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Monday, 28 November 2011

Green Car Congress: Daimler investing more than ?1.5B at its main ...

Daimler investing more than ?1.5B at its main Mercedes-Benz powertrain plant in Germany in 2011 and 2012

Daimler is investing more than a combined ?1.5 billion (US$2 billion) in 2011 and 2012 in its main Mercedes-Benz powertrain plant in Stuttgart-Untert?rkheim for the extension and conversion of various parts of the plant and in the launch of new products and production technologies.

The investments??670 million in 2011 and more than ?980 million in 2012?will be allocated to extension and conversion measures and to new manufacturing technologies in the area of axle, transmission and engine production?for the new generation of compact cars, for example.

?270 million is earmarked at the Hedelfingen subplant for the ramp-up of the new dual clutch transmission, which is being deployed in the new Mercedes-Benz B-Class. The area of upstream operations, the foundry and forging works at the Mettingen subplant, is also being upgraded: the production of turbocharger housings by means of a specially developed casting process was started up this year at the former grey iron foundry on the back of investments in the order of ?65 million. Next year will also see the commissioning of a die-casting laboratory in which ?30 million has been invested. This lab will serve to simulate and optimize casting processes and to develop tool concepts.

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Sunday, 27 November 2011

Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes do Paris

New couple Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes appear to be going strong.

The ?Drive? hunk, 31, surprised his new ladylove by jetting to Paris this week, where she is currently filming ?Holly Motors.?

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Gosling and Mendes, who have been dating since September, were spotted smiling and holding hands as they toured the City of Lights? legendary Pere-Lachaise cemetery on Saturday (the resting place of Edith Piaf, Oscar Wilde and Jim Morrison), before visiting the underground Catacombs of Paris.

Prior to their cemetery excursion, the easy-on-the-eyes pair ? who will soon be seen together on the big screen in ?The Place Beyond the Pines? ? enjoyed an Argentinian dinner on Friday night, according to People.

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?They were holding hands and there was a lot of tenderness between them,? an observer told the mag.

Mendes, 37, was previously linked to producer George Gargurevich, while Gosling has dated Rachel McAdams and Sandra Bullock.

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Saturday, 26 November 2011

[OOC] Gokugakku: Cruel Class!!

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Okay I am so joining this it sounds kind of awesome.

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Awesome or Sucks hard: There is no kinda.

~ JayZeroSnake's fail impression of yoda

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Good you Aixulram, and thanks for accepting her JayZeroZnake.

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I'll bet our characters are gonna get along. :3 I can't wait to get this RP started! :D

Last edited by Aixulram on Fri Nov 25, 2011 2:22 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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does anyone also want to play a teacher role? I plan to make the sheet for the principal later.

you don't have to, but I at least need two more adults to help keep the peace. Otherwise for students, we can say there are many, but the story just focuses on a central group, in this case, all the characters with big important sheets. :D

No prob, Banana. :D

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I can't play more than one character in a RP... anyway, I just wanted to say I updated Erin's profile. It has a few more tidbits of information on it now.

Edit: You know what? Scratch that. Do we use the skelly for the teacher or what? I wanna make Ms. Thorn. I have the perfect picture.

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yeah, its pretty diverse for character creation, so no limits there that'll screw you up when making a teacher.

EDIT: One major thing! teachers have to have certain personalities, too strict, mean, etc, but deep down they all care about their students and eachother.

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Fanatec Forza Motorsport CSR wheel and Elite pedals review

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It's amazing to realize that about two years ago Fanatec's first Xbox 360 racing wheel, the Forza 3 Porsche 911 Turbo Wheel, hit the scene. Although it turned out to be a mixed bag, Fanatec pleasantly surprised us with its Porsche GT2 and Clubsport Pedals in January of this year -- despite a roaring fan and shaky shifter mounts. Now, we're saying hello to a new trio of racing sim-related goods from the company intended for Forza Motorsport 4 on Xbox 360: the $249.95 Forza Motorsport CSR Wheel, $59.95 shifter set, and $149.95 CSR Elite Pedals.

If you'll recall, it was back in March that we checked some of this kit out, and now with Forza 4 here, we hooked this mashup of gear up with our Playseat Evolution for a massive amount of virtual spins. So, did this combination help speed past the checkerboard with a respectable feel? Shift past the break find out in our full review.

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Friday, 25 November 2011

SKorea flaunts firepower year after NKorean attack (AP)

YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea ? South Korean attack helicopters screamed through the skies above the Koreas' disputed Yellow Sea waters Wednesday in a display of power exactly a year after North Korea launched a deadly artillery attack on a front-line island.

Residents of Yeonpyeong Island laid flowers at statues to commemorate the four South Koreans killed in the barrage and sent aloft a balloon carrying a banner with their portraits. On the mainland, Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik joined families of the victims at the National Cemetery south of the capital for a solemn tribute on a cold, windy day.

Kim Yong-sub, a former marine who was stationed on Yeonpyeong during the attack, laid a flower at the cemetery in his friends' honor.

