NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 08-2010

An Arizona mom was arrested as she packed up for a future as a California stripper because she intended to leave her two young children behind, police said today.

The NHLPA's grievance against the NHL's rejection of the Ilya Kovalchuk contract has been denied, Sportsnet has learned, meaning the Russian sniper once again becomes an unrestricted free agent.

Yes, one apparently can be shot 21 times and live to tell the tale--not that it's the sort of achievement that anyone is going to run out to emulate. Over the weekend, a Harlem man survived what some physicians are calling a record number of bullet wounds

Police have been drafted in to accompany workers after residents reacted angrily to their bins not being collected in Gloucester.

Yahoo! Cars has come over all patriotic this week in the search for some iconic British cars. We've been scanning the classifieds, checking our bank balances (and in some cases clearing the garage and readying our tools). Actually, only nine of them are i

Genetic factors behind the tragic deaths of children struck down by meningitis have been identified for the first time.

When Stursberg arrived at CBC in October 2004, an average of 215,000 Canadians were watching the main network at any given minute during the day. For the 12-month period ending July 10, CBC was drawing an average minute audience, as it�s called in the t

Antenna problems a rare glitch for tech trailblazers

For 4,500 years, the Great Pyramid at Giza has enthralled, fascinated and ultimately frustrated everyone who has attempted to penetrate its secrets.

The lawyer defending a woman sentenced to death by stoning in Iran said on Sunday that he has applied for asylum in Norway, but hopes Iranian authorities will allow him eventually to return to his practice.

Two Conservative ridings were the biggest Quebec beneficiaries of a federal stimulus program set aside for rural areas, while other Tory-held areas received a considerable share of funds reserved for the province.

Iran and India, two countries with a major stake in Afghanistan, have already started talking about how to handle the withdrawal of NATO forces from the region.

There are fears a potential threat to the Great Lakes ecosystem has found its way into Canadian waters, after an Ontario woman landed what may be a vicious, invasive species of fish.

A Nunavut court has issued an injunction to stop seismic testing in a proposed Arctic national marine park.

Omar Khadr's trial is set to begin in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, eight years after the Toronto native was taken into custody by U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

The RCMP in British Columbia have issued a warning that two escaped American convicts and the woman suspected of helping them break free may be headed for the Canadian border.

A Muslim Frenchman cited by officials as a reason behind a crackdown on polygamy has been charged with aggravated rape, the state prosecutor said Sunday.

A Turkish man has been arrested after firing an AK-47 to celebrate his wedding and accidentally killing his father and two aunts. Celebratory gunshots are a tradition the Turkish government has tried and failed to stamp out, notes the BBC. The bridegroom

From bare nipples to white knuckles - more than 100 thrill-seekers have riden a rollercoaster naked.

By the end of the weekend, the battle against women's cancers in Alberta will have taken roughly 58 million steps forward.

For decades, a little creek that ran into Wabamun Lake was left undisturbed, providing shelter to nesting ducks, a spot for small fish to spawn, and a flow of fresh water to the lake.

Thinking about God can make you less upset about making mistakes, but only if you're a believer.

Peg Boorse, 50, the director of supply chain management for a large cosmetics company near Philadelphia, says she sleeps well only on vacation, when she can escape her constant stream of work worries.

Ousted Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Mark Hurd has settled allegations of sexual harassment lodged against him by a female contract worker for HP, a person with intimate knowledge of the case told The Associated Press late Saturday.

Doctors want to keep Zsa Zsa Gabor hospitalized until at least Monday, after the 93-year-old actress went into shock during her recovery from a broken hip.

Organizers say police are investigating the death of a Russian finalist during an event in which contenders compete to see who can stay longest in a blazing hot sauna.

Rubble-strewn floodwaters tore through a remote corner of northwestern China on Sunday, smashing buildings, overturning cars, and killing at least 127 people.

Pakistan will need billions of dollars to recover from massive flooding that has affected an estimated 13 million people and killed 1,500, the UN said Sunday.

