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Details emerge in Grenada killingOfficer ordered for man’s feet to be tied with belt, according to witness Alcohol may have been factor: Lawyer

In the end, it may be that one ofOscar Bartholomew’s trademarkbear hugs sparked the tragic chainof events that led to his beatingdeath in a quiet hamlet in Grenada.

“They killed my baby, my lastbaby. They killed him.” AndrianneBartholomew, his 71-year-old griev-ing mother, said Saturday.

The Canadian Press, based on

several interviews, has piecedtogether an account of what somesay led to the death ofBartholomew, 39, a native Grena-dian who lived in Toronto and wasvisiting the island over the holidays.

While driving on Boxing Daywith his wife, Dolette CyrBartholomew, the couple stoppedat the St. David’s police station

where she went in to use the facil-ities. Thinking he recognized a uni-formed policewoman as a friend,Bartholomew got out of his car.

“Whenever he meet his people,he always hugged them and givethem a cheer.” his mother said.

Outside the station,Bartholomew grabbed the police-woman from behind in an exuber-

ant embrace, witnesses said. He lift-ed her off her feet, saying: “I gotyou today.”

Some said the officer yelled outshe was being raped.

At that point, a colleague in aparked police car came to her assis-tance. The incident began to esca-late. A second officer, observing thesituation from the police station

balcony, came running. Policeallege Bartholomew tried to kickthe officer. When they tried toapprehend him, they maintain, heresisted. Three other officers joinedthe fray and held him down.

“Tempers flared on all sides,”said defence lawyer AnslemClouden, who represents one of theaccused officers. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

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An event for subway riders who hate pants

Sunday was the fifth annual no-pants day in Toronto.

Approximately 100 people hopped on the subway at the Museum stop,

took their pants off and rode the train to Eglinton Station and back again.

The whole thing is an effort to bring some humour to the city.

Up to 50 cities take part in the event.

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The Canadian Food Inspec-tion Agency has laid 60criminal charges againstBrampton-based MapleLodge Farms, Canada’slargest independent chick-en processor, alleging viola-tions of federal animalhealth regulations.

CFIA alleges between De-cember 2008 and February2009, and then December2009 and April 2010, thou-sands of chickens died fromexposure during trans-portation from farm toslaughterhouse, often be-cause of proximity to a

truck trailer’s floor or walls.Two counts have been

heard in a series of six hear-ings at the Ontario Court ofJustice, in Brampton. Thehearings continue today.

In one count, dated “onor about” Dec. 30 and Dec.31, 2008, the Crown allegesthat 711 chickens, of nearly10,000 in shipment, were“found dead on arrival” atMaple Lodge’s slaughter-house. In the other, “on orabout” Feb. 23, 2009, 1,181chickens were discovereddead. The first count con-cerns a haul of broiler

chickens, which are raisedsolely for meat production;their breasts and thighs ap-pear on grocery storeshelves. The second refersto a load of spent hens, aterm for poultry no longercapable of laying eggs,whose meat is often used inground chicken products.

Maple Lodge, which alsohas a processing plant inNew Brunswick, sellsfrozen chicken, slicedmeats, chicken wieners andchicken bacon, as well as aline of halal products.TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

Food-inspection agency alleges thousands of birdsdied from exposure to cold en route to slaughterhouse

Charges in chickens’ deaths

Cops try tocurb ‘pocketdialling’Toronto police are crackingdown on accidental 911calls.

The force is launching anew campaign Mondaycalled “Lock it before youpocket” in an effort to curb“pocket dialling” to emer-gency services.

Police say 911 operatorsreceived more than100,000 pocket dials andmore than 115,000 misdi-als last year. They say theproblem typically occurswhen people reach intotheir pocket, purse or back-pack and hit a pre-programmed key on theircellphone that dials 911.

The campaign suggestspeople lock their phone’skeypad before stashing thedevice. Police adviseaccidental callers to stay onthe line and explain the sit-uation so crews aren’t dis-patched. THE CANADIAN PRESS

SIU probesman’s fallfrom roofThe SIU is investigating af-ter a man fell from the roofof a six-floor apartmentbuilding Sunday, sufferinglife-threatening injuries.

Police said they werecalled to the building onFontenay Court near Eglin-ton Avenue West, where aman was on the roof.

The man was rushed tohospital, where he remainsin grave condition.

The SIU investigates inci-dents involving police thatresult in death or seriousinjury. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

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Elvis-themed church celebrates anniversary

Worship house. Rock

Elvis Priestley, a.k.a. Archbishop Dorian Baxter, held service

Sunday in his Christ the King, Graceland, independent

Anglican church of Canada in the Newmarket Legion

Hall, and celebrated the ninth anniversary of the

Elvis-themed church, which fell on what

would have been Elvis’ 77th birthday.

Company comment

Maple Lodge called thedeaths unfortunate, butemphasized the companydoes everything it can toensure humane transporta-tion of its poultry.

“We have very stringentprotocols in placeregarding thetransportation of animals,”spokesperson Carol Gardinsaid. “At the end of the day,it’s not only moral and ethi-cal considerations regard-ing the humane handling ofthe birds, there’s a financialincentive to keep the birdsin the best health.”

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‘We’re going to payfor it down the line’

Service cuts proposed for budget will take toll on health: Professionals

Zack, 8, and Owain, 5, joke around while their mom, Jennifer Story, talks to media Sunday at the unveiling of

a large sign on the side of Fairmount Park Community Centre and Bowmore Public School. The event was

part of the Kids Count campaign to protect children and family services in the Toronto 2012 city budget.

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A group of Toronto healthprofessionals is warningthat proposed cuts to a va-riety of city programs areactually health-care cutsin disguise.

Axing or reducing fund-ing to HIV- and drug-pre-vention programs,recreation centres, com-munity health centres,shelter services andWheel-Trans for some dial-ysis patients is going tocreate significant healthconsequences, said Russ

Ford, the executive direc-tor of LAMP CommunityHealth Centre in South

Etobicoke.“And we’re going to pay

for it down the line, bothphysically and financial-ly,” said Ford, whose cen-tre is at risk of losing somefunding from the city.

As of Friday, Ford (no re-lation to Mayor Rob Ford)had collected 280 signa-tures, half from localphysicians, demandingthe city back off frommany of the proposedservice cuts.

For Dr. Roy Male, who

has worked with a com-munity centre in RegentPark for eight years, this isan issue of health equity.

“I counsel my patientsto exercise. You and I prob-ably have a membershipat a gym. End of story. Mypatients use communityrecreation centres, andthese (proposed) fee in-creases mean, in a largenumber of cases, peopleare going to stop usingthem,” he said. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

School arts program faces chopping blockThey’re the hot trend ingrade schools: Boutique-style programs with a spe-cial focus — sports, art,tech, cultural heritage —that aim to hook studentsbored by the regular class-room and also boost sag-ging enrolment.

Yet York Region schooltrustees are considering aban on this kind of pro-gram, which would forcethe closure of its only ele-mentary arts program —think mini-Glee — in a bidto be fair to all and avoidprograms for which stu-dents must try out.

Students and parents atBaythorn Public School’spopular arts stream arguethat scrapping an artsschool because not every-one can go makes nosense, especially at a timewhen the neighbouringToronto District SchoolBoard is about to open spe-cial elementary schoolsthis fall focusing on vocalmusic and fitness.

