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By Patricia Zengerle, Samuel P. Jacobs and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON/CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) - U.S. intelligence was alerted when one of the Boston bombing suspects traveled to a volatile region of Russia last year, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, raising new questions about the...

Residents of Southern Ontario and Quebec expected to get a taste of spring Wednesday, with temperatures rising as high as 16 C. More...

AP - The head of the Eurogroup, a gathering of eurozone finance ministers, says he has canceled a meeting on Greece's bailout planned for Wednesday as Athens did not fulfill all the demands. More...

AP - Machine-gun fire and explosions erupted inside a Syrian city at the heart of the country's uprising Wednesday as activists reported two grisly attacks that killed at least 20 people in the past 24 hours. More...

Secunia, a Danish security company that makes two tools that ensure applications have up-to-date patches, released a product on Wednesday that can deploy non-Microsoft patches using that company's widely used patching tool. More...

SANAA, Yemen – Nearly 60 suspected al-Qaida militants tunneled their way out of a Yemeni prison in the lawless south on Wednesday, deepening the chaos of a nation where protesters are trying to topple the autocratic regime. The escape from the Mukalla prison in Hadramout province is the latest...

The union representing striking sales and customer service agents at Air Canada Inc said on Wednesday it is determined to reach a contract agreement with the country's biggest airline before the federal government forces employees back to work. Talks between negotiators for Air Canada and the...

Military transport planes and helicopters have been dispatched to northern Saskatchewan to help evacuate the remote communities of Wollaston Lake and Hatchet Lake First Nation, which are under threat from a massive forest fire. Two Hercules aircraft and three Griffon helicopters arrived...

New York (CNN) -- Ex-International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has a new place to stay under house arrest -- a luxury townhouse in New York's tony Tribeca, according to a source with knowledge of his whereabouts. The judge presiding over his sexual assault case accepted a new...

(CNN) -- Forecasters warned thousands to take cover as severe storms pummeled parts of Arkansas and Tennessee early Thursday, while communities in neighboring states picked up the pieces after tornadoes cut a path of destruction a day earlier. A line of strong thunderstorms stretches from...

A man from Rocky Mountain House has been charged with manslaughter following the stabbing death of a 64-year-old man near the community early Wednesday morning, police said. RCMP were called to a house west of the town on Highway 752 around 3 a.m. on Wednesday where they found the victim. A...

How to enlarge small images without losing quality? CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand – Police have announced a nighttime curfew in parts of New Zealand's Christchurch city that were devastated by an earthquake. Superintendent Dave Cliff told reporters Wednesday that anyone found on the...

Toronto police are asking for witnesses to come forward after hearing reports that a man was shot near the entertainment district. Police said in a Wednesday statement that officers responded to a report of a shooting in front of the Cobra nightclub at around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday near Brant...

-- Thousands of Egyptian workers went on strike Thursday to demand better compensation, adding pressure to a government buckling under massive protests calling for the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak. Various agencies launched strikes nationwide, including employees in the petroleum, railway...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2011/02/02/vo.chicago.cars.abandoned.wgn http://cnn.com/video/?/video/weather/2011/02/02/vonat.snow.collapses.building.NECN http://cnn.com/video/?/video/weather/2011/02/02/wx.chernoff.boston.snow.cnn -- Chicago airports expect to return to a more normal...

A massive winter storm began hitting southwestern Ontario early Wednesday morning, as Environment Canada warned parts of the province to brace for blizzard conditions. Snow was falling in Toronto, Hamilton, London and Sarnia while Windsor was being pounded by ice pellets. The massive weather...

Police have charged a 22-year-old man with second-degree murder in the beating death of a man in a Pointe-Claire apartment building Wednesday morning. Sean Brennan appeared in a Montreal court Thursday and was remanded for a bail hearing on Tuesday. Brennan was arrested Wednesday after someone...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/weather/2011/01/26/natpkg.snow.storm.cnn -- The major snowstorm that pelted much of the Northeast will taper off Thursday but still many schools and government offices and even some airport runways could remain closed. On Wednesday the National Weather Service...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/weather/2011/01/12/von.snow.continues.ny1 -- Much of New England appeared to be quickly recovering from snowstorms that have pummeled the region and snarled air traffic across the Northeast. Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino said the city's snow emergency and parking...

Polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs is expected to appear before a San Angelo, Texas, judge on Wednesday for a pre-trial hearing. - Polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs is expected to appear before a San Angelo, Texas, judge on Wednesday for a pre-trial hearing. At his last appearance on...