Mudslides engulfed a town in northwest China on Sunday, killing at least 80 people and leaving 2,000 residents missing as rescue teams dug through crushed homes and readied a blast to dislodge debris blocking a river.

Henry Burris threw a pair of touchdown passes as the Calgary Stampeders heaped more misery on the B.C. Lions with a 27-22 victory Saturday night.

Hulking invasive fish with voracious appetites are striking at the threshold of the Great Lakes as U.S. and Canadian officials scramble to keep them out.

A business man from Ontario is now the owner of the oldest Plymouth in the world after he outbid competitors southeast of Edmonton.

No one has the winning ticket for the $50-million jackpot prize in Friday night's Lotto Max draw. But 12 of the 32 MaxMillion prizes of $1-million each were either won or shared.

It's a tale of two sentences for a pair of Canadians who wrongly thought they could put one over on Uncle Sam.

It's tall, pretty and impressive and it has been living quietly in Canadian yards and hiding out in lush green space for decades.

Police have confirmed that three bodies found in a Regina townhouse were those of two adults and a young child.

A woman travelling with thousands of buttons and fabric was arrested after the buttons were found laced with $1-million worth of cocaine, say RCMP.

A charter boat that's been missing for nearly one week has been found off the B.C. coast but rescue officials say there's no sign of the four men who were on board.

A 23-year-old woman from southern Ontario who admitted that she faked having cancer in order to raise money for herself has been charged with fraud.

Hamilton converted a huge turnover into the go-ahead touchdown pass with just under seven minutes left in a 29-22 home victory Saturday over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers

The bodies of Dr Woo, six Americans, a German and two Afghan interpreters were found yesterday next to three bullet-riddled four-wheel drive vehicles in Kuran Wa Munjan district of Badakhshan province.

According to experts, the Sineva missiles -- which were put into service in 2007 by the Russian army -- can carry up to 10 nuclear warheads.

More than 1,500 people who were forced from their homes in the Lillooet River Valley after a landslide sparked fears of imminent flooding will be allowed to return to their homes Saturday.

SALMON, Idaho - A U.S. judge in Montana on Thursday ordered federal protection under the Endangered Species Act restored to the entire gray wolf population of the Northern Rocky Mountains.

Postal workers in Moose Jaw, Sask., are taking cover after hawks have started to dive-bomb them.

LEEUWARDEN, The Netherlands, - Dutch police said on Friday they had arrested a 25-year-old woman on suspicion of killing four of her babies over an eight-year period, echoing a similar case in France last week.

A Winnipeg man has been sentenced to 16 months in jail for helping two teenaged girls create a child pornography website to fulfill their bizarre aspirations of internet fame.

Astronomers have for the first time obtained a 3D view of the aftermath of a star exploding (which is known as a supernova).

A senior Pakistani security official has called on Nato forces to do more to control the Afghan-Pakistan border.

The Afghan girl featured on a controversial Time magazine cover is in the US to have her nose rebuilt.

A giant sheet of ice measuring 260 sq km (100 sq miles) has broken off a glacier in Greenland, according to researchers at a US university.

The government took the threat of UFOs so seriously in the 1950s that UK intelligence chiefs met to discuss the issue, newly-released files show.

A Japanese tanker damaged last week in the Strait of Hormuz near Oman was the target of a terrorist attack, the United Arab Emirates state-run news agency has said.

The Veterans Affairs Department will have to shrink as about 1,700 elderly war vets are dying each month, but it will not be closed or merged with the Defence Department, Jean-Pierre Blackburn said.

A dense smog from raging wildfires enveloped Moscow Friday, grounding flights at the city's airports, plunging its iconic Red Square into a sea of dirty mist and stinging eyes and throats across the city.

One of Indonesia's most active volcanoes erupted Friday, sending lava and a searing gas cloud tumbling down its slopes. At least four people were feared dead, officials said, and several others were seriously hurt.

