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By May Wong SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Wall Street ultimately shrugged off a report Wednesday that federal prosecutors are investigating whether former Apple Computer Inc. officials forged documents to maximize executives' profit from stock options. The legal publication that detailed the...

A HUNGRY 10-year-old girl from India's lowest Hindu caste had all the fingers of her right hand chopped off by an upper-caste landowner for taking a few spinach leaves from his field, the Hindustan Times reported today. The attack took place in a village in Bhagalpur district last week in...

By: Author Unknown This is my favourite column of the year, one that readers mostly write: the wonderful insights and funny lines of children. My best laugh of the year came from one of my young great nephews. And the joke was on me. We were all together at a family dinner and I had slipped...

Man who has struck at least 5 times in Texas a rarity in the criminal world The Associated Press BAYTOWN, Texas - A rapist who has struck at least five times since April in and around Baytown has not only spread fear in this working-class community but also piqued the interest of those who...

Road kill fan Arthur Boyt will be foregoing his usual Christmas treat of badger, weasel or fox this year. Instead he will be tucking into roast turkey and all the usual trimmings at his in-laws' home...

KNIGHTSTOWN, Ind. (AP) - Making a movie in which evil teddy bears attack a teacher got two budding filmmakers expelled from their high school, but a federal judge says it was the school that was wrong. However, the judge said the boys should apologize. Cody Overbay and Isaac Imel, both...

BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq's highest appeals court upheld the death sentence for Saddam Hussein, Iraq's national security adviser said Tuesday. "The appeals court approved the verdict to hang Saddam," the official, Mouwafak al-Rubaie, told The Associated Press. On Nov. 5, an Iraqi court sentenced...

By Alexander Panetta OTTAWA (CP) - She once famously raised a toast with prominent Quebec sovereigntists, but Michaelle Jean has now tossed aside the rationale for her home province's independence. The Governor General rejects the notion that Quebec has been either mistreated or hampered by...

CALGARY (CP) - A family is in mourning this Christmas after a mother and young child were found dead in their northwest Calgary home. Police say the two were found Sunday afternoon by a family member. Duty Inspector Luch Berti says the homicide unit was initially called in. But he says...

GREETINGS! MAY THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST FILL ALL YOUR HEARTS THIS SEASON OF CHRISTMAS. MAY HIS PEACE TRULY ENVELOP YOU NOW, AND FOR THE REMAINING YEARS OF YOUR LIFE. MAY BLESSED MARY COMFORT AND CONSOLE YOU IN YOUR PAIN, AND LIGHT A PATH FOR YOU TO HER SON, JESUS, OUR LORD AND THE ONLY WAY TO GOD...

The NHL is considering realigning the league and reducing the number of divisions from six to four, according to a report. TSN analyst Bob McKenzie said the league has asked its governors to consider the changes. If there's enough support, the changes could be approved next month and take...

LONDON (AFP) - Queen Elizabeth II is too shy to watch her Christmas Day broadcast to the Commonwealth with the rest of the royal family. The Daily Express, citing royal sources, said the stoical 80-year-old monarch cannot bear to watch her pre-recorded traditional festive message with her...

Canadian passports have become such a hot commodity this holiday season that former government workers have been brought out of retirement to help deal with the increased workload at passport offices. There have been long lineups in recent months as travellers try to beat an American deadline...

A German man was found dead in his home half eaten by his own exotic spiders and lizards. The man from Dortmund, Germany lived in his own 'zoo', he had over 200 exotic spiders, lizards and other pets. His house was described as a mix between a botanical garden and a 'The Silense of the...

A biology teacher in Brazil is being sued for asking students to masturbate for a class project. The teacher asked three teenagers to provide sperm samples (in other words: masturbate) so the class could study sperm under the microscope. One of the students told his parents about the...

A 57-year-old Tennessee man was charged with sexual battery for allegedly spanking female teenage employees for mistakes on the job at his fast-food business. Paul Eugene Levengood was charged with two counts of sexual battery -- a felony in Tennessee. Red Bank Detective Jay Lamance told...

By Juan A. Lozano PORT ARTHUR, Texas (AP) - In the middle of Joshua Bush's forehead, five centimetres above his eyes, lies the evidence that prosecutors say could send the teenager to prison for attempted murder: a 9-mm bullet, lodged just under the skin. Prosecutors say it will prove that...

By Bill Graveland MAS'UM GHAR, Afghanistan (CP) - Members of the Royal Canadian Regiment raised their glasses Thursday and marked their 123rd anniversary with a ceremonial toast against the backdrop of war. "To my dear friends, to all present and to all those who departed and in honour of 123...

By Colin Perkel TORONTO (CP) - Deaths, paralysis and hundreds of illnesses from food poisoning spooked North American consumers in 2006 as headlines and water-cooler chat were dominated by word of some unlikely recalls: carrot juice, spinach, sprouts - even chocolate. And who would have...

AMILTON (CP) - Hamilton police say they now consider YouTube to be an effective crime fighting tool after an online clip led to an arrest in a murder case. Twenty-two-year-old Ryan Milner was stabbed to death in a parking lot after attending a hip hop concert last month. A 24-year-old man...