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Increasing the boundary for a proposed tax area downtown could help fund more than just an arena, city officials say. An expanded community revitalization levy (CRL) was unveiled in a report Thursday, encompassing 97 Street west to 109 Street, and north from about 100 Avenue to 106 Avenue. “It’s more than just the small area that has been discussed,” said Gary Klassen, general manager of sustainable development. “It outlines $366 million worth of initiatives that can be considered by council.” The proposed CRL, using future property tax to pay for new infrastructure, should generate $1.2 billion over 20 years, including $241 million in education taxes. The report states $45 million could still go to the arena, and another $52 million to land, LRT and a pedway for the arena project. Other money could be put toward already planned for and

The city said an extra levy wouldn’t be imposed on the residences and businesses inside the CRL boundary, but that taxes may rise because of increased assessment and property value. Some of the 10 projects outlined for downtown include a new vision for Jasper Avenue, housing and a park in the Warehouse district, a new bikeway system, and paving and streetscape improvements.

desired downtown projects, which Coun. Amarjeet Sohi said fit better with the approved plan for the city’s core. Coun. Bryan Anderson said the CRL is worth looking at due to projected provincial and federal deficits and the upcoming capital budget, but stopped short of calling it necessary. “There would be money from the smaller area for three or four of the other projects in this report,” he said. Council will discuss the report Wednesday.

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Backing down A community revitalization levy zone stretching across most of downtown means multiple projects proposed for the city’s core could be ﬁnished, and money put toward a downtown arena, oﬃcials said Thursday.

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Ken Bautista and Tiﬀany Linke-Boyko enjoy burgers at the “I <3 YEG DT” free noon-hour event at Churchill Square Thursday. The event, hosted by the Edmonton Economic Development Corporation, featured free T-shirts for social media users, plus a barbecue and musical entertainment. SHELLEY WILLIAMSON/METRO

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No sentence review: Court Court rules against revisiting the sentences of men convicted in 2005 Mountie slayings

The Supreme Court of Canada says it won’t review the sentences of two men who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the shooting deaths of four Alberta RCMP officers. Dennis Cheeseman and Shawn Hennessey admitted they gave gunman James Roszko a rifle and a ride back to his farm the night before he ambushed

four Mounties near Mayerthorpe in 2005. The officers were staking out a marijuana growop and auto chop-shop that had been discovered on his property. Hennessey was sentenced to 15 years in prison, while Cheeseman got 12 years. But their jail times were reduced by the trial judge because they

pleaded guilty and spent time in pretrial custody. The two unsuccessfully asked the Alberta Court of Appeal to further shorten their sentences. Their lawyers argued the punishment was too severe. The men, who are brothers-in-law, said they feared for their own safety and that of their families if they didn’t help Roszko.

The Supreme Court, as is customary, gave no reasons for its decision Thursday. Constables Anthony Gordon, Leo Johnston, Brock Myrol and Peter Schiemann were killed by Roszko on March 3, 2005. Roszko killed himself after being shot by another Mountie. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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province attended Wednesday’s event to honour Stelmach, who is stepping down this fall. Alden Armstrong, who drove 750 kilometres from the Paddle Prairie Metis Settlement for the event, says Stelmach is a common man who has been doing an uncommon job since being elected leader in December 2006. Alberta’s Tories will begin the process of electing a new leader from among six candidates next month. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Measles alert response less than infectious After issuing a public advisory about the exposure potential for hundreds to the highly contagious red measles, Alberta Health Services is disappointed with the scarcity of calls to HealthLink. Dr. Marcia Johnson, AHS medical officer of health, warned of the infection threat this week after it was discovered a Vancouver-Edmonton passenger aboard Air Canada Flight

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EPL book sale Theatre to a benefit for show Layton Slave Lake funeral The Edmonton Public Library’s first ever EPL Squared book sale and library festival will take place Friday in Churchill Square from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. All proceeds will be donated to the Slave Lake Library. METRO

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Police, social workers and health officials were all concerned for the wellbeing of a 14-month-old Calgary toddler before she died, but a new report suggests inter-system delays prevented them from taking custody of her. Social services first became aware of safety concerns expressed by the grandmother of Sarvia Elizabeth Velasquez 61 days before she died in May 2010. A timeline released Thursday as part of an external panel review into the incident details numerous injuries suffered by the toddler, as well as issues surrounding the investigation into her domestic circumstances. “It was a series of gaps and delays and miscommunications,“ said Dr. Gayla Rogers, chair of the review panel. Emotions ran high as Yvonne Fritz, who ordered the review, addressed the media Thursday. Sarvia’s grandparents attended and interrupted the minister publicly to express outrage over perceived inaction to save the toddler.

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The Alberta government has put hold on a fee for licence-plate searches, which means parking ﬁnes in Edmonton could stay as they are.

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Fees for motor vehicle searches have been parked by the province. The $15 fee per search, brought in April 1 then delayed to Sept. 1, met much opposition from municipalities and police associations. “Cabinet did decide to suspend the search fee and we will consider it as part of next year’s budget review process,” Service Alberta spokesperson Sharon Lopatka said Thursday.

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“If they want to discuss it for 2012-13, that makes much more sense.” Prior to the announcement, a city report released Thursday suggested a $15 increase to parking fines to offset the fee. Caterina said he wouldn’t be surprised if administration still comes forward with the request but doesn’t think the fines should be hiked. “It has to be built into our budget,” he said. “I would prefer finding $4.5 million worth of savings somewhere else.” WITH FILES FROM JEREMY NOLAIS

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Alberta Liberals open up leader vote to supporters The Alberta Liberals are calling a recent voting experiment a huge success. The party opened up voting for its leader to all Liberal supporters, not only party members. The Liberals say that means tens of thousands more votes than in the last leadership race. By the time online and telephone registration

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Instead of compiling a list of 1,000 to do in his life, Patrick Jackson has decided to seek advice regarding a “bucket list” of things to do in Edmonton over the next three months. About a week ago, through his account on reddit.com, he began asking Edmontonians what he should put on his bucket list. “My goal is simple: I want to do as many things as I can, as long as I can, on the most minimal budget,” said Jackson. “I want to learn what makes Edmonton tick at the community level.”

Patrick Jackson’s job has to accommodate his needs. He has mild cerebral palsy. Some of the same needs are set out as “rules” for his bucket list: Activities must include accessibility by bus, be wallet friendly, end no later than 11 p.m. and not have drinking as the central theme of the event.

While bucket lists are known to be made by people facing death, that is not Jackson’s cause. His time frame is simply a rough estimate of how long he may be here, as he will consider returning to Ottawa if he cannot find a suitable job. “I’m collecting what peo-

ple tell me,” Jackson said. “The best people to talk to about what to do here are the people who live here.” Jackson’s first taste of walking the streets of downtown Edmonton was when he was dressed as a Jedi on the Animethon float in the Capital Ex parade. “I met Edmonton head on — waving and smiling at thousands of people,” he said. “There are a lot of songs out there that mention the idea of a welcome parade, and that’s exactly what this felt like.” Anyone who would like to suggest something for Jackson’s list can send Not_Actually_Here a message on reddit.com or email justpatrickjackson @gmail.com.

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His bucket List Some of the suggestions provided to Patrick Jackson on reddit.com. “Saturday on Whyte/Old Strathcona. Window shopping and farmer’s market.” “Go to the Rutherford Library at the U of A! If you like libraries you’ll get lost in this one.” “I haven’t been to the AGA downtown yet but that might be a way to justify a trip to this amazing veg Indonesian restaurant called Padmanadi in Chinatown.” “I don’t know if you are a foodie but apparently the poutine at La Poutine is amazing and you could catch a flick afterwards at the Princess Theatre.” Bike through our river valley … Seriously. Get a bike.” “Eskimos game. The Labour Day Classic is coming to Edmonton! September 9th.” “I can recommend events like poetry night at the Rouge Lounge on Tuesdays, and reggae night at the Haven Social Club on Stony Plain Rd on Sunday nights.

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gree murder but was later found to be not criminally responsible for the death. Sheehy believed Roy wanted to kill him, and “there is little doubt,” the report reads, “that the attack on Mr. Roy was based upon the delusional thinking of Mr. Sheehy.” In the fatality inquiry report, Judge Lawrence Anderson notes a review following the death recommended the belongings of psychiatric patients must be searched whenever they come to a hospital for treatment. He also says medical staff must now regularly assess the risk a patient poses to others. In the report, Anderson says these hospital changes are “prudent” and says there are no other recommendations he can make to prevent similar deaths in the future. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Insp. Greg Preston, the inspector in charge of EPS’ organized crime unit, holds up some of the eight kilograms of cocaine and “buﬀ” seized from two north Edmonton homes last week.

