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Panel reports widespread bullying of Alberta doctors

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Alberta Health Services set up a 1-800 hotline number three weeks ago for staff and physicians to call with concerns

Former hockey players Todd Holt and Sheldon Kennedy embrace outside the Law Courts on Wednesday following Graham James’ sentencing hearing in Winnipeg.

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Apology for players

Graham James, one of Canada’s most abhorred sex offenders and a notorious former junior hockey coach, stood in a courtroom Wednesday and apologized for the sexual abuse that shattered the trust of the hockey world and the lives of some of its most promising players. See story, page 6.

Bureaucratic mismanagement and bullying of doctors have knocked Alberta’s health system off the rails and brought much patient suffering, a government panel reported Wednesday.

Dr. John Cowell told a news conference that five years after the province was told how to fix the core issue — poor management of hospital beds — the problem remains.

“Wait times in Alberta urban (emergency departments) are still far too long,” said Cowell.

“Patients waiting for a hospital bed is the single most important factor contributing to (emergency department) crowding. Sadly this was found in 2007, this has been known for a very long time. What needs to happen is: solve this problem. Manage the beds you’ve got in a far more strategic and tactical manner.”

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Premier Alison Redford has since promised that an independent public inquiry will follow with its mandate shaped around the Health Quality Council findings.

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Jailed woman testifies at Briscoe trial The trial of a man accused of killing a 13-year-old girl and 33-year-old woman days apart in 2005 heard from a woman convicted in the teen’s slaying.

Michael Briscoe, 41, is charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of Ellie May Meyer and Nina Courtepatte. The now 23year-old testified Briscoe drove to the golf course the night Courtepatte was killed and held the girl down as his friend raped her. Court also heard Joseph Laboucan, who was convicted in both murders told her, “We’re going to kill someone tonight.”

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Guns cache seized at Coutts border Border police made what they’re calling the largest weapons seizure in the history of the Coutts, Alta., crossing on Tuesday.

Officers from Canada Border Services Agency found 75 firearms, including 48 handguns, four loaded, while searching a Florida man’s vehicle who was bound for Alaska, officials said. Also uncovered were 12 magazines, a blowgun and crossbow. The man, 54, faces 10 charges and more are pending, officials said. He was turned over to RCMP and is due in Lethbridge court today.

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Making it law for other vehicles to yield to buses signaling back into traffic is something Edmonton’s transportation boss would like to look at.

Make yielding to city buses law, official says City’s transportation boss plans to approach province, Capital Region Board Yield to bus laws are in effect in other provinces across Canada HEATHER MCINTYRE

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City transportation officials plan to approach the province and signal a need for yielding to buses.

The hope is to make allowing a transit bus re-entering the traffic flow mandatory, said Bob Boutilier, Edmonton’s general manager of transportation.

“This would not be about changing lanes,” said Boutilier. “It’s about getting back into traffic.

“And it indicates the importance of public transit.

To keep these buses on time.”

Despite any prior efforts that have failed at pursuing the initiative in Alberta, Boutilier said it’s time for more than signs simply reading “please yield” on Edmonton Transit buses.

For example, he said, it is provincial law in Ontario to yield to a transit bus re-entering traffic from a bus stop. Local transit union president Stu Litwinowich welcomes discussion with

Law locations Boutilier also plans to raise the idea with the transportation committee of the Capital Region Board, involving St. Albert and Strathcona County transit officials.

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“The city has grown and the amount of traffic has grown,” he said. “So we’d really appreciate it.”

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Edmonton, as the reason the law is necessary in places like Toronto is because buses tend to be in cutouts as opposed to the side of the road, said Boutilier.

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NON-SECULAR SCHOOLS

Legislation floats public education for Morinville Morinville students will have public education access if new legislation is passed for Sturgeon Valley.

Education minister Thomas Lukaszuk said

Wednesday that a lack of non-secular schools dates back to boards created when the population was mainly Roman Catholic.

Proposed changes in Bill 4 include expanding the Sturgeon School Division to include Legal and Morinville, creating a new Catholic board and abolition of a Protestant St. Albert board.

A new public school is slated for Morinville by September. METRO

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2012

MLA pushing for Alta. organ registry HEATHER MCINTYRE/METRO

Last year, more than 30 people died in Alberta waiting for an organ MLA Len Webber recently met health minister to discuss registry KATIE TURNER

Report: Edmonton in cyber-crime top 10 Alberta’s two biggest cities cracked the Top 10 for their risks of cyber crime.

Norton by Symantec released the findings Wednesday, rating Canada’s 50 hotspots for online vulnerability based on malware attempts, bots by city, Wi-Fi locations, smart phone, social media and Internet use, and “risky� behaviours like online purchasing.

Edmonton was number nine, while Calgary was rated fifth due to spending on computers and Internet use.

Rishi Patel, president of Edmonton’s Keeran Systems, advises always looking for a secure online connection, especially when using Wi-Fi. “With wireless connec-

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Patel also urges regularly installing updates to computers’ operating systems.

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Karen Korchinski and her daughter, Mikayla, 4, at their home in Edmonton on Wednesday. Korchinski could soon be added to the organ donor list to receive a liver.

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At the end of 2009, 472 Albertans were on transplant waiting lists.

A total of 3,796 Canadians were awaiting transplants at the end of 2009.

As the health of her liver deteriorates, Karen Korchinski is inching closer and closer to being placed on the wait-list to receive an organ donation.

Korchinski, an Edmontonian and parent of two young children, has a condition that prevents blood flow from her liver. “My doctors have told me that the people at the top of the transplant list are the most sick so if I get to that point, I won’t be able to be a parent to my children,� she said. “With more transplantable organs available the situation might be different for me and for others in my situation.�

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Currently, Webber said the only method to indicate consent of organ donation is by checking a small box on the back of one’s Alberta Health Care card. “It’s just shocking,â€? he said. “Over the past five years here in Alberta, 214 people have died just waiting for organ transplants ‌ It’s just not right.â€?

Webber is pushing his provincial colleagues to create a system where Albertans can indicate if they’d like to be an organ donor on their medical records.

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‘The most hated man in hockey’ apologizes Crown asks that Graham James serve six years Defence lawyer wants 12-18 month sentence for disgraced coach Judge reserves decision to March 20 “The most hated man in hockey” stood in a courtroom Wednesday and apologized for the sexual abuse which shattered the trust of the hockey world and the lives of some of its most promising players.

“I stand before you with regret, a word which has been described as insight that comes one day too late. I also stand before you to apologize,” former junior coach Graham James read from a prepared statement at his sentencing hearing.

“I apologize to the Canadian hockey public, whose interest in the national game should be found in celebration, not trouble like what I’ve caused.”

Former NHLer Sheldon

Kennedy, an earlier victim of James’ abuse, rejected the apology.

“It doesn’t mean anything to me,” he said. “Really, Graham James is a liar. He’s been a liar since the day I met him.”

James apologized to the players he coached, whose only motivation was the love of hockey and the desire to win.

“Parents expected their sons to be safe. Not all were. I apologize to the parents and the families of those most personally affected. I knew you. I liked you and I abused the trust you put in me.

“The fault is mine alone.”

He saved the most direct apology for last.

“Finally, and most importantly, I apologize to

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Revered to reviled Attorney Colleen McDuff said James’ players looked up to him because he was highly respected in the hockey world. They also believed — and were told by him — that he could make or break their careers.

Two of those players, Fleury and his cousin Holt, were teenagers hoping to make it big. Court heard both of their lives were almost destroyed as they struggled with their demons for years before coming forward to police with their accusations.

Theoren Fleury and to Todd Holt, against whom I have offended. I wanted the best for you but I did not give you my best.

Graham James walks out of a building connected to the Law Courts with an unidentified woman following his sentencing hearing in Winnipeg on Wednesday.

“I am deeply sorry. I was wrong.”

James, 59, pleaded guilty in December to sexually abusing Fleury and

Holt when they played for him in the Western Hockey League in the 1980s and ‘90s. It’s his third time before the courts for

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He pleaded guilty to sexual abuse against Kennedy in 1997.

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DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT

Arts centre means dreaming big: Mayor Plans for a landmark performing-arts centre downtown got off the ground on Wednesday when a council committee recommended pitching in $100,000 to develop a business plan.

“It needs to be private-sector driven, but there needs to be some public support,” Mayor Stephen Mandel said. “You have to dream

big. If we want to be a big city, we dream big.”

