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      <description><![CDATA[Complete College Rankings
Methodology: In conjunction with Dr. Richard Vedder,  an economist at Ohio University, and the Center for College  Affordability and Productivity (CCAP), Forbes inaugurated its  first ranking of America&rsquo;s Best Colleges in 2008. They based 25 percent  of their rankings on seven million student evaluations of courses and  instructors, as recorded on the Web site RateMyProfessors.com.  Another 25 percent depended upon how many of the school&rsquo;s alumni,  adjusted for enrollment, are listed among the notable people in Who&rsquo;s Who in America.  The other half of the ranking was based equally on three factors: the  average amount of student debt at graduation held by those who borrowed;  the percentage of students graduating in four years; and the number of  students or faculty, adjusted for enrollment, who have won nationally  competitive awards like Rhodes Scholarships or Nobel Prizes. CCAP ranked  only the top 15 percent or so of all undergraduate institutions.]]></description>
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This is a digital slide show of the top twenty-five private colleges  compiled from the complete college rankings listed above. Each college  slide reveals its overall rank, cost, class size, student to faculty  ratio, SAT and ACT ranges, percentage of applicants admitted,  application deadline and early admission dates. Cost includes tuition,  room and board, books, fees and other expenses.]]></description>
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This is a digital slide show of the top twenty-five public colleges  compiled from the complete college rankings listed above. Each college  slide reveals its overall rank, cost, class size, student to faculty  ratio, SAT and ACT ranges, percentage of applicants admitted,  application deadline and early admission dates. Cost includes tuition,  room and board, books, fees and other expenses.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Church: Police block Beijing Easter service]]></title>
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Beijing (CNN)&nbsp;-- The site of a planned outdoor Easter service at one of China's largest independent "house" churches was eerily silent Sunday as police blocked more than 500 worshippers from leaving their homes and detained more than 36 for attempting to attend religious services in Beijing, church officials said.
The gathering place for worshippers was empty as church-like bells sounded in northwest Beijing. Hundreds of uniformed and plain-clothed police officers swarmed the site of Shouwang Church and prevented CNN journalists from accessing the area.
Authorities confiscated credentials from CNN crew members and detained them for half an hour.
Worshippers spent several months preparing for the Easter service, according to members who spoke with CNN. Police on the scene told CNN they were stationed there for "security reasons."
Shouwang Church's senior pastor Jin Tianming is currently under house arrest by the authorities.
"More police have come to stand watch in front of my door in anticipation of Easter," Jin told CNN in a phone interview. "I've spoken to several of my fellow worshippers who attempted to attend our planned service this morning," but some were detained, Jin said.
"But we will not change our plans. We will not change our decision to worship as this is a matter of faith," Jin said.
A few worshippers were seen praying with bowed heads near Shouwang's proposed site for the service, but the site itself was sealed off by law enforcement. Vigilant plainclothes officers filmed passersby.
Shouwang means "to keep watch" in Mandarin.
Usually hundreds of worshippers gather at this illegal "house" -- or unofficial -- church, which is one of the largest Christian gathering places in the country. Shouwang Church is an unregistered Christian group that was forced outdoors after authorities blocked the rental of its previous office space in November, the church said. It has not been able to obtain a new location since.
"This is the worst time in terms of religious freedom across the board in two decades," said Bob Fu, a former independent church pastor and founder of the non-governmental organization China Aid. Fu has been speaking with Shouwang worshippers unable to attend the service.
"[Worshippers] are not a threat to stability, not a threat to society, and not a threat to China's harmonious society," Fu said. "By cracking down on these hundreds of thousands of worshippers, it will only create the opposite effect. To the churches, I would encourage them to stand firm."
Over the past month, more than 200 Shouwang churchgoers have been arrested and detained, according to the church. The leaders of the church remain under house arrest amid a wider government crackdown on dissidents throughout China over the past three months. Calls to local police regarding their exact violations went unreturned.
Shouwang Church representatives had vowed to defy Communist government mandates to cancel outdoor public services on Easter Sunday. According to a notice from the Governing Committee of Shouwang Church on Saturday evening, the outdoor worship service location would remain the same despite pressure from authorities.
On Shouwang's Google Buzz page, Jin warned that police would likely detain those gathering at a set meeting site but that it was important that members stood up for their faith.
"Each believer may act in accordance to his or her own faith, whether to be taken away quietly (by police) or to meet in a nearby location," the statement read.
The number of practicing Christians in China is disputed. Recent official data states there are approximately 15 million Protestants and five million Catholics worshipping at official churches in China, but unofficial estimates are as high as 130 million.
Authorities have cracked down hard on dissidents, activists and rights lawyers since anonymous Internet calls emerged in February for regular "Jasmine" protests. Prominent artist Ai Weiwei has been detained for approximately three weeks by police.
Sunday's worship ban came just days before an annual human rights dialogue between U.S. and Chinese diplomats scheduled for later this week in Beijing.
CNN's Stan Grant contributed to this report.






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      <title><![CDATA[NTSB: Southwest Airlines probe looks at paint and rivet holes]]></title>
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Washington (CNN)&nbsp;-- Investigators have zeroed in on several clues to why the fuselage of a Southwest Airlines B-737 ruptured on April 1.
In a report released Monday, the National Transportation Safety Board avoided answering the big question: Is it a systemic problem that could affect scores of other Boeing 737s, or was it a one-off manufacturing issue that just impacted the 15-year-old incident aircraft.
Regardless of that answer, federal officials and the plane's manufacturers hastily ordered inspections of all similar aircraft in the days following the event. Of the 136 inspected, four airplanes were found to have crack indications at a single rivet and one airplane was found to have crack indications at two rivets.
The incident scared passengers on Southwest Flight 812 when a large hole appeared, causing the rapid depressurization of the plane, as it flew at 34,000 feet. The flight crew conducted an emergency descent, landing at Yuma International Airport in Arizona. No one was seriously hurt.
From the beginning, investigators focused on the likelihood that metal fatigue played a role. The frequent cycle of pressurization and depressurization, along with the heating and cooling of an aircraft's skin, contributes to fatigue, investigators and the plane's manufacturer said. But the manufacturer said problems were not expected so early in the plane's lifespan.
The skin tear occurred at a "lap joint," where two sections of skin overlap and are joined together with three rows of closely spaced rivets.
In its Monday statement, the NTSB said the plane's aluminum skin was of the specified thickness and material, but it pointed to several factors deemed significant:
-- The exterior surface was painted blue, but evidence of blue paint also was found between the upper and lower layers of skin, suggesting it had room to seep between the layers. The report does not say when the plane was painted or repainted, information that could indicate when a problem first appeared.
-- Microscope examination of the ruptured skin revealed fatigue cracks emanating from at least 42 of the 58 rivet holes connected by the fracture. There were also cracks discovered at nine rivet holes forward of the rupture.
-- An inspection revealed gaps between the shanks of several rivets and the corresponding rivet holes for many rivets. Upon removing selected rivets, the holes in the upper and lower skin were found to be slightly offset relative to each other and many of the holes on the lower skin were not round. The NTSB did not say whether that was from wear and tear or manufacturing.
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      <description><![CDATA[Hello everyone and welcome to the BETA launching of The College Press, V1. It has been over two years since our last version was released and we are back and ready to work! This press release will be going out to all of the newswires and colleges we are currently working with. This release is to let all of our readers know that our team of students and professionals will be spending the next month BETA testing features and website areas for bugs and kinks. We are now bringing in our test crew of students to help us work out the bumps and have us ready for our full launch in mid May 2011.
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      <title><![CDATA[President Obama Releases Birth Certificate]]></title>
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The&nbsp;White House&nbsp;has released President Obama's long-form birth certificate, saying the document is "proof positive" the president was born in Hawaii.
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The release marked an unexpected turn in the long-simmering, though widely discredited, controversy over Obama's origin. Obama's advisers have for the better part of three years dismissed questions about the president's birth, directing skeptics to the short-term document released during the 2008 campaign. But as the issue gained more attention at the state level and particularly in the 2012 presidential race, Obama said Wednesday that it was starting to distract attention from pressing challenges like the budget.&nbsp;
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The president, who discussed the release at the White House without taking questions, said he had been "puzzled" by the enduring shelf life of the issue and acknowledged the announcement may not put the so-called birther controversy to rest. But he told the public and the media that it's time to "get serious."&nbsp;
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"We do not have time for this kind of silliness," Obama said. "We've got better stuff to do. I've got better stuff to do. We've got big problems to solve."&nbsp;
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He said the country will not solve those problems if people are "distracted by sideshows and carnival barkers."&nbsp;
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The document released by the White House lists Obama's birthplace as Honolulu, Hawaii, and his birth date as Aug. 4, 1961. The hospital listed is Kapiolani Maternity &amp; Gynecological Hospital.&nbsp;The name on the birth certificate is Barack Hussein Obama II.&nbsp;
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Obama's presidential campaign, in response to questions raised in 2008, at the time posted a short-form version of the document on the Internet. But conspiracy theories continued to fester. They gained legs in recent weeks as Donald Trump, who is toying with the possibility of running as a presidential candidate in 2012, repeatedly and publicly questioned Obama's origin.&nbsp;
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White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer noted that what started as Internet chatter had moved into the national political debate and ended up being discussed regularly on mainstream news outlets.&nbsp;
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Pfeiffer,&nbsp;on the White House blog, said the president thought the attention was "bad for the American people" and directed his counsel to request access to the long-form document from the Hawaii State Department of Health. The department granted an exception to release the long-form document "because of the tremendous volume of requests they had been getting," the White House said.&nbsp;
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"At a time of great consequence for this country -- when we should be debating how we win the future, reduce our deficit, deal with high gas prices, and bring stability to the Middle East, Washington, D.C., was once again distracted by a fake issue," Pfeiffer said on the blog. "The president's hope is that with this step, we can move on to debating the bigger issues that matter to the American people and the future of the country."
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Trump, speaking in New Hampshire, took credit Wednesday for the president's decision to release the document. He said his team would have to examine the birth certificate and questioned why the White House took so long, but indicated he wanted to move beyond the issue.&nbsp;
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"Today, I'm very proud of myself, because I've accomplished something that nobody else has been able to accomplish," Trump told reporters. "Why he didn't do it when everybody else was asking for it, I don't know. But I am really honored, frankly, to have played such a big role in hopefully, hopefully getting rid of this issue."&nbsp;
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The document states that Obama's father, Barack Hussein Obama, was born in Kenya and that his mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, was born in Kansas.&nbsp;
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      <title><![CDATA[At least 8 dead as storms pound South for 2nd day]]></title>
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) &mdash; Violent weather ripped through the South for a second straight day, killing at least eight people from Arkansas to Alabama, damaging homes in a rural Texas community and spreading destruction into Georgia and Tennessee.
The latest round of severe weather Tuesday night and early Wednesday came after a series of powerful storms that had already killed 10 people in Arkansas and one in Mississippi.
In the latest storms, a Louisiana police officer on a camping trip was killed by a tree limb while shielding his daughter from the high winds at a state park in northern Mississippi, Choctaw County, Miss., Coroner Keith Coleman said. The daughter was not hurt.
Also in Mississippi, a man was crushed in his mobile home when a tree fell during the storm and a truck driver died after hitting a downed tree on a state highway.
In Alabama, where the governor declared a state of emergency, one person was killed in the northern part of the state when a tree fell on a car. Two people died in St. Clair County in central Alabama and another in Jackson County in the northeast, though emergency officials did not say how.
The Arkansas Department of Emergency Management confirmed early Wednesday that another person died in a storm in Sharp County. Officials said the person was in a home near Arkansas Highway 230 but didn't know exactly how the person died or whether a tornado had touched down in the area.
In Louisiana, police were investigating if two deaths in Monroe were storm-related. A woman's body was found early Wednesday in a vehicle that had become trapped in a flooded underpass and a man's body was found later on a flooded street.
The latest round of storms moved through as communities in much of the region struggled with flooding and damage from earlier twisters. In Arkansas, a tornado smashed Vilonia, just north of Little Rock, on Monday night, ripping the roof off the grocery store, flattening homes and tossing vehicles into the air. Four people were killed there, and six died in flooding elsewhere in the state. In Mississippi, a 3-year-old girl was killed when a storm toppled a tree onto her home.
The destruction continued Wednesday as severe storms in northwest Georgia downed trees, blew out windows in a hospital and tore off part of a school roof. Much of north and central Georgia was bracing for another round of thunderstorms later Wednesday and a tornado watch was issued.
In eastern Tennessee, what appeared to be a tornado struck just outside Chattanooga in Tiftonia, at the base of the tourist peak Lookout Mountain.
Angela Milchack, 29, had just dropped off her son at Lookout Valley Elementary School. Students took cover and none were hurt.
"It just sounded like the wind was blowing really, really hard," she said.
Tops were snapped off trees and insulation and metal roof panels littered the ground. Police officers walked down the street, spray-painting symbols at houses they had checked for people who might be inside.
The National Weather Service had issued a high-risk warning for severe weather from northeast of Memphis to just northeast of Dallas and covering a large swath of Arkansas. It last issued such a warning on April 16, when dozens of tornadoes hit North Carolina and killed 21 people.
Emergency management officials in Alabama said two suspected tornadoes touched down in Marshall County, about 70 miles northeast of Birmingham, causing widespread injuries and damage.
"There are people trapped in mobile homes, in vehicles. We've got trees down all over, power lines down all over. It's all over the county," said Phil Mayer, working in the county emergency management office.
The weather service didn't immediately confirm twister damage, but forecasters had issued several tornado warnings and said winds blew as hard as 70 mph, just short of hurricane force.
High winds also damaged a hangar at the Birmingham airport.
Dozens of tornado warnings were issued in Arkansas throughout the night. Strong winds peeled part of the roof off of a medical building next to a hospital in West Memphis, near the Tennessee border, but no one was inside.
At least one person was injured when a storm slammed through the tiny town of Edom some 75 miles east of Dallas late Tuesday, said Fire Chief Eddie Wood. Witnesses described seeing what they thought was a tornado rolling the woman's mobile home with her inside.
A video shot by the Tyler Morning Telegraph showed emergency responders covering the injured woman to shield her from rain and hail. Her mobile home was reduced to a pile of debris in the road.
"We have multiple houses damaged or destroyed," said Chuck Allen, Van Zandt County emergency management spokesman. He said he would survey the area by helicopter Wednesday to get an accurate count.
Ted Ryan, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Fort Worth, said at least one tornado almost certainly hit between Edom and the town of Van to the north. He said the weather service would send a team to the area Wednesday to assess the damage and determine the strength of the storm.
At daybreak Wednesday, residents on the outskirts of the small, rural community started to clear up the damage from the storm. The area was littered with uprooted trees, some had split in half and others landed on homes.
Rhonda Modesitt, 45, said she and her 15-year-old son watched the tornado approach their duplex.
"You could see lumber and stuff swirling in it," Modesitt said as she swept up broken glass from patio furniture that was smashed in the storm. "You could hear it coming through and then it got real still."
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      <title><![CDATA[Seth Rogen Hates Alzheimer's]]></title>
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Seth Rogen may be known for starring in some raunchy comedies, but there's one issue he doesn't take lightly: Alzheimer's disease.
The condition hits close to home because of his future mother-in-law, who is only 59 and has already had it for several years. And now Rogen, who has no family history of the disease, has become passionate about supporting his fiancee's family and spreading awareness of Alzheimer's.
"I think until you see it firsthand, it's kind of hard to conceive of how brutal it is," Rogen told CNN on Tuesday. "Until I saw it, you just don't get kind of how heartbreaking it can be."
Rogen and his fiancee, Lauren Miller, previously spoke with Larry King for&nbsp;"A Larry King Special, Unthinkable: The Alzheimer's Epidemic,"&nbsp;which airs Sunday at 8 p.m. ET.
Their story is just one example of the ripple effects of the emotional stress brought on from this disease.
"I just try to be as around as possible, as emotionally available as possible," Rogen told CNN Tuesday.
About 5.4 million people in the United States suffer from Alzheimer's disease, according to the Alzheimer's Association. By the middle of the century, 16 million people are expected to have the condition.
3 stages of Alzheimer's diagnosis introduced
But the effect is even more far-reaching than just patients. There are nearly 15 million unpaid caregivers, not counting the rest of the family and friends who tirelessly provide support even though no prevention, treatment or cure has been found. The disease is fatal. The average length of the disease is four to eight years, although some people can live with it for 20 years.
And&nbsp;caregivers are providing 17 billion hours of unpaid care each year, at an annual cost of $206 billion, according to the Alzheimer's Association's most recent report.
Shriver: A woman's nation takes on Alzheimer's
Alzheimer's disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S., and one in eight older Americans has it. Often the first symptoms include problems remembering names and recent events. As the disease progresses, the patient's confusion gets worse, and he or she might have difficulty with basic functions such as walking, speaking and swallowing.&nbsp;Some patients become violent, making caregiving even harder.
Given the family history of Rogen's fiancee, the cause seemed obvious when Miller's mother started showing symptoms. Both of Miller's grandparents had Alzheimer's disease; her grandfather showed signs in his 50s. Miller's mother was 55 when the family found out she had Alzheimer's disease.
When symptoms begin before 65
"She'd forget a story that I'd told her, forget that she spoke with someone. So it was pretty clear to us what was going on," Miller told King.
Most Alzheimer's patients are 65 or older, but the condition can strike much earlier. Having a parent, brother or sister with the condition raises your risk of developing it yourself; two first-degree relatives would raise that risk. There's also a particular gene that ups the chance that you'll get it. None of these factors is destiny, so it's hard to predict with certainty who will develop the disease.
"The biggest misconception is that it's this vague old-people disease that happens to old people," Rogen said.
Rogen, who has known Miller for six years, has also noticed her mother's decline. She had a lot of difficulty carrying on conversations and seemed to worsen even after a few months had gone by. She had more and more trouble accessing words, he told King.
Alzheimer's drug ineffective for mild cases
Miller's father retired to take care of her at home. He cooks, cleans and does her hair every morning. Miller said her mother still knows her, but she struggles with Miller's father sometimes.
"He takes her shopping if she needs something to wear. And my dad does not like shopping," Miller said. "I don't think you are 62 years old and, you know, one day out of retirement think that you're going to be taking care of your spouse with Alzheimer's."
Miller's mother doesn't lose her temper, but she does get so confused that she doesn't know why people are trying to help her, the couple told King. Rogen told CNN that Miller's mother seems to get particularly disoriented after traveling from the East Coast to the West Coast, so Rogen and Miller try to go to her instead.
Having your relationship with a person change dramatically as he or she forgets events, information and even your name can be an emotional shock, says Beth Kallmyer, director of client and information services at the Alzheimer's Association.
Some people feel they don't know how to interact with an Alzheimer's patient, and withdraw because they don't want to see their friend or relative in such a state.
But Rogen doesn't feel uncomfortable with Miller's mother and described her as "easy to be around."
"I understand that she's going through something that I can't even conceive of what it's like to go through," Rogen said.
Besides providing emotional support for Miller, he has also given financial help to her family for medical and other expenses.
Caregivers should educate themselves about the disease and establish a support network, Kallmyer said.
Leeza Gibbons' advice to caregivers: Breathe, believe, receive
"You can't do this alone. It takes too much out of you. You want to build a care team educated about the disease so that you know what to expect," she said.
Other people in Rogen's position, who want to help out but aren't the primary caregiver, should find out from the person closest to the patient what makes the patient happy and what makes him or her upset, Kallmyer said. They should also ask directly what the caregiver needs most.
Commonly, caregivers just need a break, she said. Often, a helpful gesture for a family dealing with this disease is to step in and do something with the Alzheimer's patient while the caregiver takes care of matters in his or her own life.
"One of the most important things a caregiver can do is ask for help," she said.
Source: CNN
Talking about the disease has proved helpful for Miller's family, Rogen said.
"Once you get over the instinct to not talk about it, there are a lot of people who are a lot more supportive than you might imagine," Rogen said.
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      <title><![CDATA[Storm Leaves 194 Dead In 5 Southern States]]></title>
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The storm system that plowed through the South left scenes of destruction described as "surreal" and "sickening" by those who saw them. Authorities were working to reach those trapped; some states faced a long and arduous recovery. Here's a look at the latest confirmed death toll as well as reports from some of the worst-hit areas.

STORM DEATHS BY STATE
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Alabama - 149
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Mississippi - 32
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Georgia - 11
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Virginia - 8
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Tennessee - 1
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Arkansas - 1
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TOTAL - 202
Source: State officials

ALABAMA
At least 149 people have been killed by storms across the state.
Gov. Robert Bentley declared a statewide state of emergency and mobilized approximately 1,400 Alabama National Guardsmen to provide emergency assistance.
President Barack Obama signed Alabama's Emergency Declaration and ordered federal aid to supplement state and local response efforts.
--&nbsp;Tuscaloosa:&nbsp;At least 36 people were killed when a mile-wide tornado struck the city Wednesday afternoon, Mayor Walter Maddox said. He described a surreal scene as the twister plowed through: "There were parts of the city I literally didn't recognize," he told CNN's Eliot Spitzer. "We have hundreds of homes and businesses destroyed, and hundreds more damaged. Dozens of roads are unpassable," Maddox told reporters. Janet Teer, the command center coordinator for DCH Regional Medical Center, said the hospital took a direct hit from a funnel cloud, but did not suffer structural damage, though windows were blown out. Many people had been brought to the hospital, some with severe injuries, including broken limbs, some "walking wounded," and multiple fatalities.
-- Birmingham:&nbsp;Severe damage was reported in Birmingham's western suburbs, some spotters describing it as EF4- to EF5-scale. The suburbs of Hueytown, Concord and Pleasant Grove saw "catastrophic damage," said Hueytown Police Chief Chuck Hagler. "I don't think you understand the scale of the devastation," he said. With darkness falling, it would be difficult to fully assess the situation, Hagler said. "I doubt there will be any firm numbers (on damage and casualties) for at least 12 hours."
--Cullman:&nbsp;In Cullman, what was thought to be a tornado damaged a hospital, ripped the roof off the courthouse and pummeled a number of residences, authorities said. One person was killed in Hanceville when a tree fell on a car.
--&nbsp;Northern Alabama:&nbsp;CNN affiliate WAAY reported that three were dead in Jackson County and two in Lawrence County.

TENNESSEE
The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency reported one death in Hamilton County, north of Chattanooga. Serious flooding was reported in areas of western Tennessee, and thousands were without power.
-- Chattanooga:&nbsp;A 41-year-old woman was killed when a tree fell on her mobile home, according to WDEF. Her husband and son told investigators they were taking shelter in a closet when she walked over to a window and was crushed when the tree fell. In Chickamauga Lake, north of Chattanooga, no one was injured when a funnel cloud smashed into the Camp Columbus RV park, destroying several vehicles. Resident John Tripp told CNN affiliate WTVC that he saw the massive tornado form, taking up water as it crossed the lake, before it smashed into the campground.

GEORGIA
The death toll in Georgia now stands at 11, after the Spalding County Sherriff's Department confirmed two fatalities in that county.
Governor Nathan Deal has declared a state of emergency in four hard-hit Georgia counties -- Catoosa, Floyd, Dade and Walker.
-- Catoosa County: Seven deaths occurred in Catoosa County, according to the Georgia Emergency Management Agency. Three were confirmed in the town of Ringgold, according to the Catoosa County Coroner. At least eight people there have been taken to the hospital but there has been no word on injuries, he said. The town in northwest Georgia has been hit particularly hard, with some buildings entirely demolished, Major Gary Sisk said.
-- Dade County:&nbsp;Two people were confirmed dead in Trenton, according to Georgia's Emergency Management Agency.

