Danica in the driver's seat It was Danica Patrick day at the Rexall Edmonton Indy media centre Thursday, and the queen of open wheel racing was well prepared for the barrage of questions dealing with everything from her racing ability to her confrontational incidents with other drivers. 7/25/2008 8:14:22 AM

'A mountain bike changed my life' "The thought that I can reach out and permanently improve someone's life for the better is addictive," says Dave Schweidenback. Several times a year, the 55-year-old can be found prepping large shipments of used bicycles bound for a developing country. 7/25/2008 7:41:14 AM

Man committed for trying to free trapped cat I'm not crazy, doctor. There really is a cat in my wall. A Brooklyn man found himself locked up in a loony bin for four days after he smashed down walls in three apartments trying to rescue a fugitive feline. 7/25/2008 7:35:05 AM

Moon-walker claims alien contact cover-up Former NASA astronaut and moon-walker Dr Edgar Mitchell - a veteran of the Apollo 14 mission - has stunningly claimed aliens exist. And he says extra-terrestrials have visited Earth on several occasions - but the alien contact has been repeatedly covered up by governments for six decades. 7/25/2008 7:30:30 AM

Chilliwack Man steals truck to visit probation officer A 19-year-old thief with a penchant for Ford F350 trucks has been arrested in Abbotsford. The prolific offender became the subject of a police investigation after a crime analyst noticed an increase in Ford F350 thefts. 7/25/2008 7:23:01 AM

Girls' math skills are just as good as boys' Sixteen years after Barbie dolls declared, "Math class is tough!" girls are proving that, at math, they are just as tough as boys. In the largest study of its kind, girls in the United States measured up to boys in math in every grade, from second through 11th. The research was released Thursday in the journal Science. 7/24/2008 6:52:54 PM

Beer heaven Bill Marentette's basement is a beer lover's paradise, with its rows of stubby beer bottles and antique metal serving trays lining the walls. He has gathered thousands of bottle openers, bottles, signs and advertisements over the past 40 years. 7/24/2008 7:46:31 PM

Billionaires back drive to cut smoking Bill Gates and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced Wednesday that they would spend $500 million to stop people around the world from smoking. The World Health Organization estimates that tobacco will kill up to a billion people in the 21st century. 7/24/2008 7:24:33 PM

Pet rabbit saves couple from house fire A pet rabbit was credited with saving a couple from a raging fire that swept through their home in the southern Australian city of Melbourne early Thursday. The family pet named "Rabbit" scratched at the couple's bedroom door as they slept and woke the man up. 7/24/2008 12:41:54 PM

Summer sizzles with centennial festivities With friends and family descending on your home this summer — because we know this is the best place for a vacation — you can send them on their way with a great memento of this year with Penticton centennial merchandise. 7/24/2008 12:09:45 PM

Eight-year-old tennis player caught cheating An eight-year-old girl was ejected from a junior tennis tournament at Christchurch on New Zealand's South Island when officials discovered she was wearing a radio earpiece to receive instructions from her father. 7/24/2008 11:40:28 AM

Steve Nash helping out at home Steve Nash, the two-time NBA most valuable player, has teamed up with Vancouver Whitecaps FC owner Greg Kerfoot in a bid to bring Major League Soccer to Vancouver for the 2011 season, sources told The Globe and Mail yesterday. 7/24/2008 11:09:02 AM

What women want: 'Better sex' After reading through 7,000 pages detailing the sexual frustrations and joys of women who answered an anonymous survey, Joan Sauers has a message for her gender: Men aren't psychic. "How are they going to know that we're not getting off if we don't tell them?" asks the author. 7/24/2008 11:05:17 AM

How to disappear without a trace John Darwin thought he could get away with apparently drowning in a canoeing accident, and start a new life in a tropical paradise. A new life funded by a fraudulently obtained insurance payout. 7/24/2008 9:33:36 AM

