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<tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#20" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Body is toddler's mother, New Zealand police say</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 20/09/07</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#19" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Loonie passes 99-cent US mark in overseas trading</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 19/09/07</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#18" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Nebraska state senator sues God in protest</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 18/09/07</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#17" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Canadian says escaping Thai plane crash a 'miracle'</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 17/09/07</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#16" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Thai airliner crashes in Phuket, at least 87 dead</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 16/09/07</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#15" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Canada has worst year ever for West Nile virus</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 15/09/07</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#14" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  'Condom fatigue' may be behind STI rise: UBC</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 14/09/07</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#13" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Feds push for greater access to private info</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 13/09/07</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#12" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Dark horse Brian Melo takes Canadian Idol crown</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 12/09/07</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#11" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Bills player likely to be paralyzed after injury</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 11/09/07</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#10" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Britney Spears bombs in MTV comeback performance</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 10/09/07</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#09" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  PM blasts Elections Canada ruling on veiled voting</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 09/09/07</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#08" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Canadian troops begin major combat operation</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 08/09/07</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#07" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  APEC? OPEC? Australia? Austria? Bush gets confused</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 07/09/07</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#06" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Opera world mourns loss of Luciano Pavarotti</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 06/09/07</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#05" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  4 adults, one child found dead in B.C. suburb</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 05/09/07</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#04" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Movie industry turns to counterfeit-sniffing dogs</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 04/09/07</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#03" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Canada beats U.S. in global happiness index</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 03/09/07</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#02" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Competitive eater wolfs 173 wings in 12 minutes</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 02/09/07</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#01" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  U.S. senator expected to quit after sex sting bust</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 01/09/07</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> =======================</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="705" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="707"><div>  <A NAME="30"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 147 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Ottawa to unveil tough national drug strategy</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sun. Sept. 30 2007  10:46  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 30th, 2007</div> <div> <B>The Conservative government is set to announce its $64 million anti-drug strategy next week in an effort to clarify its get-tough approach to illegal drugs in Canada.</B></div> <bR> <div> Health Minister Tony Clement said Saturday that the plan will show that the government is "back in the business of an anti-drug strategy."</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="c10ca0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 484 WIDTH="707"><div> "In that sense, the party's over,'' Clement told The Canadian Press.</div> <bR> <div> The new strategy will focus on a combined prevention and treatment initiative with harsher penalties for illicit drug use and a crackdown against drug smuggling at the border.</div> <bR> <div> Justice Minister Rob Nicholson and Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day will join Clement for the announcement, which is one in a series of Conservative initiatives expected in next month's throne speech.</div> <bR> <div> "There hasn't been a meaningful retooling of our strategy to tackle illicit drugs in over 20 years in this country,'' said Clement.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Marijuana use</B></div> <bR> <div> The Conservatives quashed a bill from the previous Liberal government decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana shortly after coming to power last year, despite support for the resolution in the House of Commons from every other party.</div> <bR> <div> Since then, drug-related arrests have spiked dramatically across the country with a number of Canadian cities reporting arrest increases by more than one-third.</div> <bR> <div> Toronto, Vancouver, Ottawa and Halifax all reported increases of between 20 and 50 per cent in 2006 of arrests for possession of cannabis, compared with 2005 statistics.</div> <bR> <div> Police forces said many people believed the Liberal bill had passed, prompting users to spark up in public without fear of reprisal.</div> <bR> <div> As a result, thousands of people were charged with criminal offences that would have been classified as a misdemeanour under the previous Liberal government.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 592 WIDTH="707"><div> Legal experts argued earlier this year that inconsistencies in Canada's marijuana laws made it difficult for the justice system to handle the sudden influx of possession cases brought before the courts under the Conservative government's new focus on enforcement.</div> <bR> <div> Clement says the new Tory plan will work to clear up any uncertainties about the use of illicit drugs.</div> <bR> <div> He said previous governments in Canada have been sending the wrong message about drug use.</div> <bR> <div> "We're going to be into a different world and take tackling these issues very seriously because (of) the impact on the health and safety of our kids.''</div> <bR> <div> <B>Safe-injection sites vulnerable</B></div> <bR> <div> In the past, Clement has vocalized his opposition to harm reduction strategies like safe injection sites, where nurses provide clean needles and safe havens to illicit drug users.</div> <bR> <div> At a Canadian Medical Association meeting last month, Clement was quoted saying "harm reduction, in a sense, takes many forms. To me, prevention is harm reduction. Treatment is harm reduction. Enforcement is harm reduction.''</div> <bR> <div> Advocates say the sites help to prevent the spread of deadly diseases like AIDS and Hepatitis by reducing the number of needles shared.</div> <bR> <div> Dr. Keith Martin, a British Columbia Liberal MP and former substance-abuse physician, agrees with penalties for people who sell illegal drugs but wonders why the Conservatives would target users, a strategy proven to be unsuccessful in other countries.</div> <bR> <div> "I can't understand why the Conservatives are embracing a war-on-drugs approach that has proven to fail,'' Martin told CP.</div> <bR> <div> "By all means, go after the pushers. By all means, absolutely go after the organized crime gangs that are the real parasites in this situation... But for heaven's sake, treat the user as a medical problem and adopt the solutions that have proven to work in other countries.''</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with a report from The Canadian Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="29"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 220 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Forgotten patient left in CT scanner for hours</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sat. Sept. 29 2007  23:36  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 29th, 2007</div> <div> <B>TUCSON, Ariz. -- A cancer patient says she was left alone in a CT scanner for hours after a technician apparently forget about her, and she finally crawled out of the device, only to find herself locked in the closed clinic.</B></div> <bR> <div> Elvira Tellez of Tucson said she called her son in a panic, and he told her to call 911.</div> <bR> <div> Pima County sheriff's deputies arriving at the oncology office had her unlock the office door to let them in, said Deputy Dawn Hanke, a department spokeswoman. The deputies contacted the office manager, who was not aware of the situation.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="c103a0660.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="102" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Elvira Tellez sits in her Tucson, Ariz, home on, holding papers from her experience at Arizona Oncology where she was left alone on Sept. 19, 2007, in a CT Scan machine after everyone left for the day. (AP / Arizona Daily Star, A. E. Araiza)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 645 WIDTH="707"><div> Tellez was taken to a hospital as a precaution, then released early the next day.</div> <bR> <div> Tellez said she's had trouble sleeping since last week's incident. She and her family said they want an explanation from the medical office, Arizona Oncology Associates, but have yet to receive one. She said the technician did call to apologize the next day.</div> <bR> <div> "I don't know what to think," Tellez said in Spanish. "I think and think and think, but I can't understand it."</div> <bR> <div> Ted Eazer, practice director for Arizona Oncology Associates, said Friday that the group has revised its closing procedures so no one is ever left behind in an office again. A sweep of the facilities will be done and a written checklist followed.</div> <bR> <div> The executive director of Arizona Oncology Associates, Sonya Hohm, was in a meeting Friday and not immediately available for comment, her assistant said.</div> <bR> <div> Diagnosed with bone cancer, the 67-year-old Tellez had been sent to the clinic for tests to see if her cancer had spread.</div> <bR> <div> A technician placed her inside the large machine at about 4 p.m. on Sept. 19, dimmed the lights so she could relax and told her not to move during the 25-minute procedure.</div> <bR> <div> "At some point, my mom lost track of time and felt like too much time had passed, but she couldn't look at a clock or anything because it was dark," her son Ariel Tellez said.</div> <bR> <div> After calling out, then screaming for help, she said, she spent several hours trying to free herself from the machine. Finally, she wiggled out from under a heavy blanket and out of the machine. By the time deputies found her, it had been five hours since she was placed inside.</div> <bR> <div> A physician who works at the practice and knew of the incident told The Arizona Daily Star it's not the first time such a thing has happened.</div> <bR> <div> "People have been left in the office after hours, when something like that happens -- it's the same sort of thing," Dr. Steven Ketchel said. "My guess is she was lying on the table, waiting and waiting and nobody told her she could go home."</div> <bR> <div> Eazer said Ketchel was referring to incidents in other facilities, and that a patient had never before been left behind at Arizona Oncology clinics.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with a report from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="28"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 292 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Experts suggest link between autism and diet</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Thu. Sept. 27 2007  23:36  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 28th, 2007</div> <div> <B>Autism experts descended upon Parliament Hill Thursday, calling for more research to be conducted into the possible link between a specialized diet and the developmental disability.</B></div> <bR> <div> Many parents have reported anecdotal evidence suggesting that a dairy and gluten-free diet may reduce the symptoms of autism.</div> <bR> <div> Fannie Decaria says at one point her son Guilio could hardly speak. Then she cut wheat protein and dairy out of his diet and she saw improvement within days.</div> <bR> <div> "I swear, within a week my son started to speak more," she told CTV News.</div> <bR> <div> Actress Jenny McCarthy wrote a book discussing the success she's having in feeding her </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="c0fca0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="c100a0730.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="115" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> 'I swear, within a week my son started to speak more,' Fannie Decaria told CTV News.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 351 WIDTH="540"><div> son, who suffers from the developmental disorder, a diet free of gluten, wheat and dairy products.</div> <bR> <div> Critics say stories such as McCarthy's amount to nothing more than anecdotal evidence, and aren't backed by any credible scientific evidence. But some experts took their message to Parliament Hill on Thursday, arguing that autism is a public health crisis that deserves more study.</div> <bR> <div> "I think what we are looking at is a transition from behaviour disorder and brain disorder to a whole body condition," Dr. Martha Herbert of the Harvard Medical School told a press conference.</div> <bR> <div> Herbert and some experts say it's time to conduct scientific research into finding out if there's something more to the anecdotal evidence. They want more money to study the link between processes in the gastro-intestinal system and behaviour.</div> <bR> <div> It's research that Derek McFabe of the University of Western Ontario has already started. He says that his studies of rats suggests that there may be an indirect link between some food and autism.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="c0fea0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Dr. Martha Herbert from Harvard Medical School speaks to reporters on Sept. 27, 2007.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="c0ffa0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Dr. Derek McFabe of the University of Western Ontario is studying the link between some food and autism.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 285 WIDTH="707"><div> Officials with Autism Canada says that an increasing number of children are diagnosed with autism, therefore, studying diet and the disease is crucial.</div> <bR> <div> Researchers hope that more research will give parents of autistic children more information to decide if they should switch their child's diet.</div> <bR> <div> McCarthy said she noticed that her son's eye contact and vocabulary noticeably improved within weeks as a result of being on the wheat and gluten-free diet.</div> <bR> <div> The children's cartoon "SpongeBob SquarePants" did not usually connect with her son Evan, but when he laughed at something "very abstract and funny" while watching it, McCarthy said she knew it was important.