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With the brazen daytime murderof Jonathan Bacon, BritishColumbians got a vivid and dis-turbing glimpse of how the crimeworld operates.

Kelowna RCMP confirmed yes-terday the man killed in a target-ed hit outside a hotel on Sundaywas the alleged Red Scorpion gangmember, the oldest of three sib-lings all believed to be players inthe Lower Mainland criminalscene.

Three other people in a car withBacon, 30, were injured. A maleHells Angels member is now in crit-ical condition and two women areexpected to recover.

One other victim fled the sceneafter the shooting and has yet tobe located.

Rob Gordon, the head of crimi-nology at Simon Fraser Universi-ty, said the high-profile incidentshould come as no surprise.

“(Bacon) has created a lot of ene-mies and this is how gang mem-bers settle disputes. They don’t uselawyers or a courtroom, they do it

on the street,” Gordon said.Mounties are trying to hunt

down the shooters — clad in all-black clothing and masks — butGordon doesn’t believe the trig-germen will be found.

“They were probably contractedand have gone back across the (U.S.)border,” he said. “The focus nowwill be on who is behind the wholething.”

It could be a race between inves-tigators and those looking forrevenge.

The fact that the Hells Angelsand their potential female associ-

ates were caught in the crossfiremay increase the chance of retali-ation.

“They’re going to be very pissedoff. Whether they give a hoot aboutJonathan Bacon or not, you don’tgo after their women.”

Police will likely try to calm thesituation, but Gordon said crimi-nals are unlikely to listen.

Bacon’s brothers are both in cus-tody. Jamie Bacon has been chargedin the deaths of six people in a Sur-rey highrise in 2007, and JarrodBacon faces drug charges.

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Gangs get even‘on the street’

Former Canuck Rypien found dead

Player. Passes

Rick Rypien, a former Vancouver Canuck who

recently signed with the Winnipeg Jets, was found

dead in his home in Alberta yesterday. Story, page 27.

An RCMP member collects evidence near a bullet-riddled SUV after a

gunman open fire on a car in a tourist area of Kelowna on Sunday.

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Jarrett Swackhamer toldhis father Friday night thathe would be home the nextday, but he didn’t make itback alive.

Swackhamer, 21, and 52-year-old Jovan Salapurawere killed when their SUVwas allegedly hit head-onby a black car travelling inthe wrong direction onHighway 10 in Surrey earlySaturday morning.

Swackhamer’s girl-friend, Mikaela Hardy, is nolonger in critical condition.

“He was the kind of guywho looked out for peopleand I know he watched outfor me,” said Swackhamer’sfather, Steve. “Our lives aregoing to be really emptyaround here.”

Salapura was a father ofthree girls and owned Is-land Machining and Fabri-cating in Nanaimo.

Steve said Jarrett workedfor Salapura and the two re-mained good friends. They

were on their way to a joband Mikaela came along soshe could spend time withJarrett, he added.

He described hisyoungest son as “really old-fashioned for a young guy”who always had a passionfor running heavy machin-ery.

“That was something heenjoyed the most from thetime he was a young boy,”he said.

“I got a call from hisbabysitter asking me if Icould please come down

and talk to Jarrett becausehe had pulled up and putan empty hole in their yard.I knew where he was goingto go from there.”

The driver of the othercar also died in the colli-sion. Mounties say speedwas a factor, but they arestill waiting for autopsy re-sults to determine if alco-hol played any role.

Men were killed after their SUV was allegedly struck by a car travelling in the wrong direction early Saturday morning

Jarrett Swackhamer, 21, was killed early Saturday morning after a driver allegedlydrove the wrong way on Highway 10in Surrey and crashed head-on with an SUV.

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Bus drivergets ticketThe driver of a bus thatcrashed Sunday evening inSurrey has been slappedwith a speeding ticket andbeen cited for not wearinghis seatbelt.

The bus, carrying 30 pas-sengers, crashed near Cam-bie Road at approximately9:30 p.m. on Sunday. A po-lice investigationconfirmed that the speed ofthe bus was a contributingfactor in the crash.

Sixteen injured passen-gers were transported toRichmond General Hospi-tal and Vancouver GeneralHospital for treatment ofminor injuries.

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Man attackswomen onSeawall

Vancouver police are warn-ing the public after twowomen were attacked onthe Seawall.

A 42-year-old woman,who was walking her dogson the Seawall under theGranville Street Bridge, wasgrabbed by a man andforced to the ground Satur-day night.

A 29-year-old womanwalking near the AquaticCentre under the BurrardStreet Bridge was grabbedand dragged down into therocks on the beach earlyyesterday morning.

The man is described aswhite, in his late 20s or 30s,and about six feet tall withfair skin, a stocky, muscu-lar build and short brownhair.

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Condolences were left ona Facebook page made inhonour of JarrettSwackhamer.

Corbin Smith: “I’m gladwe got to have one last du-mont night and have abunch of beers around thefire, good times. I won’tforget your laugh itcracked me up every time!R.I.P jarrett”

Sarah M. Warner: “Mydeepest condolences toyour family. I could onlyimagine your pain.Remember you have somany friends and familythat are here for you nomatter what! Rest in Para-dise Jarrett”

Lisa Smith: “still reallyhard to believe you aregone, you will be missedand are loved verymuch...thank you for beingthe greatest uncle tozach...he looked up to yousoo much, watch over yourmom and dad they missyou so much...you will nev-er be forgotten xoxo”

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Gavin Davies, a LowerMainland bus driver formore than 20 years, saysassaults on drivers anddealing with drunks andinconsiderate peoplewere among his petpeeves.

“There’s not enoughtime to do the job proper-ly,” said Davies, a vice-president with theCanadian Auto WorkersLocal 111.

“The equipment coulduse an upgrade. The driv-er seats were constantlybreaking down.”

Davies adds that deal-ing with drunks was oneof his worst pet peeves, aswell as rude riders.

“I couldn’t stand deal-ing with the mean peoplewho thought you workedfor them.”

Davies also mentionsthat little or no action istaken after bus drivers arephysically assaulted,something he finds ex-tremely frustrating.

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“The bus system is not all thatdependable. I used to takethe bus, but now I have a

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“The transit system needsbuses that run later than 10p.m. on weekdays to areasout of the city, the SkyTrainneeds to run till 2 or 3 a.m.,and most of all, bus sheltersneed to be built because 90per cent of transit users waitat the end of the SkyTrain for

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Plan will improve aboriginal representation on juries

West Vancouver police havetracked down a brass pro-peller that once powered anAl Capone-owned rumrun-ner. The missing cargo,which was stolen last week

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The province’s plan to im-prove aboriginal represen-tation on juries is a step inthe right direction, saysthe B.C. Civil Liberties As-sociation.

The BCCLA sent a letterto Attorney General BarryPenner on May 31, urgingan investigation into a pol-

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Eby said they are ex-pecting an updated policyin the future and it willhopefully incorporatesome of the recommenda-tions that Ontario ismulling while reviewingits own system.

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Canada’s judges will getno leeway on mandatoryminimum sentences as Ot-tawa proceeds with its an-ti-crime agenda duringthe fall session of Parlia-ment, Justice Minister RobNicholson said yesterday.

A resolution passed bythe Canadian Bar Associa-tion in Halifax during itsannual conference saysjudges should have morediscretion in cases wherethere could be an injusticeby use of a mandatoryminimum sentence.

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The proposed legisla-tion contained a numberof new provisions, includ-ing new minimum andmaximum guidelines fororganized drug crime andfor sexual predators.

The governing Toriesare expected to reintro-duce the legislation in thefall.