“This program is hugelypopular, but if it’s so elit-ist, then why not replicate

it at other schools insteadof shutting the only onedown?” asked KerryBrownell, whose daughter,Tara Lotz, started in Grade5 at the school this fall.

“These are the Gleekids, the kids who love tosing and dance, and manyof them would be targetsof bullies at other schools,”said Brownell, one of morethan 2,100 people to sign apetition on a websitelaunched to fight the clo-sure. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

Grade 5 student

Tara Lotz, left,

dances with

Matthew Kliaman

and dance teacher

Teresa Cifelli.

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Almost there ...

As of this week, theexhaustive 2012 budgetprocess has finally enteredthe home stretch, with onemore stop at the budgetand executive committeesthis week and then off tocouncil for the last timelater this month.

300While no oneis openly criti-

cizing the program,where 300 studentsare housed insideBaythorn PublicSchool, some suggestit draws a more afflu-ent group of studentswhose families can af-ford private lessonsthat boost theirchances of getting in,and who have themeans to drive themto the Markhamschool from acrossYork Region.

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The Harper governmenthas hired a consultant to in-ject a little war into thisyear’s Canada Day bash onParliament Hill.

A Toronto theatre experthas been asked to find waysto insert a War of 1812commemoration into theJuly 1 festivities that typi-cally include pop music,dance and pyrotechnics.

“I do big-ass specialevents all the time, so theyasked me to do that,” artis-tic producer Paul Shaw saidin an interview. “It’s sort oftricky to do a War of 1812theme when you’ve got somany modern things in andaround it.”

The Conservative gov-ernment has earmarkedmoney and resourcesthroughout the year tocommemorate the bicen-tennial of the outbreak ofWar of 1812 in North Amer-ica.

The hostilities led to astalemate almost threeyears later between theUnited States and Britain’sbudding settlements inCanada, and some histori-ans consider the war a piv-otal moment in Canadiannationhood, though it is lit-

tle known outside acade-mia. A spokeswoman forCanadian Heritage, Do-minique Collin, said only

that “planning for theCanada Day Noon Show isat the preliminary stages.”THE CANADIAN PRESS

Feds want some Canada Day conflict

British soldiers fire their muskets at theAmerican forces during a 2007 re-staging of the War of 1812 between American and British forces near the actual battle site west of London, Ont.

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Conservative government is promoting Canada’s military culture and heritage Looking to include War of 1812 commemoration into festivities

Authorities are investigat-ing three Sunday morningfires at adult-entertainmentbusinesses in London,Ont.’s east end.

The fires at Famous FleshGordon’s strip club, Vir-ginia’s Adult Massage &Spa, and Blue Lagoon IImassage parlour were re-ported between 4:40 and5:15 a.m. The blazes —some of which caused visi-ble damage to adjacent

businesses — havebeen deemed suspi-cious, London policespokesman Const.Amanda Van Doren.

“At this point weare in the early stagesof the investigation,”she said Sunday after-noon. “It has not beenconfirmed whether theyare related to one another.”Each of the businesses hasties to the Hells Angels mo-

torcycle club, police sourcestold AM980 news.

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Ship departs for MediterraneanThe Charlottetown will take part in NATO’s Operation Active Endeavour, an anti-terrorism mission.

HMCS. Charlottetown

Sailors aboard HMCS Charlottetown wave to their friends and family as they leave Halifax for the Mediterranean Sea on Sunday morning.

War theme

The Canadian Heritage De-partment normally injectspatriotic themes into theCanada Day noontimeshow on Parliament Hill,giving the National CapitalCommission a free hand toorganize the evening showwith singers and fireworksin a party atmosphere.But a recently posted docu-ment indicates that the wartheme will appear in both

shows.“The events on ParliamentHill also present a keyopportunity of the federalgovernment to fosterenthusiasm and excitementaround other significantevents,” says a tender docu-ment from the commission.“In 2012, the Governmentof Canada is commemorat-ing the War of 1812 andthis theme must beincorporated in both theNoon and Evening Shows.”

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Stance on CubasoftensThe Conservative minis-ter for Latin America issoftening some of theHarper government’sprevious toughtalk on Cuba.

This week,DianeAblonczy, thejunior foreignminister forthe Americas,visits the com-

munist Caribbean island— which, at 135 kilome-tres from the southerntip of Florida, is both theclosest sworn enemy ofthe United States andthe favoured vacationchoice of a million sun-seeking Canadians eachyear.

Ablonczy praises theongoing economicreforms that Cuban Pres-

ident Raul Castrohas institutedsince he took overthe country fromhis legendary andailing brother, Fi-del, almost fouryears ago.THE CANADIAN PRESS

North Korea’s new leadervowed in 2009 to wage warif the country’s enemiesshot down its long-rangerocket, footage aired onstate television showedSunday in the first officialword of his role in militaryoperations before his fa-ther’s death.

The documentary is thesecond in a week seeking tohighlight Kim Jong-un’s ex-perience in leading NorthKorea’s 1.2-million-strong

military and was aimed atshowing that he was incharge of the armed forceslong before his father. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Arab Leaguepushes end toSyria violenceThe Arab League demand-ed Sunday that the Syriangovernment immediatelystop all violence and allowmore monitors in asactivists reported at least10 more civilians, includ-

ing two teenagers, werekilled by regime forces.

Fierce clashes in thesouth betweengovernment troops andmilitary defectors left 11soldiers dead, activistssaid. The Arab League alsocalled on other armed par-ties to halt all bloodshed,an apparent reference tothe defectors.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Iranian President Mahmoud

Ahmadinejad, centre, visits the

Natanz Uranium Enrichment

Facility some 322 kilometres

south of Tehran.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Fellow U.S. Republican can-didates hacked away at MittRomney’s front-runner sta-tus Sunday in the seconddebate in two days as NewHampshire voters were de-ciding on their choice forthe party’s nomination tochallenge President BarackObama in November.

Former speaker of theU.S. House of Representa-tives Newt Gingrich aban-doned his vow to run apositive campaign, issuingsharp attacks on Romneyand, at one point, accusingthe former Massachusettsgovernor of running a cam-paign of “pious baloney”

for saying he’s not a careerpolitician. Gingrich also ac-cused Romney of hiding be-hind inaccurate attacktelevision ads by his allies.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

GOP frontrunner slammed in debate

U.S. Republican

presidential candidate

Mitt Romney

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Iran has begun uranium en-richment at a new under-ground site built towithstand possibleairstrikes, a leading hard-line newspaper reportedSunday in another show ofdefiance against Westernpressure to rein in Tehran’snuclear program.

The operations at thebunker-like facility south ofTehran, reported by theKayhan daily newspaper,are small in comparison toIran’s main enrichmentsite.

But the centrifuges atthe underground labs areconsidered more efficientand are shielded from aerialsurveillance and protectedagainst airstrikes by up to90 metres of mountainrock.

Uranium enrichment isat the core of the interna-tional standoff over Iran’s

nuclear program. The U.S.and its allies fear Iran coulduse its enrichment facilitiesto develop high-grade nu-clear material for warheads.