"I still think a lot about that day," he said.

Wednesday's drills involving aircraft, rocket launchers and artillery guns took place off Baengnyeong Island, another front-line territory near the disputed maritime border, and were meant to send a strong message to North Korean rivals stationed within sight just miles (kilometers) away.

The exercises represent far greater firepower than the South Korean military mounted last year in response to the artillery shells showered on military garrisons and fishing villages on nearby Yeonpyeong, Joint Chiefs of Staff spokesman Lee Bung-woo said.

"South Korea's government will never compromise, and will take firm measures when it comes to the safety and security of our people and the country," Prime Minister Kim said.

South Korea's delayed response to the shelling at the time ? the first on a civilian area since the three-year Korean War ended with a truce in 1953 ? drew heavy criticism and concern that Seoul was unprepared for a North Korean provocation. The defense minister resigned, and successor Kim Kwan-jin has pledged a fierce air strike if the North stages another attack.

Two construction workers and two marines were killed, dozens of homes decimated and scores evacuated to the mainland. Most islanders have returned but remain traumatized by the attack, which turned the tiny island's downtown into an inferno.

"I often become tense when something goes 'boom,'" said Yoo Dae-geun, 33, who runs a restaurant on the island. "Whenever there are military drills, we all cannot work and must take refuge in bomb shelters. So, we cannot have normal daily lives."

Pyongyang blamed Seoul for provoking the attack, saying it struck after warning the South not to carry out live-fire drills in waters both Koreas claim as their territory.

"The pursuit of continued military confrontation and war will eventually bring about the fate of devastation," North Korea's main Rodong Sinmun newspaper said Wednesday, again accusing South Korea of provoking the attack. North Korea's official government website called the plan to conduct drills "reckless."

North Korea disputes the maritime border drawn by the U.N. at the close of the war, and three deadly naval gunfights have taken place in the Yellow Sea waters since 1999. South Korea also holds North Korea responsible for the sinking of one of its warships in March last year; 46 sailors were killed. Pyongyang denies involvement.

In the past year, South Korea has spent millions of dollars to beef up its arsenal in the Yellow Sea, installing additional radars, setting up a separate defense command and deploying precision-guided rockets designed to take out North Korea's hidden coastal artillery.

However, there have been recent signs that animosities between the rival Koreas are easing, with diplomats seeking to resume North Korean nuclear disarmament talks.

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak told officers that he was sorry North Korea has not yet apologized for the shelling, according to the presidential Blue House. Lee paid a visit Wednesday to a military command that handles the defense of the Yellow Sea area.

He said he expects Pyongyang to apologize if North Korea wants to improve the relations between the two Koreas.

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Associated Press writers Sam Kim and Hyung-jin Kim contributed to this report from Seoul, South Korea.

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Diabetes drug shows promise in reducing risk of cancer

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EAST LANSING, Mich. An inexpensive drug that treats Type-2 diabetes has been shown to prevent a number of natural and man-made chemicals from stimulating the growth of breast cancer cells, according to a newly published study by a Michigan State University researcher.

The research, led by pediatrics professor James Trosko and colleagues from South Korea's Seoul National University, provides biological evidence for previously reported epidemiological surveys that long-term use of the drug metformin for Type-2 diabetes reduces the risk of diabetes-associated cancers, such as breast cancers.

The research appears in the current edition of PLoS One.

"People with Type-2 diabetes are known to be at high risk for several diabetes-associated cancers, such as breast, liver and pancreatic cancers," said Trosko, a professor in the College of Human Medicine's Department of Pediatrics and Human Development. "While metformin has been shown in population studies to reduce the risk of these cancers, there was no evidence of how it worked."

For the study, Trosko and colleagues focused on the concept that cancers originate from adult human stem cells and that there are many natural and man-made chemicals that enhance the growth of breast cancer cells.

Using culture dishes, they grew miniature human breast tumors, or mammospheres, that activated a certain stem cell gene (Oct4A). Then the mammospheres were exposed to natural estrogen a known growth factor and potential breast tumor promoter and man-made chemicals that are known to promote tumors or disrupt the endocrine system.

The team found that estrogen and the chemicals caused the mammospheres to increase in numbers and size. However, with metformin added, the numbers and size of the mammospheres were dramatically reduced. While each of the chemicals enhanced growth by different means, metformin seemed to be able to inhibit their stimulated growth in all cases.

"While future studies are needed to understand the exact mechanism by which metformin works to reduce the growth of breast cancers, this study reveals the need to determine if the drug might be used as a preventive drug and for individuals who have no indication of any existing cancers," he said.

"Though we still do not know the exact molecular mechanism by which it works, metformin seems to dramatically affect how estrogen and endocrine-disrupting chemicals cause the pre-existing breast cancers to grow."

In addition, further research needs to be done with human cultures to see if metformin can reduce the risk of pancreatic and liver cancers in Type-2 diabetics as well, he said.

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The research appears in the current edition of PLoS One.

