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Convicts on the move Kingston Penitentiary — the permanent home of convicted killers Paul Bernardo, Russell Williams and Mohammad Shafia — is closing page 10

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Wait-times tracker coming to an ER near you Alberta health officials are eyeing a summer launch for a public emergency room wait-times tracker in Edmonton, saying the application has seen much success in Calgary. Health officials estimate up to 40 per cent of non-critical Calgary emergency room patients are heading online to albertahealthservices.ca to view wait times before venturing to a hospital. The service was launched in Calgary last summer. David Brewin, executive director of the AHS provincial access team, said the application is helping a move toward more consistent waittime averages across all hospitals. “People are making informed decisions,” he said. “In the past, it was shied away from, giving the public information, (but) we have dispelled some of those worries.” Kitchener, Ont., recently launched the same service and other municipalities have taken an interest as well, Brewin said. Rick Lundy, chair of the Open Arms Patient Advocacy Society, said he believes the online tool marks a turning point in patient care. “You used to just go and sit in a waiting room, sometimes not knowing it was at 160 per cent capacity,” he said. In Calgary, Brewin said fine-tuning of the tracking process and technology has led them to determine the wait-time tracking system is now accurate to within an hour 90 per cent of the time. JEREMY NOLAIS/METRO

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Peak-hour train wait to get longer Due to construction at the Churchill LRT Station, pictured here, trains will operate less frequently until September. METRO FILE

Construction. Trains will operate less frequently over the spring and summer for track replacement HEATHER MCINTYRE

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Change is on track for LRT commuters, as trains will operate less frequently over the spring and summer months due to construction. Starting April 29 through to September, the LRT will operate on a nine-minute frequency from the start of service until 9 p.m.

Currently during peak hours trains come every five minutes. “People are not going to be happy,” said transit spokesperson Patricia Dickson, “because they’re going to have to change their travel plans.” Annali Lazowski takes the train from Belvedere to Corona daily at 6:26 a.m., arriving at work at 6:45 a.m. “I now am going to have to completely adjust my mornings so that I am able to make it to work on time,” she said. While there will be fivecar trains during peak hours — and major events — to accommodate the expected crowding, Lazowski said that should always be the case. The construction will con-

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• People will see less of a change after 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, with trains every 15 minutes. • Saturday and Sunday service isn’t as affected, with trains planned every 10 minutes until 8 p.m.

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Saturday, then every 15 minutes, and a 15-minute frequency all day Sundays. • Work is also being done on the Churchill LRT platform, with an estimated one-third to half of it being fenced off. Mobile news

nect Churchill Station to the North LRT line. Project manager Brad Smid said trains will single-track from 95 Street to Churchill so the work can be done, causing the need for the schedule shift.

“What we have to do is replace all the track in that area with the new track that has the switch points,” said Smid. The southbound tracks will be done first, followed by the northbound later this summer.

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ance Army (LRA) in Uganda, known for kidnapping children and turning them into soldiers. While there has been positive and negative talk, Knight believes in creating awareness — and he’s not alone. “I’ve been invited to go talk to students in the high-school system,” he said, naming Austin O’Brien as one of the first to seek his services. That age group — 13 to 18 — could be the most interested, said Knight. “It’s the first time many of them are doing something they consider to be above and beyond themselves,” he added. It could be that age group out Friday to Cover the Night — placing posters and stickers around the city. There are more than 17,000 confirmed to at-

Opposing views • A Conversation Between Two Friends is slated for Friday at 7 p.m. in the Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre, featuring two best friends born and raised in Northern Uganda. • Walter Ojok-Acii, an international criminal lawyer, and Francis Akena Adyanga, a PhD student at the University of Toronto, have opposing views on the video and the movement.

tend on Facebook. City officials warn there are rules as to where such things can be placed.

Trade envoy to Asia. Redford not aware of Mar’s reinstatement Alberta Progressive Conservative Leader Alison Redford says she doesn’t know anything about reports that the province’s trade envoy to Asia has been reinstated. Radio stations CHQR and CHED cite sources as saying longtime Tory Gary Mar was allowed to return to his post earlier this month. Mar, a failed leadership candidate, was given the Asia job by Redford after the race. He was put on unpaid leave before the election campaign while the province’s top civil servant investigated whether

a fundraising dinner had violated ethics codes. In a statement, Redford called it an employee-employer matter. “I have been clear from the beginning of this process that I would play no role in the investigation,” she said. “I have not played any role after referring it to the civil service to be dealt with nor was I informed of the decision.” Staff in the premier’s office could not immediately confirm whether Mar was back at his post. The Canadian Press

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Your candidates. Edmonton-Strathcona Meagan LaFave: Wildrose

Emerson Mayers: PC

Meagen LaFave was raised in Emerson Mayers is a registered Edmonton and received a BA nurse, community leader and in Political Science and History, businessman who has dedicatfocusing on Alberta studies and ed much of his working life to politics, from the University of caring for Albertans. A leader Alberta. She works for U of A’s in health care management, the Department of Medicine managing a biopolicy and advocacy, Emerson served as a specimen repository and financially manages board Director at the College and Association hematology clinical research trials. of Registered Nurses in Alberta (CARNA).

Rachel Notley: NDP

Ed Ramsden: Alberta Liberals No bio was available.

Rachel Notley was born in Edmonton and grew up in Fairview, northern Alberta. She received a political science degree from the University of Alberta and earned a law degree from Osgoode Law School in Toronto. She has lived in Strathcona since 2002 with her husband and two children.

Your candidates. Edmonton-Whitemud Ian Crawford: Wildrose Ian was born, raised and educated in Edmonton, where he attended Edmonton public schools and studied economics at the University of Alberta. Ian works in the forest industry and has been a realtor for over 20 years. In 200, Ian was elected to the Capital Health Board.

Jim Graves: NDP

Dave Hancock: PC For the past 15 years Dave has served as the MLA for Edmonton-Whitemud and also as a cabinet minister in roles including health, education, advanced education, and justice. He has been an Edmonton resident since studying political science and law at the University of Alberta.

Julia Necheff: Alberta Party

Jim was born in Saskatchewan and lived most of his childhood in the northern Alberta. He has lived in Edmonton since graduating from the University of Alberta with a degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1978. Jim has worked for 35 years as a professional engineer.

Julia is a senior writer and editor at the University of Alberta. She worked for more than two decades as a journalist, reporting for the Winnipeg Free Press followed by 19 years at the Edmonton bureau of The Canadian Press national news agency. Julia was born and raised in Edmonton.

Bob Barker meets Lucy the elephant at Edmonton’s River Valley Zoo on Sept. 17, 2009. While Calgary will be moving their elephants to a different zoo, Lucy will stay in the city. Ian Jackson/THE CANADIAN PRESS

Elephant free but Lucy to stay put Different decisions. Edmonton Zoo reaffirms position on Lucy as Calgary begins its search for suitable elephant homes heather mcintyre

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Rick works as a professor of economics and interdisciplinary studies at the University of Alberta. He has written and taught about economic growth, business cycles, science and technology, ethics, and how to both perform interdisciplinary research and design optimal public policies.

While the long-term goal of the Edmonton Valley Zoo is to not have elephants, Lucy will not be moved. That statement was made — again — on Thursday

after Calgary Zoo officials announced four full-grown elephants and an expected newborn will bid farewell to their home sometime in the next five years. “The bottom line is I believe the people in Calgary are doing what’s best for the animals (in their) care,” said Edmonton Valley Zoo veterinarian Milton Ness. “I applaud them for the hard decision.” According to Calgary Zoo president Dr. Clement Lanthier, there would need to be as many as six elephants added in Calgary to keep the animals, as the decision was based on an understanding elephants need

to live in a larger social setting. Samantha, an African elephant, was moved from Edmonton to North Carolina to join a breeding herd in 2007 after “a thoughtful decisionmaking process,” the city said in a release. Meanwhile Lucy, an Asian elephant, has a respiratory condition and placing her in a stressful situation, such as moving, “would be life-threatening and this is a risk that we cannot and will not take,” the city’s release said. “Lucy is very content and happy,” said Ness. “Lucy is strongly attached to (her) keepers.”

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Italy cashes in on alternative Sardex currency Euro. One region is beating the euro woes by using an alternative barter currency Lillo Montalto Monella Metro World News

An Italian region is living without the euro as a growing number of Sardinians have adopted the alternative currency Sardex, an online

circuit of commercial transactions to barter goods and services. “We saw what was coming from the U.S. after the Lehman Brothers’ collapse and we prepared an appropriate answer suitable for our small context,” Sardex co-founder and CEO Gabriele Littera, 26, told Metro. “If a restaurant owner now struggles to fill his diner with people, our brokers will contact other associates to help him out.”

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Kingston Pen to shut doors after 177 years Strained system. Closure will add pressure to Ontario jail system: Correctional Services minister Ontario is blasting a federal plan to close down two prisons, including one in Kingston, even though the province is itself shutting down several jails to save money. Correctional Services Minister Madeleine Meilleur said Thursday she wasn’t happy about the announcement, saying the closure of the Kingston prison that holds killers Paul Bernardo and Russell Williams would put more strain on the provincial system. “We’re already housing some of their inmates because they don’t have space in their federal penitentiary and now they’re closing one of their larger ones, so I don’t understand their decision,” she said. The government will close Kingston Penitentiary, the country’s oldest penal institution, as well as the Leclerc prison near Montreal as part of

A view of the Kingston Penitentiary. Lars Hagberg/THE CANADIAN PRESS file

a cost-cutting effort. The iconic Kingston prison, a national historic site whose turreted limestone walls are a waterfront landmark, dates back to 1835. Public Safety Minister Vic Toews said the closures will save $120 million a year as the inmates are shifted to more modern prisons. “Moving these offenders to other facilities will increase

safety and security and ensure the best use of hard-working Canadians’ tax dollars,” he said. “Institutions built in the 19th century are not appropriate for managing a 21st-century inmate population.” Meilleur argued the move was especially surprising after Ottawa introduced a tougher crime bill. “With C-10, there’ll be

more people that are being put in jail so we’ll need more beds so it’s going to put pressure to the province because we are already housing some of their clients. Toews disagreed. He said dire predictions of a spike in the prison population because of the Conservative government’s crime policies were misplaced. the canadian press

Survey. Most Canadian homeowners would walk away from bidding war The national real estate market may seem to resemble a battleground, but a new survey suggests most Canadians would prefer not to go to war. Three quarters of respondents from an online survey done by the Bank of Montreal suggested they would walk away from a promising property purchase rather than get roped into a bidding war that could raise the ante well beyond what they’re prepared to pay. Even among the 25 per cent willing to lock horns with other buyers, most would prefer to keep the grappling to a minimum. Half of respondents willing to engage in a bidding war said they’d draw the line at paying more than 10 per cent above the asking price. A further 25 per cent set their upper limit at 20 per cent over asking. Prospective homebuyers and realtors agree, however, that all bets are off in the country’s most competitive markets. Ariel Brewster, 28, has spent the past nine months with her fiancé combing Toronto for a modest fixer-upper that can be partially converted into rental space. Twice they’ve submitted an offer based on an agent’s appraisal of its value, but they’ve

The poll The web-based survey received results from 1,000 house and condo owners. • Men were more willing than women to bid as much as 120 per cent of the listing price. • Just one in five women said they would bid 120 per cent of the asking price, compared with one in three men.

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Getting personal. Everything from education to abortion and alleged racism has been thrown into the Alberta provincial election campaign mix over the past four weeks. Behind the scenes, however, each leader of a major party has their own quirks, vices and tales of silliness. We talked with each party leader about their experiences and what is important when it comes to their personal lives

Talkingfrogs’ anusespartof ‘practical’campaign Glenn Taylor, Alberta Party

Q. Hectic campaign? How has it gone for you?

A. It’s different every day ... one morning I was on an Edmonton radio station, K-97, and they were talking to me about frogs’ anuses of all things. Q. Frog anus conversation prep?

A. How do you prepare for that conversation? You just have to be real . . . coming into that radio show I had a number of emails asking where they could buy a membership because they support our practical approach to politics Q. What keeps you busy on long campaign drives?

A. When I’m driving I tend to keep the radio off and think. When I do get downtime, as rare as it is, I can escape into a novel. I will pick something completely off-topic, like a Louis L’Amour western. Q. Do you have any vices? Campaign snack?

A. I have pretzels, apples and water ... I’ve got an affinity for the pretzel.

Search for the winning cup of coffee Alison Redford, Progressive Conservatives

‘Sherman tank’ rolling right to the end Q. 14 hours a day on the campaign trail, what keeps you entertained?

A. Really, talking to Albertans about what is important to them. I also need my sleep — I have found sleep to be very important.

A. Well, it’s nice because I have my own pickup truck . . . it’s big and red, we jokingly call it the Sherman tank. We crank up the tunes . . . and we tend to play good rock music.

A. There’s lots of coffee... The good thing was part of the campaign took place during Roll Up the Rim at Tim Hortons. You know I haven’t won once ... at least 150-200 cups and not a single winner. Q. Has there been any one moment during this campaign that has inspired you?

A. Up in Grande Prairie I got to meet some wheelchair basketball players and try it out myself... watching them was pretty inspiring. Q. If you get a break anytime in the foreseeable future, what do you plan to do?