Police are crediting a big cocaine and methamphetamine bust and the arrests of four men linked to organized crime with keeping Edmonton’s streets safer. “We’re alleging this particular group was rather sophisticated and they were bringing in larger quantities of cocaine and had the materials available to buff out and rebrink,” said Insp. Greg Preston, in charge of organized crime with the Edmonton drug and gang enforcement unit. “Buffing” the drugs means mixing pure cocaine with filler to increase the profit margin,

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Fifty per cent of 10 the tagging in the city’s top neighbourhoods are perpetrated by 10 taggers, according to a recent graﬃti audit “For the most part, (suspects) are doing it in the cover of darkness and it’s difficult to apprehend these people,” Jorgenson said. Citizens are asked to call 311 or 911 if they see graffiti vandalism in progress around the city. Knull could faces several thousand dollars in fines and community-service hours if convicted. DARREN KRAUSE

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Irene: Nice name, wicked storm

U.S. east and even the Maritimes bracing for weekend misery Thousands flee North Carolina beach towns in ‘nightmare scenario’ Obama declares emergency U.S. economy threatened Bahamian homes flattened LYNNE SLADKY/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Monstrous hurricane Irene tightened her aim on the Eastern Seaboard late Thursday, threatening 65 million people along a path from North Carolina to New England and even the Maritimes. One of America’s top weather experts called it his “nightmare” scenario. And U.S. President Barack Obama acted fast, declaring an emergency for North Carolina and ordering federal aid. Tens of thousands of people fled North Carolina beach towns, farmers pulled up their crops, and the navy ordered ships to sea so they could endure the punishing winds and waves in open water. The storm with winds of 185 km/h would be the strongest to strike the East Coast in seven years.

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Hurricane Irene is expected to track through New England and the Maritimes this weekend and into Monday. Halifax-based Canadian Hurricane Centre says it’s still too early to say what kind of impact it could have on Eastern Canada.

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Cannon fire crashed over Parliament Hill and car horns sounded a noisy tribute along the Highway of Heroes on Thursday as a cortege ferried Jack Layton’s coffin from the pinnacle of his political career to the place where it all began. After a 15-gun sendoff outside the House of Commons and a symbolic trip across the Ottawa River to Quebec, the province of his birth, the late NDP leader arrived home in

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fin into City Hall. Amid the applause some were heard shouting “We love you, Jack,” and “Welcome home.” The journey to Toronto took place along a stretch of highway now famous for the solemn vigils that spring up every time a member of the Canadian Forces was killed in Afghanistan. This time, however, they were on hand to salute a political soldier. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Orange Falls After pleas in phone calls, emails and on Facebook, Niagara Falls will join the CN Tower in going orange Saturday night in honour of Layton. The CN Tower will be lit in orange from sundown Saturday until sunrise Sunday, officials say. Layton will lie in repose at Toronto's City Hall before a state funeral Saturday at Roy Thomson Hall.

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U.K. backs off social media ban Politicians leery of cutting media services during public unrest Rights groups rally against proposition LEFTERIS PITARAKIS/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Who’s bugging your cellphone? Privacy commissioner warns Canadians: Protect your digital devices Only four in 10 use passwords Text messaging may help quiet the hum of public cellphone conversations — but it may be just as vulnerable to eavesdropping. Canada’s privacy commissioner says Canadians aren’t doing enough to protect their mobile communication devices, such as cellphones and tablet computers. A survey by the commissioner’s office suggests only four in 10 people password-protect their phones or adjust privacy settings on personal-information sharing via downloaded applications. People who actually store personal information on their devices were more likely to use privacy measures. “We encourage people to use passwords, encryption, privacy settings and every other available measure to safeguard their personal information, because the meaningful protection of privacy has to start with the individ-

Use the tools Canadians between the ages of 18 and 34 were found to be the most enthusiastic users of technology but also the most likely to use available tools to protect their privacy online. “This new data shows (young people) not only care about privacy, they are actually leaders in protecting it,’’ Stoddart said.

ual,” Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart said. Canadians are increasingly worried about their privacy in a digital environment. The survey found that levels of concern about a range of technologies and applications, including cellphones, online banking, and credit- and debitcard transactions, all rose since 2009. Two thousand people were surveyed for the com-

missioner’s poll, which has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.2 per centage points, 19 times out of 20. It was conducted between Feb. 23 and March 6, just as outrage in Britain over a tabloid newspaper hacking into people’s cellphones began to grow. In that case, reporters broke into people’s voice mail messages and investigations continue into whether reporters also had phone-tracking records. The scandal ultimately brought down one of the country’s oldest newspapers. The survey found that more than half of Canadians have concerns related to social-networking sites, but most take advantage of available privacy controls. Eight in 10 Canadians also said in the survey that Internet companies should ask permission to track how users spend their time online. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Tweet this: ‘Fist bump’ gets into top dictionary Here’s something for your Twitter feed: “Tweet” has earned a spot in the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary. The word describing a post made on the online Twitter message service is among more than 100 new terms revealed Thursday for the dictionary publisher’s newest edition. Newcomers include “fist bump,” a hip alternative to the high-five, and the “boomerang child” who has returned home in adulthood due to a lack of cash. Other new words for 2011 in Merriam-Webster include terms heavily influenced by new technology, like m-commerce (business transactions conducted by using a mobile device); and by sports. The wordsmiths at the Springfield, Massachusettsbased dictionary publisher said they picked the new entries after monitoring their use over several years and watching for references in a variety of sources, like mainstream media. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Sewers run red in Libya’s capital Intense battles erupt near Gadhafi’s seized Tripoli compound Libyan leader calls for destroying rebels The streets where rebel fighters bombarded snipers loyal to Moammar Gadhafi were strewn with bullet-ridden corpses from both sides Thursday. Streams of blood ran down the gutters and turned sewers red. By sundown the rebels appeared to have won the battle for the Abu Salim neighbourhood, next to Gadhafi’s captured Tripoli compound, but the fallen dictator continued to elude them. Speaking from an unknown location, he exhorted his supporters to fight on. “Don’t leave Tripoli for the rats. Fight them, and kill them,” Gadhafi said in

a new audio message broadcast on Al-Orouba TV, a Syria-based satellite station. Outside his Bab al-Aziziya compound, which rebels captured Tuesday, there was another grim scene — one that suggested mass, execution-style killings of civilians. Rebels have seized most of Tripoli since sweeping into the capital on Sunday, and on Thursday they announced that their leadership was moving into the capital. The rebel National Transitional Council has been based in the eastern city of Benghazi, which fell to rebel forces early in the conflict. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A surprising find Libyan rebels who took control of Moammar Gadhafi's sprawling compound found in one of the buildings a photo album with pictures of Condoleezza Rice. Over the years, Gadhafi’s comments about the former secretary of state have raised a few eyebrows. “I support my darling black African woman,” he said in an interview with Al-Jazeera in 2007. “I admire and am very proud of the way she leans back and gives orders to the Arab leaders ... Leezza, Leezza, Leezza ... I love her very much.”

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Ottawa man killed while storming Gadhafi compound A 24-year-old IT worker who left his job in Ottawa to work with Libyan rebels has been killed while storming a compound believed occupied by Moammar Gadhafi, his friend says. Haitham Alabadleh of Ottawa said his friend, Nader Benrewin, had been shot and killed Tuesday by one of Moammar Gadhafiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s snipers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was leading the group and the snipers saw that he was the assistant of the leader. They started to target him and there was no place to hide,â&#x20AC;? said Alabadleh. Alabadleh learned about his friendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death through a Facebook post from contacts in Libya. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was crying for a bit and I remembered all the

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Senior suspected of sex crimes against disabled daughters An 80-year-old man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of sexually abusing his two mentally disabled daughters for 41 years, and beating and threatening them to keep them subservient. Alois Lissl, a senior state police official, said the father — from the Upper Austrian village of St. Peter am Hart — is suspected of assault, torture or neglect of defenceless individuals, threat to life or physical condition, rape and other sex crimes. The man had been at liberty and living in a senior citizens’ home. Lissl said the man will be questioned by an investigative judge within the next

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Apple’s loss won’t help RIM? The resignation of Apple CEO Steve Jobs won’t provide Research In Motion with the opportunity it needs to recover market share that its BlackBerry devices lost to the iPhone and iPad, analysts say. RIM’s best hope is to deliver new, consumer-friendly BlackBerry smartphones on time and without problems, they say. Apple is working on a new iPhone. Any effect of Jobs’ departure won’t be

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With Steve Jobs bowing out as CEO, Apple Inc. must persuade investors and consumers that it doesn’t need the force behind the iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad in charge to keep hits coming. Tim Cook, his handpicked successor, has handled the top job repeatedly in the absence of the ailing Jobs, 56, who resigned as chief executive Wednesday and was elected chairman of Apple’s board. Cook had been running Apple since January. The company’s

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The Nokia 100, a basic handset for calls and sending text messages, features a colour display with a grid-based menu system and an FM radio. The Nokia 101 has dual SIM device, enabling users to connect to two different networks to receive calls and messages. It also has an FM radio, integrated MP3 player and supports 16-gigabyte microSD memory cards. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Canadians getting fatter cheques The average weekly earnings of non-farm payroll employees increased 0.3 per cent in June to $876.27. They were three per cent higher than last year. Statistics Canada reports the annual increase reflects a number of factors, such as wage growth and changes in the composition of employment by industry, by occupation and by level of job experience. Average weekly earnings rose in every province. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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So much is happening this week, I may have to drop Kim Kardashian’s wedding. Goodbye, Mr. Layton: Jack leaves Parliament Hill one last time, not before leaving us with some words to live by: “My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world.” You know, it just could work.

