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A woman in Fulton County, Ga., who was angry with her boyfriend when the pair went to bed over the weekend, poured gasoline on his genitals and ignited a fire, according to police. Fulton County police said Bobby Thompson and his girlfriend Cynthia Covington had a fight Saturday morning and...

NORWALK, Ohio (AP) -- The sheriff who searched the house 11 special needs children slept in cages testified Friday that he knew something was wrong when he stepped inside. "The first thing that grabbed my attention was the smell of urine," Huron County Sheriff Dick Sutherland testified at the...

By Damian Grammaticus BBC News, Delhi A survey of more than 1,000 men in India has concluded that condoms made according to international sizes are too large for a majority of Indian men. The study found that more than half of the men measured had penises that were shorter than...

CORAL GABLES, Fla. - A 4-year-old girl was mauled at a children's birthday party by a cougar that had been brought in by a wild-animal business to entertain the youngsters, authorities said. The girl was attacked on Nov. 18 at the home of Goya Foods president Francisco Unanue during a party...

Iraq remains embroiled in violence and turmoil. Terrorism continues to surface around the world, with new “hot spots” emerging in the daily news. Violence is in the air, but so is peace. In his Message for the World Day of Peace, Pope Benedict XVI described peace as more than “the mere absence...

By Dirk Meissner VICTORIA (CP) - Five Vancouver Island First Nations gathered to initial a treaty Saturday worth almost $500 million that includes more than 24,000 hectares of land, some of it bordering majestic Pacific Rim Park near Tofino. The Maa-nulth First Nations live on the west coast...

By Bill Graveland KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (CP) - They say being in a war zone is no laughing matter - or is it? Canadian soldiers at Kandahar Airfield were on the receiving end of an early Christmas gift Saturday as CBC-TV filmed a special, "Stand-Up in Kandahar." The evening got off to an...

NEW YORK (AP) - For decades, the military recruiting station in Times Square has been known as "The Booth," but recently its been looking more like "The Roost." Pigeons sometimes outnumber potential inductees at the U.S. Armed Forces Recruiting Station and the military has gone on the...

SAITAMA, Japan (AFP) - Japanese fans have marked the anniversary of John Lennon's murder with candles and floral tributes at a museum built with the support of the slain Beatle's Japanese widow Yoko Ono. As his songs flowed from speakers, visitors placed single white flowers in tribute to the...

MOSCOW (AFP) - A fire broke out overnight in Moscow's drug rehabilitation hospital, killing 42 people, emergency ministry and firefighter service officials said. All 42 victims were women, including two of the hospital's staff, as the fire started in the hospital's women's wing, Moscow's chief...

By Alexandra Zawadil GRESTEN, Austria (Reuters) - As Christmas nears, Austrian children hoping for gifts from Santa Claus will also be watching warily for "Krampus," his horned and hairy sidekick. In folklore, Krampus was a devil-like figure who drove away evil spirits during the Christian...

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - City leaders have apologized after a program on Tempe's cable channel showed a white police officer telling two black men they could get out of a littering ticket by performing a rap. Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman and Police Chief Tom Ryff apologized for the show Thursday and...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - Using fish line and a hook, a thief reeled in bags of cash from a bank's night deposit box. Officials would not say how much money was taken, but think the thief made off with 11 deposit bags, Bloomington police Sgt. David Drake said. An employee of the Fifth Third...

By Rasha Madkour KATY, Texas (AP) - A plan to build a mosque in this Houston suburb has triggered a neighbourhood dispute, with community members warning the place will become a terrorist hotbed and one man threatening to hold pig races on Fridays just to offend the Muslims. Many...

LONDON (Reuters) - British hearings into the deaths of Princess Diana and her companion Dodi al Fayed will be held in public after a decision that they should be conducted in secret was reversed, judicial authorities said on Thursday. The original decision of presiding judge Dame Elizabeth...

By Alicia Chang LOS ANGELES (AP) - After decades of scouring images of Mars for signs of water, scientists believe they have found stunning evidence that water may even now be flowing through the Red Planet's frigid surface. The news excited scientists who hunt for extraterrestrial life. If...

Many people think of Calixa Lavallée as an obscure music teacher who dashed off a patriotic song in a moment of inspiration. The truth is quite different. Lavallée was, in fact, known as "Canada's national musician" and it was on this account that he was asked to compose the music for a poem...

BY LAUREN LANGILLE At our school desks we learn how to read, write and speak French, but how do we learn to LIVE the language? We start to notice its usefulness and importance at municipal, provincial, national and global levels. By speaking French, we have the opportunity to expand and enrich...

Maybe, just maybe, our story will help get that conversation started By Claudia Cornwall and Liz Crompton It’s a bit like a marriage. For the most part, parents and teachers have the best interests of the child at heart. And they know it’s better if they keep talking to each other...