Authorities are outraged after blinking electronic devices, planted to promote a cartoon, caused panic in Boston and forced police to close roads.

The Toronto Transit Commission's old aluminum tokens are officially supposed to be out of circulation by Thursday, but transit officials say commuters may inadvertently get a few days of leniency.

Hospital-borne C. difficile bacteria caused 10 of 26 deaths at a Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., hospital between April and November 2006, the region's deputy chief coroner said Wednesday.

The U.S. Federal Reserve held steady on interest rates on Wednesday, leaving its key rate unchanged at 5.25 per cent. The rate has not changed since June 2006.

The U.S. Federal Reserve held steady on interest rates on Wednesday, leaving its key rate unchanged at 5.25 per cent. The rate has not changed since June 2006.

Legislators loyal to Hugo Chavez have approved a law giving Venezuela's president the power to enact sweeping measures by decree, but critics fear authoritarianism.

Delaware Sen. Joe Biden officially entered the race for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination Wednesday, saying he has a comprehensive plan to resolve the war in Iraq.

Online auction house eBay has begun delisting sales of virtual goods and items, a move that could threaten a bustling internet economy.

US Airways said Wednesday it has grounded its $9.8-billion US takeover bid for rival Delta Air, which is forging ahead with its own plans to reorganize under bankruptcy protection.

The average price of a resale home in Canada rose by 11.1 per cent in 2006, according to year-end figures released Wednesday.

Toronto police are poised to install surveillance cameras in three high-risk neighbourhoods, but must first hold public meetings.

Thousands of Greek high school students staged a demonstration at the Acropolis Tuesday, forming a human chain around the ancient Athens monument and demanding the return of the famed marbles British ambassador Lord Elgin carried off more than 200 years ago.

Quebec's largest pork slaughterhouse is set to close May 25, 2007, after employees at the Vallée-Jonction plant rejected the company's final concession package that would have saved the factory.

Bombardier Inc. of Montreal said it is still working on its business plans for the CSeries aircraft, but is aiming to get it into service in 2013.

Public Works Canada will not make a final decision about whether to sell nine federal buildings worth $1.5 billion to the private sector until it receives the results of a study it commissioned in September, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.

Scotland Yard detectives looking into the death of ex-KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko have sent two months' worth of their findings to prosecutors - the first step towards laying murder charges in the poisoning case.

The novel Snow Falling on Cedars has been removed from school library shelves and English class reading lists by an Ontario Catholic school board after a complaint about the book's sexually explicit content.

Strong consumer spending helped the U.S. economy grow at an annual pace of 3.5 per cent in the fourth quarter, beating economists' expectations.

The Canadian economy grew by a less-than-expected 0.2 per cent in November, following no growth in October, Statistics Canada said.

Ontario's Special Investigations Unit has ended a brief probe into an incident involving Hamilton police on Tuesday that resulted in the deaths of two men.