Dianne Kipnes and Brian Webb, co-chairs of the Mayor’s Arts Visioning Committee, said early discussions are underway about a campus-type development near the Epcor Tower east of 101 Street. It would feature three theatres, orchestra pits, rehearsal space and more.

It could tie into the new museum and proposed downtown arena, Kipnes said.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Councillors leading the way for young women Cash injection expands political-mentoring program Group wants to close gender gap on city councils HEATHER MCINTYRE/METRO

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There are four women on Edmonton city council and, thanks to a mentorship program, there will probably be more in the future.

Rona Ambrose, minister for the status of women, announced nearly $200,000 in funding on Wednesday for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities to put toward mentoring young women in leadership roles and encouraging involvement in politics.

“We need to begin at the basics,” Ambrose said, “by giving young girls and women a window to the world so many of us live

Kaylin Betteridge, seen speaking to media at city hall on Wednesday, has been part of Opening the Potential in Edmonton since September.

and work in every day.”

Edmonton, the first city to take up the program after a pilot in Toronto, launched Opening the Potential last fall.

Kaylin Betteridge, 27,

has learned a lot while shadowing Coun. Ben Henderson, including the discovery that running for council is more than just “sticking signs in the grass.”

Girl power The FCM money is also funding programs in Quebec City, Thompson, Man., and Wainfleet, Ont. Edmonton’s program is for female residents between 18 and 30.

Six councillors are taking part: Jane Batty, Ben Henderson, Don Iveson, Kim Krushell, Karen Leibovici and Linda Sloan.

While 30 per cent participation in politics by women is ideal, according to the UN, 23 per cent of Canadian municipal politicians are women, the FCM says.

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The robotics team at Ecole Maurice-Lavallee demonstrates its version of Bowled Over Wednesday.

More than 250,000 students tried to qualify for world tourney with 22,000 robots Merit awards, scholarships available for winning teams HEATHER MCINTYRE

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Since September, a group of students at Ecole Maurice-Lavallee have spent 200 hours designing and building a robot that excels in the game Bowled Over.

Having won provincials in Red Deer Jan. 14, they’re heading for the world championships April 25 to 29 in St. Louis, Mo.

“It’s very exciting,” said 15-year-old James Hyrniw, member of the 11-person team. “Even more because it’s at that higher level.”

About half the team won two years ago, said teacher Michel Gariepy, and are now competing at the next level.

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“Unfortunately I missed it, but I have been keeping an eye on some astronomy discussions online,” Trevor Prentice, staff scientist at Edmonton’s Telus World of Science, said Wednesday.

The event sent social media aflutter, with even some footage posted to YouTube.

“It burned through the atmosphere. And the bright light is what was seen,” said Prentice.

It was most visible in eastern Alberta and western Saskatchewan, said Prentice, adding it’s not

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Edmonton man’s body found in B.C. ABBOTSFORD. Mounties

on Wednesday identified a man’s body found in an Abbotsford, B.C., field on Sunday as that of Jimmy Chau, of

Trevor 100 Prentice said the meteor probably measured more than 100 kilograms when it first hit Earth’s atmosphere. all that common of a sight.

“For something that big and that large, it’s actually quite rare,” he said.

Prentice said the last time a meteor similar in size and brightness was visible in Edmonton’s skies was back in 2008.

“There have been smaller ones since then, but this one was brighter than the moon, had it been full,” he said.

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Police said Chau, 31, was known to police, and the killing appears to have been a targeted hit that was gang-related.

They are still investigating and have not released Chau’s manner of death, though an autopsy has confirmed the nature of his injuries are consistent with homicide, police said.

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Mubarak’s fate to be decided in June An Egyptian judge on Wednesday set June 2 as the date for the verdict and sentencing in the trial of ousted president Hosni Mubarak, which could put the man who spent nearly 30 years as one of the Arab world’s key strongmen on death row.

Mubarak is accused of complicity in the killing of protesters during the 18-day popular uprising that pushed him from power in February of last year. More than 800 people were killed during the uprising, many of them demonstrators shot dead by security forces.

A guilty verdict would make Mubarak the first leader ousted during the Arab Spring uprisings to face legal punishment by his own people.

A ruling of not guilty — a distinct possibility — could set off a new round of unrest.

Egyptians have closely followed the sevenmonth-long case, and

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An Egyptian anti-Mubarak protestor wears a headband with Arabic writing that reads “retribution,” during a trial session for the ousted president, Hosni Mubarak, outside a courtroom in Cairo, Wednesday.

many accuse the council of ruling army generals who took power when Mubarak stepped down of dragging out the proceedings.

Critics of the military’s handling of the transition to democracy say the trial’s pace reflects a wider

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Egyptian courts have so far not punished any police officers for the protester deaths.

Others have criticized the prosecution, saying it has failed to present strong enough evidence

to support a murder charge.

Judge Ahmed Rifat announced on Wednesday the date of the final hearing, in which Mubarak will receive both his verdict and sentence, saying it would be open to media coverage. Most media have been barred from the majority of the hearings since the trial’s start.

The prosecution is calling for the death penalty for Mubarak and five others, which would be by hanging.

Mubarak has rarely spoken during the trial, and on Wednesday turned down his last chance to address the court during the defence’s final arguments.

“I have no comment,” Mubarak told the judge Wednesday, adding that what his lawyer said was enough.

Later, during the session that lasted more than nine hours, Mubarak fell asleep. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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An Afghan protester holds a Qur’an on Wednesday as he shouts slogans during an anti-U.S. demonstration in Jalalabad, east of Kabul.

Qur’an riots leave at least seven dead

Afghans angry over U.S. military burning of Muslim holy book Top officials apologize, call for talks Clashes between Afghan troops and protesters angry over the burning of Muslim holy books at a U.S. military base left at least seven people dead and dozens wounded Wednesday as anger spread, despite U.S. apologies over what it said was a mistake.

The demonstrations across four eastern provinces illustrated the intensity of Afghans’ anger at what they saw as foreign forces flouting their laws and insulting their culture.

The violence was also a reminder of how easily Afghan-U.S. relations can deteriorate, as the two countries work to forge a long-term partnership ahead of the withdrawal of foreign forces in 2014.

The unrest started Tuesday when Afghan workers at the main American military base, Bagram Air Field, saw soldiers dumping books in a pit where garbage is burned and noticed Qur’ans and other religious material among the trash.

The top U.S. and NATO commander, Gen. John

By the numbers In Kabul, about 2,000 people massed outside a heavily guarded housing complex for foreigners, chanting “Death to America!” as they hurled rocks at the compound’s reinforced walls and set a fuel truck ablaze.

The country’s council of Muslim clerics called the apologies from U.S. authorities insufficient and said military officials should punish those responsible.

The demonstrations prompted the U.S. to lock down its embassy and bar its staff from travelling.

Allen, quickly issued an apology and telephoned President Hamid Karzai and major news organizations to explain that a collection of religious materials, including Qur’ans, had been mistakenly sent to be incinerated. Four copies of the Qur’an were burned before the incineration was halted, according to initial Afghan government reports.

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Will this man live or die?

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CHILD MOLESTER

Nabbed … after decade on the lam A convicted child molester who has been on the run from U.S. authorities for a decade has been captured in Canada.

Steven Dyer is wanted after failing to show up for a court appearance.

He was convicted in 2002 on 13 counts of child molestation and

The only Canadian on death row launches a U.S. bid for clemency The clock is ticking down toward a decision on whether Ronald Smith lives or dies.

The only Canadian on death row in the United States is expressing regret and sadness for the crimes he committed and the situation he finds himself in.

But Smith is also angry at the Canadian government for its “tepid” support of his clemency bid — support that came only after Federal Court forced it to act on his behalf.

“Am I that horrible a person that you have to be

forced to act like a human being?” Smith said at Montana State Prison — his home for the last 30 years.

Smith, from Red Deer, Alta., has been on death row since 1982.

A drug-addicted drifter back then, Smith and an accomplice, both high on LSD and booze, marched two men into the woods near East Glacier, Mont., and shot them in the head.

Smith said he shot the men just to know how it felt to take a life and because he wanted to steal their car.

Ronald Smith’s appeal options have run out. Now it’s up to officials to determine whether his life should be spared.

Smith asked for and received a death sentence, but later changed his mind.