In addition, further research needs to be done with human cultures to see if metformin can reduce the risk of pancreatic and liver cancers in Type-2 diabetics as well, he said.

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Thursday, 24 November 2011

Video: Faber Report: Euro Bonds

CNBC's David Faber takes a look at European bond yields, including the Belgium 2-Year Note and Spain 2-Year Note.

Cops: Woman kills 2, injures 4, then kills self (AP)

GREENSBORO, N.C. ? An 8-year-old girl is the second victim of a North Carolina woman who killed her son, shot three other children fighting for life and shot her ex-boyfriend in a bitter love triangle before taking her own life.

Guilford County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Randy Powers said Monday that 8-year-old Hannaleigh Suttles died of the head wound she suffered in the mass shootings Sunday at her home.

Suttles was one of two children 36-year-old Mary Ann Holder took in last spring when her sister died.

Sheriff BJ Barnes said Holder left notes taking responsibility for the shootings before shooting herself to death.

Authorities say Holder also shot her nephew, her younger son, and her older son's girlfriend in the head.

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Wednesday, 23 November 2011

Obama Food Blogger Chronicles Presidential Palate, ?From Policy to Pie? (ABC News)

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Donovan, Beckham lead LA Galaxy to MLS title

Los Angeles Galaxy forward Landon Donovan celebrates after they won their MLS Cup championship soccer match against the Houston Dynamo, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011, in Carson, Calif. The Galaxy won 1-0. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder David Beckham stands with his son Cruz after the Galaxy defeated the Houston Dynamo to win the MLS Cup championship soccer match, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011, in Carson, Calif. (AP Photo/Bret Hartman)

Los Angeles Galaxy goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts, middle, celebrates with his teammates after the Galaxy defeated the Houston Dynamo 1-0 in the MLS Cup championship soccer match, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011, in Carson, Calif. (AP Photo/Bret Hartman)

Los Angeles Galaxy forward Landon Donovan (10) celebrates his goal during the second half of the MLS Cup championship soccer match against the Houston Dynamo, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011, in Carson, Calif. The Galaxy won 1-0. (AP Photo/Bret Hartman)

Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder David Beckham, center left, celebrates with his teammates after the Galaxy defeated the Houston Dynamo in the MLS Cup championship soccer match, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011, in Carson, Calif. (AP Photo/Bret Hartman)

CARSON, Calif. (AP) ? David Beckham thrust the shiny silver trophy above his Los Angeles Galaxy teammates' heads, and a sold-out stadium roared for its hometown team through a blizzard of confetti.

Although Beckham's five-year American odyssey hasn't always gone according to script, he clearly learned a little something about Hollywood endings along the way.

Landon Donovan scored in the 72nd minute on passes from Robbie Keane and Beckham, and the Galaxy's three superstars won their first MLS Cup together with a 1-0 victory over the Houston Dynamo on Sunday night.

The trio's beautiful goal highlighted another brute demonstration of the Galaxy's dominance in perhaps the greatest season for any MLS club. Los Angeles had the second-best record in league history during the regular season before barreling through the playoffs without a loss to win the franchise's third title.

Beckham was brilliant throughout the postseason, contributing four assists and controlling play in midfield despite injuries to his back and hamstrings.

"We've been through a lot this season," Beckham said. "We've had a lot of games. Bruce and his staff are the ones that got us to this game tonight."

Los Angeles had the most expensive and eye-catching roster in MLS history, but the Galaxy got full value from their three highest-priced players, particularly in the playoffs. Along with Beckham's brilliance, Donovan scored in each of the Galaxy's final three playoff games, and Keane was a constant offensive threat despite crisscrossing the globe in his spare time on Irish national team duty.

Galaxy coach Bruce Arena felt the championship justified every expense and expectation of the experiment they started in 2007 with Beckham's groundbreaking move to America.

"David is a champion," said Arena, the first coach to win three MLS titles. "I've been around great athletes and competitors in my life, and this guy is as good as it comes. Unbelievable desire to win. He's a great teammate, a great person. He's done it all in every country he's been in. What more can you say about a guy like this and what he's brought to this organization and this league in five years? He gutted it out tonight. He obviously wanted to be there."

Donovan, chosen the MLS Cup MVP after his record 20th playoff goal, was lifted off his feet with a hug from Beckham after the final whistle. Beckham's three sons then joined him on the field, with 12-year-old Brooklyn carrying the Cup after they made their way over to the Galaxy's most ardent supporters in the north end of Home Depot Center, where the Galaxy didn't lose all season long.

Although the 36-year-old global icon insists he hasn't decided where he'll play next year, the Galaxy hope Beckham extends his California sojourn for at least another season. The Galaxy fanatics in the Angel City Brigade supporters' section chanted "We want Beckham!" after the match as Beckham took a long tour of the pitch with his sons.

"It's been the most enjoyable time of my career in America over the last year, and this just tops it off," said Beckham, whose services are coveted by Paris Saint-Germain and a handful of British clubs. "I've said before, I need to sit back and relax and enjoy this moment, and then I'll figure out what I'm going to do next year. I might talk in the past tense sometimes, but that doesn't mean I'm leaving. It's been an amazing five years."

