LONDON - Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says other developed nations, including the United States, should come up with clearer plans on how to get their weighty budget deficits under control.

OTTAWA - Toyota Canada officials admitted they should have notified the public and authorities sooner about complaints of sticky accelerator pedals in their vehicles.

OTTAWA - The agency charged with investigating transportation accidents has cited nine critical issues facing the country's transport system - and collisions at railway crossings head the list.

TORONTO - Grim-faced relatives, friends and fans of Corey Haim gathered at a north Toronto funeral home Tuesday to remember the fallen teen icon.

MONTREAL - A Montreal film pirate who was once considered one of the best at his illicit trade is set to be sentenced today.

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.

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.

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.

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

LONDON - Unless David Beckham can mend it as well as he can bend it, football's now-limping glamour boy will miss this summer's World Cup - a blow to tournament organizers, sponsors, TV viewers and average fans.