The U.S. and Israel havesaid that all options remainopen, including military ac-tion, should Iran continuewith its enrichment pro-gram.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tehran says the program is toproduce fuel for future nuclear reactors and medical radioisotopes

Iran reportedly beginsuranium enrichment

A 2009 satellite

image shows a

facility under

construction near

Qom, Iran.

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Ablonczy

North Korean leaderhas threatened war

Footage

Sunday’s footageconfirmed that Kim Jong-un was being groomed asearly as 2009 to succeedKim Jong-il.

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South Africacelebrates acentury of ANCTens of thousands of rev-ellers waved the green andgold colours of the AfricanNational Congress asAfrica’s oldest liberationmovement celebrated its100th anniversary Sunday.But many say the partyhasn’t delivered on prom-ises since taking power in1994. President Jacob Zu-ma lit a flame, expected tostay alight all year, at theWesleyan church whereblack intellectuals and ac-tivists founded the partyin 1912. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A cargo ship grounded offthe New Zealand coastsince October has split intwo, spilling sea containersand debris and sparkingfears of a fresh oil spill, offi-cials said Sunday.

The wreck of the Greek-owned Rena was describedas New Zealand’s worstmaritime environmentaldisaster even before therear section of the ship,lashed by pounding seas,broke away overnight.

Maritime officials saidthe front section of thewreck remains in its origi-nal position, but the sternsection slipped at least 30metres away from the bowand is “moving significant-ly.” The storm will continuefor another three to fourdays, Maritime NewZealand spokesman RossHenderson said.

Officials said up to 300 ofthe roughly 880 containerson board were lost when

the ship broke apart. About30 per cent had been fittedwith monitoring devicesand some 30 containers hadalready been located.

“While it is unknown atthis stage exactly howmuch oil may be released,teams have been mobilizedand will be ready to re-spond to anything that maycome ashore,” said Alex vanWijngaarden, from the na-tional response team.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Split cargo shipmay spill more oil

First spill soiled North Island beaches, killing up to20,000 seabirds About 400 tons of oil still on board

In this photo taken on Sunday, stranded cargo ship Rena breaks in two pieces after

overnight storms with six-metre waves pounded the vessel off Tauranga Harbour, New

Zealand. The Greek-owned Rena ran aground on Astrolabe Reef, 22 kilometres from

Tauranga Harbour on North Island on Oct. 5, 2011, spewing heavy fuel oil into the seas in

what has been described as New Zealand’s worst maritime environmental disaster.

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Bells rang out across Tuc-son on Sunday to mark ex-actly one year since abloody morning when agunman’s deadly rampageshook a community andshocked a nation.

It’s been a year of re-flecting on lives shattered,of struggling with flash-backs and nightmares, ofreplaying the what-ifs be-fore the deadly rampage.And in the middle of it:One woman, U.S. Rep.Gabrielle Giffords, forgingone of the most gruellingjourneys of all.

One year after a de-ranged gunman shot theArizona congresswoman inthe head and opened fireon dozens of others outsidea Tucson grocery store, thecongresswoman and othersurvivors gathered Sundayto reflect and move for-ward. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Body foundon Queen’sestate identifiedThe remains of a womanfound on one of Queen Eliz-abeth’s vast estates belongto a 17-year-old missinggirl, British detectives in-vestigating the murder saidSunday.

Forensic tests identifiedthe decomposed body asthat of Latvian Alisa Dmitri-jeva, who was reportedmissing from her home ineastern England in August,Norfolk police said.

The body was found by adog walker on New Year’sDay in woodland five kilo-metres from the royal resi-dence at SandringhamHouse.

The royal family is notimplicated in the crime inany way. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Remembrance and recoveryTucson, Ariz., marks one year since shocking attack that killed six, wounded congresswoman

Rebecca Kraft, 4, places flowers at a memorial Sunday for

the six people who lost their lives in a deadly shooting

last year in the parking lot of the La Toscana

Village Safeway in Tucson, Ariz.

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8,000Part of the nearly8,000-hectare estate is open to the public,and the body wasfound at Anmer, ahamlet of severaldozen people.

‘Miraculous’

Gabrielle Giffords

walks with her husband,

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Giffords, 41, has spent thelast year undergoing inten-sive physical and speechtherapy. Doctors and familyhave called her recoverymiraculous; she is able towalk and talk and vote inCongress, and she gave atelevised interview in May.But doctors have said itwould take many monthsto determine the lasting ef-fects of her brain injury.The three-termcongresswoman has fourmonths to decide whetherto seek re-election.

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Interesting commuteSurrealist artist Andrew Baines recruited 100 volun-teers for his human installation, meant to illustratecorporate workers enjoying nature rather than wait-ing in a long queue for a trip to work.

Surreal. Art

Volunteers stand and read the morning newspaper

while “waiting for the bus” at Henley Beach in

Adelaide, Australia, Sunday.

The Duchess of

Cambridge attends

the theatre on Sunday.

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A ‘low-key’ party for duchessThe former Kate Middle-ton turns 30 on Monday —but royal fans expecting alavish birthday bash tomark the milestone willbe disappointed.

Palace officials say theDuchess of Cambridge’sbirthday celebration willbe a “low-key and private”

affair, appearing to quashpress reports that she willsee off her 20s with a fun’80s-themed party, com-plete with karaoke, in athrowback to her morecarefree bachelorettedays.

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After all, the duchess isnot just starting thefourth decade of her life— she is also embarkingon her career as the wifeof a future king, chargedwith renovating a monar-chy that has becomesomewhat creaky withage. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Media will always have toreport on the tough stuff.But we know that Canadais full of compassionate in-dividuals, inspiringprojects and stories worthcelebrating. Here’s just one.

On the last weekend beforeChristmas, Toronto

resident Katie Hewitt wasrunning errands on the hol-iday-crazed downtownstreets when she wasapproached by a smilingwoman bearing a smallpackage.

The woman politelyhanded Katie the packageand was off. “I looked ather like she was nuts andwas immediately skepticalinstead of grateful,” saysKatie, who nevertheless un-wrapped the package to

find a book and a little notestating: “To a stranger,from a stranger. Enjoy thisread and happy holidays.”This was a purely randomact of kindness. Nothing de-manded in return. “We’reall so caught up in our ownerrands, we tend to be self-involved, even atChristmas. It’s easy to for-get that the holidays areabout generosity, and it’snice to be reminded ofthat.” It’s a gesture we

could all offer year-round,and one Katie plans to as aNew Year’s resolution: Pay-ing it forward. The holidaysare in the books, but hope-fully it’s books that helpkeep the holiday spirit alivethroughout the year.

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After spending 15 years inscandalous affairs with high-profile men, Sarah Symondshas earned her title as one ofthe world’s only “infidelity an-alysts.” Her dalliances withrich, famous and very married

men made her a prime target in the Britishtabloids, which are constantly on the huntfor a target to vilify.

Rather than hide away or give in to herdark periods — and she admits there weremany — Symonds decided to turn her un-popular life choices into her area of expert-

ise. The 42-year-old wrote Having an Affair? A Handbookfor the Other Woman, and soon became a hit on the talk-show circuit. Appearing on shows like Oprah, The Viewand Dr. Phil, Symonds became an outspoken voice for apopulation of women who are hidden yet scorned for thepoor choices they make by getting involved with marriedmen.

Her message is a bold and ambitious one. “I’m trying to get wives to wake up, I’m trying to get

husbands not to cheat and I’m certainly getting women towalk away from the married man,” she tells me over thephone from Wales.