“I think a reasonableanalysis of what we havedone in the area ofmandatory sentencingwill stand up to publicscrutiny,” Nicholson said.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Justice Minister Rob Nicholson takes questions after addressing the

Canadian Bar Association’s annual conference in Halifax yesterday.

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No leeway on mandatory sentencesJustice minister tells Canadian Bar Association the government is ‘comfortable’ with the current guidelines

Ontario mayor blasts Toriesover warning to widowThe mayor of Sarnia, Ont.,has written a letter to theConservative Party of Cana-da, accusing it of “shameful” behaviour.

He’s reacting to newsthat the Conservative par-ty is involved in a disputewith the widow of an asbestos victim.

The woman, MichaelaKeyserlingk, was sent athreatening email from atop Tory official whowarned her to stop usingthe party’s trademarked lo-

go in her anti-asbestos adcampaign.

Sarnia Mayor MikeBradley says it’s morallywrong for Canada to contin-ue exporting the hazardoussubstance to poorer coun-tries, where there are inade-quate safety standards forworkers.

The mayor says manyresidents of his industrialcity worked with asbestosand have since been struckby diseases linked to themineral.

The Conservatives underPrime Minister StephenHarper have been adamantdefenders of Canada’s de-clining asbestos-mining in-dustry.

The Tory governmenthas maintained the sub-stance is safe when handledproperly.

Asbestos opponents re-ject the idea that the poorcountries importing thesubstance would have theproper safety standards. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Dad to stayin custodyafter attackA man charged withattempted murder after allegedly slashing his 11-month-old son will remain in custody while a court determines if heneeds a psychiatric assess-ment.

The 32-year-old man,who cannot be named toprotect the identity of the

child, was charged afterpolice responded to a 911call at a home in southeastCalgary early Saturday.

Police have said officersfound an “angry andagitated” man and a babyinside the home. The childhad been slashed severaltimes on the neck and theabdomen with a kitchenknife.

The officers providedfirst aid to the baby, whowas in critical conditionwhen he was transportedby EMS to hospital. He isnow expected to make a

full recovery.The suspect, with close-

cut hair and a goatee, wasclad in a blue prison jump-suit when he made a briefappearance in courtyesterday. His hands wereshackled and he walkedwith a noticeable limp.

He said nothing.He is to appear in court

again Aug. 22.A woman, believed to

be the man’s mother, wascrying as she left thecourtroom but refused totalk to reporters.THE CANADIAN PRESS

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ENROL NOW!

Billionaire investor WarrenBuffett is calling on the so-called “mega-rich” to paymore in taxes.

Buffett said yesterday ina New York Times opinionpiece that he would imme-diately raise rates onhouseholds with taxableincome of more than $1million.

Additionally, he wouldadd an additional increasefor those making $10 mil-lion or more.

He also recommendsthat the 12 members ofU.S. Congress charged withdevising a deficit-cuttingplan leave rates for 99.7per cent of taxpayers un-changed.

“My friends and I havebeen coddled long enoughby a billionaire-friendlyCongress,” Buffett wrote inthe piece.

“It’s time for our govern-ment to get serious aboutshared sacrifice.”

Buffett noted that themega-rich pay income tax-es at a rate of 15 per centon most investment in-come but practically noth-ing in payroll taxes.

The middle class, mean-while, typically falls intothe 15 per cent and 25 percent income tax bracketsand is hit with heavy pay-roll taxes.

He said Washington leg-islators “feel compelled toprotect us, much as if we

were spotted owls or someother endangered species.”

Buffett said he knowsmany of the mega-richwell.

He believes most would-n’t mind paying more intaxes, especially when somany fellow citizens aresuffering.

He also said he has yetto see anyone shy awayfrom investments becauseof tax rates on potentialgains, even when rateswere much higher in themid-1970s, 1980s and1990s. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The rich should betaxed more: Buffett

FINANCE

TD buyingcredit cardunitTD Bank has agreed tobuy the Canadian creditcard business of Bank ofAmerica Corp., bulkingup its position in thecards segment of theCanadian consumer debtmarket, an area where ithas often lagged behind.

The bank said yester-day that it would pay a“modest premium” overthe value of the assets,

which is in the ballparkof $100 million.

The agreement comesas Canadians householdssaddle more debt thanever. TD Bank will paycash consideration of$7.5 billion, assuming$1.1 billion in liabilitiesand wind up holding $8.5billion in outstandingbalances from about 1.8-million active credit cardaccounts.

The bank has been onthe hunt for credit cardassets since the Competi-tion Bureau forced it tosell off its Mastercard as-sets when it merged withCanada Trust in 2000.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Google Inc. is buying cell-phone maker Motorola Mo-bility Holdings Inc. for$12.5 billion US in cash. It’sby far Google’s biggest ac-quisition to date and a signthe online search leader isserious about expandingbeyond its core Internetbusiness.

Google said yesterdaythat it would pay $40 pershare, a 63 per cent premi-um to Motorola’s closingprice on Friday.

Motorola Mobility wasseparated from the rest ofMotorola in January.

The company has re-made itself as a maker ofsmartphones based onGoogle’s Android software,but has struggled againstApple Inc.

The transaction couldsignal a wave of consolida-tions in the smartphone in-

dustry as players try tohook up manufacturingand software applicationsproviders to compete morewith each other.

Google CEO Larry Pagesaid that the deal with Mo-torola would “superchargethe entire Android ecosys-tem.”

The deal gives Google di-rect control over the manu-facturer of many of itsAndroid smartphones.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Google makesbet on Motorola

17,000Motorola Mobility hasmore than 17,000issued patents andGoogle intends to pro-tect the Android eco-system from lawsuits,probably through theacquisition of morepatents.

Warren Buffett has given tips to the

U.S. government on raising the

taxes of the “mega-rich.”

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Billionaire believes payroll taxes should be increased for wealthyStop coddling and protecting us, he advises in opinion piece

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Mayor sendsex-wife a rock-solid giftA Quebec mayor could face criminalcharges after he delivered anunwelcome birthday present to his ex-wife: A 20-tonne boulder, topped witha pink ribbon, dumped on her frontlawn.

Dany Lariviere, mayor of St-Theodore-d’Acton, delivered the not-so-happy birthday gift over theweekend to Isabelle Prevost — fromwhom he divorced last year after a

decade of marriage.The giant stone was spray-painted

with the message, “Happy birthday,Isa.”

Lariviere owns an excavation com-pany. He said he used one of his ownfront-end loaders to transport the rock.

He jokingly compared it to a giantdiamond ring. He said his ex-wifealways wanted one, and he describedhis “present” in one newspaper inter-view as 18-to-24 “carat-tonnes.”

“I brought what we call a big rockto my ex-wife,” Lariviere later added inan interview with The Canadian Press.

“I took a rock from one of my quar-ries and I brought it to her place witha little message and a nice ribbon, justlike a real gift.”THE CANADIAN PRESS

ADULTHOOD:ARE WETHERE YET?

Tomorrow is my 26th birth-day. I am officially enteringthe early stages of my late20s and I’m not having apanic attack about it … sur-prisingly. I remember when

26 seemed impossibly old, the way 35seems to me right now I guess, but nowI’ve really started getting comfortable inmy quarter-life status.

The days of looking forward to age-specific birthdays as they relate to laws— driving, voting, gambling, drinking

— are long gone as all of the milestones start to blendtogether. When people ask, “How old are you?” I oftenanswer incorrectly, not because I’m embarrassed butbecause I really cannot remember — another sign ofjust how much I’ve settled into being a “20-something” rather than a specific number.

