Yemeni plane crashes off Comoros with over 150 on board

MORONI (Reuters) – An Airbus A310 from Yemen with more than 150 people on board crashed into choppy seas as it came in to land on the Indian Ocean archipelago of Comoros on Tuesday, officials said.

French military planes took off from the Indian Ocean islands of Mayotte and Reunion to search for the Yemenia aircraft that was carrying nationals from France and Comoros.

An official from the state carrier said the plane had 142 passengers and 11-crew on board. It was flying from Sanaa to Moroni, the capital of the main island of the Comoros archipelago.

“There is a crash, there is a crash in the sea,” said an unnamed official who answered the phone in the Yemenia office in Moroni before hanging up.

It is the second Airbus to plunge into the sea this month. An Air France Airbus A330-200 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean killing 228 people on board on June 1.

“Two French military aircraft have left from the island of Mayotte and Reunion to search the identified zone, and a French vessel has left Mayotte,” said Hadji Madi Ali, director General of Moroni International Airport.

In 1996, a hijacked Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767 also crashed into the sea off the Comoros islands in 1996, killing 125 of 175 passengers and crew.

COMING INTO LAND

“The plane has crashed and we still don’t know exactly where. We think it’s in the area of Mitsamiouli,” Comoros Vice-President Idi Nadhoim told Reuters from the airport.

Ibrahim Kassim, a representative from regional air security body ASECNA, said the plane had probably come down 5 to 10 km (3 to 6 miles) from the coast, and civilian and military boats had been mobilized to start searching.

“We think the crash is somewhere along its landing approach,” Kassim told Reuters. “The weather is really not very favorable. The sea is very rough.”

ASECNA — the Agency for Aviation Security and Navigation in Africa and Madagascar — covers Francophone Africa.

The town of Mitsamiouli is on the main island Grande Comore.

Interior Minister Hamid Bourhane told Reuters the army had sent small speedboats to an area between the village of Ntsaoueni and the airport.

“At the moment we don’t have any information about whether there are any survivors,” he told Reuters.

A medical worker in Mitsamiouli said he had been called in.

“They have just called me to come to the hospital. They said a plane had crashed,” he told Reuters.

A United Nations official at the airport, who declined to be named, said the control tower had received notification the plane was coming into land, and then lost contact with it.

Yemenia is 51 percent owned by the Yemeni government and 49 percent owned by the Saudi Arabian government. Its fleet includes two Airbus 330-200s, four Airbus 310-300s and four Boeing 737-800s, according to the company Web site.

The Comoros covers three small volcanic islands, Grande Comore, Anjouan and Moheli, in the Mozambique channel, 300 km (190 miles) northwest of Madagascar and a similar distance east of the African mainland.

(Additional reporting by Richard Lough in Antananarivo; Inal Ersan in Dubai; David Clarke in Nairobi; Pascal Lietout in Paris; Writing by Andrew Cawthorne and David Clarke; Editing by Jon Hemming)

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DC transit train crashes into another, killing 6

By BRETT ZONGKER and MICHAEL J. SNIFFEN, Associated Press Writers

WASHINGTON – One Metro transit train smashed into the rear of another at the height of the capital city’s Monday evening rush hour, killing at least six people and injuring scores of others as the front end of the trailing train jackknifed violently into the air and fell atop the first.

Cars of both trains were ripped open and smashed together in the worst accident in the Metrorail system’s 33-year history. District of Columbia fire spokesman Alan Etter said crews had to cut some people out of what he described as a “mass casualty event.” Rescue workers propped steel ladders up to the upper train cars to help survivors scramble to safety. Seats from the smashed cars spilled out onto the track.

D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty said six were confirmed dead. Fire Chief Dennis Rubin said rescue workers treated 76 people at the scene and sent some of them to local hospitals, six with critical injuries. A search for further victims continued into the night.

A Metro official said the dead included the female operator of the trailing train. Her name was not immediately released.

The crash around 5 p.m. EDT took place on the system’s red line, Metro’s busiest, which runs below ground for much of its length but is at ground level at the accident site near the Maryland border in northeast Washington.

Metro chief John Catoe said the first train was stopped on the tracks, waiting for another to clear the station ahead, when the trailing train, one of the oldest in the Metro fleet, plowed into it from behind.

Officials had no explanation for the accident. The National Transportation Safety Board took charge of the investigation and sent a team to the site. DC police and the FBI also had investigators at the scene to help search the wreckage for any overlooked injured or dead passengers and evidence.

Each train had six cars and was capable of holding as many as 1,200 people. Safety Board member Debbie Hersman said the trains were bound for downtown. That would mean they were less likely to be filled during the afternoon rush hour.

The trains had pulled out of the Takoma Park station and were headed in the direction of the Fort Totten station.

More than 200 firefighters from D.C., Maryland and Virginia eventually converged on the scene. Sabrina Webber, a 45-year-old real estate agent who lives in the neighborhood, said the first rescuers to arrive had to use the “jaws of life” to pry open a wire fence along rail line to get to the train.

Webber raced to the scene after hearing a loud boom like a “thunder crash” and then sirens. She said there was no panic among the survivors.

Passenger Jodie Wickett, a nurse, told CNN she was seated on one train, sending text messages on her phone, when she felt the impact. She said she sent a message to someone that it felt like the train had hit a bump.

“From that point on, it happened so fast, I flew out of the seat and hit my head.” Wickett said she stayed at the scene and tried to help. She said “people are just in very bad shape.”

“The people that were hurt, the ones that could speak, were calling back as we called out to them,” she said. “Lots of people were upset and crying, but there were no screams.”

One man said he was riding a bicycle across a bridge over the Metro tracks when the sound of the crash got his attention.

“I didn’t see any panic,” Barry Student said. “The whole situation was so surreal.”

At Howard University Hospital, Dr. Johnnie Ford, an emergency room doctor, said a 14-year-old girl suffered two broken legs in the accident. A 20-year-old male patient “looked like he had been tumbled around quite a bit, bumps and bruises from head to toe,” Ford said.

Homeland Security Department spokeswoman Amy Kudwa said less than two hours after the crash that federal authorities had no indication of any terrorism connection.

“I don’t know the reason for this accident,” Metro’s Catoe said. “I would still say the system is safe, but we’ve had an incident.”

Monday’s crash was the third major subway or commuter rail crash in a big city in the past nine months. In the earlier accidents:

• In September 2008, a commuter rail train and a freight train crashed in Los Angeles, killing 25 people. The crash was blamed on an engineer on the commuter rail sending text messages on a cell phone.

• Last month about 50 people were injured in Boston when one trolley rear-ended another. The conductor admitted to sending a text message when the crash occurred.

No reason was given for the Washington crash, but some safety experts are concerned about the recent increase.

“I’m not sure if everyone in the safety system is paying the proper attention that needs to be paid,” said Barry Sweedler, a San Francisco-based safety consultant and former investigator and manager at the National Transportation Safety Board. “These things shouldn’t be happening.”

However, Robert Lauby, a former NTSB rail investigator, said the increase in accidents could well be mere coincidence.

“Just because you had them doesn’t mean there’s a specific issue that caused them,” Lauby said.

The only other time in Metrorail’s 33-year history that there were passenger fatalities was on Jan. 13, 1982, when three people died as a result of a derailment underneath downtown. That was a day of disaster in the capital — shortly before the subway crash, an Air Florida plane slammed into the 14th Street Bridge immediately after takeoff in a severe snowstorm from Washington National Airport across the Potomac River. The plane crash killed 78 people.

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Associated Press Writers Brett J. Blackledge, Eileen Sullivan, Richard Lardner, Jim Kuhnhenn and Seth Borenstein in Washington and AP researcher Judith Ausuebel in New York contributed to this report.