She wrote her book as a way to get over the bitternessand hurt of a particularly heartbreaking affair. In it, shetalks frankly to mistresses, with the purpose of empower-ing them to leave their married men (or MM for short).She also gives a list of common signs for wives to look forif they think their spouse is having an affair. (Examples: Asudden willingness to do his own laundry, spending timein front of the computer after the wife has gone to bed.)

After gaining a ton of exposure from her book,Symonds started to get an overwhelming amount of mailfrom women in affairs desperately looking for help.

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She set up Mistresses Anonymous, a 12-step-like “secretsociety” for women to converge and seek support,guidance and empowerment from others in the same situ-ation. What started as an online forum has now turned in-to live meetings, which Symonds travels around the worldto host, including her first one in Toronto, scheduled fortoday. She’s also working with a Vancouver-based produc-tion company on a show about mistresses, which is to airin the fall on Slice.

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Since her 2002 breakoutperformance in Bend itLike Beckham, KeiraKnightley has starred in18 films, but it was onlyrecently she realizedsomething about her act-ing process.

“I suffer very badlyfrom stage fright,” shesays.

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“It’s very strange thatyou can work as much as Ido and still have a prob-lem with that.”

She has found a way tocircumvent her fears, amethod that came inhandy while making hernewest film A DangerousMethod, the story of thefathers of psychoanalysis,Carl Jung (played byMichael Fassbender) andSigmund Freud (played byViggo Mortensen), andSabina Spielrein, the intel-ligent but troubled pa-tient who causes a fallingout between the men.

“I found only in the lastfew years that researchhelps,” she says.

“As far as getting overthat fear of stage fright I

find that preparation isthe key.”

To play Spielrein, awoman wracked by ticsand repression, Knightleythrew herself into the ex-ploration of the character.

“There was nothingthat linked me to her,”she says.

“I had no idea about it.So I phoned ChristopherHampton because he didthe adaptation of Atone-ment, which I did a fewyears ago, and said, ‘I’mgoing to do this, so help.Just help.’

“I went round to hishouse and thought he was

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She eased her nerveswith the research and fur-ther support was suppliedduring shooting by the

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“Sets… are very diffi-cult creative spaces,” shesays, “and trying to getthe space so you can useyour imagination and getyourself so you are notfrightened by howevermany hundreds of peopleare on the set is quite adifficult thing.

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Keira Knightley says that preparation is the key to getting over her stage fright.

“What David(Cronenberg) doesis entirely creative.... He’s a magician.He’s absolutelyextraordinary.”KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

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Republic of Doyle haspulled out all the stops forits third season premiere –nabbing big-time moviestar Russell Crowe for aguest spot. And accordingto series creator/star AllanHawco, Crowe did muchmore than merely showup for filming.

“Russell never half-doesanything,” says Hawco.“He worked for a reallong time with meon the script.Months andmonths ofemails. He wasintegral to theplot as it isnow.”

So why exactlydid Crowe agree toplay a mysterious bad guyin a little CBC detective se-ries? Well, it seems thatGreat Big Sea singer AlanDoyle knows Crowe —having previously ap-peared with him in thefilm Robin Hood.

Indeed, the Republic ofDoyle episode — airingWednesday — also func-tions as a sly reunion forRobin Hood’s merry bandwith not only Doyle andCrowe, but actors ScottGrimes and Kevin Durand.

“I was introduced toRussell years ago by Alan,

who has since become avery good friend.” saysHawco. “He (Crowe) is justone of those guys wholikes to use his position inthe industry to help othersalong.”

In the episode, Jake(Hawco) is framed for mur-der, leading to an en-counter with a mysteriousgroup of men (led byCrowe) whose own agendais anything but clear. De-spite the super star on set,Hawco says the shoot was

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Now entering its thirdseason, Republic of Doylecontinues to grow in popu-larity around Canada —though finding fans hasnever been a problem inthe city of St. John’s.

“The people of St. John’shave been there from dayone,” says Lynda Boyd,who plays Rose on the se-ries. “They stop you on thestreet and tell you theylove it and how great itmakes the city look. Theysee it as their show.”

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BeyoncéKnowles andJay-Z reported-ly welcomedtheir daughterover the week-end, accordingto E! News.

The baby, named BlueIvy Carter (although someoutlets are saying hername is Ivy Blue Carter),was delivered on a privatefloor of New York’s LenoxHill Hospital that the su-perstar couple had report-edly paid $1.3 million to

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There had to have beena musical motive to nam-ing the child Blue (rhymeswith “Boo?”).

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Sienna Miller has stoppedher home-wrecking ways,it seems (remember whenshe allegedly broke up themarriage of Balthazar Get-ty?).

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As a kid, you played Cap-ture the Flag. Kids todayare playing Call of Duty.The premise of each gameis similar. The difference:One is done outdoors, andinvolves running andjumping and fake shoot-ing…while the other re-quires a couch. And maybea sugary soda, as an acces-sory.

It’s an old story: kidsdon’t get enough physicalactivity. What’s scary is thenew research that provesit: Here in Canada, for ex-ample (a country with a lotof outdoors), only nine percent of boys and four percent of girls meet the newCanadian Physical ActivityGuidelines, which statethat children and youthshould accumulate at least60 minutes of moderate tovigorous intensity physicalactivity daily

The impact of this trendis both immediate (the riseof childhood obesity anddiabetes is alarming) andlifelong (lifestyle patternsstart young and inactivekids generally turn into in-active adults).

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Simply running aroundplaying hide-and-seek orkicking around a ballshouldn’t be viewed as friv-olous.

Simple daily physical ac-tivity like this improvesstamina, agility, strengthand coordination in kids.

“Think of exercise forkids as simply movingtheir bodies. Let them de-cide how they want to bephysically active. Maybeit’s throwing a Frisbee,joining a sports team, join-ing a dance class or simplyjumping on a trampoline.”

Joanne, also an ExtremeFitness personal trainer,recommends exposingchildren to as many differ-ent forms of activity as pos-sible.

“This way, they canchoose which ones theyenjoy,” she says. One easyway to get kids movingaround is through dance.

“It’s much more effec-tive to tell kids to dance totheir favourite songs thanto ask them to stay on car-dio equipment,” she says,adding, “If they don’t likedancing, they can skip totheir favourite songs.”

And if your little onesare technology obsessed,replace Call of Duty withgames that require users toget up and move around.

“Kids’ fitness DVDs andPlaystation games are read-ily available these days,”says Joanne.

Get your kids moving in 2012

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More U.S. womenare having twinsthese days.

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In 1980, only onein 53 newborns wasa twin.

Experts attributethe jump mainly tomedical treatmentsand procedures thathelp infertilecouples.

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For some reason,women in their late30s have twins at ahigher rate.

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OK, but how long doesthat take? Tap water runsvery cold in Canada, and wedon’t like to wait.

“With some units it cantake an additional couple ofseconds’ delay,” explainsJames Gray-Donald, sustain-ability leader for SearsCanada. “However, thereare a number of units witha small reserve tank — justthree or four litres of water— to avoid that delay.”

Cold water is forcedthrough a blazing naturalgas heating system, quicklycranking it from frosty coldto toasty hot. The cost of

keeping large amounts ofwater hot for long periodsof time is eliminated.

