Natalie Portman says being in the critically derided Star Wars films nearly ruined her career. The 33-year-old actress gained critical acclaim for her film debut as a child star in Luc Besson’s Leon, but then went on to play Padme Amidala in the Star Wars prequel trilogy, which she told the New Yorker magazine ruined her reputation as an actress.

NASA’s planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft which is carrying out a new mission has made its first exoplanet discovery – a ‘super-Earth’ located 180 light-years from Earth.

Travis Vader, the man previously charged with the murders of St. Albert couple Lyle and Marie McCann has been arrested again. In March, prosecutors asked for a stay of proceedings against Vader, 42, who was scheduled to go to trial for first-degree murder in the deaths of Lyle, 78, and Marie McCann, 77. A stay is typically requested when there …

A FedEx driver in Tippah County reported to the sheriff’s department that he was shot at near Falkner, MS.

A Kentucky infant found, Florence Police say the 20 -day-old was found in the car on Dixie Highway in Fort Mitchell.

Kate Upton has been named as the sexiest woman alive by People Magazine. The actress and supermodel took the coveted title at the People Magazine Awards in LA.

Colorado sued over marijuana legalization, Its neighbors, Oklahoma and Nebraska, filed a lawsuit stating Colorado is costing their states money and resources.

In the decade since the genome was sequenced in 2003, scientists, engineers and doctors have struggled to answer an all-consuming question: Which DNA mutations cause disease? A new computational technique developed at the University of Toronto may now be able to tell us.

A global animal rights charity has released shocking images which it claims were taken in Chinese factories where dog skin is used to make everyday products for worldwide exportation, including gloves and shoes.

The world’s deepest fish has been captured on camera by scientists at the University of Aberdeen. The new finding was just one of several new species discovered, as well as the first footage of the mysterious ‘supergiant’ amphipod filmed alive. The footage was recorded using the UK’s deepest diving vehicle – the Hadal-Lander – a vehicle designed and built entirely …

It’s probably not the North Koreans, but the BC Government e-mail system is down today.