When I look in the mirror I don’t feel old and yet,when I revisit photo albums from a mere three or four

years ago, I amflabbergasted at just howyoung I looked. Even if Icould kid myself intothinking I was still ayouthful 22-year-old,there’s always someonethere to remind me that Imost certainly am not.

Last weekend I was at adepartment store buyingoverpriced face wash (Igrew out of my Neutroge-na years a long time ago)when the saleswoman atthe cosmetic counterinquired about my anti-ag-ing skin-care regime.“Purely preventative, ofcourse,” she said, eyeingmy apparently not-so-smooth complexion. Ispent that afternoon sur-veying the landscape ofmy face: A little sun dam-age but no discernablewrinkles to date —although maybe I should

give up frowning just in case.But it’s not just the physical changes that have me

feeling like I’m getting on in years.All of my peers in the 25-to-30 age bracket seem to

make a habit of complaining about just how ancientwe’ve gotten. We whine sardonically about being “tooold” for stuff that we still do on a regular basis. We’retoo old to host keg parties, too old to live in abasement apartment, too old to wear five-inch heels,too old to be waking up in a stranger’s bed, too old togo back to school and so on.

And herein lays the irony of mid-20s limbo: Oldenough to know better but immature enough to do itanyway. We’re almost grownups, but we’re not quitethere yet.

SHE SAYS ...

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about being ‘tooold’ for stuff thatwe still do on aregular basis.

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bed, too old togo back to school

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MAD COWS. A University ofAlberta scientist has fig-ured out a way to trans-form cattle parts intoplastic to offer apotentially profitable al-ternative to the disposalof all those bits that themad cow crisis turned in-to waste.

Canada’s cattle indus-try was devastated in2003 when mad cow dis-ease was discovered onan Alberta farm. In addi-tion to trade disruptionsthat continue to plagueranchers, cattle brainsand spinal cords, knownas specified risk materi-als, could no longer beused for fear of possibleinfection and wererendered worthless.

What producers ormeat processors oncesold for up to $100 atonne now costs them$30 a tonne in disposalcosts.

Biochemical engineerDavid Bressler and histeam found they coulduse highly pressurizedwater to break down pro-teins in the materials in-to smaller bits that couldbe bound together with asecond chemical, muchlike the rungs joiningtwo sides of a ladder.

The process creates abrownish, opaque,odourless powder thatcan be cast into anyshape. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Feature film faceoffThe verdict

As two Snow White films get ready for release next year, we look back at the box officerevenue of other similar projects that were released within months of each other

Battle at the OK Corral

Fighting in Europe

Eruption of the Volcanoes

Catastrophic clash

Tale of a princess

Tombstone (Dec. 25, 1993)Gunslinger and law enforcer WyattEarp moves to Tombstone and gets ina gunfight at the O.K. Corral with theoutlaw Cowboys.

Stars: Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer.

Wyatt Earp (June 24, 1994)Wyatt Earp becomes a broken-heartedwidower and then moves to Tombstone,where as a gunslinger and law enforcer heshoots up the outlaw Cowboys.

Stars: Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid andGene Hackman.

First shot winsTombstone sold$57 million at theU.S. box office. Wy-att Earp grossed less thanhalf of that, $25 million,about six months later.

Rob Roy (April 7, 1995)The leader of a Scottish clanbattles with feudal landownersin the 18th century.

Stars: Liam Neeson and Jessica Lange

Braveheart (May 24, 1995)A Scottish rebel leads an uprising againstEnglish oppressors in the 13th century.

Stars: Mel Gibson

Courage prevailsRob Roy sold $59 millionworldwide. Braveheart cameout less than two months lat-er yet grossed much more,$204 million.

Dante’s Peak (Feb. 7, 1997)A dormant volcano in Washington state erupts, endanger-ing a nearby town.

Stars: Pierce Brosnan and Linda Hamilton.

Volcano (April 25, 1997)A dormant volcano under LosAngeles erupts and rains lavabombs on the city.

Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, AnneHeche and Don Cheadle

Dante deliversDante’s Peak grossed $169million worldwide, while Volcano grossed $120 millionabout three months later.

Deep Impact (May 8, 1998)A comet is on its way to destroy Earth,and 800,000 people are randomly se-lected to keep the human race alive.

Stars: Robert Duvall, Tea Leoni andMorgan Freeman

Armageddon (July 1, 1998)An asteroid is on its way to destroyEarth and a team of offshore drillersis sent to plant a nuclear bomb thatwill knock it off course.

Stars: Bruce Willis, Ben Affleckand Liv Tyler

Low impactDeep Impact sold $349million worldwide andArmageddon grossed $555million despite coming outjust two months apart.

Mirror, mirrorStay tuned to see whichprincess finds favourwith audiences.

Untitled Snow White Project (March 16, 2012)An exiled princess enlists seven dwarvesto win back her birthright from an evilqueen in an adventure comedy.

Stars: Julia Roberts and Armie Ham-mer

Snow White and the Huntsman(June 1, 2012)An exiled princess trains in the art ofwar with a huntsman dispatched to killher and tries to overthrow an evil queenin an epic adventure.

Stars: Kristen Stewart, ChrisHemsworth and Charlize Theron

Movie ‘B’Movie ‘A’

METRO/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Next year, a pair of live-ac-tion adventure flicks basedon Snow White will comeout in theatres justmonths apart.

The first, still-unnamedSnow White movie is set forrelease March 16. Thatgives moviegoers two and ahalf months before SnowWhite and the Huntsmanon June 1. Executives areconfident that both proj-ects can succeed, giventheir differences in stars,tone and plot.

This cinematic standoffpits a couple of “frenemy”studios against each other— newbie studio RelativityMedia and its longtime dis-tribution partner, Univer-sal Pictures.

Since 2005, Relativityhad provided financialbacking for most of Uni-versal’s new movies in adeal that was to lastthrough 2015. But Relativi-ty has been eager to makemoney from distributingas well.

So in June, Relativitypassed its co-financingdeal with Universal to Rel-ativity's financial backer,

Elliott Management. Thatpaved the way for the twostudios to compete head tohead — Relativity with theunnamed movie and Uni-versal with Huntsman.

“It’s the nature of com-petition. It’s the nature ofthis business,” said TuckerTooley, Relativity's presi-dent of worldwide produc-tion.

Universal executives de-clined to comment.

Executives argue thatthe two Snow White

movies are spaced farenough apart so that ad-vertising one won’t inad-vertently drive people tothe other.

Most movies make 95per cent of their sales inthe first four weeks. Sothere's plenty of time toget refreshed and go outagain.

“Ten weeks in themovie business is a life-time,” said Huntsman pro-ducer Joe Roth.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Studios take bite from the same apple

Charlize Theron is set to play an evil queen.

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Paris Hilton hasreportedly lost twomobile devices on aflight to thePhilippines for a visitto promote a hotelresort.

Television footageshowed Hilton comb-ing through a baglooking upset whileshe was surroundedby airline staff at theManila airport lateSunday after arrivingfrom Dubai.

Manila radio sta-tion DZBB reportedthat airport and air-line authorities areinvestigating.

In 2005, hackersgained access toHilton’s Sidekick cell-phone and famouslysplashed the privatemobile numbers ofher celebrity friendsonline.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Cellphone drama

Box set about Presley’sbreakout year of 1956 to beunveiled during Elvis Week

in Memphis

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Remake ofLone Rangera no-goSORRY JOHNNY. Looks likeJohnny Depp won’t beriding off into the sunsetin a big-screen remakeof The Lone Ranger, asDisney reportedly pulledthe plug on the filmproject after producerswere unable to bringdown the whopping$250 million budget, ac-cording to Deadline.Depp was going to playTonto.. METRO

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Celebrity tweets

Johnny Depp “Workingvs. tweet-ing? I for-get totweetwhen Iwork!”

