OTTAWA, April 14 (UPI) -- More than 60 percent of Canadians asked gave the Conservative government a passing grade in a national poll for its management of the economic downturn.

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NORFOLK, Va., Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Volunteers with a charitable project in Norfolk, Va., say they are tirelessly working to match up 100,000 unsorted shoes donated by a national manufacturer.

OTTAWA, June 16 (UPI) -- Canadians are divided on whether government tax breaks should be withheld from filmmakers if their scripts are "contrary to public policy."

WASHINGTON, April 22 (UPI) -- A Canadian-U.S. poll published Tuesday shows more Canadians would feel much safer with a Democratic president compared to their neighbors to the south.

MANCHESTER, England, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- A 45-year-old Manchester, England, man allegedly sent small bottles of vodka filled with poison to British officials in an attempt to run them out of Scotland.

CLEVELAND, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- A former accountant for the Roman Catholic diocese of Cleveland was convicted Tuesday for helping another official steal $784,000.

MULTAN, Pakistan, April 1 (UPI) -- India's Irfan Pathan dispatched Yousuf Yohana back to the pavilion in his first over Thursday to give India its first ever test match victory in Pakistan.

ASHEVILLE, N.C., July 23 (UPI) -- Like hundreds of thousands of people each year, Shawn Folkerts was planning a leisurely drive across the country this summer. But unlike most people, he was pla