A. We have been going nonstop ... the biggest thing will be to spend time with my daughter.

Danielle Smith, Wildrose

Brian Mason, NDP

Raj Sherman, Liberals

Q. What is key to keeping your energy up on a long campaign?

Q. Beverage of choice on the campaign?

Leader’s ‘Too old for Red Bull’

‘Boob bus’ remains campaign highlight

Q. You still work part-time in emergency rooms. Do you think any of your rivals, the other party leaders, would be a good emergency room physician?

A. These guys are folding like cheap tents. The emergency room would be a disaster, look at their politics. If any one them worked in an emergency room, they would check each other’s blood and chuck their organs at each other.

Q. Do you have a footwear of choice when you’re out pounding the pavement on the campaign trail?

A. I have these pair of Rockport walking shoes that fit just perfectly. I slap those on if I’m going to be out for a few hours. Q. Where do you get the energy from?

A. A lot of coffee, it’s the fuel of the campaign. I’m too old for Red Bull. Q. Do you have any personal quirks?

A. My staff have a really hard time getting me to commit to early mornings. The amount of guilt it takes to get me to do that is really incredible.

Q. Do you still kiss babies on the campaign trail?

Q. Do you kiss a lot of the babies on the campaign trail, or is that old-world election tactics?

A. You have got to be careful. You shake so many hands, you really wouldn’t want to pass the germs on to a baby.

A. Not so far. One of our candidates has got a little baby and we are at campaign events and so on, she lets me hold it. I like that.

Q. You have campaigned before, what keeps you going on the trail?

A. My dogs. They are both on the campaign trail with me . . . the nice part about them is they always need attention, always need walks. Q. Do you have any vices or snacks that you prefer while campaigning?

A. I’m a coffee drinker. I prefer Tim Hortons, as a backup I will go with McDonald’s. We do, from time-to-time, have a pint or a glass of wine at the end of the day. Q. Obviously a campaign can’t go off without any hitches...

A. We started with a photoop that went wrong with our campaign bus, the “boob bus.” Nothing has come quite close to that kind of blooper. Q. That bus landed you on the Jay Leno show, you got a mention from Ellen Degeneres. How does it feel to get that kind of exposure?

A. Not quite the kind of exposure we wanted... I wish they were talking about our policy platform.

Party leaders take part in final debate Party leaders battling it out in the final days of the Alberta election campaign braved the barbs of a live studio audience in a final debate before Monday’s vote. CBC hosted a leadership forum broadcast on TV and radio four days before Albertans head to the polls. Liberal Leader Raj Sherman, struggling for traction much of the campaign, set the tone by suggesting the election has turned into a choice between bullies and bigots. The bullies reference was a shot at the Progressive Conservatives, who have faced allegations they have used heavy-

handed tactics to silence critics. The bigots comment was a dig at the Wildrose party, which polls suggest is in the lead going into the vote. The party has faced criticism for its position on so-called conscious rights and for two candidates who have been forced to clarify remarks they made about race and homosexuality in recent days. “Do we really have to vote for two false choices — a bunch of bullies who’ve been wrecking our health and education ... systems, and a bunch of bigots, who want to further wreck our health and education systems?” Sherman asked.

Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith took the lion’s share of heckling from the audience. She was booed loudly by the audience when she said climate change is still up for debate. Smith has faced criticism ever since she suggested earlier this week that the question of global warming still hasn’t been settled, while almost everyone in the scientific community and many governments say it has been. “We’ve been watching the debate in the scientific debate, and there is still a debate in the scientific community,” she said to jeers. “And we are going to

continue to watch the debate in the scientific community, but that’s no excuse not to act.” NDP Leader Brian Mason fired back. “It’s only disputed by phoney scientists funded by the oil industry,” he said. The audience also booed as Smith said her party would not make any laws on contentious moral issues. “I believe we need to be tolerant of all people’s views and that’s the position we take as a political party,” she said. Mason suggested Albertans don’t want to go back to the 1950s when it comes to abortion and gay marriage.

Conservative Leader Alison Redford has a laugh with NDP leader Brian Mason, right, as Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith and Liberal leader Raj Sherman wait for the CBC leaders forum to start Thursday. Jason Franson/THE CANADIAN PRESS

Progressive Conservative Leader and Premier Alison Redford said she feels most Al-

bertans believe those questions have been settled. The Canadian Press

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Counting up the campaign trail

Your candidates. Edmonton-Rutherford Kyle McLeod: Wildrose

Kyle McLeod has chosen Edmonton-Rutherford to establish his family and professional career. Over the course of his life, he has both worked with and created small businesses locally, completed his Commercial Pilot License, and is currently a supervisor with Canada Post in the riding he would like to represent as the MLA.

Fred Horne: PC Fred Horne was elected as MLA for EdmontonRutherford in 2008. On October 12, 2011, Premier Alison Redford appointed him as Minister of Health and Wellness. Prior to serving as MLA and Minister, Horne worked as a health policy consultant for over 25 years. He has worked extensively with governments, health regions and not-for-profit organizations across Canada and abroad.

Melanie Samaroden: NDP Melanie Samaroden grew up in Ft. McMurray, where she was able to see the impact of the oil sands, both economically and environmentally, on her community. During her education career, she has obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, a Bachelor of Arts in English with a minor in Religious Studies, and most recently, a Bachelor of Education. Melanie is a substitute teacher with Parkland School Division.

Michael Walters: Alberta Party Michael Walters is a community organizer who grew up in the oilfield town of Drayton Valley; his upbringing connected him to the importance of family, the value of hard work, and when his family was impacted by illness, a first-person perspective on poverty. At the Bissell Centre, Walters began a long career of giving voice to communities and getting results for Edmonton families. He trained homeless people to become leaders, entrepreneurs and advocates for themselves.

Rick Miller: Liberals Rick Miller was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the constituency of Edmonton-Rutherford on November 22, 2004. Miller attended the University of Alberta and took part in the Hudson Bay management trainee program before entering the family business, Alberta Stamp and Marking Co. Ltd., in 1979. He was the general manager of the company from 1981 to 1989 and president from 1989 to 2004.

Your candidates. Edmonton-South West Allan Hunsperger: Wildrose Allan Hunsperger is the founder of Heritage Christian Schools, which are still operating today after 30-plus years. He is the founder of Touch Canada Broadcasting, which today owns and operates five radio stations in Alberta. He left the company in March 2009. He has worked with professional athletes in the CFL and in Triple-A baseball. He works today with young people training them to become world-changers.

Matt Jeneroux: PC Matt Jeneroux was born and raised in Edmonton and attended the University of Alberta, graduating with a BA in 2004. Since that time, he has gained several years of experience working with not-for-profit organizations, and has also worked at all levels of government (municipal, provincial and federal). Jeneroux has served in an advisory capacity at the Alberta Legislature with the Minister of Environment and currently works as an Advisor for the Government of Canada with Health Canada.

Each colour represents where the leaders have been during the 2012 Alberta election campaign. Compiled by Katie Turner and Laurie Callsen Muriel Venne: NDP Alison Redford

105

As of the end of the day on April 19, PC Party leader Alison Redford had made 105 stops throughout Alberta as far north as Fort McMurray and as far south as Lethbridge.

Glen Taylor

Since the campaign was announced on March 26, Glen Taylor has campaigned in the town of Edson four times, and, according to itineraries released by the five major parties, he is the only leader to visit Edson.

Danielle Smith

Along the campaign trail, the Wildrose Party has flagged more than 50 photo opportunities for media to shoot photos of party leader Danielle Smith. The photo-op stops included everything from Peters’ Drive-In in Calgary to the Vulcan Starship.

Brian Mason

NDP leader Brian Mason scheduled 14 press conferences between March 26 and April 19. He also took questions from the students of Concordia University College in Edmonton on April 10.

Raj Sherman

Only one candidate along the campaign trail took part in framing a house — Liberal leader Raj Sherman. Sherman has also played basketball and read to children during his campaign.

Muriel Stanley Venne has earned recognition for championing human rights and the advancement of Aboriginal Women. To honour her commitment and work in the areas of human rights, Venne was presented with the Alberta Human Rights Award on the 25th Anniversary of the Alberta Human Rights Commission’s establishment.

Rudy Arcilla: Liberals No bio.

Bryan Peacock: Alberta Party Originally from Vancouver, Bryan Peacock moved to Alberta in 1979 where he started a family and embarked on a 25 year career with PCL Construction Resources Inc. in Edmonton. He is retiring from PCL in March 2012 as Manager of Technology Operations. His volunteer activities include being the acting chair of his church board, the United Way Campaign Committee chair for PCL project Manager for a Community League playground rebuild and Habitat for Humanity builds.

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Capital murder charge may carry death sentence Fatal shooting. Verna McClain is accused of shooting 28-yearold Kala Golden in the parking lot of a pediatric clinic A nurse accused of fatally shooting a new mother and speeding away with the dying woman’s infant son in suburban Houston quietly told a judge Thursday that she understood she was facing capital murder charges. Verna McClain, who investigators said recently suffered a miscarriage and was desperate to find a child, looked down and spoke softly during the brief court appearance. Her bond hearing was delayed until Monday, though the 30-year-old mother of three will remain jailed until then. McClain is accused of shooting 28-year-old Kala Golden in the parking lot of a suburban Houston pediatric clinic on Tuesday and

Attorney Steve Jackson talks to Verna McClain during a court appearance Thursday. David J. Phillip/the associated press

snatching Golden’s threeday-old son. The infant was found safe hours later with McClain’s sister, who told investigators that McClain planned to adopt the boy. Handcuffed and wearing a pink-and-white-striped prison uniform, McClain told the judge that she understood the charges against her. The judge delayed McClain’s bond hearing to give

her court-appointed attorneys more time to work on the case. The capital murder charge carries a potential death sentence. Authorities said McClain was so desperate to find a child that she went exactly where she knew she could find one: the pediatric clinic where she had taken her three children for checkups.

But when McClain went to the clinic this week, her choice of which child — and mother — to target appeared to have been random. “There is nothing to indicate this was anything beyond planning further than going to the clinic,” Capt. Bruce Zenor of the Montgomery County sheriff’s office said. the associated press

Terrorism trial in Norway. Killer had gruesome plans for prime minister Confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik testified Thursday that he had planned to capture and decapitate former Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland during his shooting massacre on Utoya island. Breivik said his plan was to film the beheading and post the video on the Internet. Brundtland had already left the Labor Party’s youth camp on Utoya when Breivik arrived on July 22, after setting off a bomb in Oslo that killed eight people. Sixty-nine people, mostly teenagers, were killed on Utoya, where nearly 600 members of the Labour Party’s youth wing had gathered for their annual summer retreat. “The plan was to behead Gro Harlem Brundtland while it was being filmed,” Breivik told the court. The far-right fanatic said he was inspired by al-Qaida’s use of decapitation but noted that “beheading is a traditional European death penalty.” “It was meant to be used as a very powerful psychological weapon,” he said. Breivik also testified that

Anders Behring Breivik erland aas/the associated press

he had prepared for his attacks by cutting off contact with the outside world and devoting himself to two computer games — Modern Warfare and World of Warcraft, playing the second one for 16 hours a day. Brundtland was prime minister for the Labor Party for 10 years. She later headed the World Health Organization. “Gro Harlem Brundtland has no comment on the information provided by Breivik, nor the court case in general,” her adviser Jon Moerland told The Associated Press. The associated Press

NASA’s Discovery shuttle lands at museum

Shuttle Discovery, right, at the transfer ceremony. the associated press

NASA turned over space shuttle Discovery on Thursday to the Smithsonian Institution, the first in its orbiter fleet to be transferred to a U.S. museum. The U.S. Marine Drum and Bugle Corps, astronauts including former Sen. John Glenn and several thousand visitors with American flags, greeted Discovery. It will retire as an artifact representing the 30-year shuttle program. The world’s most travelled spaceship has been lifted off its Boeing 747 carrier

and towed to the museum near Dulles International Airport. Curator Valerie Neal said Discovery will be displayed as if it just landed, with its large payload bay doors closed. Some of its side panels are worn and discoloured, and tiles on its underbelly show streaks from the flames of re-entry to the atmosphere. The top question museum visitors have been asking is whether they will be able to walk inside Discovery or see the flight deck, Neal said.

“We don’t permit that here because we treat all of the aircraft and spacecraft as artifacts, not as exhibit props,” she said. Allowing people to walk inside would require cutting a bigger hatch, which would damage it. Instead, the museum has created 360-degree interactive pictures of Discovery’s flight deck and mid deck. Soon there will also be images of the payload bay accessible at kiosks near the Discovery display.

Blast off! Discovery flew every type of mission during the 30-year shuttle program Voyages. Discovery deployed satellites including Hubble, as well as Defence Department missions in the 1980s with military astronauts on board. It also was the first shuttle to travel to the Russian space station Mir and to dock with the International Space Station.