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Steve Jobs, Correspondents’ Dinner, Summer Solstice: Buzz Weekend Recap

This weekend was buzzing: The Apple CEO made news while the “I’m a PC” guy mocked the news, and pagans had a really big party. Just a few of the top stories on Yahoo! Buzz. Steve Jobs: Secret liver transplant This was a big week for Apple. The computer company debuted its latest shiny toy, the iPhone 3G S. Turns out, there was a lot more going on that consumers didn’t know about. The Wall Street Journal reported over the weekend that Apple’s ailing CEO, Steve Jobs, who had taken a break from work to battle pancreatic cancer, had undergone a liver transplant. But here’s the real mystery: The surgery happened two months ago. While the company rolled out its latest cool gadget with the usual fanfare, CNN wonders aloud at the timing of such big news about the charismatic leader. News of the Apple co-founder put the company chief in the top 10 searches on Yahoo!. Look-ups on “steve jobs” soared almost 800%, along with “steve jobs liver,” “steve jobs liver transplant,” and “steve jobs cancer.” The news—what a joke Two wars, a recession, a failing auto industry. Forget all that. Turns out, there are plenty of reasons to laugh: Enter the Radio and Television Correspondents’ Association Dinner. Not to be confused with the glitzier White House Correspondents’ dinner, this one had fewer stars (Carrie Prejean, anyone?) and more working journalists (the ones who still have work, that is). Tellingly, the event was hosted by a fake-news correspondent, the “Daily Show’s” John Hodgman. (He’s the “I’m a PC” guy in the Apple ads.) The geeky jokester made cracks about the nerds-vs.-jocks controversy and called Obama the “nerd president” (‘nuf said). JibJab debuted a video of the president (who was in attendance) as an enormous-eared superhero fighting pirates and fixing healthcare. The cartoon immediately went viral and sent online fans searching for “jibjab obama” and “jibjab parody.” This party rocks Sunday marked the summer solstice, the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. Online celebrants heated up searches online, sending “summer solstice” spiking 137%. But in England, a crowd of 35,000 gathered at the mysterious rock formation Stonehenge for an all-night pagan party (Druid costume optional). At dawn the crowd cheered as the sun aligned with Heel Stone, a main pillar in the circle of stones. According to the AP, the solstice is one of the few times a year people are allowed in to touch the rocks. Also buzzing this weekend… •The world watches as protests in Iran continue. Search for the latest here. •Even the English think English has too many rules: Teachers are to drop the useless “i before e” lesson. •Some lucky pops got behind the wheel of a NASCAR racecar to floor it for Father’s Day

The End Is Coming in ‘2012′?

by Jonathan Crow

Few people have destroyed the world more than Roland Emmerich. In his mega-hit “Independence Day,” aliens laid waste to pretty much every metropolitan center on the planet, and in his eco-thriller “The Day After Tomorrow,” much of the northern hemisphere finds itself buried under ice. In his third crack at presenting the apocalypse, this fall’s “2012,” Emmerich taps into the angst of thousands of astrologers, doomsday enthusiasts, and conspiracy theorists who fear that a massive cataclysm will strike the earth on December 21 of that year. Yet unlike previous dates tied to the Earth’s expiration, this one has its roots in various sources throughout history including interpretations of the Mayan calendar, astrology, and the ancient Chinese fortune-telling text the “I-Ching.” Watch the exclusive trailer for ‘2012′ >>

The Mayan Calendar 2012 gained the patina of doom with the best-selling 1966 book “The Maya” by Harvard archeologist Michael D. Coe. He noted that the Mayan culture’s famously complex “Long Count” calendar simply ends on 12/21/12, speculating that civilization might come crashing down on that date. Other scholars argue, however, that the Mayan calendar would merely flip over like an odometer that reached 100,000 miles.

Galactic Alignment Astrologers have also pointed out that during the winter solstice of 2012, the orbital planes of the solar system and the twelve Zodiacal constellations will intersect with the “Dark Rift” — a black bit of the Milky Way located next to Sagittarius. Some argue this intersection is precisely why the Mayans — who were brilliant astronomers — ended their calendar when they did. But other astrologers believe that this conjunction will usher in a great shift in consciousness.

Timewave Zero And then there’s ounterculture thinker Terence McKenna whose Timewave Zero theory — drawing off of elements from the “I-Ching,” the teachings of philosopher Alfred North Whitehead, and modern fractal mathematics — which determined that 12/21/12 is, you guessed it, the exact date of a profound change in world. Roughly speaking, the Mayans, astrologers and McKenna are all predicting global doom or the dawning of the Age of Aquarius. Sunspots and

Pole Problems So if the apocalypse is set just in time for holiday shopping season three years from now, how exactly will the world end? One theory that actually has some traction in the scientific community is that a solar flare will cause a sudden shift in the magnetic orientation of the Earth’s poles, causing all kinds of planetary problems like volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. NASA is predicting strong solar activity around 2012 and there’s evidence that the magnetic poles are slowly weakening, something that reportedly presages a reversal. Of course, most scientists think that this reversal will take centuries, not days, to occur.

So how does Roland Emmerich end the world in his upcoming epic “2012″? “Pole reversal,” he said in an interview this week. “All kinds of stuff going on. But it’s basically major earthquakes and volcano eruptions which kind of cause this global flood.” “We found this obscure theory of ‘Earth crust displacement,’ written in the ’50s by someone called Professor Hapgood. Albert Einstein wrote the foreword to his book. It pretty much [says] every X number of years the whole Earth’s crust shifts, all together. We thought that that was a great underlining theory that can explain why there can be a flood.” And what is the director going to do in preparation for that fated date? When asked he said, “I’m a pretty down to earth guy. Even [though] I made movies about aliens, I don’t believe in aliens. And I don’t believe that the world will come to an end in 2012, but it’s a great scenario.” To get a peek at the devastation Emmerich is bringing to the screen in “2012,” which he says has more visual effects than any of his previous films, watch the exclusive trailer below.

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FBI files show wide “Deep Throat” investigation

By MATT SEDENSKY, Associated Press Writer Matt Sedensky, Associated Press Writer – 1 hr 11 mins ago

MIAMI – When the FBI investigated the landmark 1972 porno movie “Deep Throat,” the case touched the highest levels of the FBI, even its second-in-command W. Mark Felt, the shadowy Watergate informant whose “Deep Throat” alias was taken from the movie’s title.

The FBI documents newly released to The Associated Press reveal the bureau’s sprawling and ultimately vain attempt to stop the spread of a movie some saw as the victory of a cultural and sexual revolution and others saw as simply decadent.

Agents seized copies of the movie, had negatives analyzed in labs and interviewed everyone from actors and producers to messengers who delivered reels to theaters.

“Today we can’t imagine authorities at any level of government — local, state or federal — being involved in obscenity prosecutions of this kind,” said Mark Weiner, a constitutional law professor and legal historian at Rutgers-Newark School of Law. “The story of ‘Deep Throat’ is the story of the last gasp of the forces lined up against the cultural and sexual revolution and it is the advent of the entry of pornography into the mainstream.”

The papers are among 498 pages from the FBI file on Gerard Damiano, who directed the movie and died in October. Released this month following a Freedom of Information Act request by the AP, they are just a glimpse into Damiano’s roughly 4,800-page file. More than 1,000 additional pages were withheld under FOIA exemptions and because they duplicated other material; the balance of the file has not yet been reviewed and released.

Many parts of the released files are whited out and the FBI’s ultimate targets are unclear, but the seriousness with which the agency treated the investigation is unquestionable.

The file includes memos between the FBI’s top men — L. Patrick Gray, William Ruckelshaus and Clarence Kelley, successive heads of the agency after J. Edgar Hoover — and field offices so widespread, it seemed nearly all of the country’s biggest cities were involved.

On various entries in the file, a checklist of top FBI brass appears in the top right corner, with initials next to some names. One of those listed is W. Mark Felt, the FBI second-in-command whose “Deep Throat” alias as a Watergate informant came from the movie’s title. None of the markings indicate he read any of the materials on the movie whose name became synonymous with his role in bringing down Richard Nixon’s presidency. However, former FBI agents interviewed by the AP after the documents were released said Felt almost certainly would have been aware of the huge investigation.