@RitaWilson

Tara Reid had a whirlwindweekend in Greece, firstannouncing via Twitterthat she and a man namedZack Kehayov were en-gaged.

But mere hours later,she updated her status

again. “Just got married inGreece. I love being awife.” Reid was previouslyengaged to Internet entre-preneur Michael Axtmann,but called it off in April2010.

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Former child star grows up Breaks the news on anniversary

Hilary Duff and husbandMike Comrie know how tocelebrate an anniversary— by starting a family. Thesinger and actress took toher official website to an-nounce that she’s expect-ing her first child. “Thisweekend, Mike and I arecelebrating our one year

anniversary,” Duff posted.“We also want to share theexciting news that babymakes three! We are ex-tremely happy and readyto start this new chapter ofour lives. Thanks to every-one for the continued loveand support throughoutthe years.” METRO

Tara Reid

You did what this weekend?

Reese gets inked up?

Reese WItherspoon

Joe Jonas celebrated his22nd birthday in LasVegas over the week-end with a day of par-ties at a number ofclubs, according toPeople magazine.

Jonas — whose actualbirthday was yester-day — started theday poolside atthe LiquidPool Lounge.

“Femalefans sur-rounded thearea, tryingto get aglimpse ofhim in hisbathingsuit,” asourcesays.

He gotmore fe-male at-

tention as the nightwent on, whichwas fine by him.

“I’m single,”the birthday boyadmitted to

Hollyscoop.

METRO

Reese Witherspoonshowed off her beach-ready body — and somesurprising new body art— while vacationing inHawaii recently, accord-ing to Us Weekly. Thebikini-clad Oscar-winnerwas spotted beachsidewith husband Jim Toth

Sunday, where a tattoo ofa star flanked by twobirds was prominentlydisplayed on Wither-spoon’s abdomen. The inkwas first spotted over theJuly 4th weekend, but itwasn’t clear at the time ifit was permanent.

METRO

Baby on way for Duffand Canadian hubby

Hilary Duff and Mike Comrie

Tara Reid announces engagement,marriage, from Greece Shares infovia Twitter within the span of a day

It’s his party and he’llflirt if he wants to

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When Granny’s in hospi-tal, she might recovermore quickly if she walksthe corridors.

Several studies world-wide have found that eld-erly patients who aremobile while in hospitalget released earlier than

those who stay in bed. “Walking really does

pay off,” says Efrat Shad-mi, a researcher at HaifaUniversity in Israel and co-author of a new study.

The study involved 485patients over age 70 who were hospitalized forat least two conditionsover two days or more.There were two groups:those who stayed in bed or

seated next to their bed,and those who walkedaround their room and the

hospital ward. The pa-tients who walked short-ened their hospital stay byan average of a day and ahalf.

“Higher levels of mobili-ty emerges as an impor-tant factor associated withshorter length of stay,” re-ported Shadmi and col-league Dr. Anna Zisberg inthe Archives of InternalMedicine.

Mobility was beneficialfor patients regardless oftheir functional status,age, cognitive ability, sex,and severity of illness.

Older patients mightmistakenly believe theyare supposed to stay in bedin order to get better.

This is not the case. They can lose muscle

power fast if they don’twalk around.

Studies show that patients who are mobile during their hospital visits get released earlier

Walk before you run“Higher levels ofmobility emergesas an importantfactor associatedwith shorterlength of stay.”DR. ANNA ZISBERG

Recent studies have shown that patients who walked shortened their hospital stay by an average of a day and a half.

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Boy or girl? A simple bloodtest in mothers-to-be cananswer that question withsurprising accuracy atabout seven weeks, a re-search analysis has found.

Though not widely of-fered by North Americandoctors, gender-detectingblood tests have been soldonline to consumers forthe past few years. Theirpromises of early and accu-

rate results prompted ge-netics researchers to take acloser look.

They analyzed 57 pub-lished studies of gendertesting done in rigorous re-search or academic set-tings — though notnecessarily the same meth-ods or conditions used bydirect-to-consumer firms.

The authors say the re-sults suggest blood tests

like those studied could bea breakthrough for womenat risk of having babieswith certain diseases, whocould avoid invasive proce-dures if they learned theirfetus was a gender not af-fected by those illnesses.

But the study raises con-cerns about couples usingsuch tests for gender selec-tion and abortion.

Couples who buy tests

from marketers should bequestioned about howthey plan to use the re-

sults, the study authorssaid.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Want to know if it’s a boy or girl?HANDOUT/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Test gives answer with accuracy but raises concerns

Canadians aremore likely tocatch a bug whilereceiving carethan people in al-most any other af-fluent country. Here are rates ofhealth care-associ-ated infections,from the WorldHealth Organiza-tion:Canada: 11.6%U.K.: 9%Spain: 8.1%U.S.: 4.5%France: 4.4%

CELIA MILNE

Hospitals

Researchers find new ADHD genes,some also seen in autism, schizo-

phrenia

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Standing a lot at work? Troubled by heel pain?A New Clinical Trial forPlantar Fasciitis May Help

UBC’s Division of Sports Medicine

Interested individuals can become involved bycontacting Hansel Yu at:

604) [email protected]

Gord Martinknows whathe’s doing. Ifyou’ve eatenat one of his

restaurants — Bin 941, Bin942 and Go Fish Ocean Em-porium — you alreadyknew this.

The chef has just invig-orated the lunch break ofthose in the Broadway-

Go Fish winning lunch game

Scallop Ceviche ($13)

ERIN IRELAND

Lunch goers are lining up for some of Vancouver’s best seafood at Gord Mar-tin’s second Go Fish location You can savour old faves and try new creations

Granville neighbourhoodwith the launch of his sec-ond Go Fish.

Here, you’ll find thesame delicious seafoodsandwiches and tacosserved at the original loca-tion (a shack off theGranville Island docks),plus a handful of new sal-ads and beefier entrées.

I couldn’t have beenmore surprised and de-lighted by my lunch: theScallop Ceviche. Whowould’ve guessed coconutlime foam would pair with‘raw’ molluscs? Did it ever.

Also crowded onto myspoon were balsamic driz-zled watermelon, freshstrands of mint, local heir-loom tomatoes and crispypapadum.

By the time I left, thelineup was out the door.Martin can chalk this oneup as yet another winner.

LUNCH RUSHERIN [email protected]

Honey Mustard Catch

Preparation:

1 Slice buns in half.Combine ingredientsfor mayo mixture andspread 15 ml (1 tbsp)on the bottom half ofeach bun. Placelettuce and haddock

Ingredients:

Honey Mustard Catch• 4 haddock fillets (each165 g/6 oz), baked• 4 whole-wheat buns• 4 large leaves romainelettuce• 4 slices (each 30 g/1 oz)low-fat cheddar cheese

Honey Mustard Mayo• 60 ml (4 tbsp) low-fatmayonnaise-type dressing• 30 ml (2 tbsp) Dijonmustard or honey mustard• 30 ml (2 tbsp) honey oragave syrup (if using Dijonmustard)

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Rating: 5 out of 5

on top, then addremaining bun half.THE CANADIAN PRESS/HELLMAN’S

Sweet treat, minus the sugarYou do need a food proces-sor to make this frozenfruit-based treat, but theresult is similar to softserve ice cream.

Preparation:

1 In a food processor,combine all ingredients.Process until verysmooth, 2 to 3 minutes.You may need to stopand scrape the sides ofthe bowl once or twiceto ensure all of the fruit

is processed.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Ingredients:

• 1 bag (284 g/10 oz) frozenmango chunks• 250 ml (1 cup) frozen redgrapes• 1 banana• Pinch salt• 50 ml (1/4 cup) orangejuice• Candy sprinkles (optional)

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This recipe makes three servings.

