Global equity market sell off deepens

The growing economic woes accelerating around the world has forced  economic activity weakening across the world and even European stock markets have plunged. London's FTSE 100 Index opened more than 5 per cent down, on top of a fall of more than 7 per cent...

Born too soon: Can tiny fighters make it home?

" DALLAS - Seventeen weeks premature, our twin sons were so small, so fragile. And already they'd been through so much.Josh had had heart surgery, Jake a life-threatening bowel operation -- and that was just in their first week. They'd received blood transfusions, endured...

U.S. Markets Volatile After Another Steep Dive in Europe

"Wall Street endured another volatile day on Wednesday as stocks plunged at the opening bell, spent much of the session in negative territory, then erased a 326-point deficit in the afternoon. Skip to next paragraph Multimedia Two Days of Market TurmoilGraphic Two Days of...

McCanns are suing a Portuguese newspaper

"The parents of missing Madeleine McCann are suing a Portuguese newspaper which claimed they killed their daughter. Gerry McCann said he and his wife, Kate, were "deeply hurt'' by the front-page story in Tal e Qual headlined "PJ believe that the parents killed Maddie". The...

Madonna Shoot up aboard a Trans-Atlantic Flight

"Madonna has stunned fellow passengers by pulling out a syringe mid-flight and shooting up with vitamins, news reports say. Sources claim that Madge endured a seven-hour long trans-Atlantic flight without any food before giving herself the shocking shot. "Just before landing...

Baldwin apology over phone rant

After the other day's voicemail bomb, you had to see the public apology as inevitable:"Actor Alec Baldwin has apologised on his website for calling his daughter a "rude, thoughtless little pig" in a phone message later published online. He said in the statement that he had...

False accusation creates a 9/11 footnote

"n his zeal to fight terror, Ferry twisted the truth about the radio — capable of contacting commercial pilots from the ground — and triggered an investigation that needlessly landed Higazy in jail for a month. Five years later, Higazy, 35, is back in Egypt, where he...