Felt got the double-entendre nickname because he leaked crucial information about Nixon administration corruption on “deep background” to Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward. His identity remained a secret until 2005. He died in December.

While much of the probe centered in New York, where many involved in the film lived, and Miami, where it was largely shot, agents from Honolulu to Detroit were involved.

Aside from investigative records tracking subpoenas, interviews, screenings and shipments of the film, the Damiano file includes various FBI agents’ play-by-play accounts of the movie’s plot, and the specific role of Damiano in the agency’s investigation.

The FBI notes Damiano had been “somewhat cooperative,” On Aug. 7, 1973, an assistant U.S. attorney general writes to Kelley, saying Damiano is being considered for immunity. The memo doesn’t specify the crime, though mentioned throughout the file is the charge of interstate transportation of obscene material.

Among the areas of the case file whited out is an interview with the star of the film, who at the time went by the name Linda Lovelace.

“Deep Throat” achieved fame unlike any pornographic film in history and become the most widely known adult film to reach a general audience. It was hugely profitable — made for about $25,000 and amassing hundreds of millions in receipts — and became a cultural buzzword.

Authorities have long said the movie was made with mafia money — and the FBI has linked the mob with porn over the years — but the file includes no mention of mob links.

Officials at every level of government tried to stop screenings and obscenity trials continued for years. But in the end, experts say, it represents the end of an era in which the government sought to stop the changing cultural tides.

Eugene Volokh, a law professor at UCLA, said the oddity of the scope of the investigation into “Deep Throat” is a reflection of very different times.

“Certainly today, with our broadly socially less restrictive attitude to most pornography and to sex more broadly it may seem odd that the government was spending so much effort on something like this,” he said. “But attitudes back then were much different.”

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World hunger reaches the 1 billion people mark

ROME – One in six people in the world — or more than 1 billion — is now hungry, a historic high due largely to the global economic crisis and stubbornly high food prices, a U.N. agency said Friday.

Compared with last year, there are 100 million more people who are hungry, meaning they receive fewer than 1,800 calories a day, the Food and Agriculture Organization said in a report.

Almost all the world’s undernourished live in developing countries, where food prices have fallen more slowly than in the richer nations, the report said. Poor countries need more aid and agricultural investment to cope, it said.

“The silent hunger crisis, affecting one-sixth of all of humanity, poses a serious risk for world peace and security,” said the agency’s Director-General Jacques Diouf.

Soaring prices for staples, such as rice, triggered riots in the developing world last year.

Hunger increased despite strong 2009 cereal production, and a mild retreat in food prices from the highs of mid-2008. However, average prices at the end of last year were still 24 percent higher in real terms than in 2006, FAO said.

The global economic crisis has compounded the problem for people dealing with pay cuts or job losses. Individual countries have also some lost flexibility in handling price fluctuations, as the crisis has made tools such as currency devaluation less effective.

The report predicted the urban poor would likely be hit hardest as foreign investment declines and demand for exports drops, and that millions would return to the countryside, which in turn could put pressure on rural communities and resources.

Globally there are now about 1.02 billion people hungry, up 11 percent from last year’s 915 million, the agency said. It based its estimate on analysis by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Asia and the Pacific, the world’s most populous region, has the largest number of hungry people at 642 million.

Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest hunger rate, with 265 million undernourished representing 32 percent of the region’s population.

In the developed world, undernourishment is a growing concern, with 15 million now hungry, the report said.

The crisis also affects the quality of nutrition, as families tend to buy cheaper foods, such as grains, which are rich in calories but contain fewer proteins than meat or dairy products.

Diouf urged governments to immediately set up social protection programs to improve food access for those in need. He said small farmers should be helped with seeds, tools and fertilizers.

He urged structural, long-term changes, such as increasing production in low-income countries, noting that world hunger had been increasing before the financial downturn.

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Thousands rally again in streets of Iran’s capital

By ALI AKBAR DAREINI and NASSER KARIMI, Associated Press Writers Ali Akbar Dareini And Nasser Karimi, Associated Press Writers – 19 mins ago

TEHRAN, Iran – Thousands of pro-reform protesters marched Tuesday in a second straight day of large street demonstrations in the Iranian capital, defying the government after the clerical regime said it would recount some disputed ballots from the presidential election.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on Iranians to unite behind the cleric-led ruling system despite the rival demonstrations and street clashes, state television reported, and he said representatives of all four candidates should be present for any limited recount of disputed ballots.

“In the elections, voters had different tendencies, but they equally believe in the ruling system and support the Islamic Republic,” said Khamenei, who is Iran’s ultimate authority.

The supporters of reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi marched about the same time — but in a different location — as a state-organized rally that also drew thousands of people waving flags and pictures of Iran’s supreme leader in an apparent attempt to reclaim the streets for the government.

Following a demonstration of hundreds of thousands of Mousavi supporters on Monday, the regime issued tough restrictions on journalists, barring foreign media from covering rallies in Tehran.

Witnesses and amateur video showed a large column of Mousavi supporters walking peacefully along a central avenue in north Tehran.

A witness told The Associated Press that the pro-Mousavi rally stretched more than a mile (1.5 kilometers) along Vali Asr avenue, from Vanak Square to the headquarters of Iranian state television.

Security forces did not interfere, the witness said, and the protest lasted from about 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Other witnesses told the AP that about 100 people were still protesting in front of state TV around 9:45 p.m.

A correspondent for state-controlled Press TV correspondent said the crowd carried banners of Mousavi, wore green headbands and covered their mouths in an apparent defense against tear gas.

The clerical government appears to be trying to defuse popular anger and quash unrest by announcing the limited recount even as it cracks down on foreign media and shows its strength by calling supporters to the streets.

“This nation will protect and defend its revolution in any way,” Gholam Ali Haddad Adel, a prominent lawmaker and supporter of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, told the pro-government crowd in Vali Asr Square. The people pumped their fists in the air and cheered in support, images on state-run television showed.

Iranian state media said the government organized the rally to demand punishment for those who protested violently after Monday’s rally. Mousavi has said he won Friday’s balloting and has demanded the government annul Ahmadinejad’s victory and conduct a new election.

Khamenei said Monday the government would conduct an investigation into the election. The move seemed intended to calm protester anger but was followed by a rally of hundreds of thousands of people that presented one of the greatest challenges to Iran’s government since it took power in the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

In Washington, President Barack Obama said the disputed election revealed a change in expectations among voters and perhaps their leaders, but he stopped short of saying the balloting was rigged.

“I do believe that something has happened in Iran,” with Iranians more willing to question the government’s “antagonistic postures” toward the world, Obama said. “There are people who want to see greater openness, greater debate, greater democracy.”

Iran’s state radio said seven people were killed in clashes from Monday’s protest — the first official confirmation of deaths linked to the street battles following the disputed election.

Witnesses saw people firing from the roof of a building used by a state-backed militia after some Mousavi supporters set fire to the building and tried to storm it.

Mousavi supporters had called for demonstrations Tuesday but Mousavi said in a message in his Web site he would not be attending any rally and asked his supporters to “not fall in the trap of street riots” and “exercise self-restraint.”

Ahmadinejad traveled to Russia Tuesday after delaying a trip for a day but did not mention the Iranian election or unrest. Instead, he focused on the traditional target of the Islamic Republic’s ire, the United States.

“America is enveloped in economic and political crises, and there is no hope for their resolution,” he said through an interpreter. “Allies of the United States are not capable of easing these crises.”

An Iranian state radio announcement that seven people were killed in Monday’s protests was the first confirmation of deaths linked to the three days of violent demonstrations that started Saturday after the election results were announced. It said people were killed during an “unauthorized gathering” at a mass rally after protesters “tried to attack a military location.”

