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33 killed as Cyclone Thane hits southeast India
(AP)? NEW DELHI ? Heavy rains and winds unleashed by a cyclone over India's southeastern coast damaged hundreds of homes and uprooted trees, killing at least 33 people, officials and news reports said Saturday.
Cyclone Thane struck Tamil Nadu state and the territory of Puducherry on Friday before weakening overnight, the India Meteorological Department said.
The storm collapsed houses and downed power lines in four districts of Tamil Nadu, where 26 people were killed, said the state's top elected official J. Jayalalitha.
The worst hit was Cuddalore, a district nearly 105 miles (170 kilometers) south of Chennai, the state capital, with 21 deaths as the wind speed reached 85 miles per hour (140 kilometers per hour), Jayalalitha's statement said, adding that another five people were killed in nearby areas.
The Press Trust of India news agency said that an additional seven people were killed in and around Puducherry, which is also known as Pondicherry.
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Friday, December 30, 2011
How Will Prince William and Kate Middleton Spend New Year's Eve?
The UK's (and THG's) favoritest couple Prince William and Kate Middleton will be surrounded by loved ones when they ring in their first year as newlyweds.
According to reports, William and Kate, both 29, will travel to Aberdeen, Scotland, and will stay at Birkhall, a 53,000-acre estate belonging to William's dad.
"They will stay for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day," a source reveals. "Prince Charles and Camilla will be flying there, too." But that's not all ...
William and Kate's whirlwind holiday plans continue ...
Unlike her first Christmas at the Palace, Kate's parents, Michael and Carole Middleton, are "expected at Birkhall for the festivities," the source believes, which is nice.
"They are staying at Teapot Cottage or another cottage on the estate, not Birkhall itself," says the insider, although the Middletons will be welcomed by the family.
No word yet on the NYE plans of Prince Harry and Pippa Middleton, but we hope it involves them being together. Someone really needs to start a petition for that.
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European markets eke out gains but Italy lags (AP)
PARIS ? European shares eked out modest gains Tuesday despite an earlier retreat in Asia, amid hopes of a solid Christmas trading period around the world, but Italian shares dipped as the country's key borrowing rate ratcheted up to worrisome levels.
Indicators out of the U.S., which can drive market sentiment the world over, have been stronger than expected, and there have been signs in Europe too of a solid trading. However, with the debt crisis in Europe still raging and growth expected to slow in China, investors have plenty to worry about.
A run of strong data from the U.S. ahead of the long holiday weekend had buoyed investors around the world but particularly on Wall Street ? the Dow Jones index closed last Friday at a five-month high last Friday.
In Europe, stock markets have recovered some ground of late too but most are still down on the year.
On Tuesday, France's CAC-40 rose 0.3 percent to 3,110 while Germany's DAX was up 0.2 percent at 5,891. The FTSE index of Britain's leading shares remained closed.
One market bucking the trend was Italy's FTSE MIB, which was trading 0.5 percent lower as the yield on the country's ten-year bonds struck 7 percent once again ? a level that is considered unsustainable in the long-run and eventually forced Greece, Ireland and Portugal into seeking outside financial help.
Italy is the eurozone's third-largest economy and is considered to be too big to save under current bailout facilities. Mario Monti, the coauntry's new premier got Parliamentary approval last week for a big austerity package that is intended to save the country from financial disaster.
Markets have grown increasingly fearful over the past few months that Italy will find it difficult to pay off its massive debts, which stand at around euro1.9 trillion ($2.5 trillion).
Despite ongoing worries over the spread of Europe's debt crisis to Italy, the euro remained relatively well-supported, trading 0.1 percent higher too at $1.3070.
Ahead of Wall Street's open, Dow futures were flat at 12,222 while S&P futures were also broadly unchanged at 1,260.
The narrow ranges across stock markets reflect light holiday trading conditions. Markets in Europe and the U.S. were closed Monday and trading is expected to be light most of this week though there could be some year-end movements on Friday as investors look to lock in any gains they may have made.