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Secret service. Chairman predicts more firings amid prostitution scandal A top lawmaker briefed on the investigation into a Secret Service prostitution scandal predicted more firings would follow the forced ouster of three agency employees. “I wouldn’t be surprised if you saw more dismissals and more being forced out sooner rather than later,” Rep. Peter King, a Republican, said Thursday. King is being updated on the investigation by Secret Service director Mark Sullivan. The Secret Service is moving quickly to quell the scandal that erupted last week, when at least some of 11 agency employees implicated in the incident brought prostitutes back to their hotel in Cartagena, Colombia, where they were setting up security for a visit by President Barack Obama. So far, three people have lost their jobs; One supervisor was allowed to retire, and another will be fired for cause. A third employee, who was not a supervisor, has resigned. The two supervisors are in the agency’s uniformed division; one is a sergeant, according to a person familiar with Secret Service operations and refused to be identified be-

Investigation • Hotel workers told Secret Service investigators they found no drugs or drug paraphernalia in the rooms where the agents stayed, according to a person familiar with the investigation. The person was not authorized to discuss the probe publicly and spoke only on condition of anonymity. • Sen. Chuck Grassley, the senior Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said news of the three agents leaving the Secret Service was a positive development.

cause he was not authorized to discuss the matter. The team under investigation includes members of the agency’s “jump teams,” which are sent to sites ahead of the president’s arrival to set up security. Others involved are on counter-assault and countersniper teams. The majority of those involved are believed to be based in the Washington area. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Afghans call for quick international exit over gruesome photos Military. U.S. soldiers posing with corpses is the latest embarrassment jeopardizing relations between two countries Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned photographs of U.S. soldiers posing with the bloodied remains of three suicide bombers as “disgusting” and said Thursday that only a quicker exit of international forces can prevent such missteps. Karzai joined top American officials in denouncing that two-year-old photos, the latest in a string of embarrassing controversies that have jeopardized relations between the two countries in the midst of negotiations over the withdrawal of foreign troops. He also warned that “similar incidents of an odious nature’’ in the past sparked angry reactions from Afghans, including violent protests that left dozens dead, although there was no im-

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, centre, said Thursday that his government is “taking a magnifying glass” to proposals for the country’s strategic partnership deal with the United States and scrutinizing every detail. musadeq sadeq/the associated press

mediate sign of a popular backlash. One photos shows members of the 82nd Airborne Division posing in 2010 with Afghan police holding the severed legs of a suicide bomber. The same platoon a few months later was sent to investigate the remains of three insurgents reported to have accidentally blown themselves up — and soldiers again

posed and mugged for a photo with the remains. A photo from the second incident appears to show the hand of a dead insurgent resting on a U.S. soldier’s shoulder. “The only way to put an end to such painful experiences is through an accelerated and full transition of security responsibilities to Afghan forces,” Karzai said. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Priest never investigated, jury hears A Philadelphia priest described by prosecutors as a serial predator was never investigated after a seminarian’s lurid 1992 complaint because the case “fell through the cracks.” That’s what Monsignor William Lynn told a grand jury, according to testimony read Thursday in Lynn’s child-endangerment trial. Lynn, the longtime secretary for clergy for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia, is also charged with conspiracy for his handling of priest-abuse complaints. The seminarian has testified that the priest, Stanley Gana, had sex with him throughout high school, and that he reported it to Lynn in 1992. Lynn told a 2002 grand jury that Gana was not sent for a psychiatric evaluation until a 1995 complaint because the earlier case “fell through the cracks” when Lynn changed jobs. Gana wasn’t defrocked until 2006. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Clinton calls on UN to get tougher on Syria

France’s foreign minister Alain Juppe welcomes U.S. Foreign Secretary Hillary Clinton, prior to their meeting in Paris Thursday. Jacques Brinon/the associated press

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called Thursday for the UN Security Council to adopt a global arms embargo and other tough measures against Syria to reinforce existing Western embargoes if the country fails to abide by a cease-fire designed to end 13 months of bloodshed. Clinton stopped short of calling for outside military intervention in Syria — something there is little to no foreign appetite for — and acknowledged Russia and

China would likely veto any UN measure. But she insisted it was time to impose more consequential measures on Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime. “We have to keep Assad off balance by leaving options on the table,” she said at a Paris meeting of top Western and Arab diplomats from the socalled “Friends of Syria” group. Clinton’s address made it clear that the U.S. has little faith in the success of special envoy Kofi Annan’s six-point peace plan. But although U.S.

policy has amounted to an acknowledgment that Assad is unlikely to be ousted, the UN resolution Clinton seeks could strengthen rebels fighting the Syrian strongman. “We need to start moving very vigorously in the Security Council for a Chapter 7 sanctions resolution, including travel, financial sanctions, an arms embargo, and the pressure that that will give us on the regime to push for compliance with Kofi Annan’s six-point plan,” Clinton said. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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• Clinton said she laid out the case for UN Security Council action to Russia’s Foreign Minister whom she said “has recognized that we are not in a static situation but a deteriorating one.”

• The French Foreign Minister said the Friends of Syria group believes Annan’s plan is the “last chance” for Syria to avoid civil war.

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India’s launch of nuclear missile widely accepted Nuclear. Response to India’s rocket test shows acceptance of nuclear program

Pimp my missile? A North Korean vehicle carrying a missile passes by during a mass military parade in Pyongyang’s Kim Il Sung Square to celebrate the centenary of the birth of the late North Korean founder Kim Il Sung. The enormous, 16-wheel truck used to carry the missile likely came from China in a possible violation of UN sanctions meant to rein in Pyongyang’s missile program. David Guttenfelder/the associated press

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India announced the launch of its Agni-V missile Thursday. indian Ministry of Defense/the associated press

sible country.” The muted response to Thursday morning’s test underscores how far India has come in gaining acceptance for its nuclear program. After India tested its first nuclear bomb in 1974, the U.S. put it under sanc-

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More charges against former Ukrainian PM Yulia Tymoshenko. Concerns about the opposition leader’s health in prison as she faces new tax evasion charges Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was put on trial on new tax evasion charges Thursday, despite widespread concern about her health as a prison inmate. Tymoshenko, the country’s top opposition leader, is already serving a seven-year prison term after being convicted of abuse of office in a case the West has condemned as politically motivated. Prosecutors also have charged Tymoshenko with evading tens of millions of

Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko at trial in 2011. Sergei Chuzavkov/the associated press

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Police seize suspected speed bike in BC Need for speed. Police find a suspect in their search for fast motorcyclist Police on Vancouver Island have seized the motorcycle they believe was featured in a YouTube video racing along the Trans-Canada Highway at speeds of almost 300 kilometres an hour.

Saanich police say a tip from the public led them to the suspect bike, a blue Yamaha, that bears scratches and other marks that match those visible in the video. The motorcycle’s owner is an Esquimalt woman, but police suspect her 25-yearold son was the offending driver, although they haven’t been able to prove that yet. The woman has been given tickets for speeding,

driving without due care, excessive speeding, and driving without insurance — all of which could result in fines totalling almost $1,500. Police say the woman’s son has more than two dozen traffic tickets for issues such as speeding and not having a valid driver’s licence, and the motorcycle was not insured on the day the video was shot.

YouTube The video, which was posted to an anonymous YouTube account on April 8 and has been viewed more than 100,000 times, shows a motorbike zooming between cars and trucks on the divided highway.

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Sex ed. Middle-school teacher fired for performing in porn A Southern California science teacher has been fired for performing in a pornographic video. Oxnard School District trustees voted in closed session Wednesday night to fire Stacie Halas, who taught Grade 7 and Grade 8 at Richard B. Haydock Intermediate School. She had been on paid administrative leave since her appearance on the video surfaced last month. No students are in the video. The video, available on adult sex websites, was apparently produced before she became an Oxnard teacher in 2009. Superintendent Jeff Chancer tells the Ventura Alcohol

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You can buy Fat Bastard wine in Alabama, but you’ll have to go elsewhere for Dirty Bastard beer. The state alcoholicbeverage-control agency said Thursday it has banned Dirty Bastard beer because of profanity on its label. But the maker, Michigan-based Founders Brewing Co., can appeal the decision to the agency’s board. The state allows the sale of Fat Bastard wine. But board attorney Bob Martin says the brand was approved years ago, and he doesn’t know the circumstances.

Britain’s largest abortion provider said Thursday that thousands of attempts have been made to hack its website following a high-profile security breach when personal details of 10,000 women were stolen. Last week a judge jailed a computer hacker for breaking into the website of the British Pregnancy Advisory Service and stealing the data. The service said that in the five weeks since the man’s arrest, it had recorded around 2,500 attempts to hack its website, though none have succeeded.

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Calm ends in Iraq as mass-bombings shake 10 cities Sectarian tensions. At least 30 dead, 117 wounded as bombs and mortar shells break a temporary peace in politically divided nation Bombs ripped through 10 Iraqi cities Thursday, killing at least 30 people and shattering a month of relative calm. Minority lawmakers decried the violence as a tragic but inevitable result of the Shiite-led government’s attempts to dominate Iraqi politics. Despite simmering sectarian tensions, a lull in deadly attacks since mid-March led many to hope Iraq had turned a corner and away from widespread violence. That proved overly optimistic as at least 14 bombs and mortar shells exploded across 10 cities over three hours in the morning. At least 117 people were wounded, police said. “What crime have we committed? How long will such violence continue?” wailed a woman, who would identify herself only by her nickname

of Um Ali, after watching a car explode outside an apartment building in western Baghdad. “This is security in Iraq,” a man nearby muttered sarcastically as he inspected damage to his car. Six of the bombings struck at security forces and government officials - frequent targets for insurgents. In Baghdad alone, 12 people were killed, mostly in Shiite neighbourhoods. The other attacks hit northern Iraqi cities — from Samarra, where a 2006 mosque bombing touched off the worst of the insurgency, to the ethnically mixed city to Kirkuk, to Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but Baghdad military command spokesman Col. Dhia alWakeel said they resembled those carried out by al-Qaida, the Sunni Muslim terror network. Sunni and Kurdish lawmakers said the bombings likely were the result of a monthslong political impasse that has all but paralyzed Iraq’s government since the U.S. military withdrawal at the end of last year. They said ongoing bickering over

a stalled power-sharing agreement with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, a Shiite, has opened the door to violence. The associated Press

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Tech talk. Rumours of a forthcoming ‘iPad Mini’ persist after reports that Apple has ordered small screens from Samsung There’s a constantly spinning mill of rumours about Apple products, most of which turn out to be untrue. What’s unusual this week is that talk has revived of a smaller iPad model, an idea company founder Steve Jobs derided before he died. Apple and its suppliers aren’t commenting. Rumours of a smaller iPad, or “iPad mini” have percolated ever since the first iPad was launched two years ago. This time around, they’re fed by media reports from South Korea, China and Taiwan, saying Apple has ordered Samsung screens that are 7.86 inches measured on the diagonal. That would make for a screen about half the size of the current iPad.

Last year, Amazon figured out how to crack Apple’s stranglehold on tablets by making a half-size tablet. The result was the Kindle Fire, pictured.

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Starbucks says it will stop using a red dye in its drinks that is derived from crushed bugs. The Seattle-based coffee chain said Thursday that it made the decision to reformulate its drinks after feedback from consumers. The company says it will swap out cochineal extract, which is made from the juice of a tiny beetle, and instead use lycopene, a tomato-based extract. Starbucks had used the coloring in its strawberry flavoured mixed drinks and some red-hued snack items. The company says the items will be reformulated by the end of June.

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is committing $1.14 billion to acquire about half ownership in five major toll roads in Chile, part of its strategy of making long-term investments to support future benefit payments. The rest of the Chilean company will be owned by the Atlantia Group, an Italian toll company. Grupo Costanera will be another addition to the fund manager’s other infrastructure holdings, which were worth $8.6 billion as of Dec. 31. However, the Chilean investment will represent a very small portion of the $152.8 billion of assets in the CPP Fund as of the end of last year.

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A smaller tablet would help Apple further its lead in the tablet market. Apple has successfully fended off competitors who have tried to sell tablets in iPad’s size range. But last year, Amazon.com figured out how to crack Apple’s stranglehold on tablets by making a half-size, no-frills tablet. The result was the Kindle Fire, which sells for $199 -basically, the cost of pro-

duction. Amazon has sold millions of them. Apple sells the iPod Touch for $199, but its screen is about a quarter of the size of the Kindle Fire — a big disadvantage for people who want to enjoy books, movies and games. It also sells the older iPad model for $399. It has nothing in between.

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Rupert and James Murdoch to Pipeline. New Keystone testify at media ethics inquiry route would skirt aquifer Rupert Murdoch and his son James will testify before Britain’s media ethics inquiry next week, officials said, as police announced the arrest of a man identified as the royal editor of Murdoch’s scandaltarred The Sun newspaper. The Murdochs have been at the hub of the scandal over wrongdoing at their News Corp. media empire and the pair can expect fresh questions about what they knew and when they knew it. Father and son previously gave a dramatic testimony before Parliament last year, but much more information

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Tax season deadlines can throw procrastinating Canadians into a last-minute panic, but savvy smartphone users might find relief in a small number of apps, some that can make tax filing almost as easy as snapping a picture. While filing taxes on digital apps that operate on smartphones has become popular in the United States, it’s not yet as entrenched in Canada. But this year software developer Intuit took a big step towards that goal with the introduction of SnapTax, adding to a small list

apps include KPMG Tax Hub Canada, for people who run businesses, and the Canadian Income Tax Calculator. Tax Receipts Shoebox is one of the better BlackBerry apps, as it allows you to take pictures of receipts you intend to keep on file.

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Avatar is one of many memorable films that pack an environmental punch. Reel Guys

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Each year on Earth Day Disneynature does their part to increase awareness and build an appreciation of our planet’s natural environment by releasing documentaries. This year, it’s Chimpanzee. These spectacularly photographed movies show us the world in ways we have never seen before. This week the Reel Guys have a look at other movies that celebrate and comment on Earth Day.

