Duping the families of fallen soldiers

The package arrived at Cindy Lohman’s home in Great Mills, Maryland, just two weeks after she learned that her son, Ryan, a 24-year-old Army sergeant, had been killed by a bomb in Afghanistan. It was a thick, 9-inch-by-12-inch envelope from Prudential Financial Inc., which handles life insurance for the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Montreal duo to open Midnight Madness at TIFF

Montreal duo Jerome Sable and Eli Batalion are rocking out while they tell a blood-and-guts campfire story in The Legend of Beaver Dam.

Pulse: Patronising TV ads sell film cameras to the elderly

Remember the days before digital cameras? Vivitar has produced an ad for its latest film camera, targeting the elderly in a spectacularly farcical fashion.

The Tillman Story

The title of Amir Bar-Lev's new documentary is "The Tillman Story,'' but which Pat Tillman are we talking about? The Department of Defense and the Bush administration's? The NFL's? His mom's? The larger drama of the film — and "The Tillman Story'' is as taut and suspenseful as any fictional mystery — is the way it slowly burrows through layers ... Pat Tillman - Amir Bar-Lev - United ...

Kodak sues for phone royalties

Eastman Kodak Co., the 130-year-old company that popularized film photography, is trying to gain ground lost in the digital revolution by using its collection of patents to target Apple and Research In Motion.

Customer service travels well

As Labor Day approaches and with it the end of the vacation season, many Americans are so stressed by the rigors of travel that they're happy to have a vacation from vacations.