Despite his injuries, Beckham plans to participate in the Galaxy's friendly tour of Indonesia, the Philippines and Australia in the next few weeks before his contract officially runs out in December.

"Knowing David the way we do, he'd go out there with his leg hanging off," said Keane, who led Ireland to a place in the Euro 2012 finals last Tuesday in Dublin. "From a selfish point of view, I want him to stay. He's been great to me. I've enjoyed the few months I've had with him."

Beckham put a stylish finish on the best season of his five-year stint with the Galaxy, finishing second in MLS with 15 assists. After the game, Donovan revealed Beckham strained his hamstring during training earlier in the week, while coach Bruce Arena said Donovan has been struggling with undisclosed injuries for several weeks.

Beckham grinned at mention of his injury.

"I just had a little bit of champagne and beer, and I can't really feel it anymore," he said.

A sellout crowd of 30,281 cheered Los Angeles past the Dynamo, who hadn't lost in nine games since Sept. 10. Houston struggled for offense in the MLS Cup after losing leading scorer and league MVP runner-up Brad Davis to a torn quadriceps in the Eastern Conference championship.

"It's a well-balanced team," Houston coach Dominic Kinnear said about the Galaxy. "They've been the best in the league from Day 1 to now. They are a deserving champion. ... We gave ourselves a chance. It took one goal to win it, which is sometimes what finals are about."

This championship had been the Galaxy's to lose since early in the season. Los Angeles won the Supporters' Shield for the league's best regular-season record for the second straight year, but didn't disappoint in the playoffs this time.

"To be honest, the actual goal doesn't mean a lot to me," Donovan said. "I, for the last month, have been so determined. I didn't care who scored. I didn't care if it was an own-goal that won it. Winning feels so good. Goals come and go, but when the whistle blew, that's what I'll remember."

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Volkswagen says plans to sell over 2 million cars in China (Reuters)

GUANGZHOU (Reuters) ? Top German automaker Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) is confident of selling more than two million cars in China this year and expects its growth to be faster than the industry's pace in coming years in the world's largest car market, its China chief said on Monday.

Karl-Thomas Neumann, president and CEO for Volkswagen's China operations, made the comments at an autoshow in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou.

Volkswagen expects China's car market to expand by 8-10 percent in coming years, with the company expecting to outpace that growth, executives said.

Volkswagen, which operates car manufacturing ventures with SAIC Motor Corp (600104.SS) and FAW Group, sold almost 1.9 million vehicles from January to October, 14.8 percent more than the same period a year earlier.

It is also working to double its China annual capacity to 3 million by 2015, executives said.

Both Volkswagen's China joint ventures have worked out prototypes of electric cars, with test fleets expected to be out early next year, executives said.

(Reporting by Fang Yan and Alison Leung; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)

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Tuesday, 22 November 2011

Palmer, Raiders hold on to beat Vikings, 27-21

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updated 6:42 p.m. ET Nov. 20, 2011

MINNEAPOLIS - Hue Jackson watched his Oakland Raiders overcome a serious injury to receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey, a costly turnover by running back Michael Bush and, in Jackson's eyes, some unfair treatment from the officials to remain on top of the AFC West.

Just another day at the office for one of the league's most resilient teams.

Carson Palmer threw for 164 yards and a touchdown and ran for another score in a 27-21 victory over the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday.

"We continue to battle and that's what I really love about my football team is they won't quit," Jackson said.

Bush rushed for 109 yards and a touchdown for the Raiders (6-4), who barely held on in a mistake-filled fourth quarter that may have been influenced by Heyward-Bey's scary exit.

Adrian Peterson left the game in the second quarter because of an injured left ankle for the Vikings, who fell to 2-8 for the first time since 1962.

Palmer, who completed 17 of 23 passes in his third game as the Oakland starter, led the Raiders to touchdown drives after two turnovers and a botched field goal by the Vikings, helping Oakland take a 27-7 lead into the fourth quarter.

But Heyward-Bey was injured when linebacker E.J. Henderson's knee inadvertently hit him in the back of the head while he was being tackled, and his teammates were visibly shaken as he was taken off the field with no movement in his extremities visible.

"It's definitely scary," Palmer said. "Our thoughts and prayers are with him and I know he has family watching the game. It's a tough situation to be in."

Jackson said Heyward-Bey had total movement in his limbs and that he has been diagnosed with a neck injury. Jackson said it was his hope that the former first-round draft choice would join the team on the plane ride home and undergo further tests in Oakland.

"He's going to be fine," Jackson said. "I truly believe he's going to be OK, but obviously we have to take all the precautionary measures to make sure he's going to be OK."

After the injury, the Raiders had a field goal blocked and their defense committed a rash of penalties to help the Vikings get back in the game.

Christian Ponder threw a 26-yard TD pass to Percy Harvin to make it 27-14. Three Raiders penalties helped the Vikings move into scoring range again on the next possession, but Stanford Routt intercepted Ponder in the end zone to end that threat.

