Ford skewered on late-night TV
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford may not have been saying anything Tuesday about crack cocaine allegations but that didn't stop late-night U.S. comedians from cracking jokes about the ongoing scandal. Full Story

James Holmes' lawyers to challenge insanity defence law
Public defenders representing James Holmes, accused of killing 12 moviegoers in Colorado last summer, will return to court on Thursday to challenge the state’s insanity defence law in a bid to try to avoid the death penalty for their client. Full Story

One child dead, another missing following Minnesota landslide
One child was killed and another is missing after students on an elementary school fossil-hunting field trip were swept into a water-filled pit when part of a hillside gave way at a park in St. Paul, Minn., authorities said. Full Story

Man charged with mailing ricin letter to judge in Washington state
Federal authorities on Wednesday arrested a man charged with mailing a letter containing the deadly poison ricin to a U.S. district judge in Spokane, Washington, the FBI said. Full Story

Japanese octogenarian becomes oldest to reach Everest summit
An 80-year-old Japanese mountain climber who has had four heart surgeries reached the top of Mount Everest on Thursday becoming the oldest person to conquer the world’s highest mountain. Full Story

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford sacked as football coach
Players on the Don Bosco Eagles football team are backing now ex-coach Mayor Rob Ford, who was dumped Wednesday by the Toronto Catholic District School Board. Full Story

U.S. Army sergeant accused of videotaping showering female cadets
An Army sergeant at the U.S. Military Academy has been accused of videotaping female cadets in the showers a West Point, a defence official said on Wednesday, the latest in a series of sex-related incidents that has rocked the armed forces. Full Story

U.S. Air Force head of anti-sex assault office arrested for sexual assault

Former B.C. MLA killed in plane crash
The BC Coroners Service says the victim of a floatplane crash Tuesday afternoon was former B.C. MLA Harold Long. Full Story

		London attack suspect British, of Nigerian origin, says source British authorities have established that one and possibly both of the men who hacked a soldier to death on a London street was born in Britain of Nigerian descent, a source with knowledge of the investigation said on Thursday. Full Story British won't buckle to terrorism: UK PM Suspected London attacker declares his creed on video Man hacked to death in London street

U.S. House votes to force approval of Keystone pipeline
The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill on Wednesday declaring that a presidential permit was not needed to approve the Canada-to-Nebraska leg of the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline. Full Story
Victim of savage face-eating attack still recovering
The Miami man who nearly had his face chewed off in a gruesome attack last May has a message for the public: "Just generally thanks for contributing and helping out. People in my predicament need to be helped out," Ronald Poppo says in a video posted by Jackson Memorial Perdue Medical Center. Full Story

	Victim of Miami cannibal says attacker ripped him 'to ribbons'
	Girlfriend felt 'safe' with Miami face-eating attacker

Thief stole purse from dead woman: Cops
Toronto Police investigators believe they know the identity of a female thief who stole a dead woman’s purse at a subway station during Wednesday morning’s rush-hour commute. Full Story

		Are political polls irrelevant? After the B.C. fiasco, Canada’s polling industry is — once again — engaged in a painful existential debate about what they do and how they do it. Daily Feature