MB: Now there’s a movie serious environmentalists never bring up. Too exciting, I suppose. But what about the granddaddy of eco-catastrophe, The China Syndrome? Made in 1977, it’s as relevant today on the anti-nuke issue as it was then. And it stars

Jane Fonda in her smokin’hot-but-with-a-conscience period. Or Silkwood, also about nuclear contamination, starring Cher in her smokin’hot-but-you’d-never-know-itin-those-outfits period. RC: You know another movie serious environmentalists don’t ever watch? Bio-Dome. Back when people went to Paulie Shore movies he made this movie about an environmental experiment, predating Al Gore’s global warming message by years. Could Shore be an Earth Day pioneer? MB: Maybe! He’s definitely a pioneer of the word “dude.” But when you think about it, environmental themes are everywhere. Aren’t zombie films really about sustainability? And aren’t cannibal movies about the importance of eating fresh, and locally?

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Jason Statham. Actor gets tough with dinner plates in his new film Not every actor can convincingly take out an enemy with a dinner plate, but British actor Jason Statham is a man of many talents. In his new film, Safe, he takes on New York City’ Triads, Russian mafia and even corrupt cops. We talked to Statham about his life as an action hero.

Does it get easier playing similar sorts of characters? It’s never comfortable, you have to make a convincing job of the character. It’s not like you can just turn up and it just happens. You still have to emote a little bit. You have to try to put yourself in there. It depends at what level that emotion is and that’s based on the writing and (the direction). So the fact that Lee Christmas (The Expendables) can

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beat five guys up and so can Frank Martin (The Transporter), doesn’t make them the same... They’ve got a certain skill-set that will make you think on the surface that they’re the same person, but they’re not. One’s called Frank, one’s called Lee. What was it like working with Hollywood’s biggest action actors on The Expendables? It was a great day for me; I kept the call sheet because I was a part of the biggest names in action movies of the last God knows how many years. I was in great company. Sylvester Stallone is someone I have such high regard for; he’s a real inspiration. To be under the wing of that man is a privilege. Do you still do your own stunts? Yes, I’m still stupid. I’m still getting my money’s worth. I like doing it. emma e. forrest, metro world news in london

Alison Brie, familiar to fans of TV’s Community and Mad Men, has been asked to do a lot of things before as an actress, but never to play British. And in the Five-Year Engagement, the request was a bit more specific than just play British: She had to be believable as Emily Blunt’s sister. So, to prepare, Brie immersed herself in Blunt, watching everything she’d done, listening to tapes of her speaking, following her around all day — stalking, basically. Anything to nail a part, right? Did shadowing Emily so much to get the voice right ever get weird? It looked like I was Single White Female-ing her a lot of the time (laughs). If someone had taken a picture from across the room, it would’ve been weird — like her just laughing and talking, and me next to her just (staring intently), whispering what she was saying. But it didn’t get weird, no. Not with Emily. Sometimes when we’d all be out, she’d have me do it. “She does a great me!” I was like, “Great...” Were there moments when you’d say something and she’d ask, “Do I really sound

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Your movies are very physical. Do you have the same training routine for every film? The fighting styles vary. They base it on what kind of skills the character has and how we can justify them. I suppose they always want to do something a bit different and it has to be a kind of spectacle in some way. This time it was picking up plates. I don’t design the fights but I have my own say, if it’s too ridiculous, although what is too ridiculous these days in action movies?

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like that?” No, no. I think she’d more correct me, like, “I don’t sound like that.” You have a standout scene toasting the happy couple — and weeping uncontrollably. How much of that was improvised? It was very collaborative. I remember we got to set that day, and (director) Nick Stoller came up and he was like, “You know, we’re not totally sold with what we have in the script for this, so whatever ideas you have, we’ll all just kind of work on it today.” So there’s definitely a lot of different versions of

that. There’s one with me dancing, doing the robot. It always involved me crying and sort of not being able to get through crying. Nick was like, “What other ways... try to make yourself stop crying!” And apparently the way that I make myself stop crying is talking in a creepy, low voice. Good to know about myself !

Alison Brie has plenty of small screen work, appearing on the critically acclaimed Mad Men, which just launched its fifth season, and Community, which despite its extremely loyal fan-base is in danger of cancellation.

The supporting cast is full of NBC sitcom actors, like Chris Pratt, Mindy Kaling and Chris Parnell. Plus Emily is married to John Krasinski from The Office. Did you all ever gang up on Jason Segel, since his show is on CBS?

No! No, not at all. I think it was a ploy on his part, he kept us pretty spaced out. I didn’t have any scenes with Mindy. They didn’t have us all together to gang up on him.

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••••• Led by the slightly oddball casting of Tim Allen as narrator, the Disneynature documentary Chimpanzee aims to entertain young audiences with a watereddown examination of the daily life of little orphaned ape Oscar. While the footage is certainly striking, the softened story is unfortunately less telling than the behind-the-scenes outtakes played over the end credits. steve gow

••••• Bully is a heartbreaking film about how bullying can ruin lives and take them. Following victims of bullies across America, the film explores the problem and what is and isn’t being done to stop it. Hirsch documents kids like Alex from Sioux City, Iowa, who are tormented daily. Here’s where Hirsch steps in. The director makes no attempt to appear objective. He wants his film to make a difference; he wants to end bullying. Regan Reid

••••• In this slow paced, contemplative thriller Willem Dafoe plays a professional hunter hired by a biotech company to track down and kill the last remaining Tasmanian Tiger. The Hunter feels like two movies. The better one focuses on Dafoe’s existential managainst-tiger journey. That’s the big, interesting picture. Unfortunately when it narrows to concentrate on his paternal feelings for the family he rents a room from, the movie becomes less interesting. Richard crouse

Batmobile builder drives cancer fight Fundraiser. B.C. man brings Batman’s ride to Burnaby to help raise money for cancer research PHYLICIA TORREVILLAS

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With the help of a B.C. man., Batman will be cruising along Gotham and fighting the bad guys in style. Deep Cove resident Andy Smith, the designer and builder of the newest Batmobile, showed off the caped crusader’s hot wheels at the Electronic Arts studios in Burnaby to help raise money for cancer research earlier this week. Smith said the Batmobile Tumbler was driven up from California on a flatbed truck uncovered and caused quite a commotion as it passed through the border. Smith, along with a team of engineers, created the

Andy Smith, designer and builder of the Batmobile Tumbler, shows off the caped crusader’s wheels Tuesday in Burnaby. Phylicia torrevillas

Batmobiles that were used for Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and the soon-to-bereleased The Dark Knight Rises. “Three years ago, I had my run-in with cancer,” Smith said. “I was diagnosed and the cancer agency fixed me. I thought now I’ve got a chance to give something back.” He said bringing the Batmobile is his way of giving thanks to the doctors and the B.C. Cancer Agency who helped him during his fight

with the disease. “You’re fit and healthy and life is rocking along and then the rug gets pulled out from underneath you and everything stops,” he said. “I consider myself extremely lucky … (and now) I’m at the other side. I’ve been clear for three years.” Batman fans who donated to the B.C. Cancer Foundation scored a chance to see the Batmobile up close at the Electronic Arts studios in Burnaby.

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Cannes it get any better than this? Pattinson, LaBeouf, Efron and Pitt? The festival is going to be even hotter than usual this year The lineup of the 65th Cannes Film Festival was announced Thursday, with critics watching closely. Last year’s crop yielded future Oscar winners The Artist and Tree of Life. This year’s features.... Amour Master of tension, manipulation and mutilation, Austrian

Palme d’Or winner Michael Haneke returns with a tale of elderly music teachers (Jean-Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva) who suffer when the wife has a stroke. Things probably don’t get better when their daughter (Isabelle Huppert) visits. Cosmopolis A millionaire (Pattinson) has issues in Manhattan, and we’re supposed to care about him why? Because this is from writer Don DeLillo and directed by David Cronenberg, that’s why. Killing Them Softly Formerly known as Cogan’s

Trade, this heist film reteams Pitt with director Andrew Dominik, of Jesse James fame. Professional mobsters James Gandolfini and Ray Liotta costar. Lawless It’s the Depression era, and bootlegger brothers (Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf ) have a hard time at it, in this from The Road director John Hillcoat. Moonrise Kingdom Wes Anderson heads to a 1960s summer camp for his latest twee tale, starring Bruce Willis, Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, Edward Nor-

ton, Frances McDormand and everyone else cool in the world. On the Road Jack Kerouac’s classic finally (regretfully?) gets a movie version, this directed by The Motorcycle Diaries filmmaker Walter Salles. The Paperboy By far the biggest wild card here, this is an erotic thriller starring Zac Efron and Nicole Kidman, from Lee Daniels, the director of the noterotic Precious. Metro World News

Cobie Smulders. How I Met Your Mother star takes on Avengers role How I Met Your Mother star Cobie Smulders wasn’t an avid Avengers fan before coming on board as S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Maria Hill, but that didn’t mean she wasn’t excited. How familiar were you with Maria Hill before taking on the role? Not at all, sir. Not at all. When I auditioned, too, I auditioned for Female Agent because they were very hush-hush about it. And then I went in to do a screen-test with Samuel L. Jackson and they were like, “for Maria Hill.” So that’s when I went onto the web and started looking her up and finding any comic book I could find on her. F R O M

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These pages cover movie start times from Fri., April 20 to Thurs., april 26. Times are subject to change. Complete listings are also available at metronews.ca/movies.

City Centre 9 Cinemas 10200 102nd Ave. 21 Jump Street (14A) Bargain Matinee, Digital Presentation, DTS Digital Fri-Thu 1:40-4:40-7:40-10:35 American Reunion (18A) Bargain Matinee, Dolby Stereo Digital FriThu 12:55-3:55-6:55-9:55 The Cabin in the Woods (18A) Bargain Matinee, DTS Digital, Stadium Seating, Digital Presentation FriThu 1:20-4:20-7:20-10:20 The Hunger Games (14A) Bargain Matinee, Digital Presentation, Stadium Seating, Dolby Stereo Digital Fri-Tue 12:30-3:45-7-10:15 Bargain Matinee, Digital Presentation, Stadium Seating, Dolby Stereo Digital Wed 12:30-3:45-6:30-10:15 Bargain Matinee, Digital Presentation, Stadium Seating, Dolby Stereo Digital Thu 12:30-3:45-7-10:15 The Hunter (14A) Bargain Matinee, Dolby Stereo Digital Fri-Thu 1:304:30-7:30-10:25 The Lucky One (PG) Bargain Matinee, No Passes, Stadium Seating, Dolby Stereo Digital Fri-Thu 1-4-7:10-10:10 Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (PG) Bargain Matinee, Digital Presentation, DTS Digital, Stadium Seating Fri-Thu 12:45-3:30-6:30-9:30 The Three Stooges (PG) Bargain Matinee, Dolby Stereo Digital, Stadium Seating, Digital Presentation Fri-Tue 12:40-3:40-6:40-9:40 Bargain Matinee, Dolby Stereo Digital, Stadium Seating, Digital Presentation Wed 12:40-3:40-9:45 Bargain Matinee, Dolby Stereo Digital, Stadium Seating, Digital Presentation Thu

South Edmonton Common 1525 99th St. 21 Jump Street (14A) Fri-Sun 11:302:05-4:45-7:35-10:20 Mon-Thu 2:054:55-7:30-10:05 American Reunion (18A) Fri-Sun 1:15-1:50-4-4:35-7-7:20-9:50-10:15 Mon-Wed 1:35-2:15-4:15-5:15-7:107:55-9:50-10:30 Thu 1:35-2:15-4:157:10-9:50-10:30 Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies (PG) Sat 12:45 Babe (STC) Sat 11 Breakfast at Tiffany’s (STC) Sun 1 The Cabin in the Woods (18A) FriSun 12:50-3:20-5:40-8:25-10:45 MonThu 1-3:20-5:45-8:05-10:25 Chimpanzee (G) No Passes Fri-Sat 12:15-2:45-4:50-7:15-9:45 No Passes Sun 12:15-2:25-4:50-7:15-9:45 No Passes Mon-Wed 12:40-2:45-4:457:15-9:45 No Passes Thu 3:15-5:207:25-10:35 Star & Strollers Screening, No Passes Thu 1 Dr. Seuss’ the Lorax (G) Fri-Sun 11:55 Mon-Thu 1:25 Dr. Seuss’ the Lorax 3D (G) Fri-Sun 2:55-5:15-7:30-10:05 Mon-Thu 3:45-

12:40-3:40-6:40-9:40 Titanic 3D (PG) Bargain Matinee, DTS Digital, Stadium Seating FriThu 1:45 Wrath of the Titans (14A) Bargain Matinee, Stadium Seating, DTS Digital Fri-Thu 7:45-10:30

Clareview 10 Cinemas 4211 139th Ave. 21 Jump Street (14A) Digital Presentation Fri 6:35-9:20 Digital Presentation Sat-Sun 1:10-3:50-6:359:20 Digital Presentation Mon-Thu 5:25-8:05 American Reunion (18A) Digital Presentation Fri 6:40-9:35 Digital Presentation Sat-Sun 1-3:55-6:409:35 Digital Presentation Mon-Thu 5:10-8 The Cabin in the Woods (18A) Digital Presentation Fri 7:15-9:35 Digital Presentation Sat-Sun 1:504:15-7:15-9:35 Digital Presentation Mon-Thu 5:30-8 Chimpanzee (G) Digital Presentation Fri 6:45-9 Digital Presentation Sat-Sun 1:35-3:45-6:45-9 Digital Presentation Mon-Thu 5:15-7:30 Dr. Seuss’ the Lorax (G) Digital Presentation Sat-Sun 1:15 The Hunger Games (14A) Digital Presentation Fri 6:30-9:10 Digital Presentation Sat-Sun 12:50-3:406:30-9:10 Digital Presentation MonThu 4:30-7:35 Lockout (14A) Digital Presentation Fri-Sun 7:05-9:25 Digital Presentation Mon-Thu 7:40 The Lucky One (PG) Digital Presentation, No Passes Fri 7-9:30 Digital Presentation, No Passes Sat-Sun