His legal avenues of appeal have all run out and the Montana Board of Pardons and Parole has sched-

uled a hearing in May after which it will make a recommendation on whether he should be spared.

The final decision will fall to Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer.

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Sentencing law wrong: U.S. lawyer A lawyer who helped U.S. politicians write mandatory minimum-sentencing laws has a warning for Canada.

Long jail terms for minor drug offences have been a mistake in the U.S. and won’t work in Canada, says

Steven Dyer

faces a minimum term of 169 years behind bars.

Border agents nabbed him at Montreal’s Trudeau airport as he returned from Venezuela on Tuesday. He was living in Vancouver.

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Eric Sterling.

Sterling is one of 28 current and former lawenforcement officials in the U.S. who have written to Canadian senators, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the premiers.

They take issue with Bill C-10 — currently being studied in the Senate — which includes mandatory minimum sentences for drug offences.

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Niagara Falls icon sailing off into the mist DAVID DUPREY/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

One of the largest tourist draws in Niagara Falls may not be open for business this year.

After 165 years, the Maid of the Mist Steamboat Co. has lost the contract to operate boats there.

The Niagara Parks Commission said Wednesday it has awarded a 30-year deal for boat-tour operations in the Niagara Gorge to Hornblower Canada, a California-based company.

“This is a great day for the Niagara Parks Commission and a great day for the tourism industry in Niagara and across Ontario,” said chair Janice Thomson.

But the Hornblower service isn’t scheduled to begin until the spring of 2014 and the Maid of the Mist company isn’t sure it can stay in business for this summer’s tourist season.

“As a result of this deci-

Maid of the Mist riders wear blue plastic ponchos as they get up close to Niagara Falls.

sion, our business, with a 165-year history of service to tourists from around the world, may soon come to an end,” said company president Christopher Glynn.

“The implications of this decision are very complex, and impact on many parties and create many uncertainties, including whether or not a boat tour service will be offered in Niagara Falls in 2012.”

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A new course The commission quietly gave the Maid of the Mist company an untendered contract extension in 2008.

But Ontario’s Liberal cabinet ordered the commission to open the tour boats to competitive bidding in 2009.

The new deal is expected to generate more than $500 million in revenue for the commission.

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Firemen rescue wounded passengers from a commuter train after a collision in Buenos Aires, Wednesday. A packed train slammed into the end of the line in Buenos Aires’ busy Once station.

Shelling in Syria kills two Western journalists THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

49 passengers killed in Argentina train wreck 600 others were injured Cause of crash not yet determined Many blame deteriorating train system The first two cars were packed as usual for the morning rush, so tightly that people stood between bicycles and the few seats.

This train didn’t lurch, though. It had trouble stopping at all, overshooting platforms and missing at least one station entirely.

The train didn’t come to a halt until it had slammed into a metal barrier at Buenos Aires’ Once station.

With more than 1,200 people on board, the momentum was devastating.

Forty-nine people were killed and 600 were injured.

Windows exploded and the first cars were crushed into a jumble of glass, metal, plastic and bodies.

The cause wasn’t immediately determined, but

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The number of injured people that were hospitalized, according to Transportation Secretary J.P. Schiavi. many pointed to a deteriorating rail system. a lack of modern equipment and safety measures. Passengers said the conductor had appeared to be struggling with the brakes. The dead included 48 adults and one child — most of whom had crowded into the first two cars.

Passengers’ friends and relatives rushed around the city, checking emergency rooms and the two largest

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morgues for loved ones.

Ezequiel Mercado, his mother-in-law and 10 other friends and family members frantically searched for his wife, Sabrina Espindola, 29. “I went everywhere. She is always with her Blackberry. We are always in contact,” he said.

Transportation Secretary J.P. Schiavi defended the rail system. “It was an accident like those in many other countries,” he said.

“In recent years, we’ve made huge investments” in the system. Meanwhile, riot police faced off against angry passengers in the closed station, where emergency workers spent hours extracting dozens of people trapped inside the first car.

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Syrian gunners pounded an opposition stronghold Marie Colvin where the last in a photo held dispatch- by her mother. es from a veteran American-born war correspondent chronicled the suffering of civilians caught in the relentless shelling. An intense morning barrage killed her and a French photojournalist — two of 74 deaths reported Wednesday in Syria.

“I watched a little baby die today,” Marie Colvin told the BBC on Tuesday from the embattled city of Homs. “Absolutely horrific, a two-year-old child had been hit,” added Colvin, a veteran foreign correspondent for Britain’s Sunday Times.

Eight bodies found on Costa Concordia Divers searching the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship off a Tuscan island found eight bodies Wednesday on one of the passenger decks, including that of a missing 5-year-old Italian girl, authorities said.

Italy’s national civil protection agency, which is monitoring the operation, said three of the bodies were recovered a few hours

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Colvin, 56, and photographer Remi Ochlik, 28, were among a group of journalists who had crossed into Syria and were sharing accommodations with activists, raising speculation that government forces targeted the makeshift media centre, although opposition groups had previously described the shelling as indiscriminate. At least two other Western journalists — French reporter Edith Bouvier of Le Figaro and British photographer Paul Conroy of the Sunday Times — were wounded.

Activist Omar Shaker said the journalists were killed when several rockets hit a garden of the house in the besieged neighbourhood of Baba Amr at around 10 a.m.

Hundreds of people have died in weeks of siege-style attacks on Homs that have come to symbolize the des-

after being spotted by fire department divers. It said they are those of a woman, a girl and a man. Because of worsening weather, the divers were not able to immediately remove the other five bodies.

The bodies were being transferred to a hospital on the mainland for identification, a process which could take days. Before Wednesday’s development, 15 people were listed as missing, but only one of them was a child, Dayana Arlotti.

The 5-year-old girl was on the Mediterranean cruise with her father and his girlfriend. The

peration and defiance of the 11monthold uprising against President Remi Ochlik Bashar Assad.

The bloodshed brought some of the most galvanizing calls for the end of Assad’s rule.

“That’s enough now. The regime must go,” said French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

The U.S. and other countries have begun to cautiously examine possible military aid to the rebels.

Meanwhile, the UN said that it would dispatch Valerie Amos, the undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs, to Syria to assess the situation.

No date was set.

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girlfriend survived. The father was among the missing. Including the missing — who are presumed dead — and bodies already recovered, the death toll in the accident stands at 32.

The Concordia, which was carrying some 4,200 passengers and crew, struck a reef off the Tuscan island of Giglio on Jan. 13, took on water and started listing badly until it lay on its side. Many of the lifeboats couldn’t be launched as the ship leaned to one side. Most of the victims were found in the first week or two after the accident. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Kyla Gronau, wearing her Girl Scout vest, sells a box of cookies to Paa Yang, left, a neighbour in Minneapolis.

LAWMAKER STANDS BY GIRL-SCOUT CRITICISM Undaunted by ridicule from the leader of his own party, an Indiana lawmaker is standing by his allegations that the Girl Scouts is a radical organization that promotes abortions and homosexuality.

The Scouts and Planned Parenthood have dismissed Rep. Bob Morris’ comments as absurd, as did Brian Bosma, the Republican Speaker of Indiana’s House of Representatives. But Morris, also a Republican,

Comics sell for $3.5M The bulk of a man’s childhood comic book collection that included many of the most prized issues ever published has sold for about $3.5 million.

Lon Allen, managing director of comics for Dallasbased Heritage Auctions, says Billy Wright’s 1939 copy of Detective Comics No. 27 that features the debut of Batman got the top bid at the New York City auction Wednesday. It sold for about $523,000, including a buyer’s premi-

told The Associated Press his critics need to do more research into the 100-year-old organization.

“My family and I took a view and we’re sticking by it,” Morris said Tuesday, adding that his daughters were joining an alternative group for young girls run by conservative Christians. “My girls are no longer Girl Scouts. They’re now going to join American Heritage Girls.”

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A comic from Billy Wright’s collection.

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Action Comics No. 1, a 1938 issue featuring the first appearance of Superman, sold for about $299,000. And Batman No. 1 from 1940 sold for about $275,000.

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There was no clear winner, no knockout punches, and no damaging gaffes on Wednesday night in the latest Republican presidential debate — possibly the final such showdown of a topsyturvy primary season that has seen front-runners and momentum ebb and flow on an almost daily basis.