Earlier in the day, Asian shares fell after a disappointing profit performance by Chinese companies and a warning that Japan faces "significant downside risks" due to Europe's debt problems. That warning came from a Finance Ministry representative at a November Bank of Japan meeting, the bank said Tuesday.
Tokyo lost 0.5 percent to 8,440.56 while Seoul's Kospi shed 0.8 percent to 1,842.02. Taipei, Singapore and Jakarta also declined. Hong Kong and Sydney were closed.
China's benchmark Shanghai index dropped nearly 1.1 percent to 2,166.21 after the country's government reported that profit growth slowed at its major industrial companies. Total profit in the January-November period rose 24.4 percent over a year earlier, down 0.9 percent from the growth rate for the first 10 months of the year.
Oil markets were fairly subdued ? benchmark crude for February delivery was up 29 cents at $99.97 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
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AP Business Writer Joe McDonald contributed to this report from Beijing.
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Thursday, December 29, 2011
'The Blondies' cartel chief caught in Mexico City
MEXICO CITY -- Mexican federal police said Wednesday they detained one of the United States' most-wanted drug traffickers, Luis Rodriguez Olivera, at Mexico City's international airport.
U.S. authorities had offered a reward of up to $5 million for Rodriguez Olivera, who is known by the nickname "Blondie," according to Mexico's Public Safety Department.
Olivera and his brother Esteban are accused of smuggling tons of cocaine and methamphetamine into Europe and the U.S., mainly through Texas. Esteban was extradited to the United States in March.
Luis Rodriguez Olivera, 39, was indicted in U.S. federal court in 2009 on cocaine-smuggling conspiracy and related charges. The red-haired suspect was arrested Tuesday, officials said.
His gang, known as "The Blondies" formed temporary allegiances with bigger Mexican cartels, including the Sinaloa cartel, the Zetas and the Gulf Cartel, officials say. He is being held until a hearing on a U.S. extradition request.
Also Wednesday, Mexican authorities seized 120 metric tons of a precursor chemical used to make methamphetamines at the Pacific coast port of Lazaro Cardenas, the fifth such large shipment seized so far in December.
The Attorney General's Office said the shipment, like the previous four, came from China and was destined for Puerto Quetzal in Guatemala.
The chemical, which filled eight shipping containers, was identified as methylamine.
The latest bust brings to almost 675 metric tons the amount of meth precursors seized in Mexico in December, more than half of the entire amount - 1,200 tons - seized in Mexico in all of 2011.
Experts familiar with meth production call it a huge amount of raw material, noting that under some production methods, precursor chemicals can yield about half their weight in uncut meth.
Authorities said they seized 205 tons of the chemical at Lazaro Cardenas over several days in early December, and on Dec. 19 they announced the discovery of almost 100 metric tons. On Dec. 23, authorities announced the seizure of 229 metric tons of precursor chemicals at the port, and on Dec. 26 another 21 tons were found at another port.
Experts familiar with meth production call it a huge amount of raw material, noting that under some production methods, precursor chemicals can yield about half their weight in uncut meth.
Authorities have not said which cartels the shipments may have belonged to.
The port of Lazaro Cardenas is located in the home territory of the Knights Templar drug cartel, but the Sinaloa and Zetas cartels have been more active in Central America. Officials say the Sinaloa cartel in particular has moved into meth production on an industrial scale.
Mexico has busted a few huge meth laboratories, and traffickers could be looking for other locations to install production.
"When controls over precursors were strengthened in the United States, manufacture shifted to Mexico," according to the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime 2011 World Drug Report. "As Mexico has responded with strong counter-methamphetamine initiatives, manufacturing activities are increasingly reported from countries in Central and South America."
In Guatemala, National Police spokesman Donald Gonzalez said Puerto Quetzal has tightened controls after a period in which traffickers had moved shipments "with ease" at the terminal.
"Now it is more difficult for that to happen, because better control measures have been implemented," Gonzalez said.