6:05-8:50 The Hunger Games (14A) Fri 11:3512:25-3:10-3:40-6:20-6:50-9:30-10 Sat-Sun 11:35-3:10-3:45-6:20-7-9:3010:10 Mon 1-2-5:40-9-9:45 Tue-Thu 12:30-2-3:40-5:40-6:50-9-10 Lockout (14A) Fri-Sun 12:40-3:155:35-8-10:25 Mon-Thu 12:50-3:105:30-8:10-10:30 The Lucky One (PG) No Passes Fri-Sun 12:30-3-5:45-8:15-10:45 No Passes Mon 12:35-3-4:30-7:15-10:20 No Passes Tue-Wed 12:35-3-5:35-810:20 No Passes Thu 3:40-6:30-9:20 Star & Strollers Screening, No Passes Thu 1 Mirror Mirror (G) Fri-Sun 11:45-2:305:10-7:45 Mon-Thu 12:55-3:25-6:40 One Man, Two Guvnors - Encore Presentation (STC) Thu 6:45 The Raid: Redemption (18A) Fri-Sun 10:15 Mon-Thu 9:15 The Three Stooges (PG) Fri-Sun 1:20-3:45-6-8:20-10:35 Mon-Thu 1:15-3:30-5:50-8:05-10:15 Titanic 3D (PG) Fri 12:10-4:30-8:45 Sat 12:20-4:30-8:45 Sun 12:10-4:308:45 Mon-Thu 12:30-4:30-8:45 Fri-Sun 12:45-5-9:15 Mon-Thu 12:45-5-9:10

1:20-4-7-9:30 Digital Presentation, No Passes Mon-Thu 5-7:50 Mirror Mirror (G) Digital Presentation Sat-Sun 1:30-4:10 Digital Presentation Mon-Thu 4:45 The Three Stooges (PG) Digital Presentation Fri 6:50-9:15 Digital Presentation Sat-Sun 1:25-4-6:509:15 Digital Presentation Mon-Thu 5:20-7:45 Titanic 3D (PG) Fri 8 Sat-Sun 3:30-8 Mon-Thu 6:40 Wrath of the Titans (14A) Digital Presentation Sat-Sun 1:45 Wrath of the Titans 3D (14A) Fri 7:10-9:40 Sat-Sun 4:20-7:10-9:40 Mon-Thu 4:50-8:10

Metro Cinema at the Garneau, 8712 109 St. Baraka (STC) Sun 7 Mon 9:30 Breakfast at Tiffany’s (STC) Sat 12:30 Sun 4:15 Tue 7 Thu 7 Commando (STC) Wed 9:30 The Found Footage Festival (STC) Sat 7 Harold and Maude (STC) Tue 9:15 Now That We Are Filmmakers: Films By & About Women (STC) Fri 7:30 Once Upon A Time in Anatolia (STC) Sat 2:45 Sun 8:45 Mon 6:45 Wed 6:45 Plan 9 From Outer Space (STC) Fri 11 The Salesman (STC) Sat 9:30 Sun 2 Movies 12 5074 130 Ave., 780-472-9779 Goon (18A) Fri-Thu 1:20-3:456:30-9:10 Housefull 2 (PG) Fri-Thu 1:304:50-9 Hugo 3D (PG) Fri-Thu 1:10-3:55-

Wrath of the Titans (14A) Fri-Sun 11:40-2:15-4:40-7:10-9:40 Mon-Thu 12:50-3:40-6:50-10 Wrath of the Titans 3D (14A) Fri-Sun 12:20-2:50-5:20-8:05-10:40 Mon-Thu 1:20-4:40-7:45-10:10

TELUS World of Science Edmonton Space And Science Centre, 1121-142 St. Born to Be Wild (G) Fri 10-12-2-8 Sat 12-2-8 Sun 12-2 Rescue (STC) Fri-Sun 4 Westmount Centre 111 Ave. & Groat Rd., 403-455-8726 Grandin Theatres 101-22 Sir Winston Churchill Ave., St. Albert,780-458-9822 21 Jump Street (14A) Fri-Thu 4:557:05-9:10 American Reunion (18A) No Passes Fri-Thu 12:40-2:50-5-7:10-9:20 Dr. Seuss’ the Lorax (G) Fri-Thu 1-3 The Hunger Games (14A) Fri-Thu 12:35-3:20-6:05-8:45 Mirror Mirror (G) Fri-Thu 1:05-3:155:20-7:15-9:15 The Three Stooges (PG) Fri-Thu

6:50-9:35 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (PG) Fri-Thu 1:15 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island 3D (PG) Fri-Thu 3:50-6:55-9:15 Mirza: The Untold Story (14A) FriThu 1:05-4:30-8 Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol (14A) Fri-Thu 1-4-7-9:50 Project X (18A) Fri-Thu 1:55-4:407:30-9:55 The Secret World of Arrietty (G) Fri-Thu 1:40-4:20-6:45-9:05 This Means War (PG) Fri-Thu 1:454:10-7:05-9:30 Vicky Donor (STC) Fri-Thu 1-3:406:40-9:25 The Vow (PG) Fri-Thu 1:25-4:057:10-9:40 Wanderlust (14A) Fri-Thu 1:504:15-7:20-9:45

North Edmonton Cinemas 14231 137th Ave. 21 Jump Street (14A) Fri-Thu 1:504:40-7:30-10 American Reunion (18A) Fri-Thu 12:40-2-3:30-4:50-6:30-7:50-9:1010:35 Babe (STC) Sat 11 Breakfast at Tiffany’s (STC) Sun 1 The Cabin in the Woods (18A) FriThu 1:20-3:40-6-8:20-10:45 Chimpanzee (G) No Passes Fri-Thu 12-12:50-3-5-7:10-9:15 Dr. Seuss’ the Lorax (G) Fri-Thu 12 Dr. Seuss’ the Lorax 3D (G) Fri-Thu 2:10-4:20-6:40-8:40 The Hunger Games (14A) Fri-Sat 12-12:30-3:10-3:45-6:20-7-9:4010:15 Sun 12:30-3:10-3:45-6:207-9:40-10:15 Mon-Wed 12-12:30-

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Washed Out rides a chillwave through psychedelic hip hop New music. Within and Without leaves behind the gritty sound of previous albums for a brand new sound JONATHAN DONALDSON Metro World News

Ernest Greene cites some unlikely influences for Washed Out, his mellow musical project. “At its core it’s psychedelic music,” says Greene, whose debut EP (2009’s Life of Leisure), and first full-length release (2011’s Within and Without) lit up the blogosphere and put Greene in the first class of a new micro-genre, Quote

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colorfully known as chillwave (see also Neon Indian, Toro Y Moi or Memory Tapes). Greene explains that being a hip-hop enthusiast helped him to develop a producer’s ear, as he was led into sampling by the obscure disco/ soul/electronic records that many of his favourite hip-hop acts were sampling. Soon he was sampling himself, creating his own musical mosaics by adding various textures to his original tracks. “It kind of breathes life into it and gives a warmth I couldn’t get from running instruments into my computer,” says Greene, speaking from his home studio in Atlanta. While Within and Without leaves behind some of the grittier, more soul-flavoured elements of the Washed Out debut’s quintessentially chillwave sound (imagine a cross between underground hiphop/electronic and new wave), the album still maintains enough of the soothing melodic backdrops and indistinct, faraway vocals to justify its genre’s namesake. “It’s more about a mood or a vibe than a modern day radio hit, which is all about being very clean and perfect sounding,” he says.

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Every Tuesday, my mom made me come along to the big city when she took my sister for organ lessons. But bless her heart, she agreed to drop me off at a nearby shopping mall so I could wander through Sam the Record Man for an hour or so. In retrospect, those Tuesdays were hugely important to me. I learned so much, listening to the music on the store stereo; watching what other people were buying; flipping through the stacks of LPs and 45s; eavesdropping on the clerks and customers talking about music; hearing customers argue with each other about what was good and what wasn’t. It was an amazing education. I was exposed to so much new music and so many opinions about it. I’ve spent countless hours — not to mention a significant amount of money — in

record stores in cities and towns all over the planet. And even though I now buy a lot of music online, I still

frequent record stores as much as possible because I still love the communal and cultural experience of hang-

ing out with other music nerds. Sadly, though, record shops of all sizes are disappearing, victims of new digital realities. That’s why tomorrow — the fifth annual Record Store Day — is so important. This year’s official ambassador, Iggy Pop, is encouraging everyone to discover and re-discover the joys and benefits of visiting a record store. Record Store Day has grown into an international event with hundreds of participating stores around the globe, from Athens to Zurich. At last count, 186 Canadian stores are on board, including the two remaining Sam the Record Man stores in Belleville and Sarnia, Ontario. As an enticement to visit, artists from Paul McCartney and the Grateful Dead to the Foo Fighters and Eddie Vedder have offered up special limited-edition releases prepared just for tomorrow. There are hundreds of Record Store Day exclusives, ranging from unreleased demos to rare mono editions to old-school picture discs. Each is destined to become instant collectors’ items. For a complete list, visit recordstoreday.com.

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Remembering Dick Clark with his best Bandstand moments Iconic moments. Some of the greatest memories in music history took place with Dick Clark on the mic and at the helm Pat Healy Metro World News

As we remember Dick Clark, we honour him with a few of our favourite musical moments with the late American Bandstand host. Ska, know anything about it? 1982 From the short-lived Police Squad TV series, Clark pokes fun of his youthful appearance and his knack for understanding teenage trends. At the time of this filming, he was 53.

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• Beastie Boys, 1987. Even though the Beastie Boys are no fools, they certainly acted like it on this Bandstand appearance. Clark is polite about a broken microphone, but when MCA complimented his jacket, Clark quickly fired

• Madonna, 1984. Clark’s ability to get good quotes out of his interview subject can’t be overstated. Madonna told him at the beginning of 1984 that her ambition for that year was to “rule the world.” She would soon.

Pink Floyd, 1967 One of Clark’s most endearing traits was that he presented himself so squarely but was able to talk to the weirdest of musicians (ser-

iously, was there any musician weirder than Syd Barrett?). Run DMC, 1985 As new trends

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JD McPherson serves up music, no chaser New music. Rock ‘n’ Roll meets rockabilly meets a modern pop sound on the new Signs and Signifiers album Pat Healy Metro World News

Just because JD McPherson’s sound faithfully resurrects the earliest era of rock ‘n’ roll doesn’t mean that he isn’t interested in the decades of music that came after Little Richard. Throughout a 40-minute conversation, the Oklahoma native speaks of the subtle ways he has been influenced by rap, punk, modern pop and even the Te-

jano sounds of Selena. “I’ll play a Smiths song every once in a while, depending on who’s in the van,” he says of the soundtrack to the drives between gigs. The Smiths were an undeniable influence on the title track of his new album on the Rounder label, Signs and Signifiers. That restrained atmospheric slowburning tune is one of the true standouts on the album full of rockabilly flavored rave ups. “There are bands that I could name that are just completely at like 99 all the time,” says McPherson of the frenzied tempo that many of his own songs hit. “But there’s only so much of that you can take. And one of my favorite bands of all time is Bad Brains. … They would do

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extremely intense hardcore performances and then pepper them with reggae, so it was like this ebb and flow, and that’s so important.” So when watching McPherson tear it up on a vintage guitar as bassist Jimmy Sutton — who looks like he stepped right out of a Norman Rockwell painting — slaps a huge stand-up bass, just know that if somebody in the crowd requests a Wu Tang Clan song, the band will

probably know how it goes. But rockabilly purists need not worry; they won’t actually play a Wu Tang song. “I met a guy in Finland after a show,” McPherson recounts with a laugh. “He had the courage to come up onstage right after a show and kind of corner me and he was saying, ‘Don’t change anything! Keep doing this the exact same!’ and our drummer at the time said, ‘You know, that’s pretty much the ultimate compliment from a rockabilly guy.’” McPherson says for this tour and the next album there will be a few changes. “We’re not doing anybody any favours if we’re not writing what we want to do,” he says. “But the next record isn’t going to be a techno record or anything.”

JD McPherson has a new album out.

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‘You probably know more than I do’ Television. The cast might not know it, but new Arrested Development episodes will premiere next year on Netflix

The bell rings on Ringer’s first season Ringer, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, wraps up its freshman season Friday. The pulpy drama was shaky at first but improved toward the end of its inaugural run after embracing its soapy side. In the finale, Bridget decides to tell Andrew the truth about her identity, while Agent Machado is forced off the case. (Global)

Sci-fi fans have a rich array of options Saturday. The popular supernatural British series Being Human wraps its fourth season on Space as the heroes come between the Old Ones and global destruction. Meanwhile, Steven Spielberg’s classic Close Encounters of the Third Kind airs on Turner Classic Movies followed by the 1975 cult favourite Rollerball, and IFC is broadcasting the chilling 2009 Cormac McCarthy adaptation The Road.