Only four men remained standing in the 20th debate of the race, and the stakes were high in advance of state primaries being held in delegaterich Michigan and Arizona next week and in several other states on so-called Super Tuesday on March 6.

Mitt Romney was looking to wrest back his front-runner status from Rick Santorum, the latest candidate to sit atop the polls.

Santorum, indeed, was on the hot seat in Mesa, Ariz., often appearing peeved as he fended off attacks from Romney and Ron Paul, in particular.

The former Massachusetts governor and the libertarian congressman have reportedly formed a behind-the-scenes alliance to go easy on one another in the debates and beyond.

“Because he’s a fake,” Paul answered cheerfully when asked by the debate’s moderator, CNN’s John King, why his campaign released an ad in Michigan this week call-

Bud Lindsay hands out bumper stickers during a campaign stop for Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum.

ing Santorum a fake conservative.

Paul assailed Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator, for portraying himself as a fiscal conservative when he voted to raise the debt ceiling five times when in Congress.

He also repeatedly maligned Santorum for voting in favour of a federal education bill that he has since decried, accusing him of “losing credibility.”

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Big world in front of smallest man 72-year-old Nepal man may be the world’s shortest Makes first trip outside village to be measured He has never worked outside the home or seen a doctor, and until Wednesday, he had never left his remote mountain village in western Nepal. So 72year-old Chandra Bahadur Dangi only recently learned he might be the world’s shortest man.

Dangi says he’s only 56 centimetres tall — about the size of a toddler — and he’s hoping to claim the title. Guinness World Records said in an email Wednesday that its officials would arrive in Nepal’s capital Sunday to measure Dangi.

Dangi took his first trip outside his village and his first trip on a

“I am very happy to be in Kathmandu for the first time in my life. I am here so I can take the Guinness title.”

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plane to reach Kathmandu on Wednesday.

Dangi, who has never been married, lives with his eldest brother and his family in Rhimkholi village, about 400 kilometres west of Kathmandu.

Because of his height, he has never worked outside the house, doing only household chores. His

five brothers are of average size.

His family is not sure when he stopped growing, and Dangi said he has never been checked by a medical doctor. He attended a few classes in the village school, but soon dropped out.

Dangi eats mainly rice and vegetables, and occasionally meat, but in small portions.

Since the village is so remote, it was only recently that Dangi gained notice. A forest contractor cutting timber in the village met him and informed local media after Dangi’s height was measured.

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Nepalese Chandra Bahadur Dangi, 72, arrives at the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday. Guinness World Records officials will be in Nepal this weekend to measure Dangi who hopes to be named the world’s shortest man.

The big winner Guinness currently recognizes Junrey Balawing of the Philippines, who is 60 centimetres tall.

Another Nepalese man, Khagendra Thapa Magar, was known as the world’s shortest man, at 67 centimetres, before Balawing took over the title on his 18th birthday in June.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Canadians expect to work past age 66: Poll

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Nearly half of respondents to Sun Life survey say they are worried about having debt in retirement As Canadians live longer and face tougher financial choices in their golden years, fewer than a third of respondents in a recent survey said they plan to be fully retired by 66.

Sun Life Financial’s annual Unretirement Index poll, released early Wednesday, found that only about three in 10 Canadians surveyed said they plan full retirement at that age.

And the average expected age of retirement

now hovers at 68 — up from 66 just last year.

“That’s a fairly short space of time for an attitude change of that degree,” said Kevin Dougherty, president of Sun Life Financial Canada.

The poll results from Canada’s third-biggest insurance company reflect what other public opinion surveys have shown for a while — that the concept of Freedom 55 is a thing of the past.

“These results are not

surprising given the current economic volatility, increasing consumer debt loads, rising health-care costs, longer life expectancy and lack of planning. We’re also finding that some Canadians believe they’ll have to work longer to be able to pay for basic living expenses,” said Dougherty.

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Tear yourself away from tweets: Stone Twitter co-founder Christopher Isaac “Biz” Stone has a message for those followers who stare at their tweet feeds for hours on end: it’s not healthy. He told a Montreal business audience even he is amazed by the influence of Twitter, which the founders initially thought would just be used for fun.

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Microsoft fears that Google will continue Motorola’s tight hold on key patents.

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It’s alleged in the lawsuit that International Clothiers Inc. has intentionally designed a logo to mimic the Canada Goose Arctic Program design trademark.

Canada Goose Inc. filed a statement of claim late last month asking the Federal Court to stop International Clothiers from using its Canada Weather Gear and Super Triple Goose logos, “or any confusingly similar mark.” THE CANADIAN PRESS

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The wife of former British prime minister Tony Blair is suing Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper company over phone hacking, her lawyer said Wednesday.

Cherie Blair is suing “in relation to the unlawful interception of her voicemails,” lawyer Graham Atkins said in an email, making her one of the most high-profile people to have challenged Murdoch’s News International over the illegal eavesdropping campaign waged against those in the public eye.

There had been earlier speculation about the possibility that Cherie Blair’s phone had been hacked.

Cherie Blair

Tony Blair’s former spokesman, Alastair Campbell, has long wondered aloud about how the 1999 story of her pregnancy was obtained by the Daily Mirror.

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Greek recovery doubts remain after bailout Greece on Wednesday insisted a new 130-billioneuro bailout deal will “bind” it to the euro, but again lowered expectations of recovery as it faced skeptical world markets, continued protests and another downgrade of its debt deeper into junk status.

As the government scrambled to push new austerity measures, Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos said the new rescue

package approved by eurozone countries would shield Greece from default.

“The agreement is of historic importance, because it binds Greece to the euro,” Venizelos told private Mega television.

“It was not only the approval of the 130 billion euros in additional support for Greece. But this also comes with a European commitment ... of support for as long as is necessary

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A homeless man begs for money in Athens on Wednesday.

for Greece to return to the markets.”

Earlier, around 6,000 protesters chanting “EU out, IMF out!” marched through central Athens in a peaceful rally against the new austerity measures.

Eurozone countries on Tuesday approved the new bailout deal, as well as a 107 billion euro debt writedown by banks and other private holders of Greek bonds. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Troubles persist Following the bailout, Greece’s credit rating sank further into junk status — one notch above default.

World markets appeared nervous at the prospects of forcing through new austerity measures in a country stuck in recession for a fifth year and with unemployment topping 20 per cent.

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As someone who considers himself on the cutting edge of technology, I recently began using a website known as JOHN MAZEROLLE Twitter. Have you heard of it?

METRO I’ve spent my entire life missing out completely on trends — MySpace, The Thong Song, OxyContin — so my late arrival to the still-flourishing site has been a real revelation (the good kind, not the end-times, Santorum kind).

Well, my stars. Twitter is like a million sites combined!

It’s a sports site that lets me learn about false hockey trades from teenagers who have no higher goal in life than to pose as Bob McKenzie.

It’s a journalism site that allows me to read a breaking news headline 87 times in rapid succession.

It’s an entertainment site that has me waiting on pins “I myself have and needles for that Charlie Sheen pocket tweet which about 50 will let me know once and followers as I for all that he has collapsed write this and, and died.

And it’s a community. here’s the The site is positively exciting part, 43 packed with tweeters who of them I have will take the time out of never met before their busy day to insult because they are strangers they disagree with when they could have simtoo busy with ply moved on. It’s rare to see their adult people go the extra mile like that. entertainment I myself have about 50 business.” followers as I write this and — here’s the exciting part — 43 of them I have never met before because they are too busy with their adult-entertainment business. As soon as I joined, I was swarmed with new friends with names like Sexy McXXX and Sarah TryMyWebsite!, which I assume is Polish.

With its intrinsic goal of adding as many followers as possible, Twitter is a bit of a drug. The notifications button on Facebook is only a mild buzz compared to the straight-heroin injection of getting new Twitter followers.

I never dream about work, but the first day I started using Twitter I dreamt about it. Specifically, I dreamt I was super-excited because Lenny from The Simpsons followed me.

Here’s the honest truth: I find the site oddly intimidating. Because, unlike Facebook, which pushes everyone toward a sort of echo-chamber conformity, Twitter is really whatever you make it.

It can be a huge knowledge resource, an insight into the famous and powerful, and a promotional tool. Or it can be a site that you use for cheap factoids, a reality-TV buzz and to avoid working.

So will I be a Twitterati or just a Twit? I’ll be following myself with interest.

