From: MediaScrape on Sun, Aug 16 2009 11:57 PM

Usain Bolt yucked it up for the television cameras and then turned on his game face, shattering his own world record in the men’s 100 metres in a time of 9.58 seconds at the world track and field championships in Berlin on Sunday.

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Running full-out in ideal conditions and against the t...

From: MediaScrape on Fri, Aug 14 2009 12:19 PM

Police in southern Ontario have launched an investigation after about 60 young hockey players said they paid thousands to attend a European tournament that never took place.

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The players, who are mostly from southern Ontario and in their late teens, paid roughly $3,000 each to travel t...

From: MediaScrape on Wed, Aug 12 2009 2:04 AM

U.S. President Barack Obama waded into the public war of words over his administration’s proposed health-care reforms Tuesday, saying the plan's opponents are deliberately trying to "scare the heck" out of people.

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During a town hall-style appearance before 1,800 people in New Ham...

From: MediaScrape on Fri, Aug 07 2009 10:28 AM

7 Aug 09: Asia gloom - Bank watch - Car boost - Royal shocker

From: MediaScrape on Thu, Aug 06 2009 10:07 AM

Asia rise - UK-watch - ITV dis-united - Ladbrokes lower

From: MediaScrape on Thu, Aug 06 2009 10:07 AM

Bank surprise - House watch - Schroders' shock - Aviva upswing

From: MediaScrape on Thu, Aug 06 2009 10:07 AM

An investigative U.S. website says an Ontario man is the leader of an online community responsible for a rash of malicious pranks in which some victims are convinced to vandalize hotel property and undress in public.

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The Smoking Gun website said in a report that a 25-year-old Windsor m...

From: MediaScrape on Wed, Aug 05 2009 8:54 AM

The Toronto stock market’s main index has closed above 11,000 points for the first time since Oct. 1, 2008.

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The S&P/TSX composite index closed Friday at 10,787 and moved sharply higher on Tuesday, closing up 230.95 points to 11,018.

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The Toronto market was playing catch-up w...

From: MediaScrape on Tue, Aug 04 2009 12:58 AM

The Ethiopian High Court in Addis Ababa sentenced a Canadian citizen to life imprisonment Monday for being a member of an Ethiopian rebel group and engaging in terrorist activities.

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In a statement, the court said it gave the maximum penalty to Bashir Ahmed Makhtal, a former Toronto re...

From: MediaScrape on Tue, Aug 04 2009 12:47 AM

Quebec provincial police are investigating and said charges could be laid after viewing a YouTube video showing the parents of a seven-year-old boy cheering their son on as he drives the family SUV on a country road.

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"Since seeing this video, we’ve opened an investigation," Sgt. Chant...

From: MediaScrape on Tue, Aug 04 2009 12:22 AM

Karlheinz Schreiber, a key figure in a political party financing scandal involving former prime minister Brian Mulroney and former German chancellor Helmut Kohl, arrived in Germany on Monday and has been jailed after losing a decade-long extradition battle in Canada.

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The 75-year-old f...

From: MediaScrape on Tue, Aug 04 2009 12:22 AM

Fighting Malaria In Africa

From: MediaScrape on Mon, Aug 03 2009 10:19 AM

This week, Harry scours Heathrow for essential travel technology, from dependable basics to cutting-edge classics, like the new Sony Walkman series.

From: MediaScrape on Mon, Aug 03 2009 9:59 AM

Asia Pacific markets - Oil & gold - Pound stretcher - Barclays bounce

From: MediaScrape on Mon, Aug 03 2009 12:13 AM

Harry and Claudine check out the latest smartphone to use Google’s Android operating system.

From: MediaScrape on Sun, Aug 02 2009 11:41 PM

German-Canadian businessman Karlheinz Schreiber was being flown to Germany on Sunday evening after losing a last-ditch battle to avoid extradition earlier in the day.

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Schreiber’s lawyer, Eddie Greenspan, was granted permission for a special weekend court appearance to seek an injuncti...

From: MediaScrape on Sun, Aug 02 2009 11:41 PM

Two Canadian soldiers were killed in a roadside bomb explosion on Saturday in southern Afghanistan’s Zhari district, the military said Sunday.

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Cpl. Christian Bobbitt, 23, and another unnamed soldier, both based in Valcartier, Que., were killed Saturday in the blast, which occurred aro...

From: MediaScrape on Fri, Jul 31 2009 1:17 AM

Brazilian police have concluded that former world boxing champion Arturo Gatti committed suicide and ordered that his wife be released.

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Lead investigator Paulo Alberes told The Associated Press that Gatti, 37, killed himself on July 11 in a seaside resort in northeastern Brazil. He of...

From: MediaScrape on Thu, Jul 30 2009 11:13 AM

Latvia Landfill Concern

From: MediaScrape on Thu, Jul 30 2009 1:32 AM

For the seventh summer in a row, RCMP, military and coast guard personnel are heading up the Mackenzie River to assert Canada’s presence in the western Arctic.

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Starting Aug. 1, RCMP in the Northwest Territories and members of the coast guard will travel up the river aboard the RCMP pa...