Cory Boyd celebrated his birthday with three touchdowns, including a second-effort plunge with 22 seconds left, to help the Toronto Argonauts to a 29-28 road win Friday over the Edmonton Eskimos.

Chevron Canada is committing to spend $103 million to explore for Arctic oil and gas in a large area of the Beaufort Sea.

The Montreal Alouettes avenged their only loss of the season by topping the Saskatchewan Roughriders with a 30-26 home win Friday.

Four Calgarians were treated to the flight of a lifetime Friday, taking to the skies on board one of only two World War II Lancaster bombers that are still airworthy.

More than 30 U.S. billionaires pledged Wednesday to give away at least 50% of their wealth to charity as part of a campaign by investor Warren Buffett and Microsoft founder Bill Gates.

The federal prison service plans to build new cells at 35 penitentiaries across the country to make room for an exploding inmate population.

U.S. sports broadcaster says 48-year-old defenceman will join Red Wings in TBA management role

A day after Air Canada was shamed into fixing a disabled boy's wheelchair and offered to send him to Disney World to make it right, a Mississauga, Ont., woman is offering to help make another one of his dreams happen.

A 25-year-old woman slain in her downtown Winnipeg apartment on Thursday was allegedly killed by a friend she and her husband had taken in temporarily, city police say.

Hewlett-Packard Co. said CEO Mark Hurd is stepping down following a sexual-harassment probe that found other violations of company standards.

The doctor will see you now: Just click here. In Britain, an increasing number of websites are pushing the boundaries of online medicine, with at least a dozen sites offering consultations and medication most countries only allow during in-person visit

A Vancouver Hells Angel who once threatened a prosecutor has had his drug sentence more than quadrupled by the B.C. Court of Appeal.

Canada's strong economic recovery slowed down last month as the nation slashed 139,000 full-time jobs, pushing the unemployment rate up for the first time this year.

Cody LeCompte has finally returned to Canada after being stranded in Cuba for the past three months.

Sex charges have been laid against a B.C. priest wanted on outstanding country-wide warrants.

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration has told U.S. lawmakers that a nuclear co-operation deal with Vietnam is unlikely to include a promise by the Hanoi government not to enrich uranium, congressional aides say.

Conrad Black has dropped his request to return to Canada while he is free on bail and will remain in the U.S. while an appeal that could bring a final resolution in his case goes ahead.

A woman who says she was unlawfully detained by police during the G20 summit protests is the lead plaintiff in a $45-million class action lawsuit against police.

While the motives behind Robert Pickton's grisly crimes remain incomprehensible, freshly released police recordings may give the public some insight into the mind of Canada's worst-ever serial killer.

A group of campers had to be rescued by helicopter, after a colossal landslide of rock and snow left them trapped in what geologists say is one of the most dangerous valleys in Canada.

Excrement flushed down the loos (toilets) of just 70 homes is enough to drive it 10,000 miles - a year's average motoring.

Authorities in Mexico say a newborn baby girl declared dead by doctors revived inside her coffin during her wake.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has again called on John Baird to plug a hole in his cabinet, moving him Friday morning into the tricky post of Government House leader where his job will be to push through the government�s agenda in a testy minority Parli

What will the Montreal Alouettes and Saskatchewan Roughriders do for an encore? Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/story/2010/08/06/sp-riders-als.html#ixzz0vqNgNZdP

The huge vehicle is as wide as two road lanes and 18 feet tall, carries more than 300 passengers per bus, and its electric motors run partly on solar power. The bus network could carry as many as 1,400 passengers at once.

Chaotic scene that saw officers pushed and shoved as station was breached is detailed in OPP report

A bighead carp caught near Lake Michigan in June likely lived nearly its whole life in waters from the Great Lakes, tests show.

RCMP patrolling Carpenter Lake, B.C., by boat found some illegal treasure growing along the shoreline. Officers discovered approximately 10,000 marijuana plants growing on the shore of the lake, located about one-hour outside of Lillooet, on Saturday.