Prison for 2 linked to disgraced NBA ref Two former classmates of disgraced referee Tim Donaghy will spend over a year in prison for their roles in the betting scandal that rocked the NBA. Donaghy will be sentenced on July 29. 7/24/2008 9:15:38 AM

Wine connoisseurs – I call them cons It was the taste-off that turned wine upside down. In 1976, an esteemed all-French jury gathered in Paris for a blind tasting to compare eight of France's greatest wines against a dozen upstarts from California. In an upset worthy of Hollywood, the United States trounced France. 7/24/2008 8:51:58 AM

US woman kills self before home foreclosure A 53-year-old wife and mother fatally shot herself shortly after faxing a letter to her mortgage company saying that by the time they foreclosed on her house that day, she would be dead. 7/24/2008 7:06:58 AM

117 cats, raccoon, and rabbit found at Omaha home Humane society workers have found 117 cats, a raccoon and a rabbit in a north Omaha house. The discovery came Wednesday after Council Bluffs, Iowa, police caught the 54-year-old woman who lives at the house reportedly stealing cat food. Officials say she smelled like cat urine. 7/24/2008 6:48:27 AM

NZ judge orders 'odd' name change A judge in New Zealand made a young girl a ward of court so that she could change the name she hated - Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii. He attacked a trend of giving children bizarre names, citing several examples. 7/24/2008 6:03:48 AM

Mosley wins court case over orgy World motorsport boss Max Mosley has won a legal action against a Sunday newspaper over claims an orgy he took part in had Nazi overtones. The paper's story was based on a secret video from one of the women who took part. 7/24/2008 5:52:16 AM

From online politics to online parenting Women are outpacing men in their Internet use, so it's no wonder major media companies, venture capitalists and advertisers are scrambling to answer that age-old question of what women want. 7/23/2008 7:39:11 PM

Paul Tracy set to race in Edmonton Canadian auto racing legend Paul Tracy will run his first practice lap Thursday in a car he's never been in before in his first open-wheel race in almost four months as part of a one-shot attempt to determine his IndyCar future. 7/23/2008 7:17:57 PM

Mother denies bar in garage (Video) A mother accused of running an illegal bar in the garage of her Teesside home has denied selling alcohol. Police claimed to have found a fully functioning bar, with price lists, a jukebox and a fruit machine. 7/23/2008 8:52:46 AM

UK Canoe fraud couple sent to jail The wife of back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin has been jailed for six years and six months for fraudulently claiming £250,000. 7/23/2008 8:48:44 AM

Man tries to glue himself to British PM A campaigner against Heathrow Airport's third runway has attempted to glue himself to Gordon Brown at a Downing Street reception. Dan Glass, a member of Plane Stupid, was about to receive an award from the prime minister. 7/23/2008 6:08:22 AM

Canada's surprise show packed to explode It was a Gravol kind of day for Kelly Guille and his bomb squad as they set out fireworks-filled mortars on barges in English Bay yesterday. "Today is by far the worst day as far as rocking goes," Guille said as the two 150-metre barges rolled in the chop. 7/23/2008 5:28:39 AM

Michigan wins North American Solar Challenge. The University of Michigan captured the checkered flag Tuesday in North American Solar Challenge. Official results put the university ahead of the pack in the 4,000-kilometre road race which started in Texas on July 13 and finished in Calgary today. 7/22/2008 6:03:43 PM

'Allah meat' astounds Nigerians Diners have been flocking to a restaurant in northern Nigeria to see pieces of meat which the owner says are inscribed with the name of Allah. 7/22/2008 1:05:03 PM

George Michael's tip for Obama -- run with Clinton British pop star George Michael has a tip for U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama -- team up with former rival Hillary Clinton. 7/22/2008 12:17:12 PM

Golf rage incident 'extremely stupid' Washington State News Item: Nicholas Shampine, 33, of Puyallup has been charged with second-degree assault for hitting another golfer in the head with his 6-iron during an argument at Auburn Golf Course on July 13. 7/22/2008 11:41:19 AM

