Asia stocks jump after U.S. rally13

Nikkei soars 13 per cent after Wall Street bounces back from worst week ever 1:36 AM 13

Mitsubishi UFJ buys Morgan Stanley stake12

Japanese bank pays $9-billion for 21 per cent stake after Morgan Stanley shares tumble 13/10/08 2:34 PM 12

GM to shut Wisconsin, Michigan plants50

Closures in Oshawa, Ont., and Tuloca, Mexico, expected to be announced later this week 13/10/08 4:45 PM 50

Big red machine hits speed bump63

China's once hot economy is in slowdown mode. That's bad news for Canadian commodity producers 12/10/08 10:45 PM 63

Senior Quebec cardinal unleashes scathing criticism of province's society35

Cardinal Ouellet discussed what he sees as the religious and cultural breakdown of Quebec society since the Quiet Revolution 13/10/08 9:19 PM 35

Almost 200,000 Vancouver Island customers lose power102

BC Hydro says outage related to transmission, but source not yet found 12/10/08 10:31 PM 102

Letters show anger of Canadian terrorism suspect63

Declassified documents allegedly written by Abderraouf Jdey refer to his frustrations over finding suitable work as an immigrant 12/10/08 9:30 PM 63

Patients infected by strep feel betrayed by silence over outbreak25

Health unit insists risk of infection centred on high-risk drug users, not general population 12/10/08 10:21 PM 25

Two dead as California wildfires blaze through homes1

Two fires driven by strong Santa Ana winds threaten neighbourhoods near Los Angeles 13/10/08 11:22 PM 1

23 killed in bus crash in northeastern India

Speeding bus carrying labourers collides with truck 1:57 AM

France's first lady and her sister get political1

Bruni family involvement allegedly helped persuade Sarkozy to reverse extradition of former Red Brigade member to Italy 1:01 AM 1

Israel's Labour persuaded to stay in governing coalition

Israel's prime minister-designate moved one step closer to assuming the country's top governing post Monday 13/10/08 7:46 PM

Paul Krugman takes Nobel economics prize66

Princeton professor honoured for theory on economies of scale and international trade 13/10/08 12:24 PM 66

Family Feud: My ex lies to our kids about me1

Do I retaliate by telling them the truth about her sordid past? 12:00 AM 1

Three hours to vote7

Voting day to-do list: Get a perm. Rake leaves. Go to dentist (teeth whiter!). Quiz the butcher. Return movies. Shop for wig (see how perm goes). Dry cleaning. Spin class. Pick up dinner. Vote? 13/10/08 9:07 AM 7

Recruiting: Do personality tests work?16

Psychologists from the University of Toronto develop a personality test that can predict who will excel in certain areas, even when respondents try to fake their answers 13/10/08 9:40 AM 16

Woodson Merrell: Uplift Rx: Call Doc Woody2

The author of the self-help book The Source wants to empower people to make a change in their lives 13/10/08 9:07 AM 2

Makers of baby bottles asked to stop using bisphenol A

Power Crunch: Mix up the cardio to give your heart a jolt2

Varying your heart rate can kick your workouts up a notch 13/10/08 9:37 AM 2

The more the drink, the more you shrink11

Moderate alcohol may help the heart, but study finds that brain shows more harm the more a person drinks 13/10/08 4:05 PM 11

Computer game designer blasts into space9

Richard Garriott is sixth space tourist to pay millions for the privilege 12/10/08 11:46 AM 9

Scientists warn of hacker risk for transit-fare cards15

A group of scientists at a Dutch university has discovered a way to crack and clone a form of electronic identification cards 11/10/08 2:15 AM 15

YouTube starts running full-length CBS shows11

Video-sharing website has started to run full-length archive TV shows in its latest step to boost advertising revenue by adding professional programming 10/10/08 3:47 PM 11

Browns stun Giants1

Cleveland ends New York's 11-game road winning streak with 35-14 win 1:47 AM 1

Habs rally to beat Flyers10

Hamrlik and Komisarek score 44 seconds apart to lead third-period rally over Philadelphia 12:33 AM 10

Caps hold Canucks to 10 shots13

Semin scores two goals in 5-1 victory over Vancouver 13/10/08 10:02 PM 13

British Rail nixes falling-passenger sculpture12

Plans to exhibit artist's depiction of 'The Meeting Place' cancelled over protests from unions, relatives of suicides 13/10/08 1:05 PM 12

Christopher Plummer: scenes from a life9

Exclusive excerpts from new autobiography, In Spite of Myself: A Memoir 10/10/08 11:28 PM 9

France's Le Clezio wins Nobel for literature18

'Nomad' author cited for his adventurous novels, essays and children's literature. 09/10/08 9:14 AM 18