GTA City Allowing Offenders To Pay Off Parking Tickets With Toys It's a holiday tradition that takes some of the string out of being nabbed.

GTA's First Major Snowfall Leads To Havoc On The Roads, Hundreds Of Crashes It wasn't as bad as some had thought, but it's certainly a taste of what's to come over the next few months.

Woman Will Go to Trial in Death of Starved Dog After being denied probation, a Plymouth woman accused of starving her 4-year-old dog to death is headed to trial.

AUDIO: Dog Drives Van into L.I. Coffee House A dog left inside a running van put the vehicle in drive, causing it to crash into a Long Island coffee house.

Upgraded Charges Possible in L.I. 'Hate-Crime' Seven Long Island teenagers arrested after the killing of an Ecuadorean immigrant are expected to hear whether a grand jury has upgraded charges against them.

4 New Jersey Teens Survive after Car Sinks in Pond Police believe speed and driver inexperience were factors that left two cars carrying four teenagers in a pond in West Windsor.

Conn. Teacher Falsely Accused in Porn Case Settles The attorney for a Torrington special education teacher falsely accused of viewing pornography on school computers says he's come to an agreement with the school board.

NYC Plans to Cut funding of 21 Day Care Centers New York City plans to reduce financial aid to 21 day care centers as part of a cost-cutting effort to plug a massive hole in the budget.

Conn. Firefighter Faces 10 Additional Arson Charges A Plymouth volunteer firefighter, already charged with setting fire to a truck, is facing 10 additional charges of arson.

Banker Pleads Guilty To Killing Landlord's Terrier A banker who was accused of stomping and beating his landlord's Boston terrier to death pleaded guilty Wednesday to misdemeanor animal cruelty charges.

Fire Destroys Bronx Stores, Pet Shop Animals Killed More than 130 firefighters are battling a smoky three-alarm fire that has disrupted the evening commute in the New York City borough of the Bronx.

Scarlett wants a family Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds are desperate to start a family, and are contemplating adopting a child.

Al-Qaeda 'panicking' Al-Qaeda's first message to Barack Obama two weeks after the US election shows a "panicked response" to his popularity, experts say.

Britney: Dancing is my therapy Britney Spears says she has lots of "nervous energy" and dancing is her therapy.

Abbas reaches out to Israelis Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has taken his case for a peace deal directly to ordinary Israelis with newspaper ads.

Wiretaps: NYPD, Justice at odds The Justice Department and the NYPD are feuding over terror probes, with the city pushing for fast approval to spy on suspects.

Pikoli report to be made public The Ginwala commission's report on suspended prosecutions head Vusi Pikoli could be made public at the end of next week, a spokesperson says.

AU: Instability feeds piracy Political infighting in Somalia that has prevented the government from functioning is feeding the recent explosion in piracy, the chairperson of the AU has said.

Photographs hold up Callie case The culpable homicide case relating to a car crash in which Isidingo soap star Ashley Callie was killed, has once again been postponed.

Jhb CBD still under repair Some parts of Johannesburg city centre are still without electricity following an underground fire in a cable tunnel earlier this week, a spokesperson says.

China opens new free-trade harbor area to boost ASEAN trade HAIKOU, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- China opened a new bonded ...

French PM says Paris keeps "close watch" on Lebanese-Syrian ties BEIRUT, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- French Prime Minister Francois ...

Senior Chinese official calls for identifying, controlling risks to social stability BEIJING, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- A senior Chinese leader on ...

ADB provide assistance to India's floods shield MANILA, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Development Bank ...

Hong Kong stocks close 4.04% lower Special Report:Global Financial Crisis HONG KONG, ...

Kenya says still facing terror threat NAIROBI, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Kenyan government has ...

APEC meetings to handle Chinese Taipei "under one-China policy" The sovereign members of the APEC will properly handle Chinese Taipei's participation in APEC meetings on the principle of the one-China policy.

New Zealand PM departs for Peru for APEC meeting Special: President Hu Attends Financial Summit, APEC ...

Annan, Carter told to postpone visit to Zimbabwe HARARE, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Zimbabwean government ...

17 Asia-Pacific airlines discussing aviation safety in Bali of Indonesia JAKARTA, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Association of Asia ...

Morocco's PM to visit Vietnam HANOI, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi of ...

Spokesman: Pakistan summons U.S. envoy over missile strikes ISLAMABAD, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan Thursday summoned ...

Iraqi FM says possible for parliament approval of security pact with U.S. Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Thursday that it is still possible for the Iraqi parliament to pass the security pact that would allow U.S. troops to stay in Iraq for another three years.

Islamic Jihad: Contradicting platforms of Hamas, Fatah thwart national talks Special report: Palestine-Israel Relations GAZA, Nov. 20 ...

Indonesia to learn anti-corruption methods from China, S Korea JAKARTA, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian government is ...

HK holds symposium to discuss ways to help earthquake victims restore hope Special report:Reconstruction After Earthquake HONG ...

Japan steps up security after high officals killed Guards conduct security ...

Four Nordic nations to lend Iceland $2.5 bln Special Report:Global Financial CrisisSTOCKHOLM, Nov. ...

HK shares end down following U.S. and regional slump Special Report:Global Financial Crisis HONG KONG, ...

China wants U.S. to accept export quality certificates of Chinese labs BEIJING, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- "China hopes the U.S. side ...