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Prime Minister Stephen Harper takes part in a special session on climate change at the Commonwealth meeting in Trinidad and Tobago on Nov. 27, 2009. Canada might do some tweaking but has no plans to change its greenhouse gas reduction...

Actor Alec Baldwin, 51, says he's quitting showbiz in 2012, after his contract is up with "30 Rock." Thanks for the three year notice Alec. He told the Men's Journal in a recent interview, "I don't have any interest in...

Minogue and her Spanish model beau Andres Velencoso have been secretly househunting in Manhattan, New York, according to reports. The couple — who have been dating for almost a year — are apparently keen to spend more time in America....

Dubai World has refused to offload assets at fire-sale prices to repay obligations, forcing it to seek a debt standstill, a newspaper report on Sunday quoted an unnamed source at the government-controlled firm as saying. Stocks from Tokyo to New...

There were 131 former professional football players who were eligible for induction of the National Football League in Canton, Ohio; of those 25 semi-finalists have been named. This year includes four players who have made the list for the first...

Some stores have been telling shoppers to buy holiday gifts as soon as possible or risk not finding what they want a few weeks from now. But shoppers may not be panicking the way retailers would like them to. Even...

These days it seems everywhere you turn is someone with a phone stuck to their ear. A study shows that 70% of the teen aged population in the United States owns a mobile phone. The latest phones do more than...

Nov. 29, 2009 When President Obama announces the next step in his Afghanistan war policy at West Point this coming Tuesday, the whole world will be watching. His decision will discussed and dissected from every angle possible, and one can...

JP- Morgan Chase is letting Facebook users help decide how to give away $5 million. The idea is to get small, local charities on Chase's radar — ones that don't have the operating budget to go around asking for grants...

As US retailers pull out all the stops for the holiday shopping season, experts have advice to offer: sell it cheap or make customers an offer they cannot refuse. Shoppers turned out in strong numbers for Black Friday, the unofficial...