MISSISSIPPI
The death toll from severe weather in Mississippi has gone up to 18, according to state emergency officials.
Damage was reported in 50 counties and the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, MEMA said. Damage assessments are still ongoing.
--&nbsp;McComb:&nbsp;A falling tree killed a 3-year-old girl who was asleep in her bed in the southwest Mississippi town, according to CNN affiliate WLBT in Jackson.
--&nbsp;Kemper County:&nbsp;Three deaths were confirmed in the western Mississippi county, MEMA said. Other deaths
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      <title><![CDATA[Does Anyone Care About The Royal Wedding?]]></title>
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There, I said it. I know the media keeps telling us we need to care -- we need to know who designed Kate's dress, who was invited, who was snubbed, how many vols-au-vents will be consumed -- but I don't care and neither do many other Americans I know.
Why? Because we are too busy following the exploits of our own royal family. We don't have time to keep track of events happening elsewhere, regardless if it's weddings or revolutions, because our media keeps us busy with tales of our own "American royalty."
While it's true that the divine right of kings did not bestow titles on our regals, they are the subjects of our obsession nonetheless and, I submit, are much more colorful than the British versions.
So while the Brits have Lady Camilla, we have Lady Gaga. Whose wedding would you rather see: Lady Camilla's or Lady Gaga's? Lady Camilla's wedding in 2005 was demure; Lady Gaga's wedding might include clothes of bubbles, hats of meat and the constant threat of frontal nudity.
Then there is our Charles, Sir Charles Sheen. Britain's Prince Charles might have royal blood, but Sheen has "tiger's blood." Our Charles is keenly aware of his royal stature as evidenced by his recent comments: "I'm a nobleman, I'm chivalrous. I believe that chivalry is not dead, it's just been in a coma for a while." Very knightly comments, indeed.
Of course, Sheen let the majesty side down with his follow-up statement: "I am on a drug. It's called Charlie Sheen. It's not available because if you try it once, you will die. Your face will melt off and your children will weep over your exploded body."
Well, all royals have their lapses. However, in the battle of Sir Sheen vs. His Royal Highness, our Sheen is clearly "winning."
And let us not forget the true royal family in America. I'm not referring to the Kennedys. I'm talking about the Kardashians. I beseech you: Do the British royals have such a one as Princess Kim, who is featured in a sex tape available for online download for only $3.99? I think not.
Princess Kim has endorsements for products from sneakers to perfume to jewelry to Carl's Jr. burger chain. That is how our royalty rolls. Our royals don't depend on inheriting old money -- they make it the new-fashioned way, with reality shows and endorsements that, in essence, make you a human NASCAR race car.
And just as in the England of Olde, a man lies in wait who covets the Crown and views himself as the rightful heir to the Throne. I speak, of course, of The Donald, a man who appears to be wearing a cotton candy crown on his head in anticipation.
The Duke of New York spins tales of treachery and deceit. Did our leader Obama lie about writing his first book? Was he was even born within the confines of our fair Kingdom?
It is unclear whether The Donald will go through with his plan to topple our leader, but those wishing to know should gather close by to hear his proclamation on May 15 on the finale of "Celebrity Apprentice."
And I would be remiss if I didn't acknowledge our newest royals, whose abode is the beaches of Jersey, not England's Jersey, but the "New" Jersey, off the Seaside Heights boardwalk, not far from a fried funnel cake store. The Brits may have "The King's Speech," but we have "Jersey Shore" marathons featuring bar fights between Lady JWoww and Dame Snooki.
So I hope the royal couple understands it's not personal, but I simply don't have the time to follow their wedding. Or other events in far-off lands such as Syria, Libya or Japan.
Prince William and Kate, I bid thee cheers and wish you both glad tidings and all that rot, but I must take my leave now.
It's time to watch "Dancing With the Stars," where those desperate to remain part of our royal family dance for our amusement.
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A group on Facebook has created a page to try to link victims of Thursday's tornadoes with photos, documents and other personal effects blown away in the storm.
The page, called "Pictures and Documents found after the April 27, 2011 Tornadoes," lets members post photographs of things they've found, along with their e-mail addresses, in the hopes that items of value may be reunited with their owners.
The page was created Wednesday evening and, as of Thursday afternoon, had more than 19,000 "likes" and displayed more than 150 images of found items, including a child's Raggedy Ann blanket; a Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, mortgage document; and an ultrasound image of a fetus.
The description of the page's purpose is simple:
"Please post pictures or pictures of other items that were found as debris after the 4/27/2011 tornadoes," it reads. "Please leave a brief description of how someone can find you if they identify pictures or items that belong to them."
The missing items were presumably blown away by the&nbsp;storms that tore through Alabama and other Southeast states&nbsp;late Wednesday and early Thursday, killing more than 270 people and devastating entire towns and neighborhoods.
The page's creator, Patty Bullion, said the inspiration for it came when the worst of Wednesday's storm flew pastabout 10 miles from her home in northern Alabama.
"When it went over us, it literally just started raining pictures," she said. "We got parts of Bibles, hymnals. ... I just started saying, 'There are parts of people's lives falling out of the sky.' "
Bullion said that, as of Thursday afternoon, 13 documents had been identified and were on their way to their owners.
But the items posted to Facebook have another, less practical purpose. When viewed as a gallery, the images combine to create an oddly stirring testament to the power of the destructive storms and the lives they affected.
A group of young soldiers in desert camouflage poses for the camera in one photo. Another is a scratched and apparently rain-dotted shot of a beauty queen and her mother.
One signed yearbook page, apparently from the '60s, shows a group of boys eyeing a female classmate. A snapshot of a shredded receipt from Smithville, Mississippi, was posted by a user in Franklin County, Alabama.
"You just know these are prized possessions to people," said Bullion, who had planned to begin work at a local council on aging this week before getting delayed by the storms.
"If they've lost everything and could just get one picture back, I know that would mean a lot to me."
Sometimes, the poignancy on the Facebook page is direct.
One photo shows a signed 1981 check for $29.40, made out to Farmer's Supply Co. Then, in the photo's comment section, this:
"This check belongs to my brother in law's father. (The signer of the check) passed away in the tornado. I know it would mean alot to his son and wife to get that back."
Another user's raw emotions were apparent in her post about a photograph of a shredded receipt.
I am praying for (the person whose name was on the receipt)," she wrote. "I don't know him but I am praying he is safe. I found this receipt in my front yard this morning. I live 58 miles away in Crestline in Birmingham.
"Alabamians are suffering and displaced and I pray that they find a way to put it all back together again. I don't know if this is important for him, but it has affected me deeply."
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Michael Scott has left the building.
Steve Carell said goodbye to NBC&rsquo;s &ldquo;The Office&rdquo; in a special 52-minute episode last night.
The self-declared &ldquo;world&rsquo;s best boss&rdquo; tried to have a moment with each of his employees before heading off to Boulder, Colo., to be with his fiancee, Holly (Amy Ryan). He gave Andy (Ed Helms) his 10 best clients and told Kevin (Brian Baumgartner) he could be thin. He played one last round of paintball with Dwight (Rainn Wilson) and left Kelly (Mindy Kaling) alone so she could text in peace. His most poignant moment came with Jim (John Krasinski), the only one who figured out that Michael was leaving one day earlier than he said he was. &ldquo;What a great boss you turned out to be. The best boss I ever had,&rdquo; Jim told him.
Like most of this season of &ldquo;The Office,&rdquo; the episode was uneven. The scenes without Carell were particularly problematic. Does anyone care if Erin (Ellie Kemper) ends up with Andy or Gabe (Zach Woods)?
Will Ferrell continued his guest star stint as Michael&rsquo;s replacement, Deangelo Vickers. It&rsquo;s a role that has played out like an unfunny version of one of Ferrell&rsquo;s movie characters. Where Michael was comically weird, Deangleo was creepy weird. Whatever the writers are trying to do with Ferrell&rsquo;s character, it&rsquo;s not working.
The strangest moment came when Michael announced he was going to tell a secret about Phyllis (Phyllis Smith). Michael&rsquo;s secret was that Phyllis was cute in high school. &ldquo;I thought he knew about the baby I gave away,&rdquo; Phyllis told the cameras. Later in the episode, Erin said she wished she knew her birth mom. Could those two story lines intersect in the future?
The episode gave quite a bit of attention to the never-seen documentary crew. After they followed Gabe into the bathroom, Jim asked, &ldquo;You guys are filming people when they go to the bathroom now?&rdquo; Before taking off his microphone at the airport, Michael said, &ldquo;Will you guys let me know if this ever airs?&rdquo;
NBC has downplayed Carell&rsquo;s departure. But the truth is that the show has been centered around him. &ldquo;Am I doing the wrong thing?&rdquo; Michael asked Jim. &ldquo;Absolutely not.&rdquo; Jim replied. It is certainly the right thing for Michael Scott to find love and be happy. But Carell&rsquo;s absence was already being felt in the final minutes of the episode when the Scranton branch of Dunder Mifflin and the viewers were left without him.
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      <description><![CDATA[The rollout of Apple's iPad 2 in Asia drew thousands of interested customers looking to be among the first to officially purchase the touchscreen tablet in their countries.After having missed last month's&nbsp;international launch&nbsp;because of a devastating natural disaster, Japan on Thursday became the first Asian country to begin selling the iPad 2. According to&nbsp;The Wall Street Journal,&nbsp;the line&nbsp;for the iPad 2 at Apple's flagship Ginza retail store in Tokyo stretched for three blocks.The first customer in line had waited since 8 p.m. on Wednesday, braving a night of heavy rain. Though Thursday's crowds were tamer than&nbsp;last year's&nbsp;"frenzy" for the original iPad, a "respectable-sized crowd" gathered for the launch.The iPad 2 in Japan starts at 44,800 yen, (roughly $549 dollars), a price similar to that of the first-generation iPad when it went on sale last year.At one store in Hong Kong, over 400 customers endured the rain on Friday to purchase the iPad 2. "A long queue snaked around the Apple shop in a major downtown shopping centre with several groups of shoppers loading as many as a dozen iPads onto trolleys," the&nbsp;Associated Foreign Press&nbsp;reported.The device was out of stock in Hong Kong by midday, the report noted. At an Apple authorized shop in Singapore, only 100 devices were available for sale, while 100 invited customers lined up at midnight at a KT store in Seoul, South Korea.Hong Kong has seen its share of excitement this week, as the white iPhone 4 launched there on Thursday and reportedly sold out within&nbsp;one hour.Apple announced&nbsp;on Wednesday&nbsp;that the iPad 2 would debut in Japan, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Korean Macau, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates this week. The iPad 2 will go on sale in China on May 6.The first international launch of the iPad 2&nbsp;on March 25&nbsp;also drew lines. Some analysts had suggested that the international launch would be delayed because of continued stock outs of the iPad 2 in the U.S., but Apple went ahead with the launch as planned in spite of&nbsp;constrained inventory&nbsp;During a&nbsp;quarterly earnings call&nbsp;last week, Apple said that it's selling every iPad 2 it can make, but faces "the mother of all backlogs."According to one well-connected analyst, Apple is set to ramp up iPad 2 production to grow shipments by more than&nbsp;100 percent&nbsp;sequentially. Apple is expected to ship roughly&nbsp;40 million iPads&nbsp;this year.
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Sony is telling PlayStation users that it had encrypted the credit card data that hackers may have stolen, reducing the chances that thieves could have used the information.
Sony Corp. says that while it had no direct evidence the data were even taken, it cannot rule out the possibility. It did not say how strong the encryption was, and it's possible for hackers to decipher files that are weakly encrypted.
On Tuesday, Sony said account information, including names, birthdates, email addresses and log-in information, was compromised for certain players using its PlayStation Network. In a blog post Wednesday, Sony said that data had not been encrypted and had been kept in a separate location from the credit card information.
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As a responsible individual, when I consider issues affecting my life on a daily basis, concern about a serious journalist will likely not appear on my top ten most important list. However, recent events in America and around the world have called into question just how important information I rely on to make decisions that affect my family really is to me.
I tend to attach more than entertainment value to the sports news or what is happening in Hollywood, although as role models for my children, I do find myself taking a long, hard second look at those personalities these days. But when it comes to persons and events that affect the stability and security of our everyday lives and the future of our country, I am increasingly eager and impatient to discover a credible and trustworthy source for factual and verifiable information.
During a quest for that most perfect reporter, I have stumbled upon an incredible variety of representatives in the industry who demonstrate impressive resumes and reputations that range from sensible and reliable to outrageous and unbelievable. I am left in a quandry of doubt and frustration as I step back and truly examine what it is that &nbsp;expect from someone who has assumed the responsibility of providing information to millions of people and being anything less than completely accurate and honest with the details when they put pen to paper or keyboard to computer.
I feel compelled to express my concerns and surely those of people everywhere who want and need to know the truth, especially when it comes to events &nbsp;that may threaten the security and quite possibly the very future and lives of their families. And so, I pen this open letter to any and all persons who have or ever intend to enter the field of Journalism, from the young student with dreams of success and fame, to the non academic individual who simply enjoys research and writing. I make this public appeal to the very best that is within each of you:
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Dear Journalist:
You have or are about to make a decision to dedicate your talents and your energy to a life's work that technologically has the potential to affect the lives of every person in the world. Your information and your words will influence men, women and children everywhere. What you say and how you say it can bring much happiness or sorrow, positiviely or negatively influence history or possibly create a scenario that could result in instability or loss of life, depending on the nature of your information. Just as a physician or surgeon takes the life of a patient into his or her hands, you take the life of your reader into your hands with each word you write. Your standards for accuracy and truth should be the highest possible with every effort you put forth.
I appeal to you as you release any and all items for public consumption. That you approach each and every effort without bias and with honor and truth, knowing that millions will depend on you to present them with information that is honest and reliable and that any conclusions, decisions or choices they make that may affect their lives or the lives of others, are the result of the most accurate information you could provide.&nbsp;
You could go nowhere else in the world and fulfill your dreams through your work. America is the most free nation in the world and that freedom should never be taken for granted. Protect it, respect it and preserve it for future generations. It only takes one person to influence an entire industry and that should begin with you. Doing the right thing will always win in the end.
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Years of tracking the world's most-wanted terrorist culminated Sunday afternoon, when a CIA-led Navy SEALs squadron of just a few dozen men stormed Usama bin Laden's compound and killed him.&nbsp;
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President Obama&nbsp;announced the results of the top-secret operation late Sunday night, calling it the most significant blow to&nbsp;Al Qaeda&nbsp;to date. Within hours, the architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that killed more than 3,000 people was buried at sea.&nbsp;
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Though the president offered only sparse information on the mission and the intelligence that led to it, details have since emerged about the heroic actions of the small, elite team dispatched to&nbsp;Pakistan&nbsp;by an order from the president last week.&nbsp;
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According to officials, a 40-man Navy SEALs squadron raided bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, at 3:30 p.m. ET on Sunday. As officials described it, the raid was swift -- the team was on the compound for less than 40 minutes and did not run into any local authorities during the firefight.&nbsp;
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At the start of the operation, four U.S.-owned and operated helicopters launched from a base in&nbsp;Afghanistan&nbsp;and dropped about 24 men onto the grounds of the compound. One helicopter suffered a "hard landing" after experiencing a "flight control issue" and had to be destroyed on the site.&nbsp;
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At first, bin Laden was asked to surrender. But a military official said he resisted. In the end, he was killed in the ensuing firefight with a bullet to the head.&nbsp;
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No Americans were hurt or killed during the raid. Besides bin Laden, three other men were killed, one of whom is believed to be bin Laden's 24-year-old son. One woman used as a human shield was also killed, and two other women were injured.&nbsp;
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The operation itself stemmed from a tip that came to Obama's desk last August. Specifically, U.S. officials were tracking an Al Qaeda courier in Pakistan, based on information obtained from multiple detainees, and determined the location of the compound in Pakistan where the courier and his brother operated. It was built on a large plot of land, and was heavily secured, with 12-to-18-foot walls topped with barbed wire, officials said. Intelligence analysts determined the compound "was custom-built to hide someone of significance," a senior administration official said.&nbsp;
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After months of analyzing the information, U.S. officials began holding high-level meetings about how to proceed earlier this year.&nbsp;
On April 29, Obama gave the order to conduct the operation. The actual mission was supposed to happen Saturday night, but it was delayed due to weather.&nbsp;
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The highly trained special forces unit had been practicing the raid a week in advance.&nbsp;
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In announcing the successful completion, Obama said Sunday night that bin Laden's death "is a testament to the greatness of our country."&nbsp;
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"For over two decades, bin Laden has been Al Qaeda's leader and symbol," Obama said. "The death of bin Laden marks the most significant achievement to date in our nation's effort to defeat Al Qaeda."&nbsp;
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In a message to employees, CIA Director&nbsp;Leon Panetta&nbsp;said Monday that "we have rid the world of the most infamous terrorist of our time."&nbsp;
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"Nothing will ever compensate for the pain and suffering inflicted by this mass murderer and his henchmen. But just as evil never rests, neither does good. May the fact that Usama Bin Ladin no longer inhabits the earth be a source of comfort for the thousands of families, here in America and around the globe, who mourn the victims of Al Qaeda's barbarity," he wrote.&nbsp;
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He added that while bin Laden is dead, "Al Qaeda is not."&nbsp;
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In the wake of bin Laden's death, authorities around the world are being urged to take security precautions. One source said officials are concerned bin Laden's death could incite violence or terrorist acts against U.S. personnel overseas.&nbsp;
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The&nbsp;State Department&nbsp;issued a travel alert for U.S. citizens abroad overnight, citing "the enhanced potential for anti-American violence given recent counterterrorism activity in Pakistan."&nbsp;
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Obama said Americans must continue to be "vigilant." But he said the death of the architect of the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil should be welcomed around the world.&nbsp;
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"Bin Laden was not a Muslim leader. He was a mass murderer of Muslims," Obama said. "So his demise should be welcomed by all who believe in peace and human dignity."
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      <title><![CDATA[Back To Journalism School For Fox News Producers?]]></title>
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While scrambling to break the story about the possible death of terror leader Osama Bin Laden, Fox News Channel seemed to have noobies running their breaking news headline banners. The College Press producers managed to catch this slip up late night Sunday:&nbsp;CLICK HERE
TCP loves the breaking news Fox News provides, but we think they could truly benefit from our online journalism training! We ask the headline managers at FNC to apply soon! We would love to help!
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      <title><![CDATA[Why Google Wants You Off Facebook]]></title>
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Years ago Google became a web titan.Offering all kinds of cool tools for your everyday lives. Gaining attention as the easy to use company with no banners, Google rose to the top of the search engine scene in record time. All of those &lsquo;other&rsquo; search engines had ads, banners and annoying pop-up messages. Google had none.&nbsp;
The alluring feature of &lsquo;no ad hassle&rsquo; kept visitors coming to their pages. Like any start up company, they took the approach of making no money and building their base. The same model used by Twitter, Four Square and other popular social media sites when they first started.
Having built their base in the early days of the internet, Google started placing small advertising and widgets everywhere. It was rare to find a website in the 1990&lsquo;s that didn't start using the &lsquo;ads by google&rsquo; panel on their pages. Google was now making money and lots of it.
As the money rolled in, the cool tools rolled out. There were many small items released by Google as they turned a quick profit, but the big toys started rolling out in April 2004 with the release of the beta (test) version of Gmail. Originally an invite based user email service, Gmail was Google&rsquo;s first true dive into crushing the competition with their new, fresh ideas.
The Gmail service quickly became known, as all Google creations, as &lsquo;easy to use&rsquo; and &lsquo;fun&rsquo;. These words are like sweet, sweet nectar to web users. With everyone trying to sell you something at every moment, many thought it was nice to have a simple interface that did it&rsquo;s job.
Google continued to maintain its spotless record of easy to use web tools over the years. Watching the competition, and continuously rolling in the cash, Google began going after various other markets such as Skype with online voice chat, Alexa with online web statistics, AT&amp;T with smart phones, and in the $1.65 billion purchase of YouTube in 2006. With this buyout, Google sealed the deal on who ruled the user video wars. It seemed that there was no stopping Google.
Today things have changed. Google is still the head shark in the web waters, but a guppy slowly approaches. Googles babies are being threatened by a little company called Facebook. You can bet that Google will shows it&rsquo;s teeth.
Everyone is currently aware of Facebook. According to their website, Facebook has over 750 million users, 50% of their users log on in any given day and over 700 billion minutes per month are spent on the website. These are serious statistics.&nbsp;
With statistics like these and possible worth of over $1 billion in the open market, Facebook can green light massive competition crushing products that will directly interfere with Google&rsquo;s ivory tower status. According to various studies, Facebook is the number three search engine in the world and climbing.
The current slap in the face to Google is the announcement that Facebook will begin hosting online video chats. Even though Google &lsquo;borrowed&rsquo; this idea from Skype, Google rules the roost with online video chats via Gmail &lsquo;Voice&rsquo;. These kind of massive and rapid releases should scare niche websites such as Four Square.com who depend on their small, fun and easily duplicated format to survive. Four Square will more than likely be the next to fall in the Google/Facebook widget wars.
No matter what these two companies may do, we the consumer will be the beneficiaries of these bloody battles. Who doesn't like companies fighting over who can make the most awesome, free application that will better our lives? Make no mistake, Google is watching Facebook like a hawk. They want to steal you from Facebook to have you as their own. With the release of Google&rsquo;s Buzz last year, the next battle is underway. The open market will decide who the victor will be.

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      <description><![CDATA[British government lawyers are making moves to halt a multi-billion dollar network bid by News Corp. Chairman and CEO, Rupert Murdoch. Murdoch, the founder of&nbsp;Fox News Channel, recently offered the large amount of cash for 61 percent of Britain&rsquo;s most lucrative satellite television company,&nbsp;British Sky Broadcasting.
This move to stifle the bid comes among the recent controversy that Murdoch&rsquo;s 168-year-old british tabloid paid police for information and hacked in to the voicemails of murder victims and grieving families.
Amid the public outcry, the tabloid&nbsp;News Of The World, has offered it&rsquo;s final issue and goodbye to readers. The paper, started in 1843 and bought out by Murdoch&rsquo;s News Ltd. in 1969, sold 4.5 million copies of the final issue. This was the tabloid&rsquo;s highest sales since 1998.
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      <title><![CDATA[DOT Approves Flying Car]]></title>
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&ldquo;Roads, Where we&rsquo;re going, we don't need roads!&rdquo; - Doc Brown, Back To The Future II
I remember watching Back to the Future&nbsp;and wishing I could hop in a Goldie Wilson III custom flying car. Well, that and I wanted a hover board, Sports Almanac with future sports scores and a jacket that was self-drying. But the flying car was something so cool, but seemed so impossible. Today, those childhood dreams of mine are slowly becoming a reality.
On June 30, the National Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA) approved special exemption for a &ldquo;Roadable Aircraft&rdquo; called the Transition. The company who brings this new toy is Terrafugia.
In a press release from the company, they said &ldquo;The Transition is the first combined flying-driving vehicle to receive such special consideration from the Department of Transportation since the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards came into being in the 1970s.&rdquo;
The creators are a small Massachusetts-based company, founded by MIT engineers. The name they chose, Terrafugia, means &ldquo;escape from land.&rdquo;&nbsp;
So, maybe Doc Brown&rsquo;s flying Delorean looked a little cooler than this guy, but it is definitely a move in the right direction. I want Mr. Fusion! That was a nerdy movie reference! Google it!
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      <description><![CDATA[President Obama walked out on Republicans Wednesday saying &ldquo;enough was enough.&rdquo; The two -hour session at the White House has still yielded zero results as time ticks on the President&rsquo;s popularity rating and patience. Voters who put him in office want to see something. Obama knows this and it is beginning to show.
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&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been Afghanistan and Bin Laden and the Greek crisis.&rdquo;
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The talks came to a halt after Speaker of the House John Boehner rejected the spending cuts offered by Obama&rsquo;s team. An aide to the GOP told the Daily Caller that the meeting was the &ldquo;most tense meeting of the week.&rdquo;
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The President recently told the public that they need to &ldquo;Pull off the Band-Aid and eat their peas.&rdquo; The peas have a stay of execution as the President told lawmakers today that the deadline for these talks is Friday.
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      <title><![CDATA[The Death of Amy Winehouse]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;All around the world on Saturday afternoon, shocked tweets took over Twitter saying &ldquo;Rest in Peace Amy Winehouse.&rdquo; The 27-year-old singer was found dead in her London apartment, the UK Press Association reported. The &ldquo;Rehab&rdquo; singer was known for more than just her deep, soulful voice that seemed to transfix audiences&hellip; she was also known for her drug and alcohol use.
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In fact, Winehouse recently left a British rehabilitation program and was stumbling on stage at her European concert tour last month. Her fans were so upset with the talented performer that they booed her offstage. Winehouse&rsquo;s throaty vocal cords made her a hit with listeners but ultimately her erratic behavior is what made her a star. The heavily tattooed artist gave people plenty to talk about when it came to her &ldquo;private&rdquo; life. She had an up and down marriage to Blake Fielder-Civil and the couple divorced in 2009 after years of drug addiction and arrests.
However, her troubled personal life did not stop the singer from winning five Grammys in 2008 and delivering an amazing performance that night via satellite. Many had prayed that Winehouse would be on the road to recovery sooner than later. In 2009 her parents talked to the London Telegraph about their determination to help their daughter.
 &ldquo;A gradual recovery, which is good,&rdquo; Winehouse&rsquo;s father said. &ldquo;With slight backward steps&mdash;not drug backward steps, more drink backward steps if you follow my drift. I think that will be the pattern of recovery.&rdquo;
&nbsp;&nbsp; Although the cause of death is unidentified, there is no secret that most suspect it was an overdose. The autopsy is scheduled this Monday morning and will give light on what really happened to the gifted singer. The police were called to her Camden Square apartment just after 4 p.m. on Saturday and found the deceased star. Shortly after, many news sites updated their pages about the death. Celebrities tweeted their goodbyes while still showing their sadness in her well-known drug use.
 Now Winehouse sadly joins the infamous &ldquo;27&rdquo; club, where she is in the company of Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, and Jimi Hendrix. The &ldquo;27 Club&rdquo; is made up of deeply depressed, drug-using, talented musicians. To be a part of this terribly tragic club, you must have left an impact on music and society in a way like no other. These artists will be forever etched in our memory and Winehouse is undoubtedly in good yet bad company.
 Winehouse left us with two albums and way too many telltale signs of her ultimate demise. Her deep ballads and lyrics will touch our hearts and ease our minds but her road is an unfortunate one. Now we will only feel her magic through the headphones of our Ipods or the lull of the radio. She is the newest member of the &ldquo;27 club&rdquo; and leaves behind a timeless sound and memory.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Life of a Former Twitter Celeb]]></title>
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Twitter exploded onto my scene when I was a freshman in college. I was a little hesitant about &ldquo;tweeting&rdquo; and had no desire to join the seemingly celebrity filled Facebook. However, at Hampton University (where I attend), Twitter is a HUGE part of life. In fact, Twitter might even be considered a lifestyle at my mid-sized college. So, I decided to log on. I chose a simple name that wasn&rsquo;t very creative and selected a random picture for my twitcon. 
I couldn&rsquo;t see the fascination with this site as my followers slowly trickled in. I felt tricked. This social networking site was a bust in my mind. Nobody was remotely interesting to me and I felt vaguely uncool everytime I tweeted my whereabouts. I decided to not follow as many celebrities and looked for students at my school. And that was when Twitter changed everything.
Once I followed some students from Hampton, I found myself CONSTANTLY logging on for a giggle or a chance to vent about a professor. My fellow peers were just like me&hellip; angst filled teenagers who needed an outlet. Facebook had once been our private hangout but now it was overrun with parents and family members who were more than a little bit ecstatic to find old friends. Twitter was now ours and ONLY ours. I found myself beginning to think in 140 characters&hellip;or less! Everything became tweet-able and I wanted to dominate the Twitter scene. I was a woman possessed.
Twitter had brought me closer to people who I would have never met at school. Although Hampton was not a huge university, there still were divisions. Just by clicking the &ldquo;follow&rdquo; button, I entered the minds of my classmates and loved it. I mentioned them and loved getting notifications that I was being tweeted. Twitter became my life. Twitter WAS life. 
In my tweeting filled haze, I was beginning to lose touch with reality. I found myself simply going to events at Hampton JUST to tweet about it. I couldn&rsquo;t go anywhere without my phone being charged in fear of missing out on a Twitter trending topic. 
My friends jokingly began to call me a Twitter celeb and I took pride in that name. The new friends and acquaintances I had made on Twitter began to call me my Twitter name and ONLY that. I even found myself referring to people as @(insert Twitter name here). That&rsquo;s when I knew I needed a break.
Twitter had opened up a whole new world for me and even allowed me to promote organizations and different things I was involved in. But, that wasn&rsquo;t all. The social networking site turned me into a monster and I lived for people calling me a celeb or my Twitter name. It wasn&rsquo;t until I saw the negativity that followed those &ldquo;expectations&rdquo; when I began to desire a change. People would say mean things like I wasn&rsquo;t as cool in person as I was on Twitter or as friendly. I was hurt by these comments because simply&hellip; they were untrue. I had always been a social person but with over 400 followers, there was NO way I could remember or talk to every person I had met on the site. So, I took a break. 
I tried to put my tweets at a minimal and not tell my followers about every little thing going on in my life. I finally saw that not everything was tweet-able and even though I still sometimes think of life in 140 characters (or less), I also am in touch with the real world a little more. And for a former Twitter celebrity, that&rsquo;s something worth tweeting about.&nbsp;
Follow me on Twitter:&nbsp;http://twitter.com/kissmyyTiARA
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Continental Airlines canceled 24 flights Wednesday, most of them out of Newark Liberty International Airport, after too many pilots called in sick.&nbsp;
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High-wire artist Nik Wallenda approached officials recently with a plan to cross the cataract on a wire the width of a nickel. The performance would be featured in "Life on a Wire," a&nbsp;Discovery Channel&nbsp;show expected to begin airing later this year. To clear the way for the spectacle, legislators last month approved a one-time exemption from a 50-year-old ban on daredevil acts at the falls.&nbsp;

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A lindslide caused by torrential rain in South Krea has crased into a mountain new Seoul, killing at least 32 people, including 10 college students doing volunteer work, according to officials.
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WASHINGTON -- House Democratic leaders emerged from a Wednesday Caucus meeting with a message for President Barack Obama: Invoke the Constitution to resolve the debt standoff.
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      <description><![CDATA[npr.com
When McDonald's&nbsp;announced&nbsp;plans Tuesday to overhaul the Happy Meal &mdash; downsizing French fries and adding apples to to every kids' meal &mdash; the company's top brass used every communication trick they know to get the message out: Twitter, Facebook, and more. And they didn't just invite journalists to their webcast announcing the overhaul; they also invited select bloggers &mdash; namely, mom bloggers.
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      <title><![CDATA[Kristin Cavallari Models Wedding Dresses]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[people.com
With her engagement to Jay Cutler&nbsp;called off,&nbsp;Kristin Cavallari&nbsp;fans might not expect the reality star to wear a wedding gown any time soon.&nbsp;Three days before news broke that she was reportedly dumped by her NFL beau, 28, Cavallari, 24, was all dressed in white for a&nbsp;magazine photo shoot.&nbsp;
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      <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama was back on television to stress the urgency for Washington to solve the debt crisis.&nbsp; Obama described the two proposals for deficit reduction as a &ldquo;live within our means&rdquo; or a &ldquo;cuts only&rdquo; approach.
The President gave his endorsement to the bipartisan &ldquo;live within our means&rdquo; plan, which he claims would &ldquo;cut fraud,&rdquo; &ldquo;cut waste,&rdquo; and eliminate tax breaks and deductions.&nbsp;
He quotes the deficit reduction at $4 trillion.
Obama introduced the contrasting thought, to which he credits House Republicans, as a &ldquo;cuts only approach.&rdquo;&nbsp; That approach was framed as one where &ldquo;nothing is asked&rdquo; of the highest earners in the country and that the cuts that are being asked for would be &ldquo;creating a bigger burden.&rdquo;
Speaker of the House John Boehner offered the rebuttal to the speech and mentioned the &ldquo;Cut, Cap, and Balance&rdquo; plan that would cut and cap government spending, while leading the country towards a balanced budget. Boehner also claimed a bipartisan victory but said his proposal was met with the threat of a veto.&nbsp; Boehner said that negotiations with Obama went on, but were unsuccessful as &ldquo;the President&rsquo;s demands changed.&rdquo;
The Speaker claimed Obama said, during their negotiations, &ldquo;We cannot make fundamental changes to our entitlement programs;&rdquo; this being essential to spending cuts the Republicans demand to help bring the nation out of debt.&nbsp; A key issue was brought up by Boehner in his opening statements, saying some costly programs included &ldquo;a healthcare plan that nobody asked for.&rdquo;
The President also touched upon, what he called, &ldquo;vital entitlement programs&rdquo; (medicare and medicaid) and he condemned the Tea Party&rsquo;s spending cut proposals, calling them &ldquo;harsh.&rdquo; He remarked, &ldquo;This is no way to run a country.&rdquo;&nbsp; In his initial statements, Obama did say there needed to be space for entitlement and tax reform, but left it to the leaders of both parties to devise a compromise &ndash; &ldquo;a compromise I can sign,&rdquo; said Obama.
Both men made an effort to stress that the United States cannot default on their debt, but where the President said, &ldquo;Raising the debt ceiling does not allow the country to spend more money,&rdquo; the Speaker said of Obama, &ldquo;The President wanted a blank check six months ago and he wants a blank check again.&rdquo;]]></description>
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Without a doubt, college has dangers lurking everywhere. But that&rsquo;s only if you&rsquo;re unaware of your surroundings. I began college in August 2009 and was more than a little excited to get away from the reign of my family. However, I always had freedom to do as I pleased since my family members knew I was a &ldquo;good&rdquo; teenager. So, when I stepped onto the campus of Hampton University, I was not looking to go crazy. I went to school hoping to make friends and get the whole historically black college experience that I heard so much about.&nbsp;
Unlike many schools, Hampton had a curfew in place for their freshmen students. It was 11 p.m. on the weekdays and 1 a.m. on the weekends. I had never truly had a curfew and the thought of being on restriction while at college was baffling to me. The curfew was only until Homecoming, which was in October or November, but even 3 months with any types of rules was hell to me. What I didn&rsquo;t know was that &ldquo;Hamptonians&rdquo; know how to party. 
I managed to have more fun before 1 a.m. on the weekends than others had for the whole night. Upperclassmen boys were more than willing to pick up a group of inexperienced and overly eager freshmen girls. Many nights I found myself in the car with a guy I met five minutes before and saw no problem with that. But don&rsquo;t get the wrong idea&hellip; I was never the reckless type at home. But somehow I felt safe at college and only a few times thought twice about my actions.
Yet, as freshmen orientation went on and I partied with all different guys, stories began to come out about the dangers of girls being na&iuml;ve. Apparently, freshmen girls were getting belligerently drunk, ending up in the hospital or getting raped at a party. These stories made it back home and my family wondered how this could happen on such a &ldquo;safe&rdquo; campus. 
In reality, there is no place on Earth that is perfectly safe. Accidents and mistakes happen no matter where you are. Even with a curfew in place, it did not stop us from acting a fool. We partied harder than other schools because we knew we only had a few hours to do it. This often resulted in people not knowing their limit and blacking out on their dorm floor.&nbsp; I never had a college shame moment like this, but I did have a few blurry nights where I woke up with a headache and clothes from the night before.
Drinking in college is very common and sadly can end up with some terrible consequences. I saw a good number of my classmates get kicked out of school because of their drunken mistakes. I watched friends end up having to do plenty of hours of community service because of a little too much fun. But worst of all, these people lost their parents and the school&rsquo;s trust. All for the thrill of a mixed drink or too many shots. 
I&rsquo;m not going to tell students to not take advantage of everything college has to offer because that would be hypocritical of me. I will advise students to know their limits, party with trusting friends, and always pay attention to their surroundings. You don&rsquo;t want to end up going away to school to only end up back at home with even stricter parents. College is a ride to be enjoyed, so buckle up. The next 4 or 5 (for some) years will be some of the best of your life.&nbsp;]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The morning dew was still lingering on the shop windows as we headed to Fisherman&rsquo;s Wharf. The salty air rose from the San Francisco Bay and dangled in my soft curls. The ferry to Sonoma Valley waited in port for boarding travelers. On this day, I would experience the beauty of California vineyards I had previously only seen through films such as Bottle Shock.&nbsp;
I watched from the bow of the ferry as we approached our destination. From a distance, you could see the rolling hills perfectly lined with green and brown rows of vineyards. We docked at port and made our way to the immaculately appointed 1937 white convertible Packard that waited to take us on our journey into the Sonoma countryside.&nbsp;
Our first tour stop was a private vineyard owned by a retired Wall Street stock broker, Robert Hunter III.&nbsp; James, our chauffeur,&nbsp; drove us to a spot overlooking the property vineyards and prepared an inviting gourmet lunch of fruit, cheese, meat and breads as we sat under the shade of an oak tree overlooking the Sonoma hills. The property was so much more than just a vineyard. It was an overwhelming site that seemed to never end.&nbsp;
We were greeted by the vineyard manager, Chris, who walked with us through the house gardens. Thomas Dolliver Church, a famous landscape architect credited for the modern movement know as &ldquo;California Style&rdquo; was responsible for the hardscape. Each plant had a unique story, many of them hundreds of years old and very rare. The property was so beautiful and rich in history.&nbsp;
As we made our way through the gardens, it was hard to take in all of the beauty at once. I had to pinch myself as a reminder that it was actually real. The tour was intimate and private as though the property had never been seen by humans.&nbsp; At one point, we paused and were allowed to roam the area. I stood at the wall of the pool deck, gazing over the valley as the warm california sun and the cool breeze from below glistened on my face. At that moment, I knew this&nbsp; place would always be special in my heart. The tour continued through the pool area as we sat beneath an arbor of twisted vines from exotic plants. Chris excused himself and returned with&nbsp; our first round of tastings.&nbsp; We were pleasantly surprised to be joined by the property owner himself, Robert Hunter. He spoke to us as though we were old friends, recounting his journey and speaking fondly of the love he had for his wife as he proudly discussed his grapes and wines.&nbsp;
The first tasting was a 2000 Sparkling wine Brut de Noirs. It was smooth, not too bubbly and had the sweet soothing taste of honey. As a novice, I knew it was the best sparkling wine I had ever tasted. Unlike a typical sample wine tasting, we were poured a full glass. The conversation continued as well as the tastings. Each glass came with discovery and knowledge from Robert Hunter himself.&nbsp;
After tasting the Brut De Noirs, Chardonnay, Pinot Nior and Cabernet Sauvignon the beauty around us was even more saturated and incredible. We felt as though we were in heaven. Each wine came with a unique and special taste. We spent the majority of our tour time at the Robert Hunter winery with no regrets. Every other vineyard we visited that day could not compare with the breathtaking beauty, satisfying tastes and touching stories from the creator of our memories. &nbsp;


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      <description><![CDATA[NBC/WASH:&nbsp;Dozens of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided offices at the University of Northern Virginia's Annandale campus Thursday.
The University of Northern Virginia is an unaccredited, for-profit private university that calls itself the most popular American university for students from India. Thousands of students are registered at three locations in northern Virginia.
Agents have removed boxes of documents from a building on Little River Turnpike where the university leases two suites.
The university temporarily can't accept any foreign students, reads a notice posted on the door of the offices. UNVA students must leave the country immediately if they are unable &ldquo;to continue to attend classes and maintain their active status in a manner required by federal government regulations,&rdquo; the notice reads.