Men sentenced for setting friend's crotch ablaze Two practical jokers are behind bars for setting their passed-out drinking buddy's crotch ablaze while boozing in Grover Beach. Matthew Craig Pillers and Jack Brent Nicholas Keiffer pleaded no contest to a felony great bodily injury charge. 7/22/2008 11:37:16 AM

Wind scatters man's cash, Good Samaritans rush in A dozen bystanders rushed in to help a 70-year-old man after he stumbled leaving a Southern California bank, causing thousands of dollars to scatter in the wind. 7/22/2008 11:14:30 AM

Technology preserves our stupidities for all to see Whatever the reason, the young woman in the downtown Victoria nightclub decided it would be a good idea to take off her clothes, all of them. Wouldn't put them back on, either. So, what did the other clubgoers do? They laughed themselves silly, took her picture with their cellphones. 7/22/2008 6:34:49 AM

Kamloops: Row over RCMP's wife leads to docked pay A Whistler RCMP officer was docked five days' pay after he punched another Mountie in the face in defence of a friend who was making advances on another officer's wife. The board disagreed. 7/22/2008 6:24:24 AM

Vancouver should lure lesbian tourists: councillor Candice Gibson, manager of consumer marketing at Tourism Vancouver, said the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered tourism market from America alone is worth approximately $50 billion annually. The lesbian market could be worth "tens of millions" of dollars to Vancouver, according to Gibson. 7/22/2008 6:09:58 AM

'Gentle giant' abused by wife, court told A SYDNEY woman accused of the stabbing murder of her husband was prone to "aggressive outbursts" in which she damaged their home and physically assaulted him, a court has been told. 7/21/2008 6:33:47 PM

Danica Patrick Altercation With Fellow Driver Caught on Tape Roger Penske came up with a surprising strategy Sunday that Ryan Briscoe turned into his second IndyCar Series victory, but the buzz was still on Saturday's confrontation between Danica Patrick and fellow female IRL driver Milka Duno. 7/21/2008 5:03:53 PM

Environmental explorer goes global After traveling around the Arctic Circle alone, walking across South America, venturing through African war zones and hiking deep into the Amazon, Borneo and Sumatra jungles, Mike Horn is ready to embark on his most ambitious project yet. 7/21/2008 4:09:27 PM

Pay to have fish nibble the skin off your feet Ready for the latest in spa pampering? Prepare to dunk your tootsies in a tank of water and let tiny carp nibble away. Fish pedicures are creating something of a splash. A northern Virginia spa has been offering them for the past four months. 7/21/2008 4:04:15 PM

With No Frills or Tuition, a College Draws Notice Berea College, founded 150 years ago to educate freed slaves and “poor white mountaineers,” accepts only applicants from low-income families, and it charges no tuition. 7/21/2008 3:32:44 PM

NY News: Clothing optional now everywhere Welcome to Nude York City. Some folks are stripping down to escape the scorching summer temperatures - but others aren't waiting 'til they hit the area's clothing-optional beaches. The au naturel look is catching on. 7/21/2008 3:20:50 PM

Ledger's uncle in court on tractor theft charges An uncle of late actor Heath Ledger appeared in an Australian court Monday on charges connected to the alleged theft of three tractors. 7/21/2008 11:36:32 AM

Python found lurking under woman's bed A 31-year-old woman discovered a snake under her bed Sunday night, Montreal police said Monday. The woman was woken shortly before midnight by sounds coming from beneath her bed in her downtown apartment. 7/21/2008 6:08:26 AM

Native culture new to Peachfest For the first time in 61 years, the Penticton Indian Band will be showcasing its culture as a part of the Penticton Peach Festival. Not only will the band have a cultural village set up at Gyro Park, but it will also play a vital role in the opening ceremonies. 7/18/2008 5:38:26 AM