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Boxing great Muhammad Ali was hospitalized with a mild case of pneumonia that was caught early and should result in a short hospital stay, an Ali spokesman said Saturday night. The three-time world heavyweight champion, who is battling Parkinson's disease, is being treated by his team of...

A Muslim woman who says she was forced to attend Christian church services during a 60-day jail stint in Cleveland on an assault charge has sued the county. Sakeena Majeed said in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday that a correction officer made her and other Cuyahoga County jail inmates attend...

A Methodist church in Indiana that suffered a massive walk-out after forcing its gay choir director to resign, will close its doors for good at the end of 2014. David Mantor, pastor of the First United Methodist Church in Alexandria, Ind., says the decision to close the church resulted from...

Ontario’s premier hopes Prime Minister Stephen Harper doesn’t have a “vendetta” against the people of the province, saying the well-being of Canadians should dictate their working relationship, not his “feelings.” Kathleen Wynne’s last meeting with Harper was more than a year ago, on Dec. 5...

How One Man Is Terrorizing Neighbors With a Hostile Holiday Decoration Display Homeowners on Fairley Road in Ross Township, Pennsylvania, say their neighbor Bill Ansell is terrorizing them year round with his hostile anti-Christmas spirit. “Any opportunity he has to make our life a...

Residents near Houston are afraid and outraged after discovering a man playing Santa Claus, inviting children to sit on his lap, is a registered sex offender. The part that's making them angry the most is there's nothing they can do about it because it's not against the law in Texas. The...

I've never seen the show so I don't know what he's advising but.......... The TV personality who describes himself as “America’s doctor” has been widely delivering medical advice with zero scientific basis, according to a new study. About half of recommendations from Dr. Mehmet Oz have...

The man told the pastor he was “barking up the wrong tree” and acted like he was reaching for a gun. A southern Indiana minister who preaches against homosexuality was accused of soliciting gay sex at a park. Gaylard Williams, pastor of Praise Cathedral Church of God in Seymour, was...

A U.S. requirement that American steel be used to update a ferry terminal in B.C. is causing some tension with Canadian officials, potentially threatening the project. The terminal is on Canadian soil, in Prince Rupert, B.C., but the land is leased to the state of Alaska. Under a 50-year lease...

Unilever filed suit against Hampton Creek earlier this year claiming the name of the small California company's product amounted to false advertising. The consumer-products giant, whose U.S. arm is based in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, had said that "Just Mayo" has no eggs and therefore...

Nationwide, police and prosecutors quietly told the FBI they had abandoned their pursuit of nearly 79,000 accused felons during the past year and a half, a USA TODAY investigation found. They have given up chasing people charged with armed robbery and raping children, usually without informing...

Mom kills son believing boy would be better off in heaven more Mom kills son believing boy would be better off in heaven

Obesity can constitute a disability in certain circumstances, the EU's highest court has ruled. The European Court of Justice was asked to consider the case of a male childminder in Denmark who says he was sacked for being too fat. The court said that if obesity could hinder "full and...

Apart from wealthy business tycoons, Nigerian clergymen and spiritual leaders are also joining the very elite league of jet owners. In March this year, David Oyedepo, a Nigerian cleric generally believed to be Africa’s wealthiest gospel preacher, acquired a Gulfstream V jet for US$30 million...

From the 'who needs regulations' files............ Two owners and 12 former employees of a US pharmacy have been arrested in connection with a 2012 outbreak of meningitis that killed 64 people across the country, prosecutors said. Barry Cadden and Gregory Conigliaro owned the New...

judge sentenced a Detroit-area Catholic priest Monday to two months in jail each calendar year for the next five years for stealing money from a charity for the poor. The Rev. Timothy Kane, 58, will be jailed only during the months of December and June, according to Wayne County Circuit Judge...

Canadian consumers may have ended up paying higher prices for cellphones and wireless services because of contracts between Apple Inc's Canadian unit and domestic carriers, the Canadian Competition Bureau said in a court filing this week. The iPhone has given Apple extraordinary bargaining...

The wild hog party goes down squealing It could only happen in Alberta, the land of cowboy Steve and not so Big Oil, Canada's Banana Republic. Where the leader of the opposition, after attacking the Con government for five years, and trailing them in the polls by only five points. Has...

Three people have been arrested in connection with what police called “one of the worst cases” of child sexual assault they've encountered. On Friday, Las Vegas Metro police detailed what they called the “disturbing” case against 48-year-old Christopher Sena, 50-year-old Debra Sena and...

The federal system designed to keep Canadian food safe to eat failed in December to prevent ground beef contaminated with E. coli from being offered for sale to consumers. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency's December recall of 31,000 pounds of ground beef followed a positive test of a random...