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      <title><![CDATA[Wake Up Morons: Why Healthcare Costs So Much!]]></title>
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Wake Up Morons! Part 1: Why our healthcare costs so much!
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Everyday I hear individuals complaining about the price of medical care and questions about what lawmakers are doing to solve the issue of high medical costs. Well, we already know that&nbsp; President Obama pressed for national healthcare. But, is this a good idea? Is this truly what we need in order to make healthcare more affordable for everyone in this country. This answer is NO!
The answer to lower medical costs in this country is called Tort Reform, A.K.A throwing out all judges, lawyers and frivolous lawsuits which bog down our system, stress out medical professionals and raise the prices for you and me.
In this article I will be quick and to the point. I will breakdown who is complaining, why they are complaining, how they are the problem and what can be done to truly solve the issues of medical cost.
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Who is complaining:&nbsp;
The uninformed angry people who want all things for FREE: This is the group who want all things covered medically from their small little sneezes to a complicated brain surgery. All things should be free and the &lsquo;rich&rsquo; should pay for it.&nbsp;
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The RICH hating groups: These are the people who hate all 'rich' people and feel that they --the rich--should cough up money because they &lsquo;deserve&rsquo; to pay more. This group doesn't understand that the &lsquo;rich&rsquo; create jobs and make our society work. They simply see dollar signs and red steam.&nbsp;
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The &ldquo;I Will Sue You&rdquo; crowd: These people are the worst of the worst and the main cause of why your healthcare costs are so high. These individuals request medical care. If they do not have everything perfect, out come the lawyers and doctors are dragged into lengthly and costly lawsuits. This in turn raises the rates of the doctors malpractice insurance, causing your fee at the checkout to go up.&nbsp;
These are the very people who cause the high prices, yet they complain about them in the same breath. If I never hear from these people again, it will be too soon.
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Why they are complaining:&nbsp;
These groups are complaining because they feel life dealt them a &lsquo;raw deal.&rsquo; They feel life blessed these other people with money and them with nothing. So what if these kids went to college, busted their humps day after day to study for tests and graduated with a distinguished degree. No, they are lucky, not talented. We must take their money and use it for things that we like. This is exactly the reason they wanted Obama in office. He pulls a Robin Hood to take from the hard workers and give to the loafers.
Do you plan ahead? Do you wait till you are married to have children? Do you follow the rules and try to do well by others? You must be destroyed! You are the enemy to these people and anything you have is fair game. Everyone hates the pretty girl in school. If you make money and work hard, you are Angelina Jolie...minus the adopted babies with mohawks.
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How these groups are the problem for higher medical costs:&nbsp;
Why are the medical costs so high in this country? Think about why they are high? It is because doctors love to rip you off? Is it because white people are racist and want to charge minorities more money cause it's fun? Get real people! The very people who are complaining are the ones causing the high prices.
Doctors today have to pay absolutely ridiculous prices to protect their practices from serious lawsuits. Anything and everything can be brought into litigation today and it is killing the medical field. Here is the flow chart. Try and keep up!
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It is time that people stop complaining about those who try and help us and take responsibility for their own actions. If you are 400 lbs and eat chocolate cake all day, you are fat! Your costs go up! You are a burden to our system. Get in shape and take care of yourself! Easy math that we all can enjoy.
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This is part 1 in my Wake Up Morons series that I will be posting here on The College Press. My name is Eric Bateman. Keep an eye out for my genius.
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      <description><![CDATA[Still emailing from those old and outdated email interfaces? Well, Google has shelled out a few bucks to stage a personal, loving and completely new way to enslave you,&nbsp;Email Intervention! Yes, once again Google&nbsp;is sending out it&rsquo;s mind waves in order to make you their puppet in the company's global plan to take over the world. MUahahahahaha
Actually, it&rsquo;s just a fun promo released on Youtube this week. Starring&nbsp;Dr. Richard Muscat, Intervention Specialist,&nbsp;this video warns you about your friends with older emails and how they are un-hip, corrupting your inbox, out of date and just a plain old darn sad faced balloon head.
As a Gmail user myself, I must say that they are right! This was long overdue. We care about you! Get with the times people! Who needs a scrunchy people!? Stop the madness of older emailing me guys! It&rsquo;s Gmail time baby!&nbsp;
 







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It is 1942, America has entered World War II, and sickly, but determined, Steve Rogers is frustrated at being rejected yet again for military service. Everything changes when Dr. Erksine recruits him for the secret Project Rebirth. Proving his extraordinary courage, wits and conscience, Rogers undergoes the experiment and his weak body is suddenly enhanced into the maximum human potential.
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The special effects are everywhere. The effects carried the film, because even comic fans would have been disappointed with the presentation of this movie. It's definitely not innovating, even for the people who've never read the comics, but it's a remnant of what they were. This wannabe superhero was a well made production design &amp; the old fashion score. Most battle scenes are montages.
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The change from puny wimp to super hero was well done, as was the intro sequence with red skull. The whole nazi-mysticism mystique was done very well. But, it seemed that after Joe Johnston filmed these two or three well thought out portions, the rest of the film was just filler. 
Later, when Dr. Erksine is assassinated by an agent of Nazi Germany's head of its secret HYDRA research department, Johann Schmidt, aka the Red Skull, Rogers is left as a unique man who is initially misused as a propaganda mascot. However, when his comrades need him, Rogers goes on a successful adventure that truly makes him Captain America and his war against Schmidt begins.
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However; I caught myself looking at my watch a few times, just sort of wanting the movie to end - and this was half way through the film. The action sequences are fairly average for the most part and I really never got the feeling of suspense as the characters faced true threat.
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This movie was good and well thought out, but not up to par on the superhero aspect. The &ldquo;First Avenger&rdquo; has been reused by so many superhero movies, where a good guy who is a weakling became powerful then eventually saves the day.&nbsp;
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      <description><![CDATA[Remember move in day? Your first day of class? Your first fraternity party?
CollegeMagazine.com&nbsp;asked 99 students&nbsp;&ldquo;What do you wish you had known freshman year?&rdquo;&nbsp;in an effort to make freshman year smoother for the class of 2015. Their answers ranged from brutally honest to lighthearted to simply amusing. One student suggests that you don&rsquo;t have to be best friends with your roommate. Another wishes he had slowed down on the&nbsp;pizza&nbsp;and&nbsp;beer. This isn't the kind of advice you would hear from a guidance counselor or parents. And maybe that's for the better.
&ldquo;Nothing can replace having first-hand advice from current students because their memory of freshman year is still very fresh," says Amanda Nachman, Publisher ofCollegeMagazine.com.
"My hope is that our postcards will make even the most informed freshman a little more equipped to handle the challenges of college."&nbsp;
To give the quotes an aesthetic appeal,&nbsp;CollegeMagazine.com&nbsp;transformed them into postcards and has slowly released 10 a day.
To check them out, visit:&nbsp;http://bit.ly/qgDIlm. And if you&rsquo;re feeling nostalgic, write down your own advice and send to&nbsp;editorial@collegemagazine.com. For a new piece of advice each hour, follow #IWishIHadKnown on Twitter.
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      <description><![CDATA[In November of 2008, Americans changed history by electing its first African-American president. On that night of jubilation for some, bitterness for others, there was an open acknowledgement that history had indeed changed and it was brought out not by a war, a terrorist attack or by government leaders but by the will of the people. The main criticism launched against, then-candidate Barack Obama, was that he was too inexperienced. A &ldquo;community organizer&rdquo; was not fit to lead the world&rsquo;s most powerful and influential nation.Now, nearly three years later, the country went from grand celebration and exuberance to facing the worst economic downturn in decades, increased entrenchment in Afghanistan, a new war in Libya and a broken, seemingly circus-like Congress. Yes, Congress was designed to be slow and obtuse, but there is a fine line between careful deliberation and rampant absurdity. Even some veteran journalists are floored at how incompetent the legislative branch has been.

With all of this to contend with, how are President Obama&rsquo;s approval ratings? According to the most recent Gallup poll, the president has hit an all-time low with only 42% approving his job. Unsurprisingly, the approval rating varied according to political ideology, with conservatives giving the lowest rating and liberals the highest. But the fact that his rating is low even among his own party shows just how dismal a mood the country is in now.
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With these kinds of numbers, is it fair to lay all the blame at the president&rsquo;s feet? With all of the political rancor and hysteria being blasted at us from 24-hour news networks, it&rsquo;s no wonder that the American people are fed up with the government. What must be remembered, however, is that in only two years, President Obama has a dizzying array of accomplishments under his belt. In his first term, Obama has managed to bail out two major auto industries, engineered a massive economic stimulus plan, bailed out major banks on the verge of collapse, brought the war in Afghanistan back into the public consciousness and, in spite of heated opposition from a largely Republican House, pushed through Universal Health Care. More recently, Obama repealed &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t Ask, Don&rsquo;t Tell&rdquo; and in a move right out of a 24 episode, had Osama bin Laden killed while amassing vast amounts of al-Qaida intel.
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All of these accomplishments (including the death of bin Laden) have been accompanied by plenty of criticism if not outright attacks on the president. But in addition to the usual Sturm und Drang surrounding political discourse, Obama has dealt with the headache of the &ldquo;birther&rdquo; movement, despite his readily available birth certificate issued by the state of Hawaii.&nbsp; It seems that no other president in recent memory has had to deal with such ridiculous non-issues such as the birther movement and other right-wing driven conspiracy theories.&nbsp;
Obama certainly has accomplished a lot, but he has also either neglected or seems to have completely forgotten some of his campaign promises (Guantanamo is still open and troop withdrawal deadlines are constantly being pushed forward). He has made an attempt at bipartisanship, but an unusual hostile GOP and an ever weakening Democratic Party makes this virtually impossible. It is then, perhaps, best to not blame Obama for our country&rsquo;s problems&mdash;for they have been issues plaguing our nation for generations that during this presidency, received more media attention&mdash;but to understand the circumstances he is in. I voted for Barack Obama because he was the most articulate, the most clear-headed and the most presidential candidate. Yet as these three years have gone by, I have become slowly disillusioned&mdash;even angry&mdash;at the president and especially at the GOP, the party that once claimed that to not support the president was &ldquo;unpatriotic&rdquo; now turned it&rsquo;s heels and claimed that Obama may not even be a natural born citizen.&nbsp;
But the president does not lead the country alone; he has three branches of government to work with. Unfortunately, the most vocal branch, the legislative, has not been entirely cooperative, especially since the GOP takeover. There are no easy answers to the challenges this country faces, for now, it seems that the best option is for our political leaders to quit the circus and work to solve our economic, social and military crises. Many Americans believe that we are on the wrong path, but have different notions on how to correct our problems. That is fine as long as we can stop comparing those we disagree with to Hitler and actually seek common ground.&nbsp;&nbsp;
I had hoped that Obama would be able to do this, but it seems that he is unable to given the over-zealous politicians that have managed to take over Congress. So we, the American people, have to step in and vote for candidates that are the most level-headed and not bound by party lines in order to work on these issues. I personally, will cast my vote for Obama&rsquo;s re-election, not because I am entirely pleased with his actions, but because he seems to be the only sane candidate running.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Campus Fears Through The College Years]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[College Campuses small or large have many dangers during the day or night. The universities across the United States are taking precautions to protect their students, but students should still be cautious.
Many campuses have programs where you can enter your phone number into their online database and when there is someone or something dangerous happening on campus, they send you a text message.
Another safety feature that students should look for are buttons that are located below lights which are connected to the local police station. In the event you are being chased through campus, they can track all activity as you push the buttons throughout the campus.&nbsp;
Running alone, male or female, can be very dangerous. I went to a smaller division 1 school and a young girl was abducted and raped in a small mountain town. Whether you are one of the top runners in the nation or you are out for a morning jog, take a friend. Plan to meet up with a friend, in a well lit place and carry mace or get a stun ring. The ring is small and dainty, but if pressed, mace will be released up to 10 feet.
Another place to work out is at the campuses local recreation center. This way you are in a safe environment. Many campuses stay open late or even all night. Working out is not the only danger on campuses.
As a young woman on a college campus, I always surround myself with people as a precaution. I was in a bike accident in the middle of the afternoon and my friends took care of me. I didn&rsquo;t know at the time, but I had a concussion. This could happen to anyone.&nbsp;
When the sun goes down, it&rsquo;s best to surround yourself with people that you trust. Although, you may meet people that interest you at campus parties or bars, be careful who you let take you home or those you let your friends go home with at night.&nbsp; Although, this is a great way to meet people, get their number and hang out in a group setting or public venue.
While out on the town or at parties, never set your drink down or let someone bring you a drink. &nbsp;&nbsp;Rohypno,l known as &ldquo;Roofies&rdquo;, is a drug that inhibits your memory and often causes the victims to blackout. It&rsquo;s commonly known as the date rape drug.
Although, these aspects of college are daunting, with common sense and the right precautions, every college student will have a safe and memorable experience.
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      <title><![CDATA[Casey Gear Goes For The Throat]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Several weeks after the shocking not-guilty verdict by an Orlando jury, Casey Anthony has disappeared, but the merchandise has just arrived.Merchants, as in any over exposed event, are now seeing dollar signs when it comes to Casey gear on the internet. One group is making Casey shirts with statements referring to the murder and duct tape and are selling out in record numbers. It seems going for the throat can be a profitable enterprise.&nbsp;
Casey was recently spotted in Ohio shopping. See the video and take our poll!
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      <title><![CDATA[Movie Review: Cowboys & Aliens]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Cowboys &amp; Aliens was a poor attempt to revitalize the old western cowboy and indian era of film with a new, modern twist. Do not waste your money. If you are a Steven Spielberg and 007 fan, this film will leave you very disappointed. In 2006, Platinum Studios released the 100 page graphic novel of&nbsp;Cowboys &amp; Aliens. This movie lacked many elements of the popular illustrated series. With the success of Iron Man in theaters, director John Favreau took a chance at another comic flick and it fell flat.
The plot of the movie was lacking direction and substance compared to the novel. It --the movie--was flashy and had great graphics and action scenes but strayed from some of the key points in the novel like silver mines (not gold) anti-gravity horses, x-ray goggles and energy whips. The cowboys, who later teamed up with Apache warriors to battle against the aliens, never thought to use the aliens native weapons against them and instead attacked them with arrows, spears, and guns.
Daniel Craig (Jake Lonergan) was dropped into the desert not remembering who he is or where he came from. Throughout the film, you begin to share his confusions of not knowing what is going on. Bit by bit and very slowly you begin to learn of what happened to Jake and why the aliens have come to earth. This discovery is due to Olivia Wilde (Ella) who is creepily interested in Jake when he stumbles into their town and quickly becomes a handsome hero.
They soon team up with Harrison Ford (Colonel Woodrow Dolarhyde) a rancher who is responsible for all of the towns income and livelihood. Each member of the team, assembled by Jake and Colonel Dolarhyde, wanted revenge against the aliens who had taken a member of their family. The fact that the earth was about to be destroyed was no big deal to the men, it was getting their family back that mattered.
The film lacked a solid story and was broken off into sub-plots. Instead of telling the story of Jake and discovering who he was they also told the story of Ella, the doc, the preacher, the colonel and the Apache warriors. In the end, you weren't sure what story to follow and no one had closure. I will give the film one star out of five for the action and another star because Harrison Ford was in it.&nbsp;
Lets go back to the true westerns where there is a hero, a villain and a damsel in distress. It pained me to watch Daniel Craig cry over a women and Olivia Wilde take control as though she were a man. The film began slow, ended quick and left you unsatisfied. &nbsp; &nbsp;
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      <description><![CDATA[It was a typical Saturday night and I decided to go out to the movies with my best friend. We debated over what was out and finally settled on seeing Friends with Benefits. I couldn&rsquo;t quite understand why my best friend was so stuck on seeing the movie when we had both seen No Strings Attached. I felt as though FWB had the EXACT same plot as NSA and the thought of wasting 12 bucks for the twin film made me a little uneasy. But&hellip;I was wrong.I sluggishly walked into the theatre, since I KNEW this film was going to be a replica of NSA. I was surprised to see the place packed because I figured everyone was going to wait and order FWB on Netflix. It was difficult to find a seat and by the time we sat down, the movie had begun. Immediately, I found myself in laughter over the opening breakup scene. I laughed along with everyone in the theatre as Timberlake&rsquo;s ex (Emma Stone) screamed her obsession for John Mayer.
&nbsp;The not so innocent dialogue between the two was a great opener and let me know that I was in for one helluva ride. Not only was FWB witty and sarcastic, it also had a great plot. This was not only a movie about 20somethings who decided to hook up with no commitment&hellip; the film had substance. Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake&rsquo;s friendship and chemistry was apparent throughout the film and I found myself laughing and relating to some of their stories.While NSA was definitely an interesting movie, I was more in touch with the FWB plot. Timberlake&rsquo;s father suffered from Alzheimer&rsquo;s and Kunis&rsquo;s mother was more than a little emotionally distant. These people were REAL and the characters showed the emotion.
&nbsp;The movie steered a bit off course when Kunis found a potential love interest and decided to give up on the casual sex she was experimenting on with Timberlake. I found myself wondering if the movie was going to go in a completely different direction and how exactly was it going to end. I found this a bit refreshing and liked the slight detour from the hookups.It seemed as though the two were completely fine with the idea of staying just friends as Kunis fell for another man. However, of course, with a sudden turn of events she ended up in the arms of Timberlake again. He hadn&rsquo;t had very much luck in the romance department and seemed to be jealous as he made smart remarks about Kunis and her love interest.
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In NSA, the protagonists Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman fell for each other at separate times but it appeared as if Kunis and Timberlake would go a unusual route. Their friendship was genuine and kind but there was an undeniable attraction between the two. I began to think that maybe they WOULD just stay friends with benefits and never progress until&hellip;.After Kunis was brutally dumped by not only her love interest but her mother too, Timberlake felt pity for her and invited her out from New York to his California family home. This was the first time he brought a girl home to his close-knit family and was a big deal to his older sister, nephew and aging father. Kunis saw a more emotional side of Timberlake and after another hookup session, found herself falling in love. She tried to reach out to Timberlake and show that being friends with benefits was not necessarily all they could be, but the emotionally unavailable actor pulled away.I won&rsquo;t go into the details of how the two eventually ended up but just know that the ending ROCKS! I found myself tearing up a bit and left the theatre with nothing but praises for the film. This was not No Strings Attached&hellip; It was better.
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      <title><![CDATA[This Little Piggybacker Lost The Market]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[With every popular internet idea, you have Piggybackers. These individuals spam-purchase websites in efforts to grab some of the attention from the main product and channel it to their latest money making idea. You have seen these with Myspace template makers and video snaking (stealing) off of Youtube.
That being said, there are those moments where these products can be a good thing. At times these third-party companies, that sprout up after a new trend is set, can actually improve on a product, but again, its rare. Most of the time, these people who create these websites are looking to make money with the least amount of effort, piggybacking on the popular guys who busted their humps.
I am here to predict the demise of yet another third-party Piggybacker called Twitpic. This website, founded in 2008 by Noah Everett, became very popular by allowing photo sharing through Twitter. Since it's launch, statistics show that over 45% of photo third-party sharing via Twitter was through Twitpic, but this is about to change.
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Today, Twitter announced it&rsquo;s new photo uploading option directly under your tweet box. This little camera icon makes it&rsquo;s glorious debut much to thousands of twitter photo sharing Kramer&rsquo;s (Seinfeld reference) chagrin. Yes, the liberal guys/gals (gotta be PC) at Twitter, who I am sure hate companies like Wal-Mart, because they put the 'little guy' out of business, have just WAL-MARTED Twitpic! OMG!
I just want to say....YES! Finally! What the heck took Twitter so long to see that people like to share pictures?
I love capitalism and it will be very interesting to see how Noah and his Twitpic staff evolve to this latest bit of news! As always, the open market will be big daddy!
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      <title><![CDATA[Hundred Acres of Taste]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A quick exchange, from the show &ldquo;Gossip Girl,&rdquo; perked curiosity about this downtown Manhattan restaurant. It was in the show&rsquo;s third season that Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively) was introduced to Olivia Burke (Hilary Duff) when Serena, speaking into her phone, said, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m treating myself to lunch at Hundred Acre.&rdquo;
Is this a real place? The characters of &ldquo;Gossip Girl&rdquo; usually name drop a lot of trendy establishments around New York City, but this one seemed like it needed to be explored.
Hundred Acre is a restaurant in New York City&rsquo;s SoHo. Known to be a veritable paradise for shopping, coming from someone who makes a living in New York City, one finds SoHo is also home to many art galleries and restaurants.&nbsp;
Hundred Acre sits along Macdougal Street, and in good weather, welcomes you in with large and open French doors that lets in natural light and circulates the air. Inside, it has a rustic feel with generous bar area, seating options either in the front room (near the aforementioned French doors) or the rear seating; just in front of a patio equipped to serve larger parties.
The dinner menu offers a variety of American cuisine and an array of cocktails.
For starters, literally, the Crispy Pig &ldquo;Tater Tot&rdquo; is one to try. On one hand, it could be deemed as a type of pork rind nugget, but it almost comes out a crabcake consistency, crispy outside and superbly cooked. Topped with a couple bread and butter pickles, the taste buds are jolted.
The most attractive of entr&eacute;e options comes from their &ldquo;meat&rdquo; section. From a ridiculously tender hangar steak to, maybe another pork option, their Dijon rubbed pork blade steak, Hundred Acre does not scrimp on the variety.
To digress a bit from variety, beyond judging the diversity of a menu, scrutiny of the simple items is just as important. Hundred Acre, along with their duck confit or their array of fish options, also offers a fantastic burger. Served on a brioche bun, their bev eggleston&rsquo;s beef burger is an excellent option for those who are craving a hearty and meaty dinner (or lunch).
After the meal, the server may come around with a small chalkboard with dessert options and it is usually tough to, both, decline and to choose. On a recent visit, there was a Peanut Butter Bar on the menu. Upon arriving to the table, plainly, it was a layered bar of peanut butter and chocolate. But before one could dig in, the server doused it in milk &ndash; an amazing touch to an ultimately rich and decadent dessert.
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      <title><![CDATA[Tax The Rich. But, Is It The Right Thing?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.thecollegepress.com/articles/view/u/109/n/Tax The Rich. But, Is It The Right Thing?</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In early 2009, President Barack Obama began campaigning in favor of increased taxes for the wealthy saying, &ldquo;These folks can afford it. They were rich back in the &lsquo;90s.&rdquo; This was already a topic of interest for him a couple months after assuming the Presidency; before the subsequent bailouts and &ldquo;Obamacare&rdquo; was passed.
These days, as the country debated over raising the debt ceiling and the United States saw its credit rating slashed, the President and his party are demanding there be more emphasis put on the wealthy of the United States to pay more.
As the President said, in the same speech, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s not like suddenly they&rsquo;re going to have to go to the poorhouse.&rdquo;
The wealthy in America, probably, have the ability to pay more in taxes, and that added incentive will help pay for a lot of new spending that has come into the federal government, from all sectors &ndash; not just the White House &ndash; but the larger piece of the fiscal pie is, absolutely, &ldquo;Obamacare.&rdquo;
The President, recently, received an endorsement for his idea from Billionaire Warren Buffet. He declared, &ldquo;For those making more than $1 million -- there were 236,883 such households in 2009 -- I would raise rates immediately on taxable income in excess of $1 million, including, of course, dividends and capital gains. And for those who make $10 million or more -- there were 8,274 in 2009 -- I would suggest an additional increase in rate.&rdquo;
An increase of taxes for the rich will, obviously, create a boost in revenue, but the question is, for how long?
Conservatives highlight the fact that a lot of the &ldquo;rich&rdquo; are business owners and an increase in taxes may slow commerce.
An increase in tax, while, again, may spur a jolt in returns, for the small business, would be more money going to the government and out of the company&rsquo;s pocket. Without the necessary profits to stay in business, companies may be forced to lay-off workers, cut salaries, or cut benefits and other overhead expenses.
Overall, a tax increase may push unemployment deeper if businesses are in a place where they cannot retain their employees, let alone hire new ones.
The American Enterprise Institute revealed IRS data from when the Bush tax cuts were first enacted and it showed an increase in the number of households that considered themselves "millionaires," thus spurring an increase in revenue.
The study showed: &ldquo;The number of tax filers who claimed taxable income of more than $1 million increased from approximately 180,000 in 2003 to over 300,000 in 2005. The total taxes paid by these millionaire households rose by about 80 percent in two years, from $132 billion to $236 billion.&rdquo;
This upward mobility is a theory that appears to be more of a long-term solution, that when paired with spending cuts, could contribute to bringing down the country&rsquo;s debt. The President&rsquo;s plan may see a higher jump in revenue, but the longevity of an increased tax burden has not yet been seen.
One of the issues that would be impacted with an increase in taxes is the United States&rsquo; global competitive advantage. Many countries around the world offer much higher taxes than the United States, which makes the United   States an attractive place to build a business &ndash; and when a business establishes itself, it needs employees: job creation. If taxes do tick up, the advantage America held would grow dim and would result in less companies flocking to the USA to start up.
It may also cause companies currently based in the United States to seek less-taxed lands elsewhere.
CNN cites the Tax  Policy Center in saying that a tax increase strategy is not a valuable way to solve the country&rsquo;s problems. They state that an economic decline reduces incomes, so an increase in tax on a salary that may have reduced because of slow economic times, will not net a greater result. Alongside that, despite the growth of the &ldquo;millionaire population,&rdquo; because of the relatively small number of them in the country, their increased contributions still would not be enough to satisfy the deficit&rsquo;s needs.
Currently, taking into account the different levels of income the country has, the group that contributes the least to the country&rsquo;s overall tax revenue are the Bottom 50% of the population.
In the same American Enterprise Institute study, they found that the Top 1% of Americans pay 37% of the overall tax burden, whereas the Top 10% pay about 68%. The immensely greater share of overall tax revenue is already paid for by America&rsquo;s top earners.
A study from the Congressional Budget Office, from earlier this year, found that &ldquo;Raising all six income tax rates by 1 percentage point would yield an additional $480 billion over 10 years. By contrast, raising the top two rates by 1 percentage point would yield just $115 billion.&rdquo;
The President has not spoken about raising taxes across the board, only on the wealthy. Another point of contention for Conservatives where the proposed policies seem to be sneaking away from a free market Capitalist society to one that is beginning to embrace Socialism, where the rich are taxed on a greater scale, in an effort to produce societal parity; a model that many developed European countries work under
The continued borrowing is not contributing a thing to the United States&rsquo; fiscal future and all proposals from the White House seem to say that it is imperative that taxes are raised on the rich in order for there to be economic stability.
According to studies, increased taxes would slow business and kill a job, which, invariably, reduces the net tax revenue.
Seeking the resolution from only taxing the rich, seems short-sighted as an overall tax hike would spur much greater federal income, why is the microscope only focused on the rich, when the Bottom 50% of the country pays only 3% of the total tax revenue?
Plus, recent job reports indicate public sector jobs are growing, more than the private sector. With new federal jobs opening and a federal healthcare system that will cost close to $10 trillion dollars, over ten years, the proposed increase in taxes seems to correlate with the increase in spending &ndash; which means smaller returns on the net tax income..
The Conservatives in Washington continue to beckon for cuts. They see increases as allowing for more spending and to maintain a balance between indebtedness and increasing revenue. That may have met its breaking point with, according to the AFP, the United States debt has now surpassed 100% of GDP.
The two schools of thought look at things in a short-term and a long-term. Short-term strategy of increasing taxes for the rich will bring in revenue, but as business are hit with more and more burden, jobs become more difficult to maintain and without that income, revenue slumps. The long-term looks as spending cuts and continuing the tax cuts. That strategy sees the gradual decrease of debt and deficit, and in a number of years time, a balanced budget can become a possibility, it just takes time.
Just as many argued the debt ceiling has been raised several times by Obama&rsquo;s predecessors, tax cuts were also key in many previous administrations, including Kennedy and Reagan.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Kim Kardashian&nbsp;wed basketball star&nbsp;Kris Humphries&nbsp;in a lavish ceremony Saturday night, but the party was shut down early after stuffy neighbors called the cops complaining about the noise.
The curvy star, wearing Vera Wang, wed the New Jersey Nets star and current free agent Humphries in a huge tent set out on a sprawling Montecito estate. But following the speeches, dinner, live performances and first dance, the music, spun byDJ Cassidy,was shut down by authorities at midnight after complaints from local residents.
A source told us, &ldquo;Around midnight DJ Cassidy, who had been spinning for an hour, was ordered to shut down because the neighbors were complaining about the volume of the music. The neighbors didn&rsquo;t come over, but they called the police. Kim took the news OK and seemed relaxed about it, but her sisterKhloewas pretty upset and making a bit of a scene. She kept talking to the wedding planner to see if there was anything they could do, but there wasn&rsquo;t. But the party kept going anyway and most people stayed until about 2 a.m. Despite the early end to the dancing, everyone had a great time, and Kim looked beautiful and very happy.&rdquo;
The newlyweds had been serenaded byRobin Thickeand Earth, Wind &amp; Fire earlier in the night. Thicke introduced the couple as &ldquo;Mr. and Mrs. Humphries&rdquo; into the tent, and performed &ldquo;Angel&rdquo; as they took to the floor for their first dance. He also sang Al Green&rsquo;s &ldquo;Let&rsquo;s Stay Together&rdquo; and his hit &ldquo;Lost Without You.&rdquo;
Following speeches fromKrisandBruce Jenner, Humphries, Khloe andKourtney, Earth, Wind &amp; Fire played five songs including &ldquo;September,&rdquo; &ldquo;Let&rsquo;s Groove,&rdquo; &ldquo;Sing a Song&rdquo; and &ldquo;Shining Star.&rdquo; There was no appearance byStevie Wonder. Then DJ Cassidy took to the stage and opened with the Black Eyed Peas&rsquo; &ldquo;I Gotta Feeling,&rdquo; and everyone hit the dance floor.
Guests at the bash includedEva Longoria,Lindsay Lohan,CarmeloandLa La Anthony,Avril Lavigne,Serena Williams,George Lopez,Jonathan ChebanandRyan Seacrest, who tweeted, &ldquo;Beautiful . . . kim looked regal, a perfect night.&rdquo;
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      <title><![CDATA[Miami Scandal Heats Up]]></title>
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College athletics has been rocked again, this time by what's now known as the "booster bombshell": A former supporter alleged he supplied University of Miami&nbsp;football&nbsp;players&nbsp;with millions of dollars in illicit benefits over an 8-year period.
But the fallout spreads well beyond speculation over whether Miami football will be given the so-called "death penalty," which would shut down the program for at least a year.


