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Rob Ford crack scandal: Mayor's defender, his brother Doug, breaks silence

TheStar.com Councillor Doug Ford broke his uncharacteristic silence Saturday to comment on reports of a video that seems to show Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine. “I have never seen my brother...
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Toronto's pro ultimate frisbee team might be a nice score for father and son

TheStar.com Sachin Raina signed his first autograph on May 4, scribbling his name on a young fan's Frisbee followed by his number, 61 — the way he remembers hockey players doing as a kid. “We...
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Elijah Harper’s body to lie in state at Manitoba legislature

TheStar.com WINNIPEG—The Manitoba government says Elijah Harper’s body will lie in state in the province’s legislature. Harper, who as a member of the legislature blocked the Meech Lake...
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Arctic atmospheric research station gets funding to stay alive

TheStar.com An Arctic research station that had been crippled by funding cuts, sparking loud protests among scientists, is getting an injection of money to keep it alive for the next five years. The Polar...
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Toronto FC still can’t solve Columbus Crew

TheStar.com Dominic Oduro scored late in the first half as the Columbus Crew continued their MLS mastery over Toronto FC with a 1-0 win Saturday. Argentine playmaker Federico Higuain pulled the strings for...
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Dozens of hikers hurt as car drives into Virginia parade

TheStar.com RICHMOND, VA.—A car driven by an elderly man who may have lost consciousness plowed through a small-town parade of hiking enthusiasts in southwestern Virginia on Saturday, dozens of people,...
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WHO warns Saudi coronavirus may be spreading

TheStar.com The World Health Organization has issued a blunt assessment of the coronavirus outbreak in Saudi Arabia, acknowledging for the first time that there are concerns the virus may be spreading from...
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Blue Jays fall flat against Yankees in New York

TheStar.com NEW YORK—At some point the Blue Jays are going to stop “tipping their cap” to another solid start by a Yankees pitcher and start saying New York is simply playing better...
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World championship: Sweden shuts out Finland to advance to final

TheStar.com STOCKHOLM—Sweden has the opportunity to win a men’s world hockey championship as the host country for the first time since the Soviet Union did it in 1986. Sweden blanked Finland...
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Doug Ford tells radio show he’s never seen Rob Ford involved with coke

TheStar.com Councillor Doug Ford finally spoke up on radio about a cell-phone video that appears to show Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine seen by two Toronto Star reporters. Radio station Newstalk 1010...
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Fight near Colonel Sam Smith Park sends six to hospital

TheStar.com Six males were taken to hospital after a fight broke out near Colonel Sam Smith Park around 1 a.m. Saturday morning, according to Toronto police. Police said one of the males was cut on his...
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Hamilton fire sends three to hospital with minor injuries

TheStar.com Three people have been sent to hospital with minor injuries after a residential fire in Hamilton Saturday morning. Hamilton Fire said when they arrived at 47 London Street N., in the...
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Burma’s ‘hidden genocide’: A rare visit to Rohingya refugee camps

TheStar.com RAKHINE STATE, BURMA—As a mob of Arakanese Buddhists descended on their village, Ma Nu, 52, and her family pushed off in their fishing boat. “The day before, we were given leaflets,...
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Tim Bosma: The painful search for a missing man

TheStar.com The detective’s suit gave it away. Sitting in Tim Bosma’s packed living room at 9:30 a.m. on May 14, Det.-Sgt. Matt Kavanagh came to update the missing man’s family and...
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Africa’s ‘Arc of Instability’

TheStar.com MOGADISHU, SOMALIA—Everyone in Mogadishu knew an attack was imminent. Double agents within Al Shabab had warned Somalia’s security services that something spectacular was coming. Shabab spies...
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Angelina Jolie’s leadership lessons: Obama, are you listening? Burman

TheStar.com What can Barack Obama learn from Angelina Jolie? On Tuesday, a day which saw the Obama administration stumbling and fumbling in response to a series of political embarrassments, the...
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Toronto concert picks for Saturday: Oxbow, Wake Island, Paul Kelly

TheStar.com Oxbow Wherein the delta blues meets acid jazz and spawns a whole new crazy, topped by howlin’ Eugene Robinson, who takes his duties and his mixed martial arts training equally...
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Rob Ford crack scandal: Star reporters tell their side of story

TheStar.com We were to come alone and park in front of the Royal Bank at a dingy plaza on Dixon Rd. Our source would meet us there around 9:45 p.m. He promised to bring “his cousin” — a...
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Blue Jays shut out by Yankee in series opener

TheStar.com NEW YORK—The Blue Jays rolled into a key series with the Yankees here Friday riding a hot offence that will have to stay that way if the club is to make any noise in the AL East Division ....
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Missing woman’s last call was to Dellen Millard, ex-boyfriend says

TheStar.com The ex-boyfriend of a missing woman says the last call she made was to Dellen Millard, the man charged in the death of Tim Bosma. Toronto police are investigating the case of Laura Babcock, 23,...
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Blog Articles

Control, Control, Wherefore Art Thou?

