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Maria Aragon isfeatured in a Gap ad

Pint-sized singer wasdiscovered by Lady Gagathis past spring {page 2}

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EU’s latestcasualty

Italy’s PM Silvio Berlusconi says he’ll leave after economic reforms are passed {page 5}

Wants feds toinvestigate hisclaims of beingpoisonedoverseas {page 4}

Vet endshungerstrike

About 150 people gathered at the Manitoba legislature yesterday to protest the

federal government’s omnibus crime bill currently before the House of Commons.

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‘Jobs not jails’: ProtestersPeople rally against Ottawa’s omnibus crime bill in front of the provincial legislatureLonger jail sentences don’t affect root causes of crime, according to protesters

Protesters outside the Manitobalegislature have warned thatthe federal omnibus crime billbeing fast-tracked into law willcost taxpayers more, won’treduce crime and will createmore hardened criminals.

About 250 people, some wav-ing signs calling for “jobs notjails,” also suggested theprovince’s NDP governmentshouldn’t support Ottawa’s pro-posed crackdown on crime.

John Hutton, head of Manito-ba’s John Howard Society, saidthe proposed legislation makesmany of the mistakes made bythe United States years ago.

“Our fear is that, like in theUnited States, money will bewasted building new jail cellsand there will be no money leftfor programs that do work —employment programs,treatment programs andprograms that supportfamilies.”

The federal Tories have com-bined nine separate bills intoone — Bill C-10 — that wouldsee mandatory sentences forsome drug crimes, a new act todeal with violent young offend-ers and restrictions on housearrest. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Winnipeg’s Maria Aragonisn’t slowing down.

Since being discoveredand featured at a LadyGaga concert this pastspring, the 11-year-oldpint-sized protege has be-come a pop sensation inthe Philippines and isnow starring in a new adcampaign for the Gap.

Speaking from herBrooklands home in Win-nipeg yesterday, Aragonsaid she has been inun-dated with invitations.

“It’s such an honour,”

said the well-spokensinger, who has becomefamous off her sweet cov-ers of various pop songs,including Lady Gaga’sBorn This Way. “We’vehad so many invitationsand we’ve done a lot ofthings.”

Those things includelaunching a record withStar Records in the Philip-pines in the summer.While the album is most-ly covers, there are twooriginals.

The first, You’re MyHome, is about lovingsomeone so much theybecome a part of you, saidAragon. “It’s how I feel

about my family andGod,” she said. The sec-ond, Follow Your Dreams,is self-explanatory.

Her latest venture is be-ing featured in an ad cam-paign for the Gap.Dressed in bright coloursand jumping and singingin a candy store, the adfeatures her cover of ILove Candy.

“I had to audition for

that one,” said Aragon,even though the Gap con-tacted her about starringin the commercial.

Aragon said her sched-ule means she’s no longerattending Isaac Brockschool and is being home-schooled.

“I can’t forget school,”she said, adding she seesher friends wheneverthey’re all free.

Winnipeg’s Internet star also launched new album this past summer

Maria Aragon in a new commercial for clothing retailer Gap.

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Maria Aragon scoressweet deal with Gap

Sex offenderto live inWinnipegWinnipeg police are warn-ing the community that ahigh-risk sex offender willbe released today and is ex-pected to live in Winnipeg.

Donald Maclai Ba-tenchuk, 41, will be re-leased from the RegionalPsychiatric Centre in Saska-toon. He was convicted of asexual assault that hap-pened on Aug. 14, 2002,where he held a knife to awoman’s throat and threat-ened to kill her, then sexu-ally assaulted her.

He received a sentence of10 years with credit givenfor 54 months of pre-sen-tence custody.

While Batenchuk partici-pated in some sex-offendertreatment programs whilein prison, he is considered ahigh risk to re-offend. Hehas a prior criminal recordthat includes two counts ofsexual assault with aweapon, sexual interfer-ence, assault with aweapon, three counts ofbreak-and-enter theft, aswell as other offences.

Winnipeg police said hewill be subject to a court or-der for 10 years where he isprohibited from drinkingand drugs other than pre-scribed medication, andhaving any contact with thevictim of his last offence.

He will also be requiredto participate in psychologi-cal counselling and sex-of-fender and otherrecommended program-ming, reside at an approvedCommunity CorrectionalCentre and return to thatfacility nightly, and reportall relationships with fe-males to his parole officer.

He is described as aborig-inal, six foot one and about250 pounds, with black hairand brown eyes. He has askull tattoo on his upperright arm, as well as othertattoos. METRO

Donald MaclaiBatenchuk

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Winnipeg police and Mani-toba justice officials hope anew system for reportingnon-criminal problems inthe city will help quash po-tential emerging crimetrends before they becomeentrenched.

Accessible through theWinnipeg police’s website,the Citizen’s Action Net-work (CAN) allows citizensto email reports about areaissues that will be forward-

ed on to police, 311 (com-munity services depart-ment) or provincial publicsafety investigators.

Volunteer co-ordinatorswill gather the informa-tion and forward it on tothe appropriate agency,said Patrol Sgt. DannyBoyko, who promised peo-ple reporting issues toCAN will receive feedbackand incident numbers.

“What we’re trying to

do is find out what theproblems are before theybecome crime-related is-sues,” Boyko said.

The types of issuesBoyko says CAN was set upto deal with are ones relat-ed to suspicious activity,loitering or illegal dump-ing of trash. The emphasisis on finding long-term so-lutions and not quick fix-es, police said.