The scandal, one of the most egregious in NCAA history, has reignited several long simmering debates, including whether the NCAA can adequately police its members, the role of those enthusiastic boosters and whether amateur student-athletes should be paid.
If the allegations are true, the conduct at the University of Miami illustrates "the need for serious and fundamental change in many critical aspects of&nbsp;college&nbsp;sports," NCAA president Mark Emmert said in a statement, specifically citing the involvement of boosters and agents.
The jaw-dropping story broke last week after Yahoo! Sports reported that Nevin Shapiro, a former Miami businessman who is currently serving a 20-year stint in federal prison for fraud, lavished over 70 players with gifts ranging from prostitutes to jewelry, breaking multiple NCAA bylaws.
Chicago Bears&nbsp;wide receiver Devin Hester, who declined to comment on the report, reportedly received rims for an SUV he was driving, a $3,000 engagement ring, cash bounties for performances in game, sports tickets and more while playing for the University of Miami.
Shapiro, who was convicted for his role in a $930 million Ponzi scheme, blew the whistle on himself in part because he felt abandoned by the players when he went to jail, Charles Robinson reported in his Yahoo! Sports story. Shapiro justified his actions saying, "I did it because I could. And because nobody stepped in to stop me." Robinson, who spent 11 months reporting the story, recorded 100 hours of interviews and corroborated many of Shapiro's claims.
The NCAA, which has also been investigating the allegations at Miami for the last five months, recognizes "the serious threats to the integrity to college sports," said Emmert. In light of this, last week he called a meeting of more than 50 presidents and chancellors to, he said, "drive substantive changes to Division I intercollegiate athletics."
But some experts say any change would need to include a profound cultural shift, because the pressure to win and the exorbitant salaries and compensation for&nbsp;coaches&nbsp;has created an environment that fosters rule-breaking. Today's athletic departments no longer focus on education; instead they use a "business model" designed to attract top athletes and raise money, said former NCAA executive director Cedric Dempsey.
"As long as competitiveness and winning is the only thing that matters, the rules of amateurism will be abused. Period," Andy Markovits, professor of political science at the University of Michigan, said. "This is not surprising," said Markovits, who co-wrote "Gaming the World: How Sports are Reshaping Global Politics and Culture."
Though Emmert is open to the death penalty, which has been used only once before with Southern Methodist University in 1987, some say it's unlikely, unnecessary and would have a negative ripple effect on other schools in the conference and media contracts.
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      <title><![CDATA[London Burning: The Search Continues for What Sparked the England Riots]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[More than a week after the riots in England, many people&mdash;both in the UK and abroad&mdash;are asking the same set of questions.&nbsp;What exactly happened? How did this start? What compelled ordinary British citizens with no criminal history to participate in the chaos? More importantly, how can this be prevented from happening again?
Ever since the first brick was thrown, answers almost immediately popped up as to what was to blame. The left blamed the crumbling economy and the decreased job opportunities for young people and immigrants as well as the soon to be enacted budget cuts on social programs; whereas the right touted that the decay of morals and the collapse of the traditional family structure was the culprit. Others merely shrugged and lamented that while the riots were a tragedy, England has had a notorious history of them and we shouldn't act surprised.&nbsp;
Even the present and former prime ministers cannot agree as to the exact cause.&nbsp; Prime Minister David Cameron, in an article published in the Sunday Express, boldly stated that "The greed and thuggery we saw during the riots did not come out of nowhere...There are deep problems in our society that have been growing for a long time: a decline in responsibility, a rise in&nbsp; selfishness, a growing sense that individual rights come before anything else."
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, however, took the opposite stance in an article published in the Observer. In the article, he argued that the blame belongs to "the group of young, alienated, disaffected youth who are outside the solid mainstream and who live in a culture at odds with any canon of proper behavior." Blair also stated that these "disaffected " youths should also be the subject of specific policies designed to help turn their lives around.
Cameron also believes in programs for at-risk youth; in his article, he stated that because of the riots, he will expand his national citizen service program that would enable teenagers to make improvements in their community. How this program will be funded and implemented was not elaborated.
While both Cameron and Blair agree that the riots were sparked by a disenfranchised youth, the two diverged as to the root cause; the former believes that there is a strong lack of morality in the country's youth, while the latter believes that to attribute "moral decline" as the cause is to "trash our own reputation abroad."
Other commenters on this subject, including Christopher Hitchens, argue that England has witnessed a plethora of violent protests even in its most recent history.&nbsp; In a recent article for Slate, Hitchens, although acknowledging Britain's history of violence, does not concede to the notion that the riots are not surprising because they are not new. What is new about the riots is "the emergence of gangs and even small-scale 'communities' that feel they owe no civic or political or in many cases religious loyalty to the state or its institutions."
The press in England itself has also postulated a number of differing causes; unsurprisingly, these speculations are usually based along political lines.
The conservative Daily Telegraph has listed everything from an ineffective police force, welfare, to multiculturalism as culprits. Meanwhile the left-leaning Guardian correlates poverty and unemployment as factors.
The various finger-pointing and blame dropping lies in the nature of how the 2011 England riots came to fruition: after the fatal shooting of 29-year old Mark Duggan by London authorities, protesters initially began a peaceful demonstration and demanded to know the circumstances of Duggan's death. Almost immediately afterward, violence erupted in various parts of the city and then spread to other major cities including Birmingham, Bristol, Liverpool and even smaller provinces. The sudden and literally, explosive nature of the riots made it clear that the shooting of a young man was not a major factor in the cause of the chaos. &nbsp;
Adding to the bewilderment of the cause of the upheaval is that none of the rioters were protesting any political or social cause. No one held signs or placards, but instead looted, robbed, committed arson, and outright murdered people. The only spirit uniting the rioters seems to be criminal opportunism and "boredom." New details are emerging about the riots almost every day; most recently, police revealed that there have been several armed attacks against authorities. Two men were even sentenced to four years imprisonment for using Facebook to incite criminal activity.
Scientists and psychologists have also offered their own interpretation of the riots: in an article for Discovery News, Jack Levin, a professor of sociology and criminology at Northeastern, says that riots consist of two phases. The first is known as de-individuation, in which a person sheds their personal sense and hence, their responsibility and adapts to a specific group behavior. The second phase occurs when newcomers join the group and are pressured to conform to that group's actions.
Like commenters before him, Levin believes that harsh economic times may have factored in the rioting. "They don't see the light at the end of the economic tunnel...[and] may take advantage of a dire situation in order to accumulate certain items--such as flat screen TVs--that they otherwise might not," he said.
Needless to say, there are many competing theories and arguments as to what sparked the riots. Everything from a lack of family values to new technology, such as Twitter and Blackberry, have been cited as a reason for the mayhem. &nbsp;Whatever the ultimate causes that may be determined, so far the riots in England have proved to be a launching pad for commentators to espouse their own version of the truth.
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Magnitude
2.2


Date-Time


Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 10:35:17 UTC
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 06:35:17 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones




Location
42.687&deg;N, 74.098&deg;W


Depth
21.4 km (13.3 miles)


Region
NEW YORK


Distances


6 km (4 miles) WSW (249&deg;) from&nbsp;Altamont, NY
7 km (5 miles) S (170&deg;) from&nbsp;Duane Lake, NY
9 km (5 miles) SSE (163&deg;) from&nbsp;Duanesburg, NY
26 km (16 miles) W (277&deg;) from&nbsp;Albany, NY
142 km (88 miles) WNW (297&deg;) from&nbsp;Springfield, MA
221 km (137 miles) N (356&deg;) from&nbsp;New York, NY




Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 0.5 km (0.3 miles); depth +/- 0.4 km (0.2 miles)


Parameters
Nph= 24, Dmin=25 km, Rmss=0.26 sec, Gp= 76&deg;,M-type=local magnitude (ML), Version=1


Source


Lamont-Doherty Cooperative Seismographic Network (LCSN)




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ld60024476



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      <title><![CDATA[Nancy Reagan Falls, Rubio Catches Former First Lady]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Nancy Reagan last night lost her balance and fell as she arrived to watch a speech by Republican freshman senator and Tea Party darling Marco Rubio.
The frail former First Lady was being escorted to her seat in the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, in Simi Valley, California, by Senator Rubio when she lost her footing and took a tumble.
Mrs Reagan had asked Senator Rubio to speak at her late husband's presidential library following his election to the U.S. Senate last year.
The pair had arrived to a standing ovation, but there were hushed gasps as the 90-year-old, who was leaning heavily on a walking stick, slipped and Senator Rubio leapt to catch her.
Assisted by onlookers, the senator for Florida helped Mrs Reagan back to her feet and the applause resumed. A library spokesman told CNN that she was unhurt in the incident.
Only elected in 2010, Senator Rubio has already been tipped as a possible Republican candidate for vice-president as the party gears up to challenge President Barack Obama next year.
If he joins the race, the Latino newcomer's career trajectory - running for president after just a short career in the U.S. Senate and a stint in the state legislature - will look remarkably similar to President Obama's.
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      <description><![CDATA[Apple Computers Inc. is now Jobless. The computer and technology powerhouse, which gave the world the iMac, iPhone, iPad and many other breakthrough gadgets, has lost its main man, Mr. Steve Jobs. Jobs, founder and architect for innovative direction, announces his retirement from the company following a series of health issues over the past few years including pancreatic cancer in 2004 and a liver transplant in 2009.
&ldquo;I Hereby Resign As CEO Of Apple&rdquo;, Jobs told the world.&nbsp;
This announcement should not come as a total shock to &lsquo;Mac-Heads&rsquo;, as everyone has known that Jobs was suffering from various health problems, looking frail at the past few product unveils. Many have wondered who would be the next in line for the position. Jobs has appointed Chief Operating Officer, Tim Cook to man the sails.
Co-founder Steve Wozniak,&nbsp;speaking to Bloomberg, last night defined Apple's success as being about the way products are developed as much as the products themselves. "Steve had been very disciplined and forthcoming in reasons for running things certain ways. At Apple great products are not the important thing &ndash; it's where those products come from and so much of that was down to the way of thinking of Steve Jobs," said Wozniak.
"The people around somebody who thinks in great ways like that and thinks ahead &ndash; they admire that and what to be like that &hellip; Apple is not going to change drastically or suddenly hit the tubes &hellip; I just hope that Steve is happy and feels that apple is in the best possible place for the future. His goal is not money. His personal goal is to be the implementer of technology that would improve people's lives &ndash; that's what he was born for, he told me once."
TechCrunch's Saul Hansell&nbsp;described Jobs as "the patron saint of perfectionists".
"We all know lots of people who are nice. We know many people who are smart. We've seen a bunch of corporate leaders who have the rare combination of skills to surf the waves spawned by Moore's Law," wrote Hansell.
"But it's hard to think of anyone besides Steve Jobs who through the sheer force of will, self-confidence, vision and perfectionism could upend the powerful forces of technology to make so many products that delighted so many people precisely because they were improbable."
For those wondering why so much attention has been paid to the departure of one chief executive, veteran&nbsp;Wall Street Journal reporter Walt Mossberg&nbsp;explains:
"Most people are lucky if they can change the world in one important way, but Jobs, in multiple stages of his business career, changed global technology, media and lifestyles in multiple ways on multiple occasions," wrote Mossberg.
"He did it because he was willing to take big risks on new ideas, and not be satisfied with small innovations fed by market research. He also insisted on high quality and had the guts to leave out features others found essential and to kill technologies, like the floppy drive and the removable battery, he decided were no longer needed. And he has been a brilliant marketer, personally passionate about his products."
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Contributers: Eric Bateman, Daren Copely, The College Press, The Guardian.Uk, Jemima Kiss
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      <title><![CDATA[Touchdown: Irene Makes Landfall as a Cat 1 Hurricane]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Hurricane Irene weakened overnight but still poses a serious threat, the&nbsp;National Weather Service&nbsp;said this morning.Irene made landfall on the southern Outer Banks ofNorth Carolina&nbsp;about 7:30 a.m. and will pass about 30 miles off&nbsp;the Virginia coast&nbsp;about 6 p.m., said&nbsp;Lyle Alexander,&nbsp;a weather service meteorologist.Irene is producing 85 mph sustained winds now, and that should drop to about 80 mph when it passesVirginia, Alexander said. A Category 1 hurricane has winds of 74 to 95 mph.Along the Virginia coast, winds should hit 75 mph with gusts to about 85 mph. In the Richmond area, winds should reach 35 mph, gusting to 45 mph.The storm should drop a lot of rain -- about 8 to 11 inches along the coast and 3 to 5 inches in Richmond.&ldquo;Between Richmond and Williamsburg, I think your biggest problem is going to be flooding from rain,&rdquo; Alexander said.
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      <title><![CDATA[Irene Flooding: Death Toll Rises to 40]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Flooding across parts of the East Coast&nbsp;is still a major issue after Hurricane Irene&nbsp;as the death toll rises to 40 across seven states, and thousands have found themselves stranded and without electricity for days to come.
Vermont is currently experiencing&nbsp;the worst flooding the state has seen in 84 years, which has the governor calling for "all the help we can get." At least two people are dead and one is missing in the state beset with knocked-out bridges and destroyed roadways.
Roads to a number of communities in the state remain cut off due to the flooding. A total of dozen bridges have been lost so far, including some of the state's iconic covered bridges.
At least 11 inches of rain was dumped on Vermont as Irene passed through. Rivers were already high from a wetter than average summer and heavy snowfall in the winter.
The national death toll has risen from 21 on Sunday night to at least 40 as people are pulled from floodwaters -- some were electrocuted by downed power lines.
All Vermont state offices are closed, and the National Guard has deployed six rapid response teams.
"This event unfolded much faster than anyone anticipated," Vermont National Guard spokesman Lt. Col. Lloyd Goodrow said.
President Obama signed an emergency declaration for Vermont Monday morning.
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      <title><![CDATA[Ann Romney Stops In Orlando, Reveals Details On Her Battle With Multiple Sclerosis]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ORLANDO, Fla.-- Presidential candidate Mitt Romney has been slipping in the national polls since the entrance of Texas Governor Rick Perry. Once the darling of the Republican fight back against the Obama administration, Romney is now having to push harder to remind voters why they should check his box on election day.
Pulling out the big guns, Romney has his wife on the trail to assist with his money and message. Mitt&rsquo;s wife, Ann, has been cruising the southern states, mainly Florida, in hopes to assure that when it comes down to those last few votes, Florida will seal that epic win for their family campaign.&nbsp;&nbsp;
'Florida will be choosing the next president,' said Romney.&nbsp;
The latest fundraising venture brought Ann Romney to the Hyatt Hotel inside the Orlando International Airport terminal. This event was a political who&rsquo;s who for Orlando with officials such as local Clerk of The Court, Lydia Gardner and Bob Dallari of the Seminole County Commission Board.
Ann began speaking soon after food and beverages were served. Romney started off by stressing the importance of this upcoming election and how it was tough to begin this process again after the 2008 attempt. But she said she had a feeling about this one.&nbsp;
&ldquo;It was a women&rsquo;s intuition, I knew I had to go back&rdquo;&nbsp;
During her speech about her husband and what this next election would mean to America, Romney broke into a private moment with the crowd. A moment where she fully shared her battle with the disease, Multiple Sclerosis.&nbsp;
&nbsp;&ldquo;I felt fatigued all the time, I couldn't use the left side of my body,&rdquo; Romney said.
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      <title><![CDATA[IHOP Chaos: 3 Dead In Rampage]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Rampage @ IHOP!
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Three people are dead after a gunman opened fire at a Carson City, Nev., Ihop restaurant, shooting nine people before shooting himself.
At least two of the people killed were members of the military, said Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong. Extra security has been implemented at nearby military installations, authorities said.
"At this point, seven persons were transported from the scene to Renown [Regional Medical Center] and Carson for surgery. Two were established dead at the scene. There has been a third death," said Furlong.
The gunman, initially reported dead, is still breathing but not expected to survive, Furlong said. The gunman, who has not been identified, shot himself in the head with an automatic weapon.
The suspect arrived at the restaurant in a blue minivan, police said. The male shooter was seen running into the restaurant at 8:58 a.m. PDT.
"Right now it appears that there was one shooter&hellip;there does not appear to be any safety concerns outside this area of where we're standing," Furlong said.
At least 11 agencies, both federal and state, are working the scene, Furlong said.
Ralph Swagler, an owner of Locals Barbecue near the IHOP, told the&nbsp;Reno Gazette-Journal&nbsp;that he saw a man wearing a red shirt pull up in a blue minivan. Swagler told the paper that the man first shot and killed a man on a motorcycle before taking aim at seven others.


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      <title><![CDATA[The Day the Sky Came Down: Remembering 9/11]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[As the tenth anniversary of 9/11 arrives, media outlets ranging from newspapers, to blogs, to online magazines are becoming inundated with articles about how that day changed America and how we've progressed since then. Television networks will air hours of documentaries focusing on the unfolding of 9/11 itself, the conspiracy theories surrounding it, survivor's tales of heroism and loss, and the ensuing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.&nbsp; Just like that Tuesday morning 10 years ago, we will once again see images of the World Trade Center engulfed in flames on our television screens and computer monitors. The only difference now is that for some, it may not seem so shocking because in the preceding decade, the specter of 9/11 never really left the public discourse (even in the 2008 presidential campaign, then candidate Rudy Giuliani made the tragedy his primary talking point).
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Immediately following the terror attacks, American flags were draped out of nearly every single open window to serve as a reminder that the tragedy had not defeated us but had instead emboldened us, it united us in a cause to bring those responsible to justice. We were filled with such patriotism and vigor that if you walked into any store suddenly there were American flags printed or stamped on everything. Pins, wallets, T-shirts, bracelets, hats, bandages, banners, toys, even the produce had "Made in the U.S.A." stickers on them.&nbsp; With such energy and enthusiasm how is it that we have lost our way? How did we become embroiled in three wars, a sinking economy, and our reputation as the world's superpower end up in tatters? Can the tenth anniversary re-ignite that same passion that united us before?
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On that Tuesday morning, I was in the 7th grade, my routine was to rise at six in the morning, eat a bowl of Cheerios, get ready for school and wait for the bus in the dark until the sun rose.&nbsp; My routine though was disrupted when I woke up earlier then usual, at approximately 5:48 am. My first instinct was to roll over and doze for an extra ten minutes, but I was plagued by an unnerving sense that something was wrong. I don't know how or perhaps my memory is playing tricks on me, but the feeling was so subtle and disturbing that it forced me out of bed and I went to investigate.
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Downstairs in the living room my mother was on the phone, her voice an odd mixture of composure and restrained panic as she left messages for our relatives in New York asking them if they were okay. I asked her what was the matter and she turned to me and said that the World Trade Center had been attacked.
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Looking back now she was pretty prescient to determine that the plane crashing into Tower 1 was an act of terrorism and not an accident as everyone at first thought it was. Twenty plus years in the military had trained her that jets don't accidentally fly into the center of New York's economic powerhouse.
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At the time I did not know what the World Trade Centers were, I just glanced at the TV and saw a steel tower engulfed in flames. It was terrible, yes, but my immediate thought after that was breakfast.&nbsp; My mother continued calling our relatives and when she got a hold of one of them she crept into the kitchen and spoke solemnly and inquired if they had heard from anyone else. I situated myself at the end of the coffee table in front of the television and watched as the news anchors calmly--but with that same urgency and anxiety that my mother had--reported the most recent news from the site. The station replayed the image of Flight 11 plowing into the North Tower over and over again until I became quite annoyed at the lack of any recent developments.
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A few moments later, a plane slammed into a tower although this time from a different angle. The news anchor, his voice rising, gave another report:
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"We have just received word that a second plane has crashed into the South Tower of the World Trade Center."
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Second?
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Two Towers. Two planes. &nbsp;I became glued to the set. This explosion was much bigger than the first and as the news replayed the impact from different angles, the shrill cry of the people down below became horribly audible. &nbsp;My mother came in from the kitchen, eyed the TV and immediately stated that I was to stay home from school.&nbsp; No questions asked.
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So I stayed home while she went off to work. Throughout the day I watched, still perched on the coffee table as news of the Pentagon being struck emerged, saw tiny shapes plummet from the windows of the Towers, heard that there had been reports of a plane crashing somewhere in Pennsylvania, and finally watched as the towers collapsed in on themselves blanketing the city in white ash, metal and debris. &nbsp;As all of this unfolded I felt a shocked numbness creeping over me and a realization that nothing would ever be the same.
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Most of us witnessed 9/11 from a distance, either on television or on the radio. Yet it still felt so intimate that people as far away as France called themselves Americans. Cries of denunciation of the attacks and promises of support came from world leaders, vigils were held in every pocket of the globe and here at home, people lined up to donate blood. Tragedy has an odd way of rendering us apart while uniting us underneath a banner of grief, outrage, mourning and courage.
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Obviously, such intense emotions are not meant to last and within the past ten years are presence in the Middle East went from being seen as a mission to bring terrorists to justice to a kind of neo-imperialism.&nbsp; I went from being intensely patriotic to the point that I applied to three military academies to skeptical of American military involvement overseas.
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Despite all this, I still feel pride whenever I see a soldier in uniform, or a police officer, or a firefighter, or anyone who works to protect and serve others.&nbsp; The tenth anniversary of 9/11 will not reignite old passions but instead it will remind us where we were on that day and how we felt. Some of us may cry because the memories are still so raw. We will reflect on the past, the present and the future and hopefully recognize the mistakes we made that brought us to this point in history. We will tell our stories to reanimate the spirit that created a community of grieving yet steadfast patriots. We will honor those who were brutally murdered and those that died doing their job to save others. We will remember.&nbsp;
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      <description><![CDATA[Every day, commuters come in and out of the downtown PATH station going to and from work. Ten years later, their surroundings have become eerily normal. Only until recently has there been signs of any kind of resurrection of downtown Manhattan. The land where the World Trade Center once stood appears barren, completed blocked out by a shielded fence; no sign of any development outside of the quickly ascending Freedom Tower to the east.
Ten years ago, it was a different story.
Sophomore year at Rutgers University, in New Brunswick, New Jersey, started like any other. The TV and radio went untouched before the bus trip from the College Avenue to the Livingston campus. Not until walking through the Livingston Campus Center and the TVs at the Dunkin Donuts showed smoke coming from one of the Twin Towers, quickly followed by breaking news of a plane hitting the Pentagon. In that instance, there was not enough time to think about the gravity of issue beyond that something was going on; getting to class on time was a priority.
Midway through class, it was Communications 102, a guy runs into the class, gasping for air. He makes his way to the front of the lecture hall where the Professor was lecturing.
He tells the Professor the Twin Towers have collapsed.
Incredulous hearing somebody saying that and thinking back seeing the remnants of planes crashing into the World Trade Center, the thought of it being a large passenger jet never crossed one&rsquo;s mind.
Immediately, the Professor dismisses class, which, it seems, all other Professors took the same lead and the crowds waiting for busses to other campuses was growing. Students seemed nervous, not sure what exactly to do next. One student, in particular, was on his cell phone, was shouting expletives, either hearing bad news or in shock of not getting service, it really made one unsure of what the next step should be.
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, is a mere train ride to New York City, about a 40 minute to an hour ride and the train station was situated right on campus. New York City was always known as a place to escape to. There are countless numbers of students personally affected by the events of the day; a classmate&rsquo;s parents worked in the area and had no service to reach out &ndash; she learned later that they were fine.
The rest of the day, and the week, students across campus were glued to their TVs and computers, learning detail after details of what went on that morning.
Working at one of the libraries, at the time, it was learned a son of one of the Supervisors died in the towers. She was away from work for a long period of time and when she returned, spent a lot of time in pain, remembering her son. The impact of that day lives on forever and, for some, even moreso.
Writing this, and reliving that day, has proven to be difficult and the thought of losing somebody that day is unimaginable. Everyday, locals are thankful they were saved that day, but the loss of life is something that is forever ingrained in our thoughts and souls.
In the ten years since that catastrophic event, Americans have seen wars fought, stringent security measures put in place for regular citizens, battles of faith, and the ultimate demise of 9/11&rsquo;s creator.
A lot of political wrangling has occurred since then and has, unfortunately, occupied a majority of &ldquo;development.&rdquo; The politics of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom, the debate over what to do with the space, to the 9/11 widows finding a spot on every morning news show was commonplace. Whether one says the war in the Middle East was completely wrong or if they think Donald Trump had the right idea to rebuild the towers the exact same way and add an extra floor, like many things, more and more avenues and tangents of the issue manifested itself as a way of life.
Today, New Yorkers continue to be divided on the World Trade Center site. Some have voiced relief that something is being done, that the Freedom Tower is coming up quickly, despite the drawn-out fight it took to just break ground. There are others who feel that land is sacred and shouldn&rsquo;t be touched, at most, create a large monument &ndash; but no new skyscraper. Along with all that, the controversy about the planned Mosque near the Ground Zero site, that story has since subsided in the news, but contributes to the new debate that baffles those around the country.
From former New York Governor George Pataki (R) to current Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) to current Mayor Mike Bloomberg (I), the different administrations have had to battle with different issues that have arisen from 9/11 and, in a way, almost trivialize the matter. There has been a constant struggle to balance out issues with the 9/11 families and first responders and formulating methods to combat terrorism, a lot of the time, the news is filled with debates over development investors and figuring out how to hold a memorial service.
Americans endure more rigorous security measures at airports, New Yorkers have random bag searches on public transportation along with the sight of armed personnel regularly patrolling, all of which does contribute to maintain safety and prevent another devastating event in the future (regardless of how one evaluates the quality of such measures). Nationally, the country has seen a stretch of years without a terror attack on American soil. The on-going war on terror, a streamlined method of sharing information between government agencies, and strengthened airport security have helped curb attempted attacks and root them out before anything disastrous happens.
Continued unrest in the Middle East (Egypt, Libya) and other subsequent attacks (London Bus bombing, Madrid Train bombing) has proven that terrorism isn&rsquo;t over and the impact on it following Osama Bin Laden&rsquo;s demise is yet to be seen. Beyond the Navy SEALs operation to take down the 9/11 mastermind, the Obama administration has not made many waves on terror policy (including Obama&rsquo;s symbolic closing of Guantanamo Bay, which has yet to be enacted) and has left many of the Bush policies on the Middle East intact. It also remains unseen what he plans for homeland security and defense if he were to win a second term.
Questioning what the future hold one never knows, but the measures taken to prevent another catastrophe have become a part of the new lifestyle in the post-9/11 world.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[On September 11th 2001, I was sitting in Reading/Language Arts class&hellip; bored. The teacher kept droning on about nouns, verbs and subject agreement while my 10 year old mind was wandering to what I was going to eat for dinner. However, an announcement over the loudspeaker quickly jolted my attention along with my classmates. 
The principal&rsquo;s usually calm voice seemed panicked and unsure as she discussed the colliding of planes into the World Trade Center. She also spoke of how there was another plane on the loose and nobody quite knew where it was headed. Although I did not quite understand what was going on, I felt my muscles tense up and the shock-filled air. We were dismissed from school early and all around me, children whispered thoughts that were too horrible for me to comprehend.
I had no idea what the World Trade Center meant to Americans at that time but I soon would find out. I was only 10 years old but as I walked home from school that day, everything felt eerily still. Nobody was on the streets because everyone was in their homes glued to the televisions. I was terrified that some of the things that students mentioned were going to come true. Since we did not know where the plane was, I had images of it crashing into my home, school or suburban Philadelphia neighborhood. All I knew was to expect the unexpected.
Once I got inside my home, I found my mother riveted by the television and its horrific images of smoke, fire, and utter despair. I sat down next to her despite her telling me to go to my room and watched with fear. I found myself crying at the sight of people running, cameras shaking and the loss of life. As a young child, I did not know such horror and fear existed. From that moment on, my innocent viewpoint was shattered.
I became paranoid and fearful that at any particular time, a terrorist attack was bound to happen. Gone were the days of daydreaming about the ice cream truck or summer vacation. Instead, I found myself in sweat-drenched sheets because I spent half the night crying or having nightmares. The terrorists September 11th, 2001 did not just steal the World Trade Center&hellip; they stole my innocence.
My world will forever be changed by what happened ten years ago. I still find myself scared out of nowhere when I&rsquo;m sitting on a plane. I sometimes cringe out of fear while on a heavily populated train. And I still find myself wondering if a major terrorist act will happen again. Yet, life goes on. The terrorists of that grief stricken day did not tear us apart like they planned. The saying is true: United we stand, divided we fall.&nbsp;]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Victims Remembered In 10th Anniversary Ceremonies]]></title>
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Vivid memories of her father accompany Jacqueline D&rsquo;Ambrosi everyday of her life. D&rsquo;Ambrosi&rsquo;s father, Jack D&rsquo;Ambrosi, died in the wreckage of the North Tower in the World Trade Center. He worked on Floor 103. (Star-Ledger, Aug.28, 2011)
D&rsquo;Ambrosi&rsquo;s father was one of over 3,000 men, women and children who died in the attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and the plane that crashed into the country side in Pennsylvania.&nbsp; It was described by the Star-Ledger as being one of the worst attacks on American soil.&nbsp;
On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, four commercial airliners, American Airlines Flight 11, United Airlines Flight 175, American Airlines Flight 93 and American Airlines Flight 77, were hijacked by terrorists. At approximately 8:50 A.M., the planes began crashing into their targets, The World Trade Center, The Pentagon, and Camp David. According to Wikipedia.com, the reason Flight 93 never made it to the Camp David was because of the heroics of its passengers.
All four flights were transcontinental and were heading to Los Angeles and San Francisco.&nbsp; According to Fox News, the planes may have been selected because their fuel tanks would have been nearly full.
The Federal Aviation Administration issued a nationwide &ldquo;ground stop&rdquo; around 9:25 that morning. All nationwide departing flights were cancelled. Planes already in the air were instructed to land at the nearest airport. Overseas flights were redirected to Canada, Fox News said.&nbsp;
&ldquo;It was a tragic day that changed the lives of everyone in America,&rdquo; senior Callie Faulkner said. &ldquo;It was tragic especially for the victims&rsquo; families.&rdquo;
As the nation approaches the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, preparations are being made to remember the victims and fallen heroes. An annual event to honor and remember those victims is a ceremony featuring the reading of the victims&rsquo; names.
&nbsp;&ldquo;We must remember the fallen heroes,&rdquo; senior Gaven Powell said.&nbsp; In Western Pennsylvania, firefighters will climb stairs inside the Cathedral of Learning in Oakland. It is a way to reflect on the lives of their fallen comrades who, 10 years ago, climbed other stairs in New York City as they tried to save lives.
"That's the difference," said Walter Patterson, a Grove City volunteer firefighter and fire marshal at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. "After the climb, I'm going to go home to my wife. There will be no flames, no smoke and no threat of death."
&nbsp;The climb will be in honor of the 343 members of the Fire Department of New York who died in the World Trade Center&rsquo;s Twin Towers after the terrorists&rsquo; attack. Many of those firemen died as they manned the stairways guiding people to safety.&nbsp;
&ldquo;It was a tragic day for our entire country,&rdquo; senior Martese Hargrove said. &ldquo;Our heroes will never be forgotten.&rdquo;
The changes that have occurred since 9/11 has changed the way we live our lives. &ldquo;Hopefully, everything has changed for the better, and we will be much safer,&rdquo; senior Amber Raymond said.&nbsp;
  
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&nbsp;Life, as we know it, took a drastic change, Sept. 11, 2001. Our peace and sense of security was shattered as four airliners were hijacked, two slammed into both towers of the World Trade Center, one crashed into the Pentagon, and the other intentionally crashed in Pennsylvania by heroic passengers to prevent it being flown into Camp David where the president was located. People died.
Out of those hijackings came acts of heroism and an increased love for our fellowman. Lives were lost and saved, with some of those lost lives coming from acts to save the lives of others.&nbsp;
As a result of those hijackings came a change in the American way of life.&nbsp; No longer is there freedom to travel without restriction. Now, new Federal guidelines require passengers to be subject to X-Ray or personal body search before boarding a plane, conversations are monitored and cameras follow us as we move about.
Much debate has followed the institution of these changes. The Department of Homeland Security, established since the occurrence of the 9/11 attacks, has received criticism and been accused of over zealousness in &ldquo;protecting&rdquo; U.S. citizens.&nbsp;
But is there such a thing as over zealousness when it comes to protecting America&rsquo;s men, women and children?&nbsp; We say no!&nbsp; Peace and security come with a price. That price includes a loss of some of our personal freedoms. Is that loss too high a price to pay?&nbsp; Only we as individuals can answer that question.&nbsp;]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[An unattended rental truck loaded with pyrotechnics for&nbsp;the cable TV&nbsp;show "Sons of Guns"&nbsp;caused some tense moments at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Sunday afternoon.
An executive of the production company said he regretted the incident and blamed it on "a simple yet colossal error in judgement by a member of our staff."
Part of Terminal B was closed for two hours as airport security and the FBI located and questioned the driver of the Penske rental truck left unattended outside Terminal B-38, according to airport spokesman David Maga&ntilde;a.
"There were things found inside the truck that prompted further investigation," said Maga&ntilde;a. "These gentlemen are stunt performers, they had pyrotechnics in the truck. The types of things you'd associate with a stunt show."
FBI official Kevin Gentry says after questioning it became clear the truck was driven by a member of the crew of the Discovery Channel show "Sons of Guns." He says investigators had been suspicious because the man in the Penske truck had said "I got a couple of guns."
Authorities also found an automatic weapon and pistol, both of which were legally registered and there were no firearm violations according to the airport.
Gentry says it rapidly became clear the man was simply waiting for another member of the show's crew. The two are headed to El Paso, Texas, and then on to Albuquerque, New Mexico to film the show.
Gentry says the scare is "nothing." He says it "all checked out."
Apparently the driver of the truck was oblivious to the heightened security in light of the anniversary of 9/11. The incident happened near the location where volunteers greet the daily arrival of U.S. troops from the Middle East as they come home for rest and recuperation, according to Maga&ntilde;a.
"You can only describe it as being unaware," said Maga&ntilde;a. "Apparently there are people unaware of what our nation is going through."
The driver of the truck will not face charges and did not receive a ticket.
Maga&ntilde;a said the investigation resulted in a two-hour closure of the roads leading to the northernmost section of Terminal B where the DFW&nbsp;Department of Public Safety bomb squad, canine units, and mobile command post set up.
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      <description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia mother ready to return to work after giving her son a kidney finds out she doesn't have a job to return to.
If you're a mom, chances are you'd do anything for your child.
Claudia Rendon didn't hesitate when her son needed one of her kidneys.
But she didn't think she'd have to choose between her child and her job.
She's smiling now, but make no mistake, this has been the toughest year of Rendon's life.
"It was the hardest thing i ever had to go through, bury my mother," Rendon said.
Even as Rendon mourned her mom, she found out her father had leukemia, her uncle passed away, and her son's kidneys failed.
"Everything was coming down all at once. I felt like the best thing that happened to me this whole entire year was that God gave me the blessing of being able to give my son my kidney."
Through it all, Rendon showed up to work at the Aviation Institute Of Maintenance, in Northeast Philadelphia.
The company teaches would-be mechanics how to fix planes.
Rendon used her vacation time to be with her mother. But she needed a leave of absence to donate her kidney to her son.
"She saved my life basically,&rdquo; says Alex Rendon. &ldquo;Who else can say their mom gave them life two times?"