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Experts discover ‘water world’ SPACE. For years, water

worlds have been the stuff of space sci-fi; now they’re reality. Experts have revealed that the planet GJ1214b is a new classification of celestial body: a mix of water and high temperatures that could help host alien life. Other planetary types are: rocky (Earth), gas (Jupiter) and ice (Uranus). MWN

40 Kevin Costner come to mind?

Not only seen in the movies For a while, they called it “Kevin” after actor Kevin Costner, who starred in the 1995 flick Waterworld.

The name didn’t stick, even in the mind of Zachory Berta, the Harvard University grad student who discovered the planet.

“Planet Kevin” is called GJ1214b. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

GJ1214b facts

“GJ1214b is like no planet we know of.

A huge fraction of its mass is made up of water.”

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Planet of hot, hot water.

It orbits a red-dwarf star at a distance of just two million kilometres, meaning temperatures on the planet are above 200 C. ‘Super Earth.’

It’s about 2.7 times the Earth’s diameter and almost seven times its weight.

GJ1214b is 40 light years from Earth. It’s believed GJ1214b formed farther out from its star, where water ice was plentiful, and migrated inward early in the system’s history, thus passing through the star’s “habitable zone.”

Telescope helps clear the haze DISCOVERY. Analysis of the watery planet in 2010 suggested that it was simply covered by a “haze,” similar to that surrounding Saturn’s moon Titan. But the latest results from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope show that it more likely has a thick atmosphere of water vapour. This “superEarth” was first discovered in 2009. MWN

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2012

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2 scene Justin Bieber

Regulars Erin Ottosen and Matt Prins sing a Words with Friends inspired song of the same name.

Connecting literary lovers

He’s only 17, but pop sensation Justin Bieber is back with his second book. HarperCollins announced Tuesday that it will publish Justin Bieber: Just Getting Started.

The company says it will be released in September.

Words with Friends event brings together poetry, storytelling and stand up comedy

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Whether you like to have flings or full on love affairs with literature, you do not want to miss tonight’s Words with Friends event.

Taking place at Bohemia, located in the heart of Edmonton’s art district (10217 97 St.), tonight’s gathering is designed to connect local writers, performers and literary lovers alike.

Words with Friends embraces everything from poetry and storytelling to stand up comedy.

While some of the presenters are booked in advance, creator Jason Norman encourages anyone interested in sharing their work to attend.

“People need to hear their own work, read it aloud, and get into a rhythm in order to get true feedback,” he says. “It always sounds different in our heads.”

It was that need for feedback that got Norman inspired to collaborate with local poet Kasia Gawlak to create the first event.

Details What you need to know about the event Details Tonight’s event is free. Over 50 people are expected to attend. Make sure to find Jason as he has a stash of prizes for first-timers.

The two initially teamed up over Twitter before their first event last June.

Since then, Norman has learnt a lot about putting on events.

“I have zero event planning experience,” he

shares confidently. “The biggest thing I have learnt is how important it is to get on people’s calendars.

Edmonton isn’t just competitive with art events but with all events and I’m not interested in trying to convince someone to attend our event over another.

We want everyone to be able to come.”

But, having an open invite doesn’t always guarantee turnout success. With the first Words with Friends, Norman found himself personally reaching out over the phone and Twitter to get people to commit.

“In the end, it made all the difference in helping

the event grow and connecting with new artists,” he says.

The group is now looking forward to hosting their first get together of 2012, which starts at 7 p.m. tonight. If all goes well, expect to see Words with Friends branch out this year.

“We hope to do a word crawl,” says Norman.

“Just like a pub crawl, we’ll take people around to different venues and independent book sellers in order to explore the art scene and grow the connections.”

For more information on Words with Friends, check out yegwords.ca.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Aniston’s escape

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Jennifer Aniston’s character in Wanderlust runs away from the modern life she and her husband (played by Paul Rudd) share to live in a Utopian, freelove commune in rural Georgia, and the actress admits the impulse to disappear isn’t all that unfamiliar.

“Every day, yes,” she says of feeling that way. “I mean, for me, going to Clarksville [Georgia] and shooting this movie was a version of that, honestly, because there were no paparazzi and there was no secret little tricky cellphone pictures being taken. It was just this great community and these amazing people.”

Maybe getting into the

hippie spirit of the film’s premise helped, but Aniston says she ended up learning a lot about herself just by the change of environment. “For me, I really realized how walled I was, and not consciously so, but just this armour that I kind of have, protective armour from — not my friends or people in my family, but just being outside in the world, always on guard or whatever,” she says.

“There’s just this sigh of relief after week one just knowing, oh this is like John Travolta in the Boy in the Bubble. It was like, riding on a horse, out of the bubble!”

The image she’s conjured reduces her to a fit of laughter, but there was a serious sense of self-improvement for Aniston to take away from the Wanderlust production. “It was special,

Other career choices What would the Wanderlust star be doing if she wanted to run away from acting? “Well, there was the period where I wanted to be a therapist if the acting thing didn’t work,” she says. “I was always the girl that people would come to and talk about their problems. Still am.”

it was really special ... to kind of get back in touch with that part of myself and that anonymity,” she says. “I really made a conscious effort to know, ‘Don’t wall up like that.’ I think you kind of miss out on a lot of stuff if you’re so protected and isolated, in a way.”

Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston star in Wanderlust.

Wain talks free lovin’ With Wanderlust, director and co-writer David Wain sends a pair of Manhattanites down the communal living rabbit hole as they decide to move into an “intentional living” community led by a cult-ish womanizer (Justin Theroux). Metro chatted with Wain about the film.

Why do you think hippies continue to be such a great source for comedy?

We all have sort of a fantasy of being that, you know? We all think like, what if we could just walk away from conventional life — and just relax and focus on enjoying every moment instead of doing whatever the f--- we do.

You’re dealing with a good deal of sexual humour. How much do you worry about

ratings and the MPAA?

Well, with Rated R you can do most anything, and usually if it’s going to be too hard for an R then it’s not that interesting to me. I don’t necessarily want to show. I guess basically the other answer is I’ve never had an issue with them. All four movies I’ve done have been rated R, and ... none of them have come back and said, “Take something out.” NED EHRBAR

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Lohan’s career back on track?

It’s been a good week for Lindsay Lohan, careerwise.

First, it was announced she’ll be hosting Saturday Night Live again on March 3, and now sources say that the troubled actress has been confirmed to play Elizabeth Taylor in a Lifetime television movie about the screen icon, according to Hollyscoop.

The film, Liz and Dick, will focus on Taylor’s relationship with Richard Burton.

A source says that as long as Lindsay stays out of trouble and fulfills all the obligations of her probation, the job is hers.

METRO

In an interview on The Howard Stern Show on Tuesday, The Voice coach Adam Levine proved himself to be smart about a few topics.

Stern tried to get Levine to gossip about fellow mentor/judge Christina Aguilera’s recent weight gain.

“Why do you think she’s gotten so heavy? Is she upset?” Stern prodded.

“She used to be so (expletive) hot ... And her clothes are too tight,

Adam Levine with girlfriend Anne V.

right?” the shock jock continued.

“When you’re a plussize woman, you can’t wear the tight clothes anymore.”

Levine responded diplomatically, stating: “I wouldn’t go that far, actually.”

And when Stern pushed the point, asking what size Aguilera is, the musicianturned-reality star wisely shut Stern down: “I’m keeping my (expletive) mouth shut.”

Smart of him, right?

Then the topic veered to Levine’s Russian model girlfriend, Anne V. “This is the longest, most functional relationship I’ve ever been in, I don’t want to screw it up,” he said.

Update on Houston’s drug intake A new report looks to confirm that Whitney Houston’s death earlier this month was caused by a mixture of alcohol and prescription drugs, according to Radar Online.

“Whitney had taken Valium, Xanax and alcohol, which led to her death. The coroner is waiting on final toxicology results to deter-

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mine which one of the three was the major contributing factor of her demise,” a source says.

“The coroner will be closely examining Whit-

ney’s blood alcohol content at the time she died as well. The sedatives and alcohol will almost certainly be the cause of death, and not drowning. Her heart stopped beating because her respiratory system was suppressed because of the anti-anxiety meds, and combined with the booze it probably happened very quickly before she was found partially submerged in the bathtub.”