</div> <bR> <div> "That was my big moment ... I call it kind of opening the window and pulling him out of the world of autism," McCarthy told CTV's Canada AM.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with a report from CTV's Genevieve Beauchemin</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="27"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 321 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Routine self breast exams no longer recommended</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Wed. Sept. 26 2007  23:29  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 27th, 2007</div> <div> <B>The Canadian Cancer Society announced Wednesday it is no longer recommending routine breast self-examinations as a way to detect cancer.</B></div> <bR> <div> While women are encouraged to be aware of abnormalities, regular scheduled self-exams give women a false sense of security and increase stress and unnecessary treatment, the Society says.</div> <bR> <div> Heather Logan, director of Cancer Control Policy and Information for the <U>Canadian Cancer Society</U> told CTV.ca that organized screening with mammography and clinical breast examinations done by a doctor are recommended instead of monthly self exams.</div> <bR> <div> "There is no evidence that doing a rigorous, systematic BSE will lower breast cancer death rates. The general transition is toward general breast health awareness where you are aware of normal breast tissue, the feel and look, and you can detect changes and report them to your doctor," Logan said on Wednesday.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="c0f2a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="c0f3a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Heather Logan, director of Cancer Control Policy at the Canadian Cancer Society, speaks with CTV News aboutt the new guidelines on Sept. 26, 2007.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 627 WIDTH="707"><div> Logan said a number of women feel guilty and anxious about not performing BSE in an accurate manner. Often times, women who do find a benign lump or a "false positive" often have to go through extensive diagnostic testing that can result in harmful side effects.</div> <bR> <div> "You can get an infection at the site of a biopsy. You can also get disfigurement at the skin at the site of a biopsy, as well as, the anxiety of waiting for a final diagnosis whether it's cancer or not," Logan said on Wednesday.</div> <bR> <div> The Canadian Cancer Society recommends:</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Women between the ages of 50 to 69 have a mammogram every two years.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Women between the ages of 40 to 49 should discuss the risks of developing breast cancer with their physician along with the risks and benefits of mammography. Women over the age of 40 should be screened every two years by a physician.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Women 70 or older should consult their doctor about screening programs.</div> <bR> <div> For years, women were encouraged to perform regular BSE at the same time each month with many cancer survivors crediting BSE as an empowering life-saving tool.</div> <bR> <div> A 2002 study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute stated self-exams increased the rate of unnecessary benign breast biopsies, adding to health care costs.</div> <bR> <div> The study, which ran for almost 11 years, determined there was no difference in breast cancer mortality rates between the BSE and the control groups. There was also little evidence that women in the BSE group were able to detect cancer earlier.</div> <bR> <div> Breast cancer death rates among women have fallen by 25 per cent since 1986 and more women are living longer after a diagnosis of breast cancer.</div> <bR> <div> Current evidence shows that organized screening with mammography and clinical breast examination -- the most reliable methods of finding breast cancer -- have contributed to the declining death rates.</div> <bR> <div> According to the CCS, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed form of cancer in women.</div> <bR> <div> An estimated 22,300 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in Canada in 2007 with approximately 5,300 of those women dying from the disease.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="26"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 355 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Photo surfaces of child resembling Madeleine</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Wed. Sept. 26 2007  07:54  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 26th, 2007</div> <div> <B>MADRID, Spain -- Spanish police have passed on to Interpol a photograph of a girl taken by two Spanish tourists recently in Morocco which the couple suspect could be of missing British girl Madeleine McCann, news reports said Tuesday.</B></div> <bR> <div> The photograph was taken by the couple, of the central Spanish city of Albacete, who had visited Morocco in August, Europa Press news agency reported. The couple sent the photograph by email to local police, who passed it on to Interpol.</div> <bR> <div> State news agency Efe also said that the photograph was passed on to Interpol, but the report did not say when it was taken.</div> <div> Spanish police were not immediately available to comment. There have been numerous other reported sightings of her in the past.</div> <bR> <div> The photograph, published on the websites of several Spanish newspapers Tuesday, shows a group of people walking along a road. One in the group, a woman in Moroccan-style clothing, is carrying a fair-haired child on her back.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="c0eba0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> This March 2007 photo released by the McCann family shows Madeleine McCann. (AP /HO)</div> <div> <IMG SRC="c0eda06e0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="110" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Clara Torres, a Spanish tourist who made the possible sighting of Madeleine McCann, poses for a picture in Madrid. (AP / EFE / Ballesteros)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 194 WIDTH="707"><div> Europa Press said the photograph was taken on a road near the northern city of Tangiers, which lies just across the Strait of Gibraltar from Spain.</div> <bR> <div> Madeleine disappeared from a Portuguese resort on May 3, shortly before her fourth birthday. Her parents said they had left the girl and her younger twin siblings asleep in their rented villa while they had dinner nearby. Despite an extensive search and a worldwide publicity campaign by her parents, no trace of the child has been found.</div> <bR> <div> The case took a startling twist earlier this month when Portuguese police named Kate and Gerry McCann official suspects in their daughter's disappearance. The parents deny any involvement, and insist police keep searching for Madeleine.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="25"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 196 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Ahmadinejad questions 9/11, Holocaust</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Tue. Sept. 25 2007  08:08  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 25th, 2007</div> <div> <B>NEW YORK -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is addressing the UN General Assembly Tuesday after defending Holocaust revisionists and raising questions about who carried out the Sept. 11 attacks in a tense showdown at Columbia University.</B></div> <bR> <div> Thousands of people protested Ahmadinejad's visit Monday and more were expected to rally in the streets Tuesday when the Iranian leader attends the meeting for the third time in three years.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="c0e6a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks with journalists from the U.S. National Press Club in New York on Monday, Sept. 24, 2007.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 707 WIDTH="707"><div> In his speech Tuesday afternoon, Ahmadinejad is expected to take the same conciliatory approach he did in an interview with The Associated Press and in other appearances on Monday. He presented his country as a reasonable seeker of peace and justice and denied that it holds any violent intentions against the United States, Israel or any of its immediate neighbors.</div> <bR> <div> He also denied all the chief accusations against Iran: that it is providing weapons to kill U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, supporting terrorism or breaking international law by developing nuclear weapons.</div> <bR> <div> Asked about his country's nuclear intentions during the appearance at Columbia on Monday, Ahmadinejad insisted the program is peaceful, legal and entirely within Iran's rights, despite attempts by "monopolistic," "selfish" powers to derail it. "How come is it that you have that right, and we can't have it?" he added.</div> <bR> <div> Ahmadinejad portrayed himself as an intellectual and argued that his administration respected reason and science. But the former engineering professor, appearing shaken and irate over he called "insults" from his host, soon found himself drawn into the type of rhetoric that has alienated American audiences in the past.</div> <bR> <div> Columbia's president, Lee Bollinger, set the combative tone in his introduction of Ahmadinejad: "Mr. President, you exhibit all the signs of a petty and cruel dictator."</div> <bR> <div> Iranian state-run TV channels on Tuesday showed news reports of the Columbia event and called the introduction "impolite." The English version of the IRNA news agency said that despite "entire U.S. media objections, negative propagation" Ahmadinejad still had his lecture and answered questions.</div> <bR> <div> Ahmadinejad drew audience applause at times, such as when he bemoaned the plight of the Palestinians. But he often declined to offer the simple answers the audience sought, responding instead with his own questions or long statements about history and justice.</div> <bR> <div> Ahmadinejad has in the past called for Israel's elimination. But his exact remarks have been disputed. Some translators say he called for Israel to be "wiped off the map," but others say that would be better translated as "vanish from the pages of time" -- implying Israel would disappear on its own rather than be destroyed.</div> <bR> <div> Asked by an audience member if Iran sought the destruction of Israel, Ahmadinejad did not answer directly.</div> <bR> <div> "We are friends of all the nations," he said. "We are friends with the Jewish people. There are many Jews in Iran living peacefully with security."</div> <bR> <div> Ahmadinejad's past statements about the Holocaust also have raised hackles in the West, and were soundly attacked by Bollinger.</div> <bR> <div> "In a December 2005 state television broadcast, you described the Holocaust as the fabricated legend," Bollinger told Ahmadinejad said in his opening remarks. "One year later, you held a two-day conference of Holocaust deniers."</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 640 WIDTH="707"><div> Bollinger said that might fool the illiterate and ignorant.</div> <bR> <div> "When you come to a place like this, it makes you simply ridiculous. The truth is that the Holocaust is the most documented event in human history," he said.</div> <bR> <div> Ahmadinejad said he wasn't passing judgment on whether the Holocaust occurred, but that, "assuming this happened, what does it have to do with the Palestinian people?"</div> <bR> <div> He went on to say that he was defending the rights of European academics imprisoned for "questioning certain aspects" of the Holocaust, an apparent reference to a small number who have been prosecuted under national laws for denying or minimizing the genocide.</div> <bR> <div> "There's nothing known as absolute," Ahmadinejad said. He said the Holocaust has been abused as a justification for Israeli mistreatment of the Palestinians.</div> <bR> <div> "Why is it that the Palestinian people are paying the price for an event they had nothing to do with?" he asked.</div> <bR> <div> Asked why he had asked to visit the World Trade Center site -- a request denied by New York authorities -- Ahmadinejad said he wanted to express sympathy for the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks.</div> <bR> <div> Then he appeared to question whether al-Qaida was responsible, saying more research was needed.</div> <bR> <div> "If the root causes of 9/11 are examined properly -- why it happened, what caused it, what were the conditions that led to it, who truly was involved, who was really involved -- and put it all together to understand how to prevent the crisis in Iraq, fix the problem in Afghanistan and Iraq combined," Ahmadinejad said.</div> <bR> <div> President Bush said Ahmadinejad's appearance at Columbia "speaks volumes about, really, the greatness of America." </div> <div> He told Fox News Channel that if Bollinger considered Ahmadinejad's visit an educational experience for Columbia students, "I guess it's OK with me."</div> <bR> <div> But conservatives on Capitol Hill were critical. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, an independent from Connecticut, said he thought the invitation to Ahmadinejad was a mistake "because he comes literally with blood on his hands."</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="24"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 406 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>GM strike in U.S. to impact operations in Canada</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Mon. Sept. 24 2007  14:11  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 24th, 2007</div> <div> <B>A nationwide strike in the U.S. by General Motors employees could leave as many as 100,000 Canadian workers without jobs, Canadian Auto Workers president Buzz Hargrove said Monday.</B></div> <bR> <div> About 73,000 members of United Auto Workers (UAW) went on strike at GM plants across the United States Monday. The members are employed by GM at 82 U.S. facilities -- which include assembly and parts plants and warehouses.</div> <bR> <div> Because of the strike action, Hargrove said jobs in Canada will see an immediate impact. </div> <div> Hargrove confirmed the following:</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Oshawa, Ont. car plant no. 1, which builds the Chevrolet Impala and the Monte Carlo, will close down at 3 a.m. Tuesday.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Oshawa, Ont. plant no 2, which builds the Pontiac Grand Prix and Buick Allure, will close at the end of the day shift Tuesday.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Te Oshawa, Ont. truck plant, which produces the Silverado and the Sierra, has enough parts for three more days of production.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">GM's engine plant in St. Catharines, Ont. will close within 72 hours.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">GM's Windsor, Ont. transmission plant has already been closed down.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="c0dfa0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> United Auto Worker Randy Scott carries a strike sign outside the General Motors Powertrain facility in Warren, Mich. on Monday, Sept. 24, 2007. (AP / Paul Sancya)</div> <div> <IMG SRC="c0e0a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Canadian Auto Workers president Buzz Hargrove explains which Canadian shifts will shutdown during a press conference in Toronto on Monday, Sept. 24, 2007.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 671 WIDTH="707"><div> "In addition to that there will be literally thousands and thousands of auto parts workers in the independent auto parts sector that will be laid off if the dispute continues, some of them will already be laid off as of today," Hargrove told reporters.</div> <bR> <div> Hargrove said that there are about 80,000 workers in Canada employed in the automotive parts sector and GM buys about 50 per cent of all parts creates in Canada.</div> <bR> <div> He said that means roughly 40,000 auto parts workers could be laid off within the next few days.</div> <bR> <div> In total, adding in suppliers and service workers at various plants, Hargrove said "anywhere between 80,000 and 100,000 people" could soon be unemployed in Ontario and Quebec.</div> <bR> <div> <B>U.S. negotiations</B></div> <bR> <div> UAW President Ron Gettelfinger said Monday that job security was the major unresolved issue prompting the action.</div> <bR> <div> It is the first nationwide strike against the U.S. auto industry since 1976. Gettelfinger said GM failed to meet the union halfway in contract negotiations.