NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 09-2009

BERLIN -- A hoax video purportedly showing Michael Jackson emerging from a coroner's van was an experiment aimed at showing how quickly misinformation and conspiracy theories can race across the Internet, German broadcaster RTL said Tuesday.

High above the Earth, the docking of the space shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station on Sunday signalled the beginning of the latest mission aboard the orbiting outpost.

A dangerous and powerful Hurricane Jimena pressed toward Mexico's Baja California peninsula Tuesday, as emergency workers raced to persuade thousands of reluctant slum dwellers in the resort-studded region to leave their homes.

China has cancelled or postponed several events meant to underscore improving relations with Taiwan, apparently to show anger over the Dalai Lama's visit to the island, Taiwan's governing party said Tuesday.

The cyclist killed Monday in a collision with a car on Toronto's Bloor Street has been identified as Darcy Allan Sheppard, 33.

Firefighters set backfires and removed brush with bulldozers across a huge swath of Southern California forest Tuesday to try to contain a huge wildfire that is threatening thousands of homes in the Los Angeles foothills

Two Arctic observers say concerns in recent years that Canada's Arctic could face a military threat are overblown, as Canada's chief of defence staff quietly met with his Danish counterpart last week to discuss military co-operation.

Navy divers are taking extra precautions before jumping into the polluted Halifax harbour. The sewage treatment plant on the Halifax waterfront broke down in January. Since then, 82 million litres of raw sewage and wastewater have been flowing into the ha

The first Miss Cougar America did not cry, muss her mascara, carry a bouquet of roses or wear a crown.

When Gary Moody pleaded no contest to trespassing in 2005 for hiding in a pit toilet on White Mountain National Forest property in New Hampshire, a judge urged him to seek help for whatever had driven him to climb down there.

Former Ontario attorney general Michael Bryant has not yet been charged after a 34-year-old cyclist was struck and killed last night, police say.

A white South African man has been granted refugee status in Canada after an immigration board ruled he faces persecution if he is returned to his native country. Brandon Huntley, 31, from Cape Town, said he had been stabbed three times by black robbers

The Liberals will no longer help prop up Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government, paving the way for a fall election if the other opposition parties also vote no confidence in the Conservatives. "Mr. Harper, your time is up," Liberal leader Michael

Oakland County, just outside of Detroit, Mich., hasn�t had it easy in a year of recession and auto industry blues. Budgets are stretched to the breaking point and it is now considering asking employees to take a pay cut. But last fall, the county govern

A report says that Ice Edge Holdings, which is one of the three groups bidding for the Phoenix Coyotes franchise, has booked the Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon for five potential games.

A wayward racing pigeon is getting farther away from its original destination in Nova Scotia after two significant storms in the area last week

A child is in hospital in serious condition after apparently being assaulted and left near a Winnipeg playground.

A CFL source requesting anonymity told The Canadian Press on Tuesday that the controversial former NFL cornerback has agreed to a one-year deal with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Jones is a former first-round draft pick of the Tennessee Titans who was releas

LONDON -- A YouTube user who posted a controversial video that mocked an area powwow, natives in general and other minorities won't face criminal hate-crime charges, police say.

In a closed door, face-to-face, no-strangling-or-knees-to-the-groin-allowed meeting, Senators owner Eugene Melnyk would almost certainly have a few colourful words for his highest-paid employee.

A Richmond man charged in a fatal double stabbing at a Richmond fast-food restaurant on Friday night has record of assaults against his slain wife.

Last week, it was the Canadian men's hockey team in the spotlight at Olympic orientation camp in Calgary. This week, it is the women on display in Vancouver.

Firefighters tackling an intense wildfire north of Los Angeles say the blaze remains "very dangerous".

Mexico's Baja California peninsula is on alert as Hurricane Jimena nears, packing winds of 250km/h (155mph).

A day of commemorations is taking place in Poland to mark the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II.

Young teenagers in the UK are more likely to get drunk than anywhere else in the industrial world, shows an international survey.

Get ready for a new round of Tut mania. The Art Gallery of Ontario is giving its members a first crack at tickets to its highly anticipated King Tut exhibit on Tuesday.

A cyclist was killed last night after hanging onto a fleeing car following a collision on Bloor St. near Bay St.

A most common cause of driver distraction, will become illegal in the fall

Demolition process begins for storm-ravaged homes

Dundas-Sherbourne corridor ranks No. 1 in city for violent offences, data shows