They’re not cheap,though. Tankless waterheaters cost double or morethe price of their traditionalcounterparts. But their in-creased efficiency can easilysave a family of four $250per year.

“Instead of 65 to 67 centsof every dollar you spendgetting into the water inthe form of energy, 94 centsof that dollar gets there,”Rheem’s Simpson says.

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Educators approach road blockResearch indicates that a school’s proximity to a major street can affect a student’s health and academic success

Students in low-incomeneighbourhoods are facingexposure to elevated levelsof air and noise pollutiondue to the location of theirschools near major roads,a new study suggests.

Researchers from Si-mon Fraser University(SFU) and the University ofBritish Columbia looked atnearly 1,500 public ele-mentary schools in Cana-da’s 10 largest cities.

Addresses were geocod-ed with the proximity tothe nearest major road cal-culated for each school.Researchers gathered dataon income and neighbour-hood characteristics fromthe 2006 census.

Studies of children wholive near major roads havefound that traffic-relatedair pollution is associatedwith lower lung function,impaired lung growth,

asthma, ear infections andlower cognitive function-ing, said SFU geographygraduate student Ofer Am-ram. He co-authored thestudy with SFU health sci-ences assistant professorRyan Allen and three UBCcolleagues.

Amram said similarstudies of traffic-relatednoise have found links toincreased blood pressure,reduced sleep quality andcognitive deficits.

Research also revealsthat when children are ex-posed to higher air pollu-

tion and noise at school itcan lead to poorer averageacademic performance, henoted.

Based on measurementsof nitrogen oxide concen-trations, ultrafine particlecounts, and noise levels inthree Canadian cities, re-

searchers defined schoolslocated less than 75 metresfrom major roads as theirzone of primary interest.

Across the country’s 10biggest cities, 16.3 per centof public elementaryschools were located with-in 75 metres of a majorroad, with a wide variabili-

ty between cities.Researchers found

schools located in neigh-bourhoods with a highermedian income were lesslikely to be near majorroads. Meanwhile, thosehoused in more denselypopulated neighbour-hoods were more frequent-ly close to major roads.

Amram said the studylooked at overall patternsacross Canadian cities andsaid the relationship ofcloser road proximity forschools in poorer neigh-bourhoods was pretty con-sistent across the citiesthey investigated.

But he noted that the re-sults don’t necessarily de-scribe the situation atevery individual school,but rather the general rela-tionship between proximi-ty and neighbourhoodincome. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Schools found in neighbourhoods with a higher average income are less likely to

be near major roads, according to a recent study.

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Graduate student Ofer Am-ram said he hopes his andRyan Allen’s research canhelp officials determinewhere to build newschools, and serve as aguide for improvementslike constructing sound bar-riers or installing filters inventilation systems at exist-ing schools.

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The notion of trekking to afarmer's market andlabouring over a stove toprepare an evening feastmay tempt some people todial their nearest takeoutjoint, but a dinner preparedthe old-fashioned way isStephanie Kolk's idea of ahappy meal.

The 23-year-old revels inthe labour associated withproducing quality food, par-ticularly when she can beinvolved at every step ofthe process.

For Kolk, collectinghomegrown tomatoes froma local greenhouse, dicingthem for a caprese salad orsimmering and seasoningthem to turn them into theperfect pomodoro sauce areall part of the joy of cook-ing. It's a pleasure she fearstoo many members of hergeneration are missing outon as they stand in line tobuy a sandwich or reheatthe contents of a packagebought at a supermarket.

Kolk hopes to lure her

peers back into the kitchenby plugging them intoCanada's “slow food” move-ment, an initiative meantto promote sustainablefood production and fosterstronger communities.

“We need to educate our-

selves so we can educatethe next generation,” Kolksaid in a telephone inter-view from Calgary.

“Food has gotten so bro-ken down. Almost nobodylives on farms anymore. It'sgotten out of fashion to

grow your own food. With-out some training and edu-cation, the next generationcould have some serioustroubles with the food sys-tem.”

Kolk — along with a fewlike-minded youthful food-ies — is in the process oflaunching a Slow Food“convivium” geared specifi-cally towards young peoplein southern Alberta.

Participants will takepart in events that furtherthe understanding of howfood is grown and pre-pared. Farm tours and mar-ket excursions will be onthe agenda, but Kolk saidthe primary focus will beon building a community.

The convivium's inaugu-ral event — scheduled forlater this month — will be asimple “eat in” whereguests bring ingredientsand collaborate to producea meal.

Paul DeCampo, whoheaded up Toronto's SlowFood chapter for nearly five

years, said youth engage-ment has been a rising fo-cus of Canadianparticipants.

He laments the loss ofhome-cooking skills, whichdwindle as harried parentsincreasingly reach for sim-ple mealtime solutions.

As culinary skills disap-pear, cultural roots andcommunity supports gowith them, he said. DeCampo is optimistic

that the Slow Food move-ment may catch on, partic-ularly in the wake of“Occupy” protests thatraised awareness of the im-pact big business has oneveryday life.

“We have a populationof youth who are question-ing the intrusion of corpo-rate power into all aspectsof life, and Slow Food is cer-tainly about addressing andpushing back on the corpo-rate control of our food sys-tem,” DeCampo said. “Ithink there's an alignmentof ethics there.”THE CANADIAN PRESS

Not so fast: Cooking up a revolutionMore and more Canadians are taking the initiative to educate themselves about the food-making process

“Slow Food iscertainly aboutaddressing andpushing back onthe corporatecontrol of our foodsystem.”PAUL DECAMPO, FORMER HEAD OFTORONTO’S SLOW FOOD CHAPTER

Slow Food

History of home-made

The Slow Food movementhas been steadily gainingtraction since 1989 whenSlow Food Internationalwas founded.The Italy-basedorganization, which nowhas chapters in 150countries, says its primarygoal is to promote environ-mental and communityawareness through thepleasures of good food.

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movement, tries a cream flavoured liqueur in a

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Denver QB Tim Tebow prepares to throw the game-winning touchdown to Demaryius Thomas on Sunday.

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A magic pass in the Mile High City

Tebow’s 80-yard passing TD in OT lifts Denver over Pittsburgh

One of the most storiedNFL playoff teams ran intoa rejuvenated Tim Tebowand the Denver Broncos.

Sorry, Pittsburgh Steel-ers.

The magic is back.Tebow connected with

Demaryius Thomas on anelectrifying 80-yard touch-down pass on the first playof overtime and the Bron-cos defeated the stunnedSteelers 29-23 in the AFCwild-card game on Sunday.Wild doesn’t begin to de-scribe it. The play took 11seconds and was the quick-est ending to an overtimein NFL history.

Thomas hauled in a high

play-action pass at theDenver 38, stiff-armed IkeTaylor and then outracedRyan Mundy to the endzone. Tebow, who lookedas startled as everyoneelse, chased down Thomasand knelt on one knee — agesture known far andwide these days as Tebow-ing. Then he pounded afist in triumph and took a

victory lap.“When I saw him scor-

ing, first of all, I justthought, ‘Thank you,Lord,’” Tebow said. “Then, Iwas running pretty fast,chasing him — like I cancatch up to D.T! Then I justjumped into the stands,first time I’ve done that.That was fun. Then, got ona knee and thanked the

Lord again and tried to cele-brate with my teammatesand the fans.”