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Dear Charles the Butler:Where is the line between be-ing well mannered, and sim-ply faking it?Just sayin’

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The Simon Fraser Univer-sity Pipe Band competedwith the world’s bestpipers and drummers ear-lier this month in Glas-gow, Scotland.

The World Pipe BandChampionships is an in-ternational event, invitingbands from across theglobe to compete for the

prestigious title. The SFU Pipe Band’s tal-

ent was recognized andthe group left for Scotlandearlier this month to pre-pare for the competition.

Prior to the champi-onship, the band travelledto Stirling to perform andalso played at Glasgow’sPipes of Peace concert.

A list of the winnerscan be found online attheworlds.co.uk/Pages/home.aspx.

UBC to partner with Special Olympics The University of BritishColumbia (UBC) will behosting 1,800 athletes and11 sporting events duringthe 2014 Special OlympicsCanada Summer Games,the school recently an-nounced.

This is the second timethe school has had the ho-nour of hosting the event.

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Kwantlen Polytechnic Uni-versity recently surveyedits alumni and discoveredthat 87 per cent of gradu-ates are working withinfour months of finishingschool.

Of that 87 per cent, 44per cent found jobs inside

of a month of leavingschool or even before grad-uating. Kwantlen attributesits success to the real workapplication it introduces inmost of its programs.

In the announcement,Joanne Saunders, directorof marketing and commu-

nications for the school,said, “A head full of con-cepts shouldn’t be the onlything you take with youwhen you finish your de-gree.”

To learn more about theschool, visit kwantlen.bc.ca. SAM SMITH

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College is becoming an in-creasingly popular educa-tion option for peopleeager to jump straight in-to the workforce.

Patsy MacDonald, regis-trar at the Nova ScotiaCommunity College, saysstudents want a quickturnaround.

“In two years for adiploma or one year for acertificate, they haveskills right away and theycan start working rightaway,” she says. “It’s a re-turn on their investmentof money and time.”

All of their programsfeature “applied learn-ing,” where students useclassroom theory in ahands-on work situation.

“A lot of our employerslike that — they havedone the work, as well aslearned about it,” she says.

NSCC is in close contactwith employers to regular-ly update material so stu-dents always have skills tomeet workforce needs.MacDonald says morethan 70 per cent of NSCCstudents are working intheir chosen field withinone year of graduation.

Jim Reed is president ofBC Colleges, an organiza-tion that represents 11 ofthe province’s colleges.

He says one of the keyappeals of a college educa-tion is the looming labourshortage. Forecasts pre-dict one million jobs willopen up in the nextdecade and 78 per cent ofthose will require post-secondary education.

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Lunch is on VCC VCC’s Broadway cam-pus is set to raise morethan 17,000 bags offree lunches this sum-mer alone. Throughthe program FeedingOur Future, VCC isloading up 400 bagsdaily to feed childrenin need around theLower Mainland.

Staff and studentsare solely responsiblefor the amount of foodpackaged and sent tothe Boys and GirlsClubs in the region.

But that doesn’tmean you can’tcontribute. Just headdown to the Broadwaycampus any timebetween now and theend of August todonate your food.

If you wish tovolunteer for FeedingOur Future, contactBarbara Worwood at604-871-7387. To learnmore, visit vcc.ca.

VCC’s library has gone mobileVancouver Communi-ty College’s library?There’s an app forthat. VCC recently an-nounced its librarysystem, which handleseverything from bookrenewals to personalstudent information,has gone virtual.

Mobile students cannow use theirsmartphone to go on-line and look up anumber of things.Need to know howmany days you haveleft on that DVD youborrowed? You can dothat. Need to renew abook during crunchtime at school? Youcan do that, too.

For more, visitvcc.ca. SAM SMITH

Simon Fraser Universityprofessors and studentsalike are continuing withthe infamous Philoso-phers’ Café in August andSeptember with a newlineup of questions.

Join them Aug. 24 atAmbleside Beach in WestVancouver at 7 p.m. to dis-cuss the meaning of expe-rience.

If you can’t make itthere, then try to head outSept. 1 at False Creek Com-

munity Centre at 7 p.m. toask yourself — “What isconsciousness?”

There is absolutely nophilosophy training re-quired, although life expe-rience is encouraged.

These philosophicalchallenges are meant toinspire critical thinkingand increase knowledgeand understanding of theworld and beyond.

To learn more, visitsfu.ca/philosopherscafe.

Emily Carr to host two-day ‘unConference’It’s a two-day melting potin a full immersion ofideas, projects and practicediving into the world of“design thinking.”

Design thinking is thecritical thinking of design,according to the EmilyCarr Institute of Art andDesign, which crosses overa variety of platforms inart, society and business.

The school is pleased to

present the two-day De-sign Thinking unConfer-ence where industryexperts and professionalsfrom all spectrums of thebusiness and art world willbe on-site.

The event runs Aug. 19-20 at Emily Carr. For more,visit dtuc.org.

Vice-chair wins awardAnne Lippert, the vice-chair of Langara’s board ofgovernors, was presented a

major award from The In-ternational Alliance forWomen for her work insupporting women in busi-ness. Lippert joins theranks of just eight otherBritish Columbians whohold the award.

The International Al-liance for Women is a glob-al organization unitingprofessional women andtheir skills with one anoth-er. For more, visit tiaw.org.

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Not looking forward to thefirst day of school? ThenCapilano College in NorthVancouver has got youcovered. On Sept. 6, Capi-lano College will host itsannual new student orien-tation day.

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students will be outsideenjoying improv, food andentertainment.

The school expects newstudents to spend roughlytwo and a half hours at theevent, with an extra hourif you choose to take partin the campus tour.

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Not everyone has thetime or the commitmentin school to devote hoursupon hours to the job, butif you can, it’s a good in-vestment to make (ofcourse, your main reasonfor involvement should bebecause you believe inwhat they do).

Employers are lookingfor these skills, which theynever explicitly mention,such as:

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The majority of peopleworking in Canada’s digi-tal media industry areyoung, well-educated andsatisfied with their work.

These were the findingsof the first annual Pixel toProduct research study, areport on Canada’s digitalmedia economy releasedin May.

Although the study ex-amined the industry as awhole, some of the resultsare definitely of interest tostudents and recent gradswho want to start a careerin digital media.

“The findings indicatethat there’s a huge oppor-tunity economy for stu-dents and graduateslooking to jump-start a ca-reer in digital media,” saidJustin Kozuch, the lead re-searcher for the study.

“With the number ofcompanies projecting tohire in 2011, finding workwouldn’t be a challenge.We expect this trend tocontinue upwards on ayear-over-year basis, asagencies look to diversifytheir offerings, as brandsbecome more tech-savvywhen it comes to digitalmedia, and as our econo-my improves.”

TalentEgg took a look atthe survey to help deter-mine what you need toknow about this innova-tive industry.

1It’s a growing indus-try and companies are

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ters (73.4 per cent) ofagency owners indicatedthey would be increasingthe size of their labourforce within the next year.That means more jobs willcontinue to be availablefor incoming graduates ina field that is sparking alot of interest in Canadaand globally.

2It’s a “young” indus-try, dominated by Gen

Y professionals. About

two-thirds (60.2 per cent)of the Canadian digitalmedia workforce are be-tween the ages of 22 and34, with the average agebeing 28.2 years old. Com-panies are hiring youngeremployees because theyare users of digital mediathemselves.