“Those who voted for Mr. Mousavi. Those who are creating unrest. Those who break glass, smash windows, and vandalize. Those who threaten people. It is not the right thing to defend these people,” said Adel, a former parliament speaker.

Foreign reporters in Iran to cover last week’s elections began leaving the country Tuesday after Iranian officials said they would not extend their visas.

Authorities restricted other journalists, including Iranians working for foreign media from reporting on the streets, and said they could only work from their offices, conducting telephone interviews and monitoring official sources such as state TV.

At least 10 Iranian journalists have been arrested since the election, “and we are very worried about them, we don’t know where they have been detained,” Jean-Francois Julliard, secretary general of Reporters Without Borders told AP Television News in Paris. He added that some people who took pictures with cell phones also were arrested.

The rules prevent media outlets, including The Associated Press, from sending independent photos or video of street protests or rallies.

Khamenei ordered the Guardian Council, an unelected body composed of 12 clerics and experts in Islamic law closely allied to the supreme leader, to investigate the election results after he met with Mousavi on Sunday. Mousavi also sent a letter to the supreme leader outlining his allegations.

A spokesman for the Guardian Council, Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei, was quoted on state TV as saying the recount would be limited to voting sites where candidates claim irregularities took place. He did not rule out the possibility of canceling the results, saying that is within the council’s powers, although nullifying an election would be an unprecedented step.

Mousavi said Monday he was not hopeful that the council would address his charges because he believes its members are not neutral and have already indicated support for Ahmadinejad.

Unlike past student-led demonstrations against the Islamic establishment, Mousavi has the ability to press his case with the highest levels and could gain powerful allies. Some influential clerics have expressed concern about possible election irregularities and a fierce critic of Khamenei, former President Hashemi Rafsanjani, is part of the ruling establishment.

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AP National Security Writer Anne Gearan in Washington and AP writer Vladimir Isachenkov in Yekaterinburg, Russia, contributed to this story.

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Prototype Nokia phone recharges without wires

Pardon the cliche, but it’s one of the holiest of Holy Grails of technology: Wireless power. And while early lab experiments have been able to “beam” electricity a few feet to power a light bulb, the day when our laptops and cell phones can charge without having to plug them in to a wall socket still seems decades in the future.

Nokia, however, has taken another baby step in that direction with the invention of a cell phone that recharges itself using a unique system: It harvest ambient radio waves from the air, and turns that energy into usable power. Enough, at least, to keep a cell phone from running out of juice.

While “traditional” (if there is such a thing) wireless power systems are specifically designed with a transmitter and receiver in mind, Nokia’s system isn’t finicky about where it gets its wireless waves. TV, radio, other mobile phone systems — all of this stuff just bounces around the air and most of it is wasted, absorbed into the environment or scattered into the ether. Nokia picks up all the bits and pieces of these waves and uses the collected electromagnetic energy to create electrical current, then uses that to recharge the phone’s battery. A huge range of frequencies can be utilized by the system (there’s no other way, really, as the energy in any given wave is infinitesimal). It’s the same idea that Tesla was exploring 100 years ago, just on a tiny scale.

Mind you, harvesting ambient electromagnetic energy is never going to offer enough electricity to power your whole house or office, but it just might be enough to keep a cell phone alive and kicking. Currently Nokia is able to harvest all of 5 milliwatts from the air; the goal is to increase that to 20 milliwatts in the short term and 50 milliwatts down the line. That wouldn’t be enough to keep the phone alive during an active call, but would be enough to slowly recharge the cell phone battery while it’s in standby mode, theoretically offering infinite power — provided you’re not stuck deep underground where radio waves can’t penetrate.

Nokia says it hopes to commercialize the technology in three to five years.

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SD rancher wins $232 million jackpot

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PIERRE, S.D. – If this were a movie, nobody would believe it: A rancher struggling to eke out a living in one of the poorest corners of America claimed one of the biggest undivided jackpots in U.S. lottery history Friday — $232 million — after buying the ticket in a town by the name of Winner.

Neal Wanless, 23, said he intends to buy himself more room to roam and repay the kindness other townspeople have shown his family.

“I want to thank the Lord for giving me this opportunity and blessing me with this great fortune. I will not squander it,” he promised, wearing a big black cowboy hat and a huge grin.

Wanless, who is single, lives with his mother and father on the family’s 320-acre ranch near Mission, where they raise cattle, sheep and horses. They don’t own a phone, a mobile home of theirs was repossessed last year, and records show they have fallen $3,552 behind in their property taxes.

Wanless bought $15 worth of tickets to the May 27 30-state Powerball drawing at a convenience store in Winner during a trip to buy livestock feed. He will take home a lump sum of $88.5 million after taxes are deducted.

The Wanless home stands in a grove of trees in Todd County, home to the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. It was the nation’s seventh-poorest county in 2007, according to the Census Bureau.

Dave Assman, who owns farmland next to the Wanless ranch, said he is happy the family won’t have to worry about money any more. “They’ve been real short on finances for a long time,” Assman said. “They are from real meager means, I guess you’d say.”

“I hope they enjoy their money,” said county assessor Cathy Vrbka, a family friend. “They work hard, backbreaking hard work.”

Wanless’ father, Arlen Wanless, 54, has made a living in recent years mainly by buying and selling scrap metal, but his fortunes dropped with the price of iron, said Dan Clark, an auctioneer from Winner and a friend of more than two decades.

The younger Wanless told lottery officials that he spent the last week working on the ranch and that he intends to continue that lifestyle, albeit on a larger piece of land. According to lottery officials, he recently told his horse, Eleanor, “It’d be nice if we go for a longer ride than usual on a bigger ranch of our own.”

“My family has been helped by the community, and I intend to repay that help many times over,” Wanless said. He gave no details.

An Oregon family turned $40 worth of tickets into $340 million Powerball prize in 2005, and at least four other winners collected larger jackpots than Wanless’ prize.

The store where Wanless bought the winning ticket will get a $50,000 bonus. Sharon Ulmer, manager of the store, said she is glad the Wanless family won.

“From what I understand they don’t have a lot, so the money definitely went to a good place,” Ulmer said. “I know it went to a good home. They can use it.”

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Associated Press writers Carson Walker in Pierre and Dirk Lammers in Sioux Falls contributed to this story.

Don’t lecture us: Arabs tell Obama

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CAIRO (AFP) – “Obama is just a prettier face. I’m sure his intentions are in the right place but I don’t expect much from the man,” a Cairo electrician said on Wednesday as US President Barack Obama began his much-anticipated Middle East trip.

Newspapers, analysts and ordinary Arabs warned Obama — whose election was hailed across the region — against emulating the policies of Bush by lecturing Muslims on democracy, and also urged him to be tough with Israel.

Obama began his tour in Saudi Arabia and will deliver a speech in Cairo on Thursday to the world’s 1.5 billion Muslims, after eight years of fraught ties under his predecessor George W. Bush.

“Don’t be biased towards Israel, don’t interfere in countries’ internal affairs and don’t give lessons in democracy,” said an editorial in Egypt’s state-owned Rose El-Youssef newspaper.

The chief editor of Egypt’s state-owned Al-Ahram, Ossama Saraya, said Obama faced demands from his team to “put pressure on the Muslim world under the pretext of democratisation and respect for human rights.

“There’s nothing more absurd than putting more pressure on the Arab-Muslim world,” Saraya said.

Washington’s key Arab allies Egypt and Saudi Arabia have repeatedly come under criticism from international rights organisations for their poor human rights records.

“He can’t help the Palestinians because of the closeness of ties between Israel and America. He can’t improve the situation here (Egypt) because he’ll never convince the regime to change,” said taxi driver Mohammed Abdullah.

Hamas, the Islamist rulers of the Gaza Strip boycotted by the West as a terrorist group, urged Obama to put “real pressure” on Israel.

