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Changing El Nino making hurricanes more frequent, research suggests

Changes in the nature of global weather phenomenon El Ni�o may be causing an increase in the total number of hurricanes as well as their likelihood of hitting land, new research suggests.


OAS chief heading to Honduras

The head of the Organization of American States says he will travel to Honduras on Friday to demand Manuel Zelaya, who was ousted in a coup last weekend, be reinstated as president.


Humane society demands end to Stampede broadcasts

The Humane Society of Canada is asking Canada's broadcasting regulator to phase out airing of Calgary Stampede events.


Kingston police puzzled after 4 bodies found in sunken car

Police in Kingston, Ont., say it could be a slow process to get answers to how four females ended up dead in a submerged vehicle in a canal.


Mourners pay respects to Rom�o LeBlanc

A steady stream of mourners paid their respects Thursday to former governor general Rom�o LeBlanc, lying in state in his hometown of Memramcook in southeastern New Brunswick.


Ruth Madoff Asks to Keep Fur Coat as Home Seized

The U.S. Marshals Service on Thursday took possession of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff's $7 million Manhattan home, an action that forced his wife to move elsewhere despite her plea to stay.


Short Video From Michael Jackson's Last Performance Released

The 50-year-old singer appears a step slower than he was in his twenties and thirties, but he is in good voice


How California's Fiscal Woes Began: A Crisis 30 Years in the Making

Back in 1978, Proposition 13 was a boon to property to owners but it was a slow but sure carcinogen to the body politic. Now the patient is in dire straits


Little U.S. leverage in Honduran coup

The coup that deposed the president of Honduras exposed the small leverage that even millions of dollars in aid and longtime military cooperation will buy.


U.N. nuclear watchdog elects new head

The United Nations nuclear watchdog agency elected Yukiya Amano as its new director general Thursday, it announced.