Fifa plans for five officials at World Cup Thierry Henry’s handball against the Republic of Ireland could lead to Fifa fast-tracking the introduction of two additional referees in time for the World Cup...

GOP decries ‘rationing’ on eve of health vote One of the last three uncommitted Democrats, Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska, said Friday he would vote to begin debate on the Senate’s health care bill;...

Health bill opponents turn up the volume As a health reform bill endorsed by President Obama marches toward its first Senate floor vote on Saturday, his opponents stepped up efforts to define the...

Emotional Oprah quits talk show to start OWN television channel OPRAH Winfrey will crown her position as one of America’s most powerful media moguls by starting her own television channel after deciding to leave her...

Cheers from family as husband who killed wife during nightmare is found not guilty of murder A “decent and devoted” husband who strangled his wife while he dreamed she was a intruder was cleared of murder yesterday after the Crown Prosecution Service...

HACKED EMAILS CAUSE CLIMATE CHANGE STIR Hundreds of private emails and documents hacked from a computer server at a British university are causing a stir among global warming skeptics, who say they...

Jitters, disappointing data get the best of Wall Street Anxiety reappeared on Wall Street this week, leaving markets largely lower and sending investors into short-term government bonds and the U.S. dollar, which...

Hershey mulls sweeter bid for Cadbury, source says PHILADELPHIA U.S. chocolate maker Hershey Co. is considering launching a bid of at least US$17 billion for British chocolatier Cadbury Plc. as it seeks to...

Reno tax credit rush is on Linen White or Ancient Ivory paint? Solid or engineered hardwoods? These are the types of questions being asked by Canadian doit-yourselfers as the deadline...

French issue a ‘non’ to replay pleas from Irish THE French Football Federation last night rejected a request by the Football Association of Ireland to grant Thierry Henry’s stagemanaged call for a replay of...

Unrepentant handball ref says ‘life will go on’ REFEREE Martin Hansson broke his silence today by insisting “life must go on” after his blunder contributed to the Republic of Ireland’s World Cup exit on...

Riders remedy mistake by signing Kitwana Jones REGINA — Saskatchewan Roughriders director of player personnel Joe Womack admitted Wednesday that trading Kitwana Jones in the off-season was a...

Winfrey’s decision ‘right time’ CHICAGO Oprah Winfrey said Friday that she will end her popular TV show in 2011 because it “feels right in her bones” after 25 years, and urged viewers not to...

Martha Stewart roasts and bakes Rachael Ray “Merciless feminine fray” dep’t: Martha Stewart, the world’s most nearly perfect woman, fired away at TV cook Rachael Ray in an interview for ABC’s...

Hunk behind the wolf LOS ANGELES — The only way Taylor Lautner was going to reprise his Twilight role of Jacob Black in The Twilight Saga: New Moon was to change. That’s because...

ONEWILLADOR REBERMUDA! HAVING spent eight days on the island of Bermuda, I thought it would be helpful to jot down a few thoughts as you prepare, for the first time in 14 years, to...

Notable moments from the queen of daytime TV Who knew that when The Oprah Winfrey Show launched nationally Sept. 8, 1986 — and Winfrey announced to the world that her two problems were flabby thighs and...

What she didn’t ask You probably missed my heated on-air debate Thursday morning with Anna Maria Tremonti, host of CBC’s The Current. You certainly missed my superheated offair...

Europe’s leaders strike up the bland EUROPEAN leaders have dashed hopes the continent would speak with a clear and united voice in world affairs, after appointing two lacklustre candidates to the...

IT’S CAPTAIN AMERICA THERE is something disconcerting about hearing an Englishman say: ‘I love playing soccer.’ Not just any old Englishman. In fact, the country’s most-capped...