Toyota recalling Prius in Japan due to braking problems

Toyota says it is recalling 170,000 Prius hybrid cars in Japan for braking problems, and will soon disclose details of its global plans for a fix.

Canadian among 5 killed in U.S. power plant blast

American authorities have launched a criminal investigation into what caused a deadly explosion at an unfinished Connecticut power plant that killed five construction workers, including one Canadian, according to reports.

Long: Party lines show double standard, need revision - University Daily

Political parties are stupid. The father of the country shares my opinion. OK, so George Washington did not exactly say that verbatim. He actually had harsher words for political parties: “However (much) they may now and then answer popular ends ...

Air Force commander 'shocked' by colonel's arrest

The commander of Canada's Air Force expressed his sympathies to the families of two women recently murdered near Belleville, Ont., and said he was 'shocked' that a colonel under his authority has been charged with their murders.

Key powers push for tougher sanctions against Iran - YAHOO!

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and US Defence Secretary Robert Gates agreed in talks that tough new sanctions must be passed against Iran, the French presidency said. Sarkozy and Gates "agreed that the time has come for the adoption of strong ...

Rhonda Swan: Criminals, yes, but gays, no? - Journal-News

John McCain is a hypocrite. And Saxby Chambliss is clueless. Both senators want the continued silence in the military of men who love men and women who love women. Sen. McCain claimed during a hearing last week that this lawful discrimination known ...

POLITICS: Controversy over leader roils California GOP - North County Times

Don Mirra Photograhy This 2006 photo was taken when San Diego Republican Chairman Ron Nehring was elected head of the state GOP. (File photo) A long-simmering controversy about the private life of California Republican Party Chairman Ron Nehring has ...

Centre to test for controversial condition linked to MS

One of the first clinics in North America devoted to testing for a vascular condition that some experts believe is linked to multiple sclerosis is set to open later this month in Buffalo, just as scientists are to release more findings on the controversial theory.

Montreal Canadiens GM Bob Gainey resigns

Montreal Canadiens general manager Bob Gainey is resigning as the club's general manager after five seasons at the helm, but will stay on as a consultant to new GM and executive vice-president Pierre Gauthier.

Oscar Winning Moriah Films and the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center ... - PR Inside

The event was in support of Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies, a Canadian human rights organization dedicated to fostering tolerance and understanding through community involvement, educational outreach and social action.

CTV Ottawa picks up pieces after massive blaze

The staff members of CTV Ottawa are picking up the pieces of their working lives, after a weekend fire gutted their studio and destroyed decades' worth of local archival footage.

Russia's Pavel Datsyuk looks forward to Olympics atmosphere - The Vancouver Sun

DETROIT — Pavel Datsyuk has heard the stories about the Canada-Russia rivalry from the Russian stars of the past. The tension, distrust and downright hatred. And that was just in the boardroom negotiations setting up the legendary hockey meetings ...

Russian players have their Canadian fans - Windsor Star

Pavel Datsyuk has heard the stories about the Canada-Russia rivalry from the Russian stars of the past. The tension, distrust and downright hatred. And that was just in the boardroom negotiations setting up the legendary hockey meetings between the ...

Pima County set to close 2 of 3 landfills - Arizona Daily Star

Pima County will close two of its three landfills this year in an attempt to stop the solid-waste division from losing more money. The Sahuarita landfill will close temporarily for at least one year, beginning in July. The Ina Road landfill will ...

How Climate-Change Fanatics Corrupted Science - Post Chronicle

Quick, name the most distrusted occupations. Trial lawyers? Pretty skuzzy, as witness the disgraced John Edwards, kept from the vice presidency in 2004 by the electoral votes of Ohio. Used car dealers? Always near the bottom of the list, as witness ...

The Future Of Don't Ask, Don't Tell - NPR News

President Obama has promised to repeal the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy — the law that prohibits gays and lesbians from serving openly in the armed forces. The nation's top defense officials now agree it's time to retire the 16-year-old ...

Italy minister defends support for McDonald's burger

Italy's agriculture minister is defending his sponsorship of McDonald's new all-Italian burger amid criticism that he is selling out to a multinational corporation and sacrificing Italy's culinary reputation in the process.

Chavez hosts new radio show that can air at any time

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has launched a new radio program in which he can take to the airwaves at any time of the day or night.

World's tallest tower closes

The world's tallest skyscraper has shut its doors to the public just a month after its lavish opening.

