An Australian magistrate sentenced a man who pleaded guilty to stabbing his wife's dog to attend anger management counseling. Peter Atkinson, 49, of Brisbane, pleaded guilty Friday to animal cruelty in Beenleigh Magistrate's Court and was sentenced to attend anger management counseling -- in addition to completing 75 hours of community service and 18 months of probation -- the Brisbane Courier-Mail reported Friday. Atkinson admitted to throwing a knife at the dog -- a female malamute -- because he was jealous of the attention the animal received from his wife. Shelley-Anne Brace, a lawyer for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, said the dog was euthanized at the Animal Emergency Service in Underwood after the family told veterinarians they could not afford the surgery the canine required. RSPCA Queensland Senior Inspector Tracey Jackson said the agency was pleased with the sentence. This wasn't a case of the deliberate torture of an animal which sadly we see all

Taliban and al-Qaida insurgents are gleaning intelligence from soldiers' Internet postings from Afghanistan, a Canadian general in Ottawa said. Canadian army Brig. Gen. Peter Atkinson, the top strategic adviser to the chief of defense staff, Gen.

By Romina Maurino, THE CANADIAN PRESS CHICAGO - Conrad Black appeared unfazed and as determined as ever Monday after a U.S. court sentenced him to six and a half years in prison for defrauding shareholders of his former newspaper empire of millions of dollars.

By Romina Maurino, THE CANADIAN PRESS CHICAGO - The price of Conrad Black's misdeeds at the helm of his now-defunct newspaper empire has been set at six and a half years in a U.S. prison.

By Adrian Pearson RURAL communities are calling for improved transport links as the Government prepares its "vision for the region". Businesses and politicians have demanded that Northumberland finally benefits as consultation starts on yet another regional framework.