Batter's Box (Gerry) — Control was the story on Saturday. Aaron Sanchez didn't have much, Daniel Norris had a little more. Combined they pitched seven innings. Sean Nolin was excellent, Claudio Vargas was not. ...
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Blue Jays 2 Yankees 7: And so it goes

SBN: Bluebird Banter (Tom Dakers) — Blue Jays 2 Yankees 7 Sometimes, with baseball, one game or one inning encapsulates the entire season. Tonight it was the Jays half of the first inning. It started with Melky Cabrera ...
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Game thread � 5/18 @ New York

Batter's Box (Alex Obal) — Morrow's long-awaited return. What will he have? Who knows? I've trained myself to be pessimistic about Blue Jays who are fresh out of the infirmary. David Phelps has assumed his rightful place in...
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Bluebird Banter Toronto Meetup - Saturday, May 25

SBN: Bluebird Banter (Minor Leaguer) — The semi-annual-ish Bluebird Banter Toronto Meetup will be happening next Saturday, May 25 right after the Blue Jays game versus the Orioles at Elephant & Castle on King . The game is a 1...
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Who Are Ya: David Phelps

SBN: Bluebird Banter (jays182) — David Phelps kind of feels like he's been around forever, but this is only his second year in the big leagues. Normally used as a reliever, his past three appearances have been in the starters...
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Shutout Saturday May 18, 2013 Links

SBN: Bluebird Banter (Damaso's Burnt Shirt) — GAME RECAP Blue Jays shut out by Yankee in series opener | Toronto Star The Star's Recap: Toronto's bats managed a mere two hits against the Yankees in a 5-0 loss on a beautiful spring...
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Blue Jays 0 Yankees 5: I hope that's the last time we see Hiroki Kuroda

SBN: Bluebird Banter (Tom Dakers) — Blue Jays 0 Yankees 5 We just can't hit Hiroki Kuroda . Tonight, in 8 innings, we had 2 hits off him. Melky Cabrera's double to start the game off (and we couldn't score him) and Edwin...
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Burns Day

Batter's Box (Gerry) — Andy Burns hit a solo home run and that was all the Jays needed in a 1-0 win. Kevin Pillar had four hits and scored the winning run in the ninth. Dalton Pompey scored two of Lansing's three...
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Blue Jays pre-game tidbits and Bluebird Banter meetup

SBN: Bluebird Banter (Minor Leaguer) — Bluebird Banter Meetup The Bluebird Banter Toronto meetup will be happening in just over a week! The event will be held on Saturday, May 25 , right after the Blue Jays - Orioles game (around...
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Game thread � 5/17 @ New York

Batter's Box (Alex Obal) — Never sleep, 'cause sleep is the cousin of death. After two beatdowns of the world champs, the Jays get a chance to make a bigger statement in the Bronx this weekend. Round 1 this time is a...
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Who Are Ya: Hiroki Kuroda (Third Time's A Charm)

SBN: Bluebird Banter (jays182) — I'm finally able to get on SBNation after two days without even being able to get a page to load. I think this will go down in the history books as "The Great SBN Outage of 2013". It seems like...
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The Bullpen: Mother's Day a time to reflect for R.A. Dickey

TheStar.com (Toronto Star) — From May 13, 2013 On Sunday it was Mother’s Day around the world. It would have been tough after what R.A. Dickey had observed in his travels this winter, for the Jays’ 38-year-old starter not to...
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Who's Up, Who's Down On the Blue Jays In the Last Two Weeks: May 3 to 16, Pitchers

SBN: Bluebird Banter (Tom Dakers) — We looked at the batters earlier today, now lets look at the pitchers, over the past two weeks. The pitchers had a 4.98 ERA over the last two weeks and still we still went 7-5. I'm glad the...
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A Care Free Friday May 17, 2013 Links With Poll

SBN: Bluebird Banter (Damaso's Burnt Shirt) — SERIES PREVIEW LINK Toronto Blue Jays vs. New York Yankees: MLB series preview | Toronto Star The Star's Preview of the Yanks vs Jays series. The improbable vs the underachievers. JAYS...
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Aspiring Jays: Christian Lopes, Ryan Schimpf and Walks

SBN: Bluebird Banter (Woodman663) — Wednesday the 15th of May, 2013. The New Hampshire Fisher Cats, Double-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays , has won 5-4 over the Portland Sea Dogs. This is not amazing. In baseball, scores of 5...
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Ricky's a Little Rusty

Batter's Box (sam) — Ricky Romero continued his impressive decline into the annals of baseball trivia, which his team shrugged off (as most of us wish we could) his performance to win 6-4. New Hampshire was blown...
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Looking at the Jays Bullpen Usage

SBN: Bluebird Banter (Blake Murphy) — While the Toronto Blue Jays have struggled in the early going, one of the few bright spots has been the shut-down presence of Casey Janssen at the back end of the bullpen. However, the...
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R.A. Dickey's convocation address to Wycliffe College at the University of Toronto

SBN: Bluebird Banter (Minor Leaguer) — This Monday, R.A. Dickey received an honorary doctorate of Sacred Letters from the University of Toronto's Wycliffe College (Anglican). The Blue Jays knuckleballer shared how his faith helped...
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Who's Up, Who's Down On the Blue Jays Over the Last Two Weeks: May 3 to 16, Batters

SBN: Bluebird Banter (Tom Dakers) — Things have been a little better the last couple of weeks for the Blue Jays . 7-5 over that time. Our batters have averaged 5.75 runs a game and had a .284/.345/.464 line. So we'll see a lot more...
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Question Time: Pick the date the Jays get back to .500

SBN: Bluebird Banter (Tom Dakers) — The season hasn't started the way we would have liked it to, but the Blue Jays are playing better now. A four game win streak will help anyone's mood. After winning these four games, we sit...
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