</div> <bR> <div> "We were pushed into a strike and that's where we're at," he told reporters.</div> <bR> <div> Gettelfinger said negotiations would resume Monday and that the UAW was willing to discuss a key GM demand that a UAW-managed trust fund be established to cover health care for retirees.</div> <bR> <div> If accepted, the trust would alleviate GM of US$51 billion in unfunded health costs. GM is currently responsible for nearly 339,000 retirees and surviving spouses.</div> <bR> <div> Still, Gettelfinger said the strike was not related to the trust fund but rather to job security.</div> <bR> <div> In a statement Monday, GM spokesman Dan Flores said the company was disappointed about the strike situation.</div> <bR> <div> "The bargaining involves complex, difficult issues that affect the job security of our U.S. work force and the long-term viability of the company," said Flores. "We are fully committed to working with the UAW to develop solutions together to address the competitive challenges facing General Motors.</div> <bR> <div> "We will continue focusing our efforts on reaching an agreement as soon as possible."</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="23"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 378 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Harper to defend climate plan at UN summit</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sun. Sept. 23 2007  20:01  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 23rd, 2007</div> <div> Prime Minister Stephen Harper will defend his government's highly criticized climate change plan during a United Nations summit in New York on Monday.</div> <bR> <div> More than 70 heads of state or government will gather to help advance the global agenda on climate change during the one-day event hosted by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.</div> <bR> <div> The event, which takes place one day before the opening of the UN General Assembly's annual General Debate, will be the largest meeting ever of world leaders on climate change.</div> <bR> <div> Environmentalists are hoping the debate will inspire some action toward forging a deal to replace the Kyoto Protocol before it expires in 2012.</div> <bR> <div> Johanne Whitmore, a climate change policy analyst with the Pembina Institute, said Canada needs to return to its Kyoto obligations.</div> <bR> <div> "We have next to no credibility on the international negotiation level,' she told CTV Newsnet. "We need to be supportive of a mandate that will launch negotiations for the second phase of Kyoto."</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="b51fa0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="c0e3a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Harper follows Environment Minister John Baird up a hill prior to making an announcement regarding the expansion of Nahanni National Park, Wednesday, August 8, 2007. (CP PHOTO/ Fred Chartrand)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 407 WIDTH="707"><div> But with countries such as the U.S. rejecting the Kyoto Protocal in favour of voluntary reductions, few are holding out hope for dramatic change.</div> <bR> <div> Harper is scheduled to address a Monday morning session on the role of new technologies in cutting emissions. He will also talk about Canada's position in a speech Tuesday to the Council on Foreign Relations. The Canadian Press reports the speech is being billed as a look at the rising importance of middle powers on the world stage.</div> <bR> <div> Later in the week, Environment Minister John Baird will represent Canada at a conference in Washington of the world's worst polluters, hosted by U.S. President George Bush.</div> <bR> <div> Baird told CTV Newsnet on Saturday that his government will focus on reducing global emissions by an absolute 20 per cent over the next 13 years. He also said the government will promote eco-transit and energy initiatives on a provincial, municipal and individual level.</div> <bR> <div> "At the end of the day, people will judge us not by our talk but by our action," Baird said.</div> <bR> <div> The National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy was charged with issuing its report by the Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act, an opposition bill (C-288) enacted in June after the opposition parties pushed it through the Commons and Senate.</div> <bR> <div> Made up of a wide range of members including oil and gas executives, academics, environmentalists and corporate leaders, the roundtable was required under the law to assess the Tory plan which was released over the summer.</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 430 WIDTH="707"><div> Conservatives were given 60 days to formulate a new plan that would reduce emissions to 6 per cent below 1990 levels within the next five years -- the requirements set out in the Kyoto accord.</div> <bR> <div> Baird responded with a new plan that was again deemed inadequate by the opposition.</div> <bR> <div> The Act then gave the national roundtable 30 days to report on whether Baird's new plan was satisfactory, which led to Friday's report stating the plan does not meet Kyoto targets.</div> <bR> <div> Baird defended the government's climate plan saying that the criticism was misdirected and that the report instead was a condemnation of the opposition bill.</div> <bR> <div> "What it said (the report) was that the Liberal bill was bad public policy and that it was short sighted. If we're going to combat global warming, we need action that is short term and long term," said Baird.</div> <bR> <div> The environment minister said his government's plan will set the stage for global leadership on climate change, effectively bridging the gap between the progressive European Union and developing countries like China and India.</div> <bR> <div> "We've got to get developed countries like the United States and the European Union and Canada on board playing a leadership role as we're fortunate and wealthy enough that we can do so," Baird said.</div> <bR> <div> Monday's meeting aims to build confidence ahead of the UN Climate Convention negotiations scheduled for Bali, Indonesia, in December.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 238 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Rodney Dangerfield's widow sues over film</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sat. Sept. 22 2007  22:42  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 22nd, 2007</div> <div> <B>LOS ANGELES -- Rodney Dangerfield's widow says that even in death the comedian can't get any respect.</B></div> <bR> <div> Joan Dangerfield filed a lawsuit Thursday in Los Angeles County Superior Court to stop the airing of a videotape of Dangerfield in his later years that his widow says was never intended for the public.</div> <bR> <div> The comedian, whose catch phrase was "I don't get no respect," was 82 when he died in October 2004.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="c0e1a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Comedian and actor Rodney Dangerfield looks on prior to an unveiling ceremony for Dangerfield's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, in this Wednesday, March 27, 2002 file photo. (AP Photo / Nick Ut, File)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 285 WIDTH="707"><div> The suit claimed that producer David Permut, a former friend, has more than 200 hours of video footage of Dangerfield taken at his home during the last few years of his life. The material is "highly private, extremely sensitive and very personal," according to the lawsuit.</div> <bR> <div> Much of it shows the comedian in ill health and "was never intended to be made available for viewing by the public," the suit said.</div> <bR> <div> A call to Permut's company, Permut Presentations of Beverly Hills, was not immediately returned Saturday.</div> <bR> <div> The suit claims that Permut has shown some of the material to a writer and a newspaper reporter and is editing the material into a documentary called "Respect" that he hopes to air at the Sundance Film Festival next year.</div> <bR> <div> The action also claims Permut violated an agreement he had with Joan Dangerfield giving her joint control of the material. It seeks court orders barring Permut from showing the footage until the dispute can be settled through arbitration.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="21"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 196 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Dollar opens at par with U.S. greenback</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Fri. Sept. 21 2007  09:35  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 21st, 2007</div> <div> <B>The Canadian dollar opened at exactly US$1, a day after hitting parity for the first time in 31 years.</B></div> <bR> <div> The dollar officially closed at 99.87 cents US.</div> <bR> <div> It continues to benefit from strong oil prices and a weak U.S. dollar.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="c0dca0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> A foreign rate board shows posts that the currency exchange in downtown Ottawa is running low on U.S. bills Thursday Sept. 20, 2007. (CP / Jonathan Hayward)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 528 WIDTH="707"><div> The U.S. greenback also fell against the pound and the yen, but bounced back against the euro.</div> <bR> <div> Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said a weak U.S. dollar was the "real story" behind the loonie briefly reaching parity with U.S. currency for the first time in 31 years.</div> <bR> <div> "The real story here is the rather dramatic decline in the U.S. currency in recent days and as a result the Canadian dollar is up significantly," Flaherty told reporters. He said he'd just had a conversation with Bank of Canada Governor David Dodge, to discuss the implications of a Canadian dollar even in value to a U.S. dollar.</div> <bR> <div> Flaherty told reporters Thursday that the strength of the dollar brings both pros and cons for the economy.</div> <bR> <div> "It helps Canadian manufacturers acquire new technology, but then it also puts some pressure on manufacturers, particularly the suddenness of the depreciation of the US dollar," he said. "We've seen some reduction in demand with respect to U.S. housing, with respect to automobiles."</div> <bR> <div> <B>Winners on the dollar's rise:</B></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Canadians planning trips to the U.S.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Importers</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Currency speculators</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Companies who have much of their debt in U.S. dollars</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Cross-border and online shoppers</div> <bR> <div> <B>Losers on the dollar's rise:</B></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Canada's manufacturing sector</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Auto parts makers</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Lumber and paper companies</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Exporters of farm products such as wheat, corn and other foodstuffs</div> <bR> <div> <B>Pros and cons </B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 629 WIDTH="707"><div> Frank Demarinis, vice-president of Red Tag Vacations told CTV's Canada AM that with the dollar's rise there's been a 70 per cent increase in Canadians traveling to the U.S. and abroad.</div> <bR> <div> And while that's good news for some travel providers, there has been a simultaneous drop in Americans coming to Canada, he says.</div> <bR> <div> However, Demarinis adds that there should be a drop in the cost of domestic travel.</div> <bR> <div> "You'll definitely be able to see a decrease. This year alone, right now it's five to 7 per cent on vacation packages, and you'll see that increase in the upcoming months," he said.</div> <bR> <div> There are hopes that more Canadian travelling domestically could help the beleaguered tourism industry.</div> <bR> <div> But tourism isn't the only industry to take a hit.</div> <bR> <div> Geri Kamenz, president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture told CTV's Canada AM the strong dollar is bad news for many farmers.</div> <bR> <div> "For some farmers, they're waking up and they're rehearsing this line, it' goes something like this: 'Good morning and welcome to Tim Hortons, may I take your order please?' Because in this new reality, there's clearly going to be some farmers that just cannot compete."</div> <bR> <div> Like other export-oriented industries, most of Canada's agricultural exports go to the U.S., but "that market in many commodities has just evaporated," Kamenz said.</div> <bR> <div> "We're looking at the Canadian market and saying what are the opportunities within Canada? What can we do to develop the Canadian market?"</div> <bR> <div> Looking even further ahead, Kamenz said, the agricultural industry wants to be ready when and if the dollar drops again.</div> <bR> <div> "We're looking further down the road and saying, you know, there's a lot of analysts saying that a year from now we'll be looking at a 91 cent dollar. So what do we do in the interim between now and then, because then we will be more competitive."</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="20"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 602 WIDTH="707"><div> <B>Body is toddler's mother, New Zealand police say</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Thu. Sept. 20 2007  07:02  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 20th, 2007</div> <div> <B>Police issued a murder and kidnapping warrant Thursday for the father of a 3-year-old girl found abandoned in Australia after her mother's body was found stuffed in the trunk of a car in New Zealand.</B></div> <bR> <div> The warrant for the arrest of Xue Naiyin, a Chinese-language magazine publisher in New Zealand's largest city of Auckland, has been sent to Interpol in the United States, where Xue fled several days ago, police spokeswoman Noreen Hegarty said.</div> <bR> <div> A three-nation investigation was launched after Xue was captured on security camera footage leaving his daughter, Qian Xun Xue, alone at a train station in Melbourne, Australia, on Saturday. He boarded a flight to Los Angeles shortly afterward.</div> <bR> <div> Police in New Zealand, where the family had lived since 2002, began searching for the girl's mother after suspecting foul play when she failed to come forward after her daughter was found in the train station.</div> <bR> <div> Authorities on Wednesday discovered a woman's body in the trunk of Xue's car that was parked outside the family home.</div> <bR> <div> Preliminary findings of a post-mortem examination had determined the body was that of Anan Liu, 27, Xue's wife and the child's mother, and that she had died "during a violent episode," police said in a statement.</div> <bR> <div> U.S. authorities said they were looking for Xue, who arrived in Los Angeles on Saturday.</div> <bR> <div> "We have a lot of information and right now it's just leads," Tom Hession of the U.S. Marshal Service told New Zealand's National Radio. "We don't have anything definitive; he could be anywhere."</div> <bR> <div> New Zealand Immigration Minister Clayton Cosgrove said Thursday that officials had fast-tracked procedures to allow the girl's grandmother, Liu Xiaoping, to come to the country from China.</div> <bR> <div> Liu Xiaoping has said she intends to travel to New Zealand, then Australia to try to take custody of Qian.</div> <bR> <div> "What she is going through now has no doubt left scars on her heart," Liu Xiaoping told Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="19"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 130 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Loonie passes 99-cent US mark in overseas trading</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Wed. Sept. 19 2007  08:13  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 19th, 2007</div> <div> <B>The Canadian dollar breached the 99-cent US mark in overseas trading Wednesday, inching closer to parity with the U.S. greenback.</B></div> <bR> <div> But the rise in the loonie was short-lived. The release of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="bafea0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 617 WIDTH="707"><div> Canada Wednesday morning slowed the dollar's ascent, bringing it back below the 99 cent mark.</div> <bR> <div> The CPI indicates that the Canadian economy is not overheating and that an interest rate hike has become less likely in the near future, reported the Business News Network's Michael Kane. That concerns some currency traders, Kane says.