Saturday, December 31, 2011

Forest fire cuts across vast Chilean national park (AP)

SANTIAGO, Chile ? Chilean President Sebastian Pinera says an out-of-control fire has already burned 32 square miles (8,500 hectares) of a national park in the nation's south, and it has prompted the evacuation of 400 tourists.

The president interrupted a summer vacation to meet with top aides on Friday about how to respond to the conflagration at the Torres del Paine National Park, which receives tens of thousands of foreign visitors each year.

He says "the terrain in the area is extraordinarily rough and that enormously complicates access and work." Gusts as strong as 70 mph (120 kph) also have fanned the fire.

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Deadly Syria clashes claimed as Arab officials visit

Clashes erupted in Syria on Friday as activists estimated that 500,000 protesters filled the streets to demonstrate against the government of President Bashar Assad, while Arab League officials continued monitoring the situation on the ground.

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One Arab League monitor told an angry crowd that his team's job was only to observe, not to help them remove Assad, live video on Al Jazeera showed on Friday.

"Our goal is to observe ... it is not to remove the president, our aim is to return Syria to peace and security," he said, speaking over a loudspeaker from a podium at a mosque filled with protesters in the Damascus suburb of Douma, where Friday also saw troops fire tear gas at protesters who threw rocks at them.

But the observer, who did not give his name, said he promised to convey the protesters' sufferings.

"From what I have heard there is blood being shed," he said. "That is for sure."

A team of around 60 monitors has already arrived from a delegation that should ultimately number 150 and is expected to inspect Syria for about one month. They will check whether Assad's forces are implementing a peace plan that calls for an end to a crackdown on anti-government revolt.

Activists say they believe many monitors are pro-government or that they feel it is too difficult to communicate with the team away from government escorts. Inside the Douma mosque, the restless crowd seemed suspicious of the monitors.

A speaker from the mosque tried to calm the audience, pleading with them to let the monitor speak. But a man immediately broke the silence, shouting "My son is a martyr, they killed him," rousing chants of "With blood and soul we will redeem the martyrs."

The monitor, who asked the audience not to film him but who was broadcast on Al Jazeera Live, said: "We as monitors are not supposed to speak but the situation has forced me to say something: We are monitoring the elements of the protocol signed between the Arab League and the government."

The protocol requires that Syrian forces withdraw from cities and release detainees believed to still number in the thousands.

More than 5,000 people have been killed as the government tries to crush the protests. It says it is fighting Islamist militants steered from abroad who have killed 2,000 members of the security forces.

Al-Jazeera reported that the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights estimated that 500,000 people protested across Syria on Friday.

Activists reported varying numbers of dead in clashes Friday. The Local Coordination Committees, an established coalition, claimed at least 35 people were killed by security forces.

At least two dozen were injured in the Damascus suburb of Douma, activists said. One report said army defectors in Douma were engaged in armed clashes with troops. There were no further details.

250,000 reported in one city alone
Some 250,000 gathered after Friday's Muslim prayer in the northern province of Idlib at 74 different locations, according to the Observatory, an opposition network relaying activist reports.

"This Friday is different from any other Friday. It is a transformative step. People are eager to reach the monitors and tell them about their suffering," said activist Abu Hisham in Hama.

Earlier Friday, the anti-government Free Syrian Army ordered its fighters to stop offensive operations pending a meeting with Arab League delegates monitoring Assad's compliance with a peace plan, the rebels' commander said.

Col. Riad al-Asaad said his forces had so far been unable to talk to the monitors, in the first week of their month-long mission, and he was still trying to contact them urgently.

"I issued an order to stop all operations from the day the committee entered Syria last Friday. All operations against the regime are to be stopped except in a situation of self defense," he told Reuters.

How widely Turkey-based al-Asaad's order is heeded by anti-government gunmen inside Syria is in question. A video shot by rebel fighters this week showed the ambush of a convoy of army buses in which, activists said, four soldiers were killed.

Also Friday, Russia's Foreign Ministry said an initial assessment by the Arab League observers was "reassuring."?

Moscow is one of Syria's few remaining allies following more than nine months of violence stemming from a massive protest movement.

"Moscow appraises with satisfaction the real beginning of the Arab League activities in Syria," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The ministry noted that the Sudanese general who heads the mission visited the restive city of Homs.

"The situation there is reassuring, clashes have not been recorded," the statement said.

There is broad concern about whether Arab League member states, with some of the world's poorest human rights records, were fit for the mission to monitor compliance with a plan to end to the crackdown on political opponents by security forces loyal to Assad.

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The presence of Arab League monitors in Syria has re-energized the anti-government protest movement, with tens of thousands turning out this week in cities and neighborhoods where the observers are expected to visit.

