An Ontario strip club that was the impetus for a law against so-called dwarf-tossing is at it again. The law never passed, so Leopard's Lounge & Broil, in Windsor, is holding another dwarf-tossing contest Saturday.

A judge formally sentenced Joshua Komisarjevsky to death for the murders of a mother and her two daughters during a brutal home invasion in Connecticut, saying he committed a crime of "unimaginable horror."

By 3:30 p.m. Friday, the jury in the Shafia murder trial will likely have the case. By late morning Friday, Judge Robert Maranger was one-third of the way through his anticipated six-hour charge to the seven women and five men who will decide the fate of Mohammad Shafia, 59, his wife Tooba Yahya, 42, and their eldest son Hamed, 21.

The Dutch minority government plans to ban Muslim face veils such as burqas and other forms of clothing that cover the face from next year.

The Calgary woman attacked in a five-star hotel while she was on vacation in Mexico is back in her hometown.

Texas executed a convicted murderer by lethal injection on Thursday, administering the ultimate punishment to a man who had been paroled for an assault in Michigan when his DNA linked him to a years-old murder in San Antonio.

Police in Utah have arrested two high school students accused of making detailed plans to bomb a school assembly and then escape in a plane they planned to fly themselves, police said on Thursday.

More than a thousand convicts in Kyrgyzstan have stitched their mouths closed in protest against living conditions in the Central Asian republic's prisons.

A 19-year-old woman feels she was a "hostage" on an OC Transpo bus early Thursday after asking a run-of-the-mill question to the driver.

Several of Italy's consumer groups signed an agreement with Costa Cruises to offer about 11,000 euros ($14,500) to each of the more than 3,000 passengers aboard the Costa Concordia when it hit a rock and capsized near the Italian island of Giglio on January 13, a statement from the consumer groups said.

When navigating the myriad of rumours to surface ahead of the NHL Trade Deadline, remember that much of what comes from Montreal in untrue.

Miss Friday's live Blue Jays chat with sportsnet.ca baseball columnist Scott Carson? We've got a full transcript for you here.

Carmelo Anthony will not play Friday night when the New York Knicks visit the Miami Heat, who are still waiting to see if Dwyane Wade's sprained right ankle will allow him to return to the lineup.

How will Dwane Casey put together the Raptors starting line-up now that Andrea Bargnani is back on the injured list?

In the latest Brady vs. Lang, the morning show co-hosts debate if the seven games of Cup final hate will happen again.

Tests on Andrea Bargnani's injured calf muscle revealed no significant damage, but the Toronto Raptors have no timeline for his return.

Lindsey Vonn won a World Cup super-combined event Friday to extend her lead in the overall standings over second-place Tina Maze.

The Raptors are likely to be without top scorer Andrea Bargnani as they chase their third straight win when they visit Denver Friday night.

Holding white glow sticks above their heads, Sarah Burke's friends took a slow trip down a darkened halfpipe at the Winter X Games Thursday.

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