JAMES TURNER

Complaint system aims to kick crime in the CAN

Danny Boyko

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She’s designing a bowl fora celebrity auction attomorrow’s Empty BowlsWinnipeg Harvest Gala.

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An asteroid as big as an air-craft carrier zipped byEarth yesterday in the clos-est encounter by such amassive space rock in morethan three decades.

Scientists ruled out anychance of a collision butturned their telescopes sky-ward to learn more aboutthe object known as 2005YU55.

Its closest approach toEarth was pegged at a dis-tance of 325,088 kilome-tres at 6:28 p.m. EST. That’sjust inside the moon’s or-bit; the average distancebetween Earth and themoon is 384,633 kilome-tres.

The last time a large cos-mic interloper came that

close to Earth was in 1976,and it won’t happen againuntil 2028.

Scientists at NASA’sDeep Space Network in theCalifornia desert havetracked the quarter-mile-wide asteroid since lastweek as it approachedfrom the direction of thesun at 46,671 km/h.

Astronomers and ama-teur skygazers around theworld kept watch, too.

The Clay Center Obser-vatory in Massachusettsplanned an all-night view-ing party so children andparents could peer throughresearch-grade telescopesand listen to lectures. Theasteroid can’t be detectedwith the naked eye.

For those without a tele-scope, the observatorystreamed video of the fly-bylive on Ustream, attractingseveral thousand viewers.The asteroid appeared as awhite dot against a back-drop of stars.

Since its discovery sixyears ago, scientists havebeen monitoring the spher-ical, coal-coloured asteroidas it spins through space.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Huge asteroidzips past Earth

Asteroid 2005 YU55

NASA/JPL-CALTECH/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Humans may want to visit 2005 YU55 because it contains carbon-based materials, possibly frozen water

Gay tourismban wipedfrom B.C.pamphletBritish Columbia’stourism minister wasquick to apologize yester-day and to rebuke agovernment pamphletthat warns the province’sbusinesses not to promotegay tourism to Canada inChina.

The pamphlet wasissued to B.C. tourism op-erators last week and is ti-tled How to Market yourBusiness to China.

Midway through thedocument it says,“Tourism BC will alsorequire that any partneroperator agrees to ... pro-hibit the promotion ofcasinos, gambling and gaytourism, per the China Na-tional TourismAdministration.”

Pat Bell said yesterdaythe reference is being re-moved.THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Paws off our symbolThe couple behind Ottawa’s iconic tail-shaped pastrystood up to a senator’s recent disparaging of thebeaver by erecting a monument to the diligent rodent.

Beaver. Support

Grant Hooker, co-founder of BeaverTails Canada, holds up Plush Beaver as he unveils the new beaver monument at his store in the ByWard Market in Ottawa yesterday.

Devil seen in Giotto frescoA smirking horned devil ex-ists in the frescoed clouds ofa Giotto work in the famedAssisi basilica, an Italian arthistorian said yesterday — atantalizing detail that ap-parently went unnoticed byscholars for centuries.

The discovery was re-

ported in the online editionof this month’s issue of theFranciscan religious orderpublication San FrancescoPatrono d’Italia.

Art historian Chiara Fru-goni said she has spent al-most 30 years studying thecycle of frescoes in the up-

per level of the Umbrianlandmark church, but onlyrecently spotted the image

She described the detailas a “vigorous portrait of adevil with two dark horns”cleverly hidden in theswirling clouds near an an-gel. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The fresco painted by Giotto

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U.S. Air Force admits mortuarylost body parts of war deadThe Air Force mortuarythat receives U.S. war deadand prepares them for bur-ial lost portions of humanremains twice in 2009, of-ficials said yesterday.

The Air Force disci-plined three officials for“gross mismanagement,”the officials said.

A yearlong Air Force in-vestigation reviewed 14sets of allegations of im-

proper handling of war re-mains as reported by threewhistle-blower workers atDover Air Force Base, Del.

One worker complainedabout the handling of theremains of a Marine killedby a roadside bomb inAfghanistan.

It was claimed mortu-ary officials acted improp-erly in sawing off an armbone because it protruded

in a way that preventedhis body from beingplaced in his uniform forviewing.

The Marine’s family hadrequested seeing him inhis uniform but was nottold of the decision to re-move the bone.

None of the three AirForce officials found to beat fault at Dover was fired.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

HAITIAN VICTIMS

UN facesbig bill forcholera? A human rights grouphas filed claims with theUnited Nations seekingdamages on behalf of5,000 Haitian choleravictims and theirfamilies.

The claims by the

Boston-based Institutefor Justice and Democra-cy in Haiti argue the UNand its peacekeepingforce are liable for millions of dollars forfailing to adequatelyscreen peacekeeping soldiers.

Cholera has sickenednearly 500,000 peopleand killed more than6,500 others since it sur-faced in Haiti in October2010, according to theHaitian Health Ministry. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The federal governmentwill create a new commit-tee to study veterans’health.

The move comes in thewake of a hunger strike byan ex-soldier who insistshe was contaminated bydepleted uranium whileserving in Bosnia.

Depleted uranium hasbeen used to make muni-tions and military armour.

Veterans Affairs Minis-ter Steven Blaneyannounced the new panelin Levis, Que., after Pascal

Lacoste ended his protestand allowed himself to betaken away in anambulance yesterday.

Lacoste, who battled toget Ottawa to recognizehis uranium poisoningwhile serving overseas,flashed a two-fingered“victory” sign as he endedhis hunger strike.