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This is our tribute video. Stay tuned to the end for Man on the Street interviews about that day!
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The College Press remembers all that perished this day, 10 years ago. We thank those who gave their lives in efforts to save others. This wall is our thank you to those who are no longer with us. This is a collaboration of College Press staff writers and other freelancers who wanted to join our cause. Enjoy their stories. Never forget!
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Anne Marie Walker:&nbsp;Click Here
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Paul Lim:&nbsp;Click Here
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Tiara Budd:&nbsp;Click Here

Colette Harper/Henderson, NC/Viking Vision:&nbsp;Click Here



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      <description><![CDATA[As Peyton Manning recovers from what may be a season-ending surgery, more details are coming to light about how far he went to stay on the field.
Fox Sports reported Sunday that the four-time NFL MVP had boarded a private jet for Europe to receive stem-cell therapy, a procedure not approved in the U.S.
Reporter Jay Glazer said the procedure involved taking fat cells from Manning&rsquo;s body and growing them in a culture.
The cells were then injected into his neck with the hope of regenerating the nerves, but the therapy was apparently not successful.
Mr Manning underwent neck surgery on September 8, his third in 19 months, and could possibly miss the entire season as he recovers.
The possibility of losing Manning, who earns about $18m a year, is a huge blow to the Colts and throws the race for the AFC South wide open.
Until last week's season opener, Manning had not missed a game in 14 NFL seasons, with 227 consecutive starts, including postseason.
'Rehabilitation from such surgery is typically an involved process,' the team said in a statement, calling the procedure 'uneventful.'
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      <title><![CDATA[The Problem with Book Banning]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[For those who may not know, Banned Books Week is here. The annual event, observed September 24th-October 1st, celebrates the reading of the most frequently challenged books by various school boards across the country. The event is also sponsored by theAmerican Library Association. The books that are frequently banned (and the list grows longer every year) include such classics as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,&nbsp;Slaughterhouse-Five, Fahrenheit 451, The Decameron, The Lord of the Flies, and even the Harry Potter series.
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The list includes other notable works and even lesser known ones; but the primary reasons these books are banned are the same: sex, violence, language and the questioning of established institutions. Recently, Wesley Scroggins, a business professor at Missouri State University, complained to the school board about having children read Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five and Sarah Ockler's Twenty Boy Summer. The main reasons these books are offensive is because they contained sex scenes, violence and language.&nbsp; Scroggins also questioned the values of the school board itself.
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"This is unacceptable, considering that most of the school board members and administrators claim to be Christian. How can Christian men and women expose children to such immorality?" he wrote in his complaint to the board.
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These two books are not the only ones to have been banned; last month the Monroe Township School District in New Jersey removed Haruki Murakami's Norwegian Woodfrom their 10th grade English Honors summer reading list. The cited reason is that the book contains "a graphic depiction of a lesbian sex scene between a 31-year old woman and a 13-year old girl." Defenders of the book claim that the novel is written by an internationally respected and literary author and that one scene in the book should not bar students from reading it.
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Also in the news is renowned children's author, Maurice Sendak, who after 30 years has come out with a new book, Bumble-ardy, about a pig who throws his own birthday party. There are only six reviews on Amazon so far, two of which complain about the book's "disturbing nature" (Death, evidently, makes an appearance at the party) while the other reviewers highly praise it. Any one familiar with Sendak's work would know that while his books tend to play on parent's worst fears, children absolutely love him (and that no matter how grim the stories may seem, the hero is always safely in his mother's arms in the end). &nbsp;
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The problem with parents or school boards complaining about a book's content is that they are often hypocritical or miss the point entirely of what literature is meant to do. If some parents are worried about sex and violence in books and believe that the only way to protect children is to forbid them reading said books, then they might as well ban the Bible. The Old Testament itself is far more violent and depraved than anything Vonnegut or Murakami have written.
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The problem with banning books is that it imposes one person's belief system over a mass of people who might actually disagree. Slaughterhouse-Five was banned because one individual (who is not even a parent) complained about the book's morals. Fortunately, the school board in Missouri has decided just days ago to reinstate the two books in the library but only parents can check them out. At least students are able to get a copy, one can argue, but such compromises should not be made just to appease one person. Literature (among many other things) is meant to challenge a reader's basic assumptions and to expose them to completely different worlds. Morality should not dictate what kind of books students read, but rather, its literary merit.
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People are often shaped by the kind of literature they read; if we restrict what books can and cannot be read, we are not only trampling on free speech, but thwarting the knowledge a student will gain by reading classic literature. Furthermore, banning books tends to have the opposite effect of what concerned parents want: children will become more interested in the book and can easily buy a copy on Amazon or at their local bookstore.
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Ray Bradbury once said that it was in libraries that he gained his literary education and love of reading; by banning books, school boards and overexcited parents are doing more harm than good. Reading is already on the decline among America's youth and instead of restricting books, we should encourage students to push their boundaries and explore great literature.
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      <description><![CDATA[ELLWOOD CITY, Pa. -- A  mother in  Ellwood City is demanding justice from police and her son's  school after  she said her son was bullied and forced to drink urine.The  boy's  mother said she can't understand why the Lawrence County  district  attorney won't prosecute the teens who are accused of making  her  13-year-old son physically and emotionally sick.
Channel  11 News  has learned that Ellwood City Police originally filed charges  against  several Lincoln High School football players for allegedly  forcing the  13-year-old boy to drink urine out of a plastic soda  bottle, but the  charges have since been dropped.
The  teen said he was riding his  bicycle near Helling Stadium on Sept. 2  when the players stopped him and  forced him to drink the urine."I want  to see Ellwood City  Schools take further action on the boys.  I mean  it's happening way too  often to these kids. It's every day somebody's  getting beat up. They're  getting pushed. They're getting punched.  They're getting taunted," the  mother said.
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      <title><![CDATA[Kutcher still wearing wedding ring]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ashton Kutcher is letting his jewellery speak for him amid reports he  and his wife Demi Moore are facing marriage woes - he stepped out on  Thursday wearing his wedding ring.  The couple has been dogged by infidelity rumours and stories suggesting  its union is under threat ever since Kutcher and Moore spent their sixth  wedding anniversary apart last weekend.  A series of cryptic tweets sent by Moore, who refused to talk about her  husband on the red carpet at a premiere in New York earlier this week,  only served the fuel the speculation. She was also a no-show at a film  premiere in Hollywood on Tuesday.  But Kutcher fired back with tweets of his own on Thursday, directing  fans to Public Enemy's Don't Believe The Hype on his Spotify.com  playlist and then writing, "When you a**UME to know that which you know  nothing of you make an a** out of U and ME."  And he also gave fans a visual sign his marriage is still intact during a  visit to a Los Angeles motorbike shop - he was photographed leaving the  store with two new bike helmets and he was wearing his wedding ring.
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      <title><![CDATA[OFC: Obama Fried Chicken Shows Up In China. Racist or Fun?]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Is President Obama starting a new biz? A fried chicken company in Beijing, China has been promoting a very familiar face along with its fried chicken goodies with the catch phrase "We're so cool, Aren't we?
A KFC China spokesperson said that they are considering legal action since it is a knock-off of their KFC brand and has nothing to do with them.
Check out the promo below, what do you think? Obama or NO-bama.
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      <title><![CDATA[Reggie Bush Boozing After 4th Dolphin Loss]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[TMZ/TCP: Reggie Bush hit an L.A. hotspot last night ... partying like he just won the Super Bowl -- problem is, his winless Miami Dolphins JUST had their asses handed to them by the San Diego Chargers. Bush was spotted at XIV in Hollywood around 10PM last night -- gripping a Corona while go-go dancers in body paint danced their faces off and people wearing glowsticks ... did whatever it is that people wearing glowsticks do. We think Internet Bingo is much safer for this bad boy.Roughly  six hours before the party, Bush wrapped up another lackluster  performance on the field ... rushing for a mere 50 yards during a 26-16  loss in San Diego. For the record, Bush is a grown-ass man and  can do whatever the hell he wants in his downtime -- but it''s a  questionable move for a guy who''s been HEAVILY criticized for playing  like crap this season.

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      <title><![CDATA[Apple Loses It's Seed: Founder Steve Jobs Dies, 56]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Steve Jobs, the visionary in the  black turtleneck who co-founded  Apple in a Silicon Valley garage, built  it into the world's leading tech  company and led a mobile-computing  revolution with wildly popular  devices such as the iPhone, died  Wednesday. He was 56. 
The hard-driving executive pioneered  the concept of the personal  computer and of navigating them by  clicking onscreen images with a  mouse. In more recent years, he  introduced the iPod portable music  player, the iPhone and the iPad  tablet -- all of which changed how we  consume content in the digital  age.
More than one pundit, praising Jobs'  ability to transform entire  industries with his inventions, called him  a modern-day Leonardo Da  Vinci.
"Steve Jobs is one of the great  innovators in the history of modern  capitalism," New York Times  columnist Joe Nocera said in August. "His  intuition has been phenomenal  over the years."
Jobs' death, while dreaded by  Apple's legions of fans, was not  unexpected. He had battled cancer for  years, took a medical leave from  Apple in January and stepped down as  chief executive in August because  he could "no longer meet (his) duties  and expectations."
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      <title><![CDATA[Michelle Obama tours Secret Service Headquarters]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Michelle Obama got a look into the amount of work that goes into protecting her family. On Wednesday she received an hourlong tour of the Secret Services protective intelligence division and the joint operations center. After the tour she joked with Secret Service employees "I just don't want to know, you can handle that. Just tell me when and where to run."&nbsp;
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      <description><![CDATA[Flights were grounded, schools shut and civic offices closed in a nationwide strike Wednesday to protest the government's austerity measures. Riot police in Athens clashed with protesters and fired tear gas.
On Athens' central Syntagma Square outside the parliament building, police used tear gas to clear some of the 20,000 protestors, who included some 300 anarchists, after firebombs were thrown at them, an AFP reporter said.
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      <title><![CDATA[Julia Roberts Is EVIL!]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[(The College Press) Well, she did tell Richard Gere she wanted the Fairy Tale life in 'Pretty Woman' so many years ago. Maybe Gere couldn't provide this for her, but Relativity Media could! See how Julia Looks in her new sinister gear!
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Julia Roberts&rsquo; Evil Queen in the still-untitled Snow White movie from Relativity Media (out March 16) certainly looks imperious,  but she does not wear her wickedness on her sleeve (there&rsquo;s already  plenty going on there as it is.)
&ldquo;She&rsquo;s the cat that ate the canary,&rdquo; says director Tarsem Singh (The Cell, the upcoming Immortals).  &ldquo;From serial killers to anyone who does evil deeds, they basically have  a devil-made-me-do-it excuse, or they hear voices,&rdquo; he continues. &ldquo;I  decided for the evil queen, this is going to be a person who sees her  [good] self &mdash; but there&rsquo;s a mirror personality.&rdquo;
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      <description><![CDATA[The boys are back! Uhhh... Huh... Huh.. Huh.. and it&rsquo;s Pretty Cool!Yes, that&rsquo;s correct! Beavis and Butt-Head are returning to MTV this October to corrupt a new generation of young mushy minds. These young gentlemen made their mark on the 90&rsquo;s with their crude humor, dirty jokes and FIRE-ry commentary.Created by funny man Mike Judge, these two fellows have been responsible for more than they think. Just looking at these guys, you would think they were lazy, but they launched the careers of a few names you may know such as Korn, the dudes from Office Space and even a show parents may not have realized came from these boys, King of The Hill.That&rsquo;s right! Mike Judge has been infecting your children slowly with his spin-offs. He knows how to cure young brains just enough to ripen them in preparation for his opus, The Beavis &amp; Butt-Head grand return!Our staff here at The College Press grew up with these guys and we feel that we would be irresponsible journalists if we didn&rsquo;t say to the current youth of America, WATCH THIS SHOW! UHH HUH HUH HUH YEAH! Hey, it&rsquo;s better than Jersey Shore!
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      <description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Labor Statistics just reported in September that 103,000 jobs were added to private and government payrolls while the unemployment rate remains at 9.1 percent. Most economist expected to see the job rate unchanged. Of the 103,000 jobs gained, around half were rehires of the 45,000 Verizon employees who had been on strike. With the unemployment rate holding steady, many government leaders begin to point fingers.&nbsp;
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      <description><![CDATA[REPORTING FROM CAIRO --&nbsp;The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to three women from Africa and the Middle East who symbolized the nonviolent struggle to improve their nations and advance the role of women's rights throughout the world.
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      <description><![CDATA[NEW YORK --&nbsp;Jose Valverde&nbsp;powered the final pitch past&nbsp;Alex Rodriguez, crouched and then exhaled.&nbsp;As did the&nbsp;Detroit Tigers, and their fans everywhere.&nbsp;Don Kelly&nbsp;and&nbsp;Delmon Young&nbsp;hit back-to-back homers in the first inning, thenDoug Fister&nbsp;and three relievers spent a tense night trying to protect the lead. They held off the high-powered Yankees -- barely -- and beat New York 3-2 Thursday in the deciding Game 5 of their AL Division Series.
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      <description><![CDATA[JOE WANTS MO!
Joe the Plumber, who gained prominence during  the 2008 presidential campaign, has filed papers to run for Congress in Ohio. 
Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher submitted a statement of candidacy for Ohio's 9th Congressional District -- a seat heavily changed in  redistricting that will pit Democrats Dennis Kucinich and Marcy Kaptur  in a primary. Wurzelbacher filed to run as a Republican.
Wurzelbacher,  then an employee of a plumbing contractor, talked to Barack Obama as  the candidate met with residents in his Holland, Ohio, neighborhood.  Wurzelbacher suggested that Obama's tax plan would result in higher  taxes for him.
 Republican nominee Sen. John McCain seized on that  exchange and repeatedly referred to the man he dubbed "Joe the Plumber"  in his final debate against Obama
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      <description><![CDATA[Cartoons, comics and sketches are a great way to turn a bad situation into a comical one, but not everyone would agree with that.
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      <description><![CDATA[Mikey Welsh, most famously known as the bassist for the rock band  Weezer, died unexpectedly Saturday, according to the band. He was 40.
The cause of death was not immediately known.
Darryl  Baety, a Chicago police spokesman, said that officers responded at 1:45  p.m. Saturday to a call from the Raffaello Hotel regarding a guest who  had been scheduled to check out, but had not.
After first knocking  on the door, hotel personnel entered and found someone who was  "unresponsive and not breathing," according to Baety.
Police are conducting a death investigation related to the case, pending autopsy results, Baety said.
According  to Welsh's official website, he was a painter before he made the the  shift to music at age 19. A decade later, he had achieved fame as the  bassist for the band Weezer, replacing the band's longtime bassist Matt  Sharp.
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      <description><![CDATA[Apple will hold a memorial service for Steve Jobs on Oct. 19 in an  amphitheater at the company&rsquo;s corporate headquarters, CEO Tim Cook told  employees in a company-wide e-mail..
"Although many of our hearts are still heavy, we are planning a  celebration of his life for Apple employees to take time to remember the  incredible things Steve achieved in his life and the many ways he made  our world a better place," Cook told employees in the e-mail, which was  obtained by various news organizations.
Over the weekend Santa Clara County officials released Jobs' official  death certificate, which lists "respiratory arrest" caused by a  "metastatic pancreas neuroendocrine tumor" as the cause of death. The  certificate also shows he died at home and that no autopsy was  performed, according to Bloomberg. 
Jobs had been diagnosed with a rare form of pancreatic cancer in  2003. As he noted in his now-famous Stanford commencement speech a few  years later, in an earlier diagnosis, a doctor had told him he had just a  few months to live. Over the next eight years, Jobs would take multiple  health-related leaves of absence from Apple and undergo a liver  transplant in 2009. After resigning from his CEO post in August, he died Oct. 5, a day after Apple introduced the iPhone 4S.

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      <description><![CDATA[(CBS/AP) BOSTON - Several protesters from the Occupy Boston movement were transported to Boston Municipal Court on Tuesday to face arraignment for ignoring warnings to move off a plot of land in downtown Boston near where they have been camped out for more than a week.&nbsp;Boston police reported that they arrested 129 people starting at about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, mostly for trespassing.
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      <description><![CDATA[Ukraine's former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Tuesday was sentenced to 7 years in prison on charges of abuse of office in signing a gas deal with Russia, a verdict immediately condemned by the European Union as politically motivated.&nbsp;Tymoshenko, the driving force of the 2004 pro-democracy Orange Revolution and now the nation's top opposition leader, denounced the trial as rigged by President Viktor Yanukovych in order to get rid of a popular political opponent.
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      <description><![CDATA[The Republican debate, held at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, focused primarily on the economy, with some forays into healthcare, China, and even a few pot shots at Herman Cain's "999" plan.&nbsp; Aside from that, the candidates largely stuck to their pre-planned rhetoric in an attempt to show off their presidential chops. In addition to Cain, the eight Republicans included:&nbsp; U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn), former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), Texas Gov. Rick Perry, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum.The moderator, Charlie Rose, guided each candidate through the series of questions and even had to compel individuals to either get to the point of their questions to other candidates or to hurry up their response due to time constraints (notably Rick Santorum, who tried to get in as much as he could). During the course of the debate, Romney appeared to be the most confident, dodging a hypothetical question on what he would do differently in 2008 if in 2013, Europe's economy was on the brink of collapse and threatened to drag America's economy along with it. Romney evaded the question by noting that it is hypothetical and the bailouts were necessary to prevent the American economy from collapsing and preserving the currency. However, he was quick to note that he does not support the bailout of individual corporations and that the 2008 bailout was poorly implemented.Rick Perry, on the other hand, who is slipping in the polls, did not come off as particularly assertive or presidential and was largely quiet and stuck to his talking points. Santorum was also reticent and tried to keep the spotlight on him for as long as possible when called upon.
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There were a few odd comments during the debate (that did not involve Cain): on the subject of the Wall Street protesters, Newt Gingrich claimed that while Americans have a right to be upset, they should not blame Wall Street but government officials. He stated that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke should be fired.&nbsp; He also made it clear that the Wall Street protesters fall into two groups:"Let me draw a distinction. Virtually every American has a reason to be angry. I think virtually every American has a reason to be worried. I think the people who are protesting in Wall Street break into two groups: one is left-wing agitators who would be happy to show up next week on any other topic, and the other is sincere middle-class people who frankly are very close to the Tea Party people who care. And actually...you can tell which are which. The people who are decent, responsible citizens pick up after themselves. The people who are just out there as activists trash the place and walk off and are proud of having trashed it, so let&rsquo;s draw that distinction."
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Thousands of the World&rsquo;s Best Video Game Players and Fans from Around the Globe Returning to Orlando for Major League Gaming Pro Circuit Competition and The College Press.com will be there bringing you moment by moment LIVE streams of the event! Be sure to keep an eye on our website all day for continuing coverage from the front row of the largest gaming event on the planet! MLG!More Than $120,000 in Prizes Up for Grabs at MLG Pro Circuit October 14-16 at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center&nbsp; The Orlando competition is the fifth of a challenging, six-city US Pro Circuit tour that pits the most talented players against their toughest opponents.&nbsp; More than $1 million will be awarded throughout the year making this the largest MLG season to date.&nbsp; Live streaming of the recent Raleigh Pro Circuit (August 26-28) resulted in an all-time high 138,000 peak concurrent online stream viewers. Fans from 173 countries watched the LIVE streams and more than 3 million hours of video were consumed throughout the weekend. The 2011 Pro Circuit culminates with the MLG national championship in Providence, Rhode Island from November 18-20 where players will compete for more than $600,000.
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The College Press staff will be sending reporters to the front lines of this global tournament. We will be providing videos, images, interviews, tweets and facebook wall updates. You will have a total view of what goes on at this year's MLG Orlando event. If you need to contact us while we are on the floor of the competition, please email us at info@thecollegepress.com
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      <description><![CDATA[Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston Like to Make Out...With Each Other!
While presenting Aniston with one of the night's many awards,  Witherspoon recalled how excited she was to play Aniston's sister on Friends back in 1999. The Oscar winner admitted she was, like most of the  world, "obsessed" with the hit sitcom. She had just had her first baby,  so "I would not stop watching Friends. They were my friends and there was no taking me away from my friends."

But then Witherspoon showed up for work. "In all my enthusiasm I   completely forgot something very crucial&mdash;that I had never been on   television ever before in my entire life and I never really had been in   front of a live audience before ever in my entire life," she said to  laughs in the packed ballroom at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly  Hills. "I panicked. I totally froze. It became immediately clear to me   that I had no idea what I was doing and I was completely out of my   league." 


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      <description><![CDATA[Are you eager to watch a scary flick, but there aren't any new ones in theaters? Well, don't bother going to the cinema. The television channel, FX, has given horror fans a chance to watch 42 minutes of horror every week in their own homes! American Horror Story is a new drama/horror/action television show. 
The first season started about two weeks ago. When I watched the first episode, I turned the lights off to give the room a dramatic effect. At the time I thought it was a good idea, but while I was watching it, it made me much more afraid! It's okay, I knew for next time! I have been eager to write a review on AHS since the first episode, but I wanted to wait until the second one to see if it was really worth writing about. 
The first episode started out in the past with two twin boys breaking into an old abandoned house. There was a girl outside that warned the boys not to go in, yet they did not listen. The twins went in and started to destroy the decor. They were smashing glasses and breaking tables with the two wooden bats. All of a sudden, some unfamiliar shadow came out of nowhere and killed the boys one by one. The next scene took place in the present, showing a young family in the car on the way to their new home. Little did they know, their new house was a crime scene from back in the old days. 

This show not only has horror, gore, and action, but it also has common American family problems. The daughter is a troubled teenager, the father cheated on his wife with a college student, and the family's new neighbors are a bit strange. The new maid is also a bit twisted. In some scenes, she is an elderly woman. However, in others she is a young, attractive woman that the husband is attracted to. The father is a psychiatrist who sees his patients at home. 
One patient, a teenage boy, tells him that he likes to imagine killing people, although he doesn't go through with his actions. The young boy also starts falling for the psychiatrist father's daughter. In some scenes, the boy appears in the house out of nowhere, and no one understands how he gets in. This show is not suitable for anyone under 16 years old. It contains violence, language, and strong sexual content.I do not want to give too much away. I'll admit, so far each episode has had so much happening, that it is a little hard to keep up, but I'm going to keep watching. This show hooks the audience on it&rsquo;s characters, keeps them wanting more. If you are in the mood to get caught up in a steamy, horror drama, then watch American Horror Story. It airs Wednesdays at 10pm EST on FX.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[President Obama is drawing sharp contrasts between his jobs plan and the ideas put forward by Republicans in Congress as he continues his bus tour through North Carolina and Virginia. That may not bring his jobs plan any closer to passing, but it does help frame the argument for the 2012 election.&nbsp;Obama is urging Congress to pass his jobs bill piece by piece if necessary.
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      <description><![CDATA[Susan Sarandon, Academy Award winner for her role in the 1995 film "Dean Man Walking," commented that she sent a book to the Pope in which the film was based on. While on the red carpet her comment continued with "the last one. Not this Nazi one we have now" referring to German born Pope Benedict XVI. Catholic and Jewish groups are demanding an apology from the actress who's publicists has still made no comment.&nbsp;
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      <description><![CDATA[(HP) It looks like Jessica Simpson isn't even trying to hide her growing midsection these days.
The singer,&nbsp;heavily rumored to be pregnant, walked through LAX Sunday in a black sweater and didn't even bother to cover up up her possible baby bump with a bag this time.
Simpson reportedly&nbsp;met up with sister Ashlee and nephew Bronx&nbsp;at the airport before jetting off.
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      <description><![CDATA[(ESPN) MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- Was that the weirdest NFL game ever?
No, not the football itself, although the Denver Broncos'&nbsp;18-15 come-from-pretty-much-dead winover the Miami Dolphins surely surprised anyone without a wholly (holy?) messianic view of Tim Tebow.
Really, it was the entire scene surrounding Tebow on Sunday at Sun Life Stadium -- call it "Gator Day" or&nbsp;#TebowDay&nbsp;or&nbsp;#TebowMania&nbsp;or whatever you wish -- that begs the questions.
Such as: Will we ever see another NFL atmosphere like this, where the road team's quarterback (and alma mater) was celebrated for a championship -- in a rival school's home building, no less?
"This was more like going to a college game," said Jeff Kahn, a Dolphins fan of 30-some years who -- with his young son Justin -- put aside his NFL allegiance Sunday (in the form of matching Broncos No. 15s) because, as he put it, "my loyalty is to the Gators first."
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      <description><![CDATA[The Obama administration is launching yet another high-profile campaign to shore up the housing market -- and with it, the economy -- by making it easier for some struggling homeowners to refinance underwater mortgage loans at today's ultra-low interest rates.The federal government's new rules will encourage borrowers to secure new loans no matter how much value their homes have lost during the nation's housing crisis, with the hitch that they can't have missed any mortgage payments for the last six months.
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      <description><![CDATA[A popular destination during break for college students is Europe. Whether it is through a tour company or an independent backpacking adventure, young people are always flocking across the pond to explore new sites, different countries, and immersing themselves in a new environment.
The Mediterranean Corridor is a planned stretch of railway along the East and Southeast coastline of Spain, allowing for a connection to North Africa, in Morocco. It is not only being planned for goods transportation, but also to provide routes for high-speed trains; an ideal trek route for the Europe-bound traveler.
The planned route would have stops in Barcelona, Valencia, Cartagena, Almer&iacute;a, and Algeciras &ndash; which would provide the direct connection to North Africa. The overall railway is planned to stretch from Helsinki, Finland to Casablanca,  Morocco. The Mediterranean Corridor being one of the main pieces to complete the transcontinental route.
The creation of a &ldquo;radial model,&rdquo; or road and rail traveling around Spain, would be a jump from the traditional way in which the Spanish government manages their infrastructure.

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Typically, the Spanish government makes an emphasis on constructing a centralized system that travels through Madrid. Most transportation routes, whether by air or rail, has a requirement of traveling through Madrid before heading to other areas of Spain; in particular, Catalonia, in the Northeast of Spain, is routinely denied projects that either exclude travel through Madrid or create development for the area.
Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia and the main seaport of Spain, has been declined for rail expansion to nearby areas (such as the second largest Spanish port of Valencia) and, until recently, expansion of their airport.
In its current state, the number one and number two ports in the country have no high-speed train connection and have one rail line providing transportation between the two cities both ways. Travel time is in excess of three hours, whereas, with a high-speed line, duration is cut down to about an hour and 45 minutes.
The need for rail transport through Spain has been an issue in the past and, repeatedly, the Spanish government finds ways to bypass Catalonia. The most recent proposal suggested a route that went through the Pyrenees (the mountain range at the border of Spain and France) and connected France directly with Madrid. The proposal was rejected, with French President Nicolas Sarkozy saying it was too expensive of a venture and the European Union Road Federation (ERF) stressing the importance of connecting to the Mediterranean seaports. One of the goals of the overall project is to provide a connection between Spain&rsquo;s largest industrial areas with France and the rest of Europe.Want to write an article like this for The College Press? CLICK HERE TO GET STARTED!&nbsp;
In a March 2006 document titled &ldquo;The Importance of the Spanish Mediterranean Corridor for the Development of the Trans-European Network,&rdquo; the ERF indicates: &ldquo;The goal is to develop a network of motorways of the sea between different European regions, each linked to other transport means.&rdquo; Essentially, accessibility to water is one of the reasons the railway is being pursued, and a Central-Pyrenees Corridor would not help accomplish the goals set by the ERF.
President of Catalonia, Artur Mas, said before the FERRMED Trans-European Cluster Conference, &ldquo;The [Mediterranean] Corridor cannot be built away from the maritime roads, it needs to go parallel to the sea highways, because using seaports means transporting [goods] in a cheaper, faster, cleaner, and more competitive way.&rdquo;
The ruling Partido Socialista Obrero Espa&ntilde;ol (PSOE), the Spanish Socialist party, administration under Spanish President Jos&eacute; Luis Rodr&iacute;guez Zapatero conceded and agreed to the construction of the Mediterranean Corridor. Worries over the future have arisen as EU funds are not permanent and, if construction falls solely in the hands of the Spanish government, a more centralized project may be formulated.
In regards to Spanish politics, Mas said, &ldquo;Our agreement is so strong and our objective so important that today we are all in Brussels to work together, instead of being in Spain fighting against each other because we have elections in two months time.&rdquo; Partido Popular (PP), the Spanish Conservative party that currently leads in polls and appears will take power after the next election, has also voiced support for the project, despite usually taking a Pro-Madrid stance on issues. Leader of the PP Catalunya, Alicia S&aacute;nchez-Camacho, stated, if the PP were to take over, they would have &ldquo;a priority [of] the development, impulse, and execution of the Mediterranean Corridor and all the connected infrastructure projects, such as access to Barcelona port.&rdquo;
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The Catalan President remarked that the Spanish government&rsquo;s centralized system does not benefit Catalonia. He says, &ldquo;Resources are very scarce and precisely because of this, they need to be invested better than ever.&rdquo; He also explained the value of this region of Spain, saying, &ldquo;[It] represents half of Spain&rsquo;s population and wealth.&rdquo; The Catalan News Agency cites Catalonia, Valencia, the Balearic Islands, and Murcia comprise 40% of Spain&rsquo;s population, 40% of the country&rsquo;s GDP, 60% of land goods transportation, 65% of sea goods transportation, and 60% of international tourists visiting Spain.
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      <description><![CDATA[House Homeland Security Committee investigators want the 9/11 suspects questioned about the American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki and his possible role in the murder of nearly 3,000 Americans, Fox News has learned.
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      <description><![CDATA[A quaint restaurant on New   York City&rsquo;s bustling Houston street, Jane comes highly recommended for Sunday brunch. Brunch locales in New York City are very competitive and a reservation is usually required for any popular establishment. Especially with all the restaurants in the vicinity, one could find themselves window shopping on an empty Sunday morning stomach.
Since hearing about this place for the first time, Brunch has yet to be explored, but, nearly every other meal has already been investigated and they all resonate with excellent appraisal.

Walking into the place, it&rsquo;s almost the standard medium range restaurant. Clean and simple d&eacute;cor, coupled with pristine hardwood floors &ndash; a simple backdrop for some intense culinary enjoyment.
The menu offers a wide array of American fare, changing seasonally.
For lunch, and &ndash; as it seems &ndash; every offered meal, the Jane Burger is an option. Beyond the description sounding like the ordinary run-of-the-mill burger &ndash; cheddar, bacon, saut&eacute;ed onion, tomato, and even a special sauce &ndash; the burger is superb and cooked just right; paired with their amazing rosemary fries, it&rsquo;s a new league of burger &amp; fries.
Also, depending on the season, Jane offers a range of sandwich options, one of which is a shrimp sandwich. Overflowing with fried shrimp, the sandwich is incredible and, clearly, one of the best dishes on their menu. Unfortunately, the shrimp sandwich is not offered this time of the year, but when visiting and it&rsquo;s on the menu &ndash; THAT comes highly recommended (something else to look forward to in a future visit).
The restaurant offers a fantastic steak frites dinner entr&eacute;e, truly, one of the best in the city, but, the dish that really comes out a big winner, the grilled pork chop.
The pork chop is served atop beautifully cooked sweet potatoes and shitake mushrooms. The dish is, then, topped with a sour orange mojo. A mojo is a type of sauce comprised of garlic, oil, pepper, thyme, coriander and a variety of spices. The sour orange that is utilized with this meal is the ideal compliment to the perfectly cooked pork chop.
The roast salmon is a good basic dish, and another item that is taken to the next level at Jane. Accompanied by crispy lentil croquettes, the salmon is served either on asparagus or spinach (depending on the season) and includes a dill hollandaise along side the fish. As with the other dishes, the star of the plate, the salmon, is cooked to perfection. Flaky and sumptuous, there is no going wrong with this seafood staple.
 
