Jenna Bush to get hitched, Texas style President George W. Bush has installed a giant limestone cross on his ranch in Crawford, Tex., not to signal the second coming, but to help give away his second-born. 5/9/2008 11:52:56 AM

Hell on wheels For a role model, Tyler Deith isn't big on clean living. Visitors are greeted by a Budweiser-swilling pig named Ernie. But for all the time he spends as Tyler Deith, inventor, thousands of people know him as Ty, crazy wheelchair dude. 5/9/2008 11:52:01 AM

Taser parties a growing US trend In a downtown loft apartment in Denver, Colorado, a group of 30-something women is having a party. It's more Sex and the City than Psycho, but party organiser Dana Shafman would have them believe they could easily be victims of violent crime. She runs a company that sells Tasers. 5/9/2008 11:32:09 AM

History full of tales of politicians' sexual dalliances Maxime Bernier and Julie Couillard may have tongues wagging now, but the annals are filled with stories of politicians who found themselves in the midst of controversy because of their personal entanglements. 5/9/2008 10:45:34 AM

Students last performance at Pen Hi Auditorium A comedy classic is being brought to the stage for the first time, and it’s happening in Penticton. Monty Python and the Holy Grail has been rewritten for the stage by Pen High drama teacher Megan Rutherford. 5/9/2008 10:19:13 AM

Liv Tyler and husband split but still "friends" Hollywood actress Liv Tyler and her husband, British rocker Royston Langdon, have separated after five years of marriage, according to a report in People magazine. 5/9/2008 9:28:39 AM

McCartney divorce set to be finalized Paul McCartney and his estranged wife Heather Mills are scheduled to return to London's High Court on Monday for their divorce to be formally finalized. 5/9/2008 9:27:06 AM

Happy Mother's Day: Woman pregnant with 18th It's a happy Mother's Day for an Arkansas woman — she's pregnant with her 18th child. Michelle Duggar, 41, is due on New Year's Day, and the latest addition will join seven sisters and 10 brothers. There are two sets of twins. 5/9/2008 9:17:53 AM

Blind Bowler Scores Perfect Game A blind Iowa man scored a perfect 300 game at the Century Lanes bowling alley on Saturday. The Times said Dale Davis, 78, of Alta, called the game "quite a thrill." He rolled 12 back-to-back strikes, the first-ever perfect game at the Century Lanes. 5/9/2008 9:05:10 AM

World record claim for Lego tower A 100ft tower made out of Lego bricks will be verified as an official world record, organisers hope. Thousands of children and their families used almost 500,000 bricks to build the structure at the Legoland theme park in Britain. Lego has recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of the iconic brick. 5/9/2008 5:34:12 AM

Paris Hilton Rocks a New Ring Always one to keep the public talking, Paris_Hilton showed up to talk about her new hair extension line with Sally Beauty Supply wearing a notable new accessory: a two-banded diamond ring on that finger. 5/8/2008 5:23:50 PM

Mischa Barton’s 'Severe Cellulite' Condition Britney Spears certainly isn't alone when it comes to being publicly attacked for her womanly assets. Despite being one of the slimmest screen stars in recent days, Mischa Barton is no stranger to close-ups of her cellulite. 5/8/2008 5:21:38 PM

Madonna to make 3 Canadian stops Pop star Madonna will have three Canadian stops on a tour that begins this summer in the U.K., she announced Thursday. The Sticky & Sweet tour will stop in Toronto on Oct. 18, Montreal on Oct. 22 and Vancouver on Oct. 30. 5/8/2008 4:16:22 PM

B.C.-shot TV series Men in Trees cancelled ABC has cancelled Men in Trees, a TV series that has been shooting in Squamish and in North Vancouver for the past three years. The quirky hour-long comedy starred actress Anne Heche and Nova Scotia actor James Tupper. 5/8/2008 4:01:41 PM

Dale Jr. talks about father in magazine It's been seven years since Dale Earnhardt Sr. died in a crash at the Daytona 500. His son, Dale Jr., has never really talked about it until now. Jr. is on the cover of this week's ESPN The Magazine. He talks about his split from Dale Earnhardt Inc. He also talks about his father. 5/8/2008 12:06:32 PM