The National Police have reported seizing 7,847 barrels of precursors so far in 2011, with 3,876 of those seized at Puerto Quetzal. No weight measure of those seizures was immediately available, but if those were standard shipping drums, which usually contain 55 gallons or 208 liters, that would suggest Guatemala's total seizures may have equaled or surpassed Mexico's.
Associated Press Writer Sonia Perez contributed to this report.
Source: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/12/28/2564907/the-blondies-cartel-chief-caught.html
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Russian court may ban Hare Krishna text
MOSCOW (AP) ? A Russian court is to decide Wednesday whether a religious text central to the global Hare Krishna movement is "extremist' and should be banned, in a case that has angered Hindus around the world and highlights the continuing challenges for minority religions in Russia.
Prosecutors in the Siberian city of Tomsk have argued that the Russian translation of "Bhagavad Gita As It Is" promotes "social discord" and hatred toward nonbelievers. The text is a combination of the Bhagavad Gita, one of Hinduism's holiest scriptures, and commentary by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness that is often called the Hare Krishna movement.
The prosecutors are asking the court to include the book on the Federal List of Extremist Materials, which bans more than 1,000 texts including Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" and books distributed by the Jehovah's Witness and Scientology movements.
Yuri Pleshkov, a spokesman for the group in Russia, said the book in question has existed in Russia for 25 years and has never inspired violence or extremist activity.
"On the contrary, this book teaches humane attitude towards all living beings," Pleshkov said.
The trial follows this year's ban on the construction of a Hare Krishna village in Tomsk and is based on an assessment by professors at Tomsk University, who concluded that "Bhagavad Gita As It Is" includes strong language against nonbelievers and promotes religious hatred and discrimination on the basis of gender, race, nationality and language.
The trial began in June and was scheduled to conclude on Dec. 19, just after Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's two-day visit to Russia. That day protesters gathered outside the Russian consulate in Kolkata, and the speaker of India's lower house of parliament adjourned the body for several hours after members began shouting in anger over the proposed ban.
Officials in Tomsk agreed to hear further testimony from experts and the Russian ombudsman for human rights and postponed the court decision until Wednesday.
Indian officials last week appealed to high-level Russian authorities to intervene.
The Bhagavad Gita "is not merely a religious text, but one of the defining treatises of Indian thought," said Indian Ambassador to Russia Ajai Malhotra in a statement. "The Bhagavad Gita has circulated freely across the world for centuries and there is not a single instance of it having encouraged extremism."
The Foreign Ministry insisted that the Tomsk court is not taking issue with core Hindu scripture itself, but rather with the author's commentary and poor translation in "Bhagavad Gita As It Is."
"I would like to emphasize that this is not about 'Bhagavad Gita,' a religious philosophical poem, which forms part of the great Indian epic Mahabharata and is one of the most famous pieces of the ancient Hindu literature," ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said at a briefing in Moscow on Thursday, adding that the book was first published in Russian in 1788.
Still, followers of the Hare Krishna movement in Russia see the proposed ban as a result of continued intolerance of minority religions by the Russian Orthodox Church. Pleshkov estimates there are at least 150,000 Hare Krishna devotees in Russia.
"The current problem is, above all, the misuse of the law on combating extremism," Pleshkov said. "It is used to search for enemies where they can not even be defined."
In 2005 a Russian Orthodox archbishop asked the mayor of Moscow to ban the construction of a proposed Hare Krishna temple, calling the Hindu deity Krishna "an evil demon, the personified power of hell opposing God," according to Interfax. The temple was later allowed in a Moscow suburb.
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
'Most admired' list: Gingrich up, Palin down; Obama, Clinton still No. 1 (The Christian Science Monitor)
Washington ? While nearly 48 percent of voters disapprove of Barack Obama?s performance as president, Americans say Mr. Obama is the man they most admire, according to a Gallup survey. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is the most admired woman.
President Obama and Secretary Clinton?s rankings atop the men?s and women?s "most admired" lists did not change in the 2011 edition of the annual Gallup poll. But the public?s views of other politicians did shift noticeably. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican vice-presidential nominee in 2008, fell from second place, a spot she has held for the past three years, to fourth place in 2011.
