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Cavaliers even series with Celtics

CLEVELAND—Back to even and back to Boston—with authority. LeBron James scored 21 points, jamming in a powerhouse dunk over a defenceless Kevin Garnett in the final two minutes, as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the homesick Celtics 88-77 in Game 4 last night to tie the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semi-final series at 2-2. Still stuck in a shooting slump, James dominated down the stretch and finished with 13 assists—four in the fourth quarter. The Cavaliers, whose defense has been overlooked, held the Celtics to just 12 points in the final period.

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Fuel surcharges could alter summer travel

MONTREAL—Canadians may vacation closer to home this summer as soaring gas prices for their cars and new airline fuel surcharges prompt a change in travel patterns, industry experts said yesterday. “It’s going to increase the cost of travel and will eat away at discretionary income of Canadian households, which will have an effect on leisure travel,” said Randy Williams, head of the Tourism Industry Association of Canada.

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Rescuers dig for thousands buried in China quake

DUJIANGYAN, China—Bodies covered with sheets lined streets as rescue workers dug through schools and homes turned into rubble by China’s worst earthquake in three decades in a desperate attempt to rescue victims trapped beneath concrete slabs. The official death toll rose today to nearly 12,000—and thousands remained missing. But hope that many survivors would be found was fleeting. Buildings were knocked down on every block in some cities, and corpses were laid out in the street and in schoolyards.

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BlackBerry Bold unveiled

MONTREAL—Research In Motion’s new BlackBerry Bold is designed for high-speed networks and is aimed at business professionals globally, allowing them to send and receive e-mails while also talking on the smartphone or surfing the Internet. The announcement of the new BlackBerry helped power shares in the Waterloo, Ont.-company above the previous record. RIM shares ended the day at $142.25—up $8.90 or 6.6 percent—and well above the previous record high of $138.18.

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Toxins in water suspected in stingrays’ deaths

CALGARY—The sudden and mysterious deaths of 34 prized stingrays at the Calgary Zoo’s new “touch tank” had veterinarians searching the water in vain yesterday for some explanation. The $250,000 cownosed ray exhibit—which looks more like an elongated hot tub than fish tank—sat lifeless and only half full of water yesterday, less than three months after opening to much fanfare.