The peace plan, which Syria agreed to on Dec. 19, requires that the government remove its security forces and heavy weapons from cities, start talks with the opposition and allow human rights workers and journalists into the country. It also calls for the release of all political prisoners.

State-run TV said observers have reached Idlib province, which borders Turkey; Homs and the Damascus suburbs of Harasta and Douma. Activists said the army had either withdrawn or hid tanks in the mountains in Idlib.

Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45824119/ns/world_news-mideast_n_africa/

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Friday, December 30, 2011

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Stocks slide on signs of jitters at European banks

FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2011 file photo, traders John Panin, center, and Robert Charmay, right, work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. A pair of successful bond auctions that raised $14 billion for Italy forced down the interest rate the country pays on its debt and boosted European markets on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2011 file photo, traders John Panin, center, and Robert Charmay, right, work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. A pair of successful bond auctions that raised $14 billion for Italy forced down the interest rate the country pays on its debt and boosted European markets on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

(AP) ? Stocks fell Wednesday after Europe's central bank reported that its overnight deposits hit another record, the latest indication of worry among European lenders.

The Dow Jones industrial average lost more than 130 points in midday trading, and the Standard & Poor's 500 index fell after five days of gains.

The European Central Bank said the continent's banks parked a record $590.72 billion with it overnight. That means those banks are less willing to take the risk of making short-term loans to each other, opting instead to earn low interest rates from the ECB. The disclosure also hurt the euro, which fell over 1 percent against the dollar, to $1.29.

The worrying news from the ECB overshadowed two successful auctions of Italian government debt. Italy was able to pay much lower borrowing rates than it did in auctions last month. The strong demand from investors raised hopes that Italy would be able to avoid sinking into a financial crisis, as smaller countries like Greece and Portugal have.

John Merrill, chief investment officer at Tanglewood Wealth Management, said markets would remain vulnerable to flare-ups in Europe's long-running financial crisis until leaders there come up with more convincing solutions for paying down their enormous debt loads and keeping the 17-nation currency union intact.

"We live in a Band-Aid world," Merrill said. "Nobody really is addressing underlying issues."

European leaders agreed at a summit Dec. 9 to forge closer fiscal ties over the long term, but investors are still worried that Greece might default on its debt or be forced to leave the euro bloc. A Greek exit from the currency union would likely cause huge disruptions for the country's economy and losses for European banks that hold Greek government debt. Investors fear that could cascade into another global financial panic, as happened in 2008 following the collapse of the U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 136 points at 12,153 as of noon. Eastern. Materials and energy companies were leading the declines. Caterpillar Inc. was down over 2 percent and Alcoa Inc. fell 1.4 percent. Only one of the 30 stocks in the Dow average rose, AT&T Inc.

Trading was very quiet in a holiday-shortened week. Markets were closed Monday in observance of Christmas. The Dow closed 2 points lower Tuesday.

The S&P 500 was down 15 points at 1,250. It was the first decline for the S&P index after five days of gains, and turned the index negative for the year. The Nasdaq composite declined 32 points at 2,593.

The Bank of Italy raised $11.8 billion in two bond auctions, reflecting investor approval of the country's recently passed austerity measures. The yield on Italy's six-month bill offering was half the interest rate the country paid in a similar auction last month. The yield on the country's 10-year bond remained dangerously high, however, at 6.93 percent. It had risen to 7 percent Tuesday, a level that is considered unsustainable.

Italy is the euro zone's third-largest economy and is considered too big to save under the euro zone's current bailout funds. Investors have grown fearful over the past few months that Italy will find it difficult to pay off its massive debts, which stand at around $2.5 trillion.

The worries were reflected in U.S. bank stocks. Bank of America Corp. fell 3 percent, while Regions Financial Corp. fell 3 percent.

In other corporate news:

? Sandridge Energy Inc. stock is down over 3 percent on news that it is selling drilling rights in two states to a Spanish energy company, Repsol YPF.

? Cavium Inc. fell 2 percent, a day after the chipmaker said its fourth-quarter results will fall below its previous forecast.

Associated Press

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Thursday, December 29, 2011

Lawyer says soldier shooting client was attacked (AP)

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. ? The lawyer for the California man charged with the attempted murder of an Afghanistan war veteran said his client was under attack at a wild party when gunfire rang out.

Defense attorney Michael Holmes said Wednesday that his 19-year-old client, Ruben Ray Jurado, was a friend of Christopher Sullivan, 22, who was critically wounded Friday night.

Jurado was charged Tuesday with attempted murder and multiple sentencing enhancements for using a firearm in the shooting that critically wounded Sullivan.

Holmes said Jurado was invited to the gathering, and some party guests were drinking heavily and inhaling nitrous oxide.

Holmes said Jurado was attacked and kicked as he tried to leave the party.

