Saudi MERS outbreak showed SARS-like features
TORONTO - A long-awaited report on a large and possibly still ongoing outbreak of MERS coronavirus in Saudi Arabia reveals the virus spreads easily within hospitals, at one point passing in a person-to-person chain that encompassed at least five generations of spread.

• Perjury trial hears from airport witnesses
• Children seized from Mennonite community
• Quebec inquiry takes break after 80 witnesses
• Feds spend nearly $700K on 1812 docs

Cat nurses orphaned pit bull puppy in US
CLEVELAND - A cat caring for four newborn kittens is nursing an orphaned week-old pit bull puppy in Cleveland.

• 4 shot, 3 dead at Kentucky condo shooting
• FBI ends Michigan search for Hoffa's remains
• US and Cuba agree to resume migration talks
• US tries saving Taliban talks after Karzai objects

Cat nurses orphaned pit bull puppy in US
CLEVELAND - A cat caring for four newborn kittens is nursing an orphaned week-old pit bull puppy in Cleveland.

• Mass. couple's 2001 message in a bottle found
• Minn. mother, son accused of stealing gopher feet
• Bear with head stuck in jar is rescued in Pa.
• Boston woman pays $560,000 for 2 parking spots

Luxury Trump Tower to rise above Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Vancouver has become the next stop for real estate tycoon and reality television icon Donald Trump's international hotel chain.

• Fed suggests it's closer to slowing bond purchases
• Most actively traded companies on the TSX
• Anti-Keystone billionaire steps up efforts
• Time to heal business confidence, says Poloz

CP Alert:Sopranos actor James Gandolfini dies
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - HBO and James Gandolfini's managers say the actor famous for "The Sopranos" has died in Italy.

• Actor James Gandolfini dies in Italy at age 51
• 'Monsters' character Crystal's favourite role
• Alabama Shakes taking time with second LP
• Woman stabbed, killed on Hollywood's Walk of Fame

Saudi MERS outbreak showed SARS-like features
TORONTO - A long-awaited report on a large and possibly still ongoing outbreak of MERS coronavirus in Saudi Arabia reveals the virus spreads easily within hospitals, at one point passing in a person-to-person chain that encompassed at least five generations of spread.

• Auditor denied access to youth files
• HPV vaccine cut infection by half in teen girls
• Two doctors suspended for patient relationships
• Preventive health care could save billions:study

A title, and legacies, on the line for Heat, Spurs
MIAMI - Game 7s do more than settle championships. They define legacies.

• Red Wings plan new home in Detroit sports district
• President, CEO Gartner leaving Alpine Canada
• Police at Patriots tight end's home for 2nd day
• COC in Sochi preparing 2014 battle plan

Visiting NYC's Coney, Rockaway beaches post-Sandy
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Two of New York's best-known waterfront neighbourhoods took a beating last fall from Superstorm Sandy: Coney Island in Brooklyn and the Rockaways in Queens. But crowds are back on both beaches and enjoying local attractions, from rides and hot dogs at Coney Island, to surfing and a funky taco stand in the Rockaways.

• 115K expected at Electric Daisy Carnival in Vegas
• GAO says airline merger would reduce competition
• GAO says airline merger would reduce competition
• Former TWA Flight 800 investigators want new probe

Parents unsure how to teach children about money
(Special) - Parents generally seem to be in a quandary about how to teach their children about money and investing, which is unfortunate because the sooner children can grasp the basic concepts the more likely they will be to establish good financial management practices as they mature and grow into adulthood.

• Canadian home sales stronger than expected
• Some Canadians slow to learn TFSA rules
• Condo market vulnerable to correction: BoC
• Children don't inherit parent's debt: experts

Alabama Shakes taking time with second LP
TORONTO - For those impatiently anticipating new music from southern-fried blues-rock breakouts Alabama Shakes, frontwoman Brittany Howard has a familiar message: Hold on.

• Mitchell puts in rare performance in Toronto
• Western Canadian Music Awards nominees
• Renowned Newfoundland tenor's star rises
• 'Yeezus' by Kanye West among new CDs

ICE Futures Canada prices closed higher
WINNIPEG - Closing prices:

• World Food Prize goes to 3 biotech scientists
• Yukon Culinary Festival celebrates local food
• CFIA pulls licence of meat, poultry business
• EU slams Canada for holding up trade talks