Roast Salmon with crispy lentil croquettes, asparagus, and a dill hollandaise
 
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Toasted Almond Cake with caramelized banana and bourbon butterscotch
So, while Jane is known as a brunch haven, even without having had the opportunity to try that particular meal, Jane offers that same gastronomic excitement all day long.
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      <description><![CDATA[Recent buzz has hit the web about possible a topless photo of pop star Taylor Swift. Over the weekend, website Celebrity Jihad posted a photo of a girl they claim to be Swift. Taylor&rsquo;s legal team denies it is the singer, yet they contacted the website threatening legal action if the picture was not removed.&nbsp;
The website does not seem to be cooperating very well, releasing a statement of obvious sarcasm telling the star to convert to Islam if she would like to have the image removed.
&ldquo;Unlike the heathen savages in America, us Muslims are a loving and peaceful people. With that in mind we here at Celeb Jihad have decided to be the bigger man, and compromise with Taylor Swift in regards to our topless picture article that she is so upset about.  We will remove the article if Taylor Swift simply agrees to convert to Islam. To convert to Islam, Taylor Swift must publicly renounce her Jew God Jesus, and accept Allah as her lord and master. She must then sacrifice a goat and devour its entrails. Pretty standard stuff really.
 Taylor we eagerly await your response to our most generous offer. Allahu Akbar!
There has been no official confirmation about this photo and in the days of photoshop and computer effects, these kind of images can be faked. What do you think? Is this a photo of the pop star or an obvious fake from a desperate website seeking fame?
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      <description><![CDATA[Four months after his failed reelection bid as Governor of New Jersey, Jon Corzine took the reins of brokerage MF Global Holdings Ltd. On Monday, the former head of Goldman Sachs filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, reporting around $39 billion in liabilities.
The European debt crisis was the primary cause of the company&rsquo;s demise, where the company invested in discounted debt holdings from countries such as Spain, Portugal, and Ireland &ndash; all countries suffering from economic calamity. At that time, Corzine tried to transform the company from a simple brokerage to also serving as traders and investing capital to develop larger profit.
The continued skepticism over European markets made MF Global&rsquo;s move a high-risk wager and saw both a lack of investors and a cut to their credit rating. A week prior to the downfall, two agencies in Europe downgraded the firm to &ldquo;Junk.&rdquo;
A junk rating can be characterized as having low credit quality.
Many are saying this could be the end of Jon Corzine&rsquo;s career as his venture with MF Global was his opportunity to reestablish his finance career after a decade in politics. Former colleagues have all commented on his resilience and abilities to stay buoyant in the field, but an issue is coming to light, in regards to issues just prior to the bankruptcy announcement.
Late Monday, a reported $700 million has gone missing, with no definitive explanation of the money&rsquo;s whereabouts.
&ldquo;The New York Times&rdquo; cites a source claiming the money is &ldquo;stuck in the system&rdquo; and is just waiting on banks to release funding following MF Global&rsquo;s financial revelations.
There is also speculation claiming the funds were used to recover some of the company&rsquo;s losses as funds became crucial since, in a matter of a week, the company lost about two-thirds of its value.
In repeated attempts to avoid bankruptcy, MF Global sought out an investor. Interactive Brokers agreed to buy the firm&rsquo;s assets, but in an investigation, Interactive Brokers discovered the missing customer funds and reneged on the acquisition deal.
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      <description><![CDATA[(MYWAY-AP) Police could investigate an alleged sexual tryst between Justin Bieber and a San Diego woman last October at Staples Center because the singer was 16 at the time, authorities said Thursday.
Los Angeles police Cmdr. Andrew Smith told The Associated Press that no report has been taken about the incident. However, his department could file a report after various media outlets reported Mariah Yeater filed a paternity suit earlier this week against the teen heartthrob.
"If it's brought to our attention, of course we'll look into it," Smith said.
Yeater had just turned 19 when she says she and Bieber, then 16, had a brief sexual encounter after one of the singer's concerts. She said she gave birth to a boy in July and believes Bieber is the father because there were no other possible men she had sex with at that time.
She is asking a judge for child support and a paternity test.
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Earlier this week, Bieber released a statement saying, "it's sad that someone would fabricate malicious, defamatory and demonstrably false claims," and&nbsp;tweeted, "so I'm going to ignore the rumors ... and focus on what is real. An opportunity to help by doing what i love. Judge me on the music! Love y'all!"
When he stopped by the "Today" show on Friday morning (November 4) to promote his latest album,&nbsp;Under The Mistletoe,Bieber also spoke candidly about Yeater's claims. "I'd just like to say basically that none of those allegations are true," he told Matt Lauer. "I know I'm going to be a target, but I'm never going to be a victim."
Yeater claims she had unprotected sex with Bieber a year ago in a backstage area at one of the singer's concerts and that her 3-month-old baby is his. According to an upcoming issue of&nbsp;Star&nbsp;magazine, "in a hand-signed affidavit, sworn under the penalty of perjury, Yeater told a California court that Bieber propositioned her on October 25 of last year, when she was 19. The pair had a sexual tryst after his concert and backstage at L.A.'s Staples Center, it's alleged in court papers."
Bieber explained on "Today" that the logistics of her claim don't fit with his hectic schedule. "I think it's crazy because every night after the show, I've gone right from the stage right to my car," he explained. "So it's crazy that some people want to make up some false allegations, but to set the record straight, none of it is true. Never met the woman."
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      <description><![CDATA[Attorney Gloria Allred is holding a news conference today with a woman who claims she was sexually harassed by GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain.
In a news release sent out by Allred, the woman allegedly sought Cain's help on an employment issue when he was head of the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s. Allred said her client is not one of the three women mentioned in news reports about the scandal, which has roiled Cain's campaign.
Cain has repeatedly said he has been falsely accused of sexual harassment. He said this weekend that he's done talking about the issue and wants his campaign to get back on message.
Allred is noted for representing women in high-profile incidents.&nbsp;The New York Times&nbsp;once&nbsp;described Allred&nbsp;as "a feminist avenging crusader or a deluxe ambulance chaser catching a ride on the latest tabloid scandal."
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      <title><![CDATA[Kris Jenner Uses Racist Language to Describe Kris Humphries on 'GMA']]></title>
      <link>http://www.thecollegepress.com/articles/view/u/182/n/Kris Jenner Uses Racist Language to Describe Kris Humphries on 'GMA'</link>
      <description><![CDATA[There are some phrases you just kind of assume everyone knows are off-limits, the equivalent of throwing an&nbsp;awkward! bomb&nbsp;into a conversation. When someone uses one of those phrases, everyone else kind of squirms, looks away, and there's that awful silent pause as everyone thinks, "Did she really say that???"
Kris Jenner&nbsp;laid one of those phrases down on&nbsp;Good Morning America. She was in to chat with&nbsp;Lauren Spencer&nbsp;about her new book,&nbsp;Kris Jenner ... And All Things Kardashian, but the conversation of course started with&nbsp;Kim Kardashian's&nbsp;big divorce news. Lauren asked about Kim keeping The Ring and Kris defended her daughter, saying, "I hate an Indian giver.&nbsp;It's a gift, you know." And then I spit out my coffee.&nbsp;Did she really say that???
Indian giver, as in those people Europeans nearly killed off with their smallpox-filled blankets. Indian as in the people where were rounded up, driven off their ancestral lands, and plunked into reservations. "Indian giver" is such an old phrase,&nbsp;a lot of people don't even realize how racist it is. But it comes from European settlers who mistook bartered good for gifts. "Oh, you wanted something in return for those pheasants and furs?" It's the kind of phrase wealthy, entitled people use against poorer people.

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(Reuters) - Canadian singer Avril Lavigne and her boyfriend are recovering after being attacked outside of the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood in the early hours of Sunday.

Celebrity news website TMZ said five people had attached Lavigne and "The Hills" star Brody Jenner outside of the iconic Hollywood hotel.
Lavigne, 27, addressed the incident on Twitter.
"I don't fight. I don't believe in it. To clear things up I got attacked by 5 people last night out of nowhere. Not cool. My face is fucked," Lavigne posted, adding that she had suffered a black eye, bloody nose, hair ripped out, scratches, bruises and cuts.
"So not ok to be abusive to others. Violence is NEVER the answer," the singer said.
Jenner, 28, who is also the step-brother of the Kardashian siblings, posted about the incident on Twitter, saying "Just got of the hospital with a new scar on my face."
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      <description><![CDATA[The University of Miami SPJ chapter has invited our team to their campus! We are excited to show off our network and latest product for online newspaper publication, Pressmaker! Our founder, Daren Copely, will be speaking to UM students about how they can use The College Press&nbsp;Networks to build an online portfolio, network with peers, create a running newsroom and publish globally from any personal mobile device.
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      <description><![CDATA[A former official in the Bush administration said in a column that President Hugo Ch&aacute;vez is in worse health than he has let on.
President Hugo Ch&aacute;vez&rsquo;s cancer is spreading faster than expected and his doctors fear that he may have only a few months left to live, a former U.S. government official said Wednesday, citing sources inside the Venezuelan government.
&ldquo;The international team of doctors in charge of treating Hugo Ch&aacute;vez&rsquo;s cancer does not expect him to live more than six months,&rdquo; said Roger Noriega, former U.S. ambassador to the Organization of American States.
Noriega&rsquo;s opinion came in a column titled &ldquo;Hugo Ch&aacute;vez&rsquo;s Big Lie and Washington&rsquo;s Apathy,&rdquo; published on the Internet portal of Inter-American Security Watch.
&ldquo;Sources who have given me privileged information and documents from inside the Venezuelan government indicate that Ch&aacute;vez&rsquo;s cancer is spreading faster than expected and could kill him before the presidential elections in October 2012,&rdquo; added Noriega, who was also undersecretary of State for Hemispheric Affairs in the Bush administration.
According to Noriega, U.S. officials knew that Ch&aacute;vez was suffering from cancer six months before the Venezuelan president acknowledged it publicly and now they know that it is unlikely that he would be the candidate in the next presidential elections.
Noriega said that high-ranking leaders of the Ch&aacute;vez regime are worried that his most fervent followers would feel betrayed once they learn what he referred to as the Venezuelan president&rsquo;s &ldquo;big lie.&rdquo;

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      <description><![CDATA[OAKLAND, Calif. &mdash; Police are investigating a fatal shooting just outside the Occupy Oakland encampment in Northern California and the apparent suicide of a military veteran at an Occupy encampment in Vermont's largest city.
The Oakland killing is further straining relations between local officials and anti-Wall Street protesters. A preliminary investigation into the gunfire Thursday that left a man dead suggests it resulted from a fight between two groups of men at or near the camp on a plaza in front of Oakland's City Hall, police Chief Howard Jordan said.
Investigators do not yet know if the men in the fight were associated with Occupy Oakland, but they are looking into reports that some protest participants tried to break up the altercation, Jordan said.
Burlington, Vt., police said preliminary investigations show a 35-year-old military veteran fatally shot himself in the head Thursday at an Occupy Wall Street encampment. The name of the Chittenden County man is being withheld because not all of his family has been notified.
He shot himself inside a tent in City Hall Park. Mike Noble, a spokesman for the Fletcher Allen Health Care hospital in Burlington, confirmed that the man had died. Noble said he could provide no other details.
Deputy Chief Andi Higbee in Burlington told reporters the shooting raised questions about whether the protest would be allowed to continue.
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      <description><![CDATA[(TCP) We all loved the 80's! We loved the big hair, crazy outfits and the staple of this decade's movie culture, Back To The Future! This is why we were so happy to see Michael J. Fox put his Marty McFly gear back on for another round of that famous guitar solo at the Enchantment Under The Sea dance!
(FOX) When&nbsp;Michael J. Fox&nbsp;played 'Johnny B. Goode' as Marty McFly in 'Back to the Future' in 1985, he was just aping Chuck Berry's classic fretwork for the camera.
(Along with some&nbsp;Jimi Hendrix, Eddie&nbsp;Van Halen&nbsp;and Pete Townsend guitar moves thrown in for good measure.)
Today, Fox can really play the song. And he can play it really well.
Fox showed off his lead guitar skills Saturday night at his&nbsp;A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Cure Parkinson&rsquo;s&nbsp;benefit gala, playing alongside hard rock legend&nbsp;Joan Jett.
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      <description><![CDATA[Michele&nbsp;Bachmann&nbsp;just weighed in on "Debategate," telling Whispers that the media is trying to pick the Republican presidential winner, cutting voters out of the process.
 
"There's always a suspicion of maybe a bias and I guess this just confirmed it," she said of a CBS memo before Saturday's debate, which suggested that the&nbsp;Minnesota&nbsp;Republican congresswoman would be ignored during the foreign policy chatfest.
The memo, she said, "demonstrates that the media wants to choose who our nominee will be and who the next president of the United States will be." [See a slide show of who's in and out for the GOP in 2012.]
She added that "it's the same as the government choosing winners and losers. It shouldn't."
Bachmann said that she is frustrated with her lack of media play and attention during the debate. She called the race for the&nbsp;nomination&nbsp;"absolutely fluid" with candidates dropping or rising weekly.
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      <description><![CDATA[The College Press team is on the road again! This time our travels bring us to Minneapolis for the JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention! We will be hosting many activities for those young minds wanting to learn more about building their future careers with The College Press. If you are in the area, we invite you to come and join the FUN!
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The College Press Networks
Booths: 207, 209 &amp; 211
Nov. 17-18, 2011 &bull; Minneapolis Hilton/Hyatt/Convention Center
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Activities: 
-Green Screen Stand-Up Contest: Our team will be hosting a contest for the best stand-up green screen reporting! Students will have a choice of 3 teleprompter scripts warping them into different LIVE on-scene scenarios.
Our team will be judging students on the following:

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On the final day of the convention, our team will choose the best reporting video and award the winner with the following prize:
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-Pressmaker Newspaper Design Contest: Our team will be hosting a publication design contest. This will allow students to test out our new online publication tool, Pressmaker.
On the final day of the convention, our team will choose the best layout design and award the winner with the following prize:
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Our company will also be hosting many more random raffles throughout the day for students &amp; advisers.
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      <description><![CDATA[Our team is meeting an amazing amount of media talent here in Minneapolis! We are currently holding a contest for the best stand up reporting! Who is your favorite reporter? Voting ends at 7pm est. So make sure you are counted!
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      <title><![CDATA[Grammar Error Goes National In USA Today Story]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Do you get frustrated by spelling errors you make while writing a breaking story? Think your teachers are too hard on you when you slip up? Well, don't feel so bad! Our sharp eyes have caught a slip up in the world of national news. USA Today printed a leading story with a bit of the body missing, proving that even the big boys in media can make a mistake. Writer&nbsp;Michael McCarthy&nbsp;wrote a story about Kris Humphries commenting that he had recently closed an 'EAL' instead of 'DEAL.' The 'D' did not seem to make it into the final copy. Here is a snapshot of the error.
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      <title><![CDATA[Reporter Flips Off Obama During Live Broadcast]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Another DOH-ment for a reporter or just a rude gesture aimed at the leader of the free world?

Online footage of the incident, which occurred earlier this month during an afternoon news bulletin on the privately held REN TV channel, is being avidly viewed in both&nbsp;Russia&nbsp;and the United States.


In the footage, Tatyana Limanova, an award-winning senior newsreader at the channel, can be seen briskly reading out an item about how Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has just assumed the rotating chairmanship of the Asia Pacific Cooperation organisation.


She is then heard to say that the post \"has (previously) been held by Barack Obama\" before mechanically and unambiguously raising her left arm and showing the camera her raised middle finger in an offensive gesture that is sometimes known as \"flipping the bird.\"
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      <title><![CDATA[Did Wyclef Jean Steal Millions In Charity Cash]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Haiti&nbsp;hip hop star&nbsp;Wyclef Jean&nbsp;says he\'s&nbsp;proud&nbsp;of the way his charity responded after the earthquake almost two years ago.
He says his Yele Haiti Foundation rebuilt an orphanage and set up a system of outdoor toilet and shower facilities in one of the largest shanties in the Haitian capital.
Jean's comments Sunday follow reports published by The&nbsp;New&nbsp;York&nbsp;Post&nbsp;saying his foundation collected $16 million in 2010 but less than a third of that went to emergency efforts.&nbsp;


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      <title><![CDATA[Utah professor arrested for allegedly viewing child porn on flight]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A University of Utah professor arrested over the weekend for allegedly viewing child pornography on his laptop during a flight will be arraigned Monday in a Boston court.
Police arrested Grant D. Smith, 47, Saturday when a Delta Air Lines flight from Salt Lake City landed at Logan Airport in Boston, where Smith was headed for a conference, according to CNN affiliate WCVB. He remained jailed Monday in lieu of $15,000 bond.
A fellow passenger allegedly shot cellphone images of Smith looking at child pornography on a laptop while sitting in his first-class seat, Massachusetts State Police spokesman Trooper Todd Nolan said Monday.
Smith is a professor of material science and engineering at the University of Utah, the school confirmed. He has been placed on administrative leave pending resolution of the criminal case, the school said.
\"Professor Smith deserves a full and fair investigation into this issue,\" the school said in a statement. \"The University of Utah, however, has no tolerance for viewing or possessing of child pornography by any of its employees, regardless of where it occurs.\"
He will be fired if the allegations are proved to be true, the school said.
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      <title><![CDATA[City Offers Occupy Troops Dollar a Year Real Estate]]></title>
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The office space city officials have offered&nbsp;Occupy L.A. protesters&nbsp;to woo them off the City Hall lawn is only a few hundred feet away from the encampment in an underground shopping center known as the Los Angeles Mall.
The 10,000-square-foot office space used to be a bookstore, according to Jim Lafferty of the National Lawyers Guild, who has been negotiating with the city on behalf of the protesters.
At the Occupy general assembly meeting Monday night, Lafferty told protesters that city officials had offered them a $1-a-year lease for the space. He said he and the other negotiators had not yet seen the lease but it appeared the city would pay for utilities, as well.

The city has also said it would provide protesters with land on which to farm, although it was not known where.

It was unclear whether the Occupy protesters would agree to the deal.
Lafferty said he and others who have been meeting with officials are just messengers. He told the protesters the proposal was "just a report back about what the city is willing to do if you do something."
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      <title><![CDATA[Kim Kardashian: Maybe I'm Not Supposed to Have Kids]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[(US) The world's biggest reality star is having a harsh reality check.
In a new cover interview with&nbsp;Glamour&nbsp;magazine,&nbsp;Kim Kardashian(alongside sisters&nbsp;Khloe&nbsp;and&nbsp;Kourtney) gets downright blunt about her prospects for a husband and kids in the wake of her headline-making split from&nbsp;Kris Humphries.
PHOTOS: Guess how many Us Weekly covers Kim had so far in 2011!
"I believe in love and the dream of having a perfect relationship, but my idea of it has changed," says Kim, 31, who filed for divorce on Oct. 31 after just 72 days of marriage to Humphries, 26. "I think I need to not live in a fairy tale like that. I think I maybe need to just snap out of it and be a little more realistic."
Although happily married sister Khloe, 27, tries to dissuade Kim from those dark thoughts ("I know you will get [love] again," she says), the mini-mogul says she needs to be "realistic&hellip;that what I want isn't possible."
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      <title><![CDATA[Book Review: P.S. I Love You]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[P.S. I Love You, written by Cecilia Ahern, was published in the year 2004. The author&rsquo;s first novel reached #1 bestseller status in Ireland for 19 weeks and sold in over forty countries. The book was adapted as a motion picture directed by Richard La Gravenese, starring Hilary Swank and Gerard Butler and released in 2007.&nbsp;
Cecelia Ahern was born on September 30, 1981 in Dublin,  Ireland. &nbsp;She wrote her first novel when she was twenty one. Her other works include&nbsp;If You Could See Me Now,&nbsp;A Place Called Here,&nbsp;Thanks for the Memories,&nbsp;The Gift&nbsp;The Book of Tomorrow.
P.S. I Love You, as the name reflects, is a love story. The story is about Holly Kennedy, a beautiful young woman, and her fun-loving, passionate husband Gerry. The couple was madly in love, very happy together, when one day they had to be separated. Separated not by choice, but by destiny.. Gerry died of brain tumor. This was the time when 30 year old Holly had to live without Gerry, not for a day or two... But for the rest of her life...
The story opens with a depressed, really upset Holly, who was fighting with her life. She had recently lost her husband, Gerry, and had to move on in life. Her dreams were shattered. God had taken away the love of her life- which actually meant EVERYTHING to her...
Holly was going through an extremely pathetic phase of life. Her mother and friends were trying their best to help her, but no one could get her Gerry back. It was another dark day for her, when her mom called her to say that Gerry had left an envelope for her. She went on to collect it, and found that Gerry had left 10 envelopes, one for each month. All these 10 letters ended in a similar way- with a footnote which said &ndash;&lsquo;P.S. I Love You&rsquo;. She had to open one letter every month, and follow whatever Gerry had written for her. All these efforts were done by him while he was ill, and knew he had to go.
Holly found a new job, made friends, went out to parties as she did earlier, went out for vacations, sang and danced to tunes. She tried to keep her life normal. Gerry&rsquo;s letters made her do all this. Gerry&rsquo;s love made her do all this.
This beautifully expressed story ends when Holly finally realized that life had to move on, even if without Gerry. She realized that Gerry wouldn&rsquo;t be disappointed if she went on to be happy without him.
Cecilia Ahern, with her first novel, makes sure that she leaves none of her readers dry-eyed after reading this.
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The ever-growing debt crisis in Europe appears to have hit its stride and European voters are ousting their leaders at every opportunity. Most recently, on November 20th, Spanish voters became the latest to elect a new government, by ousting the reigning Partido Socialista Obrero Espanol (PSOE), the Spanish Socialist party, and giving the Partido Popular (PP), Spain&rsquo;s Conservative party, an absolute majority in Parliament; particularly, it is the country&rsquo;s sky-high unemployment. Currently, Spain&rsquo;s unemployment ranges around 21%, the largest in Europe.
Spain is the latest country in Europe to oust their leadership &ndash; following Ireland, Greece, and Portugal &ndash; all countries suffering their own individual crises and recipients of government bailouts; a road many say Spain is on. What does the future hold for the Euro and how will this impact the United States economy? Also, how will this affect the U.S. with the impending Presidential election of 2012?
IRELAND
In February, Irish voters elected Enda Kenny as Taoiseach (Prime Minister) with his Conservative Fine Gael party. Installed into office with a vote of confidence, priority was economic reform.
The incumbent Fianna Fail party saw their Parliament numbers plummet from 71 seats to 20, and the coalition of Fine Gael and Labour taking the majority. The loans provided by the European Union (EU) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have forced the country to accumulate mass amounts of debt; a perceived necessity after banks went bust in 2008 with the uncovering of an &euro;24 billion shortfall. The government has been moving towards nationalizing the banking system and using borrowed funds to save their institutions.
According to \"The Wall Street Journal:&rdquo; Four of the six banks are already fully, or mostly, nationalized.&nbsp;Some economists suggest taking a free market approach to the bank crisis and ditch the &ldquo;too big to fail&rdquo; model and allow the banks to go bust. According to MarketWatch&rsquo;s Steve Goldstein, &ldquo;What better way to kickstart Eurozone banking system integration than by having an entire nation without a lender?&rdquo;
Today&rsquo;s Ireland is based on perspective. Outside of Ireland, economics looks promising. Eurozone calls Ireland a success case with an uptick in exports and positive economic forecasts. Some do not credit the bailout for the growth in exports, but moreso, the existing relationship with multinational corporations has been a more effective help to Ireland. Also, while many forecasts showing continued growth in Ireland for the next few quarters, they all appear to be minimal gains and are short-lived &ndash; &ldquo;The Financial Times&rdquo; sees GDP growth peaking in 2013.
GREECEThe most public of European economic crises has been Greece. The world has witnessed the country&rsquo;s economy stumble and its people taking to the streets in, sometimes, violent protest over the direction their country is going in. What has stood as one of the longest-standing nations in history, has seen a decline like none other.
Then-Prime Minister George Papandreou was overthrown, despite a vote of confidence on October 31, 2011, he tendered his resignation a week and a half later, on November 10th, 2011, after a coalition government was formed.
The imminent resignation came after over a year of bailouts from the EU and the IMF. Beginning on May 2, 2010, the Papandreou administration began with a &euro;30 billion bailout, over three years. Within the same month, Greece was given another &euro;14.5 billion to be spent to repay immediate debt &ndash; essentially, debt being used to repay debt.
Under the guise of austerity, the Greek government took several measures to cut government spending and bring down the nation&rsquo;s deficit. Greece&rsquo;s efforts to bring down their deficit were rewarded with more loans, a &euro;3.2 billion bailout from the IMF and a &euro;109 billion bailout from the EU in June of 2010.
Growing public dismay and a slashed credit rating to CCC saw German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy giving an ultimatum to the Greek government to commit to the Eurozone or go without the next bailout package; this one worth &euro;130 billion &ndash; Papandreou stalled the decision by holding a referendum first.
Within a week, Papandreou withdrew the request for a referendum and the bailout was accepted with the approval of a coalition, on the condition that Papandreou stands down.
Many seem optimistic with the new Prime Minister, Lucas Papademos. Primarily, his close connections to the European Central Bank, previously serving as its Vice President, may help win trust and confidence in the Greek state. It is his experience that has gained the trust of leaders in Europe, and with trust comes more funding to help beat the deficit.
Currently, an impasse is brewing within the reigning coalition. George Karatzaferis, of the ultra-conservative LAOS party, will not endorse a written pledge requested by the EU to prove commitment to the reform plans.
As &ldquo;The New York Times&rdquo; coined it: New Greek Leader Trusted but Untested.
PORTUGAL
Cuts in public spending began in March 2010, which the government presented as a preemptive austerity package, to which the public took to the streets; benefits that the government may not have been equipped to pay for when the Socialist administration of 2005 brought in a multitude of public services when in office.
Along with government cuts, the minority leadership, lead by then-Prime Minister Jose S&oacute;crates, introduced tax increases, which in turn, stifled the economy from growing to meet goals for reducing their deficit. Continued months of missed goals saw Portugal&rsquo;s credit rating downgraded.
An austerity budget was passed in November 2010, but when a similar plan is offered in March 2011, the budget was rejected and S&oacute;crates tendered his resignation as Prime Minister. Early elections were called, but within the three months between S&oacute;crates&rsquo; resignation and the time that elections were held, Portugal was awarded a &euro;78 billion bailout package, with the condition of further spending cuts.
In June 2011, a Conservative coalition of the Centro Democratico e Social - Partido Popular (PP) and the Partido Social Democrata (PSD) took control; right before Moody&rsquo;s rated Portugal&rsquo;s credit as &ldquo;junk.&rdquo;
Portugal President Anibal Cavaco Silva recently toured the United States where he showed optimism over the latest plans to reduce the country debt. Silva is quoted as saying, &ldquo;At this stage, there is a clear solution &ndash; the European Central Bank;&rdquo; which he feels should be regulating more of the debt accrued by the seventeen countries that utilize the Euro.&nbsp;
&ldquo;The Washington Post&rdquo; reports that Portugal is meeting their deficit goals but forecasts a deepening recession.
Europe has also seen long-term Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi resign from his post as Italy continues on the same decline as their aforementioned Mediterranean neighbors. Under his watch, Italy has seen their debt exceed their GDP, a similar statistic for the U.S.
Reuters reports that Dutch Finance Minister Jan Kees de Jager sees a break-up of the Euro as a possibility. He says, &ldquo;You never know it for sure but it is a likely outcome if the Eurozone falls apart. Therefore all our efforts are to prevent that scenario.&rdquo;
Part of the economic burden comes from the Eurozone, itself, and the structure it has in place for member countries. When the Euro was implemented, it served as Europe&rsquo;s base to possibly create the new reserve currency. It also contributed to a quasi-U.S.A. by making member nations, essentially, states of the Eurozone, and with that came low-rate interstate trade and commerce without the purchase or sale of foreign exchange.
The problem lies in that the U.S. still outpaces Europe in productivity and with inter-Eurozone trade being a more affordable route, trade within Europe increased while trade outside declined. Once member states began seeing their own economic declines, trade is not as profitable with less to buy and trade; which points out Ireland&rsquo;s fortunate international commercial relationships that have contributed to a continued export yield.
Today, Prime Minister-elect of Spain, Mariano Rajoy has plans for drastic government cuts, particularly in healthcare and education &ndash; two very costly government expenditures. Beyond a growing debt, Rajoy is faced with trying to breathe life into a, literally, no growth economy.
Spain found itself in a quagmire after a housing bubble burst following markets crashing in 2007, very similar to the U.S. Since then, Spain has been suffering to keep up with a slowing economy (&ldquo;The Economist&rdquo; calls Spain&rsquo;s forecast of 1.3% annual growth &ldquo;ambitious&rdquo;).
Then-Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodr&iacute;guez Zapatero stood by a plan originally introduced by Rajoy, then a member of Congress, to introduce a Constitutional limit on budget deficit and public debt. With the PP in the driver&rsquo;s seat, such a measure may be passed &ndash; in essence, creating a debt ceiling, similar to one that was discussed in the U.S. Congress over whether it should be raised or not to impact economic growth.
U.S. President Barack Obama is facing reelection and has an economy and debt similar to what the world is seeing in Europe. Mired in billions of dollars of debt, a stagnant economy, and unemployment, while lower than a European average, at nearly double the previous administration&rsquo;s numbers, the Obama administration has an uphill battle for a second term.
On top of that, the controversial &ldquo;Obamacare&rdquo; health plan, which is set to add at least $105 billion in additional spending, according to the Congressional Research Service, is set to keep the U.S. gasping for air once fully enacted, unless a dramatic economic turnaround occurs. Ironically, healthcare costs make up a lot of the targeted spending troubled European governments are looking to slash in their attempts to stay solvent.
Along with that, in Spain&rsquo;s case, they are seeking a cap to their debt, whereas the Democrats in U.S. pushed for an increase to their own debt ceiling.
While the string of changing leadership continues in Europe, the historically partisan politics of the U.S. provides an element of instability in forecasting the elections of November 2012. The Republican tsunami in the midterm elections of 2010 is one benchmark to gauge American displeasure at the current economic state, but without a decision on a Republican nominee, the varied options may all shape the vote and, if elected into office, the decisions the U.S. faces in trying to turn the economy around.
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      <description><![CDATA[(FS.NET) Spielberg is on a roll, finishing up&nbsp;War Horse&nbsp;and&nbsp;Tintin&nbsp;for release, and already in production on his next film&nbsp;Lincoln. While I\'m excited for&nbsp;War Horse,&nbsp;Lincoln&nbsp;already has me just as excited, mostly to see how&nbsp;Daniel Day-Lewis&nbsp;will play our 16th President, since we know he\'s a full-on method actor. 
I saw a tweet the other day mention that apparently Day-Lewis hasn\'t broken his accent since March, or something to that effect. I\'ve been waiting for a first look and here we are - this should instantly make you go \"whoa!\" A photo is making the rounds (via&nbsp;Richmond/SlashFilm) of Day-Lewis out dining with the full-on beard.&nbsp;Awesome.
Here\'s the photo snapped in&nbsp;Richmond, Virginia, where&nbsp;Lincoln&nbsp;is currently shooting. A&nbsp;tweet&nbsp;to us adds: \"We should see a lot this week, they have turned the state Capitol into the White House and it looks great.\"
Steven Spielberg\'s&nbsp;Lincoln, which is currently shooting already, stars&nbsp;Daniel Day-Lewis&nbsp;(My Left Foot, Gangs of New York, There Will Be Blood) as our 16th President, Abraham Lincoln, and focuses on the last four months of his life, guiding the North to victory during the Civil War.
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      <description><![CDATA[(EW) It&rsquo;s a little hard to comprehend that&nbsp;Britney Spears&nbsp;is 30-years-old today, isn&rsquo;t it? Not just in the sense that, if Spears is getting older then that also means that the&nbsp;TRL-voting generation that grew up with her is as well, but the realization that&nbsp;she&rsquo;s only 30-years-old. That&rsquo;s no slight at the pop superstar, who looks better than ever, nor is it disregarding that this is a milestone birthday for her. It&rsquo;s just that at only 30, this is someone who&rsquo;s already lived what seems like five lifetimes.
For&nbsp;better or&nbsp;worse, Spears became the unofficial poster girl for just how turbulent one&rsquo;s twenties can be. By 25 alone, an age when most people are still steeped in college loans, starting a first job, or living an apartment with roughly six other city-dwelling hopefuls, she&rsquo;d already been married (twice), had two kids with Kevin Federline, found Kabbalah, and remained one of the biggest musical acts in the world. You can say a lot about Spears, but to ever imply that her twenties were uneventful is absolutely not one of them.
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      <description><![CDATA[After being&nbsp;bought out in October by eternal archrival Rhapsody, music subscription service &ldquo;Napster&rdquo; has&nbsp;shut down.&nbsp;Heading to&nbsp;Napster.com&nbsp;now gets you an explanation of what happened and a Rhapsody sales pitch.
I put &ldquo;Napster&rdquo; in quotation marks&ndash;-a practice I&rsquo;ve followed, albeit inconsistently, for years&ndash;-because the &ldquo;Napster&rdquo; that just died wasn&rsquo;t really Napster. Napster was the peer-to-peer music sharing service founded by Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker in 1999. It changed the world, and was sued out of business.
&ldquo;Napster,&rdquo; on the other hand, was a commercial enterprise&ndash;formerly known as Pressplay&ndash;that acquired the Napster name. The folks who did the rebranding presumably thought they were pretty smart, but I always thought it was a mistake. If you loved the original Napster, you probably didn&rsquo;t want to pay a monthly fee for music. If you&nbsp;did&nbsp;want to pay for music, the &ldquo;Napster&rdquo; name sounded slightly disreputable. Either way, it smacked of false advertising and cognitive dissonance. "
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      <description><![CDATA[When you are a kid on Christmas morning, it&rsquo;s all about volume. But when you are a parent, cruising the aisles of the toy-store in December, it&rsquo;s about trying to balance a happy holiday with a reasonable budget.
Paul Reinsmith of Boston has found a great way to have plenty of toys under the tree, and all year, without breaking the bank.
Paul and his wife Pam discovered what they call the &lsquo;Netflix&rsquo; of toys.
It&rsquo;s called&nbsp;Toygaroo, a website that lets parents rent toys for a fraction of what they would cost to buy.
&ldquo;It&rsquo;s the ideal situation for the holiday time,&rdquo; Paul said. &ldquo;You can stuff toys under the tree for under 50 bucks. If you were out there buying them, there&rsquo;s just no way you could do that.&rdquo;
Paul and Pam choose the toys that are best suited for their son Will and just like Netflix, they go into a queue. Depending on the service plan, every month or every other month, a box comes in the mail with a new set of toys from the queue. When the time is up, send the toys back and a new box will be on its way.
Here&rsquo;s an idea of what you get and how much it costs.
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      <description><![CDATA[Herman Cain, the insurgent populist whose candidacy has been ensnared by allegations of sexual impropriety, said Saturday that he is leaving the race for the Republican presidential nomination, saying that the allegations have cast a "cloud of doubt over me and this campaign.""As of today, with a lot of prayer and soul searching, I am suspending my presidential campaign, " he said at an event in Atlanta. "I am suspending my presidential campaign because of the continued distraction, the continued hurt . . . on me, on my family, not because we are not fighters, not because I am not a fighter."Cain''''''''''''''''s campaign had sent mixed signals as to his future since Ginger White, an Atlanta woman who claims to have had an affair with Cain for more than a decade, went public with her story earlier this week. While Cain has said he has been "reassessing" his candidacy, he also, at times, has been fiercely defiant, suggesting that unnamed enemies have been trying to do him in and vowing to press forward."The pundits would like for me to shut up, drop out and go away," he said. "I am not going to be silenced, and I am not going away."