But Bush fumbled a few players later and Ponder cashed in with a 1-yard TD to Kyle Rudolph.

The Vikings got the ball back at their own 29 with three minutes to play. But Tyvon Branch broke up a pass to Harvin on fourth down to preserve the victory.

Ponder was 19 for 33 for 211 yards, two touchdowns and three interceptions.

"Bad decisions by me, and I take full responsibility for this loss," Ponder said. "The defense played unbelievably well and kept us in the game. We just kept making mistakes."

The Raiders were penalized 12 times for 117 yards in the game, including four personal foul penalties for hits deemed illegal by the officials. Jackson said he thought some of those calls were "unfair."

"I know everyone says we're the most-penalized team in football and that's a fact, and I'm not running from that," Jackson said. "But there's no way, some things that happened today on that football field, I question. I just do, and I have to, and I'm going to defend my team. It's time that I do that."

Peterson left the game early in the second quarter after a nifty 12-yard run. He lost the shoe on his right foot during the run and his left ankle rolled grotesquely as he was pulled down from behind by a couple of Raiders defenders. Peterson limped off the field and was taken by cart to the locker room for X-rays, which were negative.

Palmer did what a veteran quarterback is supposed to do ? capitalize on mistakes. After Matt Giordano picked off a poorly thrown pass from Ponder at the Raiders 5 and returned it to near midfield, Palmer guided the Raiders the rest of the way, capping the drive with an 11-yard TD pass to Chaz Schilens for a 10-7 lead.

The Vikings botched a field goal attempt on the next drive when holder Chris Kluwe bobbled the snap. Bush ripped off a 28-yard run, Palmer executed a nice shovel pass to Marcel Reece and Bush flattened safety Tyrell Johnson after meeting in the hole at the 2-yard line to bulldoze into the end zone.

Lorenzo Booker fumbled the ensuing kickoff, giving the Raiders the ball at the 16 with about 90 seconds to go in the first half. Palmer hit Kevin Boss for 11 yards and sneaked into the end zone from 1 yard for a 24-7 halftime lead.

"Like Coach Jackson said, we haven't played a complete football game yet," Palmer said. "And it's scary to think, when we do, what it's going to look like."

NOTES: The Raiders also lost RB Taiwan Jones (hamstring), C Samson Satele (concussion) and DE Jarvis Moss (hamstring) to injuries in the game. All three will be evaluated on Monday. ... Heyward-Bey had four catches for 43 yards in the game. ... A bizarre sequence happened in the first quarter when officials forgot to reset the down marker after a first down holding penalty on Vikings WR Michael Jenkins. So when the Vikings were sending in a package for third-and-8, the officials had it as fourth down. The Vikings called timeout, and after a long delay and several conversations, referee Jerome Boger made the correction and gave Minnesota its timeout back. "It was just a madhouse," Harvin said. "But they did get it right in the end."

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Aaron Rodgers threw three touchdown passes and the Green Bay Packers survived a scare from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in a 35-26 victory Sunday.

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Monday, 21 November 2011

Penn St. taps ex-FBI director for investigation

Former FBI director Louis Freeh, speaks after it was announced by Ken Frazier, chairman of the Penn State University special committee, that Freeh will lead an independent investigation into allegations of child abuse by a former Penn State employee Monday, Nov. 21, 2011 in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Ken Frazier, right, chairman of the Penn State University special committee, speaks during a press availability to announce former FBI director Louis Freeh, left, will lead an independent investigation into allegations of child abuse by a former Penn State employee Monday, Nov. 21, 2011 in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Former FBI director Louis Freeh, left, answers questions as Ron Tomalis, vice chairman of the Penn State special committee, center, and Ken Frazier, chairman of the Penn State University special committee, stand nearby during a press availability to announce Freeh will lead an independent investigation into allegations of child abuse by a former Penn State employee, on Monday, Nov. 21, 2011 in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Former FBI director Louis Freeh, pauses while speaking after it was announced by Ken Frazier, chairman of the Penn State University special committee, that Freeh will lead an independent investigation into allegations of child abuse by a former Penn State employee, on Monday, Nov. 21, 2011 in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Ken Frazier, chairman of the Penn State University special committee, speaks during a press availability to announce former FBI director Louis Freeh will lead an independent investigation into allegations of child abuse by a former Penn State employee, on Monday, Nov. 21, 2011 in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

PHILADELPHIA (AP) ? Former FBI director Louis Freeh, tapped to lead Penn State's investigation into the child sex abuse allegations against a former assistant football coach, said his inquiry will go as far back as 1975, a much longer period than a grand jury report issued earlier this month.

Freeh was named Monday to oversee the university board of trustees' internal investigation into the abuse allegations that ultimately led to the ouster of longtime football coach Joe Paterno and university President Graham Spanier.

Freeh said his goal was to conduct a comprehensive, fair and quick review. His team of former FBI agents, federal prosecutors and others has already begun the process of reading the grand jury report and looking at records.

