ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Newfoundland and Labrador government is reporting a sharp decline in the value of the province's seafood industry last year.

HALIFAX, N.S. - A Nova Scotia woman facing charges after police found a driver on the wrong side of a divided highway outside Halifax has had a date set for a plea hearing.

ANTIGONISH, N.S. - Nova Scotia's Resource Recovery Fund Board has agreed to meet with the Guysborough District Municipality to discuss a tire recycling contract awarded last fall.

The days of curlers being associated with beer, cigars and donuts are long gone, at least at the top level.

Four years after the death of her daughter, Tina Chaulk remains frustrated provincial and municipal officials are not making pedestrian safety more of a priority.

NEW YORK - Without a TV show to do every night, Conan O'Brien is taking his act on the road. And he's coming to Canada.

WASHINGTON - Over the years, "Little Billy" learned much from the country's top minds.

ROME - The decision by a Rome high school to install condom vending machines has set off a storm in Italy, with the Catholic Church charging the move will encourage young people to have sex and Rome's mayor saying it sends the wrong message.

CAIRO, Egypt - The DNA tests that revealed how the famed boy-king Tutankhamun most likely died solved another of ancient Egypt's enduring mysteries - the fate of controversial Pharaoh Akhenaten's mummy.

LOS ANGELES - Federal prosecutors filed charges Wednesday against a sushi chef and a Santa Monica restaurant on allegations that they served illegal and endangered whale meat.