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      <description><![CDATA[Are you still a Tebow doubter? Do you roll with the media when it comes to slamming Mr. Tim? Well, he does it again and this season might prove that the new starting quarterback for Denver may just be what this franchise needs.
WP: When Tim Tebow took over the 1-4 Denver Broncos in October, few NFL observers anticipated that he would lead the struggling team on a December surge toward the playoffs.
Tebow&rsquo;s success hasn&rsquo;t surprised Percy Harvin one bit. The quarterback&rsquo;s former teammate has seen it all before.
Tebow passed for a season-best 202 yards and two third-quarter touchdowns Sunday to help the unflappable Broncos win their fifth straight game, 35-32 over the Minnesota Vikings on Matt Prater&rsquo;s 23-yard field goal as time expired.
&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been on his teams,&rdquo; said Harvin, who teamed with Tebow to win two national titles at Florida. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve seen him pull a lot of fourth quarters, a lot of last drives, a lot of two-point conversions.&rdquo;
On a day when the normally stout Broncos defense was eating Harvin&rsquo;s dust, Tebow did what he does best &mdash; led his team back from an early deficit. Denver trailed 15-7 at halftime and 29-21 with less than 10 minutes to go.
Demaryius Thomas had four catches for 144 yards and two scores in the third quarter, Tebow ran for a 2-point conversion that tied the game at 29 in the fourth and Willis McGahee rushed for 111 yards and a TD to help the Broncos (7-5) forge a first-place tie in the AFC West with the Oakland Raiders, who lost to Miami.
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      <description><![CDATA[Lady Gaga is coming to the White House.
The pop singer is meeting with Obama administration staffers Tuesday to discuss her work on bullying prevention. The White House held an anti-bullying conference earlier this year, and the administration estimates that bullying affects 13 million students, or about a third of those attending school
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      <description><![CDATA[Lindsay Lohan&rsquo;s Playboy cover has leaked, revealing a shot of the actress taking on equal parts Jessica Rabbit and Marilyn Monroe.&nbsp;Lindsay&nbsp;has plans to reveal the full shoot on &ldquo;The Ellen DeGeneres Show&rdquo; on December 15. The January/February 2012 issue of&nbsp;Playboy&nbsp;will feature the full nude spread and will be available late December.
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      <title><![CDATA[Starting Your Law Career: Steps To Success]]></title>
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Law careers offer a rewarding and exciting opportunity to help others in a fast paced environment. However, understanding the steps to get from where you are to the law career you want can be difficult, and the road can seem long. Understanding how all the steps fit together and add up to the rewarding professional development youve been seeking will help you stay on your path and attain your goal.
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A lot of people mistakenly believe that the words "law career" are synonymous with "lawyer". While lawyers are certainly the most visible type of legal professional, they are supported by a large staff of research assistants and paralegals specially trained to assist legal experts. Following a path that leads to a paralegal position can be rewarding, and it can also be a good way to determine whether or not you want to follow the longer path of becoming a lawyer. In addition to paralegals and lawyers, there are a variety of other positions that require specialized legal knowledge, but are not formal legal positions. Obtaining one of these specialized positions in a unique niche can be an exciting opportunity to use legal skills in a non-traditional setting.
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Any kind of law career requires substantial education. As a paralegal in the United States, you are not required to hold a formal degree. However, there are two and four year degrees available, and degrees from non-legal fields may also help you achieve qualification. As a lawyer, you will be required to hold a law degree from an accredited university before you become eligible to sit for the Bar examination and become licensed to give legal advice. There is no way to skip your Juris Doctorate (JD) and you must receive at least a Bachelor''''s degree before you can start law school. Most lawyers complete seven years of college: four undergraduate, three in law school.
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      <description><![CDATA[Lowe's Home Improvement has found itself facing a backlash after the retail giant pulled ads from a reality show about American Muslims.
The retail giant stopped advertising on TLC's "All-American Muslim" after a conservative group known as the Florida Family Association complained, saying the program was "propaganda that riskily hides the Islamic agenda's clear and&nbsp;present&nbsp;danger to American liberties and traditional values."
The show premiered last month and chronicles the lives of five families from Dearborn, a city with a large Muslim and Arab-American population.
A state senator from Southern California said Sunday he was considering calling for a boycott.
Calling the Lowe's decision "un-American" and "naked religious bigotry," Sen. Ted Lieu, D-Torrance, told the Associated Press he would also consider legislative action if Lowe's doesn't apologize to Muslims and reinstate its ads. The senator sent a letter outlining his complaints to Lowe's Chief Executive Officer Robert A. Niblock.
"The show is about what it's like to be a Muslim in America, and it touches on the discrimination they sometimes face. And that kind of discrimination is exactly what's happening here with Lowe's," Lieu said.
The Florida group sent three emails to its members, asking them to petition Lowe's to pull its advertising. Its website was updated to say that "supporters' emails to advertisers make a difference."
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      <title><![CDATA[Modern Warfare 3 Beats Avatar, Hits Billion Dollar Mark]]></title>
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Activision's "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3" has hit the $1 billion sales mark in 16 days, faster than all-time box office champion "Avatar," the company announced Monday.

The sales surge came during a box office slump, as this weekend was the slowest at movie theaters since September 2009.
Also read: Weak 'New Year's Eve' Leads Worst Box-Office Weekend Since 2008
"Engagement of our Call of Duty audience continues to rise around the world," said Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard. "'Call of Duty' as an entertainment franchise has made an indelible mark on popular culture and its broad and continued success is further validation that audiences are now valuing interactive experiences over passive experiences."
"Avatar" took a whole 17 days to get to $1 billion.
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      <title><![CDATA[New York Times Employee Leaks News, Christiane Amanpour Leaving ABC]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[After about 16 months on the job, Christiane Amanpour has exited ABC&rsquo;s Sunday Beltway show and will go back to being CNN&rsquo;s star international reporter while continuing to report for ABC News, CNN confirmed Tuesday afternoon.
George Stephanopoulos, who hosted &ldquo;This Week&rdquo; before Amanpour, is returning to the program Jan. 8 while continuing to co-host ABC&rsquo;s morning infotainment &ldquo;Good Morning America.&rdquo;
New York Times media reporter Brian Stelter had an awkward Twitter moment this afternoon when he accidentally tweeted to his 97,000 followers that he had heard that Christiane Amanpour would be departing as host of ABC&rsquo;s &ldquo;This Week.&rdquo; (Stelter was right, ABC and CNN announced Tuesday evening.) Though he was embarrassed, other journalists said he was merely using Twitter as a reporting tool, as many have praised NPR&rsquo;s Andy Carvin for doing in reporting on the uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa. So what was it, a gaffe? An example of reporting in the open? Both? After reading what happened, share your thoughts below.


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      <description><![CDATA[The weird and wacky world of showbiz wouldn't be the same without the frequent eccentricities.
But even Paris Jackson has confessed she initially thought wearing masks in public was 'stupid'.
Her father Michael Jackson would frequently cover his children's faces, in a bid to keep Prince Michael, 14, Paris, 13, and nine-year-old Prince Michael II out of the prying eye of the paparazzi lens.
It seems protecting their identity from the public had the desired effect though, and when Paris arrived at The Buckley School - no one knew who she was.
She said: 'I do have a regular childhood. I mean, I'm treated the same. When I came to (my new school) they didn't know who I was. I was like, "Yes, I have a chance to be normal."'
Yet now the rising star is chasing fame and recognition by landing her debut role in a film series.
Jackson will play the heroine in fantasy picture Lundon's Bridge And The Three Keys, based on the&nbsp; young adult series by novelist Dennis H. Christen.
She added: 'My dad was in the movie Moonwalker and I knew he could sing really well but I didn't know he could act.&nbsp;
'I saw that and I said, "Wow, I want to be just like him." I was little. I was younger than Blanket (their nickname for sibling Prince Michael II).'
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      <title><![CDATA[Facebook Launches Massive New Feature, Timeline]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[By&nbsp;Jared Newman&nbsp;(PCW)
Facebook Timelines are now available worldwide, allowing users to tell their entire life stories through the social network.
Facebook announced&nbsp;Timelines&nbsp;in September, but rolled the feature out slowly. If you're just getting Timelines now, or want to speed up the switch from your existing profile, here's what you need to know.
What are Timelines?
Timelines are Facebook's attempt to tell the story of your life, based on your social networking activity. Presented in reverse chronological order, your Timeline shows status updates, photos, life events and new friends.
Timelines also summarize your activity from Facebook apps. For instance, if you've allowed Spotify to automatically tell Facebook what songs you're listening to, a summary of your tastes in music will appear in the Timeline. Or if you've been using Nike+ GPS, your friends will be able to see where you've been running.

How to tweak Timeline information
Of course, some Facebook activity is best forgotten. To remove a status update, photo or other activity from your Timeline, float your cursor over the top-right corner of the update, click the pencil icon, then select "Hide from Timeline."
Adding information to the Timeline is also pretty simple. Just hover your cursor over the line down the center of the page, so it turns into a "+" icon, then click on the kind of update you want to add. You can add events all the way back to your birth, making for a complete life story.
[SEE RELATED STORY:&nbsp;Facebook's New Timeline Layout: A Getting-Started Guide]
If you really like something that's on your Timeline, you can blow it up into a feature-size post by hovering over the update and clicking the star icon.
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Head to Facebook's "Introducing Timeline" page, and click "Get It Now" to activate the feature. Or, you can wait to see an announcement for Timelines at the top of your profile page.
Once you make the switch, Facebook will generate a Timeline on its own, but won't immediately publish it. You'll have seven days to make adjustments -- say, to remove references to jobs you hated or significant others you'd rather forget. After that, there's no going back to the old profile.
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      <title><![CDATA[Batman Star Roughed Up By Guards In China]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Hollywood actor Christian Bale was manhandled and roughed up by Chinese security guards as he tried to visit a blind legal activist whose detention has sparked international outcry.
Bale, joined by a camera crew from CNN, was confronted by four men dressed in plain clothes as he tried to visit Chen Guangcheng who has been under house arrest in the Dongshigu village for 15 months.
The Oscar-winning actor, who plays superhero Batman, can be seen being pushed and shoved by the guards before being frogmarched away in the video released by CNN.
'Why can I not visit this free man?' Bale can be heard repeatedly asking the security officers, while they were pushing him.
In response the guards are reported to have shouted 'Go away!' while physically shoving Bale and the crew on Thursday.&nbsp;
According to the report, Bale was also punched by the guards who were aiming for his small camera in an attempt to stop him recording.&nbsp;
'The local people who are standing up to the authorities and insisting on going to visit Chen and his family and getting beaten up for it, and my understanding, getting detained for it and everything.&nbsp;I want to support what they are doing.'
Chen, a blind, self-schooled lawyer, angered authorities in 2005 by exposing forced abortions as part of China's one-child policy.
He&nbsp;was formally released in September 2010 after four years in jail on a charge of 'blocking traffic' and damaging property in a protest.&nbsp;
Bale had first learned about Chen through news reports, when he was in China filming a wartime drama set in 1930s Nanjing in which he plays a mortician trying to&nbsp;&nbsp;save a group of schoolgirls from the clutches invading Japanese soldiers, reports CNN.
The film itself has already proved controversial as it was partly funded by state-owned Bank of China. Many believe it to be an attempt by the Chinese government to exert &ldquo;soft power&rdquo; and make cultural inroads in the West.&nbsp;
The film is based on the novel The 13 Women of Nanjing by Geling Yan and has been selected as China&rsquo;s entry for the best foreign language film at next year&rsquo;s Oscars.
The activist's story struck a chord with the actor so much so that that he decided to do something to raise international awareness of Chen.
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      <title><![CDATA[Simba Takes The Thrown: North Korea Has a New Leading Man]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[(WP) North Korea lost its Dear Leader Sunday, after a state television tearfully announced the death of Kim Jong Il. The country will now turn to its Young General, the nickname for&nbsp;Kim Jong Eun, the youngest son of the mercurial and enigmatic North Korean dictator.
Kim Jong Eun has trailed behind his famous father, slowly being groomed as successor, despite signs that the country was not fully unified behind him.
 
Less than one year ago, The Post&rsquo;s Chico Harlan wrote of&nbsp;Kim Jong Eun:
He has been the object of far less official attention in the country he&rsquo;s soon likely to rule. The state newspaper does not sing his praises. His face does not yet appear on stamps, pins, book covers or buildings. And during staged public appearances, his father, current leader Kim Jong Il, does the talking while Kim Jong Eun stays in the background.
The baby-faced man found himself as the heir apparent after Kim Jong Il&rsquo;s stroke in 2008. Many questioned if the young man could engender the same loyalty as his father and his grandfather, Kim Il Sung, the founder of North Korea. &ldquo;With Kim Il Sung, 60 percent really loved him &mdash; truly honored him like a leader. ... With Kim Jong Il, maybe that fell to 40 percent. But with Kim Jong Eun, it&rsquo;s zero percent. People don&rsquo;t admire a single thing about him,&rdquo; Cui Yingjiu, a retired professor of Korean literature at China&rsquo;s Peking University and a former classmate of Kim Jong Il&rsquo;s told Harlan in January.
During the past year, though, Kim Jong Eun grew in prominence and in favor with his countrymen. Reuters reported his slicked-back, high-sided haircut is a fashion hit in Pyongyang where young men are lining up for a similar cut. Kim supposedly looks like his late grandfather, a similarity the North Korea propaganda machine has played up.
North Korea tightly controls the information it releases, and little is known about the plump young man now in his late 20s.
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      <description><![CDATA[Because he doesn&rsquo;t do anything small-time, Rupert Murdoch was the very last&nbsp;bold-faced name&nbsp;to join Twitter in 2011, sending out his first tweet just hours before the ball dropped. Now, only three days later, the News Corp. honcho is making headlines fortwo&nbsp;tweet-dorsements&nbsp;of controversial Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum. While Murdoch still seems to be getting a handle on the medium &mdash; witness his&nbsp;lasttwo&nbsp;tweets &mdash; he isn&rsquo;t shy about making himself known to the Twitterverse. So what&rsquo;s it like inside the mind of a billionaire media mogul?
Not unlike your average well-educated, globally minded tweeter, Murdoch&rsquo;s musings (23 as of publication time), are mishmash of cultural recommendations, political reflection, random information (Alexander Hamilton?), and shout-outs to his homies (Google founder Larry Page, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, George Clooney, to name a few). Frankly, they are a little dull at times, but that doesn&rsquo;t mean there aren&rsquo;t valuable lessons to be gleaned.
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      <description><![CDATA[With the media barrage of Republican candidates all looking to unseat President Barack Obama, one of the original GOP considerations has changed his colors and announced his candidacy for President as a Libertarian candidate.
Gary Johnson is a former two-term Governor for the state of New Mexico and on December 28, 2011, Johnson formally withdrew his candidacy as a Republican contender for the nomination and announced the change in affiliation. 
Many say GOP Presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul (TX) would also fit the bill as a Libertarian candidate &ndash; a candidate for the Libertarian party back in 1988 and Johnson would agree, in his candidacy statement, &ldquo;I believe this election needs a true libertarian voice. While Ron Paul is a good man and a libertarian who I proudly endorsed for president in 2008, there is no guarantee that he will be the Republican nominee.&rdquo;
Two big issues that set Johnson apart from other major candidates is that he is the only one to publicly declare support for same-sex marriage and he advocates the legalization of marijuana.
With recent actions such as the repeal of &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t Ask, Don&rsquo;t Tell&rdquo; and states revising their views on marijuana usage and its medicinal component, the two topics are relevant in current discussion as domestic policy issues, alongside job creation and trying to grow the economy.
In terms of the issue that most Americans have on their minds, the economy, Johnson lays out some of his plans by saying, "I want to end deficit spending and cut federal spending by 43%. &ndash; I want to enact the Fair Tax to stimulate real economic growth and job creation." He also echoes Ron Paul when he says, "I want to end the manipulation of our money by the Federal Reserve."
A potential side effect of Johnson&rsquo;s candidacy has him as a spoiler in New Mexico, possibly splintering the Republican vote. Some say, the heavily-Democratic gay vote may also see a faction shift to the Johnson ticket.
Johnson touted, &ldquo;If I earn the Libertarian Party nomination, I will be on the ballot in all 50 states. I will not be held hostage to a system rigged for the wealthiest and best-known candidates in a handful of states who happen to have early primaries.&rdquo;
In his announcement, Johnson said, &ldquo;Frankly, I have been deeply disappointed by the treatment I received in the Republican nomination process. I had hoped to lay out a real libertarian message on all the issues in the Republican contest. The process was not fair and open.&rdquo; The candidate had participated in the first Republican debate, aired on FOX News, but was subsequently barred from two debates on CNN and another on FOX.
Johnson reacted to the ban by answering the debate questions via YouTube videos. His response videos from CNN&rsquo;s New Hampshire debate have notched over 20,000 views.
With a sense of optimism for a rather uphill battle as a third party candidate, Johnson states, "In a recent national poll 63% of Americans said they wished there was a third choice for 2012. There is another choice, and I intend to educate the voters about what we offer America. Together I am convinced we can make history and restore America to greatness."
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      <title><![CDATA[Joran Van der Sloot confesses to murder]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dutchman Joran Van der Sloot, 24, has confessed to a court in Peru that he killed 21-year-old business student Stephany Flores in Lima in 2010
He offered a "sincere confession", which could carry a lesser prison sentence than an outright guilty plea.
Mr Van der Sloot, was arrested but never charged over the disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway in Aruba in 2005.
The trial began on Friday but was adjourned in the wake of his plea.
The trial will resume on Wednesday when the defence will be able to respond to prosecutors' charges.
Police say Mr Van der Sloot admitted to strangling Flores on 30 May 2010 after he found her looking at his laptop in his hotel room. The laptop contained information about the Holloway case.
Mr Van der Sloot fled to Chile in the wake of Flores' death, but was later arrested and returned to Peru. His 2010 confession came after three days of questioning, officials said.
Prosecutors initially sought a life sentence for Mr Van der Sloot but are now pressing for a 30-year term.
Mr Van der Sloot was a suspect after the Holloway's disappearance on the Dutch Caribbean island of Aruba in 2005.
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      <description><![CDATA[A judge signed an order Thursday declaring Natalee Holloway dead, more than six years after the American teenager disappeared on the Caribbean island of Aruba.
Judge Alan King signed the order at the end of a hearing in a Birmingham courtroom that was attended by the missing woman's divorced parents, David and Beth Holloway.
David Holloway told the judge in September he believed his daughter had died and he wanted to stop payments on her medical insurance and use her $2,000 college fund to help her younger brother. Thursday's hearing was scheduled before a suspect questioned in Holloway's disappearance, Dutchman Joran van der Sloot, pleaded guilty Wednesday in Peru to the 2010 murder of a woman in Lima.
Natalee Holloway disappeared on a high school graduation trip to Aruba on May 30, 2005. The 18-year-old was last seen leaving a bar with van der Sloot early that day. Her body was never found and the case garnered intense media scrutiny and international attention.
King acted on a petition by David Holloway to have the missing 18-year-old declared dead.
The teen's mother originally objected, but her lawyer, Charlie DeBardeleben, said she subsequently changed her mind once she understood her husband's intentions. Natalee Holloway's parents were divorced in 1993 and Beth Holloway sat in the back row of the courtroom, mostly staring at her hands in her lap during the hearing Thursday afternoon.
She declined comment, but her attorney said, "She's ready to move on from this."
Mark White, an attorney for Dave Holoway, told the judge just before he announced his decision, that there was no evidence that Holloway was alive.
"Despite all that no evidence has been found Natalee Holloway is alive," he told the judge, noting that exhaustive searches, blanket international media coverage and even the offer of rewards had turned up nothing new.

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      <description><![CDATA[A missing 18-month-old Texas boy was found unharmed this morning in a stolen vehicle which was obscured by heavy brush, police said.
Evan Miller, 18 months, and his 7-year-old cousin were left in a jeep with the motor running while his aunt went inside of a&nbsp;Houston&nbsp;Walmart to use the ATM about 5:45 p.m. Thursday. A man jumped into the car and started to drive away, but Miller's cousin was able to escape.



An Amber Alert was immediately issued for the boy, but was cancelled after he was found, shortly after 8:30 a.m. this morning near the Walmart parking lot where he was stolen.
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      <description><![CDATA[NEW YORK &mdash; Stephen Colbert announced on &ldquo;The Colbert Report&rdquo; that he is exploring a presidential run in South Carolina, and made it legal by handing control of his super PAC to Jon Stewart in the opening segment of Thursday night&rsquo;s show.
&ldquo;I am proud to announce that I am forming an exploratory committee to lay the groundwork for my possible candidacy for president of the United States of America of South Carolina,&rdquo; Colbert said during the Thursday evening show, several hours before airtime on Comedy Central.
&ldquo;This is a difficult decision. I&rsquo;ve talked it over with my money. I&rsquo;ve talked it over with my spiritual adviser.&rdquo;
Trevor Potter, the former Federal Election Commission chairman, acts as Colbert&rsquo;s lawyer and was a guest on the show. &ldquo;You cannot be a candidate and run a super PAC,&rdquo; Potter said. &ldquo;That would be coordinating with yourself.&rdquo;
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      <description><![CDATA[Need to quickly grab information for an upcoming presentation or business project, you may have a little more trouble doing so for the next 24 hours. Websites protesting the SOPA and PIPA bills are showing it on their pages today. The most notable protests are Google with their logo blackout and Wikipedia who chose to block their english pages for a full 24 hours. Will this mean Washington lawmakers may have to write their own speeches now?&nbsp;
The College Press feels online piracy must go! There are many other ways to end this problem other than making hard working Americans suffer and possibly lose their jobs in the process. Below is information on how you can get involved via google petition.&nbsp;

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Google Announcement:&nbsp;
Millions of Americans oppose SOPA and PIPA because these bills would censor the Internet and slow economic growth in the U.S.
Two bills before Congress, known as the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House, would censor the Web and impose harmful regulations on American business. Millions of Internet users and entrepreneurs already oppose SOPA and PIPA.
The Senate will begin voting on January 24th. Please let them know how you feel. Sign this petition urging Congress to vote NO on PIPA and SOPA before it is too late.
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama: Abortion Helps Daughters Fulfill Their Dreams]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama says the 39th&nbsp;anniversary of Roe v. Wade is the chance to recognize the &ldquo;fundamental constitutional right&rdquo; to abortion and to &ldquo;continue our efforts to ensure that our daughters have the same rights, freedoms, and opportunities as our sons to fulfill their dreams.&rdquo;
The 1974 U.S. Supreme Court nationalized abortion law, prohibiting states from deciding on the matter. In his written statement, Obama acknowledged that abortion has been a divisive political issue.
Obama, while serving in the Illinois State Legislature and as president of the United States, has taken a hard line on abortion rights.
In his statement on the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade ruling, Obama said it reflects the broader principles of America.&ldquo;As we mark the 39th&nbsp;anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we must remember that this Supreme Court decision not only protects a woman&rsquo;s health and reproductive freedom, but also affirms a broader principle: that government should not intrude on private family matters,&rdquo; Obama said. &ldquo;I remain committed to protecting a woman&rsquo;s right to choose and this fundamental constitutional right.
&ldquo;While this is a sensitive and often divisive issue -- no matter what our views, we must stay united in our determination to prevent unintended pregnancies, support pregnant woman and mothers, reduce the need for abortion, encourage healthy relationships, and promote adoption,&rdquo; Obama said.
&ldquo;And as we remember this historic anniversary, we must also continue our efforts to ensure that our daughters have the same rights, freedoms, and opportunities as our sons to fulfill their dreams.&rdquo;
As a state lawmaker in Illinois, he voted four times against legislation to protect the life of a baby that survived a botched abortion. He&nbsp;voted againstsuch legislation at the state level in 2001, 2002 and 2003.&nbsp;The 2003 bill was assigned to the Illinois Senate Health and Human Services Committee, which Obama chaired at the time. It mirrored a law passed by Congress, which said nothing in federal law should be construed to undermine the Roe v. Wade ruling.
As president, Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, which would appropriate federal money toward insurance plans that pay for abortions.
On Friday, the Obama administration finalized regulations that order Americans &ndash; unless they work directly at a church &ndash; to purchase government-approved health insurance plans that cover sterilizations and contraceptives, including those that cause abortions.
Planned Parenthood also marked the anniversary of the Supreme Court's abortion ruling by setting up a Web site "to show the world exactly what Roe has meant in the past and still means today."