Comic Books: The pictures that horrified America World War II was over, but as the 1940s gave way to the 1950s, a new evil lurked in the land. It attracted a youthful audience -- boys, mostly -- who fell victim to its colorful images, dripping in red. 5/8/2008 11:12:46 AM

Country singer Eddy Arnold dies at 89 Country music superstar Eddy Arnold, a pioneer of the Nashville Sound, has died at age 89. Arnold was known for a sound that was a crossover between pop and country, with hits such as Make the World Go Away. 5/8/2008 8:04:40 AM

Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon are married Mariah Carey really did get married to Nick Cannon in the Bahamas last week -- and they have the tattoos to prove it. The 38-year-old singer and the 27-year-old actor confirmed they tied the knot at Carey's Bahamian estate April 30. 5/8/2008 7:59:04 AM

Dreadlocked Jason Castro tossed off Idol Jason Castro, the mellow singer whose dreadlocked good looks earned the devotion of countless teenage girls, was voted off "American Idol" on Wednesday, leaving three finalists to compete for the show's top prize. 5/8/2008 6:18:04 AM

Humour: News of the world Here are some news stories you likely missed - Karlheinz Schreiber and Brian Mulroney both announced this week that they will refuse to appear before an Ontario all-party committee investigating the continued use of the Lord's Prayer in the legislature. 5/8/2008 6:16:03 AM

Overzealous Border officials confiscate film Canada Border Services officials recently held up footage from the film Love and Savagery because they suspected it was pornography, its producers say, and they blame legislation currently under review by the Senate. "There's now a kind of attitude that permeates the bureaucracy based on the signals they're getting from the elected ministers." 5/8/2008 5:25:51 AM

Ellen Page to jump from 'Juno' to 'Jane Eyre' Halifax actress Ellen Page is making the jump from "Juno" to "Jane Eyre." BBC Films is reportedly developing the adaptation of the Charlotte Bronte novel. 5/8/2008 4:53:00 AM

Star Jones: Barbara Walters is an 'adulterer' Nearly two years after Star Jones left "The View" on rocky terms, the 46-year-old TV personality has criticized former boss Barbara Walters for writing about her. 5/8/2008 4:51:51 AM

Dog praised as little lost girl's 'saviour' When two-and-a-half-year-old Destiny King visits her aunt's farm in Coe Hill, Ontario, the farm's collie Shilo, follows her everywhere. So when Destiny wandered into the bush looking for her father Shilo was right behind her. 5/7/2008 8:24:50 PM

Spanish cardinal's niece in nude 'hypocrisy' protest The niece of the conservative head of Spain's Catholic Church has bared her breasts in a bestselling Spanish soft porn magazine in protest at the "hypocrisy" of her uncle. 5/7/2008 5:54:02 PM

Journalist dishes details about Uma Thurman stalker trial In November 2005, former mental patient Jack Jordan showed up on the Manhattan set of Thurman's movie "My Super Ex-Girlfriend" with a package that included a card with a picture of a child praying, a letter that said "my hands should be on your body at all times," a photo of a headless bride and Jordan's expired California driver's license. 5/7/2008 5:39:05 PM

Crocodile Hunter widow settles lawsuit The widow of television's "Crocodile Hunter" has reached a confidential settlement with creditors who claimed the family's zoo owed them $2.3 million. 5/7/2008 4:58:07 PM

Idol's not talent-based? Gee It comes down to the final three tonight (9 p.m., Fox and CTV), as the ubiquitous American Idol careens toward the end of its sixth season and a brand-new winner ... and no doubt yet another underselling post-Idol album. 5/7/2008 4:56:27 PM

Whiskey business: Myths of Jack Daniel The legend of Jack Daniel reaches all the way back to the moment he was born. Unfortunately, nobody knows exactly when that was. Whatever legends exist, one thing is certain: Jack Daniel had a brilliant mind for marketing. 5/7/2008 4:49:20 PM

