Bank of Canada hikes interest rates
The Bank of Canada boosted its key interest rate by one-quarter of a percentage point Wednesday, pushing the target for the overnight rate to one per cent.
Qur'an burning won't harm U.S. lives: pastor
An associate pastor at a Florida church planning to burn copies of the Qur'an to commemorate the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks says it won't result in any deaths.
Medical response in jails ID'd as still a problem
A review of nine deaths that occurred in federal custody between April 2008 and April 2010 shows recurring problems in responding to medical emergencies.
BP spreads blame for Gulf spill
BP says a "sequence of failures" involving "multiple companies" led to the explosion and fire that killed 11 people and caused a massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Floods threaten parts of southern Pakistan
People in parts of Sindh province in southern Pakistan are bracing for more floods as water threatens to pour into more towns and villages.