</div> <bR> <div> "It doesn't scare them away, but it makes the currency look less attractive to somebody who's trying to make money on it," told CTV Newsnet this morning.</div> <bR> <div> Recent gains, however, had the loonie set a 30-year-high Tuesday, closing at 98.64 cents US.</div> <bR> <div> At its peak, the dollar went as high as 98.74 cents Tuesday afternoon.</div> <bR> <div> Economists say it may only be a matter of days before the loonie reaches parity with the American dollar.</div> <bR> <div> "You got the two ingredients, commodity prices and interest rate differentials, both going in the dollar's favour," said Don Drummond, chief economist for TD Bank speaking to CTV Newsnet Tuesday evening.</div> <bR> <div> The real surge Tuesday came after the U.S. Federal Reserve cut its key funds rate half a point, to 4.75 per cent, to curtail a possible recession.</div> <bR> <div> The move was double the quarter point economists were expecting.</div> <bR> <div> Meanwhile, the strong loonie is expected to make American-made goods cheaper to buy in Canada and travel to Florida a bargain for Canadian snowbirds.</div> <bR> <div> However, the rise of the dollar could also negatively impact domestic manufacturers who will have to try to sell goods south of the border at a discount.</div> <bR> <div> Canadian Auto Workers economist Jim Stanford warns the manufacturing sector will lose hundreds of thousands of more jobs if the dollar remains high.</div> <bR> <div> He is calling on the Bank of Canada to match U.S. cuts to interest rates.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Canadian Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="18"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 183 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Nebraska state senator sues God in protest</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Tue. Sept. 18 2007  07:15  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 18th, 2007</div> <div> <B>LINCOLN, Nebraska -- The defendant in a Nebraska state senator's lawsuit is accused of causing untold death and horror and threatening to cause more still.</B></div> <bR> <div> The legislator says He can be sued in Douglas County because He's everywhere.</div> <bR> <div> State Senator Ernie Chambers sued God last week.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="c0c8a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> U.S. Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha during a debate in the legislative chamber in Lincoln, Nebraska. (AP / Nati Harnik)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 645 WIDTH="707"><div> Angered by another lawsuit he considers frivolous, Chambers says he's trying to make the point that anybody can file a lawsuit against anybody.</div> <bR> <div> Chambers says in his lawsuit God has made terroristic threats against the senator and his constituents, inspired fear and caused widespread death, destruction and terrorization of millions upon millions of the Earth's inhabitants.</div> <bR> <div> The Omaha senator, who skips morning prayers during the legislative session and often criticizes Christians, also says God has caused fearsome floods, horrendous hurricanes and terrifying tornadoes.</div> <bR> <div> He's seeking a permanent injunction against the Almighty.</div> <bR> <div> Chambers said the lawsuit was triggered by a federal suit filed against a judge who recently barred words such as "rape'' and "victim'' from a sexual assault trial.</div> <bR> <div> The accuser in the criminal case, Tory Bowen, sued Lancaster District Judge Jeffre Cheuvront, claiming he violated her free speech rights.</div> <bR> <div> Chambers said Bowen's lawsuit is inappropriate because the Nebraska Supreme Court has already considered the case and federal courts follow the decisions of state supreme courts on state matters.</div> <bR> <div> "This lawsuit having been filed and being of such questionable merit creates a circumstance where my lawsuit is appropriately filed,'' Chambers said.</div> <bR> <div> "People might call it frivolous but if they read it they'll see there are very serious issues I have raised.''</div> <bR> <div> U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf, in an order last week, expressed doubts about whether Bowen's lawsuit "has any legal basis whatsoever'' and said sanctions may be imposed against Bowen and her lawyers if they fail to show cause for the lawsuit.</div> <bR> <div> The Associated Press usually does not identify accusers in sex-assault cases but Bowen has allowed her name to be used publicly because of the issue over the judge's language restrictions.</div> <bR> <div> Cheuvront declared a mistrial in the sexual assault trial in July, saying pretrial publicity made it impossible to gather enough impartial jurors.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="17"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 379 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Canadian says escaping Thai plane crash a 'miracle'</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Mon. Sept. 17 2007  07:49  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 17th, 2007</div> <div> <B>Two flight data recorders from a plane crash in Thailand that killed 89 people, mostly foreigners, have been recovered. A Canadian who survived the ordeal Sunday is calling her escape a "miracle."</B></div> <bR> <div> The budget One-Two-Go Airlines flight, carrying 123 passengers and seven crew, was flying from Bangkok to Phuket when it skidded off a runway while landing in driving wind and rain.</div> <bR> <div> The plane caught fire, engulfing some passengers, while others managed to kick out windows and escape.</div> <bR> <div> Deputy Transport Minister Sansern Wongcha-um confirmed the death toll Monday, which included 53 foreigners.</div> <bR> <div> Meanwhile, 41 others, including Mildred Anne Furlong of Prince George, B.C., managed to escape.</div> <bR> <div> "It happened pretty quick... it was pretty chaotic," the 23-year-old waitress recounted to CTV Newsnet on Monday.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="c0c2a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Thai rescue workers examine the scene of the One-Two-Go Airlines plane crash in Phuket, Thailand on Monday, Sept. 17, 2007. (AP / Sakchai Lalit)</div> <div> <IMG SRC="c0c3a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Thai rescue workers look through inside a charred plane in Phuket, Thailand on Monday, Sept. 17, 2007. (AP / Sakchai Lalit)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 372 WIDTH="540"><div> Furlong said the pilot missed the landing, shot back up, and then the plane fell really quickly into the ground.</div> <bR> <div> After landing, Furlong said she looked up and saw flames coming towards her. Fortunately, Furlong believes that a passenger in the seat behind her may have managed to kick open a door or window, allowing some to escape.</div> <bR> <div> "Any longer in there and none of us would have made it out," said Furlong. "It feels like a miracle."</div> <bR> <div> <B>Landing conditions</B></div> <bR> <div> Officials at the scene said the McDonnell Douglas MD-82 short-haul plane crashed in a downpour, skidded off the runaway and broke into two parts.</div> <bR> <div> Kajit Habnanonda, president of Orient-Thai Airlines, which owns One-Two-Go, said wind shear -- the rapid change in wind speed which can impact takeoffs and landings -- was a possible factor in the accident.</div> <bR> <div> He also said heavy rains could have also contributed to the plane skidding when it crash-landed at about 4 p.m. local time.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="c0c4a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Thai forensic officers inspect recovered bodies in Phuket, Thailand on Monday, Sept. 17 2007. (AP / Sakchai Lalit)</div> <div> <IMG SRC="c0c5a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Millie Furlong of Prince George, B.C. is seen in this family handout photo in Thailand in 2006. (CP Photo)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 323 WIDTH="707"><div> Transport Minister Theera Haocharoen said the plane's black boxes would be sent to the United States for analysis.</div> <bR> <div> At least four Americans are believed to have been among the foreign tourists killed in the crash, a U.S. Embassy spokesman in Bangkok, speaking on the condition of anonymity, confirmed to The Associated Press.</div> <bR> <div> An Israeli Embassy official confirmed that 10 Israelis were on the passenger list. The official confirmed two Israelis were injured.</div> <bR> <div> According to the airline's list, dead passengers were also found from France, Sweden, Iran and Australia. The plane's Indonesian pilot and Thai co-pilot were also killed.</div> <bR> <div> Many of the passengers were likely planning to vacation in Phuket, an island popular with foreign tourists for its pristine beaches. It was also among the areas in Thailand hit hardest by the 2004 tsunami, which left more than 8,000 dead.</div> <bR> <div> The last major crash in Thailand occurred on Dec. 11, 1998. A Thai Airways flight crashed at Surat Thani, 530 kilometres south of Bangkok, while trying to land in heavy rain. That crash killed 101 people, with 45 surviving.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="16"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 217 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Thai airliner crashes in Phuket, at least 87 dead</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sun. Sept. 16 2007  12:28  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 16th, 2007</div> <div> <B>Thai officials say at least 87 people died and 42 injured when a budget airliner carrying crashed in heavy rain Sunday on the resort island of Phuket.</B></div> <bR> <div> At least one Canadian was among the injured. Mildred Anne Furlong, 23, of Prince George, B.C., told Broadcast News she suffered whiplash and cuts when the plane carrying 123 passengers and seven crew members crashed.</div> <bR> <div> The crash involved a One-Two-Go Airlines flight OG269 from Bangkok to Phuket. That budget airline is owned by Orient Thai Airways.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="c0c0a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Thai firefighters and rescuers at the site of a plane that crashed while about to land at Phuket international airport on Sunday, Sept. 16, 2007. (AP Photo/Daily News)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 996 WIDTH="707"><div> Airports of Thailand said in a statement that 78 of the passengers were foreigners and officials said most of them were Europeans.</div> <bR> <div> Officials at the scene said the McDonnell Douglas MD-82 short-haul plane crashed in a downpour, skidded off the runaway and broke into two parts.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Plane broke in two</B></div> <bR> <div> Furlong said she couldn't believe she walked away from the wreckage.</div> <bR> <div> "Really looking at the footage on the news, I can't believe anybody did. It looks so bad," she told The Canadian Press in an interview from Phuket International Hospital. "There was only a few of us that got out on our own. It's amazing that I was one of them.''</div> <bR> <div> A Thai survivor told of an inferno erupting after the crash, which left the plane broken in two.</div> <bR> <div> "I saw passengers engulfed in fire as I stepped over them on the way out of the plane," Parinwit Chusaeng, who suffered slight burns, said on the Nation TV channel.</div> <bR> <div> "I was afraid that the airplane was going to explode, so I ran away," he said, adding he saw fires raging in the front and back of the plane.</div> <bR> <div> Allan Dow, a former CTV journalist now working in Bangkok for the United Nations, told Newsnet that the survivors appeared to be clustered in the aircraft's middle section.</div> <bR> <div> An Irish survivor known as John told TITV from a Phuket hospital that he sensed before the crash that something was wrong. </div> <div> "You could tell when it was landing it was in trouble," he said. "It was making a noise, this bang."</div> <bR> <div> Wallop Thainua, the country's deputy health minister, said he has received a report that 87 were killed in the crash, many of those laid out in an airport building.</div> <bR> <div> The crash happened about 4 p.m. local time on Sunday.</div> <bR> <div> "I think it's the first fatal crash for this particular carrier," Derek Williams of AsiaWorks Television in Bangkok told Newsnet.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Poor visibility</B></div> <bR> <div> Chaisak Angsuwan, director general of the Air Transport Authority of Thailand, said weather was an issue.</div> <bR> <div> "The visibility was poor as the pilot attempted to land. He decided to make a go-around but the plane lost balance and crashed," he said.</div> <bR> <div> Dow said this is the peak of Thailand's rainy season.</div> <bR> <div> David Sproule, Canada's ambassador-designate in Thailand, is in contact with Thai officials and hospitals. Canadians concerned about relatives or friends who may have been passengers on the plane are being advised to call the Foreign Affairs Department at <B>1-800-387-3124</B>.</div> <bR> <div> Many of the passengers were likely planning to vacation in Phuket, an island popular with foreign tourists for its pristine beaches. It also was among the areas in Thailand hit hardest by the 2004 tsunami, which left more than 8,000 dead.</div> <bR> <div> The last major crash in Thailand occurred on Dec. 11, 1998. A Thai Airways flight crashed at Surat Thani, 530 kilometres south of Bangkok, while trying to land in heavy rain. That crash killed 101 people, with 45 surviving.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="15"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 125 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Canada has worst year ever for West Nile virus</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sat. Sept. 15 2007  09:32  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 15th, 2007</div> <div> <B>WINNIPEG -- New numbers show Canada is experiencing its worst year ever for West Nile virus, and as strange as it sounds, one reason could be the lack of a certain type of mosquito.</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="c0bfa0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 774 WIDTH="707"><div> So far this summer, 1,790 people have become infected with West Nile, compared with the record of 1,481 cases in 2003. This year, the vast majority of the cases are in the Prairies, where the deaths of seven people are linked to the virus. Saskatchewan Health officials said Friday a total of 1,054 confirmed or suspected cases have been reported, and Manitoba has seen more than 500 cases.</div> <bR> <div> The exact reasons why West Nile has hit hardest in the Prairies have left experts scratching their heads.</div> <bR> <div> "It is a little odd, and we're not sure exactly why that is," said Robbin Lindsay, a Winnipeg-based entomologist with the Public Health Agency of Canada.</div> <bR> <div> One obvious factor is the weather, he said. A wet spring and hot summer were perfect for the development of Culex tarsalis mosquitoes, the type that transmits West Nile to humans.</div> <bR> <div> But those same conditions weren't right for the breeding of nuisance mosquitoes, the biting bugs that although annoying, don't carry West Nile.</div> <bR> <div> When they aren't bothered by mosquitoes, people sometimes become complacent and forget to take precautions against West Nile, like wearing bug spray, Lindsay said.</div> <bR> <div> "If you ask people on the street if it was a bad year for mosquitoes, they'll say, 'God, no, it was beautiful, you really didn't get a lot of bites,' " he said.</div> <bR> <div> "That translated into not very many people thinking there was a big risk."</div> <bR> <div> Dr. Joel Kettner, Manitoba's Chief Medical Officer of Health, said a heightened awareness of the virus both with doctors and patients could be another reason why the province is seeing so many cases this year.</div> <bR> <div> "We definitely have more testing for West Nile virus than ever before," Kettner said.</div> <bR> <div> With more than 1,000 cases, Saskatchewan has the highest number of human cases of West Nile in Canada this year. Of those who are sick, 30 have West Nile Neurological Syndrome - the most severe symptoms.</div> <bR> <div> Medical health officer Dr. Shauna Hudson said it's hard to know how much higher the numbers will climb.</div> <bR> <div> "It depends on how many physicians repeat testing, it depends on what our public health inspectors and public health nurses find on their case investigations.