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Students are often encour-aged to be “big thinkers”in college and university;however, a recent surveyreveals that one-in-four ad-vertising and marketingexecutives find that newpost-secondary grads needto get real when it comesto expectations in terms ofsalary and job responsibili-ties for their first job.

“Everyone wants towork with big thinkers,”said Alicia Brum, divisiondirector of The CreativeGroup. “(The problem aris-es) when grads have unre-alistic expectations ofsalary and length of job.”

“Researching averagestarting salaries and skillsin demand can help first-time job seekers obtain arealistic sense of the jobmarket in their area,” saidLara Dodo, Canadian re-

gional manager of TheCreative Group.

Recent Ryerson Univer-sity journalism grad Chris-tine Fitzgerald said shethinks students aren’t asaware as they should be ofwhat they can expectfrom their first positionbecause universities andcolleges are such closedenvironments.

“You’re so sheltered in(university and college). Alot of grads don’t knowwhat the real world islike,” she says. “They’re infor a rude awakeningwhen they search for theirfirst job.”

Fitzgerald said shethinks she has real expec-tations of the job marketin her industry anddoesn’t expect to have herdream job right off thebat. Her most importantgoal is to gain experience.

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Brum stresses thatgrads should do theirhomework and come pre-pared with appropriatequestions before they stepinto the interview.

“Coming with your re-search done shows thatyou’re interested and trulycommitted to working forthem,” she says.

Dodo adds, “Applicantswho thoroughly preparefor employment inter-views — by learning aboutthe company and deter-mining how their uniqueskills and background canbenefit the firm — are inthe best position to im-press hiring managersand, ultimately, receive anoffer.”

Fitzgerald says shethinks grads should showthat they meet the em-ployer’s expectations, butalso have something newto bring to the table.

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‘One of the toughest guys’

Winnipeg Jets forward RickRypien has been founddead in his Alberta home.

The Jets confirmed the27-year-old forward’s deathin a statement last night.

“We are deeply saddenedto confirm Rick’s passing,”the statement read.

“As many people areaware, he had strong ties toTrue North Sports & Enter-tainment, the WinnipegJets Hockey Club, the for-mer Manitoba Moose Hock-ey Club and the VancouverCanucks. We would like toexpress our sincere sympa-thies to the Rypien familyas well as Rick’s friends.”

The RCMP in CrowsnestPass, Alta., said they re-ceived a call at 12:30 p.m.MT concerning a “suddenand non-suspicious” death.

Fans created a Facebooktribute page shortly afterthe reports of the 27-year-old’s death surfaced, andformer and current team-mates posted condolenceson Twitter.

Rypien is the second ac-tive NHL player found deadin the off-season. FormerNew York Rangers enforcerDerek Boogaard died inMay due to an accidentalmix of alcohol and thepainkiller oxycodone.

Prior to joining the Jets,Rypien, the cousin of for-mer NFL quarterback MarkRypien, spent parts of sixseasons in the Canucks or-ganization, though person-al issues had plagued partof his time in Vancouver.

“Rick has been a belovedmember of the Canucksfamily for the past sixyears. Rick was a great

teammate and friend to ourplayers, coaches and staff,”the Canucks said in a state-ment. “We send our deep-est condolences to theRypien family at this mostdifficult time.”

The native of Coleman,Alta., made headlines lastOctober when he pushed aMinnesota Wild fan afterleaving the ice following afight during a game in St. Paul. Rypien was handeda six-game suspension andlater apologized for the in-cident.

Rypien had just one as-sist in nine games with theVancouver Canucks lastseason after leaving theteam because of personalissues but later returnedwith the AHL’s ManitobaMoose. It was the secondtime in three years Rypienleft the team to deal withundisclosed personal mat-ters.

“I will always have thememories from Vancouverwith Rick ... also pound forpound (he) was one of thetoughest guys out there,”posted New York Islandersforward Michael Grabner, aformer teammate of Rypi-en’s in Vancouver.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Rick Rypien has died at the age of 27.

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Enforcer Rick Rypien found deadin his Alberta home FormerCanuck had signed with Jets

Sidney Crosby’s summer va-cation is almost over. Still,there’s no telling when thePittsburgh Penguins starwill return to work.

General manager RayShero said yesterday theformer MVP is still dealingwith concussion-like symp-toms and it’s too soon toknow if Crosby will beavailable when the Pen-

guins open camp nextmonth.

“There’s no expectationfrom me that he won’t beready or he will be ready,”Shero said.

Crosby hasn’t played in agame since Jan. 5, missingthe rest of the regular sea-son and Pittsburgh’s first-round playoff loss to TampaBay as he slowly recovered

from a concussion. He saidin April he would be backfor training camp, but withabout a month to go beforethe team reports, Sherowouldn’t guarantee No. 87will be in uniform.

The 24-year-old Crosbyhas spent the summer athome in Nova Scotia work-ing out on his own. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Crosby won’t be rushedLawrie homersin return toWest CoastMLB. Brett Lawrie of Lang-ley hit a solo shot lastnight, but it wasn’tenough as the TorontoBlue Jays lost to theMariners 6-5 in Seattle.

Mike Carp and CasperWells hit homers in theeighth, leading Seattle tothe win. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Thome gets600th homerMLB. Minnesota sluggerJim Thome became theeighth player to hit 600home runs, connectingtwice in a 9-6 win over theDetroit Tigers last night.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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AMERICAN LEAGUEEAST DIVISION

W L Pct GBBoston 73 46 .613 —New York 73 46 .613 —Tampa Bay 64 55 .538 9Toronto 61 60 .504 13Baltimore 47 72 .395 26

CENTRAL DIVISIONW L Pct GB

Detroit 64 57 .529 —Cleveland 60 57 .513 2Chicago 60 60 .500 31/2Minnesota 53 67 .442 101/2Kansas City 50 72 .410 141/2

WEST DIVISIONW L Pct GB

Texas 70 52 .574 —Los Angeles 65 57 .533 5Seattle 53 67 .442 16Oakland 53 68 .438 161/2

NATIONAL LEAGUEEAST DIVISION

W L Pct GBPhiladelphia 78 41 .655 —Atlanta 71 51 .582 81/2New York 58 62 .483 201/2Washington 57 62 .479 21Florida 56 65 .463 23

CENTRAL DIVISIONW L Pct GB

Milwaukee 71 51 .582 —St. Louis 65 57 .533 6Cincinnati 59 62 .488 111/2Pittsburgh 57 63 .475 13Chicago 54 68 .443 17Houston 38 84 .311 33

WEST DIVISIONW L Pct GB

Arizona 68 53 .562 —San Francisco 66 56 .541 21/2Colorado 57 66 .463 12Los Angeles 55 65 .458 121/2San Diego 54 68 .443 141/2

Last night’s results

Minnesota 9, Detroit 6

N.Y. Yankees 7, Kansas City 4

Baltimore 6, Oakland 2

Texas 8, L.A. Angels 4

Seattle 6, Toronto 5

Sunday’s Results

Minnesota at Cleveland, ppd., rain

Tampa Bay at NewYork, ppd., rain

Toronto 5, L.A. Angels 4, 10 innings

Baltimore 8, Detroit 5

ChicagoWhite Sox 6, Kansas City 2

Texas 7, Oakland 6

Seattle 5, Boston 3

Today’s games

Tampa Bay (Shields 11-9) at Boston (Lester

11-6), 1:05 p.m., 1st game

Minnesota (Blackburn 7-9) at Detroit (Verlan-

der 17-5), 7:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Niemann 7-4) at Boston (Bedard

4-7), 7:10 p.m., 2nd game

Cleveland (Jimenez 1-0) at ChicagoWhite Sox

(Floyd 10-10), 8:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Nova 11-4) at Kansas City

(Duffy 3-6), 8:10 p.m.