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      <description><![CDATA[CONCORD, N.C. &ndash;&nbsp;Danica Patrick&nbsp;will take at least a one-year sabbatical from theIndianapolis 500&nbsp;as she moves to&nbsp;NASCAR&nbsp;full time this season.
During Monday's first stop on the NASCAR Sprint Media Tour, Patrick said she will race in the 2012&nbsp;Coca-Cola 600&nbsp;at&nbsp;Charlotte Motor Speedway&nbsp;rather than attempt the&nbsp;Indy 500. The races both are on May 27, the Sunday before&nbsp;Memorial Day, with the Indy 500 starting several hours earlier than the 600.
She didn't rule out racing again in an IndyCar atIndianapolis Motor Speedway, though, and hinted she would attempt an Indy 500-Coke 600 doubleheader as her Sprint Cup team owner,&nbsp;Tony Stewart, had done three times.
"I hope to do (the Indy 500) in the future," said Patrick, who will run 10 races in NASCAR's premier series this year and a full&nbsp;Nationwide Series&nbsp;schedule. "Maybe it'll be a double. But at this point, after a lot of conversations, it's just going to be the Coke 600. I think it's going to be a big challenge, but I'm looking forward to it.
Patrick said it was mostly a "business decision" that she was unable to secure a ride for Indy.
When she announced her move to NASCAR last August, Patrick told USA TODAY that a return to Indy would have to be with Andretti Autosport, her Izod IndyCar Series team the past five seasons.
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      <description><![CDATA[Doctors managed to&nbsp;save the life of a 71-year-old man with two hearts who suffered dueling heart attacks. "We haven't ever seen anything similar to this case before," Dr. Giacomo Mugnai said in an interview with MSNBC.
At first, doctors thought they had a typical case of cardiac arrest until they examined the patient more closely and noticed his unusual medical condition. It turns out that the man actually wasn't born with two hearts. His second heart arrived after an earlier medical procedure on his original heart.
The procedure, a heterotopic transplant, is done to pair a new, healthy organ with a diseased one.
"We see this in cardiac patients or kidney patients, sometimes," Dr. Rade Vukmir, professor of emergency medicine at Temple University and a spokesman for the American College of Emergency Physicians, told MSNBC. "Surgeons might leave a kidney in place if it's too much trouble to take out, or if there is hope for recovery of a kidney, or a heart, after a period of time" of being helped by the new organ.
The report first appeared in the&nbsp;Annals of Emergency Medicine, describing how the transplant team managed to merge the patient's new heart with his original, diseased organ. Of course, there's an inherent risk that if the transplant goes too well.
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      <description><![CDATA[Facebook may need to hire a few more editors to their staff. In a recent mass member mailer, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg sounded a bit 'Me Tarzan, You Jane' in his message to users as he left the 's' from a sentence.
In an effort to send out a quick message to users about a recent Apple team up, Zuckerberg slipped up in his grammar. This sort of thing has happens in newsrooms trying to scoop another team, but come on Mark, don't you have a Facebook editing staff ready to go?
You can see below, the sentence was meant to read&nbsp;'Apple wants to make sure their product perfect before going public.'&nbsp;Unfortunately, he didn't make sure this sentence was.
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      <description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney was first in the Florida primary by a solid margin on Tuesday night, topping rivals Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul to win his second contest of the GOP nomination fight. As Karen Tumulty&nbsp;reported&nbsp;:
Mitt Romney&rsquo;s&nbsp;sweeping victory in the Florida Republican primary Tuesday did two things for him that he badly needed: It set the front-runner back on a glide path to the 2012 presidential nomination, and it raised his standing with the GOP&rsquo;s conservative base.
Florida, the fourth state to vote this primary season, was not only the biggest prize yet, but also the purest test of where the party stands nationally.
Unlike earlier primaries in New Hampshire and South Carolina, Florida&rsquo;s contest was open only to registered Republicans; about seven in 10 voters identified themselves as somewhat or very conservative, according to exit polls.
Though Romney&rsquo;s victory could be a turning point, senior Republicans say the race for the nomination is far from over.
&ldquo;Florida is a big and diverse state that will be a crucial state in the fall. This is an important win for Romney,&rdquo; said Ralph Reed, head of the Faith and Freedom Coalition, a conservative Christian political organization. &ldquo;But given all the ups and downs we&rsquo;ve had, I don&rsquo;t think you can call this for Romney just yet.&rdquo;
The size and breadth of Romney&rsquo;s win provide the first real evidence that he has the potential to coalesce&nbsp;a party that has been deeply split&nbsp;between its establishment wing, which backs him, and the insurgent forces of the tea party movement, which have been suspicious of his moderate record.
Romney showed resilience and a willingness to alter tactics after his loss in the South Carolina primary to Newt Gingrich, who surged in the polls before the Florida primary only to be beaten back in part by a more aggressive Romney in the final debates. As Philip Rucker&nbsp;explained:
Mitt Romney regained the upper hand in the Republican presidential race last Thursday when he and his campaign machinery focused a series of carefully orchestrated attacks on rival Newt Gingrich&rsquo;s character and temperament.
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      <title><![CDATA[A Questionable Mandate]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[On January 20, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced a mandate for health insurance companies to &ldquo;cover preventive services for women including recommended contraceptive services without charging a co-pay, co-insurance or a deductible.&rdquo; This ruling has created some backlash from the religious community, in particular, the Catholic community.
President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Cardinal-designate Timothy Dolan has been vocal in his opposition to the mandate. He says the federal government has "ordered almost every employer and insurer in the country to provide sterilization and contraceptives, including some abortion-inducing drugs, in their health plans." He continues on, invoking both issues of faith and the freedom of personal choice, "Never before has the federal government forced individuals and organizations to go out into the marketplace and buy a product that violates their conscience. This shouldn't happen in a land where free exercise of religion ranks first in the Bill of Rights."
Religious institutions would be given an exception to the mandate, but if the institution employs a large number of individuals who may not share the same beliefs, the mandate would stand. The USCCB has spoken out about the &ldquo;religious exemption&rdquo; by saying, &ldquo;To be eligible an organization must meet four strict criteria, including the requirement that it both hire and serve primarily people of its own faith. Catholic schools and hospitals would have to eject their non-Catholic employees, students, and patients, or purchase health coverage that violates their moral and religious teachings.&rdquo;
Many are citing the mandate as a violation of the first amendment right to the free practice of religion. Also, this looks to encroach upon the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), a federal law that was put into place in 1993 to ensure an individual&rsquo;s religious faith was not impeded on.
RFRA cited the framers of Constitution as "recognizing free exercise of religion as an unalienable right." It also looked to ensure it prevented "laws intended to interfere with religious exercise." The rule states: "Government shall not substantially burden a person's exercise of religion even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability."
While rulings have made RFRA unconstitutional on state and local jurisdiction, it is still valid in federal rulings.
Florida Senator Marco Rubio (R) has introduced the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 2012 that criticizes the mandate and the &ldquo;religious exemption.&rdquo; In the bill, he states: &ldquo;the mandate&rsquo;s exemption for &lsquo;&lsquo;religious employers&rsquo;&rsquo; excludes those religious organizations, including charities, hospitals, schools or soup kitchens, that hire or serve individuals who do not share their religious tenets; that narrow exemption, unprecedented in Federal law, excludes thousands of religiously-affiliated hospitals, schools, charities, and businesses.&rdquo; When discussing the backlash HHS received, Rubio illustrated their reaction saying &ldquo;[HHS] would not broaden the exemption but would instead give religious institutions an additional year to &lsquo;&lsquo;adapt&rsquo;&rsquo; their consciences to the mandate.&rdquo;
Rubio&rsquo;s bill counters the HHS mandate with: &ldquo;No regulations or guidelines issued under such Act (or amendments) shall be construed to authorize the imposition of a fine, penalty, or other sanction, or to otherwise disadvantage an individual or entity on the basis of a religiously-based decision made by that individual or entity to not offer, provide, or purchase coverage for a contraceptive or sterilization service, or to engage in government-mandated speech regarding such services.&rdquo;
Presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (R) wrote an Op-Ed where he states, &ldquo;I stand with the Catholic Bishops and all religious organizations in their strenuous objection to this liberty- and conscience-stifling regulation.&nbsp; I am committed to overturning Obamacare root and branch. If I am elected President, on day one of my administration I will issue an executive order directing my Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue a waiver from its requirements to all 50 states. And on day one I will eliminate the Obama administration rule that compels religious institutions to violate the tenets of their own faith. Such rules don&rsquo;t belong in the America that I believe in.&rdquo;
Another presidential hopeful, former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum (R), who is Catholic, said in a speech to supporters in Missouri, &ldquo;I told the Catholic Bishops, years ago, when they were shilling for Obamacare, be careful what you wish for,&rdquo; he continues, &ldquo;Because when the government gives you something, then they force you to do things.&rdquo; He states, &ldquo;They [Catholic Bishops] got what they deserved.&rdquo;
A January 2011 article from LifeNews.com indicates that while Pro-Life groups were heavily opposed to Obamacare and were pushing for its repeal, Dolan and Cardinal Daniel DiNardo worked on ways of shaping Obamacare to make it friendlier for the Pro-Life community. LifeNews.com quotes DiNardo saying, &ldquo;Rather than joining efforts to support or oppose the repeal of the recently enacted health care law, we will continue to devote our efforts to correcting serious moral problems in the current law, so health care reform can truly be life-affirming for all."
Charlotte Allen wrote an Op-Ed for &ldquo;The Los Angeles Times,&rdquo; saying this issue is bringing together the liberal and conservative factions of the Catholic faith; contrary to reports put out by &ldquo;The Boston Globe&rdquo; and CNN. While division among parishioners has grown based on the church&rsquo;s stand on contraception, both are seeing this as an overreach and something that obstructs the church&rsquo;s ability to practice.
Allen writes, &ldquo;One of them [liberal Catholics] was E.J. Dionne, a widely syndicated columnist for the Washington Post. Dionne, who has been an Obama enthusiast since well before the 2008 election, accused the president in a recent column of having "utterly botched" the issue of contraceptive services.&rdquo;
The White House put out a statement saying the mandate does not force anybody to buy contraceptives. The USCCB has said the characterization of not forcing one to &ldquo;buy&rdquo; was misleading since by contributing to the plan, those payments are helping support the subsidies and services provided by the insurer.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[In one of her first appearances since her split from&nbsp;Russell Brand,&nbsp;Katy Perry&nbsp;got in the Super Bowl XLVI spirit, attending the big game all decked out in an outfit in support of the winning New York Giants.&nbsp;
The day before the big game, Katy performed at a DirecTV Super Bowl event, and one lucky, shirtless audience member got to join the &ldquo;ET&rdquo; singer on stage.&nbsp;
When she arrived for the pre-game show, Katy was all smiles as she posed for pictures, even taking to her Twitter&nbsp;to express her humorous feelings about Super Bowl weekend, writing:&ldquo;Poppin&rsquo; into Indy to play out some sporty lewks&hellip; #fullfootballfashion #superswank #buffalowingsandbeer&rdquo;
During the game Sunday, she joked: &ldquo;There&rsquo;s a big game @ the&nbsp;Madonna&nbsp;concert tonight!&rdquo;
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      <description><![CDATA[New Jersey's second largest city is rolling out the welcome mat for the women of the "Jersey Shore."
Jersey City has issued producers a permit to film a spinoff of the reality series featuring Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi and Jenni "JWoww" Farley. Filming is expected to begin later this month in the city's Grove Street Path neighborhood.
Nearby Hoboken last week denied the permit, citing safety and quality of life concerns for residents of the city along the Hudson River.

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      <description><![CDATA[New Jersey Governor Chris Christie held a townhall meeting in the town of Westfield. The Governor regularly holds townhall meetings across the state to, both, get his message out to the voters of New Jersey and to have a discourse with the public through question and answer sessions. The question and answers sessions have been YouTube sensations after the Governor has shared words with some individuals &ndash; something he acknowledged before he took questions.
Christie spoke to the audience of over 600 people about his tax reform plan and the battle he is expecting in Trenton. The Governor has made a highly-publicized plan to cut taxes by 10% across the board. This has been met with resistance from Democrats in the statehouse, saying he is being &ldquo;fiscally irresponsible.&rdquo; Christie explained the history of New Jersey politics and how, as he put it, &ldquo;turned Trenton upside-down.&rdquo;
The Governor expounded that excessive spending is a major problem and a primary component to the 37% budget deficit Christie faced when he first entered office. Upon taking the reins in early 2010, he was told $2 billion needed to be cut from the budget or they would not make payroll by March of that year.

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This strengthened his dedicating to reforming all of New Jersey. He cited a &ldquo;New York Magazine&rdquo; article about him, titled &ldquo;The Answer is No.&rdquo; He said that it was important to ensure spending was done responsibly and, because of previous administrations, lobbyists, and the like, were used to getting what they wanted; the Governor&rsquo;s stance brought him the added distinction of being strict with government expenses.
One of the biggest contentions he faced as Governor was with the public workers union. Prior to Christie taking office, most public workers paid nothing to their benefits &ndash; teachers included. With those provisions, costs to the employee were of no issue since they paid nothing, the cost to the state was not a concern. He was met with intense opposition but was able to, both, get public workers to contribute to their benefits (about 1%) and increased health options from three providers to 18.
Despite this, New Jersey Democrats, who make up a majority in the statehouse, are still unaffected. The Governor asks, &ldquo;Democrats call spending an investment, but that call me fiscally irresponsible?&rdquo; He cited that before he came into office, taxes were raised 115 times to meet expenses. These circumstances prompted the Governor to put out a Trenton-to-English Dictionary to help disseminate what is being said in the state capitol. Soon after, Democrats stopped asking about making cuts and articulated on what kind of cuts. Christie took that as a triumph since now it was no longer a matter of just making cuts, but WHERE to make cuts.
The Governor stated, &ldquo;We&rsquo;re still spending $29 billion.&rdquo; In response to the Democrats who oppose his budget cuts, he says, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s not like we&rsquo;re not spending anything.&rdquo;
Property taxes, a hot topic in New Jersey, were also articulated upon and he spoke of reforming it by providing a credit, instead of writing a check. This would eliminate all the manual expenses of cutting and mailing a check and it keeps the money in taxpayers&rsquo; pockets instead of sending it to Trenton &ndash; where it would be spent &ndash; and the remainder sent back as a &ldquo;property tax cut.&rdquo; While property taxes increased around 1% in the past year, he mentions that over the past 10 years, property taxes have seen a 70% increase, so a 1% increase is a considered improvement from the past, but the Governor still forecasts a lot of work to do.
He also touched upon the promotion of an expanded Earned Income Tax Credit, which rewards the working poor with an additional tax cut. He cited Reagan as his inspiration for this and says it would encourage work rather than dependency on public assistance.
Another lingering issue for New Jerseyans is unemployment. The Governor took a question from a union member who made the claim that New Jersey has &ldquo;the worst unemployment in the country.&rdquo; Before he finished, Christie made sure to correct the questioner&rsquo;s statistic, saying, &ldquo;New Jersey is nowhere near the worst.&rdquo; According to a December 2011 report from the Department of Labor Statistics, the Governor is correct, New Jersey ranks #38, with 9% unemployment; Nevada ranked the worst at 12.6%.
 Christie cited the 9% figured, which he acknowledged was still high, but better than the over 10% he had when he entered office. He touted the creation of 60,000 new jobs in New Jersey and the state is continuously attracting new business; particularly welcoming international corporations like Bayer and LG.
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A contentious moment came when a questioner asked about &ldquo;absolute preference&rdquo; for veterans. While the Governor said that he would have to look into the matter as, he admitted, he was not entirely familiar with the case; it received the response of, &ldquo;I am tired of the baloney from people saying we love our troops.&rdquo; This upset the Governor. He reiterated that he would look into the case regarding &ldquo;absolute preference&rdquo; and the specific position the man was asking him about, but took great offense that he referred to the public&rsquo;s respect for veterans as &ldquo;baloney.&rdquo;
Two questions posed to the Governor took the issue of developmental centers and the potential closing of some facilities. Each questioner took an opposing side. Christie indicated that New Jersey has the most institutional facilities for individuals with mental disabilities behind Texas. He believes closing some of these amenities and developing more facilities, like group homes, would help develop some individuals in a social setting. The opposition informed the audience that she has a sibling in a development facility and she feels ignored by the Governor. Christie stated there was no intention of closing all developmental centers (he cited the latest quote saying there would be two closures, there may be more) and that he recognizes that some individuals need that type of facility; but he wants to help others who can develop in the appropriate setting.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA &mdash; Federal authorities are investigating the use of a vending machine to dispense morning-after pills to students at a university inPennsylvania.The Food and Drug Administration's probe is aimed at determining whether the vending machine at ShippensburgUniversity is in line with a federal requirement that any female under age 17 have a prescription for the drug.Typically, Plan B emergency contraception is kept behind the counter so a pharmacist can check ID.
The decision to use a vending machine was made after school officials determined no one enrolled at Shippensburg isyounger than 17, Roger Serr, vice president for student affairs at the 8,100-student state university, said in a statement.While the vending machine has been used for the past two years at the school, it recently made headlines after it wasnoticed by local media, sparking the FDA investigation."
We are working to gather the facts now, including contacting Pennsylvania state authorities and the university," said anFDA spokeswoman in a statement.Located in the student health center, the vending machine is not accessible to anyone outside the school, said schoolspokesman Peter Gigliotti."You cannot be a 13-year-old and walk in and get it," Gigliotti said.
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      <title><![CDATA['Ocean Noise' Stressing Out Whales]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Noise from ships stresses whales nearby, researchers have shown.&nbsp;Ships' propellers emit sound in the same frequency range that some whales use for communicating, and previous studies have shown the whales change their calling patterns in noisy places.
Now, researchers have measured stress hormones in whale faeces, and found they rose with the density of shipping.&nbsp;The species studied in the Bay of Fundy in Canada, the North Atlantic right whale, is listed as endangered.
It had been thought that hunting by the Basque people a few hundred years ago brought a robust population down to barely sustainable levels.&nbsp;But recent research suggests the big population decline happened much earlier, for reasons that are unclear.
Dr Rosalind Rolland of the New England Aquarium in Boston, US, who led the new study, said the population was now up to an estimated 490 individuals from about 350 a decade ago.
North Atlantic right whales&nbsp;(Eubalaena glacialis)&nbsp;roam up and down the east coast of North America, coming to the Bay of Fundy typically in late summer to feed.&nbsp;Aquarium scientists have been studying them in the bay since 1980.

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      <description><![CDATA[Egyptian authorities arrested an Australian journalist and an American student on Saturday on accusation of trying to bribe people to join a strike marking the first anniversary of Hosni Mubarak's ouster that demands a faster transition to civilian rule.
The latest move against foreigners came the same day as the top U.S. general met with Egypt's military rulers as the two allies face rising tensions over a crackdown against Western-funded pro-democracy groups.
A spokesman for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey said that he discussed "a wide range of issues related to the long-standing security relationship between our two countries, including the issue involving U.S. NGOs" with the head of Egypt's military council, Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi.
Egypt's criminal investigation of U.S. democracy advocates has prompted calls in Washington to cut the country's aid package.
A security official identified the two foreigners arrested as a U.S. student enrolled at the American University in Cairo and an Australian journalist. He said that their Egyptian guide was also detained in the city of Mahalla al-Kobra after residents in the city told police the three were handing out money to people in order to encourage them to participate in the strike, a security official said.
The northern industrial city has seen violent worker strikes in the past.
The accusation against the American and the Australian reinforces the generals' line that the strike and other protests against their handling of the post-Mubarak transition are the work of "foreign hands" and foreign finance.
On her Twitter account, Aliya Alwi wrote that both she and freelance journalist Austin Mackell were told they will be transferred to a military intelligence office.
"Report against us filed now. Many witnesses saw us 'offering money to youth to vandalize and cause chaos'," she wrote on her Twitter account Saturday, adding that witnesseses were testifying to police against them.
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      <title><![CDATA[Beyonce, Jay-Z release baby pics]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[She's been a sensation since she's been born, and now Blue Ivy has made her public debut.
Five photos of the 1-month-old were posted by her parents &mdash; Beyonce and Jay-Z &mdash; on a page at the blogging service Tumblr.
The pictures at&nbsp;helloblueivycarter.tumblr.com&nbsp;include a close-up of the baby and two of each parent holding her. Blue Ivy is their first child.
A statement next to the photos reads, "We welcome you to share our joy." The couple also thanked the public for respecting their privacy.
Beyonce and Jay-Z are the latest&nbsp;celebrities&nbsp;to shun big bucks from the tabloid press for exclusive rights to baby pictures and instead post the photos on a public website for free. Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon debuted their twins in the same way last year.
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      <title><![CDATA[Super Bowl Measles, Where Did They Come From?]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Health officials say a person diagnosed with measles may have exposed others at a downtown Indianapolis storefront that housed a television studio, a hat shop and a nightclub during last week&rsquo;s&nbsp;SuperBowl&nbsp;festivities.
Marion County health officials say the person on Feb. 3 visited the Huddle in the former Nordstrom&rsquo;s store, which included the station&rsquo;s Super Bowl studios. Officials previously said the person had visited the Super Bowl Village but hadn&rsquo;t entered any buildings.
More than 200,000 people visited the Super Bowl Village that day, two days before the New York Giants beat the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl.

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      <description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES - Whitney Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, has died. She was 48.
Houston's publicist, Kristen Foster, said Saturday that the singer had died, but the cause and the location of her death were unknown.&nbsp;
News of Houston's death came on the eve of music's biggest night &mdash; the Grammy Awards. It's a showcase where she once reigned, and her death was sure to case a heavy pall on Sunday's ceremony. Houston's longtime mentor Clive Davis was to hold his annual concert and dinner Saturday; it was unclear if it was going to go forward.
At her peak, Houston the golden girl of the music industry. From the middle 1980s to the late 1990s, she was one of the world's best-selling artists. She wowed audiences with effortless, powerful, and peerless vocals that were rooted in the black church but made palatable to the masses with a pop sheen.
Her success carried her beyond music to movies, where she starred in hits like "The Bodyguard" and "Waiting to Exhale."
She had the he perfect voice, and the perfect image: a gorgeous singer who had sex appeal but was never overtly sexual, who maintained perfect poise.
She influenced a generation of younger singers, from Christina Aguilera to Mariah Carey, who when she first came out sounded so much like Houston that many thought it was Houston.
But by the end of her career, Houston became a stunning cautionary tale of the toll of drug use. Her album sales plummeted and the hits stopped coming; her once serene image was shattered by a wild demeanor and bizarre public appearances. She confessed to abusing cocaine, marijuana and pills, and her once pristine voice became raspy and hoarse, unable to hit the high notes as she had during her prime.
"The biggest devil is me. I'm either my best friend or my worst enemy," Houston told ABC's Diane Sawyer in an infamous 2002 interview with then-husband Brown by her side.
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      <description><![CDATA[Bobbi Kristina Brown, only child of the late singer Whitney Houston, has been rushed to an LA-area hospital, KCBS has confirmed.
Bobbi Kristina had been staying at the Beverly Hilton, the same hotel where her mother had registered to stay at for a pre-Grammy party Saturday night.
Beverly Hills police confirmed to KCBS that Bobbi Kristina was transported at 10:30 a.m. PT to Cedars Sinai.
A Beverly Hills Police Dept. watch commander told CBS that Bobbi Kristina was treated for anxiety at the scene.
Houston was pronounced dead Saturday afternoon in her room on the fourth floor of the Beverly Hilton. She had been planning to attend a party that night at the Hilton.
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      <description><![CDATA[OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Gov. Chris Gregoire has signed into law a bill that legalizes gay marriage in Washington state, making it the nation's seventh to allow gay and lesbian couples to wed.
It's a historic moment, but same-sex couples can't walk down the aisle just yet.
The law takes effect June 7, but opponents are already mounting challenges on multiple fronts.
 Opponents planned to file a challenge Monday that could put the law on hold pending the outcome of a November vote.
Separately, an initiative was filed at the beginning of the session that opponents of gay marriage say could lead to the new law being overturned.
Gregoire signed the bill Monday morning. It passed the House on Wednesday, a week after Senate approval.
"We are thrilled," said Lisa M. Stone, executive director of Legal Voice, a nonprofit that advocates for gay and lesbian rights. "After amazing support from both the Senate and the House earlier this month, signing the marriage equality bill late this morning was the next step toward providing equal treatment for all loving and committed families."
The group is girding for further battle, however, anticipating that opponents to same sex marriage will launch a petition to get the issue on the November ballot.
In fact, opponents had that effort under way in anticipation of Gregoire's signing Monday.
"We ARE going to exercise our right to referendum and reject this law!" said the Family Policy Institute of Washington on its Web site, in an urgent appeal launched Sunday.
"Don&rsquo;t forget to continue to pray that the citizens of Washington State will be fearless in their support and defense of traditional marriage between one man and one woman.&nbsp;Send out requests across the state, nation and world for other faithful to join us in prayer to move hearts here in Washington to unify, organize a successful referendum campaign and to vote for traditional marriage."
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      <description><![CDATA[Actor Matt Bomer, best known for his role in show White Collar has revealed he is gay.
The 34-year-old actor came out as he made an acceptance speech&nbsp;at the Chase Humanitarian Awards&nbsp;in California last weekend.
Bomer has recently finished work on upcoming male stripper film Magic Mike alongside The Vow star Channing Tatum.
While appearing at the Steve Chase Humanitarian Awards on Saturday - where he was honoured with New Generation Arts and Activism Award for his activism against HIV/ AIDs - he thanked his partner, Hollywood publicist Simon Halls.He also made reference to their three children in his speech, saying: 'I'd really especially like to thank my beautiful family: Simon, Kit, Walker, Henry.
'Thank you for teaching me what unconditional love is. You will always be my proudest accomplishment.'
Although Bomer has not spoken about his family life in detail, three-year-old twins Walker and Henry are believed to be the sons of Halls while five-year-old Kit is understood to be from from a previous relationship of Bomer's.
He only revealed he had children last March while co-hosting the Today Show.
Bomer has previously faced speculation in Hollywood about his sexuality.
When questioned about his love life during a 2010 interview with Details magazine, Bomer said: 'I don't care about [rumours] at all. I'm completely happy and fulfilled in my personal life.'
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      <description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- McDonald's said it will get its pork suppliers to phase out the use of immobilizing cages for pregnant pigs, a move that was applauded by the Humane Society of the United States, but not the pork industry.
"McDonald's believes gestation stalls are not a sustainable production system for the future," said the fast food chain in a press release. "There are alternatives that we think are better for the welfare of sows."
Animal activists&nbsp;oppose the use of gestation stalls, which are cages that keep individual sows in close confines while they're pregnant.
"Confining pigs in gestation crates is arguably the cruelest practice in factory farming," said Josh Balk, spokesman for the Humane Society of the U.S. "These are iron maidens that are barely larger than the pigs' own bodies."
Balk said that at the farms that use gestation stalls, sows spend most of their lives in the confining cages, where they have no room to move. He said that a better alternative is the use of large pen areas that "allow pigs to be more like pigs."
Balk added that the&nbsp;European Union&nbsp;and eight U.S. states have already banned the use of gestation stalls.
But the pork industry doesn't see it that way. Dave Warner, spokesman for the National Pork Producers Council, said that, contrary to popular opinion, pens aren't necessarily better than the stalls.
"Pens have some real problems," he said. "Let's say you put ten pregnant sows in a pen. They get mean."
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      <description><![CDATA[NEW YORK &mdash; Federal officials plan to kill a private company&rsquo;s plans to start a national high-speed wireless broadband network after concluding it would in some cases jam personal-navigation and other GPS devices.
The Federal Communications Commission said it will seek public comment as early as Wednesday on revoking LightSquared&rsquo;s permit after a federal agency that coordinates wireless signals, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, concluded that there&rsquo;s no way to mitigate potential interference.
When the FCC gave LightSquared tentative approval last year to build the network, it said the company won&rsquo;t be allowed to start operations until the government was satisfied that any problems are addressed. LightSquared and the FCC had insisted the new network could co-exist with GPS systems.
Device makers, however, feared that GPS signals would suffer the way a radio station can get drowned out by a stronger broadcast in a nearby channel. The problem is that sensitive GPS receivers, designed to pick up relatively weak signals from space, could be overwhelmed by high-power signals from as many as 40,000 LightSquared transmitters on the ground. LightSquared planned to transmit on a frequency adjacent to that used by GPS.
After conducting tests, the NTIA said Tuesday that it found interference with dozens of personal-navigation devices and aircraft-control systems that rely on GPS.
The agency said that new technology in the future might mitigate the problems, but it would take time and money to replace GPS equipment already used extensively in the U.S. The NTIA, a branch of the Commerce Department, also said adjustments to LightSquared&rsquo;s network could cost billions of dollars and might not solve all of the problems.
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      <description><![CDATA[He insists that opining on the subject is the kind of thing a presidential candidate should do.
What separates issues that are in the proper purview of politics from matters best left to individuals? I'd hate to draw that line for everyone, but watching Rick Santorum in the much-discussed interview above, I'm confident in declaring that he's put himself on the wrong side of it.
One of the things I will talk about that no president has talked about before is I think the dangers of contraception in this country, the whole sexual libertine idea... It's not okay because it's a license to do things in the sexual realm that is counter to how things are supposed to be. They're supposed to be within marriage, for purposes that are, yes, conjugal... but also procreative.&nbsp;
That's the perfect way that a sexual union should happen. We take any part of that out, we diminish the act. And if you can take one part out that's not for purposes of procreation, that's not one of the reasons, then you diminish this very special bond between men and women, so why can't you take other parts of that out? And all of a sudden, it becomes deconstructed to the point where it's simply pleasure. And that's certainly a part of it--and it's an important part of it, don't get me wrong--but there's a lot of things we do for pleasure, and this is special, and it needs to be seen as special. Again, I know most presidents don't talk about those things, and maybe people don't want us to talk about those things, but I think it's important that you are who you are. I'm not running for preacher.&nbsp;
I'm not running for pastor, but these are important public policy issues.
 Ponder the implicit claim he is making: that it is desirable for the President of the United States to opine on and shape public policy according to his notion of what is "special." As he surely knows, what is "special," what ought to be kept "special," and what is required to keep sex "special" are all deeply contested matters. They inevitably turn on judgments shaped by faith, moral reasoning, and intuition. The American people, having wrestled with these questions, have concluded in&nbsp;overwhelming&nbsp;numbers either that contraception doesn't make sex less special - or that if it does make sex less special, the tradeoff (less special sex in return for fewer unwanted pregnancies or abortions or STDs or more pleasure or human connection) is worthwhile.&nbsp;



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      <description><![CDATA[Twitter&nbsp;has admitted to storing email addresses and phone numbers from its mobile users&rsquo; address books, raising the ire of privacy advocates and forcing the messaging service to rework its iPhone and Android apps. The logs &ndash; which could be stored for up to 18 months &ndash; are used to identify contacts also using Twitter, the social network told the&nbsp;LATimes, both at the point where users choose &ldquo;Scan your Contacts&rdquo; and in the subsequent weeks and months of you using the&nbsp;app.
Twitter&rsquo;s apps warned that its systems would use the address book to &ldquo;customize your account with information such as a cellphone number for the delivery of SMS messages or your address book so that we can help you find Twitter users you know&rdquo; but the notification was buried in the privacy policy. That same policy confirms that some details are stored for up to 18 months.
The company now plans to push out new versions of its apps which change the terminology used, in the hope that it makes it more obvious that the Find Friends tool actually uploads your address book:
&ldquo;We want to be clear and transparent in our communications with users. Along those lines, in our next app updates, which are coming soon, we are updating the language associated with Find Friends &mdash; to be more explicit. In place of &lsquo;Scan your contacts,&rsquo; we will use &ldquo;Upload your contacts&rdquo; and &ldquo;Import your contacts&rdquo; (in Twitter for iPhone and Twitter for Android, respectively)&rdquo;&nbsp;Carolyn Penner, spokesperson, Twitter


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      <title><![CDATA[Angelina Jolie receives threats over In the Land of Blood and Honey]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Angelina Jolie's directorial debut,&nbsp;In the Land of Blood and Honey, was intended to remind the world of the horrors of the Bosnian war which began 20 years ago, and trigger a debate among Bosnians over what happened and why. But it has succeeded most in exposing the depth of the rifts in a country that many fear is moving away from reconciliation and drifting once more towards dangerous instability.
Since the film opened, with a peace award at the Berlin film festival on Monday and a premiere before 5,000 people in Sarajevo on Tuesday night, Jolie and several Serbian members of the cast have received threats.
"There were things sent to me, there were things posted online," Jolie told the Guardian in an interview in Sarajevo. "The cast &hellip; have never complained to me about these threats but I've heard through other people it was happening &hellip; one of them did have their windows smashed in on their cars and someone else had an issue when their phone was hacked and emails were sent out saying they were from them and saying they had been hurt."
"It was a scary thought that someone was thinking along those lines," Jolie said, adding that she had given the multiethnic cast the option to leave the region, where In the Land of Blood and Honey is being shown for the first time this week, but that none of them took up the offer.
Jolie has abandoned a plan to attend a premiere of the film in the Serbian capital, Belgrade, but denied it was a direct result of the threats.
"The physical threats are not what most bothered me because I have been to so many different countries where there are different kinds of threats, being in Afghanistan and other places as an outspoken American woman," she said.
"It was more that &hellip; with a film like this, you don't want it to be used as a tool &hellip; especially in an election year, where people are deciding to label it without having seen it, and try to incite aggression and violence."
The film depicts the pre-war romance between a Muslim artist, Ajla, and a Serbian police officer, Danijel, which becomes progressively more twisted and degraded by the conflict.
The lead male role is played by Goran Kostic, who, like Danijel, is a Bosnian Serb from Sarajevo and the son of a senior Serbian officer.
"Some people would give me grief if they knew how to get to me," said Kostic, who spent the war in London and now lives in France. He said his father and other relatives had fought in the war but had not committed crimes.
"They see it as they were fighting a just war," the actor said. "My father is a professional soldier and is unhappy about what was done in the war. He believed he was doing something for the Serb nation but it was hijacked."
Kostic said his family supported him in the face of allegations of treachery from other Serbs, but conceded that his father had yet to see the film himself. Asked how the retired colonel was likely to respond, Kostic replied: "I don't know. We will have to talk."
In the Land of Blood and Honey is a stark, brutal and often shocking portrayal of the war. It shows summary executions and the systematic rape of Muslim and Croat women by Serbian officers at one of the many camps set up around the country. After being separated by the outbreak of war, Ajla is brought to a camp where Danijel is the commanding officer.

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      <description><![CDATA[Angela Merkel's hand-picked choice for the ceremonial post of president resigned on Friday in a scandal over political favors, dealing a blow to the German chancellor in the midst of the euro zone debt crisis.
In a curt five-minute statement at the Bellevue presidential palace, Christian Wulff acknowledged that he had lost the trust of the German people, making it impossible to continue in a role that is meant to serve as a moral compass for the nation.
"For this reason it is no longer possible for me to exercise the office of president at home and abroad as required," said Wulff, standing next to his wife Bettina.
Wulff announced his resignation a day after a request by prosecutors for Parliament to lift his immunity from prosecution over his relationship with a film producer in his previous job as governor of Lower Saxony. Those benefits allegedly included paying for a luxury hotel stay in 2007.
'Deep regret'&nbsp;Merkel, who postponed a trip to Rome where she was to hold talks on the euro zone's debt crisis, voiced "deep regret" at his resignation. She moved quickly to limit the fallout and try to ensure a smooth succession, saying she would seek an agreement with the main opposition parties on the next president.
The chancellor is riding a wave of popularity in Germany for her handling of the crisis, but the departure of Wulff raises questions about her judgment because she forced through his appointment in 2010 over a strong opposition candidate most Germans favored.
Wulff is the second president to step down in less than two years. His predecessor, former&nbsp;InternationalMonetary&nbsp;Fund&nbsp;chief Horst Koehler, resigned unexpectedly after coming under fire for comments he made about the German mission in Afghanistan and failing to get strong backing from Merkel.
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Clemens Bilan&nbsp;&nbsp;/&nbsp;&nbsp;AP
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