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“We will judge this visit on the basis of what he will say and concrete measures that he will take,” spokesman Fawzi Barhum said.

In Amman, the Jordan Times hoped that Obama — whose electoral promise of change has grabbed hearts in the troubled Middle East — should deliver on his pledge.

“If Obama fails in his mission of peace, the parties, and the world, might just as well prepare for more suffering and turmoil.”

In Lebanon, where Sunday’s parliamentary election will be monitored closely by Washington as it pits a Western-backed majority against a Hezbollah-led alliance backed by Syria and Iran, reactions were divided.

“The Americans are testing the waters,” said travel agent Moufeed Shbeir. “Obama is trying to take a different route than Bush, but we’ll have to wait and see the results: are they going to bomb Iran?”

In non-Arab Iran, the head of North American Studies at Tehran University said Obama should have gone to the largest Muslim nation in the world — Indonesia — to address Muslims.

“I personally think Obama has made a mistake by choosing Saudi Arabia and Egypt. I don’t think this is going to go down well in the Muslim and Arab world,” Sayed Mohammad Marandi told AFP.

“Symbolically speaking, he could have gone somewhere like Indonesia,” he said.

Saudi Arabia’s Al-Riyadh newspaper warned Muslims against having high expectations. “The Islamic world should not think that Obama is coming to be an ally or a supporter,” an editorial said.

United Arab Emirates Vice President Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum warned Obama that the worsening economic situation would strengthen extremism in the Islamic world.

“Those young men, who are increasingly bored (due to growing unemployment), will be easy prey for those promoting extremism and hostility, mainly against the United States,” he wrote in Al-Khaleej.

Beirut-based analyst Paul Salem, who heads the Carnegie Middle East Centre, said he expected Arabs to be disappointed by Obama’s speech.

“What they want him to say is more than what he’s going to say,” he said.

“They want him to say that he’s going to come down hard on the Israelis, that he’s going to confront the settlement policy and that he’s going to push the Israelis to withdraw from the West Bank.

“Of course that is what every Arab would like to hear.”

On the streets of Cairo, which were getting a facelift ahead of Obama’s speech, citizens were more concerned about traffic jams than regional diplomacy on Wednesday.

“What’s he going to do for us? Lower the price of bread? If he does, then he’s welcome here,” said 38-year-old cafe worker Ahmed Abdel Salam.

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Gay marriage debate complicates SF mayor’s future

By JULIET WILLIAMS, Associated Press Writer

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has been linked to gay marriage ever since he directed city clerks to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in 2004. Now he’s running for governor and trying to broaden his appeal, but fate appears to be working against him.

The state Supreme Court’s decision to uphold California’s constitutional ban on gay marriage — and the prospect that an impassioned initiative to overturn it could share the ballot with next year’s governor’s race — holds consequences for candidates from both parties, but especially for the one most deeply associated with the issue.

The intensity of a statewide vote on same-sex marriage could make it difficult for Newsom to connect with centrist voters, millions of whom voted no on the issue last year.

“It certainly underlines Gavin Newsom’s previous advocacy for same-sex marriage. I think that might be a two-edged sword for him,” said Mark DiCamillo, director of the San Francisco-based Field Poll.

Other possible Democratic contenders including Attorney General Jerry Brown, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Lt. Gov. John Garamendi also support same-sex marriage. So does one of the three leading Republican hopefuls, former U.S. Rep. Tom Campbell, but former eBay chief executive Meg Whitman and state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner oppose it.

GOP Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger cannot run for re-election next year because of term limits.

Despite their liberal image, California voters have told pollsters repeatedly that they are divided over gay marriage. Even as they handed Democrat Barack Obama a 24-point win last November over Republican John McCain, they voted 52 percent in favor of Proposition 8, which overturned a state Supreme Court ruling earlier in the year that made same-sex weddings legal.

“If (Newsom) were to be the nominee, it would dominate the mainstream, the thinking of most voters, especially those outside the party who may not hold as sympathetic a perception of gay marriage,” DiCamillo said.

Two groups, Equality California and the Courage Campaign, are beginning to coalesce behind a 2010 initiative rather than waiting until 2012. They are targeting the same demographics Newsom will have to win, starting with voters in the Central Valley, one of California’s most conservative regions.

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The area was largely ignored during the failed 2008 campaign against Proposition 8 and is among the regions where Newsom has the least support. Nearly 69 percent of Fresno County voters favored Proposition 8.

Newsom already has been touring the valley and stopping in other moderate to conservative areas, such as San Diego, in a bid to expand his appeal outside the San Francisco Bay area.

During an April town-hall-style event in Fresno, Newsom joked about newspaper editorials that questioned his bid for governor.

“They all said, ‘Good luck when you go to Fresno.’ The issue of marriage equality … you can’t win. The state rejects it,” Newsom said. “I didn’t do it because I waited for a public opinion poll to decide what my values were. I said I’m open to argument, always, but I believe in equality.”

Some supporters argue that Newsom can turn a 2010 ballot initiative seeking to repeal Proposition 8 to his advantage.

Geoffrey Kors, executive director of Equality California, said if the 41-year-old Newsom is the Democratic nominee, he would draw younger, progressive voters who support same-sex marriage.

“Every one of the Democrats running for governor is a supporter of full equality, but clearly Gavin has done a great deal for the cause, at great political risk,” Kors said.

The group has not endorsed a candidate.

Democratic strategist Chris Lehane said every politician wants to be known as a courageous leader, but few ever get the opportunity to lead on an issue of major importance and then follow through.

“I do think he accomplished that on the gay marriage issue. If he can use that to drive his platform of, that’s who he is at his core, then that could be tremendously powerful,” Lehane said.

Bill Carrick, a Democratic consultant in California, said Republicans would do well to stay away from the gay marriage issue, no matter who the Democratic nominee is in 2010. Otherwise, he said, they’ll risk further alienating young voters who already are turning away from the party.

“Ever since we have been moving from Ronald Reagan’s red state California to Barack Obama’s blue state California, social issues have been just a whole bunch of land mines that have caused enormous political trouble for Republicans,” Carrick said.

Mike Spence, president of the California Republican Assembly, said gay marriage will be an issue in 2010 whether it’s on the ballot or not, so GOP candidates should not shy away from it. The group is a conservative wing of the state GOP.

“On this specific issue, a majority of Californians agree with us. There’s never a downside to that,” Spence said.

Another factor potentially working in the Democratic nominee’s favor, whether it’s Newsom or someone else, is California’s changing electorate.

Just 31 percent of registered California voters are Republicans, while nearly 45 percent are Democrats and 20 percent are independents. That means it’s important for Republicans to reach independent voters, who tend to be more supportive of gay marriage than California as a whole.

A Field Poll survey in March found that nonpartisans favored gay marriage by 55 percent to 42 percent, while voters overall were evenly split on the issue.

Newsom is taking a moderate approach to the Supreme Court ruling that upheld Proposition 8. In the days after the decision, he appeared in one-on-one television interviews rather than at gay marriage rallies, as he has before.

A videotaped clip of his impassioned exclamation in 2004 that the door was open to gay marriage — “Whether you like it or not” — became a focal point of last year’s anti-gay marriage campaign.

“I’ll never say that again. I learned my lesson,” Newsom told the town hall crowd in Fresno. “I’ve got to be more humble.”

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Penn St records show JoePa a millionaire

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP)—Penn State coach Joe Paterno is a millionaire.

Records released Friday by the university show the 82-year-old Hall of Famer is Penn State’s highest-paid employee, making more than $1.03 million last year.

That includes his base salary plus any bonuses, but does not include compensation from outside the university that top coaches typically collect. Paterno’s compensation from other sources is not a public record.

The records were released in compliance with a Pennsylvania Right-to-Know law that took effect in January.

Paterno’s salary was once one of college football’s most closely guarded secrets until his base salary of roughly $500,000 was made public two years ago as part of an open records request of state retirement data initiated by the Patriot News of Harrisburg.