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Fans long awaiting new episodes of Arrested Development will soon get their fix — and all at once. While onstage at the National Association of Broadcasters convention on Tuesday, Netflix chief Ted Sarandos announced that all 10 episodes of the fourth season of Arrested Development will premiere together, on one day, sometime next year on the streaming website, reports Vulture. The announcement may be news to Arrested star Tony Hale, who plays dysfunctional youngest son Buster Bluth. While promoting his new political satire Veep in an interview on Monday, Hale told us he prefers to be blissfully unaware of details regarding the series’ return. “The bummer is you probably know more than I do,” Hale said when asked for any news on the sitcom’s revival, but then added, “what I do know is (production) is definitely happening this summer.” Hale said the writers are almost finished penning scripts, but that he is deliberately staying out of the loop when it comes to potential storylines. “Here’s the thing: I really don’t want to hear the plot-

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Want some laughs or family fare? There are films of nearly every other genre on offer Saturday, too. Comedy fans can choose between Office Space on Teletoon and Miss Congeniality on Bravo. Those looking for family fare will find it with Diva’s Night at the Museum and those in the mood for a gritty thriller might enjoy Steven Soderbergh’s 1999 flick The Limey, starring Peter Fonda and Terence Stamp and airing on IFC.

Good finish for The Good Wife? A strong year for The Good Wife nears its close with Sunday’s penultimate episode. Two of the intelligent legal drama’s ongoing plotlines will get plenty of screentime tonight, as Cary makes a decision about his career while Kalinda grapples with Agent Delaney’s investigation. Alicia, meanwhile, represents a judge facing misconduct charges. (CBS, Global) the canadian press

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lines because the whole fun of the show was the element of surprise, where we would be doing the show and then all of a sudden we’d read a script and I’d be like, ‘OK, well, in this episode my hand’s coming off,’” he says, referring to Buster’s infamous incident with a biting seal. “I love that surprise, so I kind of don’t want any information. I just want to be completely surprised as to what Mitch (Hurwitz, Arrested creator) has come up with.”

As for that rumoured Arrested movie, “I don’t know that much information but I think like anything you take it project by project,” Hale says. “I think we’re all just kind of focusing on the episodes right now, and if the movie happens, it happens, that’s fantastic. But I’m excited about the episodes. Everybody in the cast is just so fun; I can’t wait to not be able to hold it together because I’m laughing so hard.”

But returning to full-time Buster mode requires just as much work as play. “Buster has, you know, very interesting shoes to step into,” Hale says, “so I’ve gotta kind of get back into that mindset. It’s weird. The show finished six years ago and I actually haven’t — I think I’ve seen two episodes since it stopped. So my wife and I are kind of going to do a marathon viewing before we start shooting just so I can get back into that mindset.”

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Boot camp for singles Reality TV. Steve and JoAnn Ward correct dating no-nos on VH1’s Tough Love HEIDI PATALANO Metro New York

No one ever said dating was easy, but there are quite a few

people in the world who are particularly challenged when it comes to landing a mate. Whether too eager to settle for less or too picky about their dating prospects, there are a host of reasons why some ladies are chronically single. But for those women, Steve and JoAnn Ward come to the rescue. In the fourth season of their incredibly successful reality show, Tough Love, the Wards take some

particularly troubled cases to boot camp in order to help them change their dating ways. We asked JoAnn about how they make love happen. What do you find to be the most annoying common mistakes that women make on a first date? Comparing their date to their ex, talking too much about anything. Talk, talk, talk, talk ... stop talking! Listen to learn. (When they are) negative about anything. Always be positive. (When they) have too much to drink. Two, at the most three, glasses of wine are plenty — any more and you risk losing control. What did you want to change from last season to this season? We really focused on carefully casting this season to bring a blend of women into the mix that have a range of life experience: single moms, divorced women and a few others that surprised us. We felt it would also give an interesting perspective

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A move to the ’burbs?

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Though they’ve only been dating six months, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are reportedly ready to settle down in the suburbs, according to Us Weekly. The two actors “have been looking around different areas of Connecticut,” a source claims, citing a recent trip the pair took to the posh suburb of New Canaan to sightsee. “They love getting out of the city and appreciate a slower pace.” Another source says that moving in together is the next logical step, given how close they’ve become. “Ryan is practically living with her already,” the source says. “When he’s at her apartment, it feels like home.”

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Carey Mulligan set to tie the knot: Report Carey Mulligan and musician Marcus Mumford are reportedly getting married this weekend during a ceremony in the English countryside, according to Radar Online. “Carey and Marcus are counting down the days till they tie the knot. She is absolutely walking on air and can hardly contain her excitement,” a source says. “They don’t care that some of their friends think they are rushing things.” The couple have been engaged for nine months and dating for about a year, though they first got to know each other as pen pals when they were teenagers. “It’s going to be an amazing weekend as they will be surrounded by their

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Vanessa Lachey is a very dutiful pregnant woman, saying she’s “only gotten better” as she’s entered her second trimester. Really? She doesn’t miss, say, scotch? “Honestly, when people have drinks around me, the smell makes me want to vomit. I haven’t even missed coffee too much. I feel like you are giving up these things for a great reason,” she told us about her pregnancy while promoting Take

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a Load Off day on behalf of P&G Future Friendly and Tide Coldwater, which is encouraging the public to only wash their clothing in cold water this Earth Day to save on energy costs. However, this very pregnant lady called shenanigans on Mrs. Lachey, as, come on, there has to be one complaint. (Vomiting? Swollen ankles? Give us something here, Vanessa!). And only after a little badgering from yours truly did she fess up to one complaint. “Fatigue hit me hard,” she finally admitted. “Sometimes I’ll hit the couch for two or three hours and feel like I have to apologize to Nick, like: ‘I’m sorry I’m so lazy!’” Vanessa Lachey is a better pregnant lady than I. Two hours on the couch is my exercise for the day — but it only counts as exercise if I keep my eyes open the entire time.

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Michael Jackson’s former bodyguard, Matt Fiddes, claims the late singer’s youngest child is actually his biological son — and he’s willing to prove it. Fiddes says Jackson even told him the truth after baby Blanket was born. “I sat there and asked the question, ‘Is Blanket my child?’” Fiddes tells the Daily Star. “He said, ‘He’s my child, Matt, but I used your sperm to produce him.’”

Standing in his way, though, is Michael’s mother, Katherine Jackson, who has sole custody of the child. “Katherine’s worried we will come after the estate and will tell the kids the truth,” Fiddes says. “But to me the truth is the big issue, and that’s why I want to take it further. I’m a selfmade man, I don’t want or need their money. All I want is access if he’s my child, to take him out, and spend some time together.”

A romantic getaway for Brad and Angie Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie know how to celebrate a happy occasion. The newly engaged couple reportedly packed up their family and took a private jet to Ecuador, then a luxury yacht to the Galapagos Islands, where they’re vacationing at the Royal Palm Hotel, according to People magazine.

“We were informed that they arrived at the airport in Baltra yesterday,” a source says. “Then they made their way over to a villa in the Galapagos Islands.” Pitt apparently popped the question during Christmas after spending a year working on the design of the engagement ring.

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SHOPPING CHOICES ARE A GOOD WAY TO SEND A MESSAGE

WHAT YOU DON’T BUY ALSO COUNTS The consumer products that Keith Treffrey at Earth Day Canada doesn’t buy sends just as big a message as what he does buy. • Has a small, high-efficiency air conditioner, but relies most on natural cooling methods in the summer — shutting blinds and curtains during the day and opening windows at night.

• Bought a push mower instead of gasor electric-powered. • Shares tools and ladders with neighbours — “rather than each one of us buying our own.” • Shares a car with his ex-wife (whoever has the kids gets the car). • He doesn’t drive to work — bikes all year round.

THE GREAT GREEN CHALLENGE IS BACK,

BIGGER AND GREENER THAN EVER! Whirlpool Canada is encouraging three families from across Canada to lead by example and save energy in their homes by participating in this year’s Great Green Challenge. To kick off the challenge, Whirlpool Home Appliances outfitted each family’s home with ENERGY STAR qualified Whirlpool appliances, including the industry’s most energy efficient dishwasher** and the industry’s most resource efficient top load laundry pair*. The three Canadian families will track their results, including the money they’ve saved on energy bills, and provide helpful green tips. * Among leading top load brands, based on cleaning gentleness and efficiency. ** Based on NRCan average published annual energy usage of Whirlpool Resource Efficient models (Models WDT* & WDF*) versus usage of leading brand dishwashers.

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MIRACLE FOOD Inexpensive to cultivate and drought tolerant, hemp is ideal for poor arid climates. • 1,000 acres of hemp yields 300 tonnes of flour or enough bread to provide 2,000 calories per day to nearly 2,000 people. • It also yields 130,000 litres of oil — eight times what is required to grow the new crop. • It doesn’t usually require irrigation or conventional fertilizers, leaves nutrients behind in the field, and yields two to three harvests per year.

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TIME TO COMMIT TO A GREENER LIFESTYLE WITH WHIRPOOL CANADA’S GREAT GREEN CHALLENGE

Making green choices can fit easily into your daily life — there are many simple changes you can make that can have a great impact to reduce your energy consumption, and three Canadian families from across the country are doing just that as part of Whirlpool Canada’s Great Green Challenge. Over the course of six weeks, these families are committing to living a greener life and are sharing their successes and challenges with Canadians at facebook.com/WhirlpoolCanada. Chosen from more than 500 applicants, the McRaes from Richmond Hill, Ont., the Castro-Laras from Edmonton and the Bourbeaus form Quebec City are seeing significant energy savings, thanks in part to the new energy and water efficient Whirlpool appliances they each received to kick

off their challenge. Warrington Ellacott, Whirlpool Canada’s energy efficiency expert, truly knows what it means to be green and is eager to share three simple, efficient green tips, just in time for Earth Day on April 22. Invest in Energy Star qualified appliances. If you have old appliances in your home, they can be using more energy than they need to. Energy Star appliances are tested to meet or exceed higher energy efficiency levels to help you save. It’s simple, tried and true — turn off your lights when you leave the room. You would be surprised at how much energy you can save by remembering this rule regularly. While you are at it, change your light bulbs to LED to save even more. Unplug small devices that aren’t in use, including laptops, microwaves and radios. Get your family involved today by taking the Great Green Pledge at facebook.com/WhirlpoolCanada.

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TAKE IT UP FOR EARTH DAY Organizers of Earth Day Canada (earthday.ca) are asking Canadians to help create a healthier planet by making changes to their most basic daily habits. This year’s “Take It Up” Earth Day campaign is aimed at getting people to reduce their environmental footprint — by eating and preparing plant-based foods at home, drinking tap (not bottled) water, detoxing their personal care routine, and taking part in more outdoor activities (such as biking or walking instead of driving). “We know that beyond air, food and water quality, the types of products we use on a daily basis, as well as how much time we spend outdoors, can have substantial effects on our health and the environment,” says Jed Goldberg, president of Earth Day Canada. “The actions in this campaign help people

HEATHER MACFADYEN IS A HOMETOWN HERO

When Heather MacFadyen looks out her kitchen window, what she sees takes her breath away — miles of rolling green-clad foothills, the Bow River, grazing elk and the towering ranges of the Rocky Mountains. The natural beauty has delighted generations and she takes pride knowing that thanks to her hard work and that of others, it will be here for generations to come. This environmental hero was raised to be a steward to the land, her family loving the Rockies and Canmore, Alta., for generations. But in 1992, MacFadyen and her husband established their home there, and the psychologist and university professor realized that if she truly valued the land, she needed to fight for it. Encroaching development threatened wildlife that needed to travel safely through the Three Sisters Corridor between Banff National Park and the Wind Valley. “I began to realize this was something I could do,” she recalls. “It became my self-chosen avocation.” For 11 years, she co-ordinated meetings, petitions and letter-writing campaigns to create a scientifically functional wildlife corridor running 14

learn more about the environmental and health impacts of the decisions they make and encourage them to adopt behaviours that will improve the health of their families and communities.” For all the ways (and lots of other great information), you can “Take It Up For Earth Day,” visit earthday.ca/takeitup/. If you have kids at home, direct them to Earth Day Canada’s “Act for the Planet” program (ecokids.ca/pub/take_action/ campaigns/act_for_the_planet/index.cfm). “Children are often the strongest, most influential advocates for living an environmentally responsible life,” says Goldberg. “Act for the Planet provides them with an opportunity to show that the choices they make are equally as important as those made by adults.” – Ylva Van Buuren

Heather MacFadyen CONTRIBUTED

kilometres through the Bow Valley — with width and slope that could be used by bears, cougars, wolves, elk and deer to travel and feed without encountering people — protected in perpetuity. She also helped persuade the province of Alberta to return 57 acres of land to Bow Valley Wildland Park and the Wind Valley Corridor. Her effort earned her the 2010 Earth Day Canada Hometown Heroes Individual Award. But more than that, it earned her the right to look out her window at one of the most beautiful places on Earth, unspoiled habitat in all directions, and know that it will be protected forever. There is just one piece of the puzzle she has yet to complete. She and fellow conservationists continue to lobby for provincial protection of the last three kilometres of the corridor, the connecting link between Banff and Wind Valley. – Kim Zarzour

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EARTH DAY Introducing the NEW Brita Bottle with a ﬁlter inside. ®

DROP THOSE DISPOSABLE WATER BOTTLES FOR GOOD

BY THE NUMBERS • The Canadian Bottled Water Association notes that bottled water packaging accounts for 40 per cent of all plastic beverage container packaging. • The plastic required to create all the water bottles used by Canadians each year weighs more than 1,300 empty Boeing 747 airplanes. • Energy used to make them is enough to power 190,000 homes.

