An animal rights group in Bosnia has called on authorities Wednesday to investigate a claim that a disturbing video of a woman throwing six newborn puppies into a river was filmed in the Balkan country. 1 September

Calgary has the highest number of citizen-reported speed traps in Alberta, according to a U.S.-based website. 2 September ⁽¹⁾

MIAMI - Forecasters say Hurricane Earl's winds gusted even stronger as the powerful storm steamed toward the Eastern Seaboard. 1 September

Calgary single-family home sales plummeted 32 per cent in August compared with the same period last year, according to the most recent figures released by the Calgary Real Estate Board. 2 September

CALGARY - A man charged in a disturbing case of alleged torture involving his former roommate is now facing additional charges related to a girl under the age of 18. 2 September

Over the last three decades, room service has taken on a whole new meaning at the Beverly Motel, and yesterday the east Edmonton business got a wake-up call. 2 September

BEAVERTON, Ore. - A homeless man who called 911 from the hot tub of a suburban Portland, Oregon home and asked for towels, hot chocolate and a hug. 2 September

Randy Knapp was a teenager when he spent 13 nights trapped in a whiteout on Oregon's Mount Hood. Thirty-three years later, he's still climbing. 1 September

CALGARY - A man who left his toddler son in a freezing van while he gambled in a Calgary casino will not face a criminal charge of child abandonment. 2 September 12:08

FLEURY-MEROGIS, France - The bacon is gone from the bacon burgers, replaced by smoked turkey. At a fast-food restaurant outside Paris, a new certificate on the wall proclaims that its beef comes from cows slaughtered in line with Islamic law. 1 September ⁽²⁾

Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) officials are investigating after Calgary police officers assisted paramedics in restraining a combative patient. 2 September

For countless college and university students living away from home, part of the adjustment to post-secondary life involves sharing close quarters with another newcomer on campus: the roommate. 31 August

Long-time favourite Bombay Sweet House has a new coat of paint and its quality lunch buffet ($11.99) is going as strong as ever. 2 September

MADRID, Spain - Spanish highway patrol officers who are issuing fewer speeding fines to protest a pay cut have heard the magic word from their boss: Please, cut it out. 2 September 15:16

TIRANA, Albania - Albania says the United States has given it three coast guard patrol boats to help in its fight against terrorism, organized crime and illegal trafficking. 2 September 15:14

PHOENIX - The U.S. Justice Department sued Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Thursday, saying the Arizona lawman refused for more than a year to turn over records in an investigation into allegations his department discriminates against Hispanics. 2 September 15:14

To relaunch Middle East peace talks on Thursday, the Israeli and Palestinian leaders and their American mediators quietly agreed to push aside the question of Hamas — the Islamic militant group that controls one of the two Palestinian territories and rejects negotiations. 2 September 15:12

WASHINGTON - Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed Thursday to keep talking and produce a framework for a permanent peace deal, modest achievements reached amid deep skepticism about success at their first such session in two years. 2 September 15:06

KABUL - U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that while the fight against corruption must be led by Afghans, the U.S. is working on new ways to prevent millions of American dollars flowing into the nation from underwriting bribery and graft. 2 September 15:00

TUCSON, Ariz. - A federal appeals court in San Francisco has tossed out the conviction of an Arizona man who left water jugs in the desert for migrants passing through. 2 September 14:51

BUXTON, N.C. - Hurricane Earl packed winds near 125 mph (200 kph) as it blew toward North Carolina on Thursday, putting the Eastern Seaboard all the way to Canada on alert for a Labor Day weekend pounding by waves, gales and rain. 2 September 14:50

KABUL - NATO said an airstrike in northern Afghanistan on Thursday killed about a dozen insurgents, but President Hamid Karzai said the victims were campaign workers seeking votes in this month's parliamentary elections. 2 September 14:43

NEW ORLEANS - A mile-long oil sheen spread Thursday from an offshore petroleum platform burning in the Gulf of Mexico off Lousiana, west of the site of BP's massive spill. 2 September 14:43

VIENNA - An international anti-corruption academy, billed as the first of its kind, has opened in Austria. 2 September 14:38

CFB TRENTON, Ont. - A military plane carrying the body of the latest Canadian soldier to die during the Afghan mission arrived this afternoon at CFB Trenton, in eastern Ontario. 2 September 14:28

WASHINGTON - Mother Teresa is being recognized for her humanitarian work with the issuance of a new U.S. postage stamp. 2 September 14:23