Will an R-rated Sex sell? Lionesses and tigresses and barings. Oh my. Sex And The City: The Movie, opening on May 30, has all that and more. The film contains sex scenes, a naked woman as a sushi platter, a brief glimpse of male frontal nudity and some disturbing images. 5/7/2008 1:44:44 PM

Julie Andrews feels 'lucky' to have made it When Julie Andrews was 14, her mother took her to a party at the home of a man in a nearby town. Andrews drove home because her mother was too drunk to drive. On the way, her mother blurted out the news: "That man was your father." 5/7/2008 12:35:51 PM

Sex show host ending program Sunday night is getting less steamy. Oxygen's "Talk Sex" call-in show with colorful septugenarian educator Sue Johanson is ending its run after six seasons, the network announced Tuesday. 5/7/2008 12:27:23 PM

Winehouse arrested in drugs probe Singer Amy Winehouse has been arrested after police were handed a video which allegedly showed her taking drugs. The 24-year-old is being questioned at a police station in east London. The Sun newspaper published pictures allegedly showing the star smoking crack cocaine. 5/7/2008 11:55:47 AM

Hiccup man pins hope on surgery A musician who has been hiccupping for 15 months is hoping an operation will solve his problem. Chris Sands, 24, hiccups as often as every two seconds - and sometimes even when he is asleep. 5/7/2008 6:22:16 AM

Rowling wins privacy case over photo of son Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has won her battle to ban the further publication of a long-lens photograph of her son, in a privacy case her lawyers called a major development in British law. 5/7/2008 6:04:48 AM

'Dancing With the Stars' eliminates another It was the 100th episode of "Dancing with the Stars" — but the last for Mario. The 21-year-old R&B singer and his professional partner, Karina Smirnoff, were eliminated during Tuesday's results show. 5/7/2008 5:44:07 AM

Gas price protest singer arrested A man with a guitar and a megaphone climbed atop a convenience store roof to serenade commuters with his musical protest. Dozens of supporters chanted: "I can't afford it. I'm banging on my dashboard. I can't believe they think I'm a fool." 5/6/2008 7:37:05 PM

Cockatiel seams like a smart bird A cockatiel who spent years watching his owner sew in a tailor's shop can thread a needle and stitch. Nine-year-old Baggio learned the trick by copying Jack Territo. The brainy bird can stitch, pick up a pin and thread it through fabric. 5/6/2008 7:14:12 PM

Is 'American Idol' past its peak? The fevered response to the latest loopy Paula Abdul episode, where she judged a phantom performance, just goes to show how "American Idol" continues to dominate television in its seventh season. 5/6/2008 5:49:27 PM

Doggie DNA test: Lab, beagle or dingo? When I first read about DNA testing for dogs, I thought it would be one of those silly news items my husband and I could laugh at together. True, we were crazy about Lily, a rescue dog we guessed was a beagle mix. 5/6/2008 5:26:51 PM

Prison has an unpaid guard: A black bear The way the warden sees it, the more than 400-pound black bear living in the middle of the sprawling Louisiana State Penitentiary is an extra layer of security. "I love that bear being right where it is," Warden Burl Cain said Monday. 5/6/2008 4:38:24 PM

No 'Hail Mary' ads after church complains Mary Brown's said it would pull posters out of its restaurants in Newfoundland and Labrador on Monday after the Roman Catholic Church complained about their use of the phrase "Hail Mary." 5/6/2008 4:32:14 PM

Britney Spears allowed more visitation with sons Britney Spears was granted expanded visitation rights to her two sons Tuesday after a low-key hearing attended by the troubled pop star and ex-husband Kevin Federline in Los Angeles. 5/6/2008 3:54:19 PM

How Green are the holier-than-thou celebrities? Is the hot air emitted by celebrities when they spout ecological platitudes a greenhouse gas? If so, then the melting of the polar ice caps just moved a step closer. 5/6/2008 10:34:24 AM

Council to hear Pen-Hi referendum call While proponents of preserving the Pen-Hi Auditorium call for a referendum, the group promoting a new $26.8-million performing arts centre is quietly proceeding towards its goal. Plans call for the centre to include a 750-seat main theatre and smaller 150-seat studio theatre. 5/6/2008 5:47:12 AM