Seguin scores hat trick as Bruins rout Leafs

THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO -- The Toronto Maple Leafs have had a great start to the 2011-12 campaign, but the Boston Bruins seem to have their number.

Tyler Seguin scored his first-career hat trick and Tim Thomas made 24 saves for his first shutout of the season as the defending Stanley Cup champions thumped the Maple Leafs 7-0.

The Bruins pounded Toronto 6-2 on Oct. 20 and Saturday was no different as Boston kept the Maple Leafs to the outside all night.

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FLYING HIGH AND FREE: Qantas’ $20m flight bonanza

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Qantas says 'sorry' with free tickets



Qantas will give away 100,000 air tickets worth $20 million to passengers stranded by last week’s grounding.





Last weekend’s grounding resulted in thousands of passengers being stranded across the globe. Picture: Craig Greenhill Source: The Daily Telegraph



The free flight bonanza will bring the total cost of the grounding to $50 million. Picture: AFP Source: AFP


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Energy Tablet i828 HD

While the Apple iPad still lords it over the tablet market, it isn’t stopping many other companies to try and shave of a bit of that tablet market pie. Some try to compete not only...

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Brophy on Leafs: Crabb’s of steel

Try as he might, Matt Frattin just couldn’t find a way to buy a goal in his first 11 games with the Toronto Maple Leafs this season.

With the exception, of course, of his shootout winner Oct. 19 against the Winnipeg Jets. Shootout goals do not count toward a player’s goal total, so technically Frattin is still looking for his first NHL goal.

Joey Crabb, on the other hand, is scoring at a Crosby-like pace. Crabb, who was summoned from the Toronto Marlies when Frattin was

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Price makes 33 saves as Habs top Senators 2-1

THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA -- Montreal goaltender Carey Price knew he needed a big game against a tenacious opponent.

Price made 33 saves, including 15 in the third period, as the Canadiens held off the Ottawa Senators 2-1 on Friday.

The Senators have had a knack for rallying in the third period to win in the early season. After Zack Smith scored a short-handed goal a minute into the third to cut Montreal's lead to one, the Habs needed a monster effort from Price to avoid

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Lady Gaga gets her own Thanksgiving TV special

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FILE - In this May 27, 2011 file photo, singer Lady Gaga performs on ABC's "Good Morning America" in Central Park in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)












For those who aren't interested in watching NFL games or, you know, spending time talking to their families on Thanksgiving, Lady Gaga is offering an

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What’s The Defining Moment Of Your Generation?

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Michael Jackson performs in his “Scream” video for MTV in 1995.


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Michael Jackson performs in his “Scream” video for MTV in 1995.

As a major new survey from Pew Research Center examines the generation gap in politics, we take a closer look at what, besides year of birth, differentiates one generation from the next. From the dawn of rock ‘n’ roll to the emergence of hip-hop, from “We Like Ike” to “Yes We

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AMD to reduce workforce by 10 percent

Advanced Micro Devices unveiled a restructuring plan today that will reduce its global workforce by 10 percent, or about 1,400 jobs, by 2012.

The layoffs, which are expected to save the company $200 million, represent the first major action by new CEO Rory Read, who took the helm of the chipmaker in August.

"Reducing our cost structure and focusing our global workforce on key growth opportunities will strengthen AMD's competitiveness and allow us to aggressively pursue a balanced set of

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Hazel Mae returns to Sportsnet as Connected host

TORONTO -- A familiar face is coming home to Sportsnet with the return of sportscaster Hazel Mae, who will anchor the 6 p.m. ET weeknight edition of Sportsnet Connected on Sportsnet East, Ontario and West, beginning Monday, Nov. 14.

The announcement was made earlier this evening on the early edition of Sportsnet Connected.

“Hazel is a tremendous addition to our news team,” said Scott Woodgate, Vice-President of News and Information Programming, Sportsnet. “She’s a talented

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Serbia: split in Islamic community proves hard to heal

Although an agreement had seemed imminent, it now appears even Turkey’s mediation may not be enough.
By Igor Jovanovic for Southeast European Times in Belgrade — 03/11/11

The Islamic community in Serbia is divided into two separate factions.

Despite a purported deal to put aside their differences, the two Islamic communities in Serbia continue to be at odds.
An agreement on reconciliation was been announced in mid-October by ministers Rasim Ljajic and Sulejman Ugljanin. The

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