Goodbye, Mr. Jobs: The world’s foremost gizmologist, Apple CEO Steve Jobs, submits his letter of resignation. Not sure if he sent it in via his iPhone, iPad, iPod or iMac. Other people get kicked upstairs; Steve ascends into the Cloud.

Goodbye, Mr. Gadhafi: Sense a theme here? Libyan totalitarian nutbar Moammar Gadhafi slips away from his compound and heads for the tunnels where he is still able to broadcast stirring messages to his followers (the few who aren’t dead yet), exhorting them not to leave Tripoli to the “rats.” He should talk.

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Goodbye, Mr. Robertson: CTV’s Lloyd Robertson, the dean of Canadian news anchors, retires Sept. 1. It’s the end of TV news as we know it, but he can’t stay up that late any more. Goodbye, Sidney?: A lot of disturbing rumours are swirling around hockey superstar Sidney Crosby, still recovering from the effects of a pair of nasty concussions suffered last season. Some people worry that he’ll never play again. Aw, it’s all in his head.

Hello, Lady Gaga: The alien pop star passes Oprah as Forbes’ most powerful female celebrity, but she’s still only No. 11 on the big list, trailing the likes of No. 1 Angela Merkel (chancellor of Germany), No. 2 Hillary Clinton ( U.S. secretary of state) and Charlotte Empey (my editor).

Welcome back, Carrie: Carrie Fisher, Princess Leia to a generation of smitten Stars Wars nerds, loses 50 pounds on Jenny Craig and vows to get back into that bikini she was forced to wear by Jabba the Hutt in Return of the Jedi. Now, if we could only get Jabba on Jenny Craig.

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Look Out: It’s Margaret Atwood! Somehow the mayor of Toronto and his bro (Rob and Doug, eh?) have made an enemy of Margaret Atwood. Doug wants to know: Who’s Margaret Atwood? Just the worldfamous author of 40 books, winner of the Booker Prize, whose writing the New York Times calls “chillingly brilliant.” She has teamed up with eight other writers to launch the Why My Library Matters to Me contest. And she’s steamed that you’re trying to close libraries. You think Moammar Gadhafi has trouble?

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Cartoon by Michael de Adder Letters JACK LAYTON. I have an

idea for Mr. Layton’s funeral Saturday. I think it would be nice if all Canadians wear orange to recreate the orange wave in his honour and memory. Obviously, many Canadians are mourning the great and charming man he was more than the politician. By wearing orange, it will mean that we are wearing Jack a bit closer to our hearts. Please help me spread the message and see if we can recreate the orange wave one more time for Mr. Layton. LINDA TACIANO TORONTO

Jack Layton’s political fight on behalf of all Canadians is not finished but only begun. The man, his sprit, his drive to succeed is still alive; his dream for the New Democratic Party he loved so much will long inspire those who take up his battle to give all Canadians a fair and just federal government. This was a man who dreamed an impossible dream; however the light of that dream still burns brightly in the NDP party he cherished, with much hope for the future.

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Survival of the strongest stomach Eskil Carlsson invited his neighbours this week for a taste of the 71-yearold brisket stored in a jar by his mother-in-law’s family at the start of the Second World War. But first, he tried it out on the cat. “When it survived, we all had a taste,” Carlsson told Swedish media. Gingerly, though, as the 70-yearold Carlsson shows in a video of him

and his neighbours wrestling with the still well-sealed glass jar, then fishing out fragments of meat. “It didn’t smell bad, anyway. It was as if it had been meat from this week. I shouldn’t exaggerate, though; it was no delicacy,” he told The Local, an English-language Swedish news report. The cat didn’t look impressed, either. Nor was Martin Bucknavage, a Penn State University food-safety professor. “Would I eat it? Probably not. But the nice thing about low-acid canned food is it can last for years and years. Certainly you can tell the vacuum seal was still there.” TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

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Plot synopsis Paul Rudd plays Ned, a Mr. Nice Guy unsuited for life outside of his organic farm. When he innocently sells marijuana to a uniformed policeman he is thrown in jail. Unfortunately in his absence his hippie girlfriend found a new boyfriend. His three sisters (Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Dechanel and Emily Mortimer) take turns housing him, but in each case his willingness to believe the best in people causes chaos. Ratings: Richard: 888 1⁄2 Mark: 811 1⁄2

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Paul Rudd and Elizabeth Banks star in Our Idiot Brother.

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Our Idiot Brother is a fun indie comedy that takes a jab at the neo-hippie movement Strong cast buoys a flimsy movie to make for a fun 90 minutes Richard: Mark, Our Idiot Brother is a low key indie comedy with a much different feel from the movies that made Rudd famous. His Apatow years have been spent doing broad comedy in movies like The 40 Year Old Virgin, but this is more character based — and less funny. There are laughs here, but instead of going for the jokes Rudd is concentrating on playing the character and allowing the humour to flow naturally from him and the situations. Did that work for you?

DNA — that this would be nothing but silly slapstick. But it turned out to be a nicely tuned comedy of manners about the clash between bourgeois and counterculture values. The irony of the title is that the Rudd character is anything but an idiot. Like the ’80s movie Down and Out in Beverly Hills, the hippie outsider upsets the domesticity of those around him, but somehow improves everyone's lives in the process. Rudd is great, and so is the rest of the cast, don't you think?

Mark: Most definitely! I was worried — based on the title, the poster, the trailer, and the Apatow

RC: I thought so too. Banks, Dechanel and Mortimer each bring a different flavour to their roles as

the sisters. Banks is a driven writer with sketchy ethics, Dechanel a free-ish spirit with commitment issues while Mortimer plays a mousy mom. They all stand in stark contrast to the innocence of their brother but their presence buoys, and gives heart to, the film’s family first message. MB: One thing I really liked about the film is that it completely nailed the Hudson Valley neohippie movement in all its charm and hypocrisy. It’s a subculture ripe for satirizing, but it hasn’t been done much until now, so it felt fresh. Deschanel’s weird bohemian lifestyle also felt original and con-

tributed to the indie feel of the film. But I have to admit, as much as I enjoyed watching it, it’s a flimsy movie and it didn’t stay with me. RC: I sort of agree. I think it’s a likeable comedy elevated by a strong cast who bring empathy to characters who, in less experienced hands, might not have had any. MB: Only the last 10 minutes felt rushed, with characters changing their motivation for no discernible reason at all. It felt like some scenes had been edited out. But overall, it was a good way to spend 90 minutes in the dark.

Donnie and Mark Wahlberg have licensed the name of a hamburger from a western New York chain of restaurants and plan to use the name for their new eatery. Executives with Tom Wahl’s tell the Democrat and Chronicle that the brothers from Boston have licensed the Wahlburger name from the company. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Whoopi Goldberg adopts rescued kitten tossed from car on NYC bridge.

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Zoe Saldana knows her guns. “I’m a .45 myself. A .22 is too wimpy for me,” says the actress, who plays a skilled assassin in Colombiana. “I like the .9. It’s something that I can manoeuvre, and because I have very small wrists it’s a weight that I can sustain and the impact won’t hurt me in my joints.” Saldana insists she’s no gun nut. This expertise comes from Hollywood, after starring in a number of firearm-heavy titles like the Losers and Vantage Point.

No down time So how does Zoe Saldana relax after a tough day of buttkicking and gunplay on set? “Wine is perfect to unwind. Just a glass of wine, a bath and just... I don’t know,” she says. But the fact of the matter is the actress doesn’t do a whole lot of relaxing. “I wish I could sugarcoat it for you, but when I’m working, I’m working. So yeah, I’ll have a glass of wine and go out and have dinner with the cast and crew, but before I go to bed I’m reading those lines for the next day. I’m up 30 minutes before I have to get picked up ... and I’m on that treadmill because I want to make sure that I’m healthy and aware — naturally. I don’t drink caffeine.”