He swigged grape juiceas he was loaded into theambulance.

Over four days, Lacostehad been deprivinghimself of all food and liq-

uids except for capfuls ofwater to help him takeprescription medication.

Blaney said further details of the new panelwill be announced in thenext 30 days.

It will compriseacademics, medicalresearchers and soldiers.

“It’s a committee thatwill have a broadmandate,” Blaney said,adding he wants to see La-coste’s — and other veter-ans’ — health get better.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Veteran Pascal Lacoste flashes a “victory” sign

as he ends his hunger strike yesterday.

JACQUES BOISSINOT/THE CANADIAN PRESS

Feds act after ex-soldier’s hunger strike

Crosby,Nash andpot stillmix wellMusicians David Crosbyand Graham Nashdelivered a touch ofWoodstock to Occupydemonstrations in NewYork City yesterday.

The white-hairedduo led a chant of “NoMore War!” and playeda 20-minute acousticperformance for about1,000 protesters andonlookers.

An air of nostalgia —and the smell of mari-juana — wafted overthe crowd as the pairhad fans hummingalong to hits like TeachYour Children Well.

Pete Seeger and ArloGuthrie have also pre-viously entertainedprotesters.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Halifax set for Remembrance DayPatience wearing thin elsewhere

Protesters play nice, move

An Occupy Nova Scotia

sign sits on the Robert Burns

statue yesterday

in Halifax’s Victoria Park

— the protesters’ new home.

They moved from Grand

Parade to make way

for Dignity Day

and Remembrance

Day ceremonies.

RYAN TAPLIN/METRO

Occupy Nova Scotia pro-testers have moved camp— for now.

The group has packed upits encampment — set upin front of Halifax city hallon Oct. 15 — and moved toa park across downtown.

The move was made sothe occupiers wouldn’t in-terfere with RemembranceDay ceremonies.

“If anything, I think thismove has actually made usstronger as a community,”said John Thibeau, a protestspokesperson.

But the group does nothave access to electricity atVictoria Park. “I knowthere’s power here. But thecity came in and cut it off to

try to deter everythingthat’s going on here,"claimed occupier JamesWiseman.

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Vancouver: Police ChiefJim Chu has told protestersto clear the site outsidethe Vancouver Art Galleryafter officers werepunched, kicked andbitten when they tried toprotect firefighters whomoved in to put out a firein a barrel.

London, Ont: Several hun-dred people remained inVictoria Park last night af-ter a deadline passed forprotesters to move. MayorJoe Fontana issued thedeadline earlier in the day.THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Central banksmust act: CarneyThe global economy is be-

ing confronted with a newwave of credit tightening asa result of the Europeandebt crisis, Bank of Canadagovernor Mark Carneywarns. Carney said it is up

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Tall, skinny latte and an iPhoneStarbucks announced yesterday that an app for Apple’s mobile phones can nowhandle purchases in Canada, provided a customer has preloaded an accountwith money. The account can be funded within the app with a credit card.

Coffee. Run

Canadians who find themselves short of change for that venti skim gingerbread latte can now pay for their Starbucks beverage with the scan of an iPhone.

Italian Prime Minister SilvioBerlusconi yesterday con-ceded support to governand announced he wouldresign like his Greek coun-terpart, becoming thebiggest political casualtyyet of the European debtcrisis.

Berlusconi promised toleave office after parlia-ment passes economic re-forms demanded by theEuropean Union to keepItaly from sinking into Eu-rope’s debt mess. He cameto the decision hours after avote on a routine piece oflegislation made it clear heno longer commanded amajority in the lowerChamber of Deputies.

A vote on the reformmeasures is planned fornext week, giving Berlus-coni a few more days before

his turbulent 17 years inpublic life draw to a close.Once Berlusconi resigns,Italian President GiorgioNapolitano will begin politi-cal consultations to form anew government. Berlus-coni said he will step asidefor the good of the country.

“Things like who leads

or who doesn’t lead thegovernment” are less im-portant than doing “what isbest for the country.”THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Italy’s PM: Resignation‘best for the country’

Silvio Berlusconi

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Italy’s $2.6-trillion debt too big for Europe to bail outNo guarantee of new credible government: Analyst

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In some areas of Israel,women have been shunt-ed onto separatesidewalks, and buses andhealth clinics have beengender-segregated. Themilitary has consideredreassigning some femalecombat soldiers becausereligious men don’t wantto serve with them.

This is the new realityin parts of 21st-centuryIsrael, where ultra-Ortho-dox rabbis are trying tocontain the encroach -ment of secular values ontheir cloistered societythrough a fierce backlashagainst the mixing of thesexes in public.

On the surface, Israel’sgender equality bonafides seem strong, withthe late Golda Meir as aformer prime ministerand Tzipi Livni as the cur-rent opposition leader.But the World EconomicForum recently released2009 data stating Israeliwomen earned two-thirds what men did.

Secularists in Israelworry that their lifestylescould be targeted bec-ause the ultra-Orthodoxpopulation is growing.

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Peacocks,prostitutes andpot found inMexico prisonAuthorities say a surprise search atan Acapulco prison in Mexico hasnetted two peacocks, 100 fightingcocks, 19 prostitutes and two sacksfilled with marijuana.

Police in the Mexican resort cityalso found dozens of televisions,several bottles of alcohol andknives.

