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By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - The top aide to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper abruptly resigned on Sunday over his role in an mounting expenses scandal which is threatening to undermine the Conservative government. Nigel Wright, Harper's chief of staff, quit after secretly giving a C$90,000 ($87,000) check …

By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper defended on Friday a top aide who is at the center of an expenses scandal that is becoming one of the biggest crises to hit the governing Conservatives since they took office in 2006. Opposition parties want an inquiry into why Nigel Wright, Harper's …

By Julie Gordon TORONTO (Reuters) - The mayor of Canada's largest city, facing allegations that he smoked crack cocaine, and made racial and homophobic slurs on video, must either refute the accusations or step down, fellow city politicians say. "If the allegations are false, then the mayor is owed some apologies," said …

By Rod Nickel WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Canada will put forward a list of U.S. products it wants to target in retaliation for U.S. country-of-origin meat labels if last-minute changes to U.S. label regulations don't prove satisfactory, Canadian officials said on Friday. The dispute stems from a 2009 U.S. requirement …

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Canada's soaring consumer debt is backed by solid assets, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Thursday, saying he was more worried about economic problems outside the country. Canadian households now owe C$1.65 for every dollar earned, a record level that has raised alarm among policymakers. Much …

OTTAWA (Reuters) - A Canadian senator stepped down from the Conservative caucus on Thursday after a scandal surrounding his expenses and how he obtained money to repay them. The government has said that Senator Mike Duffy accepted a personal check for C$90,000 ($88,000) from the chief of staff of Prime Minister Stephen …

By Randall Palmer OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson is reviewing a move by Prime Minister Stephen Harper's chief of staff to write a personal check for C$90,000 ($88,000) to a Conservative senator so he could repay housing allowances he should not have received. News of the gift by Chief of Staff …

By Jennifer Kwan VICTORIA, British Columbia (Reuters) - The incumbent Liberal Party won an election in the Canadian Pacific province of British Columbia on Tuesday, in a stunning comeback that defied the pollsters who had expected voters to boot the party out of power. The Liberals, in power for more than a decade, lost …

TORONTO (Reuters) - A Canadian man who went missing after he took two men for a test drive in a truck he was trying to sell online has been found dead, Canadian police said on Tuesday. Police also said murder charges will be brought on Wednesday against the only suspect so far in custody in the case - the heir to a Canadian …

OKLAHOMA CITY - Country music performer Toby Keith says he grew up in the area near Oklahoma City that was hit by Monday's devastating tornado.

GUATEMALA CITY - Guatemala's top court has overturned the genocide conviction of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt's and ordered his trial to resume.

(Reuters) - The board of iGate Corp, an information technology outsourcing services provider, has sacked Chief Executive Officer Phaneesh Murthy following an investigation into a claim of sexual harassment, the company said in a statement. The U.S.-listed company, which has bulk of its employees in India, has appointed …

Yahoo buying Tumblr for $1.1 billion, vows not to screw it up SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc will buy blogging service Tumblr for $1.1 billion cash, giving the Internet pioneer a much-needed social media platform to reach a younger generation of users and breathe new life into its ailing brand. The deal, announced …

NEW YORK, N.Y. - CBS has taken the scheduled season-ending episode of "Mike & Molly" off the air because its plot line revolved around a tornado threatening the couple.

By Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force plans to start operational use of Lockheed Martin Corp.-built F-35 fighter jets in mid-2016, a year earlier than planned, using a similar software package as the Marine Corps, two sources familiar with the plans said on Monday. The Air Force's decision to accelerate …

By Masayuki Kitano SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar nursed losses versus a basket of currencies on Tuesday, having retreated the previous day as traders pared back expectations that U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke would hint at tapering bond buying this week. The market's focus is shifting to Bernanke's testimony …

(Reuters) - Wireless service provider Sprint Nextel Corp received a waiver from SoftBank Corp on various provisions of their merger agreement permitting it to engage in discussions with Dish Network Corp. Satellite TV service Dish made a $25.5 billion counter bid last month for Sprint against SoftBank's October agreement …

MOORE, Okla. - Tornado warnings have been issued across much of the Midwest, stretching from Texas to Illinois, following a second deadly twister in as many days in the Oklahoma City area.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Military Bowl organizers announced Monday that the game will move this year from Washington's RFK Stadium to Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, placing the sixth annual game in a setting designed to honour service members about 30 miles from the nation's capital.

MOORE, Okla. - The Oklahoma Medical Examiner's Office says 37 people have been killed by a tornado that hit suburban Oklahoma City on Monday afternoon.

MOORE, Okla. - The state medical examiner's office says at least 37 people have been killed in the tornado that hit Oklahoma City`s suburbs and the death toll is expected to rise.

TRENTON, N.J. - A new survey finds Superstorm Sandy has not altered the travel plans of most regular visitors to the Jersey Shore.

CHICAGO - A manager of Chicago's Navy Pier rode the tourist spot's Ferris wheel for more than two days — 384 times, up and around — bringing the world record for the longest ride to the birthplace of the amusement park favourite.