, which increases the risk of heart disease and stroke, can be as harmful to our health as secondhand smoke, according to the American Heart Association.

OME, Japan (AP) 鈥� Deep in a dark warehouse the sake sleeps, stored in rows of giant tanks, each holding more than 10,000 liters (2,640 gallons) of the Japanese rice wine that is the product of brewing techniques dating back more than 1,000 years.

TORONTO 鈥� Just how big is the hype around Taylor Swift? Her swing through Toronto, set to begin Thursday, seems to be temporarily reshaping the city, with officials renaming Blue Jays Way to Taylor Swift Way for the duration of the musician's stay.

WASHINGTON 鈥� President-elect Donald Trump's promise to slap an across-the-board tariff of at least 10 per cent on all imports including from Canada is unlikely to apply to Canadian oil, energy experts are predicting.

Rents have been rising fast and rent inflation is "much higher" than increases in the price of owned homes, it said. Inflation of rented accommodation was 8.3 per cent in the third quarter of this year, "the fastest pace since the early 1980s."