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So they’re watching Knicks in Taipei but I can’t get the game.#iliveheredammit

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I will appoint a native american as head of the dept. of Immigration.

Barrymore pregnant?

Drew Barrymore was spotted leaving a Beverly Hills doctor’s office with fiancé Will Kopelman by her side and a sonogram printout in her hand, according to TMZ. So does this mean that the actress is expecting?

Her rep had gave a firm “No comment” in response.

But it could explain why Barrymore isn’t farther along in her wedding planning. At a recent event — to which she showed up in fairly loose-fitting clothing — Barrymore admitted she hadn’t even started shopping for a wedding dress.

“Oh, gosh,

Drew Barrymore

I don’t know,” she said.

“I’ve been trying to figure it out! All I know is that I want something tasteful, something timeless.”

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How Christopher Kane, McQ and Acne sold us on fall’s most ubiquitous colour

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Mad Hatter Hats and headdresses of all kinds have popped up on New York and London’s runways. We look at some of the wildest.

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As far as colours go, burgundy is a pretty lackluster follow-up to all the pops of yellow we saw for spring.

That age-old mix of red and brown brings to mind ’80s corduroy, Avon lipstick and micro-suede couches sold at a deep discount in suburban furniture warehouses. Hardly something women would clamour to wear.

Simply put, the maroon parade that marched its way through New York was kind of a let down.

Then the London shows came along and things started to change.

In Christopher Kane’s hands, the shade became sexually charged, Gothic and a little dangerous on his leather-trimmed dresses, padded coats and cigarette trousers.

Kane used a shade that more so resembled freshly drawn blood than living room curtains with a techie, moiré fabric that changed tones as the models moved. And that’s exactly what made it so memorable.

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note. Vampire Pam’s closet could use an update.

Acne, meanwhile, gave burgundy a futuristic sheen in glossy leather pieces such as sleek trousers, a belted sculptural coat and full skirt.

They looked subversive

and directional — and yet timeless. You could wear these without looking like you’ve succumbed to the trend of the season and pull them out a few years later and still look modern.

Most memorable, though, were Sarah Bur-

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ton’s sublime plays on texture at McQ. Burgundy looks best when done in rich, plush, touchable things and Burton exploited this to maximum effect. Take her V-neck dress made out of shaved mink on top and

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embroidered velvet on the bottom, accessorized with leather elbow-length gloves. It looked glamourous without reading old; it was romantic while still maintaining an edge — a world away from the suburban living room.

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Now we’re cookin’ with gas Give the heart of your home a little CPR: Karl Lohnes adds some style to an outdated kitchen

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Q. I am a renter and plan to stay in my place for three to ďŹ ve years. I’d like to paint the outdated oak cupboards in my small kitchen. Any suggestions on colour?

Small painted kitchens look best when a monochromatic colour scheme is implemented.

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TIP: Remove a few upper cabinet doors (save them to be replaced if you move) to open up the small kitchen and offer some display.

A. Small kitchens tend to look their best when treated with a monochromatic colour scheme; meaning that all the finishes in the small space are similar in colour and tone.

If you are not investing in a new countertop or

backsplash then find your inspiration for a paint colour from the existing elements that you will not be changing.

For instance, if you have a grey speckled countertop choose a grey paint colour and other grey elements for the kitchen.

One of my favourites is Benjamin Moore’s Escarpment CC-518.

Paint everything in the kitchen the same colour; the cupboards will be painted in a gloss oil paint, the walls in a flat latex and the backsplash can be painted with a melamine paint for durability.

For a professional, smooth paint finish consider sending the cupboard doors and drawers out to be sprayed.

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Kitchen karma Here are a few other inexpensive ideas for sprucing up your kitchen.

Baby got backsplash: Use peel-and-stick floor tile as a backsplash. Choose a matte, textured finish that resembles stone or marble.

It’s durable and easily removed by the next tenant if they want a new look.

TraďŹƒcmaster’s Sagebrush Vinyl Floor Tiles, $2 per square foot, Home Depot

Tickle your faucet fancy: Replace your faucet; it’s like jewelry for the kitchen.

Splashy styles can be found at big box stores for inexpensive prices.

help to give a streamlined look to cupboard doors and drawers.

Work some industrial magic: Install outdoor-style lighting to help give your kitchen a hip industrial look.

Hide-and-seek: Use invisible knobs, which cost less than a dollar each and

A world of wainscotting awaits you Even a new home needs some old-fashioned charm

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gin installing the plywood sheets along the wall, measuring the last section to fit against the adjacent corner.

Secure the sheets by nailing them to the wall studs.

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Finally, re-attach the

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This decorative look can be achieved with hardwood plywood, vertical stiles and a horizontal rail, all of

Finishing touches Sand the wood surfaces and fill any holes with wood putty. You can apply a wood stain or paint the panelling to finish the look. Enjoy the old-world charm of your brand new wainscoting!

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Spotlight-stealing Oscar snacks

Corleone Cocktail

Years after winning Academy awards, The Godfather & Silence of the Lambs still fascinate viewers Even Don Vito Corleone & Hannibal Lecter wouldn’t be able to resist these snacks The Godfather The Godfather is a sweeping saga of crime, punishment and the complexity of

family ties. But it has its foodie side, too.

There’s the ominous orange — you can expect

trouble when one of these appears in the movie.

There’s the scene where Clemenza teaches Michael MATTHEW MEAD/ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Godfather

Corleone how to make gravy (spaghetti sauce) because “you never know, you might have to cook for 20 guys someday.” And was there ever sager culinary counsel than this? “Leave the gun; take the cannoli.”

Angry Meatballs Preparation:

1

2 3

This recipe makes 24 meatballs.

In medium bowl, combine loose spicy Italian sausage with lean ground beef. Form into 2.5-cm (1-inch) balls.

In skillet over medium, heat olive oil. Add 4 cloves thinly sliced garlic and sauté for 3 minutes.

Add meatballs and cook until browned and cooked through, 6 to 8 minutes. Use a slotted spoon to transfer meat-

balls to a plate.

4

Add crushed red pepper flakes, halved grape tomatoes and torn fresh basil leaves to pan. Sauté for 1 minute, then season with salt and pepper. Spoon over meatballs.

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Here’s a cocktail featuring Italian liqeur with a touch of orange to keep things interesting.

Preparation:

1

In a double oldfashioned glass, stir together Campari, Amaretto, bitters and Scotch. Garnish with an orange twist.

Ingredients:

Ingredients:

• 250 g (1/2 lb) of loose spicy Italian sausage • 250 g (1/2 lb)lean ground beef • 45 ml (3 tbsp) olive oil • 4 cloves garlic • 5 ml (1 tsp) crushed red pepper flakes • 500 ml (2 cups) halved grape tomatoes • 125 ml (1/2 cup) torn fresh basil

• 15 ml (1/2 oz) Campari • 15 ml (1/2 oz) Amaretto liqueur • Dash of bitters • 45 ml (1 1/2 oz) Scotch whisky • Orange twist

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Killer Recipe Anthony Hopkins was brilliant in The Silence of the Lambs as Hannibal Lecter, the serial killer who boasted of consuming victims.

That’s one way to solve the catering issue. But we’ll go with this much less creepy (not to mention non-criminal) Chianti spritzer and fava crostini.

Fava Crostini Preparation:

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In skillet, cook onions in olive oil until soft and brown. Add fava beans and cook until soft. Season with salt and pepper. Add lemon

juice and chopped parsley. Roughly mash the mixture.

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Serve spread on toasted slices of French bread with shavings of Parmesan cheese.

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Silence of the Lambs

Peppered Chianti Spritzer Preparation:

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To cocktail shaker filled with ice, add vodka and Chianti.

Shake; strain into cocktail glass. Top with seltzer water. Garnish with raspberries.

Ingredients: • 30 ml (1 oz) pepperflavoured vodka • 60 ml (2 oz) Chianti wine • Seltzer water • Fresh raspberries

This recipe makes 24 crostini

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Scotties. Curling

4 sports Oilers preview

Manitoba skip Jennifer Jones calls a shot during Wednesday’s morning draw against B.C. at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Red Deer.

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Jones drives Manitoba to top spot at Scotties

Manitoba’s Jennifer Jones, B.C.’s Kelly Scott and defending champion Amber Holland continued to lead the pack at the Canadian women’s curling championship Wednesday. The three teams closed in on playoff berths with six wins apiece.

