But Halladay refused to throw his teammates under the bus, pointing the finger at himself after an ugly 4-2 loss against the lowly Cleveland Indians (51-64) on Saturday before a crowd of 39,623 at the Rogers Centre.

The Lions stretched a one-point halftime lead to a 40-34 victory over the Edmonton Eskimos one week after their defence was embarrassed in the second half at Commonwealth Stadium.

Roddick, seeking his third title of the year, was joined in the final four by friend and training partner Mardy Fish, who beat Florent Serra, 6-4, 6-4, in the opening match of the day.

I made a nice seven or eight-footer on the last hole," Weir said. "But that was the longest putt I made. You're not going to score like that."

Those delirious fans won't have to wait long to see him in action against another team.

At Votto's request, the reason was not revealed.

The Lithuania striker connected with Kyle Lafferty's low pass across goal in the 64th minute and scored from close range.

It was the first win for Toronto (7-8-4) in 10 tries, including three games in the qualifying tournament for this fall's CONCACAF Champions League.

Maria Hjorth, a LPGA Tour regular from Sweden, had set the course record with another bogey-free round only a few minutes before Saether posted her lowest score ever on the Ladies European Tour.

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Now there's surely no shortage of ink spilled on the topic of actors pairing with other actors, on-screen or off. Tracey with Hepburn, Bogie with Bacall, Redford and Newman, Brangelina - the rags have long chattered endlessly about these duets.

Tim Fickes, a promoter of Kage One Mixed Martial Arts in Carbondale and a trainer of martial arts fighters, attributes his success in his personal and professional life to persistence.

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MARION - John Moreland has overseen McDonald's openings before, but one slated for the end of this month in Marion holds special significance to him.

It was a vision, unbidden and fully formed, of a woman with "wild hair, eyes that shifted their colour, standing in front of an old church ... saying fantastic things, making fantastic claims." Her name was Marianne Engel.

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There's surely no shortage of ink spilled on the topic of actors pairing with other actors, on-screen or off. Tracey with Hepburn, Bogie with Bacall, Redford and Newman, Brangelina — the rags have long chattered endlessly about these duets," Rick