THE GOOD NEWS

Enjoy Brita®-ﬁltered tap water anywhere. 1 Brita® Bottle ﬁlter can replace as many as 300 water bottles* *Standard 500 mL bottle

• Canadians are drinking less bottled water. Statistics Canada reports that in 2009, 24 per cent of households drank bottled water as their primary source of water. That was down 30 per cent from 2007.

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Liquid Assets

What’s beef without the perfect wine? LIQUID ASSETS

Peter Rockwell @therealwineguy peterrockwell@eastlink.cca

Hamburgers seem to be making a comeback, and I’m not talking about the fast food variety. The gourmet burger scene is red hot with the population of ultra premium joints exploding across the country. What differentiates them from the average patty flipper is the originality of their output (Kobe beef anyone?) and the, ahem, higher prices. My home versions are a tad more pedestrian. Even I can make a decent attempt from scratch, and the surprisingly pleasant weather has got me firing up the barbecue earlier than usual. Some might argue that wasting anything above a simple table wine on a hamburger is just shy of sacrilegious. With most of us lathering our meat with cheese and a cornucopia of condiments; the flavour profile of a standard backyard creation is anything but typical. A mid-priced merlot is a classic grilling mate with California’s Woodbridge 2010 Merlot ($12.95 - $14.99) a ripe, relaxed red offering up plum and black berry fruit with soft tannins that will prove accommodating no matter what you put between your buns. PRICES REFLECT THE RANGE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SOME PRODUCTS MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE IN ALL PROVINCES.

3 LIFE Superfood

Tamarind This recipe makes six servings. THE CANADIAN PRESS H/O

Fast-food-inspired beef bites for all tastes Cheeseburger Mini Meat Loaves. Kids will love the flavour and adults will love how quickly they can be prepared for dinner

For a wholesome meal that is ready when you are, you can make these Cheeseburger Mini Meat Loaves ahead and freeze some mini meat loaves. Wrap each cooled meat loaf separately in plastic wrap or foil, then freeze for up to three

months. When you’re ready to serve then, thaw the meat and heat them in the microwave in just minutes.

3. Fill each with ketchup, div-

1. In bowl, combine beef, egg,

4. Bake in a 190 C (375 F) oven

125 ml (1/2 cup) of the cheese, onion, breadcrumbs, relish, mustard, salt and pepper. Mix lightly but thoroughly to blend.

Lightly spray 12 muffin or custard cups with cooking spray. Divide beef mixture among cups; make indentation in centre of each with the back of a spoon.

SUMMERSIDE POINTE

iding amount evenly among cups. Sprinkle each with remaining cheese, dividing equally.

for 25 to 30 minutes or until a digital rapid-read thermometer inserted into meat portion of each reads 71 C (160 F). THE CANADIAN PRESS/ CANADA BEEF, BEEFINFO.ORG/ THIS RECIPE WAS ADAPTED BY EMILY RICHARDS, FOR METRO ENGLISH CANADA. EMILY IS A PROFESSIONAL HOME ECONOMIST, COOKBOOK AUTHOR AND TV CELEBRITY CHEF. FOR MORE, VISIT EMILYRICHARDSCOOKS.CA

Ingredients

Tamarind pulp is eaten to promote good digestion and is a high source of fibre. It contains high levels of vitamin C for a strong immune system, helping ward off colds and suppressing fever. The fruit pulp is also a great source of antioxidants, a natural defence against cancer. Further more, it’s a great way of getting more potassium and magnesium in your system.

• 750 g (1 1/2 lb) extra lean or lean ground round, chuck or sirloin • 1 egg, beaten • 250 ml (1 cup) shredded cheddar cheese • 1 small finely shredded onion • 50 ml (1/4 cup) dry breadcrumbs • 30 ml (2 tbsp) each burger relish and prepared mustard • 1 ml (1/4 tsp) each salt and pepper • 125 ml (1/2 cup) ketchup

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Hockey greats taken aback by over-the-top first round NHL. Arbour, Gretzky, Cherry speak against rough stuff making headlines If old-time hockey is back, it’s left many — from Al Arbour to Wayne Gretzky and even Don Cherry — questioning whether they like the gritty sequel. Stopping well short of making comparisons to the bloody, Broad Street Bully era of the 1970s, Arbour is upset with the head-hunting and suspension-aday headlines dominating the first round of the playoffs. “It surprises me,” the retired hall of fame coach said by phone from his home in Florida. “Never mind what it was in our day. It’s getting carried away. They’re getting carried away with everything. They’re reckless in what they’re doing right now.” Watching games every night on TV, Arbour was bothQuoted

“It was just sort of honest, hard, rough-nose hockey. And it’s changed.” Wayne Gretzky reminiscing about his playing days and how hockey has changed.

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Hall of famer Larry Brown is dusting off his clipboard to take another kick at the coaching can. The 71-year-old was hired Thursday at SMU, a struggling NCAA basketball program that is headed to the Big East after next season. Scan the code for the story.

ered seeing Sidney Crosby and Claude Giroux exchange punches during Game 3 of the Penguins-Flyers’ series. And he was particularly upset to see Phoenix’s Raffi Torres go unpenalized after launching into Marian Hossa with such force that the Chicago forward had to be carted off the ice on Tuesday. “Yes, it does bother me,” Arbour said. “It bothers me a lot.” He’s not alone in wondering whether today’s game is crossing the line from thrilling to thuggery. “It’s a little bit risqué’ right now, there’s no question,” Gretzky told Philadelphia’s Fanatic-Radio. “They talk about the Flyers back in the ’70s, guys like Bobby Kelly, Moose Dupont and Dave Schultz. But you never really saw those guys go after guys like Bobby Orr or Mario Lemieux or Phil Esposito,” Gretzky said. Cherry, a former coach and longtime commentator on CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada, drew the line when it came to blindside hits such as the one Torres delivered, and Rangers forward Carl Hagelin’s elbow that knocked out Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson in Game 2 of their series. “To me, they’re cheapshots,” Cherry said on his Coach’s Corner segment Wednesday. “They are not warriors when you blindside guys like that.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Daniel Alfredsson on the ice following an elbow from Carl Hagelin April 14 in New York City. BRUCE BENNETT/GETTY IMAGES

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CFL

Holtby puts Caps on his back

Brodeur sets new shutout standard

Roughriders bring in former NFL QB

Braden Holtby made 44 saves and Alexander Semin scored the go-ahead goal, as the Washington Capitals to a 2-1 win over the Boston Bruins to tie their series 2-2 Thursday. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Martin Brodeur had his record-setting 24th playoff shutout, leading the New Jersey Devils to a 4-0 win over the Florida Panthers Thursday, tying their at 2-2.

New Jersey’s Ilya Kovalchuk celebrates his goal on Thursday.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders added some veteran talent under centre Thursday, signing former San Francisco 49ers starting quarterback J.T. O’Sullivan.

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“Just go out and try to play a real solid game and come out with a win.” Detroit defenceman Nicklas Lidstromon how he will react knowing Game 5 vs. the Predators could be his last game.

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N AT IO NA L HO C K E Y LE AG UE STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS WESTERN CONFERENCE

M LB AMERICAN LEAGUE

NATIONAL LEAGUE

EASTERN CONFERENCE

All Times Eastern

EAST DIVISION

y-Chicago y-Miami x-Indiana y-Boston x-Atlanta x-Orlando x-New York Philadelphia Milwaukee Detroit New Jersey Toronto Cleveland Washington Charlotte

Vancouver (1) vs. Los Angeles (8) (Los Angeles leads series 3-1) Wednesday’s result Vancouver 3 Los Angeles 1 Sunday, April 22 Los Angeles at Vancouver, TBD Tuesday, April 24 x-Vancouver at Los Angeles, TBD Thursday, April 26 x-Los Angeles at Vancouver, TBD St. Louis (2) vs. San Jose (7) (St. Louis leads series 2-1) Last night’s result St. Louis at San Jose Saturday, April 21 San Jose at St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 23 x-St. Louis at San Jose, TBD Wednesday, April 25 x-San Jose at St. Louis, TBD Phoenix (3) vs. Chicago (6) (Phoenix leads series 3-1) Last night’s result Phoenix 3 Chicago 2 (OT) Saturday, April 21 Chicago at Phoenix, 10 p.m. Nashville (4) vs. Detroit (5) (Nashville leads series 3-1) Tonight’s game Detroit at Nashville, 8 p.m. Sunday, April 22 x-Nashville at Detroit, TBD x - played only if necessary.

FIRST ROUND CONFERENCE QUARTER-FINALS (Best-of-7)

EASTERN CONFERENCE N.Y. Rangers (1) vs. Ottawa (8) (Series tied 2-2) Wednesday’s result Ottawa 3 N.Y. Rangers 2 (OT) Tomorrow’s game Ottawa at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Boston (2) vs. Washington (7) (Series tied at 2-2) Last night’s result Washington 2 Boston 1 Saturday, April 21 Washington at Boston, 3 p.m. Florida (3) vs. New Jersey (6) (Series tied at 2-2) Last night’s result New Jersey 4 Florida 0 Saturday, April 21 New Jersey at Florida, 6:30 p.m. Pittsburgh (4) vs. Philadelphia (5) (Philadelphia leads series 3-1) Wednesday’s result Pittsburgh 10 Philadelphia 3 Tonight’s game Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 22 x-Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, TBD

CAPITALS 2, BRUINS 1

Chicago

14 18 3 15

13 3

SCORING LEADERS

45 21

Goal — Boston: Thomas (L,2-2-0); Washington: Holtby (W,2-2-0). Power plays (goalschances) — Boston: 0-1; Washington: 1-3. Att. — 18,506 (18,398) at Washington.

COYOTES 3, HAWKS 2 (OT) First Period No Scoring. Penalties — Doan Pho (interference) 2:12, Bissonnette Pho (fighting, game misconduct), Bollig Chi (fighting) 5:24. Second Period No Scoring. Penalties — Aucoin Pho (hooking) 7:56, Hjalmarsson Chi (tripping) 18:02. Third Period 1. Phoenix, Doan 1 (Whitney) 7:03 2. Phoenix, Pyatt 2 (Vermette, Vrbata) 7:47 3. Chicago, Morrison 1 (J.Toews, Hjalmarsson) 10:25 4. Chicago, Frolik 2 (Bolland, Oduya) 18:34 Penalties — Pyatt Pho (interference) 12:37, Sharp Chi (tripping) 14:47. First Overtime 5. Phoenix, Boedker 2 (Gordon, Yandle) 2:15 Penalties — None. Shots Phoenix

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Giroux, Pha Crosby, Pgh J.Staal, Pgh Malkin, Pgh Briere, Pha Dupuis, Pgh Kunitz, Pgh Jagr, Pha Brown, LA McDonald, StL Neal, Pgh Voracek, Pha Schenn, Pha Berglund, StL Couturier, Pha Talbot, Pha Bergenheim, Fla Kennedy, Pgh Klesla, Phx Kopitar, LA Simmonds, Pha Sullivan, Pgh Kane, Chi Samuelsson, Fla Williams, LA Bourque, Nash B.Boyle, NYR Vermette, Phx Callahan, NYR Havlat, SJ Klein, Nash Read, Pha Stralman, NYR Campbell, Fla Chara, Bos Couture, SJ Datsyuk, Det Fleischmann, Fla

Not including last night’s games

L 5 6 6 6 8

Pct .615 .538 .538 .500 .333

GB — 1 1 1 1 /2 31/2

Washington Atlanta New York Miami Philadelphia

W 9 6 5 4 3

L 4 6 5 9 9

Pct .692 .500 .500 .308 .250

GB — 21/2 21/2 5 51/2

St. Louis Milwaukee Pittsburgh Cincinnati Houston Chicago

WEST DIVISION

PT 10 8 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

W 11 7 6 4

L 2 6 7 8

Pct .846 .538 .462 .333

GB — 4 5 1 6 /2

Yesterday’s results Baltimore 5 Chicago White Sox 3 N.Y. Yankees 7 Minnesota 6 Texas 10 Detroit 3 Tampa Bay 9 Toronto 4 Oakland at L.A. Angels Cleveland at Seattle Wednesday’s Games Minnesota 6 N.Y. Yankees 5 Tampa Bay 12 Toronto 2 Texas 6 Boston 3 Chicago White Sox 8 Baltimore 1 Detroit 4 Kansas City 3 Oakland 6 L.A. Angels 0 Seattle 4 Cleveland 1 Today’s games N.Y. Yankees (Nova 2-0) at Boston (Buchholz 1-0), 3:15 p.m. Texas (M.Harrison 2-0) at Detroit (Porcello 10), 7:05 p.m. Minnesota (Hendriks 0-0) at Tampa Bay (Moore 0-1), 7:10 p.m. Toronto (Drabek 2-0) at Kansas City (Hochevar 1-1), 8:10 p.m. Baltimore (Matusz 0-2) at L.A. Angels (Williams 0-1), 10:05 p.m. Cleveland (Jimenez 1-0) at Oakland (Godfrey 0-2), 10:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Sale 1-1) at Seattle (Noesi 1-1), 10:10 p.m.