Colombiana, though, trumps them all in sheer firepower. But her character, Cataleya, is just as deadly without a gun in her hand — something Saldana says isn’t so strange but still catches men offguard. “I’ve been trained

by people that were in the military, Marines, from Avatar to the Losers and now Colombiana, and they don’t see gender when they see a threat across from them. They see a threat,” she says. “So I would say watch out. Any-

Zoe Saldana insists she’s not a gun nut, but she’s still a good shot.

time you see a skinny girl and she’s had any kind of military training, just don’t blink. She could f--ing kill you.” Guns and fighting aside, Saldana admits the biggest draw for Colombiana was that it was produced and co-written by French filmmaker Luc Besson, someone of whom she’s long been an admirer. “It’s much more important for me to get to work with

filmmakers that I’ve grown up loving and admiring, and Luc Besson is definitely one of the names that was on my bucket list — especially for the iconic femme fatale characters that he’s created, because they’re strong on the exterior but they’re so fragile and broke on the inside,” she says. “There were [other] offers, but Luc Besson took priority. Already a fan of strong

Besson women in films like La Femme Nikita and the Fifth Element, Saldana looked elsewhere for research that might inform Cataleya, including the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. But mostly she just watched TV a bunch. “I was watching a lot of animal behaviour because to me whenever she wasn’t playing any of her roles to kill her targets ... she was such an omega wolf,” she says.

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Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (14A) FriThu 1:10-3:15-5:15-7:15-9:25 Our Idiot Brother (14A) Fri-Thu 1:25-3:205:20-7:20-9:20 Rise of the Planet of the Apes (PG) Fri-Thu 1:20-3:25-5:25-7:25-9:25 The Smurfs (G) Fri-Thu 1-3-5-7 Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D (PG) Fri-Thu 12:55-2:50-4:35-6:30

CITY CENTRE 9 CINEMAS 10200 102nd Ave., 780-421-7020 Colombiana (14A) Bargain Matinee, DTS Digital, Stadium Seating Fri-Thu 12:35-3:35-7:30-10:20 Conan the Barbarian 3D (STC) Bargain Matinee, Stadium Seating, Dolby Stereo Digital Fri-Thu 12:30-3:20-6:55-10 Crazy, Stupid, Love. (PG) Bargain Matinee, Stadium Seating, DTS Digital Fri-Mon 12:45-3:456:50-9:50 Bargain Matinee, Stadium Seating, DTS Digital Tue 12:45-3:45-9:50 Bargain Matinee, Stadium Seating, DTS Digital Wed-Thu 12:45-3:456:50 The Debt (14A) Bargain Matinee, Stadium Seating, Dolby Stereo Digital Wed-Thu 12:25-3:106:45-9:30 Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (14A) Bargain Matinee, DTS Digital, Stadium Seating Fri-Thu 12:15-2:50-5:30-8-10:30 Fright Night (14A) Bargain Matinee, DTS Digital, Stadium Seating Fri-Thu 12:05-2:55-7:10-10:25 The Help (PG) Dolby Stereo Digital, Bargain Matinee Fri-Thu 12-3:15-6:30-9:45 One Day (PG) Bargain Matinee, Dolby Stereo Digital, Stadium Seating Fri-Mon 12:25-3:10-6:459:40 Bargain Matinee, Dolby Stereo Digital, Stadium Seating Tue 12:25-3:10-6:45 Dolby Stereo Digital, Stadium Seating Wed-Thu 9:40 Our Idiot Brother (14A) Bargain Matinee, Dolby Stereo Digital Fri-Thu 12:20-2:40-5-7:2010:05 Red Hot Chili Peppers Live: I’m With You (STC) No Passes, Dolby Stereo Digital, Stadium Seating Tue 8 Rise of the Planet of the Apes (PG) Bargain Matinee, Dolby Stereo Digital, Stadium Seating Fri-Thu 12:10-3-7-9:55

CLAREVIEW 10 CINEMAS 4211 139th Ave., 780-472-7600 30 Minutes or Less (18A) Fri-Sun 1:50-4:307:20-9:55 Mon-Wed 4:30-7:20-9:55 Thu 7:20-9:55 Colombiana (14A) Fri-Sun 1:10-3:50-6:40-9:15 Mon-Wed 3:50-6:40-9:15 Thu 6:40-9:15 Conan the Barbarian 3D (STC) Fri-Sun 1-46:45-9:25 Mon-Wed 4-6:45-9:25 Thu 6:45-9:25 Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (14A) Fri-Sun 1:30-4:10-7:10-9:40 Mon-Wed 4:10-7:10-9:40 Thu 7:10-9:40 Final Destination 5 (18A) Fri-Thu 9:45 Fright Night 3D (14A) Fri-Sun 1:40-4:20-79:35 Mon-Wed 4:20-7-9:35 Thu 7-9:35 One Day (PG) Fri-Sun 1:45-4:25-6:55-9:30 MonWed 4:25-6:55-9:30 Thu 6:55-9:30 Our Idiot Brother (14A) Fri-Sun 2-4:40-7:309:50 Mon-Wed 4:40-7:30-9:50 Thu 7:30-9:50 Rise of the Planet of the Apes (PG) FriSun 1:25-4:15-6:50-9:20 Mon-Wed 4:15-6:50-9:20 Thu 6:50-9:20 The Smurfs (G) Fri-Sun 1:20-4:05-6:35-9:10 Mon-Wed 4:05-6:35-9:10 Thu 6:35-9:10 Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D (PG) Fri-Sun 1:15-3:45-6:30 Mon-Wed 3:456:30 Thu 6:30

GARNEAU THEATRE 8712 - 109 St., 780-433-2212 METRO CINEMA Zeidler Hall, Citadel Theatre Complex, 9828-101 Ave., 780-425-9212, metrocinema.org BKO: Bangkok Knockout (STC) Sun 3 Chillerama (STC) Sat 9 Chromeskull: Laid to Rest 2 (STC) Fri 9 Deadball (STC) Sun 1 Escape From New York (STC) Fri 11 Fright Night (14A) Sat 11 Kuroneko (STC) Mon 9 Tue 7 Wed 9 Thu 7 The Millennium Bug (STC) Sat 7

GALAXY CINEMAS SHERWOOD PARK 2020 Sherwood Dr., Sherwood Park 780-416-0152 30 Minutes or Less (18A) Fri-Tue 2:054:30-7:40-10:15 Wed-Thu 7:40-10:15 Colombiana (14A) No Passes Fri-Tue 1:104-7-9:45 No Passes Wed-Thu 7-9:45 Conan the Barbarian 3D (STC) Fri-Tue 1:20-4:15-7:10-10:05 Wed-Thu 7:10-10:05 Cowboys & Aliens (14A) Fri-Thu 9:35 Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (14A) FriTue 1:15-4:05-6:50-9:30 Wed-Thu 6:50-9:30 Fright Night (14A) Fri-Tue 1-3:50-6:45-9:25 Wed-Thu 6:45-9:25 The Help (PG) Fri-Tue 12:20-3:30-6:40-9:55 Wed-Thu 6:40-9:55 Our Idiot Brother (14A) Fri-Tue 1:50-4:207:30-10:10 Wed-Thu 7:30-10:10 Rise of the Planet of the Apes (PG) Fri-Tue 1:40-4:25-7:20-10 Wed-Thu 7:20-10 The Smurfs 3D (G) Fri-Tue 12:45-3:40-6:309:15 Wed-Thu 6:30-9:15 Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D (3D) (PG) Fri-Tue 1:30-4:10-7:15 WedThu 7:15

Fright Night stars Colin Farrell as a not-so-friendly neighbourhood vampire. Monster Brawl (STC) Fri 7 Super (STC) Sat 1 The Woman (STC) Sun 9 Yakuza Weapon (STC) Sat 3 You Are Here (STC) Mon 7 Tue 9 Wed 7 Thu 9

MOVIES 12 5074 130 Ave., 780-472-9779 Aarakshan (PG) Fri-Thu 1:30-9 Bad Teacher (14A) Fri-Thu 1:20-4:40-7:25-9:40 Bodyguard (STC) Wed-Thu 1:05-3:50-6:35-9:25 Bridesmaids (14A) Fri-Thu 1-3:45-6:35-9:20 Green Lantern (PG) Fri-Thu 1:25-4:30-7:209:50 The Hangover Part II (18A) Fri-Thu 1:404:10-7:30-10:05 Jihne Mera Dil Luteya (PG) Fri-Thu 4:50 Kung Fu Panda 2 (G) Fri-Tue 6:30-8:50 Kung Fu Panda 2 3D (G) Fri-Thu 1:10-3:30 Midnight in Paris (PG) Fri-Thu 1:45-4:356:45-9:10 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 3D (PG) Fri-Thu 12:55-4-6:55-9:55 Super 8 (PG) Fri-Thu 1:15-4:15-7:05-9:35 Thor (PG) Fri-Tue 1:05-3:40 Thor 3D (PG) Fri-Thu 7:15-10 Winnie the Pooh (G) Fri-Thu 1:45-3:50-7 X-Men: First Class (PG) Fri-Thu 9:45 Zookeeper (STC) Fri-Thu 1:35-4:05-7:15-9:30