Guerrero state spokesman ArturoMartinez says federal and state po-lice searched the prison beforedawn Monday.

Martinez didn’t say how thewomen, birds and the other bannedobjects got into the prison.

He referred to the peacocks as“pets.”

The resort city has been plaguedby crime since last year when gangsbegan fighting for control after thearrest of Edgar Valdez Villarreal, al-so known as “La Barbie.”

According to Sky News, Guerrerostate has the third highest rate ofmurders in the country, fallingbehind Chihuahua and Nuevo Leon,both of which are northern borderstates. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CAN’T BUY MELOVE BUT ITCAN GET MEAN OLD TOOTH

Imagine the world is crazy.It’s easy if you try.In fact, the world is now

crazier than anything JohnLennon could imagine whenhe wrote that song.

For example, Lennon probably neverimagined that an Alberta dentist wouldpay $31,200 for his rotten, tartar–infestedmolar at an auction.

The tooth in question is in such badcondition it can’t be DNA-tested. But itsprovenance is secure. Lennon gave it to his

housekeeper to dispose of. She kept it and gave it to herdaughter instead. Now the family has sold it to the Tooth

Fairy, a.k.a. Michael Zuk,who plans to enshrine it inhis waiting room back inRed Deer, Alta., along withother historical artifacts,such as stale-dated copies ofNational Geographic andCanadian Dental Quarterly.

I write this every week, itseems: I am not making thisup.

If there was any doubtthat celebrities havebecome the new saints ofthe reality-show religion,that has been dispelled bythis latest dubious purchase.

Every medieval churchworth its steeple harbours ashrivelled nose or fingerbone, and although no onecan actually prove they’reparts of a saint, these holybits and pieces still attractpilgrims, who hope some of

that venerated mojo rubs off on them. John Lennon tried to imagine a world without religion.

But we just can’t help ourselves. We need to have a higherpower — someone to watch over us. It helps to haveaccess to that power, hence the attraction of holy relics.People still believe in the Shroud of Turin, even thoughit’s most certainly a medieval fraud.

But John Lennon’s rotten tooth? The martyred Beatleonce got himself into hot water for declaring that the Bea-tles were more popular than Jesus Christ. Imagine he wasright. Still, it’s no weirder than the shock of Elvis hair thatwent for $100,000 or Cher’s bra that went to the HardRock Cafe, or Britney Spears’ wad of chewed gum thatgenerated a $14,000 bid on eBay. (Also offered: Her half-eaten corn dog and egg-salad sandwich. Yuck.)

Clearly, if you’re famous, even for 15 minutes, everychunk is priceless. Michael Zuk may have $31,000 less, buthe does have an indisputable chunk of the greatest Beatle.Paul McCartney’s probably going, “I wonder how muchone of my decayed molars is worth?”

Not as much as John Lennon’s, pal. Imagine the rest ofhim is in heaven. We take what we can get.

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After winning an Oscar forhis screenplay for Milk, an-other biopic should havebeen a piece of cake forDustin Lance Black. Ofcourse, the life of infa-mous FBI leader J. EdgarHoover is no ordinary bi-ography — especially giv-en Hoover’s penchant forsecrecy about pretty mucheverything in his life, in-cluding his rumored life-

long love affair with ClydeTolson.The film covers a wide spanof Hoover’s life. When youwere writing it, did you knowit would be played by Leonar-do DiCaprio?No, in fact I try not to con-sider casting when I’mwriting — especially abiopic like this, when Idon’t have the opportunityto meet the real guy. It’senough work to try andfigure out who he was andget a handle on how hemight’ve been, how hemight’ve talked, the

things he might’ve beenthinking and feeling, hisbehaviour — you know, allthat’s tough enough. At what point did you knowLeonardo DiCaprio would beplaying the part?Things moved very quicklyonce I turned in the script.Brian Grazer got it to ClintEastwood, and while Clintwas reading it I got aphone call from my lawyer— who works at the samefirm Leo’s represented by— and they said, ‘Hey,you’re not showing this toanyone else, are you?’ I

mean, I was very excitedthat it was Leo, if that’swhat you want to knowabout, because this moviewas supposed to be aboutsubverting some expecta-tions — confirming somethings and subverting oth-ers — and one of them wasthis was a young man whowas very promising andhandsome, and starlets didthrow themselves at himand he could get the bestseat at the best club inNew York when he went.People don’t think ofHoover like that.

J. Edgar writer Dustin Lance Black tries to cast the famed FBI leader ina light like no other before Shows the superstar status Hoover carried

Fresh eyes on EdgarLeonardo DiCaprio, left, director Clint Eastwood and writer Dustin Lance Black conference on the set of J. Edgar.

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Ben Affleckdid it. So didEddie Mur-phy andCharlieChaplin.Heck, Alec

Guinness did it eighttimes, including once as awoman. This weekend in Jack andJill, Adam Sandler addshis name to the list of ac-tors who have playedmultiple roles in thesame film.

“In Jack and Jill I playme,” says Sandler, “and Iplay my twin sister. Theman version of me is do-ing OK; he has a familyout in L.A. The twin-sisterversion of me lives out inthe Bronx and comes outto L.A. for Thanksgiving

and then refuses toleave.”

The idea of playingmore than one role in amovie dates back to theMary Pickford 1918weepy Stella Maris.

In it she plays thewealthy title characterand the uneducated or-phan Unity Blake.