Paterno signed a three-year contract extension in December. He’ll start his record 44th year as head coach this fall.

He’s also the university’s longest-tenured employee, having started as an assistant in 1950 before moving up to head coach in 1966.

LSU’s Les Miles and Alabama’s Nick Saban are considered to be among the highest-paid coaches in the country. Saban’s total compensation package called for him to make roughly $3.8 million this year, a figure that includes his base salary from the university plus compensation for personal services from other sources.

Miles last year signed an extension with LSU that guaranteed him $1,000 more than any coach in the Southeastern Conference.

Miles and Saban coach at public universities, while Penn State is considered a “state-related” institution, though not fully public since only about 9 percent of its funding comes from state appropriations.

Penn State said Paterno’s compensation does not come from state appropriations or student tuition since he works for athletics, a self-supporting department funded largely through ticket sales.

It’s unclear what coaches such as Pete Carroll at Southern California and Charlie Weis at Notre Dame are paid because they work at private schools that don’t have to disclose salaries.

US lab debuts super laser

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SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – A US weapons lab on Friday pulled back the curtain on a super laser with the power to burn as hot as a star.

The National Ignition Facility’s main purpose is to serve as a tool for gauging the reliability and safety of the US nuclear weapons arsenal but scientists say it could deliver breakthroughs in safe fusion power.

“We have invented the world’s largest laser system,” actor-turned-governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said during a dedication ceremony attended by thousands including state and national officials.

“We can create the stars right here on earth. And I can see already my friends in Hollywood being very upset that their stuff that they show on the big screen is obsolete. We have the real stuff right here.”

NIF is touted as the world’s highest-energy laser system. It is located inside the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory about an hour’s drive from San Francisco.

Equipment connected to a house-sized sphere can focus 192 laser beams on a small point, generating temperatures and pressures that exist at cores of stars or giant planets.

NIF will be able to create conditions and conduct experiments never before possible on Earth, according to the laboratory.

A fusion reaction triggered by the super laser hitting hydrogen atoms will produce more energy than was required to prompt “ignition,” according to NIF director Edward Moses.

“This is the long-sought goal of ‘energy gain’ that has been the goal of fusion researchers for more than half a century,” Moses said.

“NIF’s success will be a scientific breakthrough of historic significance; the first demonstration of fusion ignition in a laboratory setting, duplicating on Earth the processes that power the stars.”

Construction of the NIF began in 1997, funded by the US Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).

“NIF, a cornerstone of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s effort to maintain our nuclear deterrent without nuclear testing, will play a vital role in reshaping national security in the 21st century,” said NNSA administrator Tom D’Agostino.

“This one-of-a-kind facility is the only place in the world that is capable of providing some of the most critical technical means to safely maintain the viability of the nation’s nuclear stockpile.”

Scientists say that NIF also promises groundbreaking discoveries in planetary science and astrophysics by recreating conditions that exist in supernovas, black holes, and in the cores of giant planets.

Electricity derived from fusion reactions similar to what takes place in the sun could help sate humanity’s growing appetite for green energy, according to lab officials.

“Very shortly we will engage in what many believe to be this nation’s greatest challenge thus far, one that confronts not only the nation but all of mankind — energy independence,” said lab director George Miller.

The lab was founded in 1952 and describes itself as a research institution for science and technology applied to national security.

“This laser system is an incredible success not just for California, but for our country and our world,” Schwarzenegger said.

“NIF has the potential to revolutionize our energy system, teaching us a new way to harness the energy of the sun to power our cars and homes.”

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After 17 years, Leno hands ‘Tonight’ over to Conan

By LYNN ELBER, AP Television Writer Lynn Elber, Ap Television Writer – 1 hr 56 mins ago

BURBANK, Calif. – It was a homespun farewell for Jay Leno’s last show at “Tonight.” Celebrities were largely absent and the self-effacing comedian said he wanted to be remembered for the children born to his staffers during his 17-year tenure as the show’s second-longest running host.

He even posed with all 68 of them, from babies to teenagers.

“That’s what I’d like my legacy to be,” Leno said, his voice thickened by emotion. “When these kids grow up and they go, `Hey, mom and dad, where did you guys meet?’, they’re going to say they met on the stage of `The Tonight Show.’”

The show also included jabs at favorite targets, including politicians and his own network. He noted proudly that he took over the top-rated late-night show from Johnny Carson and was passing it on with the same No. 1 ranking to Conan O’Brien, who begins as host Monday.

“Which means I get my security deposit back,” quipped Leno.

Leno received a chilly reception when he beat out Carson favorite David Letterman for the “Tonight” job in 1992.

Carson, who was host for a record 30 years, taught him that no matter what happens in the world the host has to have a nightly monologue, “because that’s your job,” Leno said.

Giving O’Brien a pre-debut boost, Leno welcomed him as his final guest.

“You were the perfect choice. You’ve been an absolute gentlemen in private and in the press,” Leno told O’Brien, lauding him for his “sharp” material.

“Conan rocks,” a studio audience member shouted. “I agree, Conan rocks,” Leno replied.

A clip was shown from 1993, when the 30-year-old O’Brien, a TV newcomer, appeared on “Tonight” hours after being signed to host “Late Night.”

Leno, his hair dark then and gray now, was ushered on stage Friday with a Jimi Hendrix-flavored version of “The Star-Spangled Banner” by bandleader Kevin Eubanks.

“Welcome to the exciting season finale of `The Tonight Show,’” said Leno, greeted by a standing ovation. “I want to thank all the people who made it possible: Michael Jackson, Monica Lewinsky and Bill Clinton.”

After noting that former Presidents Clinton and George W. Bush were participating in a joint speaking engagement in Canada, Leno remarked wistfully: “I wish I had one more day.”

He didn’t refrain from mocking his network although he’s moving to NBC’s prime-time schedule this fall.

His new show represents a gamble, Leno said: “I’m betting NBC will be around in three months. That’s not a given.”

Leno also fit in a last shot at O.J. Simpson, another monologue favorite. In cleaning out his office, the comedian said, “I found O.J.’s knife. I had it the whole time.”

He did his now-customary one-liners about the sour economy, and then paid tribute to the late Rodney Dangerfield, the routine’s inspiration, with old “Tonight” clips.

Other than James Taylor, who performed “Sweet Baby James,” celebrities were absent from the final show, which favored by-the-people comedy instead.

There was a lengthy “Best of Jaywalking” segment, highlights of Leno asking people on the street questions about history and other topics. A sample: A woman correctly said the first man to land on the moon was Armstrong, but when asked his first name offered “Louie,” not Neil.

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One of North America’s Largest Music Festivals to Heat up South Florida during Memorial Day Weekend

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One of North America’s Largest Music Festivals to Heat up South Florida during Memorial Day Weekend

Miami, FL April 1 2009 – An all-star lineup of performers is set to hit the stage once again for the fifth annual Best of the Best International Music Festival. Presented by South Florida’s premier music and lifestyle Promotions Company, JBJ Entertainment, Best of the Best will boast today’s brightest names in Soca, Pop, Caribbean, Reggae and Hip Hop music. This widely anticipated 10-hour event will commence on Sunday, May 24th at Bicentennial Park (1075 Biscayne Blvd.) in downtown Miami. Gates open promptly at 1:00 pm, with the first performance beginning at 1:30 pm. This year’s event is set to be hosted by T-Pain.

Artists already confirmed for this year’s blowout event include DJ Khaled, Rick Ross,Young Jeezy, Bounty Killa, Beenie Man, Mavado, Cocoa Tea, Serani, Wayne Wonder, Elephant Man, Matterhorn, Capleton, and Jabba.

JBJ Entertainment explains, “Best of the Best International Music Festival is more than your average, bland music festival. It is a rich and inventive music event to be savored by the socialites and influential tastemakers of the world. We invite everyone around the country to Miami, Florida to celebrate through music, culture and food.”