</div> <bR> <div> "But I think we'll see it increase."</div> <bR> <div> Most people infected with the virus don't show any symptoms, but the severe form of West Nile can cause swelling of the brain and spinal cord, as well as paralysis, or even death.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Canadian Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="14"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 155 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>'Condom fatigue' may be behind STI rise: UBC</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Thu. Sept. 13 2007  22:31  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 14th, 2007</div> <div> <B>New numbers suggest the message about the importance of safe sex may not be getting through to students.</B></div> <bR> <div> University of British Columbia health officials have observed a disturbing increase in sexually transmitted infections.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="c0b3a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Two university students embrace on campus grounds.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 308 WIDTH="540"><div> "We're seeing an increase in the number of Chlamydia cases, and human papilloma virus (HPV) cases are a good example as well," Dr. Patricia Mirwaldt, director of UBC Student Health Services, told CTV News.</div> <bR> <div> Over the past 10 years, the number of Chlamydia cases in B.C. has more than doubled from 4,000 in 1997 to a staggering 9,000 last year, according to the B.C. Centre for Disease Control.</div> <bR> <div> Most alarming is the fact that the greatest increase occurred in 15 to 24-year-old women, an age group in which, if left untreated, the disease could result in life-long infertility.</div> <bR> <div> The highest rates of gonorrhea were found in men aged 20 to 29. "We have a lot of students coming in and asking to be tested to see whether they have STIs," said Mirwaldt.</div> <bR> <div> <B>'Condom fatigue'</B></div> <bR> <div> The increase has health professionals calling the phenomenon a hidden epidemic, and leaves them wondering if the rise is partly due to "condom fatigue".</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="c0b4a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Dr. Patricia Mirwaldt told CTV she's seeing a rise in HPV, Chlamydia and gonorrhea cases in students on campus.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="c0b5a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 161 WIDTH="707"><div> According to UBC, one way to encourage safe sex is to give out free condoms. With a donation of 25,000 contraceptives by manufacturer Trojan, the university will distribute them at its residences and student health sciences clinic.</div> <bR> <div> It's hoped that easy access will make the decision to use them easier for students.</div> <bR> <div> "(We) certainly want to make sure anyone who has interest will be able to access condoms," said Mirwaldt. "Access to condoms shouldn't be a barrier."</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with a report from CTV British Columbia's Dr. Rhonda Low</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="13"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 125 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Feds push for greater access to private info</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Tue. Sept. 12 2007  20:07  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 13th, 2007</div> <div> <B>Privacy watchdogs are crying foul over an attempt by the Public Safety Canada to come up with legislation that will force telecommunications providers to cough up personal information about their clients to authorities.</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="c0aca0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 462 WIDTH="540"><div> A consultation document obtained by CTV News reveals the government is planning to hold talks to "address the challenges faced by police, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and the Competition Bureau when seeking timely access to basic Customer Name Address (CNA) information."</div> <bR> <div> Due to a current lack of legislation, the document states, some telecommunications companies choose to provide customer information to police when it is requested, while others demand a court order before releasing any information at all.</div> <bR> <div> The Public Safety Department hopes to establish new legislation to ensure police are granted the information on demand. That worries some privacy advocates.</div> <bR> <div> "I was really troubled when I first read the document, in large part because it's a consultation with a limited number of choices," Michael Geist, Canada Research Chair of Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa, told CTV News.</div> <bR> <div> "It's clear that Public Safety has the expectation that all Internet service providers and telecommunications companies will be required to hand over personal information without court oversight, simply because they're asked to provide it."</div> <bR> <div> According to the document, the government hopes to gain access to customers' names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, IP addresses and cellphone data, saying it is often vital to a police investigation.</div> <bR> <div> "The availability of such building-block information is often the difference between the start and finish of an investigation," the document says.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="c0ada0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> 'I was really troubled when I first read the document, in large part because it's a consultation with a limited number of choices,' Michael Geist, Canada Research Chair of Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa, told CTV News.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="c0aea0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> 'We know from history that the more powers you give law enforcement agencies and the government, the most potential there is for abuse,' said Philippa Lawson, of the Canadian Internet Public Policy Interest Centre.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 552 WIDTH="707"><div> A series of safeguards are proposed in the document, including limits on who would have access to the information, limiting how it is used, and internal audits on the use of the powers it hopes to legislate.</div> <bR> <div> But Geist said the current system is working fine, and there's no evidence that police actually need greater access to such information without having to go through the courts to get it.</div> <bR> <div> "We've been living in an online environment for a number of years, close to a decade, and there's been scant evidence to suggest the current system, whereby law enforcement does have to obtain in most instances a court order, has really created any problems from an investigative perspective."</div> <bR> <div> Philippa Lawson, of the Canadian Internet Public Policy Interest Centre, agrees the status quo is serving police well.</div> <div> "We know from history that the more powers you give law enforcement agencies and the government, the most potential there is for abuse," she said.</div> <bR> <div> Geist said that a customer's name and address can serve as a "lynchpin" for other personal data. For example, if police can link an IP address to a specific person, they suddenly gain the ability to track their activity on the Internet.</div> <bR> <div> "From an individual Canadian's perspective, their privacy and their concerns about how that information could be used and conceivably misused, suggests that it's important to ensure we do have some oversights in place," Geist said.</div> <bR> <div> The consultation document obtained by CTV states that two previous "broader" consultations were done on the same topic in 2002 and 2005.</div> <bR> <div> The stakeholders asked to participate in the coming talks will include police, industry representatives, and "groups interested in privacy and victims of crime issues."</div> <bR> <div> Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day was not available for an interview. However, after CTV News made inquiries about the consultation, his office said the document would be posted online and Canadians would have the chance to weigh in on the process.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with a report from CTV News Parliamentary Correspondent David Akin</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="12"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 374 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Dark horse Brian Melo takes Canadian Idol crown</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Tue. Sept. 12 2007  02:07  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 12th, 2007</div> <div> <B>Alt-rocker Brian Melo will be getting all he ever wanted and more as the newly crowned Canadian Idol, defeating rockabilly golden boy Jaydee Bixby and emerging from his early image as the competition's dark horse.</B></div> <bR> <div> After learning he'd earned the title in the final moments of a two-hour, star-studded finale, the modest Hamiltonian gave the crowd a taste of what they can expect of his victory lap as a signed singer.</div> <bR> <div> His version of "All I Ever Wanted" closed out the show, and will hit the airwaves and multiple online music retailers at 12 a.m. on Sept. 13. It will be the gateway to at least a year in the spotlight, but if the judges' insights prove true, could turn into a lasting music career.</div> <bR> <div> "When you think about the numbers of people who audition for this thing, it's a remarkable accomplishment to make it to this far," said judge Zack Werner, adding that Melo had grown more as an artist during his time on the show than anyone would have imagined.</div> <bR> <div> In fact, Melo faced possible elimination more time than many of the members of the Top 10, landing in the weekly bottom three/two more often than almost anyone on the show.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="c09fa0c00.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="192" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="c0a0a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Jaydee Bixby congratulates Brian Melo on be named the new Canadian Idol.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 465 WIDTH="540"><div> But instead of letting low votes discourage him, he seemed motivated to work harder each week, becoming one of the competitors with the steepest learning curve the show has ever seen.</div> <bR> <div> The finale began with a Bon Jovi medley performed by the Top 10. Beginning and ending with "You Give Love a Bad Name," the singers moved like a well-oiled machine through a series of hits penned by the week's mentoring musical act.</div> <bR> <div> Rockers Greg Neufeld and Dwight d'Eon brought their guitars along for the ride, once again showing fans they're more than just pretty faces with nice voices.</div> <bR> <div> Next to grace the stage was Canadian-bred pop-punker Avril Lavigne, who sang two songs from her latest album "The Best Damn Thing": "Hot" and "When You're Gone." Belting into her token pink microphone, the internationally successful 22-year-old showed the competitors just how successful a young artist can be.</div> <bR> <div> Next up was crowd-pleaser Bon Jovi, who played "Lost Highway," the title track from their recent album. It was followed up by international hit "It's My Life," which earned a standing ovation from the crowd and even a bit of dancing.</div> <bR> <div> The busy evening's third guest was Eva Avila, last year's Canadian Idol, who has since scored two hit singles and a modeling contract. Working the crowd like a pro, Avila was right at home on the Idol stage and even offered some advice for her soon-to-be-announced replacement.</div> <bR> <div> "Just remember that you are so privileged and enjoy every minute but you never know how long it's going to last," she said.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="c0a1a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Avril Lavigne performs her new single Hot.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="c0a2a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Bon Jovi was all smiles during their finale performance.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="c0a3a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Season 4 Canadian Idol Winner Eva Avila performs Fallin' For You.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 140 WIDTH="707"><div> The ever-modest Melo seemed ready to do just that, his generally wide grin beaming even larger than usual as he began to grasp what the next year of his life had in store for him.</div> <bR> <div> "This is incredible" an overwhelmed Melo told the crowd, then offering specific thanks to Idol vocal coach Debra Byrd. "I didn't think a year ago that I would be standing here. If it wasn't for the fans, my friends, my family and everyone in the Hammer... It's been amazing."</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Eye on Idol</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="11"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 603 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Bills player likely to be paralyzed after injury</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Mon. Sept. 10 2007  20:11  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 11th, 2007</div> <div> <B>ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- Kevin Everett sustained a "catastrophic'' and life-threatening spinal-cord injury while trying to make a tackle during the Buffalo Bills' season opener and is unlikely to walk again, the surgeon who operated on him Monday said.</B></div> <bR> <div> "A best-case scenario is full recovery, but not likely,'' orthopedic surgeon Andrew Cappuccino said. "I believe there will be some permanent neurologic deficit.''</div> <bR> <div> Everett was hurt Sunday after he ducked his head while tackling the Denver Broncos' Domenik Hixon during the second-half kickoff. Everett dropped face-first to the ground after his helmet hit Hixon high on the left shoulder and side of the helmet.</div> <bR> <div> Cappuccino noted the 25-year-old reserve tight end did have touch sensation throughout his body and also showed signs of movement. But he cautioned that Everett's injury was life-threatening because he was still susceptible to blood clots, infection and breathing failure.</div> <bR> <div> Everett is in the intensive care unit of Buffalo's Millard Fillmore Gates Hospital, where he is under sedation and breathing through a respirator as doctors wait for the swelling to lessen. Cappuccino said it will take up to three days to determine the severity of the injury and the recovery process.</div> <bR> <div> Cappuccino repaired a break between the third and fourth vertebrae and also alleviated the pressure on the spinal cord. In reconstructing his spine, doctors made a bone graft and inserted a plate, held in by four screws, and also inserted two small rods, held in place by another four screws.</div> <bR> <div> Doctors, however, weren't able to repair all the damage.</div> <bR> <div> Bills punter Brian Moorman immediately feared the worst when Everett showed no signs of movement as he was placed on a backboard and, with his head and body immobilized, carefully loaded into an ambulance.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="c098a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> This 2007 photo released by the NFL shows Buffalo Bills' Kevin Everett. (AP / NFL)</div> <div> <IMG SRC="c099a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Buffalo Bills reserve tight end Kevin Everett lays on the field after an injury during a game against the Denver Broncos at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y., Sunday, Sept. 9, 2007. (AP / Don Heupel)</div> <div> <IMG SRC="c09aa0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Millard Fillmore Gates hospital orthopedic surgeon Andrew Cappuccino describes the injury during a news conference in Orchard Park, N.Y., Monday, Sept. 10, 2007.(AP / Don Heupel)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 757 WIDTH="707"><div> "It brought tears to my eyes,'' Moorman said after practice. He said the sight of Everett's motionless body brought back memories of Mike Utley, the former Detroit Lions guard, who was paralyzed below the chest after injuring his neck in a collision during a 1991 game.</div> <bR> <div> Utley, Moorman recalled, at least was able to give what's become a famous "thumbs up'' sign as he was taken off the field. Everett didn't.