"We will immediately report any evidence of criminality to law enforcement authorities," said Freeh, who has no direct connection to Penn State.

Penn State has faced criticism since announcing that its internal investigation would be led by two university trustees, Merck pharmaceutical company CEO Kenneth Frazier and state Education Secretary Ronald Tomalis.

Faculty members on Friday called for an independent investigation of how the university handled abuse allegations, and the faculty senate endorsed a resolution asking for an independent investigation.

In announcing Freeh's appointment, Frazier stressed the former FBI director's independence. Freeh will be empowered to investigate employees up to and including the board of trustees itself, Frazier said.

"No one is above scrutiny," Frazier said. "He has complete rein to follow any lead, to look into every corner of the university to get to the bottom of what happened and then to make recommendations that will help ensure that it never happens again."

Freeh said he had been assured there would be "no favoritism." He called that assurance "the main condition of my engagement."

Former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is accused of molesting eight boys over a 15-year period beginning in the mid-1990s. Authorities say some assaults happened on campus and were reported to administrators but not to police.

Authorities say Sandusky, who retired from Penn State in 1999, met the children through The Second Mile, a youth charity that he started in 1977. By going back as far as 1975, Freeh's investigation would cover the entire time The Second Mile has existed and 24 of the 30 years that Sandusky worked at Penn State.

Amid the scandal, Penn State's trustees ousted Spanier and Paterno. The trustees said Spanier and Paterno failed to act after a graduate assistant claimed he saw Sandusky sexually abusing a young boy in a campus shower in 2002.

Paterno, who has the most wins of any major college football coach, has conceded he should have done more. Spanier has said he would have reported a crime if he had suspected one had been committed.

Sandusky has said he is innocent. He has acknowledged he showered with boys but said he never molested them.

Former school administrators Tim Curley ? who is on administrative leave ? and Gary Schultz are charged with not properly alerting authorities to suspected abuse and with perjury. They maintain their innocence.

Freeh founded an investigation firm, Freeh Group International Solutions, after leading the FBI from 1993 to 2001. He previously served six years as a special agent.

After his time at the FBI, Freeh also did work for credit card giant MBNA, which has business relationships with Penn State and its alumni association. But a spokeswoman for Freeh's investigation said in a statement that it would not compromise the probe. The statement said Freeh has "no previous personal connection to Penn State" and had no role in negotiating MBNA's longstanding business deal with the school.

Freeh's law firm was hired to look into the bribery case involving FIFA's presidential election. Soccer's governing body banned candidate Mohamed bin Hammam for life for bribing voters. The ruling body also banned 11 Caribbean soccer leaders and disciplined others in the corruption scandal.

Freeh said he spoke with Attorney General Linda Kelly on Sunday night and was determined not to interfere with the ongoing criminal case. A spokesman for Kelly said she was aware of the Penn State trustees' special committee but declined to comment on it.

Gov. Tom Corbett called Freeh's selection "a good one," noting his familiarity with grand juries and the role of prosecutors.

Rod Erickson, Penn State's new president, also lauded the selection. He vowed complete cooperation and said Freeh's findings "will prompt immediate actions for which I will remain responsible."

Freeh will report to a special committee comprised of six university trustees; Dan Hagen, chair of the university's faculty senate; Rodney Hughes, a doctoral student in higher education at Penn State; and retired Air Force Col. and astronaut Guion Bluford, a 1964 Penn State graduate.

Officials also announced that anyone who has information related to the probe can contact investigators at a telephone hotline ? 855-290-3382 ? and a special email, PSUhelp(at)freehgroup.com.

Meanwhile, Penn State police have referred a report of an indecent assault at an outdoor swimming pool building to the attorney general's office.

A police log noted the report referred to an incident that occurred between June 1, 2000, and Aug. 30, 2000. The report was made to campus police Wednesday and was noted on Thursday's police log.

When asked if the report was related to allegations against Sandusky, Penn State Police Chief Tyrone Parham said Monday: "We can never describe anything related to a victim or suspect."

State open records laws don't require Penn State to release the full police report.

A state lawmaker who represents the State College area said he was sponsoring a bill that would reverse the exemption ? which applies to Penn State and three other universities that rely heavily on state funding but are independently run.

Rep. Kerry Benninghoff said a "more open climate" might prevent future scandals.

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Associated Press writers Genaro C. Armas in State College, Pa.; Marc Levy and Mark Scolforo in Harrisburg, Pa.; and Fred Lief in New York contributed to this report.

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Deficit gridlock looms, supercommittee deadlocked (AP)

WASHINGTON ? Deadline nearing, the deficit-reduction talks in Congress sank toward gridlock Friday after supercommittee Democrats rejected a late Republican offer that included next-to-nothing in new tax revenue. Each side maneuvered to blame the other for a looming stalemate.

The panel faces a deadline of next Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving, and lawmakers on both sides stressed they were ready to meet through the weekend in a last-ditch search for compromise.