Prodded by John Elwayto let the ball fly, Tebow act-ed as if the last three weeksnever happened, lifting theBroncos to their first play-off win in six years.

Behind Tebow’s 316yards passing, the Broncos(9-8) are heading to NewEngland for a second-roundgame against the top-seed-ed Patriots on Saturdaynight. And, unlike Elway,who lost his first post-sea-son start — to the Steelersat home in 1984 — Tebowis 1-0 in the playoffs.

“We’re just a fightingteam. A lot of resilience,”Broncos cornerback ChampBailey said. “In any adversesituation, we’ll find a wayto get out of it. Everybodysays we backed into theplayoffs, we’re in. We didsomething right along theway. We’re in it. We won agame. Now, we’ve got to gotry to win another one.”THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Giants win

Eli Manning threw three

touchdown passes to lead

the New York Giants to a

24-2 win over the Atlanta

Falcons in an NFC wild-

card game Sunday.

Manning connected withHakeem Nicks for a 72-yardTD and Mario Manninghamon a 27-yard toss as the Gi-ants (10-7) pulled awayfrom the inept Falcons (10-7) in the second half.He also threw a four-yardTD pass to Nicks in the firsthalf, which came after thequarterback scrambled 14yards to spark the 85-yarddrive.The Giants travel to GreenBay next Sunday to play thedefending Super Bowlchampion Packers (15-1),who beat them 38-35 in De-cember.

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Raonicwins in IndiaCanada’s Milos Raonic hadto work for his secondcareer ATP title.

The 21-year-old fromThornhill beat top-seededJanko Tipsarevic of Serbia6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4) in aserve-dominated final ofthe Chennai Open on Sun-day in India.

Fourth-seeded Raonic hit35 aces in a marathonmatch that lasted threehours 16 minutes anddidn’t feature a break ofserve.

“It is an awesomefeeling,” said Raonic, whowon all 48 of his servicegames during the week tobecome the first player towin a tournament withoutdropping serve since Swissstar Roger Federer at the2008 grass-courttournament in Halle.

Raonic dropped onlyfour points on serve in thefirst set and had fourchances to break in thefourth game beforeTipsarevic stole it on atiebreaker.

“Tipsarevic took it awayin the first set,” Raonic said.“But I took my opportuni-ties in the second andthird.”

Raonic established a 4-1lead in the second-settiebreaker before levellingthe match on his second setpoint. He had to save breakpoints early in the deciderbut dominated thetiebreaker with his serve.

The Canadian is 2-1 inATP World Tour finals,claiming his first title inSan Jose last February. Hefollowed that up by finish-ing runner-up to AmericanAndy Roddick in Memphisa week later.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

“My serve is a bigfactor in my game... in 99 per cent ofmy matches. Myjob is to take careof my serve.”MILOS RAONIC

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Leafs far from done after Game 41Heading into the season’s second half, Buds in position to end a post-season drought dating back to 2004

The Maple Leafs hit thehalfway point of theseason inside the playoffbubble, and that’s a solidaccomplishment whenstacked up against thehurdles of the first 41games.

Toronto has weatheredmajor injuries to key play-ers and has prosperedfrom the depth in the or-ganization when filling infor Colby Armstrong, JohnMichael Liles, Mike Komis-arek, Mike Brown andJames Reimer. The Leafshave stayed in the race de-spite the fact Reimer hasyet to return to form innet in the month sincehe’s returned.

Toronto is building on agame plan that couldmake them a handful ifthey make the post-season.

Here’s a look at somehot-button points for theLeafs in the second half:

Unsung heroesMike Komisarek and MikeBrown returned to thelineup Saturday andmade immediate im -pacts, especially in check-ing and positional play.

Matt Lombardi is alsostarting to play well andtake care of details,something duly noted bycoach Ron Wilson.

The Leafs need theirwork-horse players tocontribute if they hope toplay meaningful gamesthis spring.

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Dion phenomenalIt’s not just Ron Wilson.Bloggers, as well as main-stream media, are startingto include Dion Phaneufwhen it comes to talkabout the Norris Trophy.

He has shown greatleadership, most recentlyagainst the Red Wings onSaturday when he playedwith a swollen jaw aftertaking a puck in the faceagainst the Jets last week.

But Phaneuf’s worknow swings into full gearas he tries to lead theLeafs to the playoffs.

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Monster momentumGoaltender Jonas Gustavs-son has won the Leafs’ lastthree games — three winsafter that three-gameChristmas slide — and is8-2-0 in his last 10 starts.His solid numbers (2.49goals-against average,.922 save percentage) overthat span have helped theLeafs remain in the hunt.

Reimer was 3-4-3 in hislast 11 starts.

Goaltending, as always,will be a huge factor in thesecond half.

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Setting the paceJoffrey Lupul has beennothing short ofsensational over 41games. He’s had at least apoint in all but six of thosegames and with PhilKessel forms the top tan-dem in the league.

The pair are near thetop of the points race andcould receive Hart Trophyconsideration if theymaintain their pace. Andnow they have the rightcentre in Tim Connolly. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

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Age appropriate?Veterans Liles andArmstrong are due backfrom injuries soon barringsetbacks in their concus-sion recoveries.

Toronto’s success hashinged in part on youngplayers like Jake Gardiner,Nazem Kadri, Keith Aulieand Matt Frattin.

But the fact that noneof them has been througha playoff round, whileLiles and Armstrong have,should influence the Leafs’roster decisions for thestretch run.

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A turning point for DetroitLions have taken step forward despite loss to Saints, ending playoff drought ‘We need to win our division’

The Detroit Lions have tak-en a leap forward by end-ing an 11-season playoffdrought. They have workto do on defence if theywant to make it beyondthe first round.

All their deficienciesshowed up when the Lionsgave up an NFL post-sea-son-record 626 yards toNew Orleans in a 45-28NFC wild-card loss Satur-day night.

“A loss like this makesus want to return to theplayoffs even more,” de-fensive end Kyle VandenBosch said. “It will be nosurprise to everyone whenthe Detroit Lions start tomake the playoffs eachand every year.”

The Lions, though, willhave to figure out a way toimprove their rosterenough to stop good teams

from piling up points andyards. They allowed an av-erage of 122 yards rushingand 312 yards passing insix losses to playoff teams— two times to both GreenBay and New Orleans, andonce to San Francisco andAtlanta.

Detroit slipped to theunfavourable matchupagainst the Saints after los-ing the regular-season fi-nale by allowing GreenBay’s backup Matt Flynn tothrow for 480 yards andsix touchdowns.

Instead of beating thePackers, who were with-out some of their best play-ers, to face the New YorkGiants and perhaps have abetter shot of winning aplayoff game for the sec-ond time since 1957, theLions were double-digit un-derdogs at New Orleans.

“We learned that weneed to win our division sothe next time we can havea home game and benefit

from our home crowd likethe Saints did,” quarter-back Matthew Staffordsaid.

“That’s a huge differ-ence.”

Stafford’s goal has ahuge obstacle: Green Bay is-

n’t leaving the NFC North.Detroit coach Jim

Schwartz wasn’t in themood to reflect on the sea-son after it ended in NewOrleans, but he’s expectedto Monday.