NORTH EDMONTON CINEMAS 14231 137th Ave., 780-732-2236 30 Minutes or Less (18A) Fri-Thu 1:20-3:306:15-8:20-10:25 Captain America: The First Avenger (PG) Fri-Thu 1-3:45-6:40-9:30 The Change-Up (18A) Fri-Thu 2:10-4:50-7:2010:10 Colombiana (14A) No Passes Fri-Thu 1:504:40-7:50-10:30 Conan the Barbarian 3D (STC) Fri-Thu 1:454:30-7:30-10:20

Cowboys & Aliens (14A) Fri-Thu 1:10-4-79:40 Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (14A) Fri-Thu 2-4:45-8-10:40 Fright Night 3D (14A) Fri-Thu 1:30-4:20-8:1010:45 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2: 3D (PG) Fri-Sat 12:50-3:50-6:50-9:45 Sun 3:50-6:50-9:45 Mon-Thu 12:50-3:50-6:50-9:45 The Help (PG) Fri-Thu 12:30-3:40-6:45-10 M*A*S*H (STC) Sun 1 One Day (PG) Fri-Thu 9:20 Our Idiot Brother (14A) Fri-Tue 12:40-3:105:20-7:40-10:15 Wed 3:10-5:20-7:40-10:15 Thu 12:40-3:10-5:20-7:40-10:15 Star & Strollers Screening Wed 1 Rise of the Planet of the Apes (PG) FriThu 1:40-4:10-7:15-9:50 The Smurfs (G) Fri-Thu 12:45-3:20-6:30-8:50 Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D (PG) Fri-Thu 12:35-2:45-5-7:10

PRINCESS I & II 10337 Whyte Ave., 780-433-0728 Bill Cunningham New York (PG) Fri 7:10 Sat-Sun 1-7:10 Mon-Thu 7:10 Certified Copy (PG) Fri 7-9 Sat-Sun 2-7-9 MonThu 7-9 Potiche (14A) Fri 9:10 Sat-Sun 3-9:10 Mon-Thu 9:10

SCOTIABANK THEATRE WEST MALL 8882 170th St., 780-444-2400 30 Minutes or Less (18A) Fri-Mon 12:45-35:15-7:50-10:10 Tue 12:45-3-10:10 Wed 3-5:157:50-10:10 Thu 12:45-3-5:15-7:50-10:10 Star & Strollers Screening Wed 1 Captain America: The First Avenger (PG) Fri-Sun 1:10-4:10-7:10-9:50 Mon 12:45-3:459:50 Tue-Thu 1:10-4:10-7:10-9:50 The Change-Up (18A) Fri-Thu 7 Colombiana (14A) No Passes Fri-Thu 12:50-

3:50-7-10 Conan the Barbarian 3D (STC) Fri-Thu 1:304:30-7:30-10:30 Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (14A) Fri-Thu 1:40-4:40-7:40-10:30 Final Destination 5 3D (18A) Fri-Wed 2-5-810:20 Thu 1-4-10:20 Fright Night 3D (14A) Fri-Thu 1:20-4:20-7:2010:15 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2: An IMAX 3D Experience (PG) Fri-Thu 12:30-3:45-6:45-9:55 The Help (PG) Fri-Thu 12:40-3:50-6:50-9:50 Red Hot Chili Peppers Live: I’m With You (STC) Tue 7 Rise of the Planet of the Apes (PG) FriThu 1-4-6:50-9:45 The Smurfs 3D (G) Fri-Thu 12:40-3:20-6:309:10 Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D (3D) (PG) Fri-Thu 1:15-3:30-6:40-9:20 Transformers: Dark of the Moon (PG) Fri-Thu 12:30-3:45-9:40

SOUTH EDMONTON COMMON 1525 99th St., 780-436-8585 30 Minutes or Less (18A) Fri-Mon 1-3:105:20-7:35-9:45 Tue 1-3:10-9:45 Wed-Thu 1:053:25-7:40-9:55 Captain America: The First Avenger (PG) Fri-Thu 1:15-4:05-7:05-10:05 The Change-Up (18A) Fri-Tue 12:10-2:505:30-8:20 Wed-Thu 1:45-4:40-7:20 Colombiana (14A) No Passes Fri-Tue 12-2:405:20-8-10:40 No Passes Wed-Thu 1-4-7-9:45 Conan the Barbarian 3D (STC) Fri-Tue 12:05-2:50-5:30-8:05-10:45 Wed-Thu 1:30-4:307:30-10:15 Cowboys & Aliens (14A) Fri-Mon 10:50 Tue 11 Wed-Thu 10 Crazy, Stupid, Love. (PG) Fri-Tue 1-4-7-9:50 Wed-Thu 1-4-6:45-9:50 The Debt (14A) Wed-Thu 1:55-4:35-7:10-10:10

Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (14A) Fri-Tue 12:25-3:05-5:35-8:10-10:35 Wed-Thu 1:20-4:457:25-10:10 Final Destination 5 (18A) Fri-Tue 2:45-5:10 Wed-Thu 4:20 Fright Night 3D (14A) Fri-Tue 12:45-3:507:20-10:15 Wed-Thu 1:40-4:10-7:45-10:15 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (PG) Fri-Tue 12:45-3:45-7:15-10:20 WedThu 1-3:55-6:50-9:50 The Help (PG) Fri-Mon 12:10-3:30-6:50-10:10 Tue 12:15-3:30-6:30-10:10 Wed 1-4:05-7:10-10:15 Thu 4:05-7:10-10:15 Star & Strollers Screening Thu 1 Horrible Bosses (14A) Fri-Tue 12:25-7:40-10 Wed-Thu 1:35-7:30-9:50 One Day (PG) Fri-Tue 12-2:35-5:15-8:05-10:45 Wed-Thu 9:15 Our Idiot Brother (14A) Fri-Tue 1:20-3:40-68:30-10:40 Wed-Thu 1:20-3:40-7:20-9:40 Red Hot Chili Peppers Live: I’m With You (STC) Tue 7 Rise of the Planet of the Apes (PG) FriTue 12:15-2:55-5:35-8:20-10:50 Wed-Thu 1:154:15-6:40-9:30 The Smurfs (G) Fri-Tue 12:05-2:30-5-7:30-10 Wed-Thu 1:25-3:55-6:30-9 Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D (3D) (PG) Fri-Tue 12-2:15-4:30-7:10-9:25 Wed-Thu 1:10-3:30-6:50

TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE Edmonton Space And Science Centre, 1121-142 St., 780-451-3344 Born to Be Wild (G) Fri-Thu 11-1-3-5-7 The Ultimate Wave Tahiti (STC) Fri-Thu 12-2-4-8

GRANDIN THEATRES 101-22 Sir Winston Churchill Ave., St. Albert,780-458-9822 30 Minutes or Less (18A) Fri-Thu 9:15 Crazy, Stupid, Love. (PG) Fri-Thu 8:25

PARKLAND CINEMA 130 Century Crossing, Spruce Grove 780-962-2332 30 Minutes or Less (18A) Fri 9:20 Sat-Sun 3:20-9:20 Mon 9:20 Tue 3:20-9:20 Wed 9:20 Thu 3:20-9:20 Colombiana (14A) Fri 6:45-9 Sat-Sun 12:453-6:45-9 Mon 6:45-9 Tue 12:45-3-6:45-9 Wed 6:45-9 Thu 12:45-3-6:45-9 Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (14A) Fri 7:10-9:15 Sat-Sun 1:10-3:15-7:10-9:15 Mon 7:10-9:15 Tue 1:10-3:15-7:10-9:15 Wed 7:109:15 Thu 1:10-3:15-7:10-9:15 Fright Night (14A) Fri 7:15-8:25 Sat-Sun 1:15-3:25-7:15-8:25 Mon 7:15-8:25 Tue 1:153:25-7:15-8:25 Wed 7:15-8:25 Thu 1:15-3:257:15-8:25 Our Idiot Brother (14A) Fri 6:50-8:45 SatSun 12:50-2:45-6:50-8:45 Mon 6:50-8:45 Tue 12:50-2:45-6:50-8:45 Wed 6:50-8:45 Thu 12:50-2:45-6:50-8:45 Rise of the Planet of the Apes (PG) Fri 6:55-9:05 Sat-Sun 12:55-3:05-6:55-9:05 Mon 6:55-9:05 Tue 12:55-3:05-6:55-9:05 Wed 6:559:05 Thu 12:55-3:05-6:55-9:05 The Smurfs (G) Fri 7:05 Sat-Sun 1:05-7:05 Mon 7:05 Tue 1:05-7:05 Wed 7:05 Thu 1:057:05 Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D (PG) Fri 7-8:55 Sat-Sun 1-2:55-7-8:55 Mon 7-8:55 Tue 1-2:55-7-8:55 Wed 7-8:55 Thu 1-2:55-7-8:55

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Raising hell in their high heels