The studio balked ather insistence on playing

both roles, but Pickfordinsisted. As Stella she wasphotographed like aglamorous movie star,but as Unity she wore un-flattering makeup andwas shot from her right,less photogenic, side.Scenes where the twocharacters shared thescreen were achievedthrough double exposure.

Since then everyone

from Mel Brooks (he wasPresident Skroob and Yo-gurt in Spaceballs), toDavid Carradine (remem-ber him in Circle of Ironas The Blind Man, Mon-keyman, Death, andChangsha?) to Peter Sell-ers (who played as GroupCaptain Lionel Mandrake,President Merkin Muffley,and Dr. Strangelove in Dr.Strangelove or: How I

Learned to Stop Worryingand Love the Bomb) havetaken on multi-roles.

Perhaps because oftheir sketch comedybackgrounds, Eddie Mur-phy and Mike Myers oftentake on various roles intheir films, but Alec Guin-ness, the actor bestknown in North Americaas Jedi knight Obi-WanKenobi, must hold the

record for characterchanges in one feature-length movie.

In Kind Hearts andCoronets he plays no lessthan eight characters.

In an acting tour deforce he’s easily recogniz-able in each part, butdoesn’t repeat himselffrom character to charac-ter. Instead he carefullyconstructs each, from thehappy-go-lucky youngphotographer to the win-dow-smashing suffragetteLady Agatha. RivalingGuinness’s achievementis Buster Keaton whoplayed every part — in-cluding a stagehand, adance troupe, a full bandand every member in theaudience — in the 1921short film The PlayHouse.

To top it off he alsotook credit for every crewjob including editor, di-rector, writer and cam-eraman.

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After she tookthe stage tolaunch IvorySoap’s newSoap Dish Face-book commu-nity for momsin New York

City on Monday night —and was presented with agiant bar of Ivory carved inher likeness — Melissa Mc-Carthy took a few momentsto chat with Metro aboutthe possibility of a sequel toBridesmaids, the summerblockbuster that made hera household name.

“[It’s a] yes for me, [but I]don’t know that it’s hap-pening,” she told us.

“I’ll basically show upanywhere with thosewomen — even if it’s like along bus trip, I’ll go withthem — but no talk of ityet. I think everyone’s sobusy. But I wouldn’t mind itdown the road just because

I love that group.”McCarthy is indeed keep-

ing very busy. Not only did she win an

Emmy this year for her sit-com Mike & Molly, butshe’s also developing herown clothing line for plus-sized women.

“It’s so preliminary rightnow. I know I want a jump-suit in it. I’m not afraid of it.I love a jumpsuit.”

And when we asked ifshe’s creating the line to be

a role model for girls whoaren’t a size zero, the awe-some actress just laughs.

“No, I think I’m just self-ishly making it for myself!”

She elaborates: “I wantseparates, for the love ofGod, because everything’slike a bad prom dress. Youcan find a million badsleeveless dresses in satin.I’m like, ‘Where’s a goodblouse and great trouser?’” FOLLOW DOROTHY ROBINSON ONTWITTER @DOROTHYATMETRO

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Big Apple shoppingThe holiday season in New York kicks off with American Thanksgiving The city

celebrates the upcoming retail-mad months with glittering events, jolly gift markets andtraffic-stopping window displays Try one-stop shops to maximize gift-buying time

New York is one of themost iconic places forChristmas shopping. Notonly does the city displayhow to shop for the holi-days in style, but the shop-ping season starts early,too.

Holiday shopping inthe Big Apple kicks offwith the ThanksgivingDay festival, on the thirdThursday of November.The festival is marked bythe annual Macy’s Thanks-giving Day Parade, acolourful event thatsnakes all the way acrossManhattan to the famousdepartment store.

The next day is one ofthe biggest shopping daysof the year — Black Friday.This crazy day of salestakes place on the Fridayafter Thanksgiving Day,with bargain-hunters tak-ing the day off work toline up overnight to catchthe best discounts.

From then on, it’s openseason on the shoppingfront. There are severalholiday markets offering amix of gift ideas. BryantPark is home to booths sellingclothes, quirky gifts, crafts and jewelry at TheHoliday Shops (Until Jan.8, theholidayshopsat-bryantpark.com). You’llfind more than 100 redand white booths sellingaffordable gifts, as well asvouchers for local stores,at the Union Square Holi-day Market (Nov. 18 toDec. 24,urbanspacenyc.com) andColumbus Circle HolidayMarket at the south westentrance of Central Park(Nov. 30 to Dec. 24, urban-spacenyc.com). If theweather is glacial, try theindoor gift fair in the ele-gant Vanderbilt Hall ofGrand Central Station(Nov. 14 to Dec. 24, grand-centralterminal.com).

As well as providing abrilliant one-stop giftshop for time-poortourists, departmentstores from Blooming-dales and Macy’s to toys-

tore FAO Schwartz com-pete to feature the mostdazzling window displaysduring the festive season.This year hip departmentstore Barneys even gets aLady Gaga-inspired twist,with windows and men’sfloor decked out as“Gaga’s Workshop” (bar-neys.com).

HOMEWARE Pearl River

This department store is atreasure-trove of Chinesegifts. Buy tree ornaments,silk purses, kung-fu shoes,scarlet lanterns and butter-fly kites. pearlriver.com

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FUNNY GIFTS Fred Flare

This cult Brooklyn shopstocks funny gifts for every-one and a pop-up shopfrom December 15-23 inNYC’s Chelsea Market at 759th Ave. fredflare.com.