The Best of the Best International Music Festival official After Party will be held at Bongos Nightclub and restaurant located at 601 Biscayne Blvd in Miami, FL.

ABOUT RICK ROSS

His third studio album was released on April 21, 2009 under Def Jam Slip n Slide Record. The first single, “Magnificent” featuring John Legend, peaked at #62 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Rick Ross’s album debut as the #1 album on Billboard top 200 in the country.

ABOUT YOUNG JEEZY

His third album, The Recession, was released in 2008. “Put On” featuring Kanye West was the lead single, which also led to a Grammy Nomination for Best Rap performance by a duo. Put On was followed by “Vacation”, “Crazy World”, “My President” with Nas, and “Who Dat” to complete the Recession’s singles. Jeezy appeared on the R&B singles “Love in this Club” by Usher and “I’m So Paid” by Akon (also with Lil Wayne). “Love in this Club” peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

ABOUT T-PAIN

In 2005, his debut album Rappa Ternt Sanga was released and spawned the hits “I’m Sprung” and “I’m N Luv”. Since the release of that album, T-Pain has produced numerous hits of his own and for other rappers and R&B singers. T-Pain has also had over 10 top ten singles on Billboard Hot 100. In 2008, he won a Grammy with rapper Kanye West for the single “Good Life”.

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68th Annual Miami International Boat Show and Strictly Sail Miami

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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Jan. 5, 2008 – The 68th annual Miami International Boat Show and Strictly Sail Miami returns to South Florida on Feb. 12-16, 2009, at the Miami Beach Convention Center, the Sea Isle Marina & Yachting Center, and Miamarina at Bayside.

 

The world’s greatest boat show brings together more than 2,200 exhibitors showcasing thousands of the newest powerboats, sailboats, engines, marine electronics and accessories, at the best deals of the year.  In addition to boats, there is a host of interactive seminars and demonstrations to educate visitors about the boating lifestyle and enhance time spent out on the water.  

 

“Visitors from around the globe flock to Miami to see the latest and greatest the boating industry has to offer – if you’re a boater, or thinking about becoming one, this is a can’t miss event,” said Cathy Rick-Joule, show manager of the Miami show and vice president of Southern Shows for the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA).   “Boating is big business in Miami, but we’ll be taking it to a whole new level this year with exhibitors offering incredible deals and our three locations bringing access to the world’s best boats and boating gear.”

 

 

Highlights of the 2009 Miami International Boat Show include:

Big Game Room Sport Fishing Expo

 

To help experienced boaters and novices learn angling skills and hone their fishing techniques, the Miami International Boat Show brings together every product and resource imaginable into one central location at the Big Game Room Sport Fishing Expo, which is co-presented by Marlin, Sport Fishing and Salt Water Sportsman magazines along with The Outdoor Channel, America’s leader in outdoor TV.  

 

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Now in its sixth year, the Big Game Room provides visitors with opportunities to see and buy the latest fishing gear; participate in interactive seminars led by fishing legends; gather information on fishing destinations, charters and tournaments; and simply share good times with fellow anglers. 

The Big Game Room is located on the second floor of the Miami Beach Convention Center, above Hall B.

 

Discover Boating Center

 

The Discover Boating Center is an educational hub providing Show visitors with unbiased advice on selecting, buying and maintaining a boat in addition to information about financing, popular fishing destinations, boating tips and more.  The “Boating Guy” will also be on hand to give seminars on a wide variety of boating topics.

The Discover Boating Center is located in Lobby C of the Miami Beach Convention Center.

 

 

Boating Safety Challenge

 

Visitors are asked to “Take the Sea Tow Challenge” and try a boating safety activity hosted by the Sea Tow Foundation for Boating Safety and Education. The challenge encourages recreational boaters to learn more about boating safety concepts and the importance of wearing a life jacket while on the water. Prizes will be awarded for various levels of participation.

The Boating Safety Challenge is located in Lobby C of the Miami Beach Convention Center.

 

Miami Herald Discover Boating Photo Contest

 

Show visitors are invited to submit their favorite boating lifestyle photographs and enter to win a 12-foot Adirondack Boat Pack, valued at $2,500, and a $500 Miami International Boat Show shopping spree in the 7th annual Miami Herald Discover Boating Photo Contest.  Ten honorable mentions will receive $50 Miami International Boat Show shopping sprees. 

Photo entries can be submitted online at MiamiBoatShow.com, or visitors to the Show may submit their photos at the Discover Boating Center, located in Lobby C of the Miami Beach Convention Center.  Winners will be announced after 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 14.

 

Boater’s World Giveaway

 

Visitors can enter to win a $1000 Boater’s World Gift Certificate, simply by completing an entry form available in the Convention Center lobby at the Miami show.

 

Triumph Boat Giveaway

 

Boating enthusiasts have the opportunity to complete an entry form for a chance to win a Triumph 1700 Skiff Boat Package valued at $17,527 (M.S.R.P.).  For more details, visit MiamiBoatShow.com for your chance to win.

 

Sunset Celebrations

 

Visitors to the Miami International Boat Show can celebrate the South Florida sunsets with food and drink specials from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Friday, Feb. 13, through Sunday, Feb. 15, along Convention Center Drive at the Miami Beach Convention Center. 

 

The Local Boater Option Registration

 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers will be at the show to enroll eligible participants in the CBP Local Boater Option (LBO).  This is a new voluntary, free of charge, program which allows a participant to telephonically report the arrival of their private vessel, make customs declarations, submit any necessary additional information, and be cleared for immigration purposes without the need to report to a port of entry in person.  Please visit the CBP booth to speak with an officer and register. 

 

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Highlights of the 2009 Strictly Sail Miami include:

 

Discover Sailing Center

 

Visitors of all ages can experience the thrill of sailing under the supervision of an experienced sailor at the Discover Sailing Center, located on a floating dock between Piers A and B at Miamarina.  These free, half-hour lessons aboard catamarans and multihulls introduce Show attendees to the sailing experience while remaining in a controlled environment. 

 

Sailing Seminar Series

 

Visitors can hone their skills and receive tips for enhancing their sailing experiences through a daily series of nearly 100 free seminars led by renowned experts. 

 

Kids Aboard Boat Building Program

 

Children ages six and older can participate in free boat-building workshops from noon-6 p.m. every day of the Show.  Under the supervision of bilingual, U.S.-certified instructors, children create two 10-foot wooden sailing yachts that will be launched into Biscayne Bay on Monday, Feb. 16.

 

South African Pavilion Multi-Hull Lagoon

 

The South African Boatbuilders Business Council and the South African Consulate General return to Miami for the fourth year, bringing ten world-class sailing vessels, marine accessories and tourist information from the Cape.

 

Annual Latitudes and Attitudes Cruiser’s Bash

 

As the Show winds down to a close at 6 p.m. on Saturday, the annual Strictly Sail Cruiser’s Bash kicks off into high gear.  Visitors can mingle with a swarm of sailors, feast on free beer and pizza and enjoy the tropical sounds of a live band.  Entry into the Cruiser’s Bash is FREE with a Saturday admission ticket.    

 

Miami International Boat Show and Strictly Sail Miami hours are Thursday, Feb. 12 (Premier Thursday) from 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Friday, Feb. 13, and Sunday, Feb. 15, from 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; and Monday, Feb. 16 from 10 a.m.-6 p.m.  The marinas close at 6 p.m. daily. For advance tickets and more information, visit MiamiBoatShow.com.

 

About Miami International Boat Show

 

The Miami International Boat Show is produced by the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA), the world’s largest producer of boat shows. NMMA is the leading association representing the $37.5 billion per year recreational boating industry. NMMA member companies produce more than 80 percent of the boats, engines, trailers, accessories and gear used by boaters and anglers in the U.S. For more information about the NMMA, visit www.nmma.org.

