Mar 10, 2010 12:31PM

New Zealander auctions "ghosts" in a bottle (Reuters)

Reuters - A New Zealand woman sold two vials that she said contained the ghosts of an old man and a young girl for almost NZ$2,000 ($1,410) after a fiercely contested online auction, local media reported.

Mar 10, 2010 12:32PM

Air Canada learns that hockey trumps flying (Reuters)

Reuters - Canada's largest airline has learned it sometimes has to take a back seat to the country's biggest sporting passion, ice hockey, the head of Air Canada said on Tuesday.

Mar 10, 2010 12:34PM

"Dead" baby elephant calf born alive in Sydney zoo (Reuters)

Reuters - An elephant gave birth to a calf at Sydney's main zoo on Wednesday, surprising vets and keepers who two days earlier declared the baby had died in the womb.

Mar 10, 2010 12:30PM

Canadian Parliament eats seal to defy "ignorant" EU (Reuters)

Reuters - Canadian parliamentarians tucked into a meal of seal meat on Wednesday to defy both animal right activists and the European Union, which has banned imports of seal products.

Mar 10, 2010 07:09AM

Cyprus holds two for theft of ex-leader's corpse (Reuters)

Reuters - A court in Cyprus remanded two men in custody Wednesday on suspicion of snatching the corpse of former Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos, holding it for ransom for three months until its discovery Monday.

Mar 10, 2010 11:29AM

Obama pushing on health care end game (AP)

AP - President Barack Obama is pushing a new anti-fraud plan and his top health official is challenging the nation's insurers as the administration cranks up the pressure for a sweeping overhaul of the nation's medical system.

Mar 10, 2010 10:54AM

Unemployment rises in 30 states in January (AP)

AP - Unemployment rose in 30 states in January, the Labor Department said Wednesday, evidence that jobs remain scarce in most regions of the country.

Mar 10, 2010 12:38PM

'Lost Boys' actor Corey Haim dead in Calif. at 38 (AP)

AP - Corey Haim, a 1980s teen heartthrob whose career was blighted by drug abuse, has died. He was 38.

Mar 10, 2010 11:57AM

Obama renews backing of earthquake-stricken Haiti (AP)

AP - President Barack Obama on Wednesday renewed America's commitment to the recovery and reconstruction of earthquake-devastated Haiti, telling visiting President Rene Preval he knows the crisis has not passed.

Mar 10, 2010 11:22AM

German Catholics to investigate abuse charges (AP)

AP - Catholic authorities in Germany announced two major abuse investigations Wednesday — one into the renowned choir once led by Pope Benedict XVI's brother and another more general look into what everyone, including the pope, knew about the sexual and physical abuse of students.