Baltimore (Matusz 1-4) at Oakland (Moscoso

5-6), 10:05 p.m.

Texas (D.Holland 10-4) at L.A. Angels (Chat-

wood 6-8), 10:05 p.m.

Toronto (Mills 1-2) at Seattle (Vargas 7-10),

10:10 p.m.

Tomorrow’s games

Tampa Bay at Boston, 1:35 p.m.

Baltimore at Oakland, 3:35 p.m.

Minnesota at Detroit, 7:05 p.m.

Cleveland at ChicagoWhite Sox, 8:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.

Texas at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

Toronto at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

Last night’s resultsAtlanta 5, San Francisco 4

Pittsburgh 6 St. Louis 2

Chicago Cubs at Houston

L.A. Dodgers atMilwaukee

Colorado 7, Florida 4

N.Y.Mets at San Diego

Sunday’s results

San Diego 7, Cincinnati 3

San Francisco 5, Florida 2

Chicago Cubs 6, Atlanta 5

Washington at Philadelphia, ppd., rain

Milwaukee 2, Pittsburgh 1, 10 innings

L.A. Dodgers 7, Houston 0

Arizona 5, N.Y.Mets 3

St. Louis 6, Colorado 2

Tonight’s games

Arizona (Collmenter 7-7) at Philadelphia (Hal-

laday 15-4), 7:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Leake 10-7) atWashington (Wang

1-2), 7:05 p.m.

St. Louis (C.Carpenter 8-8) at Pittsburgh

(Karstens 9-6), 7:05 p.m.

San Francisco (J.Sanchez 4-7) at Atlanta (Del-

gado 0-1), 7:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Dempster 10-8) at Houston

(Myers 3-12), 8:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 10-9) atMilwaukee

(Gallardo 13-8), 8:10 p.m.

Florida (Ani.Sanchez 6-6) at Colorado (Chacin

9-9), 8:40 p.m.

N.Y.Mets (Niese 11-9) at San Diego (Luebke

4-6), 10:05 p.m.

Tomorrow’s games

Chicago Cubs at Houston, 2:05 p.m.

N.Y.Mets at San Diego, 6:35 p.m.

Arizona at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

Cincinnati atWashington, 7:05 p.m.

St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers atMilwaukee, 8:10 p.m.

Florida at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

WEEK SEVENEAST DIVISION

GP W L T PF PA PtWinnipeg 7 6 1 0 182 130 12Montreal 7 5 2 0 222 156 10Hamilton 7 4 3 0 189 176 8Toronto 7 1 6 0 160 215 2

WEST DIVISIONGP W L T PF PA Pt

Calgary 7 5 2 0 194 172 10Edmonton 7 5 2 0 173 154 10B.C. 7 1 6 0 167 202 2Saskatchewan 7 1 6 0 147 229 2Saturday ResultsHamilton 37 Toronto 32Winnipeg 30 B.C. 17Friday ResultCalgary 45 Saskatchewan 35Thursday ResultMontreal 27 Edmonton 4WEEK EIGHTByes: Calgary, Hamilton,Montreal,WinnipegThursday, Aug. 18Saskatchewan at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.Friday, Aug. 19B.C. at Edmonton, 9 p.m.

LEADERSSCORING(x—scored two-point convert):

TD C FG S PtsWhyte,Mtl 0 23 19 1 81Palardy,Wpg 0 15 19 4 76Medlock, Ham 0 19 17 3 73Duval, Edm 0 17 14 10 69McCallum, BC 0 15 16 2 65Paredes, Cal 0 17 13 4 60E.Johnson, Sask 0 11 10 5 46Stala, Ham 7 0 0 0 42Prefontaine, Tor 0 12 9 1 40Edwards,Wpg 5 0 0 0 30Kackert, Tor 5 0 0 0 30Richardson,Mtl 5 0 0 0 30Stamps, Edm 5 0 0 0 30Bratton,Mtl 4 0 0 0 24Brown, BC 4 0 0 0 24Cobourne, Ham 4 0 0 0 24Cornish, Cal 4 0 0 0 24Diedrick,Mtl 4 0 0 0 24Foster, BC 4 0 0 0 24Barnes, Edm 3 0 0 0 18Brink,Wpg 3 0 0 0 18Cates, Sask 3 0 0 0 18Charles, Sask 3 0 0 0 18Dressler, Sask 3 0 0 0 18Green,Mtl 3 0 0 0 18Porter, Edm 3 0 0 0 18Rideau, Tor 3 0 0 0 18

CFL

SOCCER

GOLF

MLSSunday’s resultHouston 2 Portland 1Tomorrow’s gamesHouston at NewEngland, 7:30 p.m.Portland at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m.Thursday’s gameD.C. United at Chicago, 9 p.m.

ENGLANDPREMIER LEAGUEYesterday’s resultManchester City 4 Swansea City 0

SUNDAY

BLUE JAYS 5, ANGELS 4 (10 INN.)Los Angeles ab r h bi Toronto ab r h bi

Bourjos cf 4 1 2 1 YEscor ss 3 1 0 0

Callasp 3b 3 0 0 1 EThms lf 3 1 1 2

Abreu dh 4 1 2 0 RDavis ph 1 0 0 0

TrHntr rf 4 1 1 2 Teahen pr-lf 1 0 0 0

Trumo 1b 4 0 0 0 Bautist rf 4 1 3 1

V.Wells lf 4 0 0 0 Lind 1b 5 0 0 0

HKndrc 2b 4 0 0 0 Encrnc dh 5 0 2 1

Aybar ss 4 0 0 0 Rasms cf 4 1 1 0

BoWlsn c 3 1 1 0 Lawrie 3b 4 0 1 1

Arencii c 4 0 0 0

JMcDnl 2b 4 1 2 0

Totals 34 4 6 4 Totals 38 5 10 5

Los Angeles 201 010 000 0—4

Toronto 000 201 001 1—5

Two outswhenwinning run scored.

DP—Toronto 1. LOB—Los Angeles 1, Toronto 7.

2B—Bourjos (21), Bo.Wilson (6), Rasmus (5),

Lawrie (3), Jo.McDonald (8). 3B—Bourjos (8).

HR—Tor.Hunter (15), E.Thames (7), Bautista

(34). SB—Abreu 2 (17), Lawrie (1). S—

Y.Escobar. SF—Callaspo.

IP H R ER BB SO

Los Angeles

Haren 7 5 3 3 0 5

S.DownsH,20 1 2 0 0 0 0

Walden BS,8-34 1 2 1 1 0 1

Rodney L,2-5 1-3 0 1 1 2 1

Takahashi 1-3 1 0 0 0 0

Toronto

Cecil 7 5 4 4 0 3

Janssen 1 0 0 0 0 1

F.Francisco 1 1 0 0 0 0

RauchW,5-3 1 0 0 0 0 1

T—2:52. A—23,355 (49,260).