</div> <bR> <div> "That's what I was waiting for, and that's what everybody else was waiting for,'' Moorman said. "And to have to walk back to the sideline and not see that made for a tough time.''</div> <bR> <div> Utley, who lives in Washington state, was saddened to see replays of Everett's collision.</div> <bR> <div> "I'm sorry this young man got hurt,'' Utley told The AP. "It wasn't a cheap shot. It was a great form tackle and that's it.''</div> <bR> <div> Cappuccino said Everett was alert and aware of the extent of his injuries.</div> <bR> <div> "I told Kevin that the chances for a full neurologic recovery were bleak, dismal,'' said Cappuccino, who works for the Bills as a consultant, specializing in spinal surgery. "I was honest with him, and he told me, `Do everything you can to help me'.''</div> <bR> <div> Cappuccino received permission to operate from Everett's mother, Patricia Dugas, who spoke by phone from her home in Houston. She and other family members arrived in Buffalo on Monday.</div> <bR> <div> Buffalo's 2005 third-round draft pick out of Miami, Everett missed his rookie season because of a knee injury. He spent most of last year playing special teams. He was hoping to make an impact as a receiver.</div> <bR> <div> The Bills now attempt to refocus while preparing to play at Pittsburgh on Sunday.</div> <bR> <div> "It's difficult because you know the situation,'' said running back Anthony Thomas, one of Everett's best friends on the team. "We have to move on. But he'll always be in our thoughts and in our prayers.''</div> <bR> <div> Quarterback J.P. Losman said it was difficult to concentrate during practice.</div> <bR> <div> "It seems like every couple of seconds that go by it's always popping into your head,'' Losman said. "Going through a walk-through, we're looking for him, wanting to hear his voice.''</div> <bR> <div> Coach Dick Jauron said NFL commissioner Roger Goodell called him Sunday evening, offering the league's support.</div> <bR> <div> "We honour ourselves by our work, and we honour Kevin by moving forward and working while never forgetting Kevin and never getting him out of our thoughts and prayers,'' Jauron said. "We're going to wait and see what the outcome is here and we're really hoping and praying for the best.'</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="10"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 816 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Britney Spears bombs in MTV comeback performance</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Mon. Sept. 10 2007  08:37  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 10th, 2007</div> <div> <B>LAS VEGAS -- As in most train wrecks, it was hard to focus on just one thing as the Britney Spears disaster unfolded. There was just so much that went wrong.</B></div> <bR> <div> Out-of-synch lip-synching. Lethargic movements that seemed choreographed by a dance instructor for a nursing home. The paunch in place of Spears' once-taut belly. At times she just stopped singing altogether, as if even she knew nothing could save her performance.</div> <bR> <div> Designed to drum up excitement for her upcoming album, Spears' kickoff to the <U>MTV Video Music Awards</U> on Sunday night became another example of how far she has fallen.</div> <bR> <div> It would have been understandable if MTV's show had been crushed under the weight of the opening fiasco -- yet somehow it rebounded, and even flourished.</div> <bR> <div> The show banked heavily on its own reinvention. After poor reviews and a decline in ratings over the last few years, MTV moved the show to Vegas, shortened it from three hours to two, went to a hostless format and focused more on performances than awards.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Watch the entire show on MTV.ca</U></div> <bR> <div> Justin Timberlake and Timbaland, Kanye West, Fall Out Boy and the Foo Fighters hosted separate suite parties where most of the performances took place.</div> <bR> <div> But the performance most people will be talking about was Spears'. And unlike her last VMAs appearance, when she locked lips with Madonna in 2003, this time it will be for all the wrong reasons.</div> <bR> <div> "It definitely could have been a lot better," the hitmaking singer and producer Akon commented afterward. "She seemed nervous ... you could tell by the expression on her face. Instead of just blocking everybody out and doing her thing, you could tell she was thinking about it."</div> <bR> <div> After that, though, the changes to the show worked, leading to several exciting performances and some watercooler drama. An off-camera fight between Pamela Anderson exes Kid Rock and Tommy Lee led Jamie Foxx to quip: "Stop all this white-on-white violence."</div> <bR> <div> Timberlake's suite was flooded with revellers, alcohol and eight lingerie-clad stripper types on raised platforms. Before Timberlake accepted the Quadruple Threat of the Year award at his suite, the DJ summoned the partygoers to watch the monitor and go crazy if Timberlake won. He did, they did, and Timberlake said: "I want to challenge MTV to play more videos!" Then he was whisked away by bodyguards and disappeared.</div> <bR> <div> Timberlake was the night's big winner, with four trophies. After accepting the award for Male Artist of the Year, he jabbed at the video issue again: "We don't want to see the Simpsons on reality television." Apparently he's not a fan of either Jessica or Ashlee's MTV shows.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="c08fa0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Britney Spears performs at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Palms Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. (AP / Mark J. Terrill)</div> <div> <IMG SRC="c090a0fa0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Britney Spears performs at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Palms Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. (AP / Mark J. Terrill)</div> <div> <IMG SRC="c091a0fa0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Britney Spears performs at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Palms Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. (AP / Mark J. Terrill)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 707 WIDTH="707"><div> Rihanna won the coveted Video of the Year award, plus Monster Single of the Year for "Umbrella." The Best Group was Fallout Boy, and Gym Class Heroes won Best New Artist.</div> <bR> <div> Beyonce and Shakira won Most Earthshattering Collaboration for "Beautiful Liar." Beyonce's shimmering gold dress barely contained her top; immediately after she picked up her trophy she asked an assistant backstage to help fix her dress, apparently to prevent a wardrobe malfunction.</div> <bR> <div> Other performers appeared on the show's main stage, in front of an industry-only audience seated at tables, like at the Golden Globes. Chris Brown gave one of the evening's most extravagant performances -- hopping from table to table in a dance spectacle that channeled Michael Jackson, right down to a brief "Billie Jean" imitation.</div> <bR> <div> Alicia Keys had the evening's most rousing performance, debuting her new song "No One" and then an inspired, choir-backed cover of George Michael's "Freedom."</div> <bR> <div> While performances like Keys' and Spears' were delivered on the main stage, others came in snippets: Akon crooned a bit of his "Smack That" before an award was announced, while the cameras zoomed in on Fall Out Boy and the Foo Fighters mid-performance in their suites, giving viewers the sense that they had happened upon an intimate concert.</div> <bR> <div> Cee-Lo delivered a rocking version of Prince's naughty classic "Darling Nikki" in the smoky Foo Fighters suite (where a beer bong was in operation as Dave Grohl danced, sang Cure songs, played air drums and posed for snapshots); Soulja Boy was showing Kanye West his "Crank That" dance in West's suite.</div> <bR> <div> Though the suites appeared to be chaotic parties, the MTV-cast revellers were carefully organized, strategically placed and encouraged to imbibe for the cameras.</div> <bR> <div> Choreographed or not, Timberlake and Timbaland's suite looked the most exciting -- T.I., buffeted by pole dancers, delivered a rousing version of "Big Things Poppin'" while 50 Cent stopped by to perform "Ayo Technology" with Timberlake and Timbaland.</div> <bR> <div> Not to be outdone, T-Pain and West danced high atop Las Vegas in a balcony suite as they celebrated "The Good Life." And Lil Wayne, doing double duty in the Fall Out Boy suite after opening the pre-show with Nicole Scherzinger, was particularly animated.</div> <bR> <div> TV viewers never got full views of those shows, though MTV promised more via its Web site and other "remixed" versions of the show. That might have been the purpose: to whet appetites for repeat viewings by promising glimpses of what they missed during the traditional broadcast.</div> <bR> <div> Unlike in recent years, there was plenty reason to come back for more.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="09"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 233 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>PM blasts Elections Canada ruling on veiled voting</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sun. Sept. 09 2007  13:03  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 9th, 2007</div> <div> <B>Prime Minister Stephen Harper blasted Elections Canada Sunday for going against a parliamentary ruling by allowing Muslim women to wear veils and burkas while voting.</B></div> <bR> <div> The move goes directly against a unanimous vote in the House of Commons this past spring to make visual identification mandatory when casting a ballot.</div> <bR> <div> "I profoundly disagree with the decision," Harper told reporters in Sydney, Australia where he is attending the APEC conference. "We just adopted this past sitting, in the spring, Bill C-31, a law designed to have the visual identification of voters. That's the purpose of the law.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="c088a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaks to reporters about the Elections Canada ruling following the APEC summit in Sydney, Australia on Sunday, Sept. 9, 2007.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 750 WIDTH="707"><bR> <div> "That was the law voted virtually unanimously by Parliament and I think that this decision goes in an entirely different direction," he continued.</div> <bR> <div> The Elections Canada ruling was prompted by three upcoming byelections in Quebec on Sept. 17. The arms-length elections agency has scheduled a news conference on Monday to discuss their decision.</div> <bR> <div> On their <A HREF="http://www.elections.ca/content.asp?section=med&document=sep0607c&dir=pre&lang=e&textonly=false" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.elections.ca/content.asp?sect"><U><IMG SRC="c08c2a0a0.gif" border=0 width="42" height="10" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>, Elections Canada reiterated their policies on wearing religious face coverings while voting.</div> <bR> <div> It states that if an elector produces an original government-issued photo identification that contains her name and home address then she has the following options:</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">She may choose to unveil to identify herself</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">She may produce a second original piece of identification from Chief Electoral Officer of Canada's authorized list of identification</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">She may come with another elector who is registered in the same polling division and who can provide adequate proof of their own identification to vouch for her identity. They would both need to make a sworn statement under oath.</div> <bR> <div> Harper said Parliament will have to find a way to make sure the House's ruling takes effect.</div> <bR> <div> "The role of Elections Canada is not to make its own laws, it's to put into place the laws that Parliament has passed," he said.</div> <bR> <div> Speaking on CTV's Question Period Sunday morning, a panel of political strategists agreed a compromise has to be made on the issue.</div> <bR> <div> Liberal strategist Don Moors pointed out Liberal Opposition Leader Stephane Dion's recommendation to place female Elections Canada Officers in voting booths to identify Muslim female voters.</div> <bR> <div> NDP President Anne McGrath said Elections Canada is an agency that "knows what it is doing."</div> <bR> <div> "Elections Canada goes around the world helping other countries with their elections," she said. "I think the officials at Elections Canada know how to make sure that the voting is accurate."</div> <bR> <div> The Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations in Montreal said the ruling will only affect a very small number of Muslim women.</div> <bR> <div> "We're talking about a minority of a minority of a minority,'' spokeswoman Sarah Elgazzar told the Canadian Press. "It's a very small section of the practising Muslim women, which is already a small enough section of the Muslim community that actually wear the <A HREF="http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20061006/veils_headscarves_061006/20061006/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/st"><U><IMG SRC="c08e1d0c0.gif" border=0 width="29" height="12" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>."</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Canadian Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="08"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 130 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Canadian troops begin major combat operation</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sat. Sept. 08 2007  12:44  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 8th, 2007</div> <div> <B>Canadian troops are carrying out a major operation -- 'Operation Keeping Goodwill' -- in the volatile Zhari district of Afghanistan's Kandahar province.</B></div> <bR> <div> "This is likely the largest operation that we've seen this summer," CTV's Steve Chao told </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="af45a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 505 WIDTH="707"><div> Newsnet from Afghanistan on Saturday.</div> <bR> <div> "We're told by Canadian commanders that it involves the entire Canadian battle group. It involves tanks, light armoured vehicles, hundreds of infantry soldiers supported by American air power.</div> <bR> <div> "We're also told that at the front of the pack is the Afghan army, who has so far taken the brunt of enemy fire."</div> <bR> <div> Zhari district is located about 20 to 30 kilometres west of Kandahar city.</div> <bR> <div> In September 2006, the Canadian military carried out Operation Medusa in Zhari and Panjwai districts. That operation saw Canadian troops plunged into some of the fiercest combat since the Korean War.</div> <bR> <div> Canada's forces prevailed, but Chao said the Afghan police haven't been able to keep the Taliban from returning.</div> <bR> <div> "What it seems they're trying to do is regain this ground and then teach the Afghan police how to keep the Taliban out," he said.</div> <bR> <div> Afghan police only get about 10 days of training and earn far less than the Taliban. They have poor access to weaponry and no armoured vehicles. "So they've consistently been the target of Taliban attacks in recent months, especially since the Taliban have learned they can't take on NATO forces directly," Chao said.</div> <bR> <div> Canadian commanders are only saying the operation -- also known as Operation Khar Khowhai -- has been going on for about 24 hours and could continue for a few days. Training the police will be a longer-term task, he said.</div> <bR> <div> Since Quebec's Royal 22nd Regiment came to Afghanistan in late July, it has lost three soldiers. All three died in Zhari district, and all three died from roadside blasts.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="07"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 200 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>APEC? OPEC? Australia? Austria? Bush gets confused</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Fri. Sept. 07 2007  08:40  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 7th, 2007</div> <div> <B>SYDNEY, Australia -- President Bush had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day at the Sydney Opera House.</B></div> <bR> <div> He'd only reached the third sentence of Friday's speech to business leaders, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, when he committed his first gaffe.</div> <bR> <div> "Thank you for being such a fine host for the OPEC summit," Bush said to Australian Prime Minister John Howard.