Month: May 2010

OSTRAVA, Czech Republic — Usain Bolt won a rarely contested 300-metre race in 30.97 seconds in rain at the Golden Spike today. Bolt, who holds the world records in the 100 and 200, was boosted […] […]

A CRIME rampage by a teenage girl from the Aurukun Aboriginal community on Cape York who was gang-raped as a 10-year-old was typical of severe post-traumatic stress, according to her pediatrician. The doctor told The […] […]

US prosecutors have charged a New York financial adviser with perpetrating a multimillion-dollar pyramid scheme involving prominent figures from the legal, political and entertainment worlds. Kenneth Starr, chief executive officer of Starr Investment Advisors, was […] […]

VANCOUVER – Patrick Kelly, a former RCMP officer convicted of throwing his wife to her death from the 17th floor balcony of their Toronto highrise, has been given full parole. National Parole Board spokeswoman Debra […] […]

Two suspects are in custody and police are looking for a third following a shooting in the city’s west end this morning. Tactical officers surrounded a home on Boon Ave., near Morrison Ave., just after […] […]

POLICE say at least 73 people have died as security forces hunt for Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke who is wanted for extradition to the United States to face guns and drug trafficking charges. Deputy Commissioner of […] […]