WORLDRANKINGThrough Aug. 141. Luke Donald Eng 10.282. Lee Westwood Eng 8.443. Steve Stricker USA 7.034. Martin Kaymer Ger 6.985. Rory McIlroy NIr 6.916. Phil Mickelson USA 5.977. Adam Scott Aus 5.808. Jason Day Aus 5.629. Dustin Johnson USA 5.5410. Nick Watney USA 5.4011. Charl Schwartzel SAf 5.2912. Matt Kuchar USA 5.2413. Graeme McDowell NIr 4.9514. K.J. Choi Kor 4.7215. Bubba Watson USA 4.6616. Ian Poulter Eng 4.2817. Paul Casey Eng 4.2618. David Toms USA 4.1619. Robert Karlsson Swe 4.0420. Kim Kyung-Tae Kor 3.7421. Hunter Mahan USA 3.7122. Francesco Molinari Ita 3.6323. Anders Hansen Den 3.5924. Retief Goosen SAf 3.5425. Jim Furyk USA 3.5326. Martin Laird Sco 3.5127. Rickie Fowler USA 3.4528. Alvaro Quiros Esp 3.4329. Keegan Bradley USA 3.4129. Zach Johnson USA 3.4131. Matteo Manassero Ita 3.4032. Ernie Els SAf 3.3733. Tiger Woods USA 3.3134. Miguel Angel Jimenez Esp 3.3035. Darren Clarke NIr 3.2236. Justin Rose Eng 3.1237. Gary Woodland USA 3.1038. Jason Dufner USA 3.1039. Bo Van Pelt USA 3.0640. Bill Haas USA 3.0441. Louis Oosthuizen SAf 2.9442. Y.E. Yang Kor 2.9443. Ryo Ishikawa Jpn 2.9244. Tim Clark SAf 2.9045. Ryan Moore USA 2.8746. Geoff Ogilvy Aus 2.8747. Peter Hanson Swe 2.8648. Edoardo Molinari Ita 2.8449. Sergio Garcia Esp 2.8150. Robert Allenby Aus 2.7551. Brandt Snedeker USA 2.7452. Ryan Palmer USA 2.6653. Simon Dyson Eng 2.6354. Aaron Baddeley Aus 2.6255. Webb Simpson USA 2.5956. Rory Sabbatini SAf 2.5857. Jonathan Byrd USA 2.5258. Mark Wilson USA 2.5059. Lucas Glover USA 2.4360. Ben Crane USA 2.4161. Fredrik Jacobson Swe 2.4062. Scott Verplank USA 2.3763. Yuta Ikeda Jpn 2.3164. Ross Fisher Eng 2.2865. Sean O’Hair USA 2.2766. Anthony Kim USA 2.2367. Kevin Na USA 2.1968. Thomas Bjorn Den 2.1669. Charley Hoffman USA 2.1570. Jeff Overton USA 2.1471. Alexander Noren Swe 2.1472. J.B. Holmes USA 2.1473. Vijay Singh Fji 2.1274. Padraig Harrington Irl 2.1275. Richard Green Aus 2.11

PGATOUR FEDEXCUP LEADERSThrough Aug. 14

Points Money1. Nick Watney 1,906 $4,397,2692. Steve Stricker 1,865 $3,730,3093. Luke Donald 1,856 $4,517,7484. Keegan Bradley 1,621 $3,432,2005. Phil Mickelson 1,601 $3,317,0356. K.J. Choi 1,601 $3,768,2427. Bubba Watson 1,577 $3,196,7978. David Toms 1,487 $3,404,230

9. Gary Woodland 1,466 $2,840,34910. Mark Wilson 1,461 $2,877,252

NFL

PRE-SEASONLast night’s resultHouston 20N.Y. Jets 16Thursday, Aug. 18NewEngland at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m.Friday, Aug. 19Washington at Indianapolis, 7 p.m.Carolina atMiami, 7:30 p.m.Detroit at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.Kansas City at Baltimore, 7:30 p.m.Arizona at Green Bay, 8 p.m.Atlanta at Jacksonville, 8 p.m.Saturday, Aug. 20Oakland at San Francisco, 8 p.m.Tennessee at St. Louis, 8 p.m.NewOrleans at Houston, 8 p.m.Buffalo at Denver, 8:30 p.m.Minnesota at Seattle, 10 p.m.Sunday, Aug. 21Cincinnati at N.Y. Jets, 7 p.m.San Diego at Dallas, 8 p.m.Monday, Aug. 22Chicago at N.Y. Giants, 8 p.m.

ATP-WTAWESTERN&SOUTHERNOPENAtMASON, OhioMenSingles — First RoundRichard Gasquet (12), France, def. AlexandrDolgopolov, Ukraine, 6-1, 7-6 (4).Fabio Fognini, Italy, def. Victor Troicki (14),Serbia, 6-4, 6-1.Fernando Verdasco, Spain, def. Thomaz Bel-lucci, Brazil, 6-3, 7-6 (4).Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria, def. Marsel Ilhan,Turkey, 6-3, 7-5.Alex Bogomolov, Jr., U.S., def. Robby Ginepri,U.S., 6-4, 6-3.Feliciano Lopez, Spain, def. Juan Carlos Fer-rero, Spain, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.David Nalbandian, Argentina, def. KeiNishikori, Japan, 6-4, 6-4.JuanMonaco, Argentina, def. TommyHaas,Germany, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3.Ryan Harrison, U.S., def. Juan Ignacio Chela,Argentina, 6-3, 6-3.DoublesFirst RoundAlex Bogomolov, Jr. and Steve Johnson, bothU.S., def. James Blake and John Isner, bothU.S., 2-6, 6-4, 10-7 (tiebreak).Eric Butorac, U.S., and Jean-Julien Rojer,Netherlands Antilles, def. GaelMonfils andGilles Simon, France, 6-1, 6-1.WomenSingles — First RoundChristinaMcHale, U.S., def. TsvetanaPironkova, Bulgaria, 7-5, 4-6, 6-1.Ana Ivanovic (15), Serbia, def. Alexa Glatch,U.S., 6-0, 6-2.Andrea Petkovic (9), Germany, def. JarmilaGajdosova, Australia, 5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-2.Sofia Arvidsson, Sweden, def.MonicaNiculescu, Romania, 0-6,7-6 (4), 6-3.Chanelle Scheepers, South Africa, def. Rebec-caMarino, Vancouver, 7-5, 6-2.Shahar Peer, Israel, def. Sabine Lisicki, Ger-many, 6-4, 7-6 (4).Sara Errani, Italy, def. Sloane Stephens, U.S.,6-1, 7-5.Zheng Jie, China, def. Julia Goerges, Ger-many, 6-2, 1-6, 6-4.Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic, def. Klara Za-kopalova, Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-2.Svetlana Kuznetsova (14), Russia, def. JillCraybas, U.S., 6-3, 6-4.Petra Cetkovska, Czech Republic, def. AnabelMedina Garrigues, Spain, 2-6, 6-2, 6-2.Anastasia Rodionova, Australia, def. PolonaHercog, Slovenia, 6-0, 6-0.Alona Bondarenko, Ukraine, def. AyumiMori-ta, Japan, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2.Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, def. LourdesDominguez Lino, Spain, 6-3, 4-1, retired.PetraMartic, Croatia, def. Elena Vesnina,Russia, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-0.EkaterinaMakarova, Russia, def.Maria JoseMartinez Sanchez, Spain, 7-5, 6-3.Doubles — First RoundSara Errani and Roberta Vinci, both Italy, def.Iveta Benesova and Barbora Zahlavova Stryco-va (6), both Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-3.Sloane Stephens, U.S., and YaninaWickmayer,Belgium, def. Raquel Kops-Jones and AbigailSpears, both U.S., 7-5, 2-6, 10-8 (tiebreak).Johanna Larsson, Sweden, and JasminWoehr,Germany, def. Chan Yung-jan, Taiwan, andAnastasia Rodionova (8), Australia, 5-7, 6-4,10-7 (tiebreak).Natalie Grandin, South Africa, and VladimiraUhlirova, Czech Republic, def. Kristina Barrois,Germany, and Klara Zakopalova, Czech Repub-lic, 3-6, 6-3, 10-5 tiebreak.

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