Meanwhile, Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann made her first appearance on the list, in the No. 10 spot. The women?s list in order is Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, Michelle Obama, Ms. Palin, Condoleezza Rice, Laura Bush, Margaret Thatcher, Ellen DeGenres, Queen Elizabeth II, and Congresswoman Bachmann.
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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is the only other 2012 Republican presidential candidate to appear on the list, in sixth place. It marks the first time he has made the most admired list since 1995, his only other appearance. The men?s most admired list in order is Mr. Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, the Rev. Billy Graham, Warren Buffett, Newt Gingrich, Donald Trump, Pope Benedict XVI, Bill Gates, and Mormon Church President Thomas Monson.
Given their visibility, US presidents often top the most admired list ? but not always. A sitting or newly elected president has won in each of the past 31 years, writes Gallup managing editor Jeffrey Jones. But Gen. Douglas McArthur edged out President Harry Truman for the top spot, as did Gen. Dwight Eisenhower in 1950, before he was elected president. Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger outshone Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford in 1973-75, and Pope John Paul II was more admired by the public than was President Jimmy Carter in 1980.
Hillary Clinton has topped the most admired list 16 times since 1993, more often than any other woman. The runner-up is former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, with 13 times in the top spot. The recordholder for first-place finishes among men is Dwight Eisenhower, with 12.
The person who has appeared most frequently in the top 10 of Gallup?s most admired list is the Rev. Mr. Graham, who has been cited 55 times since 1955. The most frequently cited woman is Queen Elizabeth, whose 44 appearances on the list began in 1948, before she become queen.
The USA Today/Gallup Poll of 1,019 adults was conducted Dec. 15-18. The survey has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
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Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Social media, Google Maps used to report drug dealers in Reynosa
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There's a new twist to the cat-and-mouse game between drug traffickers and authorities south of the border in Reynosa.
Residents are now using social media and Google Maps to report drug dealers in their neighborhoods.
An anonymous group of Twitter users launched the?project?a few months ago but it's now surging in popularity.
In an email interviews with Action 4 News, the creators of the map said they are asking people to report drug dealers using the?#reynosafollow?channel of Twitter.
The map allows users to zoom in and get a street level view of where drugs are being sold.
Action 4 News spoke to Mexico's Attorney General's Office (PGR) in Reynosa about the Google Maps project.
While officials applaud residents using technology to report crime,?PGR officials are?asking that residents use their "Denuncia Ciudadana" system to report illegal drug activity.
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Sony: We Didn?t Apologize for PS Vita Bugs
Sony Corp. has denied news reports that the company has apologized for the glitches with its newest console the PlayStation Vita. According to Sony, there was no evidence of widespread bugs on the Vita and that the reports about Sony apologizing were not true.
"The PS Vita has had a terrific launch and sold in large numbers," said David Wilson, head of UK PR at Sony Computer Entertainment, in an interview with The Guardian. "We're annoyed with these stories, because we can't find any evidence of widespread glitches."
"The stories even said that Sony has issued an apology for PS Vita glitches, which simply isn't true - there's an apology on our Japanese website for people who are having trouble getting through to our technical help line, but that's it."
Wilson also added that there is a page showing standard procedures for powering the PS Vita on and off which had been misconstrued as a method for solving the alleged glitches. The supposed apology could also be attributed to a simple mistranslation of Sony's Japanese website on the part of the Internet public. ?
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The PS Vita launched in Japan on Saturday and has already sold around 321,000 units. But just as quickly as the units sold did complaints about the new console crop up on the Internet. Infuriated users have posted videos on YouTube of the PS Vita freezing up and not working, one video shows a unit that shipped in a debug mode and couldn't be booted normally. Sony has already posted a software update on its site. ?
The PS Vita will launch in Australia in February 23, 2012 and will cost AUD$349.95 for the Wi-Fi version while the 3G and Wi-Fi version will cost AUD$449.95. The PS Vita will have a unique set of features including an OLED front touch screen and rear touch pad, dual analog sticks, motion sensors and dual cameras.