THE HARD LIFE OF ROCKSTARS SOUND CHECK

ALAN CROSS SCENE @METRONEWS.CA

Miranda Lambertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s side project, Pistol Annies, aiming to shake things up DONN JONES /THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Angaleena Presley was doing what she usually does at 2 a.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; sleeping â&#x20AC;&#x201D; when the phone rang. On the other end of the line was Ashley Monroe, who had been hanging out with her friend Miranda Lambert and, perhaps, having a cocktail or two. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And I went, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Hey, this better be important, by God,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Presley recalled, her young son sleeping next to her. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Turns out it was, huh?â&#x20AC;? Monroe said. That call two-and-a-half years ago led to Pistol Annies, a concept group of sorts thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s aimed at shaking things up and drawing attention to female singersongwriters who sometimes get overlooked in the rush to find the next big star. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just happened to be the one that got successful,â&#x20AC;? said Lambert, whose breakthrough 2009 album Revolution established her as one of countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s elite acts,

Pistol Annies, made up of Miranda Lambert, left, Angaleena Presley, and Ashley Monroe

with Grammy, ACM and CMA trophies to go along with her recent status. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a whole bunch of us that you havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t heard yet.â&#x20AC;? The trio launched the aptly titled Hell on Heels this week. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a deep country take on life for the modern woman, running from glam to glum and back again. Lambert, dubbed Lone Star Annie, has been friends with Monroe (Hip-

pie Annie) since soon after both signed with Sony several years ago. Monroe met Presley separately through her publisher. Monroe decided that late night to put her two friends together after she and Lambert began talking about Presleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s music. The friends started getting together to have fun. Alcohol might have been involved, though no one will confirm it. There was never talk of a concept group or even writ-

ing songs together. But eventually the guitars came out, and so did Pistol Annies. Hell on Heels has an attitude for sure, best evidenced in the title song, the wonderfully tart Bad Example, and Lambertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ode to jerks (Trailer for Rent). But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more remarkable for its reflection of the times and how poverty and unhappiness are just a decision or two away. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ack on the 19th, Bono felt unwell. Decompressing from the massive 360 Tour at his villa in Ezesur-Mer in the south of France, his heart began rattling around in his chest like a drum machine gone insane. The palpitations and discomfort were enough for his wife to rush him to Princess Grace Memorial Hospital in nearby Monaco. After being examined by a specialist and subjected to a battery of tests, he was sent home with orders to get some rest. Bonoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 51-year-old body is telling him something: you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be on a world tour for two years, pausing only for major spinal surgery and not expect to suffer some physical consequences. The pace, the travel,

the time zone shifts and the exertion of performing two hours a night takes its toll, even on the most pampered of rock stars. Performing is hard physical work that gets only harder as you get older. Much has been made about Meatloafâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s requirement for a small tank of oxygen and a mask sidestage so he may revive his 63-year-old frame between songs. That he suffers from asthma doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help, which contributed to his fainting at two shows earlier this month. But Meatloafâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oxygen jones isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t unique. Many performers rely on hits of O2 during shows. Even younger musicians need assistance. I was once backstage before a show by one of the biggest groups in the world. They travel with a refrigerator-sized medical dispensary. Then thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Paul McCartney. Not that long ago, I saw him perform 22 consecutive songs before he took as much as a sip of water. Not bad for 69.

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WEEKEND, AUGUST 26-28, 2011

Is J.Lo’s ex at the root of Smiths’ problems? Jada Pinkett had affair with HawthoRNe co-star Marc Anthony: Rumours

Celebrity tweets @RyanSeacrest

I think grocery @jimmykimmel stores invented the self-checkout line to crush their cashiers’ self-esteem. @Joan_Rivers

How much do you tip a mariachi band at a mexican restaurant?

@ActuallyNPH

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Rumours are swirling that turmoil in Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s marriage is over Jada allegedly having an affair with her HawthoRNe co-star, Marc Anthony — both on screen and off, according to In Touch. “There was a lot of Jada wanting to have love scenes with Marc Anthony,” a source close to the production says. “She definitely pushed for a story line that had Marc Anthony as a love interest. Never made sense to the network, but Jada pushed and they stopped pushing back.” Will and Jada have been quick to deny any reports of infidelity or separation.

My thought of the day: Why do they bother wrapping slices of American cheese in plastic when they’re both made of the same thing?

Cole world: Is there a Rihanna sex tape?

Marc Anthony

METRO

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Talking points

Simon loves the needle INJECTION. Simon

Cowell’s secret to staying healthy is a weekly IV injection of vitamins and minerals, he tells GQ. “When you have it done, it’s an incredibly warm feeling,” he says of the half-hour-long treatment. “You feel all the vitamins going through you. It’s indescribable but very calming, and then it gives you energy for a good few days afterwards.” Cowell, who says he was terrified of needles as a child, insists on having his arm frozen with a spray to numb any pain before each injection. “Everyone I’ve recommended it to, they’ve absolutely loved it,” he says. “It sounds odd, but when you have it, it is fantastic. One girl came down and actually had two orgasms during the treatment.” METRO

My god. What have I done? I inadvertently watched the new show Dance Moms. It’s repulsive. And yet hypnotic. I hate that I love it. Help me.

Lindsay Lohan

Lohan compares herself to Marilyn Lindsay Lohan is worried about her legacy and a kinship she feels for Marilyn Monroe. “People in their mind have created who I am and act as if there is no real person inside of me. Just like Marilyn,” she writes in the forward to Marilyn: Intimate Exposures, a new book about the late actress. “Marilyn never wanted to be just a celebrity. Neither do I.”

But according to Lohan, the real problem is that they just don’t make films like they used to. “I had always thought that movie stars were in films that would last forever in your mind. But now the films don’t,” she says. “I don’t want to be remembered as someone who just wanted to be photographed, who goes out at night, and gets in trouble.” METRO

Paris’ show gets axed: Report While reps for the show insist no decision has been made, the Oxygen network is reportedly dumping Paris Hilton’s series, The World According to Paris, after one season, according to Vulture. The show’s first episode in June only brought in 400,000 viewers, and the numbers dropped off after that. While she’s been posting to Twitter regularly about her social life, Hilton hasn’t addressed the cancellation rumours. METRO IMEH AKPANUDOSEN/GETTY IMAGES

Paris Hilton

Hustler magazine claims they’ve got a video Rihanna doesn’t want anyone to see. “Hustler are in possession of the Rihanna and (rapper) J. Cole tape,” a

spokesperson tells Radar Online. “We have seen it and we do not know what we are going to do with it yet.” But the singer herself is reportedly pleading ignorance as to what they’re talking about. “Rihanna is surprised, because there is no sex tape,” a source says. METRO

Rihanna

Stone-cold crush for Carrey Jim Carrey has a crush on Emma Stone and wants the whole world to know. “Emma, I think you’re all the way beautiful. Not just pretty, but smart and kind-hearted. And if I were a lot younger, I would marry you. We would have chubby little freckle-faced kids,” the eccentric actor says in a video message to the 22-year-old actress posted on his official website. “And every day, for the

rest of your life, you would thank God that I was the appropriate age for you. But I’m not. I’m 49. I have lines on my face, sometimes a little grey in my beard, and it takes me a little bit longer to pee than it used to.” Stone is reportedly dating her Amazing SpiderMan co-star Andrew Garfield, so age isn’t the only factor working against Carrey. METRO

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food No matter how you pronounce its name, this fruit (yes, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s technically a fruit) is a great addition to any meal Try these 3-step tomato fritters

Meat meets its wine match PETER ROCKWELL

You say delicious, I say

tomato MATTHEW MEAD/ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Ingredients:

Start to ďŹ nish: 30 mins. Serves: 6

Any way you slice it, the tomato is one confusing comestible. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the whole identity crisis thing â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is it a fruit or a vegetable? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get us started on the tuh-MAY-to, tuh-MAH-to thing. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s enough to drive anyone ba-NAY-nas. Here are two common misconceptions.

culturally and legally it is considered a vegetable. Toxic tomatoes?

Tomatoes are part of the nightshade family, just like peppers and eggplants, which led some in the past to believe the fruit is poisonous. However, as we now know, tomatoes are harmless. And delicious

Fruit or vegetable?

