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Feds won't spend in next year's budget: Flaherty

TORONTO - Emphasizing that government stimulus spending is a temporary measure, federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says the Conservative government doesn't plan to undertake major new spending initiatives in next year's budget. 20 November 16:12

Bankruptcies jump in September

OTTAWA - After hunkering down throughout most of the recession, Canadian businesses began lining up with consumers at the bankruptcy office in September, according to government data released Friday. 20 November 14:06

VANOC doesn't have authority to include women's ski jumping: Court

VANCOUVER, B.C. - Vancouver Olympic organizers have no power to include women's ski jumping in the 2010 Olympics, says British Columbia's highest court. 20 November 16:22

'Rompuy-pumpy' and Cathy Who?: Critics underwhelmed by EU's new hires

LONDON - Catherine Ashton: International woman of mystery. 20 November 14:32

Florence museum: lost Galileo relics, a tooth and 2 of astronomer's fingers, found again

ROME - Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again, a Florence museum said Friday. 20 November 16:12

Torture whistleblower groomed in hotspots around the world

OTTAWA - The man who is now the target of so much Conservative scorn was thought suitably intrepid to be assigned by his government masters to some of the hottest counter-insurgencies over the past 15 years. 19 November

TTC response to subway shutdown by the books, officials say

For TTC riders already irked by an impending fare hike, Wednesday’s subway shutdown felt like chaos. 20 November

UN children's convention at 20: Indian boy embodies plight of millions

NEW DELHI - Arun Kumar was born to disabled parents, beaten by his grandparents, ran away from home, got a job in a garment factory and had all his savings stolen by the police. 20 November

Ontario considers efficency standards for flat-screen TVs

TORONTO - Ontario will consider revising its standards for flat screen televisions now that California has moved to ban power-hungry sets from its store shelves, Energy Minister Gerry Phillips said Thursday. 20 November

LIMA, Peru - Police say a gang in the Peruvian jungle has been killing people and draining fat from the corpses to sell on the black market for use in cosmetics, although medical experts say they doubt a major market for fat exists. 20 November 09:26

VANCOUVER, B.C. - A multimillion-dollar deal that could have added thousands of beds for spectators at the 2010 Winter Games has collapsed but questions remain as to whether those beds were even necessary. 19 November

For TTC riders already irked by an impending fare hike, Wednesday’s subway shutdown felt like chaos. 20 November

NEW DELHI - Arun Kumar was born to disabled parents, beaten by his grandparents, ran away from home, got a job in a garment factory and had all his savings stolen by the police. 20 November

OTTAWA - The man who is now the target of so much Conservative scorn was thought suitably intrepid to be assigned by his government masters to some of the hottest counter-insurgencies over the past 15 years. 19 November

In case you needed another reason to party, a University of Toronto student group has come up with one for you: Charity. 20 November

TORONTO - Ontario may have new rules before the end of the year to restrict how the highly addictive painkiller OxyContin is prescribed and dispensed, as well as other narcotics and controlled substances, government officials said. 20 November

MONTREAL - Arts groups need to diversify their sources of funding to ensure they remain financially viable, Heritage Minister James Moore said Friday. 20 November 16:33

ROME - Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again, a Florence museum said Friday. 20 November 16:12

TORONTO - Emphasizing that government stimulus spending is a temporary measure, federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says the Conservative government doesn't plan to undertake major new spending initiatives in next year's budget. 20 November 16:12

JELAWAR, Afghanistan - There's a breed of Canadian troops who are in a league of their own - adrenaline junkies who feed off the energy they get from embracing the world's most perilous jobs. 20 November 16:05

TORONTO - Ontario should extend film tax credits to live shows such as dance, theatre and the opera to create more jobs and boost the live performance industry, just as New Orleans did in the wake of hurricane Katrina, artists and New Democrats said Friday. 20 November 16:05

The Pacific resort island of Saipan was reeling Friday from one of the most violent attacks in its history, when a gunman killed five people, including two small children and himself, in a rampage that ended at a World War II historical site. 20 November 15:59

LONDON - A British couple being held hostage by Somali pirates said in an interview broadcast Friday that they fear they will be killed or handed to a terrorist group if a ransom is not paid soon. 20 November 15:57

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