Both Scott and Holland finished the day 6-3, while Manitoba was 6-2 with a game remaining Wednesday evening against Yukon/Northwest Territories.

Eberle essential to Oil’s future THE HOCKEY NEWS RYAN KENNEDY EDMONTON@METRONEWS.CA

There’s a certain wackiness in Edmonton that cannot be found in many other corners of the NHL. That is, the very bright future can be witnessed each and every night the Oilers take to the ice — but it’s not here yet

and we’re not sure when it will come.

On the positive side of the ledger are talents like Jordan Eberle. The one non-gimme pick of the Oilers’ big three kids corps (along with consensus No. 1 picks Taylor Hall and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins) has been lightning for the team from Day 1 when his shorthanded breakaway goal against Calgary bulged the twine behind Miikka Kiprusoff. But it’s interesting to note how Eberle had a relatively difficult path to stardom.

Never the biggest kid, he

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had to prove he was worthy of a spot in the Western Hockey League with his hometown Regina Pats, let alone the NHL. But Eberle’s talents could not be suppressed by even the burliest competition, and by the time he scored his legendary gametying goal against the Russians at the 2010 world juniors, it was pretty clear he was a special player.

Looking at the 2008 draft, where Eberle went 22nd overall, it’s tough to fault many of the teams that passed on the skilled right-winger.

Certainly

Washington looks bad for taking centre Anton Gustafsson (playing in Switzerland) one pick before, but the Caps saw a 6foot-2 pivot whose father, Bengt, was a hero for the franchise. And the less said about Columbus grabbing Nikita Filatov sixth overall the better ... Jackets fans have suffered enough.

For the Oilers, the next challenge with Eberle will be locking him up longterm. He has already proven himself to be an essential cog in the offence and he’ll only get better.

Hall, Magnus Paajarvi and Eberle all become restricted free agents after next season, with Nugent-Hopkins set for a raise one year after that. With the exception of Paajarvi, whose value is yet to be determined, the Oilers are looking at throwing around a lot of coin in a short span.

If I’m Eberle, I’m shooting for a five-year pact worth $6 million per season (contingent on the next round of collective bargaining). If Edmonton isn’t contending for a cup by then, something has gone seriously wrong.

The Oilers (23-30-6) host Philadelphia (3319-7), which won 5-4 in overtime on Tuesday in Winnipeg when Jaromir Jagr scored his 16th goal of the season. It was also his 16th career overtime goal, which set a new NHL record.

Jagr has three goals in the last two games.

Ilya Bryzgalov earned the win despite allowing four goals on 26 shots, marking the 15th time this season Bryzgalov has allowed four or more goals in a game. Claude Giroux has eight points in the last three games.

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Santos, Cordero solidify back of Jays’ bullpen Toronto Blue Jays manager John Farrell has one less decision to make this season.

He knew before spring training even started how the back of the Blue Jays’ bullpen would look: Sergio Santos will be his closer and Francisco Cordero the setup man.

The starting rotation?

He’s far less certain about that.

Coming into camp, Farrell envisions a starting rotation of Ricky Romero, Brandon Morrow, Brett Cecil, Henderson Alvarez and Dustin McGowan. But he said, “that doesn’t mean that starters Kyle Drabek, Aaron Laffey, guys that are in camp here, (don’t) have an opportunity to make this club.”

The Blue Jays acquired

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Sergio Santos

Santos in a trade with the White Sox after he saved 30 games in his first season as closer for Chicago and second in the big leagues over all. Cordero had 37 saves for Cincinnati in 2011 but he signed a one-year, $4.5 million free agent contract to pitch the eighth inning for the Blue Jays.

“When you look at the acquisition of Sergio, he

gives us that one guy to really go back to that’s a little more clear cut today going into 2012,” Farrell said Wednesday in Dunedin, Fla. The setup man doesn’t have the cachet that goes with being a closer. But Farrell said baseball people who have worked with Cordero call him “a complete team player.

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NATI O N A L H O C K E Y LE AGUE EASTERN CONFERENCE d-NY Rangers d-Boston d-Florida New Jersey Philadelphia Pittsburgh Ottawa Toronto Winnipeg Washington Tampa Bay Buffalo NY Islanders Montreal Carolina

GP 58 58 58 59 59 60 62 60 62 60 59 60 60 61 60

W 38 36 27 35 33 34 32 29 29 29 27 26 25 24 23

L OTL SL GF GA Pts Home Away 15 1 4 161 118 81 19-7-0-2 19-8-1-2 20 1 1 194 134 74 18-10-1-1 18-10-0-0 20 5 6 144 162 65 14-8-1-6 13-12-4-0 20 1 3 168 162 74 16-10-0-3 19-10-1-0 19 2 5 198 181 73 14-10-1-4 19-9-1-1 21 2 3 186 160 73 18-8-2-0 16-13-0-3 22 6 2 190 185 72 16-11-2-1 16-11-4-1 24 4 3 181 184 65 16-9-3-2 13-15-1-1 26 4 3 157 175 65 18-9-1-2 11-17-3-1 26 2 3 161 173 63 19-8-0-2 10-18-2-1 26 3 3 166 197 60 18-9-1-1 9-17-2-2 27 3 4 150 176 59 15-11-3-4 11-16-0-0 27 5 3 139 171 58 13-14-5-0 12-13-1-2 27 2 8 160 167 58 11-14-2-6 13-13-0-2 26 7 4 158 181 57 16-12-0-3 7-14-7-1

Last 10 7-3-0-0 4-6-0-0 5-5-0-0 8-1-0-1 4-5-0-1 5-4-0-1 5-3-2-0 4-5-1-0 5-4-1-0 3-6-0-1 5-3-2-0 5-3-0-2 4-5-0-1 5-4-0-1 6-2-2-0

Strk L1 W1 L3 W4 W1 W1 W4 L2 L1 L3 W3 W2 L2 L2 W1

Last 10 7-2-0-1 7-1-0-2 3-6-1-0 6-4-0-0 5-3-0-2 4-6-0-0 8-1-0-1 2-6-1-1 5-2-2-1 4-4-1-1 4-4-1-1 2-6-0-2 6-1-1-2 5-4-1-0 5-4-1-0

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WESTERN CONFERENCE d-Detroit d-Vancouver d-San Jose St. Louis Nashville Chicago Phoenix Los Angeles Calgary Dallas Colorado Minnesota Anaheim Edmonton Columbus

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W 41 38 31 36 35 33 30 27 28 30 30 26 25 23 18

L OTL SL GF GA Pts Home Away 18 1 1 191 141 84 26-2-1-0 15-16-0-1 16 0 6 195 147 82 18-6-0-4 20-10-0-2 20 4 3 170 148 69 18-9-2-0 13-11-2-3 17 1 6 152 121 79 26-4-1-3 10-13-0-3 19 3 3 168 155 76 19-7-2-2 16-12-1-1 21 4 3 191 179 73 21-6-1-3 12-15-3-0 21 3 6 157 151 69 16-10-2-2 14-11-1-4 22 5 7 129 135 66 15-13-0-4 12-9-5-3 23 5 4 143 161 65 16-9-1-1 12-14-4-3 26 1 3 155 167 64 16-12-0-2 14-14-1-1 27 3 1 155 169 64 17-13-0-1 13-14-3-0 24 2 7 131 154 61 14-10-1-3 12-14-1-4 25 4 6 154 171 60 15-13-2-0 10-12-2-6 30 2 4 159 178 52 15-10-2-2 8-20-0-2 35 2 5 142 198 43 11-16-1-2 7-19-1-3

d — division leaders ranked 1-2-3 regardless of points; a team winning in overtime or shootout is credited with two points and a victory in the W column; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one point which is registered in the OTL (overtime loss) or SL (shootout loss) column.

SENATORS 5, CAPITALS 2

Last night’s results Ottawa 5 Washington 2 Boston 4 St. Louis 2 Colorado 4 Los Angeles 1 Tuesday’s results Edmonton 6 Calgary 1 Dallas 3 Montreal 0 Nashville 3 Vancouver 1 New Jersey 4 Toronto 3 (OT) Philadelphia 5 Winnipeg 4 (OT) Buffalo 2 N.Y. Islanders 1 Chicago 2 Detroit 1 Columbus 6 San Jose 3 Phoenix 5 Los Angeles 4 (SO) Pittsburgh 2 N.Y. Rangers 0 Tampa Bay 3 Anaheim 2 Tonight’s games San Jose at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Anaheim at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Florida, 7:30 p.m.

