Quietly talks have gone behind the scenes aimed at providing an opportunity for the Taliban to open an office in Doha, Qatar to conduct talks aimed at peace in Afghanistan. That office opened today and the Taliban signaled a willingness to negotiate.

Cancer researchers from Toronto and Los Angeles combined research efforts and the result is a drug they call a "sharpshooter" for its ability to pinpoint enzymes and stop cancer, without harming healthy tissue. The drug is ready for human testing.

Everyday is an adventure for Justin Bieber, one packed with possibility. Some good, some not so good. Monday might have been a decent day for him - but not for a photographer covering him. The Biebs whacked into the guy in his Ferrari.

In Indiana, a six-month old pit bull, attracted to his diabetic owner's open wound, chewed off two of the man's toes and part of his foot as he slept. The man awoke to find his foot a bloody mess and discovered the results of his puppy's nighttime meal.

A 20-year-old man attempts to scale down a 15-floor apartment when he discovers that he is locked out of his own apartment. But things don't turn out as planned.

An investigation into daycare workers at the Bayview Public School in Ottawa has lead to two workers being fired. The investigation began when a parent complained a child was taped to a cot at nap time.

There may be a minor flap brewing about a Super Bowl ring no longer on the finger of Robert Kraft, the owner of the New England Patriots. It was there once, but no more. Where is it? In Russia on display in the library in the Kremlin.

For the first time in the history of the world, the planet's farmed fish production has topped beef production. This news comes from the Earth Policy Institute (EPI), an environmental think-tank.

The Beatles were a big part of the cultural revolution in the sixties and stories of their becoming acquainted with marijuana made the rounds. Some things you never forget and that's the case with old Beatle Paul McCartney at a festival in Tennessee.

Tiger Woods crawled to the finish line at the U.S. Open on Sunday, instead of winning his first major since 2008 carding his worst score over 4 holes ever at the U.S. Open. Woods finished with a 4 over on the final day to wind up with a 293 total.

Justin Trudeau, in an abrupt about-face from what he had a spokeswoman tell media Friday, told CTV’s Question Period that he's willing to "pay back" speaker fees to charities that ask him to. Trudeau was on the program on Sunday.

A squirrel from Winnipeg, Canada, has a pretty shitty story to tell its family after getting trapped in a sewage pipe and having to crawl up and into a home's toilet. Covered in sewage the beast was at the mercy of a surprised homeowner.

The only ship left from the White Star Line, the company that built and sailed the RMS Titanic, has been refurbished and opened as a museum. The Nomadic was built alongside the Titanic in Belfast and ferried doomed passengers to her in her only voyage.

It was moving day at the U.S. Open and Tiger Woods moved to the wrong side of town. Looking to break his streak of not winning a major tournament since 2008, Woods instead shot a 76 and now sits at +9, 10 strokes off the lead.

A man brought to police headquarters on an assault charge, was found with drugs between his toes. Martin Perez claimed he had no weapons or drugs on him and when the drug, it was cocaine, was found, Mr. Perez said it was "not mine."

In a statement to media from RCMP Cpl. Lucy Shorey this week, Cpl. Shorey implied that the force's examination of the details of Nigel Wright's $90,000 payment to Mike Duffy for criminal wrongdoing could be a lengthy one. It also promises to be thorough.

Christchurch - Google's new internet-beaming balloons appear wrinkled and skinny, translucent and shaped like jellyfish. They were released from a frozen field in New Zealand this week.

Meet Bailee, a five-year-old girl that inspires the people around her. Bailee was born with a form of dwarfism in the lower half of her body and born without arms. In spite of these set backs, this young lady shows strength most could never imagine.

When the Jascon-4 tugboat capsized while stabilizing an oil tanker filling up in rough seas at a platform, Harrison O'kene thought he and the other 11 crew members were goners. Mr. O'kene was right about the others but, miraculously, not about himself.

The United Kingdom has warned airlines not to fly American surveillance leaker Edward Snowden there. They sent information on Snowden to the airlines, including a photo and his passport number, and said flying him to the U.K. could cost them.