Canada Wins Olympics Based on Colorado Economist’s Forecast - BusinessWeek
Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Canada’s record spending to end a gold-medal shutout at home and top the medal standings at the Vancouver Winter Olympics will pay off, according to an economist who has forecast winners at the games with a 94 percent accuracy ...
CPI Corp. Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend - Forbes
CPI is the leading portrait studio operator in North America offering photography services in approximately 3,000 locations in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico, principally in Sears and Wal-Mart stores .
U.S. anti-Olympic activist denied entry to Canada - Canoe
The Olympic Resistance Network says Martin Macias Jr., was detained by Canadian officials at Vancouver’s airport Saturday morning and questioned for several hours. Activist Chris Shaw says the U.S. Consulate told them Macias was eventually denied ...
Residents dig out from Southern California mudslides - KXTV News10Net
LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, CA (AP) -- Volunteers armed with shovels helped residents of one Southern California neighborhood dig out from the weekend's destructive ... Arnold Schwarzenegger toured the area, saying the mud needs to be removed as quickly as ...
P.E.I. faces down Canada - SLAM! Sports
s Kathy O'Rourke scored a 9-5 victory over Team Canada's Jennifer Jones at the Essar Centre Wednesday night to take sole possession of first place at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts with a 7-2 record. "It's pretty terrific," said O'Rourke, a ...
CANADA STOCKS-TSX opens lower as financials, golds weigh - Reuters
... a lot of eyes turned on to Portugal, Spain and Greece," said Francis Campeau, broker at MF Global Canada in Montreal. "This is something that won't be resolved overnight." At 9:58 a.m. (1458 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite ...
Raptors rally to down Kings - Fort Francis Times
But it did not prevent him from scoring 16 points, inlcuding nine in the first quarter, in an aggressive performance as the Raptors beat the Sacramento Kings 115-104 before a crowd of 18,007 at the Air Canada Centre. “It wasn’t that bad at all ...
Canada's Economic Action Plan Strengthening the Sheep and Goat ... - Market Wire
SHELBURNE, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 8, 2010) - Editors note: Two photos are included with this press release on Marketwire's website. Through Canada's Economic Action Plan, the Government of Canada is strengthening the sheep and goat industry by ...
Storm evacuees return to mud-swamped homes in Southern California - Desert Sun
The final evacuation order was lifted for about 70 homes in the Paradise Valley area of La Canada Flintridge, said Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Guillermina Saldana. Only residents with valid identification were allowed back into the ...
Mudslides sweep away cars near Los Angeles - Columbus Dispatch
The evacuations were ordered in La Canada Flintridge, La Crescenta and parts of Acton. Leslie Fernandes, 49, said he awoke in his La Canada Flintridge home just before 5 a.m. to heavy rain. "I heard a roar and a rumble, and I went to look outside and ...
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Alligator kills 11-year-old girl in Brazil
Authorities say an alligator killed an 11-year-old girl as she swam with friends in a river in northeastern Brazil.
Afghan avalanches kill at least 28, strand 1,500
Avalanches on a mountain pass north of Kabul have killed at least 28 people, with another 1,500 stranded in their vehicles on snow-blocked roads, Afghan officials said Tuesday.
Taliban: We won’t fight GIs ‘face-to-face’
 Taliban fighters plan to disguise themselves as civilians during a looming NATO offensive in southern Afghanistan, a militant commander told NBC News.
Tel Aviv man accused of enslaving women
 An Israeli man has been jailed, suspected by police of enslaving a cult-like harem of at least 17 women and 37 children.
World Blog: Did 'pandering' cost U.S. lives at Afghan base?
Why did eight American soldiers die defending an remote outpost the U.S. military no longer wanted to hold? NBC News' Richard Engel reports from Kabul.
Heavy snow paralyzes parts of Bulgaria, Romania
Heavy snowfall has seriously disrupted transport in Bulgaria and neighboring Romania, blocking highways and leaving cars stranded in snow.
Egypt arrests top 3 opposition leaders
 The No. 2 leader of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and two other top figures are arrested in a sweep targeting members of the nation's most powerful opposition group.
Iran moves closer to nuke warhead capacity
Iran moves closer to being able to produce nuclear warheads with formal notification that it will enrich uranium to higher levels.
Body found in landing gear of N.Y.-Tokyo flight
 A body was found inside a wheel well of a Delta Air Lines plane after it landed in Tokyo from New York, and Japanese authorities Monday were trying to identify the man.
Wild West motif lightens mood at Afghan base
 The lore of the Wild West and the hard reality of southern Afghanistan share a few things in common: danger, men with guns and desert wilderness
NATO: Afghans to play big role in offensive
 Thousands of Afghan soldiers and police will join U.S. and NATO troops in an offensive in southern Afghanistan, playing their biggest role in any joint operation of the Afghan war.
Britain’s ITV fined over killing rat on TV show
British broadcaster ITV pleaded guilty to animal cruelty and was fined by an Australian court Monday after a rat was killed and eaten on the reality TV show "I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here."
McItaly burger controversial in home country
 Italy's agriculture minister defended his sponsorship of McDonald's new all-Italian burger Monday amid criticism that he is selling out to a multinational corporation.
Mexico troops find 12 tons of pot in truck
Mexican soldiers seize more than 12 tons of marijuana found beneath a false floor of a tractor trailer.
Mexico arrests 2 reputed leaders of drug gang
Mexican authorities on Monday arrested two suspected leaders of a brutal drug trafficking gang that terrorized the border city of Tijuana for several years, a U.S. official said.
Yanukovych apparent victor in Ukrainian vote
Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych emerges as the apparent winner in Ukraine's presidential contest, with a lead of almost three percentage points with about 99 percent of ballots counted.
Spring rains threaten Haitian survivors
 In Haiti's devastated capital city, early spring rains threaten to cause landslides and bring about health problems in the makeshift camps where more than 500,000 people are living.
Recovery effort revives China’s quake zone
 China is showing off the results of its massive drive to rebuild its own quake zone 22 months after a 7.9-magnitude temblor struck and devastated the region and left at least 90,000 dead.
17 soldiers dead, 53 rescued in Kashmir avalanche
 A massive avalanche plowed into an Indian army training center at a ski resort town in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Monday, killing 17 soldiers and critically injuring 17 others.
Pakistan: 6 held in plot to attack Americans
 Authorities arrest six suspected Taliban militants with a suicide vest and hand grenades allegedly on their way to attack a five-star hotel and kill Americans, police say.
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