With the the full effects of the convention bounces just days away, Zogby International shows the McCain/Palin ticket receiving 49.7 percent of the support, with 45.9 percent going to the Obama/Biden ticket.

On Sunday Stephen Harper made it official, the Canadian election will take place on October 14. Harper was tired of waiting for the opposition to bring down the minority government and took matters into his own hands.

In the U.S. there is eight straight months of job losses, 84,000 in the month of August alone. Add to that the rising food prices, falling home equity, health care and housing woes, if this is not recession, then we need a new definition for it.

We hear quite a bit of chatter about patriotism these days and the topic can be testy, controversial and to some, anathema. Personally, I find that the people that complain the most about being non-patriotic are the ones that are indeed non-patriotic.

The United States offered to send a disaster assessment to Cuba after Hurricane Gustav. The island nation declined saying thanks but no thanks.

A program open to New York State residents offers a service to help them buy their first homes. However, Catholic Charities says that people are not taking advantage of the program for various reasons. The program offers $10,000 towards a first home.

The CEO of Maple Leaf Foods says two slicing machines are the most likely source of listeriosis that led to a deadly outbreak.

Yesterday two polls were quoted showing that Barack Obama's convention bounce had evaporated, with one showing a tie between McCain and Obama and the other showing a one percent lead enjoyed by Obama. Gallup confirms Obama's convention bounce almost gone.

There is a definite urgent need for any plumber in the Antarctic area, and no, it's not because the ice is melting, it is for the British Bird Island research station

Sarah Palin is rapidly becoming a household name, in part because of unfounded rumors by liberal bloggers, sheer speculation and the media's rush to report on those rumors without verifying the information first.

Hurricane Hanna has devastated parts of Haiti. Aid workers are struggling to feed thousands left hungry by the powerful storm with Hurricane Ike ready to hit the island Saturday.

Jenova Chen's thatgamecompany has become the go-to studio for unique almost poetic video games. PlayStation 3 commissioned them to develop games, and Chen is attracting massive media attention. What makes their games so strangely appealing?

The new president of Pakistan is Asif Ali Zardari, capturing 458 out of 702 electoral college votes, including over 280 votes in the parliament.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Metro Ontario Inc. are warning the public not to consume the sandwiches and party trays because these products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

Google Inc. was founded on Sept. 7, 1998 with four computers as servers and a $100,000 investment. In the last 10 years, it's grown to a $150-billion market value company with nearly 20,000 employees worldwide.

The relatively mild 4.9 magnitude quake that shook the San Francisco Bay area seems to be creating a series of othet tectonic movements spreading north.

The United States Treasury Dept and Federal Housing Finance Agency are on track to takeover operating control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Does it get any worse than that?

A 4.9 magnitude earthquake has hit San Francisco Bay. The tremor hit just after 9 p.m. It was felt throughout the region.

Capitol Police were being helpful when they were asked for directions two blocks from the Capitol building until the noticed a rifle in a man's car.

Two Alberta teens have been found guilty of vandalizing a neighbor's home and causing unnecessary suffering and pain to the family's cat.