RAYS 9, BLUE JAYS 4 Tampa Bay ab r h bi Jnnngs cf 5 2 3 2 Zobrist rf 3 2 1 0 C.Pena 1b 3 1 0 0 Longori 3b 4 2 3 4 Scott dh 5 0 1 2 Vogt pr-dh 0 0 0 0 Joyce lf 4 1 0 0 Kppngr 2b 3 0 0 0 EJhnsn 2b 1 0 0 0 JMolin c 4 0 0 0 SRdrgz ss 4 1 1 1 Totals 36 9 9 9 Tampa Bay Toronto

Toronto YEscor ss KJhnsn 2b Bautist rf Lind 1b Encrnc dh Thams lf Lawrie 3b Rasms cf Arencii c

ab 4 5 3 4 4 5 5 5 4

r 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1

h 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 2

bi 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1

Pct .714 .583 .583 .538 .417

GB — 2 2 1 2 /2 4

9 4 6 7 5 7 5 8 5 8 3 10

.692 .462 .417 .385 .385 .231

— 3 31/2 4 4 6

Los Angeles Arizona Colorado San Francisco San Diego

10 3 7 5 6 6 6 6 3 10

.769 .583 .500 .500 .231

— 21/2 31/2 31/2 7

Yesterday’s results Miami 5 Chicago Cubs 3 L.A. Dodgers 4 Milwaukee 3 Cincinnati 6 St. Louis 3 Houston 11 Washington 4 Atlanta at Arizona Philadelphia at San Diego Wednesday’s results Atlanta 14 N.Y. Mets 6 Pittsburgh 2 Arizona 1 Washington 3 Houston 2 Miami 9 Chicago Cubs 1 Milwaukee 3 L.A. Dodgers 2 (10 inn.) St. Louis 11 Cincinnati 1 Colorado 8 San Diego 4 San Francisco 1 Philadelphia 0 (11 inn.) Tonight’s games Cincinnati (Bailey 0-2) at Chicago Cubs (Volstad 0-1), 2:20 p.m. Miami (Zambrano 0-0) at Washington (Detwiler 1-0), 7:05 p.m. St. Louis (Lynn 2-0) at Pittsburgh (Morton 00), 7:05 p.m. San Francisco (Zito 1-0) at N.Y. Mets (Niese 20), 7:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Lilly 1-0) at Houston (Happ 1-0), 8:05 p.m. Colorado (Chacin 0-1) at Milwaukee (Marcum 1-1), 8:10 p.m. Atlanta (Beachy 1-1) at Arizona (Cahill 1-0), 9:40 p.m. Philadelphia (Hamels 1-1) at San Diego (Volquez 0-1), 10:05 p.m.

LACROSSE NLL EAST DIVISION

Totals 39 4 10 3 120 030 003 9 100 200 001 4

E—S.Rodriguez (1), Longoria (5), Bautista (1), Lind (1). DP—Toronto 1. LOB—Tampa Bay 7, Toronto 13. 2B—Longoria (5), Scott (3), Lind (4), Encarnacion (5), Arencibia (1). HR—Jennings (1), Longoria (2). SB—Jennings (3), E.Johnson (1). Tampa Bay Hellickson W,2-0 McGee Badenhop Howell H,1 Jo.Peralta H,2 Rodney Toronto H.Alvarez L,0-1 E.Crawford Frasor

L 4 5 5 6 7

WEST DIVISION

Texas Seattle Oakland Los Angeles

A 5 5 2 5 2 4 4 5 1 3 3 3 4 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2

W 10 7 7 7 5

CENTRAL DIVISION

Detroit Chicago Cleveland Minnesota Kansas City

9 0—32

G 5 3 5 2 4 2 2 1 4 2 2 2 1 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1

W 8 7 7 6 4

CENTRAL DIVISION

Goal — Phoenix: M.Smith (W,3-1-0); Chicago: Crawford (L,1-3-0). Power plays (goalschances) — Phoenix: 0-2; Chicago: 0-3. Att. — 22,111 (19,717) at Chicago.

First Period 1. Washington, Johansson 1 (Laich) 1:22 2. Boston, Peverley 2 (Campbell) 13:12 Penalty — Peverley Bos (slashing) 17:22. Second Period 3. Washington, Semin 2 (Aucoin, Ovechkin) 18:43 (pp) Penalties — Boychuk Bos (hooking) 9:45, Bergeron Bos (hooking) 17:53. Third Period No Scoring. Penalty — Knuble Wash (holding) 10:09. Shots on goal by Boston Washington

11 12

Baltimore New York Tampa Bay Toronto Boston

NBA

IP H

BB SO

5 2-3 0 0 1 1-3 1 1

6 1 0 1 0 2

3 0 0 0 0 1

2 0 0 0 0 1

3 0 1 0 0 1

4 0 0 2 0 0

6 1-3 1 1 2-3

6 0 3

2 3 1

4 0 4

T—3:43. A—18,976 (49,260) at Toronto.

GP W x-Toronto 14 7 x-Philadelphia 14 7 x-Rochester 14 6 Buffalo 14 5

L 7 7 8 9

Pct. .500 .500 .429 .357

GF 170 159 173 167

GA GB 172 — 183 — 176 1 179 2

GP W L x-Colorado 14 11 3 x-Calgary 15 11 4 x-Minnesota 14 7 7 Edmonton 13 5 8 Washington 14 4 10

Pct. .786 .733 .500 .385 .286

GF 193 207 171 136 150

GA GB 171 — 164 1/2 167 4 143 51/2 171 7

WEST DIVISION

x — clinched playoff berth. Tonight’s games Edmonton at Colorado, 9 p.m. Toronto at Washington, 11 p.m. Tomorrow’s games Rochester at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Calgary at Edmonton, 9 p.m.

W 47 45 41 37 37 36 33 32 29 23 22 22 20 16 7

L 16 17 22 26 25 26 29 30 33 40 41 41 41 46 54

Pct .746 .726 .651 .587 .597 .581 .532 .516 .468 .365 .349 .349 .328 .258 .115

GB — 11/2 6 10 91/2 101/2 131/2 141/2 171/2 24 25 25 26 301/2 39

WESTERN CONFERENCE y-San Antonio y-Oklahoma City x-L.A. Lakers x-L.A. Clippers x-Memphis x-Dallas Denver Utah Phoenix Houston Portland Minnesota Golden State Sacramento New Orleans

W 45 45 40 39 37 35 34 33 32 32 28 26 22 20 20

L 16 17 23 23 25 28 28 30 30 31 35 38 39 42 43

Pct .738 .726 .635 .629 .597 .556 .548 .524 .516 .508 .444 .406 .361 .323 .317

GB — 1 /2 6 1 6 /2 1 8 /2 11 111/2 13 131/2 14 18 201/2 23 251/2 26

d — division leader; x — clinched playoff berth; y — clinched division Last night’s results Indiana 118 Milwaukee 109 Minnesota 91 Detroit 80 New Orleans 105 Houston 99 (OT) Miami 83 Chicago 72 L.A. Clippers at Phoenix Wednesday’s results Philadelphia 103 Cleveland 87 Chicago 100 Charlotte 68 Washington 121 Milwaukee 112 Atlanta 116 Detroit 84 Miami 96 Toronto 72 New York 104 New Jersey 95 Memphis 103 New Orleans 91 Boston 102 Orlando 98 Dallas 117 Houston 110 L.A. Clippers 104 Denver 98 San Antonio 127 Sacramento 102 Utah 112 Portland 91 Oklahoma City 109 Phoenix 97 L.A. Lakers 99 Golden State 87 Tonight’s games (All times Eastern) Boston at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Memphis at Charlotte, 7 p.m. New York at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. Golden State at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at San Antonio, 9:30 p.m. Oklahoma City at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

SCORING AVERAGE

G FG FT Bryant, LAL 56 558 372 Durant, OKC 62 604 395 James, MIA 60 602 368 Love, MIN 55 474 379 Westbrook, OKC 62 553 316 Wade, MIA 47 409 231 Anthony, NYK 52 415 283 Nowitzki, DAL 59 453 305 Aldridge, POR 55 483 223 D. Williams, NJN 55 391 257 Ellis, MIL 55 436 207 Howard, ORL 54 416 281 Not including last night’s games

PTS 1572 1722 1624 1432 1483 1064 1177 1287 1191 1154 1140 1113

S O CCE R MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE Kansas City New York D.C. United Houston New England Columbus Chicago Montreal Philadelphia Toronto

GP W L 7 7 0 6 3 2 7 2 2 4 2 1 6 2 4 5 2 3 4 1 1 8 1 5 5 1 3 5 0 5

T GF GA 0 12 2 1 16 10 3 8 7 1 3 3 0 5 8 0 4 7 2 3 4 2 7 15 1 3 6 0 2 10

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

GP W L 7 5 2 6 4 1 5 3 1 6 3 2 6 3 3 6 3 3 6 2 2 5 2 3 6 1 4

T GF GA 0 11 5 1 10 4 1 6 2 1 8 9 0 4 4 0 7 8 2 5 6 0 8 9 1 8 11

Pt 21 10 9 7 6 6 5 5 4 0 Pt 15 13 10 10 9 9 8 6 4

Note: Three points for a win, one for a tie. Wednesday’s results Montreal 1 D.C. United 1 Kansas City 3 Vancouver 1 Tomorrow’s games (All times Eastern) Chicago at Toronto, 3:30 p.m. Houston at Columbus, 7:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Colorado, 9 p.m. Dallas at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Real Salt Lake at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Chivas USA, 10:30 p.m. Kansas City at Portland, 10:30 p.m.

EUROPA LEAGUE Semifinals

FIRST LEG Yesterday’s results Atletico Madrid 4 Valencia 2 Sporting Lisbon 2 Athletic Bilbao 1

H O CKEY IIHF MEN’S UNDER-18 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYOFFS Yesterday’s results

CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET Quarter-finals At Breclav, Czech Republic Canada 4 Russia 2 Finland 8 Germany 0

RELEGATION BRACKET

AVG 28.1 27.8 27.1 26.0 23.9 22.6 22.6 21.8 21.7 21.0 20.7 20.6

At Znojmo, Czech Republic Denmark 4 Latvia 3 (OT) Switzerland 4 Czech Republic 2 Today’s games

CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET Semifinals At Brno, Czech Republic Sweden vs. Finland, 9 a.m. U.S. vs. Canada, 1 p.m.

RELEGATION BRACKET At Znojmo, Czech Republic Czech Republic vs. Latvia, 9 a.m. Switzerland vs. Denmark, 1 p.m. Tomorrow’s games At Brno, Czech Republic Fifth Place Germany vs. Russia, 8 a.m.

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Across 1 Tummy muscles 4 Not up yet 8 Conceal in the hand 12 Attack dog’s command 13 Approach 14 Largest of the seven 15 “The Departed” director 17 Gets stuck 18 Tier 19 Convict’s dreams 21 Pele’s game 24 Bottom line 25 Blond shade 26 Bad hairpiece 28 Turkish official 32 Mirth 34 “1 vs. 100” group 36 Wound cover 37 Heart line? 39 Homer’s interjection 41 Raw rock 42 With it 44 Keg 46 Additionally 50 Stannum 51 Oil acronym 52 Venomous arachnid 56 Mrs. Zeus 57 Color quality 58 Cagers’ grp. 59 Authentic

Yesterday’s Crossword

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47 Duel tool 48 Antitoxins 49 Garbage barge

53 Indivisible 54 Sapporo sash 55 Gripe repeatedly

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Yesterday’s Sudoku

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Michele McDougall Weather Specialist

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“My favourite part is reporting the weather. It fascinates me, and as we know around here, it’s always changing, keeping forecasters on weekdays 5:30 AM their toes”. thunder windywindy sleet thunder thunderpart sunny/ part sunny/thunder showers showers showers showers

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Aries | March 21 - April 20.

With mind planet Mercury in your sign forming a less than helpful link to your ruler Mars, there’s a danger you’ll miss something important.

Taurus | April 21 - May 21.

Leo | July 23 - Aug. 22.

Just because someone is not very good at expressing him or herself does not mean he or she has nothing to say. Bear that in mind today.

Virgo | Aug. 23 - Sept. 22.

hazy

Sagittarius | Nov. 22 - Dec.

showers

21. Like it or not, it is now your responsibility to deal with a situation that everyone else has tried to resolve but failed.

Capricorn | Dec. 22 - Jan 20.

Gemini | May 22 - June 20. Financial matters will generally go well today but that is not an invitation to take unnecessary risks.

Today’s Mars-Mercury link suggests what you think is going on bears no relation to what is really going on. Libra | Sept. 23 - Oct. 22. You can’t take the credit when things go right but deny it’s your fault when things go wrong.

It’s unlikely you’ll see eye-to-eye with people in authority today. Don’t start a war over everything you know.

Someone whose power far exceeds your own will make life difficult for you today. If you stay calm and refuse to be intimidated, you’ll be OK.

It’s quite likely that someone is trying to confuse you by feeding you information that points you in several directions at once.

There is something going on but you can’t put your finger on what it is. Try not to chase it so hard. It’ll come to you. Sally brompton

You need to plan ahead and know what you intend to do. Then and only then should you take action.

Cancer | June 21 - July 22.

Scorpio | Oct. 23 - Nov. 21.

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No amount of reasoned argument will get you to change your point of view. Let friends know that.

You write it!

Aquarius | Jan. 21 - Feb 18.

Pisces | Feb. 19 - March 20.

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