Marty Ingels, a raspy-voiced comedian, actor and talent agent who was married to singer and actress Shirley Jones for nearly 40 years, died Wednesday in Los Angeles. He was 79. Marty Ingels died Wednesday in Los Angeles after suffering a stroke, Jones’ manager, Milt Suchin, told the Associated Press. “He often drove me crazy, but there’s not a day I …

No one snagged Friday’s $50 million Lotto Max jackpot. The Lotto Max draw on Friday, October 30th will offer an estimated $50 million jackpot plus an estimated 12 Maxmillions prizes of $1 million each.

Quebec’s provincial police force has suspended eight officers accused of abuse of power and assault involving aboriginal women in the remote mining town of Val-d’Or. The accused officers have been suspended with pay during the investigation. Montreal Police assumed control over the investigation after concern was raised regarding the Quebec provincial police force investigating its own members. The accused officers …

A statue of Bolshevik revolutionary Vladimir Lenin in Ukraine’s Odessa has been converted into a monument to Darth Vader — the city’s response to a law requiring the eradication of Communist Party symbols. The new Sith Lord statue — the first known of its kind — sits outside a factory in Odessa, which has been the site of clashes between …

The spread of zebra mussels in Lake Winnipeg has extended to its north basin, with the invasive aquatic species now found near George Island. A joint program between the province and Lake Winnipeg Research Consortium continues to collect samples and monitor the lake in the fall.

Women who gain too much weight during and after pregnancy could increase the risk that their child will be overweight or obese in adolescence, a new study from the Netherlands suggests. Scientists at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health studied the association between gestational weight gain and long-term weight retention and body fat among a multi-ethnic urban population. The …

Crocodiles have the ability to sleep with one eye open, scientists have discovered. The researchers from Melbourne’s La Trobe University, with the help of the German colleagues, captured three saltwater crocodiles to conduct the tests, and the results were published in the Journal of Experimental Biology on Thursday.

Maris, a beluga whale housed at the Georgia Aquarium since November 2005, died Thursday afternoon. Maris was one of the first beluga whales at the aquarium, along with Grayson and Qinu. She was born in 1994 and arrived at the aquarium in 2005. Aquarium officials aren’t sure what led to her death.

A Norwegian hiker who was following an ancient route between west and east Norway stumbled across a 1,200-year-old Viking sword. The man was walking along what was described as an ancient route when he saw the 1,200-year-old Viking sword, CNN reported. Experts said the relic, which dates to about 750 A.D., is in exceptionally good condition.

James Okkerse, 62-year-old is dead, possibly after being attacked by an alligator, after disappearing for a short time while swimming Monday morning at Blue Spring State Park. The Volusia County Medical Examiner’s Office in Florida has ruled his death as being consistent with an alligator attack, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said. The four-metre alligator had previously been …

Proving that space is totally metal, astronomers have a new hypothesis of why they saw a white dwarf star gaining mass. It’s not fusing heavier elements, it’s just eating its planets. Like gazing into a cosmic crystal ball, researchers discovered a large rocky object – similar in size to dawrf planet Ceres in our solar system – disintegrating as it …