Second Story Window Toss Saves Family Of Seven From Fire

A Montreal mother saved all of her seven children by tossing them out of a second story window during a house fire. The 34 year old mother and her seven children are recovering in hospital from bruises and burns.

The most seriously injured was a three year old girl who has third degree burns to her [...]

Margaret Thatcher In Hospital

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is in hospital. The 82 year old fell ill at her home Friday evening and was taken to hospital for observation. According to the hospital she is in stable condition.

Thatcher has had a series of small strokes after the 2002 stroke that caused her to retire from public [...]

Op-Ed: Sexual Abuse Cases Cost the Catholic Church $615 Million Last Year Alone

Child sexual abuse cases cost the Roman Catholic Church 615 million dollars last year alone. That is an increase of 54% from the previous year. What is going on with the priests this past year?

Most of that money ($526 million) went to settling cases. According to this year’s annual report the church is implementing a [...]

Marion Jones Reported To Federal Prison Today

Marion Jones entered prison to serve her six month sentence for lying to investigators about using performance enhancing drugs and also for her part in a cheque fraud scam. The Olympic track star will serve her sentence at Federal Medical Center Carswell.

The federal prison is located in Fort Worth, Texas. Jones turned herself in to [...]

Bush Vetoes Waterboarding Bill

President George Bush just vetoed a bill that would have banned waterboarding. The torture interrogation method stimulates drowning. Bush claims that not allowing for such inhumane methods puts the country in danger.

“The bill would take away one of the most valuable tools on the war on terror, the CIA program to detain and question [...]