Jurado was scheduled to be arraigned by video conference Wednesday afternoon, but that was postponed until Thursday morning when Jurado asked to attend the hearing in person.

Sullivan, a Purple Heart recipient, was home for the holidays when a fight began at a homecoming party over football, authorities said. When Sullivan moved to break it up, gunfire broke out, police said.

Authorities painted a different picture of the evening, saying Jurado, who had played football with Sullivan in high school, began arguing with Sullivan's brother over football teams at the party and then punched him. Sullivan intervened, and Jurado pulled a gun and fired multiple shots, hitting Sullivan in the neck, police said.

Sullivan remained in critical condition Wednesday. His relatives said the gunfire shattered his spine and left him paralyzed from the neck down.

"He's opening his eyes more," his 20-year-old brother, Brandon Sullivan, told The Associated Press. "We're just waiting day by day."

Sullivan was wounded in a suicide bombing attack last year while serving with the military in Afghanistan. He suffered a cracked collarbone and brain damage and had been recovering in Kentucky, where he is stationed, before coming home for the holidays.

Sullivan was a wrestler and football player in high school in San Bernardino, about 60 miles east of Los Angeles. He had nine months to go in the military and then planned to become a firefighter or police officer. He always liked to help people, his brother said.

"Say there was a person at school who never had friends or nothing ? Chris would be the person who would go up to him and try to be his friend. He didn't like people to feel alone," Brandon Sullivan said. "He always had a smile on his face."

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Associated Press writer Kristin M. Hall in Nashville, Tenn., contributed to this report.

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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Noda says Japan should improve economic ties with India


NEW DELHI | Wed Dec 28, 2011 5:20pm IST

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda called for greater economic relations between two of Asia's largest economies on Wednesday, after India's trade minister said bilateral commerce would only reach $25 billion by 2014.

India and Japan enjoy warm diplomatic ties, but at a paltry $15 billion, bilateral trade in 2010 was less than 5 percent of Japan's commerce with China.

"I believe that India's middle class will be the driving force if the manufacturing sector grows in India ... we can achieve greater trade volumes," Noda said at a meeting with business leaders in Delhi.

Despite the low trade volume, Japanese companies are increasingly viewing India as a long-term play, with a large and youthful population set to drive growth in coming years.

"We can and should step up economic relations between the two countries," Noda said.

Noda, Japan's sixth prime minister in seven years, said talks with India about sales of civil nuclear technology were "in the right direction".

Japan is working closely with India to build a 1,483 km (920 mile) industrial corridor stretching from New Delhi to the financial hub of Mumbai in the west, that could help transform India's economic landscape and give its choked, teeming cities room to breathe.

The corridor includes plans for 24 new cities and Indian Trade Minister Anand Sharma said overall investment would be more than $100 billion.

FINANCE AND NUCLEAR

Noda was on a one-day trip to India to boost financial cooperation between Asia's second and third largest economies, which are also working more closely on security issues along with the United States.

Japan and India are in the final stages of deciding on a dollar swap agreement which may be announced during Noda's visit and would help defend the rupee, Asia's worst performing currency in 2011.

The planned mechanism is welcome news for India, which is suffering an industrial slowdown that has raised concern about its twin fiscal and current account deficits.

Japanese corporations see India as a major opportunity as Japan's population ages and the fast growth seen by main regional partner China in recent decades slows, said Rajiv Biswas, IHS Global Insight's chief Asia economist.

"When you look at Japan's economy you are looking at demographic ageing, the population is declining, they don't have growth markets domestically," Biswas said.

"They are looking elsewhere to really get growth and India is the prime candidate."

India wants to buy civil nuclear technology from Japan, but talks have been slow, with Japan wanting India to commit to a moratorium on nuclear weapons tests.

"The civil nuclear agreement is at the working level, discussions have proceeded in the right direction. I welcome this progress," Noda told reporters and said the issue was raised at a meeting with India's foreign minister.

"I hope it will be achieved," he said.

Hours before Noda left for India on Tuesday, Japan's security council relaxed a decades-old arms exports ban. India was the world's top weapons importer last year.

(Additional reporting by Abhijit Neogy, Annie Banerji and Mayank Bhardwaj; Editing by Ranjit Gangadharan and Richard Borsuk)

Source: http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/12/28/india-japan-ties-idINDEE7BR05220111228?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews

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Boris Johnson looks to hold off Ken Livingstone in London mayor election

A clock on Ken Livingstone's campaign website counts down remorsely the days, hours, minutes and seconds to polling day in London, when about 5.8 million voters decide which candidate will be mayor and run the capital for the next four years.

But Livingstone, engaged in a longstanding campaign to use the rematch with London's Tory mayor, Boris Johnson, to wrest back the mayoralty, is struggling to make his strategy count as the latter outperforms his own party and his Labour rival.