Three seasons after seal-ing NFL infamy as the only0-16 team, the Lions haveplenty of building blocksto become consistentlycompetitive.

“We’re going to bearound for a while,” saidkicker Jason Hanson aftercompleting his 20th sea-son with the Lions.

Stafford threw for 5,418yards with 44 TDs — 18 toCalvin Johnson — and 18interceptions in 17 gamesthat provided hope for afranchise that has desper-ately needed it at quarter-back.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Last night’s resultsOttawa 6 Philadelphia 4Detroit 3 Chicago 2 (OT)Columbus at AnaheimSaturday’s resultsCalgary 3Minnesota 1Montreal 3 Tampa Bay 1Toronto 4 Detroit 3Vancouver 4 Boston 3Winnipeg 2 Buffalo 1 (OT)Dallas 4 Edmonton 1Philadelphia 3 Ottawa 2 (OT)Columbus 1 Los Angeles 0Nashville 5 Carolina 2New Jersey 3 Pittsburgh 1Phoenix 5 N.Y. Islanders 1San Jose 5Washington 2St. Louis 4 Colorado 0

Tonight’s gamesVancouver at Florida, 7:30 p.m.Washington at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.Tomorrow’s gamesWinnipeg at Boston, 7 p.m.Buffalo at Toronto, 7 p.m.Detroit at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.Phoenix at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.Ottawa at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.Philadelphia at Carolina, 7 p.m.St. Louis atMontreal, 7:30 p.m.Vancouver at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.San Jose atMinnesota, 8 p.m.Columbus at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.Nashville at Colorado, 9 p.m.New Jersey at Calgary, 9 p.m.Dallas at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

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H.Sedin, Vcr 11 38 49Kessel, Tor 24 24 48Giroux, Pha 18 30 48Lupul, Tor 19 28 47D.Sedin, Vcr 18 29 47Stamkos, TB 28 17 45Malkin, Pgh 16 28 44Eberle, Edm 17 26 43Pominville, Buf 14 29 43Ma.Hossa, Chi 17 25 42Backstrom,Wash 13 29 42Datsyuk, Det 12 30 42Toews, Chi 22 19 41Spezza, Ott 15 26 41Benn, Dal 13 28 41Vanek, Buf 19 21 40Sharp, Chi 19 20 39

Karlsson, Ott 5 34 39Versteeg, Fla 17 21 38Eriksson, Dal 14 24 38Elias, NJ 14 24 38Hartnell, Pha 18 19 37Seguin, Bos 16 21 37Selanne, Ana 12 25 37P.Kane, Chi 10 27 37Neal, Pgh 21 15 36Ra.Whitney, Phx 14 22 36Tavares, NYI 13 23 36Kopitar, LA 11 25 36Franzen, Det 16 19 35Parise, NJ 14 21 35Nugent-Hopkins, Edm 13 22 35Gaborik, NYR 23 11 34Kovalchuk, NJ 15 19 34Fleischmann, Fla 15 19 34P.Bergeron, Bos 11 23 34Not including last night’s games

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W L Pct GBPhiladelphia 5 2 .714 —New York 4 4 .500 11/2Boston 4 4 .500 11/2Toronto 3 5 .375 21/2New Jersey 2 7 .222 4

SOUTHEAST DIVISIONMiami 8 1 .889 —Orlando 6 3 .667 2Atlanta 6 3 .667 2Charlotte 2 6 .250 51/2Washington 0 8 .000 71/2

CENTRAL DIVISIONChicago 7 2 .778 —Indiana 6 2 .750 1/2Cleveland 4 3 .571 2Detroit 2 6 .250 41/2Milwaukee 2 6 .250 41/2

WESTERN CONFERENCESOUTHWEST DIVISION

W L Pct GBSan Antonio 6 3 .667 —Dallas 4 5 .444 2Memphis 3 4 .429 2Houston 2 6 .250 31/2New Orleans 2 6 .250 31/2

NORTHWEST DIVISIONOklahoma City 8 2 .800 —Portland 5 2 .714 11/2Denver 6 3 .667 11/2Utah 5 3 .625 2Minnesota 3 5 .375 4

PACIFIC DIVISIONL.A. Clippers 4 2 .667 —L.A. Lakers 5 4 .556 1/2Phoenix 4 4 .500 1Sacramento 3 6 .333 21/2Golden State 2 6 .250 3

Yesterday’s resultsMinnesota 93Washington 72Orlando 104 Sacramento 97Oklahoma City 108 SanAntonio 96Phoenix 109Milwaukee 93Cleveland at PortlandMemphis at L.A. LakersSaturday’s resultsAtlanta 109 Chicago 94Indiana 99 Charlotte 77Miami 101 New Jersey 90NewYork 103 Detroit 80Oklahoma City 98 Houston 95Philadelphia 97 Toronto 62SanAntonio 121 Denver 117Dallas 96 NewOrleans 81Utah 88 Golden State 87L.A. Clippers 92Milwaukee 86Tonight’s gamesMinnesota at Toronto, 7 p.m.Indiana at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.Atlanta at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.Charlotte at NewYork, 7:30 p.m.Detroit at Chicago, 8 p.m.NewOrleans at Denver, 9 p.m.Tomorrow’s gamesHouston at Charlotte, 7 p.m.Toronto atWashington, 7 p.m.Sacramento at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.Dallas at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.Chicago atMinnesota, 8 p.m.Oklahoma City atMemphis, 8 p.m.San Antonio atMilwaukee, 8 p.m.Cleveland at Utah, 9 p.m.L.A. Clippers at Portland, 10 p.m.Miami at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.Phoenix at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

NLLWEEKONELast night’s resultCalgary 12 Toronto 9

MEN’SWORLD CUP SLALOMAt Adelboden, Switzerland1.Marcel Hirscher, Austria, obneminute58.66 seconds (58.69-59.97); 2. Ivica Kostelic,Croatia, 1:58.93 (58:95-59.98); 3. StefanoGross, Italy, 1:59.65 (59:99-59.66); 4.MarioMatt, Austria, 2:00.10 (58.76-1:01.34); 5.Jean-Baptiste Grange, France, 2:00.22(1:00.48-59.74); 6. Fritz Dopfer, Germany,2:00.43 (1:00.22-1:00.21); 7.Michael Janyk,Whistler, B.C., 2:00.53 (1:00.85-59.68); 8. Ben-jamin Raich, Austria, 2:00.58 (1:00.10-1:00.48); 9. Nolan Kasper, U.S., 2:00.94(1:00.00-1:00.94); 10.Mitja Valencic, Slovenia,2:00.96 (1:00.30-1:00.66).World Cup Slalom Standings(after fifth of 11 races)1. Ivica Kostelic, Croatia, 385 points; 2.MarcelHirscher, Austria, 360; 3. Cristian Deville, Italy,230; 4. Felix Neureuther, Germany, 216; 5. An-dreMyhrer, Sweden, 215; 6. Stefano Gross,Italy, 150; 7. Patrick Thaler, Italy, 132; 8.MitjaValencic, Slovenia, 125; 9.Manfred Pranger,Austria, 115; 10. Jean-Baptiste Grange,France, 101.Overall World Cup Standings(after 16 events)1.Marcel Hirscher, Austria, 725 points; 2. Ivi-ca Kostelic, Croatia, 495; 3. Aksel Lund Svin-dal, Norway, 456; 4. Ted Ligety, U.S., 453; 5.Beat Feuz, Switzerland, 365; 6. BodeMiller,U.S., 343; 7. Hannes Reichelt, Austria, 339; 8.Didier Cuche, Switzerland, 327; 9. Kjetil Jan-srud, Norway, 288; 10. Alexis Pinturault,France, 259.

