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Passengers at Pearson airport in Toronto endure a slew of cancellations on flights to and from U.S. cities including Boston, New York and Philadelphia. Nearly 155 flights to and from Toronto's main airport were cancelled Sunday because of snowstorms in the northeastern United States. Pearson...

Canadians lag far behind their U.S. neighbours when it comes to charitable giving, according to a new report by the Fraser Institute, a public policy organization. The report ranked Canadian provinces and U.S. states using a combination of two measures: the proportion of income donated and the...

Relatives of Cuban political prisoners, called the Women in White, protest outside Cuba's National Assembly in Havana in 2007. According to the latest WikiLeaks documents, U.S. diplomats criticized the Canadian government for not openly decrying human-rights abuses in Cuba. U.S. diplomats...

The Orbiter Mini UAV is designed by Aeronoautics Defense Systems for military and homeland security operations. Federal authorities were investigating Friday the circumstances of a drone that crashed in El Paso, Texas, this week, which U.S. officials said originated in Mexico. Mexican...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2010/12/17/falls.river.fallen.heroes.cnn Fall River, Massachusetts -- In a coastal city south of Boston, a community often known for its veterans is grappling with the loss of four young men who died this year while on active military duty. Army Sgt. Robert...

Pakistanis in Islamabad on December 10 protest U.S. drone attacks in Waziristan. Washington -- The CIA has recalled its top spy in Pakistan out of concern for his safety after terrorist threats against him, a U.S. intelligence official said. The station chief, the highest-ranking U.S...

351st day of 2010 - 14 remaining Friday, December 17, 2010 TIPTOE DOWN THE AISLE DAY We pause for a moment in remembrance of Tiny Tim (Herbert Buchingham Khaury) marrying Miss Vickie (Victoria Budinger) this night in 1969 on The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson. This is the Tiny Tim of the...

Washington -- Iraqi authorities have shared information obtained from captured insurgents who claim al Qaeda is planning suicide attacks in the United States and Europe during the Christmas holiday season, according to a U.S. official. The official said the threat report is being taken...

By Aman Ali | Reuters – Fri, 10 Dec 2:38 PM EST NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Catholic nun with a reputation for gambling trips to Atlantic City was accused of embezzling more than $850,000 from a college where she oversaw the school's finances, officials said on Friday. Sister Marie Thornton, former...

Kabul, Afghanistan -- Afghan and coalition forces have detained several people after a weekend suicide attack that killed six Americans, officials said Monday. The attack took place Sunday in southern Afghanistan and all six NATO service members who were killed were Americans, a U.S. military...

347th day of 2010 - 18 remaining Monday, December 13, 2010 AMERICAN IN PARIS DAY It was on this day in 1928 that the George Gershwin composition, An American in Paris, was presented to the public. The debut was performed by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra under the Direction of Walter...

Pro-free-speech rallies were scheduled in several international cities Saturday to protest the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is being held in a prison on the outskirts of London on suspicion of sex crimes unrelated to his controversial website. A Spanish website that supports...

https://preferredbypete.com/today-history/27498-day-history-december-5-a.html#post39498 339th day of 2010 - 26 remaining Sunday, December 5, 2010 LET’S GET ORGANIZED DAY The American Federation of Labor (AFL) was the first national association of craft unions in the United States to represent...

The Mexican red-kneed tarantula is protected under an international treaty and can only be traded with special permits. Los Angeles -- A German tarantula dealer has been arrested on charges of illegally sending hundreds of the spiders to the United States through the U.S. mail, law enforcement...

U.S. President Barack Obama shakes hands with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak during a joint press conference after their meeting during the G-20 summit in Seoul on November 11. President Barack Obama will make a statement Saturday morning about a new U.S. trade agreement with South...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2010/12/03/flower.israel.fire.wall.cnn Jerusalem -- Five U.S. Defense Department aircraft will leave for Israel this weekend to help fight a wildfire that has killed at least 41 people and injured 17 others. They include three C-130 fire-fighting aircraft...

Hundreds of U.S. diplomatic cables obtained by WikiLeaks paint a picture of corruption in Afghanistan at every level of government and society. Cables from the U.S. ambassador in Kabul portray Afghan President Hamid Karzai as paranoid, with an "inability to grasp the most rudimentary principles...

Former U.S. ambassador David Wilkins says U.S. diplomatic memos posted on the WikiLeaks website shouldn't rattle Canadians. Former U.S. ambassador David Wilkins says classified U.S. diplomatic memos depicting Canadians as whining liberals with an inferiority complex aren't worth the angst they...

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. NEW YORK -- WikiLeaks' founder claims he has the goods that could take down a big U.S. bank. But there's little sign anyone believes him. Julian Assange, the founder of the site that has gained notoriety by publishing secret U.S. military and diplomatic...

Susan Candiotti checks out some of the counterfeit items flooding U.S. ports. http://cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2010/11/27/candiotti.fake.christmas.cnn