Separate elections are being held on 3 May next year for London mayor and the 25-strong assembly. The next mayor to run a capital with a population of 7.8 million faces a number of challenges thrown up by economic and transport problems, as well as the summer riots and the dire shortage of affordable housing in a city where benefit changes will hit the poor particularly hard. The mayor will also get the prestige role of presiding over the 2012 Olympics.

Voting tendencies for the assembly polls tend to align more closely with national party share, but all eyes are on the razzmatazz of the mayoral contest. It is widely seen as a two-horse race involving a pair of larger than life characters with mayoral records to defend, known on first-name terms by the entire country, each willing to speak against the party line when needs must, with a mutual tendency to outpoll their parties.

A YouGov survey in June revealed that one in five people who would vote Labour in a general election said they planned to vote for Johnson next May. Those factors make Livingstone's line particularly difficult and there have been signs over the last year that his team is vacillating on the line of attack.

In September 2010 Livingstone used his victory speech on being selected Labour candidate over his rival, Oona King, to make clear he would fight on an anti-government ticket. Selected the day before Ed Miliband was declared party leader, Livingstone cast the mayoral race as a referendum on the coalition, by urging Londoners in a Labour-leaning city to "send a message" to David Cameron and George Osborne over spending cuts by "getting out Boris".

But this year Livingstone has concentrated on Johnson's record in office, casting the race as a "direct choice" between a candidate whose mission as mayor would be to protect Londoners from rising living costs, and an "out of touch" Conservative.

Tapping into the anger of those who think the banks and the City got off lightly following the 2008 crash, Livingstone has seized on Johnson's defence of the financial sector and his call for the 50p top rate of tax to be abolished, and set himself up as the man for the "99%" against "privileged" Johnson batting for the 1%.

But polling by ComRes in November indicated that attempts to portray the popular Tory as a privileged, out-of-touch toff were not working. Johnson had an eight-point lead over Livingstone (54% to 46%), when other candidates were stripped out, gaining a bigger winning margin than in the 2008 election, when he finished six percentage points ahead of Livingstone in the first-preference vote under the supplementary vote system.

The survey also showed the incumbent mayor to be the candidate most trusted on crime, the economy and policing, indicating he had earned credibility in running the city. His weakness was transport; on this Livingstone led as the most trusted, suggesting early gains following the promise to cut fares by 7% compared with Johnson's 5.6% fare rise.

Peter Kellner, president of YouGov, said these most recent findings underlined the need for Livingstone to "depersonalise" his campaign against Johnson and focus exclusively on policy.

Kellner said: "At the moment the Conservatives are doing a good job nationally for passing the blame for the economic failure on Labour, and Boris is doing a good job to distance himself from the more difficult things [in] the government.

"If the campaign is perceived to be personal between Ken and Boris then Boris will win. Ken had the personality votes in 2000 and 2004, but Boris has them now.

"If the campaign is to be about the future of London, transport, housing and the state of the economy, then I think Ken can win. But that depends on how the candidates behave, how the media behave and how voters perceive it. If Livingstone can get half that vote back he could win because London is, relative to the rest of the country, a Labour city."

But documents seen by the London Evening Standard last week suggest a return to the earlier line of attack. This follows media reports that Cameron told a private meeting of Tory MPs that winning a second-term Conservative mayoralty was his "number one priority" for 2012, aware his policies and the economic slowdown would be blamed if Johnson lost. The Livingstone idea is to "Tory-ise" the Boris brand, and cast him as a "true blue" Conservative whose re-election would be a boon to Cameron.

A document written by Simon Fletcher, Livingstone's former chief of staff and campaign manager, states: "Our campaign team need to use every opportunity to point out how being tied to the Tories is highly toxic for Boris Johnson with many voters ? and it is Cameron himself who is binding Johnson to his mast."

Tony Travers, director of the Greater London group at the London School of Economics, says a contest driven by popularity would make the result a close-run thing. But he says the notion of the mayoral race as a political test of the parties nationally, in the midterm of the Westminster parliament, risks causing more pain to Ed Miliband than Cameron.

Lord Mandelson recently became the most senior Labour figure to express concerns at Miliband's leadership performance and indicated that the Labour leader needed to show progress in 2012.

"There is more pressure for Miliband than David Cameron, in the sense that if Boris loses it will be seen as the midterm blues," says Travers. "If Ken doesn't win midterm in a coalition government, it will be worse for Miliband. The only real problem for Cameron would be that if Boris loses, he will try and get back into Westminster."

Other candidates also limbering up include Jenny Jones, the Green party candidate, and for the Liberal Democrats Brian Paddick, the former Met deputy assistant commissioner, who came third in the 2008 race. They are widely expected to use the race to raise their respective parties' profile for the more anonymous assembly elections.