Vancouver at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

St. Louis at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Winnipeg, 8:30 p.m.

Dallas at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Philadelphia at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.

Tomorrow’s games Vancouver at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.

Montreal at Washington, 7 p.m.

Colorado at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Boston at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

First Period 1. Ottawa, Karlsson 13 (Spezza, Michalek) 9:36 2. Ottawa, Michalek 26 (Karlsson) 14:13 Penalty — Neil Ott (elbowing) 10:09.

Second Period 3. Ottawa, Michalek 27 (Karlsson, Alfredsson) 3:37 (pp) 4. Ottawa, Phillips 4 (Foligno, Neil) 12:08 (pp) Penalties — Green Wash (tripping) 3:03, Karlsson Ott (slashing) 7:37, Wideman Wash (hooking) 8:03, Brouwer Wash (unsportsmanlike conduct) 10:29, Laich Wash, Smith Ott (fighting), Foligno Ott (slashing) 12:50, Michalek Ott (interference) 15:19.

Third Period 5. Washington, Carlson 8 (Semin) 2:19 (pp) 6. Washington, Perreault 10 (Chimera, Semin) 9:57 7. Ottawa, Foligno 13 (unassisted) 18:47 (en) Penalty — Turris Ott (hooking) 0:22.

Shots Washington Ottawa

11 11 7 9

13 10

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Goal (shots-saves) — Washington: Vokoun (L,23-15-2) (11-7), Neuvirth (12:08 second, 14-14); Ottawa: Anderson (W,29-19-6). Power plays (goals-chances) — Washington: 1-5; Ottawa: 2-3.

Att. — 18,357 (19,153) at Ottawa.

BRUINS 4, BLUES 2

First Period 1. Boston, Marchand 20, 2:29 2. Boston, Lucic 21 (Corvo, Kelly) 6:19 3. St. Louis, Stewart 12 (Porter, Arnott) 7:17

4. St. Louis, Reaves 2 (Crombeen, Shattenkirk) 12:15 5. Boston, Kelly 15 (Lucic, Boychuk) 19:20 Penalties — McQuaid Bos, Crombeen StL (fighting) 2:38, Chara Bos (hooking) 14:00.

Second Period No Scoring.

Penalties — None.

Third Period 6. Boston, Marchand 21 (Seguin, Bergeron) 9:14 Penalty — Backes StL (goaltender interference) 19:25.

Shots Boston St. Louis

6 4 10 14

9 8

19 32

Goal — Boston: Thomas (W,25-12-0); St. Louis: Elliott (L,20-7-2). Power plays (goalschances) — Boston: 0-1; St. Louis: 0-1.

Att. — 18,460 (19,150) at St. Louis, Mo. First Period 1. Colorado, Olver 2 (D.Jones, Winnik) 7:04 2. Colorado, Stastny 15, 13:04 3. Colorado, McClement 8 (O’Reilly, Kobasew) 17:22 Penalty — Downie Col (tripping) 14:16.

Second Period 4. Colorado, Stastny 16 (Landeskog, Duchene) 12:45 Penalties — J.Johnson LA, Clifford LA, Wilson Col (roughing), Nolan LA, Kobasew Col (misconduct) 8:58, Landeskog Col (holding) 10:13, O’Byrne Col (cross-checking) 13:56.

Third Period 5. Los Angeles, Brown 15 (Doughty, Richards) 4:35 Penalties — None.

Shots 10 14 11 11

9 5

33 27

Goal (shots-saves) — Los Angeles: Quick (L,24-17-11)(11-8), Bernier (start second)(1615); Colorado: Varlamov (W,16-18-2). Power plays (goals-chances) — Los Angeles: 0-3; Colorado: 0-1.

Att. — 15,907 (18,007) at Denver.

SCORING LEADERS Malkin, Pgh Stamkos, TB Giroux, Pha Spezza, Ott Kessel, Tor H.Sedin, Vcr Lupul, Tor D.Sedin, Vcr Pominville, Buf Datsyuk, Det Eberle, Edm Kovalchuk, NJ Tavares, NYI Hossa, Chi Neal, Pgh Toews, Chi Karlsson, Ott Hartnell, Pha Elias, NJ Ra.Whitney, Phx Parenteau, NYI Selanne, Ana Thornton, SJ Vrbata, Phx St. Louis, TB Couture, SJ Sharp, Chi

33 42 23 27 31 13 23 26 23 16 26 25 24 23 30 29 12 28 19 16 12 20 13 30 18 27 24

G 40 28 47 38 33 51 39 35 36 43 32 33 34 35 27 28 45 28 37 38 42 33 40 22 34 24 27

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PT 73 70 70 65 64 64 62 61 59 59 58 58 58 58 57 57 57 56 56 54 54 53 53 52 52 51 51

SECOND ROUND Yesterday’s result Manchester City 4 (England), FC Porto (Portugal) 0 (Manchester City advances 6-1 on aggregate)

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SECOND ROUND First Leg Yesterday’s results FC Basel (Switzerland) 1 Bayern Munich (Germany) 0 Marseille (France) 1 Inter Milan (Italy) 0

ENGLAND

AVS 4, KINGS 1

Los Angeles Colorado

SOCCER EUROPA LEAGUE

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP Yesterday’s result Hull 0 Brighton 0

SCOTLAND PREMIER LEAGUE Yesterday’s results Celtic 2 Dunfermline 0 Motherwell 4 Hibernian 3

FRANCE LIGUE 1

Yesterday’s results Sochaux 0 Lille 1 Saint-Etienne 4 Lorient 2 Caen 2 Auxerre 1

ITALY SERIE A

Yesterday’s results Siena 0 Catania 1

TRANSACTIONS CFL WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS—Named Will Plemons defensive line coach and Chip Garber linebackers coach.

NHL DALLAS STARS—Placed C Jake Dowell on injured reserve, retroactive to Feb. 21. Recalled F Matt Fraser from Texas (AHL).

NASHVILLE PREDATORS—Reassigned F Chris Mueller to Milwaukee (AHL).

NEW YORK ISLANDERS—Sent D Ty Wishart to Bridgeport (AHL).

PHOENIX COYOTES—Acquired C Antoine Vermette from Columbus for G Curtis McElhinney, a 2012 second-round draft pick and a 2013 fifth-round draft pick.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Recalled F Keith Aucoin from Hershey (AHL).

MLS MONTREAL IMPACT—Announced the retirement of D-MF Simon Gatti, who will coach the U14 team of the Impact Academy.

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Last night’s results Oklahoma City 119 Boston 104 Indiana 102 Charlotte 88 New Orleans 89 Cleveland 84 Toronto 103 Detroit 93 Sacramento 115 Washington 107 Orlando 108 New Jersey 91 New York 99 Atlanta 82 Chicago 110 Milwaukee 91 Houston 93 Philadelphia 87 Minnesota 100 Utah 98 Golden State 106 Phoenix 104 L.A. Lakers 96 Dallas 91 Denver at L.A. Clippers Tuesday’s Games Cleveland 101, Detroit 100 Indiana 117, New Orleans 108 (OT) Miami 120, Sacramento 108 Memphis 89, Philadelphia 76 Portland 137, San Antonio 97 Tonight’s games New York at Miami, 7 p.m.

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Saskatchewan; Manitoba vs. Northwest/Yukon Territories.

Tuesday’s results Ninth Draw Manitoba 8 Nova Scotia 3 Newfoundland & Labrador 8 P.E.I. 4 Quebec 7 Northwest/Yukon Territories 5 Saskatchewan 11 New Brunswick 6 Draw 10 Alberta 7 British Columbia 4 Canada 9 Ontario 4 Manitoba 8 Saskatchewan 7 (extra end) New Brunswick 8 Nova Scotia 4 Draw 11 Alberta 10 P.E.I. 5 British Columbia 11 Newfoundland & Labrador 7 Ontario 12 Northwest/Yukon Territories 2 Quebec 8 Canada 5 (extra end) Today’s games Draw 15, 10:30 a.m.

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Fill in the grid, so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1-9. There is no math involved. You solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic.

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Aquarius Jan. 21-Feb. 18 Don’t worry if something of value goes out of your life. What comes in will make up for it.

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