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How active are today’s Canadians? Ipsos Reid, Canada’s market intelligence leader, asked scores of respondents about their fitness preferences, and overall, the results show that they are an active bunch. A new study conducted by Ipsos Reid in partnership with the Canadian Sporting Goods Association (CSGA) reveals that eight-in-ten Canadian households nationally have at least one person who engages in …

Liv Tyler is pregnant for the second time, her representative has confirmed, saying she’s happy and thrilled.

For readers of Nora Ephron, Tina Fey, and David Sedaris, this hilarious, wise, and fiercely candid collection of personal essays establishes Lena Dunham—the acclaimed creator, producer, and star of HBO’s Girls—as one of the most original young talents writing today.

When an Internet message announcing a salt water solution for Ebola went viral in July, many Nigerians were quick to take heed. Twenty people were hospitalized and two died, reportedly from an excessive intake of salt.

Pennsylvania state police found two working pipe bombs while searching for the suspect who allegedly ambushed two police officers on Sept. 12, resulting in the death of one officer.

Colorado – Teachers and students have bonded together in Jefferson County, Colorado to protest a conservative school board’s proposal to change the history curriculum. The students have staged multiple walkouts and teachers shut down two high schools on Monday with massive sick outs, the second time in two weeks.

Health Canada has banned the import of all drugs and drug ingredients made by two Apotex factories in Bangalore, India, with Health Minister Rona Ambrose saying Tuesday night that the trust between the regulator and the Toronto-based drug company has been “broken.”

The body of an Arkansas real estate agent missing since Thursday night has been found, authorities said early Tuesday. Beverly Carter, 51, who hadn’t been seen since she went to show a home in suburban Little Rock, was found in a shallow grave in Pulaski County, the sheriff’s office reported.

Two large container ships have collided at the northern end of Egypt’s Suez Canal on Monday. The collision, which delayed traffic through the global shipping trade route, occurred between the German MV Colombo Express and the Singaporean MV Maersk Tanjong.

Acupuncture won’t improve chronic knee pain in middle-aged people, scientists say. In their study, real acupuncture using needles and lasers was no more helpful than sham acupuncture for chronic knee pain among people 50 years old and older.

CLEMSON, S.C. — A Clemson University student fell to his death from the radar deck of a cruise ship in Miami, according to the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner’s Office. Kendall Wernet died of blunt force head trauma, a medical examiner official said.