Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 04:30
OTTAWA - Dozens of people appointed to plum patronage jobs have been donating to the Conservative party, despite government rules that forbid it.
A Canadian Press investigation found as many as one...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 04:30
TORONTO - Ontario voters may get some indication today from NDP Leader Andrea Horwath on whether the province is headed for a spring election.
Horwath will hold a news conference, where she`s...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 04:17
MLB Team Report - Kansas City Royals - INSIDE PITCH
David Lough is getting a second chance after an injury to center fielder Jarrod Dyson.
Dyson went on the disabled list with a high ankle sprain and...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 04:16
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian security forces killed two suspected militants in the North Caucasus during a night-time sweep in the region plagued by an Islamist insurgency, investigators said on...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 04:16
Americans who survived the massive tornado that barrelled through an Oklahoma City suburb described racing for shelter only to emerge scarred and bloodied on a moon-like landscape of debris.
Alarms...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 04:16
One of the oddest moments for Todd Phillips, director of the "Hangover" movies, was meeting a Zach Galifianakis lookalike on the Vegas Strip who refused to have his picture taken if not paid....
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 04:16
An American scientist found hanged in Singapore last year was murdered and his death made to look like a suicide as part of a conspiracy, a US pathologist told an inquiry Tuesday.
Edward Adelstein,...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 04:15
Four bombings in northern Iraq killed five people and wounded 69 on Tuesday, officials said, the latest in a spate of violence that has killed more than 370 people so far this month.
Two car bombs...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 04:15
British high street retailer Marks & Spencer said Tuesday that annual net profits fell nine percent amid "challenging" trading conditions.
Earnings after taxation declined to £466.7 million ($712...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 04:15
British mobile phone giant Vodafone said Tuesday that annual net profits tumbled 90 percent after taking a vast impairment charge relating to its businesses in debt-laden eurozone nations Italy and...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 04:15
SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- An opposition lawmaker on Tuesday called for banning sex as a tool for gaining professional favors, saying it should be punished in the same way as prostitution.
Rep. You...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 04:01
Yahoo has agreed to pay $1.1 billion to buy blogging forum Tumblr, ranking it in among the top 10 tech deals announced this year, according to research firm Dealogic. Here's a list of the top 10 tech...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 04:00
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Britain's biggest theatre group has reached across the Atlantic Ocean and bought Broadway's biggest theatre from Live Nation Entertainment for about $60 million.
Ambassador Theatre...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 03:45
By Olzhas Auyezov
KIEV (Reuters) - As the snow and ice began to melt in Ukraine this spring, exposing fresh cracks and potholes in the roads, hundreds of motorists gathered outside a government...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 03:45
British mobile phone giant Vodafone said on Tuesday that annual net profit plunged 90 percent after it took a vast £7.7-billion ($11.7 billion, 9.1-billion-euro) impairment charge relating to its...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 03:30
SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- North Korea appears to be winding up a series of shore-to-sea weapons tests as a four-day sailing ban it had imposed on the sea off its east coast was coming to an end on...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 03:16
Padres 4, Cardinals 2: Will Venable homered and Jason Marquis won his fifth straight start by outpitching phenom Shelby Miller as host San Diego defeated St. Louis.
Chris Denorfia had three hits,...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 03:16
MLB Team Report - Milwaukee Brewers - INSIDE PITCH
Second baseman Rickie Weeks, whose 2013 season has evolved into one massive slump at the plate, was back in the starting lineup Sunday and Monday...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 03:15
By David Morgan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With the White House already reeling from three major controversies, some Republican lawmakers are zeroing in on what they perceive is another possible scandal...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 03:15
A group of Japanese historians said Tuesday they intend to land on the South Korean-controlled Takeshima islets claimed by Japan later this week as part of its investigation into the...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 03:01
Foreign Minister Bob Carr has blasted as "indefensible" the length of time the legal process took in the United Arab Emirates after an Australian man was jailed for 10 years for property fraud....
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 03:01
A Coen brothers comedy, a daring Chinese expose of exploitation and moral rot, and a divorce drama by an Iranian Oscar winner emerged as the breakout favourites as the Cannes Film Festival hit the...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 03:00
The death toll from a powerful tornado that struck an Oklahoma City suburb Monday has risen to 51, US media said, citing the state medical examiner's office.
The toll was expected to rise with others...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 03:00
SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- The United States called on North Korea to "fully cooperate" with a landmark U.N. probe of widespread human rights violations in the North, a senior U.S. official said...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 03:00
SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- The government said Tuesday it will bail out some delinquent borrowers from the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis, as part of a policy bid to ease financial burdens of the...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 03:00
SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has relied on the U.S. nuclear umbrella as insurance against North Korea's defiant pursuit of nuclear weapons, but the likelihood of a U.S. nuclear response is "...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 03:00
SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin plans to meet with his U.S. counterpart later this month in Singapore to discuss regional security issues and bilateral defense...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 03:00
Unilever claimed bragging rights Monday to the most-watched Internet commercial of all time -- a three-minute study of women's self-perception that stars a forensic artist.
The Anglo-Dutch consumer...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 03:00
Barcelona’s Mediterranean weather, cosmopolitan offerings, beaches and pulsing music and outdoor festival scene have made the Spanish city the top summer destination for users of the popular crowd-...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 02:48
WASHINGTON - Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills were mixed in Monday's auction with rates on three-month bills unchanged while rates on six-month bills rose to the highest level in five...
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