VANCOUVER, B.C. - One eye has been on the clock and the other has been on the clouds for the producer of the closing ceremonies for the 2010 Paralympic Games. 19 March

TORONTO - TMX Group Inc. (TSX:X) says it will reduce its trading fees for securities trading at $1 or higher on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange. 19 March 21:54

WINNIPEG - Mounties say 13 people who were stranded on muddy ice roads in Manitoba have been located and are safe. 19 March 23:49

WHITECOURT, Alta. - RCMP have charged an Alberta man in a child abduction that was foiled by onlookers. 19 March

TORONTO - Nortel Networks Corp. says chief restructuring officer Pavi Binning will step down now that the sale of its optical networking and ethernet businesses to Ciena Corp. (Nasdaq:CIEN) has been completed. 19 March 21:05

SAN ANTONIO - The Golden State Warriors have lost 24 consecutive times in San Antonio, but they've never seen anything here like this. 20 March 01:10

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Rob Flick scored on a penalty shot to spark a three-goal, third-period outburst and lifted the Mississauga St. Michael's Majors to a 4-2 victory over the Peterborough Petes in their best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final series in the Ontario Hockey League Friday night. 20 March 00:22

JERUSALEM - With pressure on from global mediators Friday, Israel and the Palestinians appeared likely to resume American-mediated indirect peace talks despite a flap over east Jerusalem construction. 19 March

CALGARY - The director of conservation at the Calgary Zoo has called it quits as the facility is reviewed over several animal deaths and high-profile accidents. 18 March

MUNICH, Germany - Pope Benedict XVI's former diocese is facing new allegations of physical and sexual abuse on a daily basis, the head of its new sex-abuse task force said Friday. 19 March

CALGARY - With the Calgary Flames getting two key points in the Western Conference playoff race, Mikael Backlund could laugh off the embarrassing mistake that almost let the San Jose Sharks back in the game. 20 March 01:30

CASSELBERRY, Fla. - Actresses Demi Moore and Canadian Nia Vardalos were linked to an online chain of Twitter posts that ultimately led to Florida authorities intervening Friday when an 18-year-old man threatened to commit suicide. 19 March

VANCOUVER, B.C. - Just when the Canadian sledge hockey team thought it couldn't suffer a more heartbreaking loss after being stunned by Japan in the Paralympic semifinals, the host country was pushed off the Games podium on the most unlikely of goals. 20 March 02:12

WINNIPEG - Mounties say 13 people who were stranded on muddy ice roads in Manitoba have been located and are safe. 19 March 23:49

MONTREAL - The owner of a boutique where two men were gunned down in a gangland-style hit was placed under arrest while Montreal police Friday probed possible Mafia links to the killings. 19 March 22:48

RENO, Nev. - Activists in the southwestern United States are questioning the rising death toll from a government roundup of wild horses in the state of Nevada. 19 March 22:47

WINNIPEG - A man who had been ordered out of Canada last fall has been arrested in Winnipeg. 19 March 22:45

MOSCOW - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton suggested Friday that the United States and Israel have found a way around the worst disagreement the two allies have faced in years while international diplomats set goals for new U.S.-backed peace talks aimed at establishing an independent Palestinian state. 19 March 22:14

SAN ANGELO, Texas - The latest member of a polygamist group whose sprawling West Texas ranch was raided in 2008 has been sentenced to 75 years in prison for sexual assault of a child. 19 March 22:10

WASHINGTON - The long, turbulent struggle over landmark health care legislation tilted unmistakably in President Barack Obama's favour as one by one, undecided Democratic lawmakers began choosing sides Friday. 19 March 20:10

EDMONTON - OK, contestants. 19 March 19:39

MONTERREY, Mexico - A shootout erupted in the streets of a northeastern Mexican city Friday, killing two suspected drug cartel gunmen and wounding a soldier. 19 March 19:13

CHANTILLY, Va. - A pro-democracy activist jailed for months in Myanmar after trying to visit his sick mother in prison arrived home in the United States on Friday, capping weeks of discussions between the ruling military junta and the U.S. State Department. 19 March 19:12

LA PAZ, Bolivia - The retired general who captured legendary revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara was summoned Friday by Bolivian authorities investigating an alleged plot against President Evo Morales. 19 March 19:09

NEW YORK - A prosecutor suggested Friday that a mother accused of killing her autistic 8-year-old son in an apparent murder-suicide attempt had a mental problem that spurs people to seek attention by inventing illnesses for their loved ones. 19 March 19:08

DAKAR, Senegal - A top official in Sierra Leone's government said he raced to a town in the country Friday after news reports said at least 200 people had been killed in a mining accident there, only to find out it was a hoax. 19 March 19:07