Both leading candidates have their core teams firmly in place, with Lynton Crosby, the Australian political strategist who led Johnson's successful campaign in 2008, back in harness.

Crosby brought out the Conservative vote in the outer suburbs last time ? the so-called "doughnut strategy" reflecting the outer ring of the capital. He says Johnson has disproved those who said he was not up to the job or would prove to be a "hard-right Tory Thatcherite" in power. "People in London want a champion and I think Boris has shown himself to be a champion."

Crosby says Johnson has been in every borough across inner and outer London more often in four years than Ken had done in eight, a fact that had helped him connect to people whose votes weighed equally at the election.

Livingstone, however, is "quite confident" he can turn things around. His team have circled 3 January ? the date Johnson's fare rises kick in ? for a mass leafleting exercise contrasting the mayor's fare rises with Livingstone's Fare Deal pledge, which, he claims, will save Londoners ?1,000 on average over four years.

He insists this cut can be funded using the "operating surplus" budget sitting in TfL's coffers ? a claim flatly rejected by the body chaired by Johnson, which says every penny is accounted for with regard to improving London's transport system.

Livingstone believes the polls will change once people have to pay the new fares. "If you actually look at the polling and you plough through the poll, Boris is the only Tory in Britain who still has a positive popularity rating, but that's based on the fact that it's on the soft issues."

He adds: "Boris has refused to debate with me for three and a half years ? Once you hit the elections, where there's a detailed focus and people start to think 'what does this mean for me?', he can't get away with that."

On fares, Johnson retorts: "I think Londoners have heard twice before from that particular candidate promises to hold fares down, which were then flagrantly broken. So I take those promises with a pinch of salt, and if they were to be fulfilled, taking ?1bn off TfL's investment programme I think would be wrong for the city."

Asked whether he feels cheered by how the polls are heading before his own campaign has even started, Johnson wards off complacency by muttering that "polls come and polls go".

He lists commitments he has delivered for the capital as he sits on a new Routemaster bus ? a cleaner, greener, 21st-century version of the hop-on hop-off vehicle. Eight such buses will be on London's roads by late February.

"I'm going to fight very hard," says Johnson. "I think we've got a great record and I think if you look back at the things I said I would do and the things we've done, I think it's very considerable."

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/dec/26/boris-johnson-ken-livingstone-london-mayor

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Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Fire Destroys Washington County, VA Home

Chilhowie and Glade Spring fire departments responded to the Exit 32 area of Washington County?this morning where an old brick house adjacent to Interstate 81 was engulfed in flames and resisted attacks by aerial apparatus and firefighters on the ground.

A Chilhowie responder said all occupants were out of the house and an investigation into the cause of the fire is expected.

Virginia State Police were on standby on Interstate 81 a heavy smoke drifting north lay thick at times on the highway.?

11 Connects Lizz Marrs will have more on this story beginning at 5pm.

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Bieber, Aguilera & Hudson Rock Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade

Posted Sunday December 25, 2011 6:34 PM GMT

Making for an entertaining afternoon of holiday television, the 28th annual Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade offered up a star-studded lineup of performers during it's telecast on Sunday (December 25).

Hosted by Nick Cannon, the pre-taped Disney extravaganza welcomed teen sensation Justin Bieber to the Magic Kingdom park stage in Lake Buena Vista for renditions of his festive tunes "Mistletoe" and "Santa Claus is Coming to Town".

Also showing off her talents in the Lake Buena Vista locale was "American Idol" alum Jennifer Hudson, as the 30-year-old was backed up by a full choral group during a medley of holiday hits.

On the other coast of the States, Christina Aguilera joined alongside Minnie Mouse as she belted out ?Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas? to the delight of the Disney Grand Californian Hotel & Spa crowd lining the stage in Anaheim, CA.

With pictures from the tapings below, you can check out Justin, Christina and Jennifer's show-stopping performances in the video player above. Enjoy!

Enjoy the pictures from the 2011 Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade!

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Monday, December 26, 2011

Tournament of THG Semifinals: Robert Pattinson vs. Miley Cyrus!


Welcome back to the Tournament of THG, where fans vote on the most popular star of 2011! The concept is simple: Pick your favorite of the two stars in each poll. Done.

After four sometimes bruising second round matchups, the semifinal round begins now, with Robert Pattinson taking on Miley Cyrus for the right to make the finals.

Miles cruised into the final four with a big win over Kate Middleton, while the Twilight hunk triumphed over Pippa, Kate's sister, by a considerable margin as well.

Who will advance to the championship round? VOTE below!