WOMEN’S SUPER-GAt Bad Kleinkircheim, Austria1. Fabienne Suter, Switzerland, oneminute9.55 seconds; 2. TinaMaze, Slovenia, 1:09.89;3. Anna Fenninger, Austria, 1:10.29; 4. FraenziAufdenblatten, Switzerland, 1:10.33; 5. LaraGut, Switzerland, 1:10.43; 6. VeroniqueHronek, Germany, 1:10.46; 7. Dominique Gisin,Switzerland, 1:10.52; 8. JuliaMancuso, U.S.,1:10.56; 9. Elisabeth Goergl, Austria, 1:10.70;10. Nicole Hosp, Austria, 1:10.76.World Cup Super-G Standings(after three races)1. Lindsey Vonn, U.S., 213 points; 2. AnnaFenninger, Austria, 200; 3. Fabienne Suter,Switzerland, 194; 4. JuliaMancuso, U.S., 124;5. TinaMaze, Slovenia, 111; 6. Lara Gut,Switzerland, 95; 7. Fraenzi Aufdenblatten,Switzerland, 90; 8. Andrea Fischbacher, Aus-tria, 88; 9. Elisabeth Goergl, Austria, 87; 10.Dominique Gisin, Switzerland, 84.Overall World Cup Standings(after 14 events)1. Lindsey Vonn, U.S., 704 points; 2.MarliesSchild, Austria, 540; 3. TinaMaze, Slovenia,483; 4. Anna Fenninger, Austria, 454; 5. Elisa-beth Goergl, Austria, 434; 6. Viktoria Rebens-burg, Germany, 336; 7. JuliaMancuso, U.S.,327; 8.Maria Hoefl-Riesch, Germany, 326; 9.Fabienne Suter, Switzerland, 311; 10. Do-minique Gisin, Switzerland, 282.

ENGLANDFA CUPThird RoundYesterday’s resultsManchester City 2Manchester United 3Chelsea 4 Portsmouth 0Peterborough 0 Sunderland 2SheffieldWednesday 1West Ham0

SCOTLANDSCOTTISH CUPFourth RoundYesterday’s resultsArbroath 0 Rangers 4Peterhead 0 Celtic 3

SPAINLA LIGAYesterday’s resultsRayo Vallecano 2 Sevilla 1Getafe 0 Athletic Bilbao 0Villarreal 2 Valencia 2Real Betis 2 Sporting Gijon 0Espanyol 1 Barcelona 1

FRANCEFRENCH CUPNinth RoundYesterday’s resultsAjaccio 1 Toulouse 0Locmine Saint-Colomban 1 Paris Saint-Ger-main 2Lyon Duchere 1 Lyon 3Metz 2, Evian 2 Evian advanced 5-3 on penaltykicksPrix-les-Mezieres 0Montpellier 4Thiers 1 Istres 4

SENS 6, FLYERS 4First Period1. Ottawa, Alfredsson 14 (Turris, Cowen) 0:552. Philadelphia,Meszaros 6 (Talbot) 2:323. Ottawa, Neil 6 (Foligno, Karlsson) 8:284. Philadelphia, Bourdon 2, 15:325. Philadelphia, Couturier 6 (Read) 16:00Penalties—Rinaldo Pha, Konopka Ott (fight-ing) 0:16, Carkner Ott (interference) 16:23.Second Period6. Philadelphia, Read 13 (van Riemsdyk, Carle)14:08 (pp)Penalties—Lilja Pha (slashing) 7:16, CarknerOtt (elbowing) 11:14, Condra Ott (tripping)13:00.Third Period7. Ottawa, Greening 9 (Spezza,Michalek) 3:118. Ottawa, Karlsson 6, 6:199. Ottawa, Kuba 4 (Condra, Turris) 18:4910. Ottawa, Foligno 12 (Neil) 19:15Penalty—Lilja Pha (holding) 15:06.ShotsPhiladelphia 16 10 11 37Ottawa 14 9 15 38Goal—Philadelphia: Bryzgalov (L,16-9-3); Ot-tawa: Anderson (W,20-12-4).Power plays (goals-chances)—Philadelphia:1-3; Ottawa: 0-2.Referees—Mike Leggo, BradWatson. Lines-men—Mark Shewchyk,MarkWheler.Att.—20,281 (19,153) at Ottawa.

ATPAIRCEL CHENNAI OPENAt Chennai, IndiaSinglesChampionshipMilos Raonic (4), Thornhill, Ont., def. JankoTipsarevic (1), Serbia, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4).DoublesChampionshipLeander Paes, India, and Janko Tipsarevic (3),Serbia, def. Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram (4),Israel, 6-4, 6-4.

ATP-WTABRISBANEINTERNATIONALAt Brisbane, AustraliaMenSinglesChampionshipAndyMurray (1), Britain, def. Alexandr Dol-gopolov (3), Ukraine, 6-1, 6-3.WomenSinglesChampionshipKaia Kanepi, Estonia, def. Daniela Hantucho-va, Slovakia, 6-2, 6-1.

WTAASB CLASSICAt Auckland, New ZealandSinglesChampionshipZheng Jie, China, def. Flavia Pennetta (4),Italy, 2-6, 6-3, 2-0 (retired).DoublesChampionshipAndrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka (3),Czech Republic, def. Julia Goerges, Germanyand Flavia Pennetta, Italy, 6-7 (2), 6-2, 10-7.

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Aries March 21-April 20 Youwon’t hesitate to speak your mindtoday, but be careful what you sayto loved ones.

Taurus April 21-May 21Don’t focus on trivial issues whenthere are so many big things thatneed to be dealt with.

Gemini May 22-June 21 Arisk that pays off in the short-termcould cause you serious financialproblems in the long-term.

Cancer June 22-July 22Someone will let you down todayand you won’t be too happy aboutit. However, if you think about it ra-tionally you will realize that it wasyour fault for trusting them in the

first place.Leo July 23-Aug.23 Try not to

let your imagination get the betterof you over the next 24 hours.

Virgo Aug. 24- Sept. 22 Apositive outlook will most likelyyield constructive results.

Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 23Today’s full moon suggests therewill be a clash of egos.

Scorpio Oct. 24-Nov. 22 Youwill lock horns (or trade stings)with someone whose views are theopposite of your own today.

Sagittarius Nov. 23-Dec. 21 You will find yourself up againstan opponent who is every bit asdetermined as you are today.

Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 20Be careful what you say today be-cause the full moon in your oppo-site sign could so easily encourageyou to say too much.

Aquarius Jan. 21-Feb. 18Friends and colleagues will tell youwhat you want to hear today ratherthan what you need to hear. Butyou don’t need anyone to tell youthat you are doing too much.

Pisces Feb. 19-March 20.You may believe that if you hesitateyou will miss out on a golden op-portunity, and you may be right.But it’s just as likely that you willact too soon and make a seriousmistake. SALLY BROMPTON

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