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An 85-year-old Canadian man spent hours inside his impounded car in freezing temperatures after his vehicle was ticketed for illegal parking and then towed to a police compound, police said on Thursday.

Ford is about to reveal plans to close five factories that employ around 7,500 workers, according to the Wall Street Journal as cited by The Street.

Just a fraction of the money that states received from tobacco settlements and taxes is being used to prevent smoking, advocacy groups reported in a study Wednesday.

The Florida Marlins‘ payroll purge left a gaping hole at second base Friday when they traded Luis Castillo to the Minnesota Twins for two pitching prospects.

America’s payrolls snapped out of a two-month hurricane-induced funk in November and grew by 215,000, the most since July. The unemployment rate held steady at 5 percent.

According to Techworld.com, single-letter domains may be a possibility in the future. It seems there have been many reports recently that ICANN is going to approve the release of single-letter domains this Sunday. That’s not exactly true.

A drug which makes users feel superhuman is being taken by rebel fanatics before they launch attacks against UK troops in Iraq.

An international team of scientists has reportedly found evidence suggesting the Ebola virus may incubate in three species of fruit bats.

Taipei 101 is a building with a lot to boast about. Standing 508 metres (1,667ft) high, it is the world’s tallest. And at 700,000 tonnes, it must be among the heaviest. But Taipei 101 is thought to have triggered two recent earthquakes because of the stress that it exerts on the ground beneath it.

Not only is Research In Motion, the Canadian company which makes the BlackBerry, embroiled in a bitter court fight in the U.S. that could threaten their American business, but now they are facing a potentially damaging suit in the U.K., too. Inpro Licensing of Luxembourg holds PDA patents which they claim RIM is duplicating without permission.