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Victoria 'Tori' Stafford, 8, is shown in this photo copied from a poster, in Woodstock, Ont. on April 10, 2009.

After 42 days, arrest in case of Tori Stafford

Police say 18-year-old Terri-Lynne McClintic led Tori to Michael Thomas Rafferty, 28


Never sought taxpayers' money for damages, Mulroney tells inquiry

Ottawa will pay $2-million for ex-PM's legal fees at probe


New credit card rules coming today

Finance Minister to unveil new regulations that include 21-day grace period, more disclosure on interest rates


Election in July? That may be the only option

Tories have yet to schedule the three remaining opposition days that could be used to defeat the Harper government

Download Decade

Research In Motion co-chief executive Jim Balsillie leaves a news conference in Toronto February 5, 2009.

The mobile revolution: so fast you may not notice

Web-enabled smart phones are allowing users to skip the PC experience and get access to content whenever, wherever, they want


Doors Open

Old Don Jail

Old Don jailhouse set to rock with tourists and revellers

Historic Toronto building will open to the public for the first time in 30 years this weekend


Cannes film festival

US director Quentin Tarantino (R) and US actor Brad Pitt pose during the photocall of the movie 'Inglorious Basterds' in competition at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival on May 20, 2009.

How Tarantino scored his most inglourious basterd

Brad Pitt chuckles about the night Quentin came a-courting


Podcast

Globe Roundtable

Globe Roundtable

Our weekly panel weighs in on the Tory attack ads, Canada's role in Sri Lanka and teaching touchy subjects in Alberta

 

Report on Business 

New U.S. jobless claims drop

Number of unemployed receiving ongoing benefits rises to 6.7 million

Stocks slump on economic doubts

Latest U.S. data, possibility of U.K. debt downgrade weigh on investor sentiment

GM favours Magna's Opel bid: report

Fiat believes it is the main contender, but a German magazine, citing an internal GM ranking, puts them at the bottom of a list of three bidders

U.S. protectionism expanding: Clement

Industry Minister says Buy American provisions ‘seem to be expanding in scope, and they're cascading down the system'


National 

Ignatieff taps high-powered economic braintrust

As party begins to hone economic platform, Liberal Leader meets with Bank of Canada governor, TD chief executive at exclusive Stornoway dinner

Fundraiser boosts morale of Quebec Tories

But polls offer little hope of better times

India fears Canadian arms sales to Pakistan

Watchdog predicted reactor's demise

Organization's head lost her job shortly after warning the Harper government the Chalk River facility was unsafe


Canadian Politics 

Battle brews as MPs oppose sale of B.C. coal terminal

Private companies are lining up to bid for the cash-strapped coal-shipping Crown corporation in Prince Rupert

Canadian facing beheading pleads with Harper

Mohamed Kohail tells PM he was tortured into confessing to a murder he says he did not commit

Energy policy: Blue gold? Not likely

Robert Silver on the challenge Canada faces in persuading the United States that its hydro-electricity is a renewable resource

Ontario Tory leadership campaign now a neck-and-neck race

Hudak drops out of front-runner spot into a three-way contest, opponents say

N.S. leaders spar over economy

Floodgates of recrimination open up at first televised leaders' debate of summer election


World 

NY police foil bomb plot

Four men charged after planting what they thought were explosives in cars around a New York Jewish centre

Myanmar opens Suu Kyi trial to diplomats, media

The ‘courtroom paraphernalia' is present, but observers say fairness will likely not be found at democratic-movement leader's trial

The American ethos and the right to bear arms

Obama pledge to close facility faltering

Solutions elusive to complex issues such as which detainees to release and where, which ones to put on trial

With the war over in Sri Lanka, the battle shifts to the political arena

Many hope for reconciliation between the two sides, but a significant number of Tamils remain skeptical the Sinhalese majority will allow them to flourish


Life 

Faith and intimacy: Should the church have a place in our bedrooms?

From the pulpit, on billboards and in a 'Catholic Kama Sutra,' the church is increasingly getting into bed with parishioners, Zosia Bielski writes. But does it belong there?

Facts & Arguments Essay: My father's not-so-secret obsession

My mother penned a note saying she'd leave him if he bought any more cars. She didn't mention car parts

Luxury camps: Roughing it? Hardly

Tents with Wi-Fi? Yurts and wine tastings? Call it recession luxe. Resorts, campgrounds and luxury 'camps' are bringing creature comforts to the great outdoors

Locavores, beware

Conscientious foodies have put a premium on foraged goodies such as fiddleheads and wild leeks - but popularity can come at a cost


Health 

Lightening blindness's burden

With only a handful of doctors trained in low-vision rehabilitation, many Canadians go without advanced visuals aids that could lessen the burden of their disability

End-of-life care: Plan for a good death - talk about your wishes

We're not very good at dying

Health research: Didgeridoo inspires sleep apnea workout

Playing the Australian aboriginal wind instrument seems to help those affected

Water safety: Fishing: the cause of more drowning deaths

While we revel in water's delights, we too rarely consider its dangers


Science 

Meet - and eat - the modified Atlantic salmon

FDA to approve Aqua Bounty's new fish tweaked with genetic material from chinook salmon and eel-like species called ocean pout

Bison turn back the clock on a patch of prairie

A baby boom hits a herd in a remote Saskatchewan national park, an area that hasn't felt bison hooves in more than 120 years

Experts find a way to track onslaught of sea lice

DNA method traces illness spread to fish

Hubble goes to its final frontier

NASA astronauts complete the final service call on 19-year-old space station, giving it another five to 10 years of discovery


Technology 

Green gadget offers savings for the power hungry

Spanish invention offers relief for the environment and the wallet by cutting down on standby power use

Audit cites unlicensed software on federal computers

Electronic sweep of a major federal department has found hundreds of copies of what appears to be pirated software

The Program: Apps we love

Hassle-free blogging via e-mail, an elegant e-book reader for iPhone, and a plug-in to help avoid bookmark bloat

Finding a parking spot driving you crazy? Let your computer do it for you

New website tracks down a spot, reserves it and takes payment by credit card


Sports 

Cavaliers stunned at home

Despite LeBron's 49-point salvo, Orlando hands Cleveland rare home defeat 107-106 to take opening game of East final

Ortiz ends drought to sink Jays

Boston slugger snaps career-high 149 at-bat homerless drought as Toronto handed second straight defeat at Fenway

Dumont advances Voltigeurs to semi-finals

Despite being heavily outplayed by host Rimouski, Drummondville holds on for a 3-2 overtime win

Wife of D-backs pitcher found dead

Police say body of 39-year-old Gabrielle Dawn Schoeneweis was found on the floor of the master bedroom in the family's suburban home shortly after noon


Arts 

The Prairie kid who built The Shack

William Paul Young says he wrote the book as a Christmas gift for his children, who passed it on to their friends and it gained a following. Now, the novel has made Young a very rich man.

The woman who brought Vermeer to Vancouver

Kathleen Bartels is ‘amazingly tough – but in a way that is somehow beguiling

3 operas, 1 dollar and 1 vote

The Chicago Opera Theatre invites audience members to purchase votes to decide what's on this season's bill

Another Slumdog child star's home torn down

‘I'm feeling bad. ... I'm thinking about where to sleep,' says 9-year-old Rubina Ali

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