Again, your votes alone will determine the most popular star of the past year on THG. Here's a look at how the field shapes up as we gear up to begin this round:

Tournament of THG Bracket: Semifinals

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iMAME app gets pulled from iTunes app store

In barely enough time to get out of the app store and into the hearts of retro gamers everywhere, the iMAME emulator on iOS has already been erased from iTunes -- just days since its release. Alas, that lack of any official endorsement may have reared its ugly head. Well, it was good while it lasted. Guess we'll carry on saving up for that Vita purchase...

[Thanks Zac]

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Sunday, December 25, 2011

Milestone in Care Packages for Troops

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Study Shows Pinterest Will Compete with Top 10 Social Networks [VIDEO] (Mashable)

[brightcove video="1342910470001 " /] Pinterest, a social networking site with an "online pinboard" interface, has made great strides this year. According to Experian Hitwise, this invitation-only site now has 40 times the number of total visits it had six months ago, now finding its way into the top 10 websites in the category of social networking and forums.

[More from Mashable: Why Real-World Socializing Is the Next Big Thing for Social Media]

The site is especially popular with women between the ages of 25 and 44, which comprise 59% of its readership, and the majority of those visiting Pinterest are female, consisting of 58% of its visitors in the past 12 weeks.

Pinterest lets visitors group items into categories and share them with others. Then, there's plenty of room for comments about those items. Most of the site's images are of items concerning home décor, crafts, fashion, and food.

[More from Mashable: How to Master YouTube Promoted Videos]

The downside of all this new-found popularity? If you want to join up with the site, there's a waiting list.

This story originally published on Mashable here.

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Apple?s iPhone European sales and market share decline

Apple?s iPhone European sales and market share see decline
The faltering economy and price-competitive rivals have triggered a decline in the market share and sales of Apple?s iPhone in the majority of Europe, except in the UK, based on data shown from European research firm Kantar today. The October release of Apple?s new iPhone 4S buttressed its position in the UK as well as [...]

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Friday Highlights: Fortune, The Register recap Apple vs. Android in 2011, Chloe Albanesius of PC Magazine rewinds 2011 looking at Apple's highs, lows, Steve Jobs' passing; customer satisfaction is why Apple's iPad leads; when it comes to online shoppers/traffic, Apple outguns giants like Walmart, the NY Times, even eBay; a Fortune slideshow highlights how Steve Jobs changed the world; iTunes Match now available in 17 countries; bring back the OS 9 sliding folder tabs in OS X with Tab Launcher; UK's Telegraph tech prediction for 2012 include a real Apple TV; beware, hackers can intercept crash reports when your iPhone sends them in; 90% of mobile purchases were made on iPhones, iPads; 500 iPads to become "official instrument of lawmaking" in Poland; back in 2010, Steve Jobs spelled out reasons for Apple to not build a TV set; how long will MAME, a new arcade emulator last on the App Store?; new stat shows Apple sells 925 iPhones every 60 seconds; MacRumors offers some PDF printouts of exactly what a 7.85" iPad would look/feel like; rumor mill a-churnin' with iPhone 5 arriving in May with iOS 6, A6 chip, and another analyst splashes cold water on 7" iPads in 2012; Macworld reviews Find My Friends iApp, says it does what it says; you can recalibrate the home button on your iDevice; PC Magazine tips for keeping your iPhone safe amidst holiday distractions; The Next Web urges Nintendo to develop games for iOS.

