Brendan Burke, Son of Toronto Maple Leafs GM Killed in Auto Crash

Brendan Burke, 21, the youngest son of Toronto Maple Leafs' president and general manager Brian Burke, has died following a car crash on treacherous roads in snowy Indiana. Brendan grew up in Boston, playing hockey...

US Missionary Robert Park Freed by North Korea: Detained 6 Weeks

American missionary Robert Park has been freed by the North Korean government, after being held for the last six weeks for illegally crossing their border.  "Robert Park, appearing pale and drawn, did not say...

Canada Now Exempt from Buy American Provision: Free Trade Reopens

Canada and United States have reached an agreement to exempt Canadian firms from the "Buy American" provision in the economic stimulus package, Trade Minister Peter Van loan announced today. In return, Canadian...

Holiday Inn Offers Human Bed Warmers: Staff Wear Hygenic Sleepers

The Holiday Inn hotel chain is now offering bed warming services at three of their hotels in Britain.  If requested, you can have a staff member slip between your sheets and warm your bed just before you...

School Bus Driver Martha Thompson Gets 12 Wknds in Jail for DUI

A woman in upstate New York will be spending 12 weekends in jail for putting the lives of more than three dozen kids in danger while drinking and driving. Surveillance video shows the older kids pleading with the...

Lou Dobbs to Leave CNN: Anchor Retires from Lou Dobbs Tonight

Lou Dobbs, anchor of CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight is set to resign on tonight's show. "A CNN executive confirmed that Mr. Dobbs will announce his resignation plans on his 7 p.m. program. His resignation is effective...

Naked Scanners on Trial at Manchester Airport: Rapiscan Screeners

Do you get weary of having to remove your jacket and shoes while going through security at the airport?  Or getting the pat down? How about the new alternative, showing all your naked glory to airport security...

Canwest Global Files for Creditor Protection: Leonard Asper Memo

Canada's media giant Canwest Global Communications Corp. is filing for creditor protection today as it restructures its huge debtload. Based in Winnipeg, Canwest owns Global Television and National Post, as well as...

PM Stephen Harper Sings Beatles Song with Cellist Yo-Yo Ma at NAC

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper surprised the audience last night at a National Arts Centre Gala in Ottawa by going onstage and joining cellist Yo-Yo Ma.  He played piano and sang vocals to the Beatles...

Robert Halderman Arrested in David Letterman Extortion Attempt

David Letterman reveals on the Late Show airing tonight that he has been the victim of an extortion plot by Robert "Joe" Halderman, 51, producer of CBS' 48 Hours.   Three weeks ago Letterman received a package...

Leonard Cohen Performs Sold Out Concert in Israel Despite Boycott

Canadian singer and poet Leonard Cohen performed to a sold out crowd in Israel Thursday night, despite many calls to cancel his show by Palestinian rights activists.  It was 75-year-old Cohen's first Israeli...

Maywood IL Dogfighting Ring & Daycare Busted: Kids & Dogs at Risk

Police in Maywood, Illinois arrested three people this week for running a dogfighting ring out of a garage, while a licensed child care center was being run from the home beside it.  Nine battered and abused...

Smadi Arrested for Bomb Attempt on Dallas' Fountain Place Tower

A 19 year old Jordanian citizen was arrested this afternoon for attempting to bomb Fountain Place, a 60 story office tower in downtown Dallas.  Hosam Maher Husein Smadi, who was in the US illegally, ...

Bangkok-New Preventative AIDS Vaccine ALVAC-AIDSVAX 31% Effective

An experimental vaccine called ALVAC-AIDSVAX has been found to be over 31% effective in the prevention of AIDS, suggesting new hope and a breakthrough in the near future.  The study was conducted on 16,000...

Palin to Speak US Foreign Policy in Hong Kong, Closed Session

Former Alaskan governor and US vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin is due to speak in Hong Kong on Wednesday about her views on US foreign policy, health care, and governance at a CLSA Investor Forum.  This...