Feelfestive in NYC GAWK AT THETREESNew York is full of deco-rated Christmas trees inthe run-up to the bigevent, but the biggestone in the city is outsidethe Rockefeller Center.Every year the spruce isceremoniously lit by acelebrity. Expect a star-studded event Nov. 30. rockefellercenter.com

MEET SANTAThe classic place to dothis is at departmentstore, Macy’s, wherethere is a team of gentsin red suits and whitebeards waiting to hear

your child’s Christmaswishes. Beat the lines bygoing early in the day,and on a weekday. macys.com

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The Kardashian familyrecently opened whatthey’re calling a“celebrity lifestyle bou-tique” at The MirageHotel and Casino in LasVegas. KardashianKhaos features allproducts endorsed bythe Kardashian sisters,Kim, Kourtney andKhloe, and their moth-er Kris Jenner. It will al-so feature exclusive LasVegas souvenir itemsincluding playing cardsand novelty gamblingchips.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Vancouver Christmas market bigger than ever,

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Autumn Apple Orchard

This beverage can beserved hot or cold. Thegarnish might seem os-tentatious, but thebrûléed cinnamon andsugar will make yourkitchen smell incredi-ble, and the spectacle isalways a crowd-pleaser.

• .75 oz Calvados• .5 oz spiced rum• cranberry apple ciderto your taste

In glass filled with ice, addliquor and top with thecranberry apple cider. Gar-nish with a brûléed appleslice, dusted with sugar,cinnamon. JOE HOWELL,TORONTO-BASED MIXOLOGIST

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How do you like these apples?Tantalize your

kids with apple pizza for snack,dessert or evenbreakfast Your youngsters will bethrilled when they tastethis sweet pizza toppedwith apples, dried fruit,nuts and chocolate chips.The combination worksperfectly with a cinnamonand sugar dusted crust.

Apple Dessert PizzaPreparation:

1 Press or roll pizza doughinto a 30-cm (12-inch)circle; place on a pizzapan or large bakingsheet sprayed with cook-ing spray.

2 Brush 2.5-cm (1-inch)edge of dough with a lit-tle melted butter. In a

small bowl, mix sugarwith cinnamon; sprinkle15 ml (1 tbsp) over but-tered edge of dough.

3 In a medium bowl, tossapples with remainingbutter and sugarmixture until well coat-ed. Arrange over doughjust inside sugar edging.Bake in a 200 C (400 F)oven for 20 minutes.

4 Sprinkle with raisins,pecans and chocolatechips; bake for 10 min-utes or until apples aretender and edge ofdough is lightlybrowned. Cool slightly;cut into wedges. Drizzlewith Cinnamon icing.

5 Cinnamon Icing: In amedium bowl, mix 125ml (1/2 cup) icing sugarwith 1 ml (1/4 tsp)cinnamon; stir in 15 ml(1 tbsp) milk.FOODLAND ONTARIO/ THECANADIAN PRESS

Ingredients:

• 1 pizza dough (650 g/11/4 lb) • 30 ml (2 tbsp) butter, melt-ed

• 50 ml (1/4 cup) granulatedsugar• 5 ml (1 tsp) cinnamon• 750 ml (3 cups) slicedpeeled apples (Empire,McIntosh or Cortland)• 50 ml (1/4 cup) golden

raisins or dried cranberries• 50 ml (1/4 cup) choppedpecans or walnuts• 50 ml (1/4 cup) semisweetor milk chocolate chips• Cinnamon Icing (See finalstep for directions)

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Sabres stampede past JetsThomas Vanek scored apower-play goal 4:35 intoovertime, tipping in JasonPominville’s shot to rallythe Buffalo Sabres to a 6-5victory over the WinnipegJets last night.

Vanek scored twice andPominville finished with agoal and two assists. DerekRoy had two goals and anassist, forcing overtime byscoring a power-play goalwith 6:08 left in regulationto help Buffalo extend itswinning streak to threegames.

Bryan Little scoredtwice, and DustinByfuglien and Tanner Glasseach had a goal and an as-sist for the Jets, who closeda seven-game road trip,their longest of the season.

The Sabres never led un-til Vanek scored in over-time. They trailed 2-0before the game was sixminutes old.

The decisive goal camewith Blake Wheeler in thepenalty box for hooking.The Sabres worked thepuck around to Pominvillein the left circle, where heripped a shot that wastipped by Vanek past goalieOndrej Pavelec.

The Sabres not only ral-lied back to tie the gameon four occasions, but over-came another shaky outingby goalie Ryan Miller.

Coming off a two-gamebenching, Miller finishedwith 26 saves, but allowedtwo goals on the first threeshots he faced and fourgoals on the first 13. He al-so gave up goals on the firstor second shot in each ofthe first three periods.

The 2010 Vezina Trophywinner has yielded 17 goalson the past 126 shots he’sfaced over five games. Heavoided losing five straightgames in regulation for thefirst time in his career —he can thank Roy for that.

After Byfuglien put theJets up 5-4 on a breakaway48 seconds into the thirdperiod, Roy scored with aone-timer from the rightcircle after being set up byPominville’s cross-ice pass.

It came on Buffalo’sthird two-man advantageof the game, 17 seconds af-ter Jets defenceman MarkStuart was penalized forshoving down Roy after thewhistle.

The Sabres scored fourtimes on 12 power-play op-portunities after going 0-for-10 in their past threegames.

Rookie Corey Tropp alsoscored for the Sabres, whilePaul Gaustad had two as-sists.