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  • "Remains of the Day: The future is hazy"?Macworld?9:15 PM
  • "Apple's TV spots featuring Santa Claus using his iPhone's Siri is named the No.1 holiday ad for 2011"?New York Daily News?4:11 PM
  • "Apple's Santa TV spot deemed best ad of holiday season"?AppleInsider?7:06 PM
  • "Technology predictions for 2012: The birth of Apple TV and failure of Google+ are among the technology team's predictions for 2012"?Telegraph?7:56 AM
  • "Hackers intercept iPhone crash Reports"?GMA News?7:50 AM
  • "Study: Apple's iPhone, iPad account for 90 percent of mobile purchases"?GigaOM?10:48 AM
  • "Apple's iPad still beating Kindle Fire, Nook Tablet in sales"?Washington Post [Free Registration Required]?11:43 AM
  • "Apple Flexes Bargaining Power With Carriers For Fat iPhone Margins"?Forbes?10:40 AM
  • "Apple iPad and ebook readers again define the year on The Mobile Gadgeteer"?ZDNet?7:51 AM
  • "Sejm wants to buy 500 tablets. The savings: Seimas closed the tender for the purchase of tablets for Members. Poland is one of the first countries in Europe, where the iPad will be the official instrument of lawmaking."?Google Polish-to-English: wyborcza?10:03 AM
  • "Video: Steve Jobs on TV's go-to-market problem/He laid out the reasons NOT to build an Apple television at All Things D in 2010"?Fortune?10:18 AM
  • "Peek Into Store's Wi-Fi Network Finds 335 Devices"?ifoAppleStore?8:11 AM
  • "Arcade emulator MAME slips under Apple radar"?The Register?8:02 AM
  • "Lost iPhone? iMessages might be sent to new 'owner'"?CBS?10:18 AM
  • "Every 60 seconds: Apple sells 925 iPhones, 2 million people watch online porn, more"?BGR?10:17 AM
  • "iPhone Case Gift Guide: A Case to Suit Any Personality" [Slideshow]?Techland?8:19 AM
  • "NORAD brings Santa -- and elf tossing -- to iPads, iPhones, Android devices"?Network World?11:06 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "GoDaddy Drops SOPA Support, But Not As Such"?TidBITS?3:23 PM
  • "Vietnam store makes Christmas tree from cellphones"?Associated Press?11:16 AM
  • "The CIO's lament: 20-something techies who quit after 1 year/Harry Fox Agency's IT chief discusses how hard it is to retain younger IT professionals, especially Java programmers"?Network World?11:04 AM
  • "Razer Delays Gaming Laptop -- But Sweetens Release"?PCWorld?11:02 AM
  • "No Ice Cream Sandwich For Galaxy S And Galaxy Tab, Says Samsung"?TechCrunch?11:25 AM
  • "Republic Wireless Scraps Data Restrictions"?PCWorld?11:02 AM
  • "RIM Counters Charge of 'Lying' About BlackBerry 10 Delay"?PC Magazine?11:00 AM
  • "Insurance Against Cyber Attacks Expected to Boom"?New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required]?10:45 AM
  • "Facebook fails to deliver on 'social shopping' this holiday season"?Financial Times [Free Registration Required]?10:44 AM
  • "With Home Entertainment Sales Spiraling Downward, Movie Studios Turn to UltraViolet"?Forbes?10:39 AM
  • "Raspberry Pi ?16 computer project nears lift-off"?ZDNet UK?11:43 AM
  • "Bare bones Raspberry Pi PC gets ready to launch"?BBC?10:07 AM
  • "In Japan, seat sensors that can recognize you"?CNET News?9:54 AM
  • "AU Optronics taps display chief Peng president"?MarketWatch?9:41 AM
  • "Say goodbye to Google's App Inventor: Google has reminded its users that the flagship platform to allow anyone to create an Android app will permanently shut down at the end of the year."?TG Daily?11:29 AM
  • "Here Comes Google's Christmas (Er, Holiday) Greetings"?AllThingsD?9:41 AM
  • "Retailers Try to Thwart Price Apps"?WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required]?9:36 AM
  • "Face.com: Facial recognition for the masses"?CNNMoney?9:31 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Gene Steinberg meets cutting-edge commentator Daniel Eran Dilger and Laptop magazine's Avram Piltch this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE"?The Tech Night Owl LIVE?1:40 PM
  • "Selena Gomez talks tech with TUAW"?TUAW?10:08 AM

