The RCMP drug squad in Montreal says a cocaine ring broken up Thursday was smuggling drugs from South America to Eastern Canada by attaching contraband below the waterline of ships, a method called "torpedoing".

With beer being the most popular alcoholic drink on earth, it’s quite surprising that it has taken 10,000 years for someone to invent an appliance that will dispense draught beer and keep it fresh indefinitely.

Looking for a contraceptive that’s convenient — and tasty? The first chewable birth-control method, a tiny, spearmint-flavored tablet that also can be swallowed without chewing, has hit pharmacy shelves.

Bluejeans made from cotton bought from impoverished African growers at above the market rate are making their debut in Europe. Their French manufacturer, Rica Lewis, bills them as the world’s first jeans to be created from 100 percent fair trade cotton.

U.S. military and intelligence officials have systematically underreported the violence in Iraq in order to suit the administration’s policy goals, the bipartisan Iraq Study Group said.

The UK has the highest number of reported tornadoes for its land area of any country in the world, experts say.

Premium rate competition scams, bogus lottery "winning" tickets and other get-rich-quick schemes are just a few of the ways fraudsters can part the unwary from their money.

ZenithOptimedia forecasts that global Internet advertising spending will grow by 28.2% in 2007, at the same time ad spending in other media will grow by only 3.9% — in other words, online ad spending will grow seven times faster.

Have you ever received a really bad holiday gift from a co-worker or relative? And no, in this case bad isn’t fruitcake or an ugly picture frame.