OTTAWA - Brenda Martin is finally a free woman. Martin was released from a Kitchener prison Friday after being granted full parole. She had been held at the Grand Valley Institution for Women since returning to Canada last week after spending more than two years in a Mexican prison on fraud charges... ...more

OTTAWA - Brenda Martin is finally a free woman. Martin was released from a Kitchener prison Friday after being granted full parole. She had been held at the Grand Valley Institution for Women since returning to Canada last week after spending more than two years in a Mexican prison on fraud charges... ...more

YANGON, Myanmar - More aid is on the way to cyclone-ravaged Myanmar, but so is the heavy rain. A week after cyclone Nargis flattened low-lying villages and killed whole families at a time, the military junta finally agreed Friday to allow a U.S. cargo plane to bring in food and other supplies to th... ...more

UNION, Mo. - A woman accused of slashing a young mother's throat, kidnapping her newborn and passing off the child as her own for five days reached a plea deal Friday and will be sentenced this summer. Shannon Torrez, 38, of Lonedell, Mo., appeared entered an "Alford plea" to one count each of chil... ...more

LEXINGTON, Ky. - It will be at least two weeks before additional information is known about what caused Eight Belles to break down in the Kentucky Derby, the filly's owner said Friday. A lab at the University of Kentucky has begun to examine the body of the horse that was euthanized following her r... ...more

Here are the sports results from Friday: QUEBEC - Vitali Koval is an unknown no more at the IIHF World Hockey Championship. The Belarusian netminder shed the "little-known" tag with a 52-save performance in which he nearly carried his upstart Belarus team to victory over a heavily favoured Russia... ...more

CLEARWATER, Fla. - A judge in Florida says the 17-year-old son of wrestler Hulk Hogan must serve eight months in jail for reckless driving. Nick Bollea was led off to begin his sentence immediately after Friday's ruling. When he's released, he will be on five years' probation and lose his driving p... ...more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says California must increase tax incentives to movie and television studios as a way to keep them from moving their productions out of state. He says incentives being offered by other states are luring studios away and costing California tens of thou... ...more