NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 04-2014

A woman has thrown a shoe at former First Lady Hillary Clinton as she was giving a speech in Las Vegas.

Scientific tests suggest a fragment of papyrus mentioning Jesus had a wife is more likely an ancient document than a forgery.

Employers are now not allowed to contact staff during the 133 hours of the week. The new laws help argument that France is laziest European country.

The Edmonton Oilers have called a news conference for Friday afternoon at Rexall Place, where veteran forward Ryan Smyth is expected to announce he's retiring following Saturday's season finale against Vancouver.

Pope Francis asked for forgiveness Friday from people who were sexually abused by priests, and vowed that there will be no going back in the church's fight to protect children. Francis made the off-the-cuff remarks after coming under criticism from victim

Police testimony reveals shocking expense claims at the trial of former Quebec lieutenant-governor Lise Thibault, who is charged with fraud and breach of trust in relation with more than $700,000 in alleged improper expenses.

Two new studies describe the latest achievements in growing body parts in a lab and transplanting them into people, this time with nostrils and vaginas.

A judge has ruled that major retailers do not have to modify their commercial names to French to continue operating in Quebec.

A British Columbia man who was once described by a judge as "evil incarnate" and is already serving a lengthy prison term for sexually assaulting his stepdaughters has been sentenced for strapping his stepson nearly every day for six years.

The number of passengers believed to be sick with the highly contagious norovirus has nearly doubled aboard a cruise ship sailing to ports in California, officials say.

A child bride forced into marriage in Nigeria killed a groom and three of his friends with a poisoned meal, police said Thursday.

At least nine people were killed and 32 injured on Thursday when a tour bus carrying high school students collided with a FedEx truck in Northern California, a California Highway Patrol (CHP) spokeswoman said.

Brendan Shanahan, who's expected to be named president of the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday, will have decisions to make on the immediate future of key members in the organization, including GM Dave Nonis and head coach Randy Carlyle.

Tim Bosma's accused killers Dellen Millard and Mark Smich are now facing additional murder charges.

A judge has ruled that major retailers do not have to modify their commercial names to French to continue operating in Quebec.

Calling it insensitive to the First Nations people, the Moose Jaw Cultural Diversity Advisory Committee is calling on the Moose Jaw Warriors to reconsider the use of the 1984 team logo in their 30th anniversary celebration.

CBS Television has announced that Stephen Colbert, currently host of The Colbert Report on The Comedy Network, will be the new host of Late Night after the departure of current host David Letterman.

A 9-month-old Pakistani boy has been swept up in an attempted murder investigation that highlights the country's dysfunctional criminal justice system where even children are not immune from questionable legal decisions.

With just days to go before Parliament is scheduled to shut down for a two-week constituency break, tempers flared after the New Democrats accused a Conservative cabinet minister of making "an inappropriate gesture" at NDP member Niki Ashton.

Suspended Senator Patrick Brazeau was arrested early this morning in Gatineau, Que., and is facing charges including possession of cocaine, assault and uttering threats, Gatineau police say.

For 20 years an old hard-bitten Nevada rancher and the federal government have been locked in a bitter range war over cattle grazing rights.

William Guarnere, a World War II veteran popularized by the "Band of Brothers" miniseries, has died. He was 90.

Liberal arts college in Massachusetts says 'we cannot overlook certain of her past statements that are inconsistent with our core values'

Reports say officers from the police unit are executing a search warrant at the suburban house of former Montreal city manager Robert Abdallah

The Conservative government is looking for input on a plan to give security screeners the power to break a lock off a bag when an X-ray flags a concern.

Senators doing a pre-study on proposed changes to how Canadians vote got an earful from former auditor general Sheila Fraser this afternoon. Fraser is following up that appearance with testimony before MPs tonight. Preston Manning will also appear.

Toronto police are responding to reports that as many as five people have been stabbed in an office building near Yonge Street and York Mills Avenue.

Navy researchers demonstrate proof-of-concept in first flight of an internal combustion powered model aircraft fueled by a novel gas-to-liquid process that uses seawater as carbon feedstock.

