December 23, 2009

Olive-sided flycatcher threatened in N.L.

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The olive-sided flycatcher, a medium-sized migratory songbird, was listed Friday as a threatened species under Newfoundland and Labrador's Endangered Species Act....

December 23, 2009

Newfoundland bluegrass legend Rex Yetman dies

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Rex Yetman, a bluegrass pioneer and legend in Newfoundland and Labrador, has died at age 76. He was a member of Canada's first bluegrass group, the York County Boys....

December 22, 2009

Friendly Fire author C.D.B. Bryan dies at 73

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C.D.B. Bryan, the American author and journalist best known for his 1976 book Friendly Fire, has died at his Connecticut home. He was 73....

December 22, 2009

Google fined $14,300 a day in France over books (AP)

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Ardi named 'breakthrough' of 2009

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The journal Science has named the discovery of Ardi, a partial skeleton of a ground ape that lived 4.4 million years ago, as the scientific breakthrough of the year. ...

December 22, 2009

Scientists view deepest undersea volcano yet seen

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Scientists have witnessed the deepest eruption of an undersea volcano ever recorded, capturing on video for the first time explosions of fiery bubbles of molten lava 1,200 metres beneath the surface o...

December 22, 2009

Clintons subject of explosive new book

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An explosive new book about former President Bill Clinton says independent prosecutors were prepared to indict him and his wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, for their roles in the Whitewater and Monica Le...

December 22, 2009

Verizon Wireless to FCC: smart phones more costly (AP)

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AP - Verizon Wireless said Friday that it doubled the fees for customers to break service contracts for smart phones because those devices cost much more....

December 21, 2009

Filmmaker Reitman passes Olympic torch to son

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For famed father-and-son filmmakers Ivan and Jason Reitman, there couldn't have been a more perfect symbolic gesture....

December 21, 2009

Screenwriter for Alien, Dan O'Bannon, dies

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Screenwriter Dan O'Bannon, whose credits include Alien and Total Recall, has died at age 63 after a long battle with Crohn's disease....