Mark Flood also scoredfor the Jets, while Wheelerhad two assists in an enter-taining, back-and-forthgame.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Official says support for Paterno onPenn State trustees’ board vanishingCoach Joe Paterno is fight-ing for his job amid “erod-ing” support from PennState’s board of trusteesand a widening sex-abusescandal and possible cover-up centred on former assis-tant and one-time heirapparent Jerry Sandusky.

Paterno’s regularlyscheduled news confer-ence was abruptly can-celled yesterday. Auniversity spokesman cit-ed “ongoing legal circum-

stances,” a reference tocharges announced overthe weekend that San-dusky molested eightyoung boys between 1994and 2009, and that two PSUadministrators who havesince stepped aside failedto notify authorities of a2002 incident reported byan eyewitness.

Penn State’s board oftrustees was “in sessions,”chairman Steve Garban ac-knowledged when asked in

a brief interview with TheAssociated Press if theboard had called an emer-gency meeting. A personwho spoke on condition ofanonymity because theschedule was not madepublic said the trusteeswere having a teleconfer-ence last night.

Hundreds of fans stageda raucous rally outside Pa-terno’s home a short timeearlier.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Buffalo’s Drew Stafford collides with Jets goalie Ondrej Pavelec in Buffalo last night.

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NBA LOCKOUT

Players reject offerUnion president DerekFisher says his ordersfrom NBA players areclear: No deal.

“The current offer onthe table from the NBA isone that we cannotaccept,” he said yesterday.

Instead, the playerssaid they will ask for an-other meeting with theowners beforecommissioner David

Stern’s afternoondeadline today.

Stern has said that ifthe players don’t take thecurrent deal by then, theleague’s next offer will bemuch worse.

The players insistedthey will not be forced in-to taking a bad deal by anultimatum.

“The players aresaying that weunderstand theirposition, butunfortunately we’re notintimidated by that,”union executive directorBilly Hunter said.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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with respect andadmiration. Mysympathy goes

out to his familyand loved ones.”

MUHAMMAD ALI ON JOEFRAZIER, THE FIRST MAN TO

BEAT HIM IN THE RING.FRAZIER, WHO DIED MONDAY

NIGHT AFTER A BRIEFBATTLE WITH LIVER CANCER

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Hawerchuk

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Sabres Hall of Fame in a

ceremony before last

night’s game.

Hawerchuk played five sea-sons for the Sabres after be-ing traded from the originalJets franchise in 1990.“It’s special,” he said.“These two teams are theones I spent the most timewith in my career, so those

two are definitely the clos-est to my heart.”Drafted first overall in 1981,he played nine seasons inWinnipeg before moving toBuffalo. He also played inSt. Louis and Philadelphiabefore retiring a Flyer 1997.Hawerchuk won the CalderTrophy in 1982, posting 45goals and 103 points. Hefinished his career with 518goals and 1,409 points in1,188 games.

Winnipeg lets lead slip away in Buffalo Club finishes seven-game road swing at 3-2-2

DREAMS REALLYCAN COME TRUE

FUNDS RAISEDIN MEMORYOF WOODSAs executive director of Hockey

Winnipeg, Dianne Woods had a

mission to make the game more

affordable to low-income families.

After Woods passed away in

August due to a tragic accident she

suffered while vacationing in Palm

Springs, Calif., a player assistance

fund was established in her

memory.

“She was very into supporting

kids that required assistance,” said

Hockey Winnipeg president Don

McIntosh. “She was just an

unbelievable woman. She just did

so much.”

So far, close to $10,000 has

been donated to the Dianne Woods

Memorial Player Assistance Fund.

Hockey Winnipeg will raffle off

12 sets of two pairs of tickets to

Winnipeg Jets games this season

to raise even more money.

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Toyota CamryHybrid Base price: $26,700All-new 2012 versionprovides vastlyimproved fueleconomy.

Ford FusionHybridBase price: $29,400Fuel-efficientToyota-based tech-nology works welland saves fuel.

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Battery system & engineThe battery system — in fact the Hybrid’s entirepowertrain for that matter — has been lifted fromthe Hyundai Sonata Hybrid and consists of a 270-volt lithium-polymer battery that’s claimed to belighter and more durable than other types, such asthe lithium-ion cells installed in the Chevrolet Voltand the Nissan Leaf electric cars.

The battery feeds a 40-horsepower electric motorthat functions in tandem with a 166-horsepower2.4-litre four-cylinder engine, for a combined 206horsepower.

Designer Peter Schreyer is known for the Audi A6 and the TT. Now he’s known for the Kia Optima.

If your passion for cars ismatched only by your de-termination to avoid$1.25/litre fuel stops, theKia Optima Hybrid appearsto have been built just foryou.

The Korea-based au-tomaker, part of theHyundai organization, hasbeen aggressively intro-ducing an array of newproducts at a relentlesspace.

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For the 2011 modelyear, Kia issued forth an all

new Optima sedan, de-signed by former Volkswa-gen-Audi stylist PeterSchreyer who is creditedwith the look of Audi’s A6sedan and sporty TT coupeand roadster.

Since his arrival at Kiaback in 2006, the brand’sdesign “language” hasheaded off in a completelydifferent direction fromparent Hyundai’s.

The Optima and itsgasoline-electric Hybridoffshoot are shining exam-ples.