Afghan death toll passes that of Falklands War

The death of a soldier in Afghanistan yesterday took the number of fatalities in the conflict to 256, meaning more British service personnel have died in action in Afghanistan than during the 1982 Falklands war.

Afghan death toll exceeds Falklands War

The death of a soldier in Afghanistan yesterday took the number of fatalities in the conflict to 256, meaning more British service personnel have died in action in Afghanistan than during the 1982 Falklands war.

Super Bowl Diary: Brangelina's Public Display of Affection

Preparing, perhaps, for yesterday's announcement that they are to sue the News of the World over "false allegations" that they are splitting up, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie turned the game into one big Public Display of Affection. The starry couple, who own a house in New Orleans' French Quarter, spent Super Bowl afternoon at the stadium, rooting for their team while exchanging hugs, smiles, and high-fives for the cameras.

Iran condemned as it reveals nuclear plans

International pressure for new sanctions against Iran grew on Monday after Tehran announced plans to make higher-enriched uranium and add 10 nuclear sites in a year, raising Western fears it wants to develop atom bombs.

Pensioners 'kidnapped adviser'

berlin Four elderly Germans have gone on trial charged with kidnapping their financial adviser and imprisoning him in a bid to recover €2.5m (£2.2m) in lost savings.

Yanukovych claims election 'fair'

Supporters of the pro-Russian Viktor Yanukovych danced in the snow in Kiev yesterday, celebrating the victory of their candidate in the Ukrainian presidential election, as international monitors praised the vote as free and fair.

India's new delicacy: a 45-day-old tomato

In a country where so many people go hungry, it is a dark irony that up to 30 per cent of the fruit and vegetables grown in India goes bad before reaching the market thanks to a combination of bad roads and a lack of refrigerated trucks.

Super Bowl: 'This is the pinnacle of my life. Now I can die'

'Amen". Such was the banner headline in the Times-Picayune newspaper yesterday, and such was the feeling that infuses America's most bewitching, most blighted and most beloved city after the magical night of 7 February 2010, when the Saints won the Super Bowl. New Orleans, you can at last believe, is back.

Sri Lankan general who stood for power arrested

Government troops arrested Sri Lanka's defeated election candidate, former army chief Sarath Fonseka, yesterday amid allegations that he had plotted to carry out a military coup.

Jail threat to skiers who go too far off-piste

After the deadliest weekend in the Italian mountains of the winter, ministers are expected to rush through legislation introducing huge fines and possible jail terms for skiers and climbers who flout avalanche warnings.

Goodbye Galapagos, you're too warm for us

Marine scientists are reporting that a colony of sea lions, previously unique to the Galapagos Islands, has unexpectedly decamped 900 miles south-east to an island just off the coast of Peru in what may be another symptom of global warming.

Final act of Jackson drama begins in LA

The charge, when it was read out, consisted of the two words that Michael Jackson's former physician, Dr Conrad Murray, and his team of headline-prone lawyers never wanted to hear: involuntary manslaughter.

Obama's plan to shame Republicans in TV debate

Bring in the cameras, turn on the lights and perhaps the ever-squabbling politicians on Capitol Hill can be shamed into getting things moving again on overhauling America's astronomic healthcare system.

Nato's show of force is also about winning hearts and minds

Generals repeatedly broadcast that fierce fighting lies ahead and warn that there will be inevitable casualties. The biggest offensive since Suez, or Vietnam, or Iraq – depending on which account one accepts – is about to unfold. Seldom has a military operation received such sustained publicity at the instigation of those preparing to carry it out.

Sugary pop nearly doubles pancreatic cancer risk

Drinking two or more soft drinks per week nearly doubles a person's risk of developing pancreatic cancer, says a new study released Monday from the University of Minnesota.

Schwarzenegger, Buble to carry Olympic torch

Olympic organizers have saved the best for last, rolling out a list of special torch bearers -- including California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Wayne Gretzky's father -- to carry the Flame in its final days this week.

Ontario to launch $1.6M ad campaign on tax changes

Ontario's controversial move to harmonize sales taxes will be part of a new $1.6-million government ad campaign that's poised to hit the newsstands on Thursday.

Political staff shouldn't meddle in FOI releases: PMO

Federal ministers have been warned by their boss against subverting Canada's freedom-of-information law after a political aide at Public Works ordered a sensitive document withheld from a media requester.

Michael Jackson doctor charged in singer's death

Michael Jackson's doctor was today charged with involuntary manslaughter, capping an exhaustive investigation into the pop star's stunning death last summer and setting up the prospect of another sensational celebrity courtroom drama.