 

About Strictly Sail Miami

 

Strictly Sail Miami is endorsed by Sail America, the sailing industry trade association, in cooperation with NMMA. For more information about Sail America, call (800) 817-SAIL or visit www.sailamerica.com.

 

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Cops: Man puts 911 dispatcher on hold to buy drugs (AP)

AP – Police in Cleveland say a man called 911 because he felt he was in danger — then asked the dispatcher to hold on while he made a drug deal. Police Lt. Thomas Stacho said Tuesday that Alejandro Melendez was arrested after the call and was charged with possessing cocaine.

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HOUSE MUSIC – LIVE ONLINE EXCLUSIVELY ON eyesonmiami.tv

eyesonmiami.tv presents DJ Quintyne (from Montreal), House Music

live on Tuesday Feb. 3rd, 2009 – 7 pm EST

on Eyesonmiami.TV and Eyesonmiami.com

opening set by HITOGRAM at 5 pm EST

LIVE DJ BROADCAST w/ streaming AUDIO/VIDEO

 

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eyesonmiami.tv presents DJ Quintyne (from Montreal), House Music

live on Tuesday Feb. 3rd, 2009 – 7 pm EST

on Eyesonmiami.TV and Eyesonmiami.com

opening set by HITOGRAM at 5 pm EST

LIVE DJ BROADCAST w/ streaming AUDIO/VIDEO

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starts at Feb 3rd 2009 – 5pm EST – DJ Hitogram from Miami Beach

                                   at 7 pm EST – DJ Quintyne from Montreal

LIVE BROADCAST – LIVE DJ at Eyesonmiami.tv

eyesonmiami.tv presents DJ Quintyne (from Montreal), House Music

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on FRIDAY

PURE Fridays at Avalon Cafe

 

6:00PM Friday, February 6th

PURE Fridays at Avalon Cafe

 

 Join us Friday 6, 2009
To “Pure Fridays” at Avalon Café.

Conveniently located in the heart of Coconut Grove, Pure Fridays will offer our cliental a mix of what Miami has to offer. Pure Fridays is the new home for the business professional to interact, socialize, dine & dance. Start off your Friday with our Happy Hour specials of 2 for 1 cocktails from 6-9, great dinners & incredible night party till 3AM every Friday night!

Invite your friends, come by for a night of cocktails, dining and dancing & experience why Pure Fridays is the only place to be on Friday nights!

2 for1 drinks from 6-9pm

$5 cosmos/martinis till 10pm

$6 tapas till 9pm

$150 Filandia Vodka
$150 Don Julio Rum
$225 Black Label / Grey Goose / or Premium
$400 2 Premium bottles
$500 2 Premium bottles + champagne
$550 2 Premium + 1 Don Julio Rum

FOR VIP/BOTTLE RESERVATIONS OR TO RSVP FOR DINNER CALL OR TEXT ORLANDO.
305.299.4110

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on SATURDAY

Saturday’s at The Living Room South Beach

You have complimentary admission on my guest list before 12:30am. Arrive early!

Call me or text me for table RSVP’s and bottle specials at 305.299.4110.

Host: Orlando Robinson – Eyesonmiami.com
Type: Party – Club Party
Network: Global
Time and PlaceStart Time: Saturday, January 31, 2009 at 10:00pm
End Time: Sunday, February 1, 2009 at 5:00am
Location: The Living Room South Beach
Street: 671 Washington Ave
City/Town: Miami Beach, FL

Contact InfoPhone: 3052994110
Email: orlando@eyesonmiami.com

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Bird’s Nest to anchor shopping mall, should be a tourist’s dream

AP is reporting that the area around the Bird’s Nest, this past summer’s Olympic stadium, will be developed into a shopping and entertainment center. The Chinese feel the need to revitalize the area, because, despite the Olympics having ended just months ago, paint is peeling in some areas of the stadium and few visitors stop by. There is no permanent tenant, and few events are scheduled for the venue that was the jewel of the Summer Games. 

The Chinese have proven themselves to be marketing geniuses, particularly in conjunction with the Beijing Olympics. Couldn’t they have come up with more ways to create revenue? For example …

Rent out the Bird’s Nest for parties. You mean to tell me that the father of a spoiled 16-year-old, or a bridezilla, wouldn’t fork over some serious yuan to rent the Bird’s Nest for the best wedding/sweet 16/quincenera ?

Let tourists recreate the Opening Ceremony experience. Bring out the drums, LED screens, paint pad, the whole nine yards, and let everyone who visits relive the breathtaking Opening Ceremony — for a reasonable fee. For an extra charge, people could be hoisted through the air and flown around the stadium, just as Li Ning was when he lit the Olympic cauldron.

Give it to Yao Ming. He needs a pretty big place to fit his bed.

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Well, it’s not about hating bloggers – it is becau…

Well, it’s not about hating bloggers – it is because Analytics tracks the time based on the tracking code execution. So, Analytics will not be able to track the time spent on the last page.

Hope the article referenced below helps!

– Christelle

References:

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Time on Page and Time on Site (Web)

Answer from
AnalyticsPro.Chris (Google Employee)

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Google Maps Car Hits a Deer, Records Entire Ordeal on Google Maps [Google]

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Here’s a sad one: the Google Maps car took out a baby deer, and it recorded the entire process for all Google Maps users to see. For shame, Google Maps car!

As you follow the street view scene down Five Points Road in Rush, NY, you can see the deer run out in front of the car, get hit and then see it on the side of the road before the car pulls over. And that’s the end of the Street View data for Five Points Road.

Google Maps is recording real life, guys. And yes, the Five Points joke kind of writes itself, doesn’t it? [Google Maps via The Daily What]

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PURE Fridays @ Avalon – Friday 30th, 2009

 

PURE Fridays @ Avalon

Opening night we are celebrating our very own Ariel Mejia’s birthday at Avalon!

Join us Friday 30^th, 2009

For the Grand Opening of “Pure Fridays” at Avalon Café.

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PURE Fridays @ Avalon – Friday 30th, 2009

 

PURE Fridays @ Avalon

Opening night we are celebrating our very own Ariel Mejia’s birthday at Avalon!

Join us Friday 30^th, 2009

For the Grand Opening of “Pure Fridays” at Avalon Café.

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Köşk’ün sitesinde şaşırtan harita – from Milliyet.com.tr

Cumhurbaşkanlığı resmi internet sitesinde Cumhurbaşkanı Gül’ün nerede olduğunu gösteren haritada KKTC yer almıyor. Tek parça olarak gösterilen Kıbrıs haritasında yerleşim yerlerinin isimleri de İngilizce.

 

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Lisa Lampanelli tonight at the FILLMIORE (The Jackie Gleason Theatre)

Showtime: 8:00pm at The Fillmore @ The Jackie Gleason Theatre

Tickets: $35.

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Lisa Lampanelli tonight at the FILLMIORE (The Jackie Gleason Theatre)

Showtime: 8:00pm at The Fillmore @ The Jackie Gleason Theatre

Tickets: $35.

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Online Music Televsion – Eyesonmiami tv – 24 hour live broadcast from Miami

Welcome to Eyesonmiami.TV – Relax and enjoy the mix, live web cam feed from Miami Beach.  24 hour live dj spinning the best tunes.  Online House Music Radio, Online Radio Broadcast, Live Internet Radio, Music Channel, LIve podcast from Miami, Online Music Miami Beach, Winter Music Conference.

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Grand Opening of Miami Sexiest Night Club – The Living Room South Beach

Welcome to The Living Room South Beach, conveniently located on 671 Washington Ave. The Living Room houses 3 rooms with 3 different experiences of high energy sound and lighting. Notoriously known back in the day as the hottest place to be on South Beach, the grand re-opening of this venue has been long awaited for and looked forward to. Come out and enjoy exceptional VIP service along with Miami’s elite at The Living Room.

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