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  • Toronto mayor denies video showing him smoking cocaine

    Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has declined association with video-related clips that show him smoking cocaine. Someone who tried to sell it to Toronto Star newspaper filmed the footage on a smartphone. Toronto Star reporters were shown the video by an anonymous tipster in a car park. The newspaper claims that it did not pay money for the video and did not obtain the copy of the same and hence could ...

  • Criminal probe sought against Indo-Canadian politician

    A criminal investigation has been sought against an Indo-Canadian member of legislative assembly (MLA) of the ruling Progressive Conservatives party in the Canadian province of Alberta in a case of ethics violation. Leader of the opposition Wildrose party, Danielle Smith, has requested the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) to conduct a criminal investigation into the actions of ...

  • 2013 Ironman Texas results Paul Amey and Rachel Joyce top excellent field

    The race began with a 2.4-mile swim in Lake Woodlands. The farmland of East Texas was the backdrop for the challenging 112-bike, and the 26.2-mile run in and around The Woodlands led the triathletes to the finish line on Waterway Avenue. Early on Paul Amey of Great Britain was well back after the swim as a very fast pack of pros broke loose and were out of the water over five minutes ahead of ...

  • Pacers eliminate Knicks will face Heat in East final

    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Lance Stephenson scored a playoff career-high 25 points and led a late 11-2 run Saturday night, leading the Indiana Pacers past the New York Knicks, 106-99 and into the Eastern Conference finals for the first time since 2004. The New York native also had 10 rebounds and the Pacers were spurred by the return of point guard George Hill two days after he was diagnosed with a ...

  • Top hockeynight tweets from Saturday

    The focus was on the Red Wings and the Blackhawks as they battled in Game 2 on Saturday afternoon. The Wings were hungry to tie up the series and make things interesting, and that's exactly what happened in our matinee matchup. Here's how the social world ...

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The Losers

The Losers

The best thing The Losers has going for it is its utter and complete lack of pretension. Based on a DC comic book series of the same title, it offers plenty of hyperkinetic violence whose purposeful lack of bloody verisimilitude both ensures a PG-13 rating despite massive levels of carn ... ...

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