Both mid-size four-doorsedans appear nearly iden-tical, yet the Hybrid fea-tures a slightly differentgrille, unique 16-inchwheels and extra lowercladding, LED (Light Emit-ting Diode) tail lamps anda Hybrid badge affixed tothe trunk lid.

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A 166-horsepower four-cylinder is helped by a 40-horsepower electric motor to provide about 5.6 l/100 km in the city and 4.9 on the highway.

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ComparisonThe Optima Hybrid is capable of speedsup to 100 km/h on electric power alone,compared to 75 km/h for the FordFusion and for short bursts up to 40km/h for the 2012 Toyota CamryHybrid.

However, the Optima’s estimated 5.6l/100 km city and 4.9 highway fueleconomy falls short of the Camry’s4.5/4.9 and the Ford Fusion’s 4.6/5.4city/highway ratings.

Fuel-sipping featuresThe Hybrid uses a special six-speed-automatictransmission that operates without a tradition-al torque converter, again a departure frommost hybrid cars that use continuously variabletransmissions. The top three gear ratios havebeen designed so that the engine runs at thelowest-possible engine speed to help save fuel.

The car also features low-rolling-resistancetires and an integrated starter-generator thatshuts off the gas engine when the vehicle isstopped.

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Optima Hybrid

What you should knowabout the 2012 Kia OptimaHybrid:

Type: Four-door, front-wheel-drive sedan.Engine (hp): 2.4-litre DOHCI4 with 30-kilowatt electricmotor (206, net).Transmission: Six-speedautomatic.Market position: Hybridsare improving and becom-ing more affordable ... andeven desirable. The Optimashares its platform with theHyundai Sonata, sobuilding in its hybrid pow-ertrain makes perfect sense.Mileage: L/100 km(city/hwy) 5.6/4.9.

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One of the best ways tocut through upcomingwinter driving conditionsis in the lap of German en-gineered AWD luxuryfrom the driver’s seat ofan Audi A8.

The last-generation ofAudi’s flagship sedanmodel was available from2004 to 2010.

It packed plenty ofspace, 8- or 12-cylinderpower and Quattro AllWheel Drive (AWD) on allmodels. Translation? TheA8 can comfortably eatany of Mother Nature’snastiest winter conditionsfor lunch.

EngineA8 came with aproven 4.2-litre V-8developing between 330 and350 horsepower.

A six-litre W-12 engine wasalso available with 450 horse-power.

Common issuesNumerous Audi owner fo-rums recommend avoidingthe first year (2004) of thisA8 generation, as it seemsless reliable. The A8 shouldalso be scrutinized for elec-trical problems, with shop-pers advised to ensure allpower accessories, readoutsand lights work as expect-ed. Avoid A8 models withthe adaptive airsuspension, which will beexpensive to fix if it fails. As a bare minimum, visitan Audi garage and haveyour used A8 candidatechecked for coolant, oil andtransmission fluid leaks.

VerdictIf you’re comfortable withthe potential maintenancepricetag, a well-maintainedA8 will deliver confident,year-round motoring enjoy-ment in one of themarket’s most highlyenvied large sedans.

What ownerslikeOwners rave about a senseof style, status and exclusivity, as wellas a long list of safety features and theconfidence of Quattro AWD.

Comfort, space and performancewere all highly rated, too.

What ownersdislikeSome owners wish their A8’swere easier to park, and others wishfor better fuel mileage. Finally, manyA8 owners report a learning curve re-quired to use the more advancedcontrols.

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As the seasons change, soshould your tires.

You’ve probably noticedthat the nastier-weathervarieties are now calledwinter tires, rather thansnow tires. This isn’t justthe same product with anew name.

Winter tires provide su-perior traction in all typesof winter conditions, fromdeep snow, to puddles, todry pavement.

The main differencesbetween tires are in theirtread and rubber com-pounds. Winter treads aremore aggressive so theycan bite into snow, andpush slush and water outof the way.

This is very important,since tires that don’t prop-erly channel water can cre-ate a situation, calledhydroplaning, where thetire floats on top of pud-dles instead of maintain-ing contact with theasphalt below.

If your car hydroplanes,you don’t have control ofit.

The formulation of therubber compound is alsoimportant, as rubber getssoft in the heat and hard inthe cold — exactly the op-posite of what you want itto do in your tire.

The softer compound inwinter tires helps them tostick to the pavement, al-though it does make themwear faster, one of thetrade-offs of good wintertires.

So-called “all-season”

tires are halfway betweensummer and winter ones.

They’re better describedas “three-season” tires,since they’re inferior tothe performance of wintertires at a time when driv-ing can be most treacher-ous. Some companies offera new “four-season” ver-sion, which meets wintertire standards, identifiedon all tires that do so by astylized logo of a moun-tain and snowflake mould-ed into the sidewall.

These four-season tiresprimarily use an all-seasoncompound with a more ag-gressive tread, which willbe noisier in summer anduse more fuel.

Good tires aren’t cheap,but the highest price does-n’t always guarantee themost appropriate tire. Sev-eral consumer groups ratewinter tires; in Canada,the Automobile ProtectionAssociation offers a freecomparison chart of some50 tires at APA.ca.

Switching to wintertires in the fall will not on-ly improve the driving ex-perience, but will extendthe life of your all-seasontires.

Sufficient tread is essential for any tire to work properly and safely. An all-season tire

with good tread depth is superior to a winter tire with its tread worn down.

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At just 7C, winter tiresgrip cold, drypavement better thanall-season tires, reduc-ing your stopping dis-tances and improvingyour vehicle’shandling.

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