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="c070a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> U.S. President Bush listens to reporters at a press conference at the APEC summit in Sydney, Australia on Friday, Sept. 7, 2007. (AP / Charles Dharapak)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 589 WIDTH="707"><div> Oops. That would be APEC, the annual meeting of leaders from 21 Pacific Rim nations, not OPEC, the cartel of 12 major oil producers.</div> <bR> <div> Bush quickly corrected himself. "APEC summit," he said forcefully, joking that Howard had invited him to the OPEC summit next year (for the record, an impossibility, since neither Australia nor the U.S. are OPEC members).</div> <bR> <div> The president's next goof went uncorrected -- by him anyway. Talking about Howard's visit to Iraq last year to thank his country's soldiers serving there, Bush called them "Austrian troops."</div> <bR> <div> That one was fixed for him. Though tapes of the speech clearly show Bush saying "Austrian," the official text released by the White House switched it to "Australian."</div> <bR> <div> Then, speech done, Bush confidently headed out -- the wrong way.</div> <bR> <div> He strode away from the lectern on a path that would have sent him over a steep drop. Howard and others redirected the president to center stage, where there were steps leading down to the floor of the theater.</div> <bR> <div> The event had inauspicious beginnings. Bush started 10 minutes late, so that APEC workers could hustle people out of the theater's balcony seating to fill the many empty portions of the main orchestra section below -- which is most visible on camera.</div> <bR> <div> Even resettled, the audience remained quiet throughout the president's remarks, applauding only when he was finished.</div> <div> A logistical glitch added to the woes.</div> <bR> <div> APEC security workers would not allow the members of the media who travel in Bush's motorcade to enter the Opera House along with him. This even though the journalists allowed into the president's entourage are extensively screened and guarded by the Secret Service, which has more stringent security standards than about any operation in the world. And even though they always accompany him into public events.</div> <bR> <div> As a result, while Bush spoke, the traveling media cooled its heels outside the landmark Opera House, shooting pictures and watching boats in the harbor.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="06"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 130 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Opera world mourns loss of Luciano Pavarotti</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Thu. Sept. 06 2007  08:23  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 6th, 2007</div> <div> <B>Tributes are pouring in for Italian opera star Luciano Pavarotti, known as the King of High Cs in his heyday, who died Thursday at the age of 71.</B></div> <bR> <div> "There were tenors, and then there was Pavarotti," said Italian film director Franco Zeffirelli</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="c065a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 463 WIDTH="707"><div> about the singer who once hit nine high Cs in a row during a 1972 performance of "Daughter of the Regiment at New York's Metropolitan Opera.</div> <bR> <div> "There isn't a time when he comes on the radio that I don't swerve my car off the road so that I can just listen, because he truly is the voice of this century," Canadian classical soprano Measha Brueggergosman told Canada AM.</div> <bR> <div> "It's a great loss. He was without doubt one of the most important tenors of all time. He was a wonderful man, a charismatic person. And a good poker player," fellow tenor Jose Carreras told the Swedish newspaper <I>Expressen</I>.</div> <bR> <div> "I always admired the God-given glory of his voice -- that unmistakable special timbre from the bottom up to the very top of the tenor range," Placido Domingo said in a statement from Los Angeles.</div> <bR> <div> "I also loved his wonderful sense of humor and on several occasions of our concerts with Jose Carreras -- the so-called Three Tenors concerts -- we had trouble remembering that we were giving a concert before a paying audience, because we had so much fun between ourselves."</div> <bR> <div> Carreras, Pavarotti and Domingo performed at Rome's Caracalla Baths during the 1990 World Cup in Italy. "The Three Tenors," the recording of that performance, sparked an opera mini-boom.</div> <bR> <div> Pavarotti's professional singing career began in earnest in 1963. His last public singing performance took place during the opening ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.</div> <bR> <div> He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and had surgery in July 2006 at a New York hospital to remove a tumour.</div> <bR> <div> Pancreatic cancer is usually fatal, with only a four per cent survival rate five years after detection. Up to 80 per cent of those diagnosed with pancreatic cancer die within the first year.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 449 WIDTH="707"><div> The tenor underwent another two weeks of treatment last month, and was released from hospital in his hometown of Modena, Italy on Aug. 25. He was being attended to at home by cancer specialists up until his death at 5 a.m. local time.</div> <bR> <div> Born on Oct. 12, 1935, he will be buried in Modena on Saturday.</div> <bR> <div> Pavarotti's death comes the day after he received a new government award for his work in promoting Italian culture in Italy and abroad.</div> <bR> <div> Milan's famous La Scala opera house, where Pavarotti first performed more than 40 years ago, said it would help organize a singing contest dedicated to the tenor.</div> <bR> <div> "It is a precious chance to pay homage to the career of Luciano Pavarotti, a symbol of Italian music in the world," La Scala said in a statement.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Beginnings</B></div> <div> The son of a baker and amateur singer once said that his life was rich with happiness in spite of his family's modest circumstances.</div> <bR> <div> "Our family had very little, but I couldn't imagine one could have any more," Pavarotti said.</div> <bR> <div> Soccer pulled at Pavarotti, but he found himself enjoying listening to his father's recordings of tenor greats such as Bjoerling, Tito Schipa, and his favourite, Giuseppe Di Stefano.</div> <bR> <div> He studied singing together with childhood friend Mirella Freni -- who eventually became a star soprano. The two ended up making records and performing in concerts together.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 505 WIDTH="707"><div> It was at the age of 20 when Pavarotti travelled with a chorus from his hometown to an international music competition in Wales. The group won first place, and from then on, Pavarotti dedicated his life to music.</div> <bR> <div> His big break came in 1963, when he stood in for Di Stefano as Rodolfo at Covent Garden in London.</div> <bR> <div> Global superstardom came in the 1970s. While some said Domingo might be the more complete singer, Pavarotti -- with his trademark smile -- had matchless charm.</div> <bR> <div> But Pavarotti wasn't happy just singing at La Scala or the Met. He shared the stage with rock stars including Eric Clapton and U2's lead singer Bono, and even pop stars like the Spice Girls and Celine Dion.</div> <bR> <div> While his participation in the "Three Tenors" drew criticism from opera purists, the venture was hugely successful.</div> <bR> <div> Each singer netted more than US$1 million from each concert, and their first album together sold some 20 million copies, making it the biggest-selling classical record of all time.</div> <bR> <div> "The word commercial is exactly what we want," said Pavarotti after one of the Three Tenors concerts.</div> <bR> <div> "We've reached 1.5 billion people with opera. If you want to use the word commercial, or something more derogatory, we don't care. Use whatever you want."</div> <bR> <div> Pavarotti was also involved in charitable work. As a close friend of the late Diana, Princess of Wales, together they raised money to ban land mines worldwide.</div> <bR> <div> He and Bono collected humanitarian aid during the Bosnia war, and he financed and established the Pavarotti Music Center in the Bosnian city of Mostar so the country's artists could have a chance to develop their skills.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Pavarotti's stumbles</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 463 WIDTH="707"><div> While he had many good qualities, Pavarotti also had some weaknesses.</div> <bR> <div> "Pavarotti is the biggest superstar of all," the late <I>New York Times</I> music critic Harold Schonberg once said. "He's correspondingly more spoiled than anybody else. They think they can get away with anything. Thanks to the glory of his voice, he probably can."</div> <bR> <div> A controversial tell-all biography written by Pavarotti's former agent paints him as an enormously talented, but extraordinarily needy, artist.</div> <bR> <div> In "The King and I," Herbert Breslin recounts his growing disappointment with Pavarotti as the singer's career, personal life and girth began to get out of control.</div> <bR> <div> Breslin wrote about Pavarotti's numerous "secretaries" -- who would cater to his every need while his then-wife, Adua, sat and suffered at home in Modena.</div> <bR> <div> Pavarotti divorced Adua after 37 years of marriage and married Nicoletta Mantovani, his personal assistant, in 1996. Mantovani was 34 years younger than himself and younger than his three daughters.</div> <bR> <div> Accusations of tax evasion dogged the singer since the mid-1990s. He was accused in 1996 of filing false tax returns for 1989-91. In 2000 he agreed to pay nearly US$12 million to the Italian state after he claimed, unsuccessfully, that the tax haven of Monte Carlo, not Italy, was his official residence.</div> <bR> <div> Pavarotti denied any wrongdoing, saying he paid taxes wherever he performed. Upon agreeing to the settlement, he stated: "I cannot live being thought not a good person."</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="05"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 416 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>4 adults, one child found dead in B.C. suburb</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Tue. Sept. 04 2007  21:44  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 5th, 2007</div> <div> <B>Bodies of four adults and one child from the same family were found in a home in the wealthy Victoria, B.C. suburb of Oak Bay on Tuesday.</B></div> <bR> <div> Regional coroner Rose Stanton said blood splatter experts from Vancouver and other crime scene investigators have been called in and the bodies likely won't be removed until Wednesday.</div> <bR> <div> Police said no gun shots were involved, but there were signs someone tried to set something on fire.</div> <bR> <div> "There may have been an attempt to set fire to the residence," Stanton told The Canadian Press. "There was some flammable material involved."</div> <bR> <div> When asked why a blood splatter team was brought in when no gunshots were involved, a police officer at the scene told CP: "Use your imagination."</div> <bR> <div> The officer added: "It's bad. For 30 years of doing this, it's bad."</div> <bR> <div> According to a Saanich police news release, the attack was not random and the suspect knew the victims.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="c04ca0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Police and forensics workers cover up the windows of a house in the affluent Oak Bay neighbourhood of Victoria, B.C., on Sept. 4, 2007. (CP / Adrian Lam)</div> <div> <IMG SRC="c04da0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Police forensic team members enter a house in the affluent Oak Bay neighbourhood of Victoria, B.C., Sept.4, 2007. (CP / Adrian Lam)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 465 WIDTH="707"><div> Stanton said the bodies of two men, two women and a boy will remain in the house until experts have finished analyzing the scene.</div> <bR> <div> "Our main priority now is to ensure the persons are properly identified," Oak Bay Chief Const. Ron Gaudet said in a short statement to the media.</div> <bR> <div> Neighbours told CTV British Columbia that the family who lived in the house included a father named Peter Lee, his wife Sunny, their six-year-old son Christian, and two other adults, believed to be grandparents.</div> <bR> <div> One neighbour who would only give his first name, George, told CP that one of the child's grandmothers had recently arrived from Korea to stay with the family. He added the man had inquired about buying one of George's homes.</div> <bR> <div> Lee was known as a prominent businessman in the community who owned a Korean restaurant.</div> <bR> <div> Christabel Padmore bought a restaurant next door in February, and said Lee gave her business advice.</div> <bR> <div> "He was very supportive when we moved in and helped us out with understanding the neighbourhood and the business," she said. </div> <div> Another local business owner, David Robinson of David Robinson Antiques, also praised Lee.</div> <bR> <div> "Peter was such a nice guy," he said. "Honest to God, every time I met him he was pleasant and very upbeat. Just a nice fellow. And his wife was charming."</div> <bR> <div> CP reported that land title records for the house show Sunny Yong Sun Park -- a Victoria businesswoman -- became the registered owner of the property in June. There is also a certificate of pending litigation filed by Peter Hyun Joon Lee listed in the record.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 580 WIDTH="707"><div> Gaudet refused to take reporters' questions and didn't say whether police suspected a murder-suicide was involved. But he did repeat that "this is not a random attack."</div> <bR> <div> Police and fire services were called to the million-dollar residence on Tuesday morning around 3 a.m. local time.</div> <bR> <div> "We have multiple deceased persons in the home and we believe that one of those persons is the suspect, however, that has not yet been confirmed," Saanich Police Sgt. John Price told CTV.ca earlier.</div> <bR> <div> Authorities discovered two bodies upon entering the home and withdrew shortly thereafter "for various reasons with respect to safety," Price said.</div> <bR> <div> Six nearby homes were evacuated as a precaution.</div> <bR> <div> Details are sketchy but it is believed that police were unable to enter the home until several hours later because someone was barricaded in the home, CTV British Columbia's Jim Beatty reported.</div> <bR> <div> When police were able to secure the house, they discovered more bodies inside. Each body was found in a different location.</div> <bR> <div> There were also reports that several windows in the home had been blown out.</div> <bR> <div> The home was contained by uniformed officers and the Greater Victoria Emergency Response Team arrived at the scene and secured the site.</div> <bR> <div> Police from three municipalities -- Victoria, Oak Bay and Saanich -- are involved in the investigation.</div> <bR> <div> The deaths come as a shock to the residents of the tranquil community that overlooks the ocean, Beatty reported.</div> <bR> <div> "There had only been one murder in the past 30 years until today," he said. "Now they're investigating four murders and a suicide."</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with reports from CTV British Columbia and The Canadian Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="04"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 169 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Movie industry turns to counterfeit-sniffing dogs</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Tue. Sept. 04 2007  11:30  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 4th, 2007</div> <div> <B>In their efforts to combat movie piracy, the entertainment industry has literally gone to the dogs.</B></div> <bR> <div> Lucky and Flo are two black Labrador Retrievers that are being used by the movie industry to sniff out counterfeit CDs and DVDs. After success in other countries around the world, the duo is bringing its nose for success to North America.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="c044a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Lucky, a counterfeit CD sniffer appearing on Canada AM on Tuesday Sept. 4, 2007.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 484 WIDTH="707"><div> In late August, the dogs assisted in a bust of thousands of counterfeit DVDs in Queens, New York which led to three people being charged with DVD piracy. It was the first time that dogs were used in the United States to combat DVD piracy.