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Monday, December 26, 2011
This Week's Top Downloads [Download Roundup]
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- Better Explorer Brings a Windows 8-Style Explorer to Windows 7, Ribbon and All (Windows) If you like the look of Windows 8's new version of Windows Explorer, but don't want to use the developer preview, free app Better Explorer brings some of the perks to your Windows 7 desktop.
- MiLocker Brings MIUI's Gorgeous Lock Screens to Any Android Device, Even Non-Rooted Ones (Android) If you've ever had the luxury of using the MIUI ROM on your Android device, you already understand how good it looks and how customizable it is. We love it too, but if you want a taste of what MIUI offers without having to root your device, back it up, install a new ROM, and restore your data, you can try MiLocker, a lockscreen utility that brings MIUI's customizable lock screens to any Android device, including stock devices that haven't been rooted.
- WhoAreYou Brings Visual Caller ID to Android (Android) WhoAreYou is a free app designed to bring true caller ID (caller ID without needing the contact in your phone book) to your mobile phone. It visually displays who's calling, so you can decide to answer, send to voicemail, or "ditch" the caller.
- Photo Police Sniffs Out Photoshopped Images, Highlights How They Were Changed (Mac) We've discussed how a keen eye can help you detect if an image has been photoshopped, but if you need an app to help you determine if that photo is a fake, Photo Police is a utility for the Mac that can help. If it does detect that an image has been modified, it will show you what's been changed so you can get an idea of what the original may have looked like.
- Visual Hashing Makes Sure You Never Mistype Your Passwords (Chrome/Firefox) If you regularly mistype your password because you're in a rush, Visual Hashing will turn your password into a colored hash to you can immediately see whether you've typed it correctly or not.
- Kindle Fire Utility Easily Roots, Updates, and Hacks Your Kindle Fire (Windows) Several Kindle Fire hacks have surfaced since its release, but now you can get them all in one handy utility. The aptly named Kindle Fire Utility will root and update your device as well as repair permissions, install the TWRP recovery app, and more.
- MyUnity Fixes Annoyances in Ubuntu's Unity Interface (Ubuntu) If you're using the newest versions of Ubuntu, you probably have an annoyance or two with the Unity interface. MyUnity is a system tweaker based around changing Unity's behavior and appearance.
- To-Do Manager Astrid Updates Android and iOS Apps with a New UI and Featured Lists (iOS/Android) Popular mobile to-do manager Astrid took the wraps off of its new Android and iPhone apps recently, completely overhauling the interface to make it easier to get right to the items you're working on, see all of the related information around a specific item, and featured lists from some of the developers' favorite sites to help you add some fun and time-saving projects to your list.
- Password Security Scanner Audits the Passwords Stored in Windows Programs (Windows) Password Security Scanner from NirSoft is a program that does what its name suggests: Scans the passwords in Windows applications (Microsoft Outlook, Firefox, Internet Explorer, and more) and displays security information about the passwords-without actually showing you the passwords.
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In their second year of formation, and their second year away from 'the beautiful island of Guam,' as they commonly refer to their homeland, Brother Ryan Charfauros and Bryan Quinata are creating an
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Sunday, December 25, 2011
Students Help School Janitor After Cancer Diagnosis, Job Loss ...
Andy Barela gets hugs from Niwot students (credit: CBS)
NIWOT, Colo. (CBS4) ? He was diagnosed with cancer, lost his job, and couldn?t afford a family Christmas. Then a group of students he didn?t know came to the rescue.
It would be pretty easy to miss Andy Barela in the halls of Niwot High School. He was an after hours janitor and loved it.
?It?s a family-type school and they?ve been there for me,? Barela said.
But in March, his world crashed. Barela was diagnosed with colon cancer. He lost his job and the insurance that came with it because he had to go through treatment.
?I?ve got friends, family; they?re there. They tell me, ?Keep it going, Andy.? And I do. I won?t let it take me down,? Barela said.
Mentally, Barela was set, but money was a different story. He was $15,000 in debt and 5 months behind on his rent.