But there was little indication after a day of closed-door meetings that a breakthrough was likely, both Democrats and Republicans emphasizing long-held political positions.

"Where the divide is right now is over taxes, and whether the wealthiest Americans should share in the sacrifices," said Washington Sen. Patty Murray, the Democratic co-chair of the panel.

But Michael Steel, a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner, said Republicans had offered "a balanced, bipartisan plan - the fact that it was rejected makes it clear that Washington Democrats won't cut a dime in government spending without job-killing tax hikes."

While prospects for a deal faded, House Democrats checked a Republican attempt to pass a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. The vote was 261-165, or 23 shy of the two-thirds majority required. GOP lawmakers voted overwhelmingly in favor, while Democrats generally opposed it, sealing its doom.

The vote on a noisy House floor contrasted to the secretive proceedings inside the supercommittee, a panel that projected optimism when it began its quest for a deficit deal late last summer but has yet to come to any significant compromise.

Republicans disclosed during the day they had outlined an offer on Thursday for about $543 billion in spending cuts ? leaving Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security untouched ? and $3 billion in higher tax revenue.

Most if not all of the recommended savings were items that Democrats have agreed to in earlier talks, but only, party officials said, on condition they part of a larger deal in which Republicans agreed to additional tax increases.

Democrats have long demanded that Republicans agree to significant amounts of higher taxes on the wealthy as part of any deal, and they quickly rejected the offer, according to officials in both parties.

It was unclear where the talks would turn next, but the GOP proposal suggested the discussions had effectively moved into a range of savings far below the $1.2 trillion the committee has been seeking.

It also appeared Republicans were jettisoning a plan for $300 billion in higher tax revenue, an offer that had exposed internal GOP divisions when it was presented two weeks ago. It also has failed to generate momentum for a compromise among Democrats.

If the panel fails to reach agreement, $1.2 trillion in automatic spending cuts are to take effect beginning in 2013, a prospect that lawmakers in both parties say they want to avoid.

That is particularly true among defense hawks, who argue that the Pentagon cannot sustain the estimated $500 billion in cuts that would be required on top of the $450 billion already in the works.

In a letter to Murray and Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, the GOP chairman of the supercommittee, the head of the House Armed Services Committee warned of "immediate, dire and in some cases irrevocable" damage to the nation's military. "Our ability to respond to national security crises or humanitarian disasters would be disrupted," added Rep. Howard P. (Buck) McKeon, R-Calif.

Republicans familiar with the GOP plan said it included $543 billion in spending cuts, fees and other non-tax revenue, as well as the $3 billion corporate jet provision. There also would be $98 billion in reduced interest costs.

Officials familiar with the offer said it would save the government $121 billion by requiring federal civilian workers to contribute more to their pension plans, shave $23 billion from farm and nutrition programs and generate $15 billion from new auctions of broadcast spectrum to wireless companies.

It also would claim about $100 billion in savings from Pentagon civilian personnel costs and another $35 billion by increasing the fee that mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac charge lenders to guarantee repayment of new loans. The fee increase would add $15 a month to the monthly cost of an average new mortgage.

The per-ticket security fee to pay for Transportation Security Administration operations at the nation's airports would increase, and $18 billion would come from savings within Postal Service accounts.

Associated Press writer Donna Cassata contributed to this report.

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Sunday, 20 November 2011

Israeli minister: Syria leader out within 1 year (AP)

JERUSALEM ? Israeli defense minister predicts Syrian President Bashar Assad will be out of office within six months to a year.

In an interview aired on CNN Sunday, Ehud Barak said the fates of deposed Mideast rulers have likely made Assad "more brutal ... it's literally a struggle for life or death."

Assad "is on a slippery slope," Barak added. "He cannot climb back."

Barak did not say whether he believes Assad would step down voluntarily or be deposed by protesters.

Assad has vowed to pursue his bloody crackdown on dissent. More than 3,500 people have been killed.

Syria's eight-month uprising against Assad has recently grown more violent, with army dissidents fighting against regime forces.

On Sunday, the Arab League rejected Syrian conditions attached to a plan to stop the violence.

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Seif al-Islam Gadhafi was former heir apparent

FILE - In this photo released Feb. 23, 2011 by China's Xinhua News Agency, Seif al-Islam Gadhafi waits before a news conference in Tripoli, Libya, A Libyan militia commander has told reporters at a news conference Saturday Nov. 19, 2011 that Moamar Gadhafi's son Seif al-Islam has been captured in southern Libya. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Hamza Turkia) NO SALES

FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011 file photo, Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, top left, gestures to troops loyal to his father in Tripoli, Libya. A Libyan militia commander has told reporters at a news conference Saturday Nov. 19, 2011 that Moamar Gadhafi's son Seif al-Islam has been captured in southern Libya. (AP Photo/Imed Lamloum, Pool, File)

This image from Libyan television and made available by the Libyan Outreach group via Facebook, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011, purportedly shows Seif al-Islam Gadhafi in custody in an undisclosed location. Moammar Gadhafi's son Seif al-Islam, the only member of the ousted ruling family to remain at large, was captured as he traveled with aides in a convoy in Libya's southern desert, Libyan officials said Saturday. (AP Photo/Libyan TV via Libyan Outreach)

FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011 file photo, Moammar Gadhafi's son Seif al-Islam makes a victory sign as he appears at the Rixos hotel in Tripoli, Libya. A Libyan commander told reporters Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011 that Seif al-Islam Gadhafi has been arrested in south Libya. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, File)

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2009 photo, Seif al-Islam Gadhafi is shown in Berlin. A Libyan militia commander has told reporters at a news conference Saturday Nov. 19, 2011 that Moamar Gadhafi's son Seif al-Islam has been captured in southern Libya. (AP Photo/dapd, Michael Kappeler)

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) ? Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, considered Moammar Gadhafi's heir apparent, long drew Western favor by touting himself as a liberalizing reformer but then staunchly backed his father in his brutal crackdown on rebels in the regime's final days.

Moammar Gadhafi's second son, 39, went underground as Tripoli fell to revolutionary forces in late August and his whereabouts remained unknown even after Gadhafi was captured and killed by revolutionary forces on Oct. 20.

But on Saturday, the National Transitional Council's justice minister, Mohammed al-Alagi, told The Associated Press that Seif al-Islam had been captured deep in Libya's desert Friday night by revolutionary forces from the western mountain town of Zintan who had been tracking him for days.

The International Criminal Court has charged Seif al-Islam and former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senoussi with crimes against humanity for the brutal crackdown on dissent as the uprising against the regime began in mid-February and escalated into a civil war. Gadhafi also had been charged.

Seif al-Islam always stood apart from his siblings, who were better known for their antics and eccentricities than their achievements.

Educated in Britain and fluent in English, Seif al-Islam found favor among prominent Western intellectuals, exhibited his paintings at galleries around the world, and won plaudits from world leaders and rights campaigners with talk of democracy and development.

He was long touted as Gadhafi's heir apparent and the man who would modernize and reform the country, but that position was always far from certain, and he faced fierce resistance from hard-liners in the regime as well as his younger brother, Muatassim, who served as national security adviser.

Muatassim was also killed on Oct. 20, according to officials of the transitional government. Killed earlier in the civil war were younger brothers Seif al-Arab and Khamis. Gadhafi's other son, al-Saadi, fled to Niger in September, where the government has said it is treating him as a refugee. Their mother, Safiya, and sister Aisha fled to neighboring Algeria.

Seif al-Islam presented a dapper image to the West, with his shaved head and fashionable glasses. He pushed for modernization in a country crippled by decades of his father's idiosyncratic regime, and advocated normalizing Libya's long-strained relations with the West. In a 2008 interview with The Associated Press, he even spoke of moving Libya from one-man rule to a constitutional democracy.

But in the end, Seif al-Islam was indeed his father's son.

In a televised address five days after anti-government protests broke out in the eastern city of Benghazi as part of the wider Arab Spring uprising, a haggard-looking Seif al-Islam warned of "rivers of blood" if demonstrators refused to accept government offers of reform.

"We will fight until the last man, the last woman, the last bullet," he said. "We will not lose Libya."

The rambling, 40-minute speech marked Seif al-Islam's transformation from the man long viewed as the best hope for reforming his father's regime into a fugitive wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of crimes against humanity.

French philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy, who played an active role in France's early support for the Libyan rebels, alleged that Seif al-Islam was at least as much to blame for past atrocities against Libyans as his father.

"His arrest is a real important moment. It's the real end of this war," Levy said during an interview in London.

Born in 1972, Seif al-Islam Gadhafi was the oldest of seven children of Moammar and Safiya Gadhafi. He had one older half brother, Mohammed.

He earned an engineering degree in Libya and a business degree in Austria before wrapping up his education with a master's degree and doctorate at the London School of Economics in 2008.

His engagement in Libyan politics began in the 1990s, when he became the president of the Gadhafi International Foundation for Charity Associations. The organization has acted as an intermediary in several disputes and helped lead to a rapprochement between the Libya and the international community after years as a pariah.

Seif al-Islam often acted as an envoy for his father's regime, and in 2002 and 2003 helped broker the agreement that saw Libya renounce its weapons of mass destruction program and begin its journey back into the international fold.

He lobbied militants to release hostages, funded research at the London School of Economics, welcomed world leaders and Western intellectuals to his country and portrayed himself as a champion of economic and social reforms.

In 2009, he aided talks in Britain that eventually secured the release of Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, the only man convicted in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.

But his public role cost him at home, and in his rivalry with Muatassim to succeed their father.

A 2009 U.S. diplomatic cable released by the website WikiLeaks said that Seif al-Islam's "high-profile role as the public face of the regime to the West has been a mixed blessing for him. While it has bolstered his image ... many Libyans view him as self-aggrandizing and too eager to please foreigners at the expense of Libyans' interest."

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Lucas reported from Cairo. Associated Press writer Meera Selva contributed to this report from London.

Associated Press

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