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  • "iOS, Android reach 55% penetration with US installed base of 109M"?AppleInsider?9:15 PM
  • "iOS dominates mobile shopping with 92% of market"?AppleInsider?9:07 PM
  • "Steve Jobs riffs on the Library of Congress, education and 'bicycle for our mind"?FairerPlatform?7:34 PM
  • "Steve Jobs Rendered on an Apple IIC (Video)"?MacTrast?4:07 PM
  • "Apple at the retail crossroads: Question now is about growth in the store business"?MarketWatch?4:07 PM
  • "Here's Why The Apple TV Might Be Awesome And Google TV Will Continue To Suck..."?Business Insider?12:40 PM
  • "Mozilla Firefox, Apple: Hot Trends" [Video Report]?TheStreet?10:23 AM
  • "Did Smartphones kill the Point-and-Shoot?"?PCWorld?10:08 AM
  • "The Macalope Daily: The ghost of Apple future"?Macworld [Insider Content]?10:08 AM
  • "How U.S. Carriers Fool You Into Thinking Your iPhone 4S Is Unlocked"?The Motley Fool?8:23 AM
Non-Apple
  • "Louis CK makes million, gives it away"?Tech.Blorge?7:09 PM
  • "Programming resources for kids 101"?ZDNet?11:42 AM
  • "No real surprise, Samsung not upgrading Galaxy S to Ice Cream Sandwich"?ZDNet?11:42 AM
  • "Dropbox 2.0: Still the best choice for students?"?ZDNet?11:41 AM
  • "Last Minute Geek Gift Ideas"?Wired?11:40 AM
  • "Top 10 tech shocks of 2011"?V3?11:35 AM
  • "At CES, Everyone's a Keynoter"?Techland?11:33 AM
  • "Make room, internet, there's another 5 million domains to fit in: .com and .de top the charts in Q3 figures"?The Register?11:31 AM
  • "Cheating Spreads Like Infections In Online Mulitplayer Games: If you have friends who cheat, you are more likely to become a cheater, according to computer scientists who say this can be used to label you as a potential cheater"?Technology Review?11:26 AM
  • "Have a White Christmas With Google Maps, YouTube"?PC Magazine?11:01 AM
  • "Best gameplay of 2011" [Video Report]?MSNBC?10:55 AM
  • "10 nightmares traveling with tech -- and how to prevent them"?InfoWorld?10:46 AM
  • "Mozilla's 3 bold bets to keep the Web open: Google's latest agreement with Mozilla will ironically fund three new areas of competition between Google and Mozilla"?InfoWorld?10:46 AM
  • "Why Deus Ex: Human Revolution is My Game of the Year"?Forbes?10:40 AM
  • "BlackBerry Bold 9900: The swan song of a standard/The last BlackBerry using the historic OS adds touch, but otherwise is the BlackBerry you've long known and perhaps loved"?InfoWorld?10:15 AM
  • "Holiday Fun With Personal Collaboration: Use your free time to explore new consumer-driven products--and maybe pick up some valuable IT skills."?InformationWeek?9:57 AM
  • "Is Yahoo Finally Coming Back To Its Long-Lost Senses?"?Forbes?9:49 AM
  • "5 reasons to be optimistic about technology innovation in the year ahead"?ZDNet?10:23 AM
  • "Dear Google: Please, Please, Please Invest More Money In Google Apps..."?Business Insider?8:20 AM
  • "FAQ: So What's Up With These 'White Spaces,' Anyway?"?AllThingsD?7:57 AM
Humor/Cartoons
  • "If Car Companies Were Run Like Tech Companies ..."?New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required]?10:29 AM
  • "Intel's Dimmer PC View Darkens Outlook For Dell, H-P"?Forbes?10:39 AM
  • "HP Plugs Security Hole With LaserJet Firmware Update, Says No Record Of Printers Set Ablaze By Hackers"?TechCrunch?11:26 AM
  • "HP firmware to 'mitigate' LaserJet vulnerability"?CNET News?2:23 PM
  • "Nokia, Skype, ARM: Microsoft's big year in review/Why 2011 is critical for 2012 at Redmond"?The Register?11:32 AM
  • "Microsoft Cleaning Up on Patent Licensing Fees"?TheStreet?11:55 AM
  • "Windows 8 picture security just a toy, claims RSA SecurID inventor: Photo unlock tool is not secure according to expert"?Network World?11:27 AM
  • "No fix yet for mass Xbox Live error"?TG Daily?11:28 AM
  • "Oracle, Salesforce Lead CRM Applications Market in 2011: IDC"?eWeek?10:24 AM
  • "Advanced Micro Devices' New Fusion Processors Are Gaining Ground"?Morningstar?9:44 AM
  • "Intel's smartphone guru angles for smooth landing"?Reuters?2:19 PM
  • "Cloud Computing Still Faces Obstacles to Adoption"?eWeek?10:24 AM
  • "CES 2012: What to expect"?VentureBeat [Free Registration Required]?9:42 AM
  • "Can you keep your IT staff in 2012? As IT hiring rises, CIOs will find it harder to replace retiring Baby Boomers and retain 20-somethings"?Network World?11:04 AM
  • "Ahead in 2012: Higher salaries, weaker demand/Commentary: Tech companies face rising costs for skilled workers"?MarketWatch?9:42 AM
  • "Big Data, analytics get even bigger, hotter in 2012"?IDG News Service?11:05 AM
  • "For 2012, Power-efficient Servers Could Get a Shot in the ARM"?IDG News Service?11:02 AM
  • "Tablets: Barclays Cuts PC Numbers on Amazon Success"?Barron's?9:45 AM
  • "For PCs, Will 2012 Be The Year Without Growth?"?Forbes?9:46 AM
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Hall seeks another term as Bakersfield mayor

Mayor Harvey Hall is seeking re-election.

He announced Friday that he's running for a fourth term in office. He was elected Bakersfield's 25th mayor in 2000 and was re-elected in 2004 and 2008.

Hall is CEO of Hall Ambulance Service Inc., which he founded in 1971.

"Being mayor has allowed me the privilege of accomplishing more for the Bakersfield community than I ever dreamed possible," Hall said in prepared remarks Friday.

As mayor, largely a ceremonial position, Hall has presented more than 1,300 proclamations, signed 5,778 certificates of recognition and has welcomed 703 new businesses with ribbon cuttings, he office said.

Source: http://northwest.bakersfieldnow.com/news/business/72843-hall-seeks-another-term-bakersfield-mayor

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