?I had to tell my kids, ?This is going to be a Christmas we?re not going to have,? he said.
Barela never knew a lot of the students at school, but that doesn?t mean they don?t care.
?I started listening and I was like, ?Is somebody outside?? ?
It was carolers ? a group spearheaded by Niwot students like Katelin Soocee. And they came bearing gifts ? $6,000 from donations. The story even made the local paper, the Longmont Times-Call.
?It was killer; it started making me shake ? like, ?Wow.? ?
?I definitely wanted to help. I didn?t want it to be a bad Christmas,? Soocee said. ?He helped out our school and made our experience better. I knew I had to help out.?
It just may have help save Barela?s home, health, and his family?s Christmas.
?Wow, that girl. I know her but I really never talked to her, and she did this,? Barela said.
Barela?s doctors tell him he will likely beat his cancer.
Niwot High School says Barella can return to his job whenever he feels ready.
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Donations for Andy Barela and his family can be sent to or dropped off at Niwot High School, 8989 Niwot Road, attention of Debbie Hauck. Checks can be made out to Andy Barela. All proceeds will go directly to the family.
Source: http://denver.cbslocal.com/2011/12/24/students-help-school-janitor-after-cancer-diagnosis-job-loss/
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Saturday, December 24, 2011
Augustana, Parkston Head Year-End Sports Awards
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Augustana College and the city of Parkston were well-represented as the South Dakota Sportswriters? Association chose its year-end awards for 2011.
Augustana College and the city of Parkston were well-represented as the South Dakota Sportswriters? Association chose its year-end awards for 2011.
Two teams and one coach were honored from Augustana, while a coach and an athlete were honored from Parkston.
The SDSWA selects an athlete, coach and team in high school and college male and female categories, as well as male and female independent athletes, an independent team and the state's sports celebrity of the year.
Here are the winners:
- Prep Boys' Athlete: Tony Smoragiewicz, Rapid City.
- Prep Boys' Team: Waverly-South Shore football.
- Prep Boys' Coach: Wade Rausch, Webster.
- Prep Girls' Athlete: Kelsey Barrett, Britton-Hecla.
- Prep Girls' Team: Deuel gymnastics.
- Prep Girls' Coach: Rob Van Laecken, Parkston.
- College Men's Athlete: Nate Wolters, South Dakota State.
- College Men's Team: Augustana baseball.
- College Men's Coach: Tom Billeter, Augustana.
- College Women's Athlete: Bethany Buell, South Dakota.
- College Women's Team: Augustana cross country.
- College Women's Coach: Adam Anderson, Dakota Wesleyan.
- Independent Male: Riley Reiff, Parkston, University of Iowa
football.
- Independent Female: Abby Plucker, Parker, North Dakota State
basketball.
- Independent Team: Harney Little League baseball.
- Celebrity: Chad Greenway, Mount Vernon, Minnesota Vikings
football.
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Two 5.8 earthquakes hit New Zealand city
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Dust rises from rocks falling from a cliff in the Christchurch suburb of Sumner moments after the earthquake struck.
By msnbc.com staff, NBC News and news services
Updated 12:28 a.m. ET
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand -- ???A series of strong earthquakes struck the New Zealand city of Christchurch on Friday, rattling buildings, sending goods tumbling from shelves and prompting terrified holiday shoppers to flee into the streets. There was no tsunami alert issued and the city appeared to have been spared major damage.
Initial reports said one person was injured at a city mall and was taken to a hospital, and four people had to be rescued after being trapped by a rock fall. But there were no immediate reports of serious injuries or widespread damage in the city, which is still recovering from a devastating February earthquake that killed 182 people and destroyed much of the downtown area.
The first 5.8-magnitude quake struck Friday afternoon, 16 miles (26 kilometers) north of Christchurch and 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) deep, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Minutes later, a 5.3-magnitude aftershock hit. About an hour after that, the city was shaken by another 5.8-magnitude temblor, the U.S.G.S. said, though New Zealand's geological agency GNS Science recorded that aftershock as a magnitude-6.0. Both aftershocks were less than 3 miles (5 kilometers) deep.
