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  • Orioles use long ball to KO Dickey Blue Jays

    Baltimore Orioles can attest to that. Baltimore looks to continue its home-run barrage Saturday afternoon against R.A. Dickey and the Toronto Blue Jays. The Orioles (26-22) took over the major league lead in home runs with a season-high four in Friday's 10-6 victory. They have hit at least three homers in four straight games - going deep 13 times during that span - and have multiple ...

  • Toronto mayors brother says he never dealt drugs

    The brother of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has vehemently denied allegations in Saturday's Globe and Mail that he was involved in the illicit drug trade in the 1980s. "Absolutely false," Ford said in an interview on CBC News Network when asked for his reaction. "It's absolutely false. These people want to come after our character," he said. In the article the Globe ...

  • Hockey Canada bans bodychecking for peewee players across the country

    CHARLOTTETOWN -- Hockey Canada has voted to remove bodychecking from peewee hockey across the country.Spokesman Andre Brin says the motion passed today at a meeting in Charlottetown, with only Saskatchewan voting against banning bodychecking.Brin says the board of directors has agreed to develop a bodychecking standard for coaching to be implemented in the 2014-15 hockey season.Earlier this ...

  • Valencia Jones homer as Orioles top Blue Jays 6-5

    Danny Valencia hit a two-run homer and Adam Jones added a solo shot to help the Baltimore Orioles beat R.A. Dickey and the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 on ...

  • Toronto Mayors Siblings Have Ties With Drug Traffickers

    Toronto Mayor Rob Ford may want to find a new spokesman. As the mayor has been engulfed by allegations that he was filmed smoking crack cocaine, his brother Doug Ford has largely acted as his spokesman. But it turns out he has links to drug dealing. For several years, Doug Ford "was a go-to dealer of hash" and had a small group of dealers who sold his product, according to ...


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The Tailor of Panama

Pierce Brosnan is best known today for playing James Bond, the world's most famous British superspy, in the last three installments of that long-running series. In John Boorman's The Tailor of Panama, he again plays a British spy, but not one you'd expect. His Andy Osnard, who at the beginning of the film is sent to Panama in exile, is a devious, callous, crude, greedy, sex-obsessed, self- ... ...

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  • Toronto Councillor Doug Ford denies newspaper report that he sold drugs in high school

    Toronto Councillor Doug Ford -- brother of Mayor Rob Ford, who is himself facing allegations he was filmed smoking crack cocaine -- has called a newspaper report that he sold drugs in high school "disgusting" and "a personal shot at our family." ...

  • Weber called up to take Nolins roster spot

    Email TORONTO -- Thad Weber joined the Blue Jays on Saturday, coming up to replace the recently optioned Sean Nolin. Weber, 28, was claimed off waivers from the Padres last Sunday. "He's supposed to start down there [in Buffalo] Sunday, so he'll throw some innings here," manager John Gibbons said of the move. Weber has only pitched 13 innings in his Major League career, ...

  • Davis rehabbing oblique injury in Dunedin

    Email TORONTO -- Rajai Davis' left oblique injury continues to heal. Davis, who hasn't played since May 10, is in Dunedin, Fla., rehabbing the injury and making progress. "He just started doing a little bit of swinging," manager John Gibbons said. "We don't think he's too far off, but still you got to be cautious with that." So far, Davis has been ...

  • Reyes begins running in recovery from sprained ankle

    Email TORONTO -- This weekend marked a milestone in Jose Reyes' recovery from a severely sprained left ankle. Reyes started running for the first time on Friday, and he continued to push the envelope in his recovery process before Saturday's afternoon game vs. the Orioles. "It was a little bit scary for me," Reyes said of his first time running. "But pain free." ...

  • Hockey Canada board votes to eliminate body-checking for peewee-level players

    The Hockey Canada Board of Directors has voted to eliminate body-checking from Peewee hockey.The organization made the announcement via twitter on Saturday morning.The announcement comes after a longstanding debate to have the disputed practice eliminated for adolescents who doctors say are suffering high rates of hockey-related concussions and fractures.Spokesman Andr Brin says the motion ...

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