As many as 20 students have been injured in multiple stabbings at a high school in Murrysville, Pa., 29 kilometres east of Pittsburgh. One student has been taken into custody.

The U.S. Army's new ban on many types of ethnic hairstyles has African-American women who wear their coifs in dreadlocks, braids and cornrows in a twist.

U.S. and Canadian Coast Guard crews kept up their battle Monday to clear pathways for vessels hauling vital raw materials on the ice-clogged Great Lakes, where a shipping logjam forced a weeklong shutdown of the nation's largest steel factory.

The Ultimate Warrior, a wrestler who just days ago was inducted into the WWE hall of fame, has died at the age of 54.

The Vancouver Canucks fired general manager and president of hockey operations Mike Gillis on Tuesday, less than a day after the team was officially eliminated from the playoffs for the first time in six seasons.

First Air says the pilots of a flight that went hundreds of kilometres off course on March 31 have been suspended with pay until an investigation is complete.

Some Canadian employers are willing to incur the added cost of hiring temporary foreign workers because they believe they have a better work ethic than Canadians, says the president of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.

Greenpeace Canada is asking Elections Canada to investigate whether the Ethical Oil Institute is colluding with the Conservative Party in order to get around rules that limit donations to political parties.

The business community is breathing a sigh of relief in reaction to the news that the Quebec Liberals have been swept back into power, with the loonie moving to its highest level in two months and cautious optimism on the stock market.

The former co-manager of Attawapiskat First Nation is facing fraud and theft charges for writing a $51,000 cheque.

Riverdale's teen everyman Archie Andrews, the comic world's good-hearted small-town hero, will sacrifice his own life to save a friend as the conclusion of the series Life with Archie.

Detroit police say they have arrested two more men in connection with the severe mob beating of a Macomb Co. motorist who had accidentally hit a 10-year-old boy who stepped in front of his truck.

Officials say more than 100 people have died in an outbreak of Ebola in West Africa, where the disease may have infected as many as 175 people.

The United Nations mission in Somalia says gunmen inside an airport have shot and killed two consultants working for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

Peaches Geldof, a model and the daughter of Irish singer and activist Bob Geldof, has died at age 25, according to media reports.

A Nova Scotia man wrongly labelled a rapist for 40 years testifies at his civil trial against the RCMP and provincial government, and says being a convicted sex offender has greatly damaged his life and career prospects.

Actor Mickey Rooney, the pint-sized screen dynamo of the 1930s and 1940s best known for his boy-next-door role in the Andy Hardy movies, died on Sunday at 93, the TMZ celebrity website and Variety reported.

Philadelphia police say a 2-year-old got hold of a loaded gun and fatally shot his 11-year-old sister.

A navy destroyer was left with six punctures when a tugboat crashed into it, and then four lines snapped one after another as the warship was being towed from Ontario to Nova Scotia, a military report says.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A Kamloops, B.C., hockey coach who sexually abused a player has been sentenced to 12 months in jail.Heidi Ferber, an assistant hockey coach for a Minor Hockey Association girls' team, pleaded guilty to sexual interference of a person unde

Jose Hampton, 78, (left) was convicted of racially-aggravated harassment after gipsies accused her of shouting abuse in Chorley, Lancashire. Her conviction, however, was overturned on appeal last week.

In Dearborn, Mich., home to over 40,000 Americans of Arab descent, some Muslim parents have complained about flyers handed out at public schools advertising an Easter egg hunt at a local Presbyterian church.

Christians have flocked to defend a church in eastern China after Communist Party officials claimed it was an "illegal construction" and announced plans to demolish it

On Thursday, in a plain courtroom in the centre of the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, a 67-year-old man called Jang Song Thaek was sentenced to death as a traitor to his country.

The 'White Widow' Samantha Lewthwaite could be planning a retaliation attack after her 'terrorist teacher' was shot dead in Kenya this week.

MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) - Russia raised the gas price for Ukraine on Thursday for the second time this week, almost doubling it in three days and piling pressure on a neighbor on the brink of bankruptcy

Mike Holmes, Canada's most famous contractor, is urging native youth to get training to take advantage of growing job opportunities in the building trades

The senator and former lieutenant-general described a number of recent encounters with 'politicians who are second-guessing the cost of veterans'

Michael Schumacher is now showing "moments of consciousness and awakening," more than three months after suffering serious head injuries in a skiing accident, the retired Formula One star's manager says.

Alberta Mounties had to bum a ride with a snowmobiler to chase a stolen tractor through snowy fields east of Red Deer. Blackfalds RCMP got a call about a break and enter at a rural address where firearms and other items were stolen, and then got another

A rare series of total lunar eclipses begins just after midnight on April 15. Sky watchers are getting ready for an evening of viewing, while some Christians point to what they call a prophecy of Blood Moons.

Brendan Eich, who became the company's chief executive less than two weeks ago, faced a firestorm over his support for California's Proposition 8, the 2008 law which banned gay marriage in the state

The European Parliament voted to stop internet providers from charging for preferential access to their networks on Thursday.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper was in Mississauga, Ont., today where he announced the details of a long-promised bill of rights for victims of crime that would force people to testify in court against a spouse.

While politicians in Ottawa still can't decide who is in the middle class, a new analysis suggests wealth is increasingly gravitating to the very top.

Family members of Canadian soldiers who fought and died in Afghanistan have been told to pay their own way to attend an elaborate service in Ottawa honouring the fallen, CTV News has learned.

A new study from Statistics Canada shows that one-third of young Canadians who graduated with a university degree in humanities are overqualified for their current employment. Meanwhile, the top professions held by young Canadians remain unchanged, with m

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - ABC has confirmed that there has been a shooting at Ford Hood Army base in Texas.

Irish bomber blew himself up after device went off too soon 'because he forgot to put his watch forward'

A decade ago, as a girl of 15, Rayanne Tupman used to ride SkyTrain for free. She was caught almost a dozen times, and issued tickets, but she never paid them or told her parents.

Search teams scouring the Indian Ocean for evidence of the missing Malaysia Airlines plane have thus far only come up with unrelated debris. It's an indication of the vast amount of junk floating in the open seas.

It has become increasingly evident that many Quebec residents who thought themselves to be Quebecers will be barred from casting a ballot

�I don�t know if there�s $1 in there, $100 dollars or $1-million,� an Elections Alberta spokesperson said. �It�s something they have that other parties aren�t allowed to have�

After a decades-long battle to gain more control over its physical assets, the Northwest Territories officially takes responsibility for land, water and natural resources from the federal government today.

Canada and its allies must take a united front against Pakistan because it is a state sponsor of terrorism that threatens world security, says Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander.

A Senate investigation finds in favour of Senator Colin Kenny in three complaints of sexual harassment, workplace harassment and abuse of authority, according to a confidential report obtained by CBC News.

For the first time since Japan's nuclear disaster three years ago, authorities are allowing residents to return to live in their homes within a tiny part of a 20-kilometre evacuation zone around the Fukushima plant.

Mini�s scientists, engineers and product designers have stared long and hard at the bottom of their favourite hot beverages and seen the future � a tea-leaf biofuel composite which they have harnessed to power the new MINI Cooper T. Available as �Ch

New results, released Tuesday, by the OECD�s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) shows that Canadian 15-year-olds rank seventh in problem solving, the first English-speaking nation behind Asian countries like Singapore, Korea and Japan

WASHINGTON: Four United States senators are reportedly recovering in Washington-area hospitals today following a shocking and grisly incident Thursday night, when a 480-pound male tiger brutally mauled the elected officials in front of a full audience

Liberal MP Irwin Cotler claims he was deliberately poisoned during a trip to Moscow in 2006, and his tale is the stuff of a Cold War spy novel.

A Nova Scotia woman has lodged a complaint with the federal RCMP watchdog after listening to an inadvertent voicemail message in which several "Neanderthal" officers could be heard cursing and making light of a domestic assault she had reported.

The Washington Post newspaper says according to a congressional report the CIA misled the public for years over its now-defunct enhanced interrogation program of suspected terrorists. The Post reports Tuesday the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee has con