Botanically speaking the tomato is a fruit, but horti-

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Tomato Confetti Fritters

â&#x20AC;˘ 1 l (4 cups) canola oil â&#x20AC;˘ 125 ml (1/2 cup) mayo â&#x20AC;˘ 2 ml (1/2 tsp) Old Bay seasoning â&#x20AC;˘ 15 ml (1 tbsp) hot sauce â&#x20AC;˘ 15 ml (1 tbsp) lemon juice â&#x20AC;˘ 2 large red tomatoes, seeded and diced (about 500 ml/2 cups) â&#x20AC;˘ 2 large green tomatoes, diced (about 500 ml/2 cups) â&#x20AC;˘ 2 eggs, beaten â&#x20AC;˘ 2 scallions, chopped â&#x20AC;˘ 15 ml (1 tbsp) chopped fresh mint â&#x20AC;˘ 50 ml (1/4 cup) chopped fresh parsley â&#x20AC;˘ 30 ml (2 tbsp) cornmeal â&#x20AC;˘ 250 ml (1 cup) all-purpose flour â&#x20AC;˘ 3 ml (3/4 tsp) baking powder â&#x20AC;˘ 3 ml (3/4 tsp) salt â&#x20AC;˘ 2 ml (1/2 tsp) pepper

Preparation:

2 3

In a large deep pot over medium-high, heat oil to 160 C (320 F).

powder, salt and black pepper. Working in batches, drop mixture by the spoonful into hot oil. Turn as needed until golden brown and, 4 minutes. Transfer to paper towels to drain oil.

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Serena throws wrench in U.S. Open The biggest question heading into the U.S. Open draw was: Which highly seeded woman could be stuck facing Serena Williams in the third round? The answer: No. 4 Victoria Azarenka of Belarus. “Poor, poor, poor Victoria Azarenka,” seven-time major champion John McEnroe said at Thursday’s draw ceremony in Flushing

Meadows. Azarenka was a Wimbledon semifinalist in July, as was No. 22 Sabine Lisicki of Germany, who could play Williams’ older sister Venus in the second round. Serena Williams is a three-time U.S. Open champion who leads all active women with 13 Grand Slam titles. Venus Williams is a two-time winner in

New York and owns a total of seven major singles trophies. The Grand Slam tournament starts Monday. After missing nearly a year of action with health problems, Serena Williams returned to the tour in June and won two of her four tournaments. She is seeded 28th for the U.S. Open.

Venus Williams, meanwhile, is ranked 36th and unseeded. Looking at the latter stages of the men’s field, No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer were drawn to possibly meet in one semifinal, while defending champion Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray could meet in the other.

“He’s doing really well this year. It’s tough to be there every week, and he’s doing that.”

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“I’m surprised it hadn’t been done before with all the great teams and great individual hitters that have come throughout the course of the game.” CURTIS GRANDERSON, WHO WAS ONE OF THREE YANKEES TO HIT A GRAND SLAM YESTERDAY IN NEW YORK’S 22-9 ROMP OVER THE OAKLAND A’S. RUSSELL MARTIN AND ROBINSON CANO ALSO HIT GRAND SLAMS AS THE YANKEES BECAME THE FIRST TEAM IN MLB HISTORY TO HIT

Samantha Richdale was among select company after the opening round of the CN Canadian Women’s Open. The second-year LPGA player from Kelowna, B.C., fired a career-best 6-under 66 to sit alone in third place, one stroke behind coleaders Ai Miyazato and Pernilla Lindberg in excellent afternoon scoring conditions Thursday at the Hillsdale Golf Club in Mirabel, Que. “Just over a month ago I went to see (coach) Dave Stockton to work on my putting and today, my caddie (Tom Konopacki) and I just read some really good and I made them,” the 27year-old Richdale said. “It’s special. I had my brother (Josh) in the crowd, which was really nice. We had great weather in the afternoon and it’s a nice ending to the day.” Richdale had made the cut in only two of seven events this year and her

“It’s a long way to Sunday, and I’ve just got to be patient like I was today.” CANADIAN OPEN DEFENDING CHAMPION MICHELLE WIE

best round was a 70 in March when she finished tied for 19th at the LPGA Founders Cup. Richdale started the week strong as part of the winning group with 1973 Canadian Open champ Jocelyne Bourassa in the proam tournament on Monday. The five-time winner in lower-tier events will start the second round Friday in an unfamiliar spot near the top of an LPGA leaderboard. Five players were tied for fourth at 5-under 67, including defending champion Michelle Wie, Angela Stanford, Jenny Shin, SongHee Kim and Mi Hyun Kim. There were nine tied at 4-under 66. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Samantha Richdale lines up a putt on the 8th hole on Thursday.

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“You’re not going to see it again, probably. You can’t explain it.” YANKEES SHORTSTOP DEREK JETER, WHO BATTED A WHOPPING FOUR TIMES WITH THE BASES LOADED YESTERDAY AND DROVE IN ONE RUN..

Champions League to open with a bang Champions League winner Barcelona will begin its title defence with a match at home to AC Milan, before the powers play two unheralded teams in a group drawn on Thursday. Four-time winner Barcelona hosts the seven-

time champion on Sept. 13. Group H also includes BATE Borisov of Belarus and Czech newcomer Viktoria Plzen. Manchester United is top-seeded in a group with Benfica, Switzerland’s FC Basel and Romanian debu-

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Woods added to Presidents Cup team GOLF. Fred Couples told Tiger Woods Thursday that he will be on the 12member Presidents Cup team. The co-captain Couples said that it’s already a done deal. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

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Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto Baltimore

W 80 78 70 66 51

L 50 50 59 64 77

Pct .615 .609 .543 .508 .398

GB — 1 91/2 14 28

W 71 63 63 55 54

L 59 64 65 75 77

Pct GB .546 — .496 61/2 .492 7 .423 16 1 .412 17 /2

Milwaukee St. Louis Cincinnati Pittsburgh Chicago Houston

W 74 71 59 56

L 58 59 71 73

Pct GB .561 — .546 2 .454 14 .434 161/2

Arizona San Francisco Colorado Los Angeles San Diego

CENTRAL DIVISION Detroit Cleveland Chicago Minnesota Kansas City

WEST DIVISION Texas Los Angeles Oakland Seattle

Yesterday’s results N.Y. Yankees 22, Oakland 9 Baltimore 6, Minnesota 1 Detroit 2, Tampa Bay 0 Kansas City 9, Toronto 6 Boston 6, Texas 0 Wednesday’s results Toronto 4 Kansas City 3 Baltimore 6 Minnesota 1 Boston 13 Texas 2 L.A. Angels 8 Chicago White Sox 0 Oakland 6 N.Y. Yankees 4 (10 innings) Seattle 9 Cleveland 2 Tampa Bay 3 Detroit 2 (10 innings) Tonight’s games Kansas City (F.Paulino 2-5) at Cleveland (Jimenez 1-1), 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (A.J.Burnett 9-10) at Baltimore (Tom.Hunter 2-2), 7:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Shields 11-10) at Toronto (H.Alvarez 0-1), 7:07 p.m. Oakland (G.Gonzalez 10-11) at Boston (Wakefield 6-5), 7:10 p.m. L.A. Angels (Haren 13-6) at Texas (D.Holland 11-5), 8:05 p.m. Detroit (Porcello 11-8) at Minnesota (Diamond 0-1), 8:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Peavy 5-6) at Seattle (Furbush 3-5), 10:10 p.m.

Philadelphia Atlanta Washington New York Florida

ROYALS 9, BLUE JAYS 6

W 83 79 62 61 58

L 45 53 67 68 72

Pct GB .648 — .598 6 .481 211/2 .473 221/2 .446 26

W 78 68 64 61 57 42

L 54 63 66 69 74 88

Pct GB .591 — .519 91/2 .492 13 .469 16 .435 201/2 .323 35

W 72 69 63 60 60

L 59 61 68 69 71

Pct .550 .531 .481 .465 .458

CENTRAL DIVISION

WEST DIVISION GB — 21/2 9 11 12

Last nighgt’s results Arizona 8 Washington 1 Atlanta 8 Chicago Cubs 3 St. Louis 8 Pittsburgh 4 Houston at San Francisco Cincinnati at Florida (ppd., rain) Wednesday’s results Pittsburgh 2, Milwaukee 0 N.Y. Mets 7, Philadelphia 4 L.A. Dodgers 9, St. Louis 4 Colorado 7, Houston 6, 10 innings Florida 6, Cincinnati 5, 1st game Arizona 4, Washington 2 Cincinnati 3, Florida 2, 2nd game Chicago Cubs 3, Atlanta 2 San Francisco 2, San Diego 1 Tonight’s games Florida (Hensley 1-5) at Philadelphia (Oswalt 6-7), 7:05 p.m. Atlanta (T.Hudson 13-7) at N.Y. Mets (Capuano 9-11), 7:10 p.m. Washington (Wang 2-2) at Cincinnati (Willis 0-3), 7:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (R.Lopez 4-4) at Milwaukee (Wolf 10-8), 8:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Ja.McDonald 8-6) at St. Louis (Westbrook 10-7), 8:15 p.m. San Diego (LeBlanc 2-2) at Arizona (Collmenter 7-8), 9:40 p.m. Colorado (Rogers 6-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Lilly 713), 10:10 p.m. Houston (Happ 4-14) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 7-12), 10:15 p.m.