Police have identified a suspect who is alleged to have broken into a home in June and then held a garage sale on the front yard.

A man charged with smuggling more than 80 grams of pot into an Ottawa detention centre last October by cramming Kinder eggs up his rectum was sentenced to two years in prison Thursday.

Supporters of California's same-sex marriage ban have filed an appeal after a U.S. Federal Court judge overturned the controversial law. wi

One of the most common bat species could face extinction in the Northeast within decades due to white-nose syndrome, a disease now rapidly spreading.

The diplomatic red tape holding up the return of an Ontario teenager from Cuba following a car accident this past spring has finally been removed, according to his uncle.

Canada's dollar continued to inch toward parity Thursday, but this time the strength is all relative.

A bail hearing has been set for Aug. 11 for ex-CFL quarterback Cody Ledbetter.

Newly released court materials reveal gruesome details in the case of convicted serial killer Robert Pickton, including testimony from the only woman to survive his deadly scheme.

Even in the farthest backwaters of Africa, the Chinese are moving in

Starting in the late 1990s, China's presence on the African continent experienced a phenomenal expansion. Far more profound changes, however, have been underway and may only become apparent in the next decade.

Hundreds of forest fires continue to burn in British Columbia and now there is concern that some of the materials being used to fight them might be turning river water black.

A Norwegian oil tanker is stuck in the St. Clair River near Sarnia, Ont., and it's unlikely the vessel will break free any time soon.

The commercial sockeye salmon fishery on B.C.'s Fraser River is opening for the first time in four years.

The family of a boy with muscular dystrophy who saw his wheelchair destroyed while en route from Toronto to New York says Air Canada has left him stranded.

Government welcomes representative, but some who see the bombing as unjustified want the United States to apologize

Cause of crash under investigation

The federal Conservatives' lead over the Liberal Party appears to have evaporated, with both parties virtually tied at the same level of support, a new EKOS poll suggests.

After years (and years) of waiting it's no surprise to see the Xbox 360 finally sliding into the role of IPTV set-top box, but we couldn't have seen Canada's Telus being the first in North America to offer the option.

Four huge earthquakes hit much of North America in 1811-1812, just as Tecumseh was rallying natives to fight the Americans in the War of 1812

A man who literally lives on a gold mine has been ordered by a Quebec judge to leave his home. Ken Masse's childhood house is the last obstacle standing in the way of a multibillion-dollar mining project in the town of Malartic.

A Damascus woman secretly married a man last week immediately after he was charged with sexually abusing her 7-year-old daughter. She then helped her new husband stay one step ahead of authorities, police said Wednesday.

Well I'll be damned: Canadians drop more "f-bombs" and other curse words than folks in both the U.S. and Britain, a new study suggests.

Twenty first-degree murder charges against Robert Pickton were formally stayed Wednesday, ensuring the serial killer won't stand trial for the deaths of most of the women whose remains were found on his sprawling farm

The Conservative government has expanded the list of serious offences included in the Criminal Code, a move it says will give law enforcement more options for probing and prosecuting organized crime

A piece of Canadian history landed in Calgary on Tuesday. The Mynarski Memorial Lancaster, a WWII bomber, touched down as part of its cross-Canada tour.

Canadian officials have yet to decide what to do with the wreck of HMS Investigator, the 19th-century British naval ship recently discovered in Canadian Arctic waters.

Two solar storms are pushing the aurora borealis into southern parts of Canada that rarely get to enjoy the northern light shows in their skies. Unfortunately for people in Eastern Canada, the current storm peaked before nightfall there.

Three Canadian, and two American, navy and coast guard vessels left the port of St. John's Tuesday to begin 20 days of naval exercises in the high Arctic.

B.C.'s Queen of Nanaimo ferry was damaged and six people were injured when the ship collided with a dock while coming into harbour early Tuesday morning.