When you have to wave frantically to get a Toronto cabbie's attention when he's passengerless and stopped in traffic not 10 feet from you, you can almost be assured you aren't dealing with one of the city's best and brightest.

An Arkansas whitetail buck that may have been attacking its own reflected image in a home's window ended up inside the dwelling and had its neck broken by the homeowner's father after a 40-minute struggle that left the walls splattered with blood.

People who use the Internet aren't giving up more traditional sources of print or broadcast information -- far from it, says a new study.

There was an amusing picture of Paul Martin at the Oct. 22 press gallery dinner. Rick Mercer invited everyone with Photoshop and and a sarcastic mean streak to have at it.

If you missed them, here's the results.

As experts issue increasingly dire warnings of an avian flu epidemic, President Bush signed an executive order Tuesday authorizing the mass slaughter of "all bald eagles found anywhere within our borders."

This Globe story talks about the coming rebirth of CBC Radio 3 on the Sirius satellite network.

Paris's northeastern suburbs continue to fester with unrest as people there blame the deaths of two youths on the police.

But the problems seem to go deeper than that, according to the BBC's reportage:

Does your pet have separation anxiety issues? Would a soothing voice and some soft '80s rock help it chill out during the 12 or 13 hours you're at work or commuting? Time to discover DogCatRadio.com.

Starting Nov. 7, Stephen Coll-bair-r-r will be bringing his ace satiric eye for mocking TV punditry to CTV and The Comedy Network, providing the 'two' punch to the 'one' the Daily Show delivers to U.S. network news.

The Colbert Report will air at 12:35 a.m., right after the Daily Show. Both shows run Monday through Thursday.

Here's the CTV bumpf.