TRURO, N.S. †A former naval reservist in Truro has been given a one-year conditional sentence and one year of probation after pleading guilty to accessing child pornography.
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The former deputy premier of Newfoundland and Labrador is lashing out at Premier Danny Williams and his cabinet after they accused him of intimidation for trying to get more money for his riding.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is seeking to persuade Myanmar's ruling generals to let in a torrent of foreign assistance for cyclone victims rather than the current trickle.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has surveyed devastated sections of Myanmar's Irrawaddy Delta and says he was very upset by the conditions of cyclone survivors.
Detroit at Boston (-4 ½, 172) After their Game 1 loss to the Boston Celtics , Rip Hamilton had this to say about his team’s performance: "We're a better team than that." That’s not just bravado from the Pistons guard. His team looked sluggish
KYONDAH RELIEF CAMP, Myanmar (Reuters) - U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon saw flooded rice fields and destroyed homes during his mission on Thursday to get large-scale foreign aid to 2.4 million people left destitute by Cyclone Nargis.
A court hearing has been set for June 3 in Raleigh, N.C. to discuss the extradition of a 19-year-old man charged with fatally beating Elizabeth O'Brien in January at her home in Jefferson. Murder suspect Demetrius M. Diaz-Bridges, who was a neighbor of the victim on Nolan's Point Road in the Lake Hopatcong section of Jefferson, was apprehended on May 2 in Raleigh. He has opted to fight
Ford Motor Co. no longer expects to return to profitability by 2009 and is cutting North American production of pickups and SUVs for the rest of this year. Ford's announcement did not specify how individual plants will fare, but the Ford Ranger pickup is assembled in St. Paul.
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