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A mother in Polk County is worried her son could be taken away because he is severely overweight. Joyce Painter's seven year old son, Justin, weighs 254 pounds. She says the Department of Social Services is threatening to remove him from her home if he doesn't lose weight. Painter says she...

MONROE, Conn. (AP) - The mystery what a locked antique safe found behind a historical society's furnace might hold had this town abuzz until a locksmith got it open. Its contents: the safe's long-lost combination. "Like we need this now," Monroe Historical Society President Nancy Zorena joked...

By Keith Leslie TORONTO (CP) - Though he probably could have borrowed the tried-and-true Conservative pre-election tactic of middle-class tax relief for Ontario voters, the Liberal government opted instead for the high road in its latest provincial budget, Premier Dalton McGuinty said Friday...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, who played ill-starred lovers in the 1997 smash "Titanic," are reuniting for a drama about post-war disillusionment, Hollywood trade paper Daily Variety reported on Friday. "Revolutionary Road" will be directed by Winslet's husband...

By Peter Rakobowchuk MONTREAL (CP) - Desperately seeking unfaithful separatists. That's what both Liberal Premier Jean Charest and Action democratique du Quebec Leader Mario Dumont were doing on Friday - singing a siren song for sovereigntists who might stray from the Parti Quebecois in...

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines has offered full assistance to a State Department mission to probe allegations of extra-judicial killings by security forces and human rights abuse, the government said on Saturday. Eric John, U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for east Asia and Pacific...

LONDON (AFP) - Alcohol is nearly as harmful as heroin and tobacco is more dangerous than cannabis, LSD or ecstasy, according to a new classification table of drugs published in a medical journal Friday. The table, published in The Lancet, was drawn up by a group of leading British scientists...

By Dennis Bueckert OTTAWA (CP) - Health Minister Tony Clement says he is close to announcing agreements with most provinces for medical wait-time guarantees, thanks to about $1 billion in new health funding in this week's federal budget. With election speculation rising as the Conservatives...

SAVANNAH, Georgia (AP) -- A convicted child molester and his father took turns sexually assaulting a 6-year-old boy while the molester's mother watched, then they choked the boy to death, according to an indictment issued Wednesday. The indictment charges all three family members with murder and...

They called themselves “The Group of Seven” for their first exhibition on May 7, 1920. Reviewers were more descriptive. The contents of “a drunkard’s stomach” said one. Critical opinion would change, however, and by the peak of their fame in the mid-fifties, reproductions of their paintings...

By John Ward OTTAWA (CP) - Security at Canadian airports remains dismal more than five years after 9-11 and responsibility for the protection of travellers should be taken away from the Transport Department, a Senate committee is recommending. A report released by the Senate defence and...

By Ali Akbar Dareini TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's top leader warned Wednesday his country will pursue "illegal actions" if the UN Security Council insists it halt uranium enrichment, an apparent reference to nuclear activities outside international regulations. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also...

Fr. C. G. Vaillancourt Every time we hear the Word of God or whenever we attend the Holy Mass, we have an encounter with Jesus who is the Word of God. We normally take it for granted and simply read or hear words without meditating deep enough in what the Lord is trying to tell us...

Associated Press SISTERS, Ore. (AP) -- During his eight days as a part-time high school biology teacher, Kris Helphinstine included Biblical references in material he provided to students and gave a PowerPoint presentation that made links between evolution, Nazi Germany and Planned...

By Sivuyile Mangxamba A controversial South African invention, a female condom-like anti-rape device, is almost ready to hit the market after months of waiting for patent verification. The device, known as Rapex, has stirred controversy around the world but its inventor, Sonnet Ehlers, is...

Ruling body won't pursue torture, sex claims By KEVIN CONNOR, TORONTO SUN This article contains graphic content TORONTO (Sun Media) - An Ottawa psychiatrist accused of having depraved sex and torturing two of his male patients -- alleged acts that included tying a rope around one young...

By LARA JAKES JORDAN Suspected members of extremist groups have signed up as school bus drivers in the United States, counterterror officials said Friday, in a cautionary bulletin to police. An FBI spokesman said, "Parents and children have nothing to fear." Asked about the alert notice...

By Joyce Meyer For we who have believed (adhered to and trusted in and relied on God) do enter that rest. HEBREWS 4:3 It is easy to get overcommitted, burned out, bummed out, worn out, and stressed out if you are trying to keep up with too many commitments. It is out of balance to try to do...

Although they were a considered, even in their day, to be a bit lightweight, and weren't composers of most of their music, the British Invasion group Herman's Hermits (and their young singer, Peter Noone) were major stars in America, scoring eleven Top Ten hits from 1964 through 1967, by which...

By Melanie Patten (CP) - Four years after American forces invaded Iraq, hundreds of anti-war protesters took to the streets across Canada on Saturday to denounce both the Iraqi conflict and the Canadian mission in Afghanistan. Demonstrations were held in cities across the country...