Military man charged in deaths of two women

The base commander of Canadian Forces Base Trenton has been charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of two eastern Ontario women and in the sexual assaults of two others.

Ottawa pulls funding for First Nations University

The federal government has pulled its $7.3 million funding from First Nations University of Canada, an aboriginal university that has been facing concerns over finances and governance.

Bad malaria drugs in Africa raise fears of resistance

High rates of the most effective type of malaria-fighting drugs sold in three African countries are poor quality, raising fears of increased drug resistance that could wipe out the last weapon left to battle the disease, according to a U.S. report released Monday.

Heart strategy could save billions: Conference Board

The Conference Board says the country could save a cumulative $76 billion between now and 2020 if it meets even some of the targets of a proposed health strategy. The strategy promotes healthier living by exercising more, smoking less and eating a better diet.

Homeland Security Collected Information on Wisconsin Abortion, Pro-Life Activists

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security conducted a threat assessment of local pro- and anti-abortion rights activists before an expected rally last year, even though they did not pose a threat to national security.

Canadian woman reunited with Haitian husband

An Ontario woman has been reunited with her Haitian husband after he was stranded in the earthquake-stricken country without his immigration papers.

Danny Williams recovering well from heart surgery

The office of Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams says he is recovering well from his heart surgery and is expected to be released from hospital this week.

Sri Lankan opposition leader Fonseka arrested

Sri Lanka's defeated presidential candidate was hauled from his office by military police Monday and will be court-martialed for allegedly planning to overthrow the government while serving as the head of the army.

Increased autism risk in kids born to older moms: study

A woman's chance of having a child with autism increase substantially as she ages, but the risk may be less for older dads than previously suggested, a new study analyzing more than five million births found.

China finds 170 more tons of tainted milk powder

The discovery has punched a 170-ton hole in China's promises to overhaul its food safety system. Officials say they've found yet another case where large amounts of tainted milk powder from the country's 2008 scandal that should have been destroyed were instead repackaged.

Mid-Atlantic digs out of snow; government shut

Federal workers got a day off as the Mid-Atlantic region dug out Monday from as much as 3 feet of snow that left tens of thousands without power while making travel nearly impossible. And there's another storm brewing.

Big Think: Why Al-Qaeda is thriving in Yemen

Gregory Johnson, Near East Studies Scholar at Princeton University on how the terror group has expertly “tailored a narrative” to fit the problems of Yemen—and secured a lasting presence there.

Judge wants security to help retrieve Edwards sex tape

A judge wants a security officer to accompany a former John Edwards aide as he goes to retrieve a sex tape of the two-time presidential candidate, increasing the court's control of the disputed video.

Man accused of killing nun not criminally responsible

Minutes after a court found Martin Rondeau not criminally responsible for beating an elderly nun to death, the nun's superior delivered her own spiritual judgment: forgiveness.

N.S. premier regrets being named in spending probe

Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter says he regrets being included in an auditor general's report that found excessive spending by members of the provincial legislature.

Bloomberg Wants Guarantee that Federal Gov’t Will Pay for Cost of 9/11 Trial

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he is skeptical that the federal government would cover the cost of trying Sept. 11 suspects in Manhattan, a day after President Barack Obama said he had not ruled out holding the trial in New York.

January housing starts on the rise, CMHC reports

Canada's housing market is on the rebound with resales expected to set a new annual record this year and homebuilding off to a strong start, according to two reports issued Monday.

Body found in landing gear of N.Y.-to-Tokyo flight

A body was found inside a wheel well of a Delta Air Lines plane after it landed in Tokyo from New York, and Japanese authorities Monday were trying to identify the man.

Pope condemns abuse of children by priests

Pope Benedict XVI condemned the abuse of children by priests Monday, saying the church will never stop deploring such behavior.

World's tallest tower lookout suddenly shuttered

The world's tallest skyscraper has unexpectedly closed to the public a month after its lavish opening, disappointing tourists headed for the observation deck and casting doubt over plans to welcome its first permanent occupants in the coming weeks.

Egypt arrests 3 top Muslim Brotherhood leaders

The No. 2 leader of Egypt's opposition Muslim Brotherhood and two other top figures have been arrested by police Monday in a dawn sweep targeting members of the nation's most powerful opposition group across the country.

Iraq War Critic Rep. John Murtha Dies

Pennsylvania Democrat Rep. John Murtha, an outspoken critic of the Iraq war who in 2006 accused U.S. Marines of killing "innocent [Iraqi] civilians in cold blood," died Monday aged 77.