
JUNEAU, Alaska (AFP) - Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin abused her position as Alaska's governor by pressuring officials to sack her former brother-in-law from the state police force, a long-awaited report said.

VICTORIA - Politics can indeed make for strange bedfellows.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Lisa Marie Presley, Elvis Presley's only child, gave birth to twin baby girls on October 7, celebrity news TV show "Entertainment Tonight" said on its website on Saturday.

BRANTFORD, Ontario (Reuters) - Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who opponents say is botching efforts to deal with the global financial crisis ahead of Canada's October 14 election, announced on Friday measures to loosen credit and said Ottawa would take more steps to aid markets.

LONDON (Reuters) - The Canadian Grand Prix has been dropped from the 2009 Formula One calendar with the season remaining at 18 races, the sport's governing body said on Tuesday.
A woman who lives next to a northwest Calgary homeless shelter wants the word "temporary" eliminated from the facility's description after city council on Monday extended its permit for another four years.
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian employment unexpectedly soared by 107,000 jobs in September, according to Statistics Canada data on Friday that will give the ruling Conservatives powerful ammunition before next Tuesday's federal election.

TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada plans to buy up to C$25 billion in insured mortgages in a bid to help cushion the blow from the global financial crisis and address the "scarcity" of private sector lending, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Friday.
The loonie is still on a losing streak - it's down 1.85 cents on fears that Canada will be swept away in possible global recession, and is at its lowest level since April 2007.

PRISTINA (AFP) - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates underscored Washington's opposition to any partition of Kosovo following its declaration of independence as he made a landmark visit to Pristina on Tuesday.