The number of people in the Canadian city of Vancouver who are homeless has more than tripled since 2011, a recent count of the homeless shows, and the city's mayor says officials must "redouble" their effort to prevent homelessness.

If one of you fellows happen to be spending time with a woman you hadn't found attractive and yet suddenly do find attractive, well, it may be her stockings. A company in Europe is now marketing ladies hosiery scented with female pheromones.

Metal objects found washed up on shore of the Australian coast have turned out not to be from missing Malaysian Flight MH370, officials said Thursday. Examining photos of the objects, metal with "rivets," convinced officials they aren't from the plane.

There's news out of Miami today concerning that darling of the media, Justin Drew Bieber. Bieber, 20, is scheduled to be in court in that city on May 5 on a D.U.I. charge and charges of resisting arrest and driving with an expired licence.

Hitting the stage after the 27-year-run of the incomparably great Sir Alex Ferguson seemed an impossible task. For David Moyes that appears to be exactly what it was. Moyes was fired by Man U. today just 10 months into his tenure.

Britain's Got Talent got a little taste of Canada this week and in the process got a little blown away. Canadian magician Darcy Oake, 26, made his way over to London to compete in the show and had a most magical performance.

The 118th running of the Boston Marathon saw a great American city again shown its resilience in staging a great and fearless race. And in both the men's and women's divisions there was a significant positive event.

A 33-year-old woman from Hawaii, Jean Paleracio, has been given 20 years for having sex with an 11-year-old boy. The abuse began in 2009 and continued into 2013 and she videotaped many of the encounters. The boy was from a friend's family.

The U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau has approved "palcohol," alcohol that comes in a powdered form. It's expected to hit store shelves this fall.

It's rather a given a first aid demonstration is supposed to be about how to help someone who gets injured. Not about actually injuring someone. But the best laid plans....

Given Lady Gaga has over 40 million twitter followers it must be the most viewed I-got-my-wisdom-teeth-pulled photo in history. The Fame Monster tweeted out the photo after visiting the dentist Thursday.

If you're visiting the German city of Munich you have the choice of experiencing it naked while still in the public eye. That's because Munich city council has created 6 zones in which it's okay to strip and be nude.

I'm not sure this is the most riveting piece of footage but it is one of the oddest results of a selfie you'll see. It's a video of a man, Jared Michael, posted on YouTube, getting kicked in the head as he attempts to take a selfie as a train passes by.

It may not be much to hope for but officials leading the efforts to rescue missing ferry passengers, most of them high-school students, are hoping "air pockets" in the sunken ship are keeping some alive. As many as 268 are still missing.

On Saturday it will be six weeks since the disappearance of Malaysia flight MH370 but there is a chance it will be found by then. Searchers are buoyed in their belief they are close by an examination of pings heard to date conducted by the U.S. Navy.

A man was arrested Tuesday evening in the Boston Marathon finish area after dropping a backpack in the road. He told police it contained a "rice cooker" and was charged with possession of a "hoax device." His backpack was destroyed.

Calgary police have made an arrest after four young males and one female, late teens to early 20s, were stabbed to death at a house party in the city. Details are sketchy, but police say that the assailant fled the scene but they have captured him.

A new hepatitis C drug is being hailed as a "major breakthrough" by scientists and a "turning point" in the fight for a cure. The research was conducted in four countries and lead by scientists at the University of Texas Health Science Center.

Aware the Catholic Church has been heavily criticized for not responding adequately to the issue of child sex abuse by priests, Pope Francis made a strongly worded apology on Friday. He did so while meeting with child-rights groups.

The trial of Francesco Schettino, the captain of the Costa Concordia, the cruise ship that hit a reef Jan. 13, 2012, killing 32, is ongoing and an important witness may soon take the stand. That witness is Rusil Bin, the helmsman on that fateful night.