MIAMI - On his 75th birthday, Bill Farthing decided to be reborn. In the six years since he'd buried his wife of 45 years, he'd felt as he did long before: Lonesome, different, outcast. He wondered if he was going crazy; he contemplated suicide. 15 March

SAN DIEGO - Toyota Motor Corp. dismissed the story of a man who claimed his Prius sped out of control on the California freeway, saying Monday that its own tests found the car's gas pedal and backup safety system were working just fine. 15 March

Aboriginal gangs are proliferating across Canada as criminal organizations exploit the intense poverty and squalid conditions that many First Nations youth live in, says a top officer with the RCMP's aboriginal police division. 15 March ⁽¹⁾

TORONTO - Former teen heartthrob Corey Haim will be laid to rest today in his native Toronto. 16 March

WASHINGTON - One of the most sordid political scandals in a country chock full of them was back in the spotlight on Monday with GQ's interview with Rielle Hunter, the mother of an out-of-wedlock baby with onetime presidential hopeful John Edwards. 15 March

When Luca Patuelli propelled himself on his crutches into the cavernous and sold-out stadium, he was, from the vantage of many people in the seats, tiny and disabled. 15 March

NEW YORK - A new exhibit at New York's Museum of Modern Art is causing discomfort among some visitors by bringing them close to nude performers - some might say too close. 15 March

TORONTO - Hundreds of Corey Haim's friends and relatives embraced and held hands as they arrived at a Toronto funeral home Tuesday to remember the fallen teen icon with a private ceremony described as being full of tears and laughter. 16 March 13:43

VANCOUVER, B.C. - The final home of Canada's most famous puck is set to be revealed on Tuesday. 15 March

REGINA - It turned out to be one wild ride on the streets of Regina. 15 March

TORONTO - The latest inflation data could move the Canadian dollar even closer to parity with the U.S. dollar this week after a strong employment report Friday sent the loonie surging. 15 March

COUTANCES, France - A 38-year-old woman acknowledged Monday killing six of her newborns, whose corpses were found in plastic bags in her basement, at the opening of a chilling trial in northwest France. 15 March

OTTAWA - With the loonie once again nearing parity with the U.S. dollar, a new report on the currency is giving hope it may not be the menace to the economy many believe it to be. 16 March

VANCOUVER, B.C. - RCMP are investigating whether criminal charges should be laid after a deadly avalanche near Revelstoke, B.C. they've described as human-triggered. 16 March 13:45

TORONTO - Hundreds of Corey Haim's friends and relatives embraced and held hands as they arrived at a Toronto funeral home Tuesday to remember the fallen teen icon with a private ceremony described as being full of tears and laughter. 16 March 13:43

LONDON - Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says other developed nations should come up with clearer plans on how they are going to get their weighty budget deficits under control. 16 March 13:41

IQALUIT, Nunavut - French wine and British beer may no longer be stocked by Nunavut's government-run liquor stores since a motion banning European booze has passed in the legislature. 16 March 13:39

SUNDRIDGE, Ont. - Scores of family and friends packed a small church today in the community of Sundridge, Ont., to remember a man accused of killing a police officer. 16 March 13:35

OTTAWA - Toyota Canada officials extended an apology to Canadians about the safety problems of their vehicles Tuesday, and admitted they should have acted sooner to remedy the problems. 16 March 13:33

HALIFAX, N.S. - The watchdog agency for the RCMP is launching a probe into the fatal shooting of a Nova Scotia man in his home by a police officer in 2008. 16 March 13:21

CALGARY - WestJet Airlines Ltd. will likely stick to its current course for the first year its new chief executive Gregg Saretsky is in charge, an airline industry analyst said Tuesday. 16 March 13:19

A fisherman from Newfoundland and Labrador with more than 50 years of experience hunting seals says there's no sense in raising the allowable catch for the mammals until market conditions improve. 16 March 13:13

TORONTO - Honda Canada says it is recalling thousands of vehicles in Canada after some of its customers complained about the feel of brake pedals. 16 March 13:06

MUNICH, Germany - An expert witness called into question Tuesday the worth of a statement being used against John Demjanjuk, testifying that it came from a KGB interrogation in which the prisoner may have been physically abused. 16 March 12:38

JERUSALEM - Hundreds of Palestinians in east Jerusalem set tires and garbage bins ablaze on Tuesday and hurled rocks at Israeli riot police, who responded with rubber bullets and tear gas. The heaviest clashes in months broke out as an American envoy abruptly cancelled a visit, deepening a U.S.-Israeli diplomatic feud. 16 March 12:36

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The U.S. force in Afghanistan is undergoing a major restructuring that will bring virtually all American troops under NATO command, a top U.S. military official said Tuesday. 16 March 12:35