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At Cordoba, Spain Sixth Stage 1. Peter Sagan, Slovakia, Liquigas-Cannondale, 4 hours, 38 minutes, 22 seconds. 2. Pablo Lastras, Spain, Movistar, same time. 3. Valerio Agnoli, Italy, Liquigas-Cannondale, same time. 4. Vicenzo Nibali, Italy, Liquigas-Cannondale, same time. 5. Eros Capecchi, Italy, Liquigas-Cannondale, 3 seconds behind. 6. Jakob Fuglsang, Denmark, Leopard Trek, :17. 7. Joaquin Rodriguez, Spain, Team Katusha, same time. 8. Marzio Bruseghin, Italy, Movistar, same time. 9. David Mancoutie, France, Cofidis, same time.

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CFL WEEK NINE EAST DIVISION Winnipeg Montreal Hamilton Toronto

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T 0 0 0 0

PF PA Pt 194 172 10 174 190 10 203 203 4 165 253 2

WEST DIVISION Calgary Edmonton B.C. Saskatchewan

GP W L 7 5 2 8 5 3 8 2 6 8 1 7

Byes: B.C., Edmonton, Saskatchewan, Toronto Tonight’s game Hamilton at Winnipeg, 8 p.m. Tomorrow’s game Montreal at Calgary, 4 p.m.

LACROSSE 19. Sylvain Chavanel, France, QuickStep, same time. Overall Standings (After 6 of 21 stages) 1. Sylvain Chavanel, France, QuickStep, 22 hours, 41 minutes, 13 seconds. 2. Daniel Moreno, Spain, Team Katusha, 15 seconds behind. 3. Vicenzo Nibali, Italy, Liquigas-Cannondale, :16. 4. Joaquin Rodriguez, Spain, Team Katusha, :23. 5. Jakob Fuglsang, Denmark, Leopard Trek, :25. 6. Fredrik Kessiakoff, Sweden, Astana, :41. 7. Maxime Monfort, Belgium, Leopard Trek, :44. 8. Jurgen Van den Broeck, Belgium, Omega Pharma-Lotto, :49. 9. Sergio Pardilla, Spain, Movistar, same time. 10. Marzio Bruseghin, Italy, Movistar, :52.

MINTO CUP

CANADIAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

At Okotoks, Alta. Wednesday’s result Semifinal Whitby 8 Okotoks 4

CHAMPIONSHIP Coquitlam vs. Whitby (Best-of-3) Tonight’s game Coquitlam vs. Whitby, 10 p.m.

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At Annapolis, Md. Tomorrow’s games Semifinals Boston vs. Chesapeake, 12 p.m. Denver vs. Hamilton, 3 p.m.

EASTERN CONFERENCE

GP W L T GF GA 25 11 7 7 29 24 25 9 7 9 36 31 26 8 7 11 34 32 24 8 6 10 30 24 26 6 6 14 41 37 24 7 7 10 34 35 25 3 7 15 28 33 26 4 11 11 26 39 27 4 12 11 25 48

WESTERN CONFERENCE Los Angeles Seattle Dallas Colorado Real Salt Lake Portland Chivas USA San Jose Vancouver

GP 26 26 26 27 23 26 26 25 25

W 14 12 12 10 10 9 7 5 3

L T GF GA 3 9 37 20 5 9 36 27 7 7 33 27 6 11 39 34 7 6 32 20 12 5 33 41 9 10 32 29 10 10 26 34 13 9 26 42

Pt 40 36 35 34 32 31 24 23 23

Pt 51 45 43 41 36 32 31 25 18

Note: Three points for a win, one for a tie. Wednesday Result Portland 1 Chivas USA 0 Tomorrow’s games Columbus at Seattle, 4 p.m. San Jose at Toronto, 7 p.m. Houston at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Portland at D.C. United, 7:30 p.m. Colorado at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Dallas at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m. Real Salt Lake at Chivas USA, 10:30 p.m.

CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Yesterday’s results Alajeulense (Costa Rica) at Los Angeles Galaxy (U.S.) Motogua (Honduras) at Morelia (Mexico) FC Dallas (U.S.) 1 Toronto FC (Canada) 0 Pumas UNAM (Mexico) at Tauro (Panama) Wednesday’s results Isidro Metapan (El Salvador) 2 Santos Laguna (Mexico) 0 FC Dallas (U.S.) at Toronto FC (Canada), susp., weather Comunicaciones (Guatemala) 2 Herediano (Costa Rica) 0

B AS E B A L L LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES

At South Williamsport, Pa. Yesterday’s results Hamamatsu City, Japan 9 Maracay, Venezuela 6 Huntington Beach, Calif. 2 Clinton County, Pa. 0 Wednesday’s results Mexicali, Mexico 2 Maracay, Venezuela 1 (9 innings) Billings, Mont. 1 Huntington Beach, Calif. 0 (7 innings)

NFL PRE-SEASON Last night’s results Cincinnati 24, Carolina 13 Philadelphia 24, Cleveland 14 Baltimore 34, Washington 31

At EDISON, N.J. Par 71 Paritial first round Harrison Frazar Vijay Singh Jonathan Byrd Charley Hoffman Ryan Palmer Adam Scott J.J. Henry Chad Campbell Ryan Moore Bo Van Pelt Jason Day Bill Haas Nick Watney Kevin Chappell Tim Herron D.J. Trahan John Rollins Kris Blanks Sergio Garcia Kyle Stanley

At MIRABEL, Quebec Par-72 First round (a-amateur): Pernilla Lindberg Ai Miyazato Samantha Richdale Mi Hyun Kim Song-Hee Kim Jenny Shin Angela Stanford Michelle Wie Silvia Cavalleri Na Yeon Choi

Adrienne White Maude-Aimee Leblanc Lorie Kane Lisa Meldrum Sara Maude Juneau a-Jisoo Keel Stephanie Sherlock a-Jessica Wallace Kirby Dreher Danielle Mills Jessica Shepley a-Rebecca Lee-Bentham a-Augusta James Isabelle Beisiegel a-Anna Kim Alena Sharp a-Nicole Vandermade

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TENNIS ATP WINSTON-SALEM OPEN

At Winston-Salem, N.C. Singles Quarter-finals John Isner (4), United States, def. Marcos Baghdatis (8), Cyprus, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4. Andy Roddick (1), United States, def. Juan Monaco (7), Argentina, 6-1, 6-4. Doubles Quarter-finals Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram, Israel, def. Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares, Brazil, 7-5, 6-4.

WTA TEXAS OPEN RESULTS

At Grapevine, Texas Singles Quarter-finals Aravane Rezai, France, def. Elena Baltacha, Britain, 6-2, 6-2. Irina-Camelia Begu (8), Romania, def.. Anastasija Sevastova, Latvia, 6-3, 6-4. Doubles Quarter-finals Irina-Camelia Begu, Romania, and Ipek Senoglu (4), Turkey, def. Melanie Oudin, United States, and Chanelle Scheepers, South Africa, walkover.

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DETROIT TIGERS—Placed 1B Miguel Cabrera on the paternity leave list. Recalled C Omir Santos from to Toledo (IL) and optioned him back to Toledo. MINNESOTA TWINS—Placed LHP Francisco Liriano on the 15-day DL. Recalled LHP Scott Diamond from Rochester (IL). NEW YORK YANKEES—Optioned LHP Aaron Laffey to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Signed 1B Luke Willson.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Optioned INF Pedro Ciriaco and RHP Aaron Thompson to Indianapolis (IL). Activated OF Alex Presley and INF Chase d’Arnaud off the 15-day DL.

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CAROLINA PANTHERS—Claimed DT Kentwan Balmer off waivers from Seattle. Placed CB Cletis Gordon on injured reserve. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS—Signed TE Anthony Becht. Placed LB Brandon Siler on injured reserve.

HOCKEY NHL

WINNIPEG JETS—Named Ryan Bowness manager of hockey operations & team services, Rob Milette athletic therapist and Al Pritchard massage therapist.

ECHL READING ROYALS—Agreed to terms with F Chad Painchaud.

LACROSSE NLL

MINNESOTA SWARM—Announced assistant coach Joe Sullivan will become associate general manager along with his coaching duties. Named Bob Keast assistant coach and Jake Elliott director of western scouting.

MOTORSPORT INDYCAR—Fined Will Power $30,000 for making an obscene gesture during the IndyCar race at New Hampshire.

U.S.COLLEGE LSU—Suspended junior WR Russell Shepard indefinitely for violating NCAA rules by discussing an NCAA inquiry with a teammate. MICHIGAN—Announced freshman TE Chris Barnett has left the football team. MORAVIAN—Named Elizabeth Grumbein and Kaitlin Boerman assistant field hockey coaches. NORTH DAKOTA STATE—Suspended assistant wrestling coach Bret Maughan five days after receiving a drunken driving conviction. SAN JOSE STATE—Promoted Marie Tuite to deputy director of athletics and chief operating officer. ST. EDWARD’S—Named Dave Wood pitching coach. VASSAR—Named Margaret White women’s assistant basketball coach.

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