</div> <bR> <div> The dogs are the only two in the world who have been specifically trained to identify optical discs by the scent of their chemicals. The dogs sniff out the fake products through their ability to detect polycarbonates on the CDs.</div> <bR> <div> The dogs were enlisted to combat movie piracy after U.S. watchdog the Motion Picture Association of America launched a feasibility study in 2004 to determine whether dogs could detect polycarbonates and other chemicals used in DVDs and CDs.</div> <bR> <div> They enlisted the services of the U.K.'s Neil Powell, who had previously trained dogs to detect bombs and other devices.</div> <bR> <div> "It took me four weeks roughly to establish that DVDs have a detectable odour," Powell told CTV's Canada AM.</div> <bR> <div> The dogs were soon deployed to work at Stansted Airport in the United Kingdom after about twelve weeks of training and were successful in identifying packages containing DVDs.</div> <bR> <div> The dogs are rewarded with a tennis ball when they successfully detect the CD scent.</div> <bR> <div> The dogs can determine the presence of polycarbonates in CDs and DVDs, but do not know whether they are pirated or legal discs. Enforcement officers who accompany the dogs during the raids can easily determine this once the caches, which are often hidden, have been unearthed.</div> <bR> <div> "The interesting thing is that the scent is not very containable...The scent seems to permeate through any container it's in. It's an association of the odour with the tennis ball," Powell said.</div> <bR> <div> The dogs know that if they find the counterfeit products, they are rewarded with the balls.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 409 WIDTH="707"><div> Earlier this year, the dogs were deployed to Malaysia, and their ability to sniff out counterfeit CDs broke up a piracy ring worth nearly US$3 million.</div> <bR> <div> "They were so successful that Malaysian pirate syndicates put out a bounty on the dogs' heads and the government decided they want to train their own canine unit," said John Malcolm, director of Worldwide Anti-Piracy Operations of the Motion Picture Association.</div> <bR> <div> The dogs, who unearthed 1.6 million counterfeit CDs, were awarded medals by the Malaysian government's deputy trade minister for their efforts.</div> <bR> <div> Malcolm said the MPA is now working with the Malaysian government so that it can develop its own canine unit that can sniff out counterfeit CDs and DVDs.</div> <bR> <div> Pirated movies cost the worldwide film industry more than $18 billion annually, said Malcolm.</div> <bR> <div> "That's a lot of people who want to get into making movie magic who aren't going to get jobs, people who will not invest in making films and it's really the audience-going public that suffers, in addition to all these talented artists who never get to showcase their talent," Malcolm said.</div> <bR> <div> Peel Regional Police seized more than 40,000 pirated DVDs and made more than 25 arrests after a series of raids were conducted around the Greater Toronto Area.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff & Canada AM <I>with files from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="03"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 469 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Canada beats U.S. in global happiness index</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Mon. Sept.  03 2007  07:29  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 3rd, 2007</div> <div> <B>We might be worried about how our loonie is doing, or our vanishing manufacturing sector, but overall Canada is doing well on the global "happiness index" created by a European academic.</B></div> <bR> <div> Ruut Veenhoven, who created the World Database of Happiness in 1999, now lists 95 countries in his intricately crafted tables.</div> <bR> <div> Canada has a score of 7.6 on the index, compared to the United States' 7.4 score. We're ninth overall in the world, and the U.S. is down at 17th place.</div> <bR> <div> The top rated countries are: Denmark (8.2) and Switzerland (8.1), followed by Colombia, Austria, Iceland, Finland, Australia, Sweden, and then Canada.</div> <bR> <div> Tanzania, by contrast, received a score of only 3.2.</div> <bR> <div> Veenhoven says all countries in the top group scored closely, with the differences small.</div> <bR> <div> "All these countries in the top are Western and they're rich," Veenhoven told CTV.ca in a phone interview from Rotterdam. "They're democratic, and they have a lot of gender equality and are fairly tolerant."</div> <bR> <div> Veenhoven says his work is motivated by a desire to promote happiness. To do that, he needs to define happiness and learn what makes people happy.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="c03ca0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> She's not the only one who's happy. Waving the flag for Canada, Perdita Felicien celebrates winning the silver medal in the Women's 100m Hurdles final at the World Athletics Championships Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2007 in Osaka, Japan. (AP Photo / Anja Niedringhaus)</div> <div> <IMG SRC="c03da0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Ruut Veenhoven, who created the World Database of Happiness, poses in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday, June 12, 2007. (AP Photo / Evert Elzinga)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 802 WIDTH="707"><div> "My definition of happiness is how much you like the life you live. That's something you know. And that's something you can measure by asking people, and of course you must do that in a systematic way," he said.</div> <bR> <div> So Veenhoven bases much of his study on anonymous questionnaires. But self-reporting can be notoriously inaccurate; for example, drug addicts, by their own measure, would likely say they are always happy. So the index also uses more measures. For Veenhover's research, the three major factors contributing to happiness are:</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">1.  The quality of society at large -- the main focus of Veenhover's research.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">2.  The quality of the organizations where we work -- how good your employer is for you, and how nice school is for your children.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">3.  Personal choices and variations. "Some people make more out of life than others," Veenhoven says.</div> <bR> <div> While the scores for the top-ranking nations were tight, Veenhoven says there are some big differences. Adequate social programs, for example, lead to happiness, though not absolutely. Veenhoven found that citizens are no more satisfied in welfare states than in purer free-market economies.</div> <bR> <div> "In the beginning, I didn't believe my eyes,'' said Veenhoven of his data. "Icelanders are just as happy as Swedes, yet their country spends half what Sweden does (per capita) on social welfare,'' he said.</div> <bR> <div> Typically, people are happier when they have choices.</div> <bR> <div> "In Saudi Arabia, they're very rich but choice is rather limited and as a result, people are less happy than equally rich countries," Veenhoven says.</div> <bR> <div> <B>The freedom factor</B></div> <bR> <div> Individualistic cultures, such as Canada, bring about more satisfaction than collectivistic cultures, such as Japan, which received a score of 6.2, tied with Uzbekistan. Veenhoven believes lack of freedom of choice is the biggest factor. While Japanese culture is becoming a more individualistic society, it isn't there yet.</div> <bR> <div> "Freedom of choice is particularly relevant. If we get stuck in a way of life that makes us unhappy and then we have a way out, we can leave an unhappy marriage. Divorce is no fun but you can get out. And you can also leave unsatisfying jobs. In collectivistic cultures, it's less possible."</div> <bR> <div> Spirituality can lead to happiness, though again, it's not a hard and fast rule. Veenhoven found that nations in which citizens are religious are typically slightly happier. For example, previous research in the U.S. has shown that religious individuals are happier than non-religious individuals.</div> <bR> <div> "That's not reproduced in Denmark and the Netherlands," he says. "So it's not a universal pattern that people are happier than when they're members of the church and when they're religious."</div> <bR> <div> He says that if you look closer at the relationship between happiness and religion in the U.S., the strongest correlation is with membership of church and church attendance, not so much with religious practices such as praying.</div> <bR> <div> "So I think it's typically the social effects of church that accounts for the greater happiness."</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 736 WIDTH="707"><div> <B>The growing field of happiness</B></div> <bR> <div> Veenhoven believes that happiness measures are catching on, and he is now one of many academics who try to gauge the health of a nation by its happiness score.</div> <bR> <div> Recently, the OECD (Organization of Economic Ccooperation and Development) held a conference called "Is happiness measurable and what do those measures mean for policy?" looking at the determinants of happiness and the methodology issues in satisfaction measurement. Veenhoven was one of the participants.</div> <bR> <div> He notes that organizations like the OECD are now thinking beyond the traditional measures of GNP and economic growth, and looking more at individuals and what makes them satisfied.</div> <bR> <div> "Increasingly, there's an interest in happiness," he says. "It's just the beginning."</div> <bR> <div> <B>TOP NATIONS (Top 14 out of 95)</B></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">DENMARK 8.2 (rank 1)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">SWITZERLAND 8.1 (tied, rank 2-3)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">COLOMBIA 8,1 (rank 2-3)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">AUSTRIA 8.,0 (rank 4)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">ICELAND 7.8 (rank 5)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">FINLAND 7.7 (tied, rank 6-8)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">AUSTRALIA 7.7 (rank 6-8)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">SWEDEN 7.7 (rank 6-8)</div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">CANADA 7.6 (</B>tied, <B>rank 9-14)</B></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">GUATEMALA 7.6 (rank 9-14)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">IRELAND 7.6 (rank 9-14)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">LUXEMBOURG 7.6 (rank 9-14)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">MEXICO 7.6 (rank 9-14)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">NORWAY 7.6 (rank 9-14)</div> <bR> <div> (The U.S.A. has a rating of 7.4, with an overall rank of 17)</div> <bR> <div> <B>BOTTOM 5 NATIONS</B></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">ARMENIA 3.7 (rank 91)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">UKRAINE 3.6 (rank 92)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">MOLDOVA 3.5 (rank 92)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">ZIMBABWE 3.3 (rank 94)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">TANZANIA 3.2 (rank 95)</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="02"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 210 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Competitive eater wolfs 173 wings in 12 minutes</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sun. Sept.  02 2007  07:37  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 2nd, 2007</div> <div> <B>BUFFALO, N.Y. -- When it comes to wolfing wings, Sonya Thomas is a wiz.</B></div> <bR> <div> The 105-pound competitive eater who goes by "The Black Widow" bested a dozen beefy rivals Saturday night, scarfing 173 wings in 12 minutes to win the wing-eating contest at the National Buffalo Wing Festival.</div> <bR> <div> "That's 5.17 pounds of wings," said Brian Kahle, spokesman for the annual Labour Day weekend event in the city where Buffalo wings were born.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="c039a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Sonya Thomas, center, swallows another chicken wing during the National Buffalo Wing Festival eating contest held in Buffalo, N.Y. on Saturday, Sept. 1, 2007. (AP / Don Heupel)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 199 WIDTH="707"><div> Thomas, 40, of Alexandria, Va., also held the festival's previous record of 161 wings in 12 minutes, set in 2004.</div> <bR> <div> "She's the crowd favourite," Kahle said. "It was 12 huge guys and her."</div> <bR> <div> Thomas has set numerous records in competitive eating events, including 37 hot dogs in 12 minutes; 35 bratwursts in 10 minutes; 11 pounds of cheesecake in 9 minutes; 44 lobsters in 12 minutes; and 250 Tater Tots in five minutes.</div> <bR> <div> She is ranked No. 5 by the International Federation of Competitive Eating. According to the federation's website, No. 1-ranked Joey Chestnut holds the 12-minute record for chicken wings, downing 7.5 pounds of them May 21.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="01"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 217 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>U.S. senator expected to quit after sex sting bust</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sat. Sept.  01 2007  11:37  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 1st, 2007</div> <div> <B>A disgraced U.S. senator is expected to resign Saturday following his bust in an embarrassing airport bathroom sex-sting operation.</B></div> <bR> <div> Sen. Larry Craig, a Republican from Idaho, was arrested on June 11 at the Minneapolis-St Paul airport by an undercover officer probing reports that homosexual activity was taking place in a bathroom at the airport.</div> <bR> <div> The officer claims Craig solicited him for sex, using a series of signals such as foot tapping and placing his hand under the partition between the stalls.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="c005a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, is seen during a hearing Thursday, May 25, 2006, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP / Charles Dharapak)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 628 WIDTH="707"><div> Craig pleaded guilty to a misconduct charge on Aug. 8. He was charged US$500 in fines and fees and was given a 10-day suspended sentence.</div> <bR> <div> Unnamed sources from within the Republican party tell The Associated Press that Craig -- a 27-year veteran representing Idaho on Capitol Hill -- will resign Saturday morning during a news conference in Boise.</div> <bR> <div> Republican strategist Rich Galen told CTV Newsnet Craig has lost all credibility.</div> <bR> <div> "The confidence in him has been lost by his colleagues in the Senate," Galen said.</div> <bR> <div> "Even before he spoke out publicly they called for an ethics investigation and immediately moved to have him removed from his committee assignments, so he cannot be an effective representative of the people of Idaho."</div> <bR> <div> Galen said the impact on the Republican party in Idaho, however, will be minimal. He said the state is overwhelmingly Republican in its support, and voters are unlikely to see the scandal as a reflection on the party as a whole.</div> <bR> <div> Craig has maintained that he is not gay and did nothing wrong during the airport encounter. He says his only error in judgment was entering a guilty plea in early August without first consulting a lawyer.</div> <bR> <div> Though Craig has maintained a low profile since Tuesday, when his guilty plea was revealed, he reportedly spent Tuesday on the phone, gauging support among his party.</div> <bR> <div> He has received little support from other Republicans, however, and on Friday Idaho Gov. C.L. Otter seemed to have already decided on Craig's replacement, with sources telling AP Lt.-Gov. Jim Risch would be given the job.</div> <bR> <div> When asked on Friday if Craig should resign, President George Bush said nothing and walked off the stage.</div> <bR> <div> Republican legislators removed Craig from his leadership responsibilities and ordered an ethics committee investigation into Craig's actions.</div> <bR> <div> Since news of the scandal broke, Republican leaders have steadily called for Craig to step down.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 07"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>