Get the latest quake updates at breakingnews.com
Power was reported out in some neighborhoods, and the Herald said that liquefaction of the ground had occurred in?some of the city's eastern?suburbs. Sewer lines broke, goods fell from shelves in stores, and large cracks opened in some buildings, the Herald reported.
More coverage of the quake from the New Zealand Herald
About 60 people were treated for minor injuries, including fractures, injuries sustained in falls and people with "emotional difficulties," Christchurch St. John Ambulance operations manager Tony Dowell told The Associated Press.
"We have had no significant injuries reported as a result of the earthquakes today," he said.
Christchurch International Airport was evacuated. A Qantas flight from Sydney was diverted to Wellington, the Herald said. Airport authorities said they?hoped to reopen the?airport after checking?buildings and other facilities for damage. In a tweet at 9:18 p.m.?EST, airport officials said that?"we hope this wil happen in a few hours."
Newstalk ZB reported that debris had fallen from the?Catholic cathedral on Barbados Street.
Radio New Zealand News?reported that Warwick Isaacs of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority said buildings in the city's center were evacuated as a precaution.
"It ... started slow then really got going. It was a big swaying one but not as jolting or as violent as in February," Christchurch resident Rita Langley said.
"It was incredibly violent," one caller told Radio New Zealand.
"All the water in my birdbath slopped out and I could hear everything falling over inside. When I walked inside, the cat streaked out the door, ornaments were all over the floor, contents of the pantry were lying on the floor, a little bit of smashed glass and picture frames lying over."
The shaking was severe in the nearby port town of Lyttelton, the epicenter of the Feb. 22 quake.
"We stayed inside until the shaking stopped. Then most people went out into the street outside," resident Andrew Turner said. "People are emotionally shocked by what happened this afternoon."
The area has recorded more than 7,000 earthquakes since a magnitude-7 quake rocked the city on Sept. 4, 2010. That quake did not cause any deaths.? But the?earthquake that hit Christchurch?on Feb. 22 killed 181 and?caused damage intially estimated at up to $12 billion.?It was the second deadliest quake ever recorded?in New Zealand; one in 1931 in Hawke's Bay?killed 256 people.
The USGS told NBC News that the quakes on Friday could be classified as aftershocks of the February killer.
Christchurch is on the east coast of New Zealand's South Island.
This article includes reporting from?msnbc.com staff, NBC News, Reuters?and The Associated Press.
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Economy ends tough 2011 on a surprising upswing
FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2011, file photo, a shopper takes a rest with purchases at Northpark Mall in Ridgeland, Miss. The U.S. economy is ending 2011 on a roll. Growth in the fourth quarter likely accelerated to the fastest pace since mid-2010, and the job market appears to be strengthening. (AP Photo/The Clarion-Ledger, Vickie D. King, File) NO SALES
FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2011, file photo, a shopper takes a rest with purchases at Northpark Mall in Ridgeland, Miss. The U.S. economy is ending 2011 on a roll. Growth in the fourth quarter likely accelerated to the fastest pace since mid-2010, and the job market appears to be strengthening. (AP Photo/The Clarion-Ledger, Vickie D. King, File) NO SALES
FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2011 file photo, store manager Joseph Sublett changes gasoline prices to reflect a three-cent drop at a Little Rock, Ark., Conoco-Phillips station. The U.S. economy is ending 2011 on a roll. Growth in the fourth quarter likely accelerated to the fastest pace since mid-2010, and the job market appears to be strengthening. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)
In this Dec. 7, 2011 photo, a worker sits atop some ironwork at the construction site of a new store at the Harvard Park Shopping Center in Warrensville Hts., Ohio. The U.S. economy is ending 2011 on a roll. Growth in the fourth quarter likely accelerated to the fastest pace since mid-2010, and the job market appears to be strengthening. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2011, file photo, a shopper takes a rest with purchases at Northpark Mall in Ridgeland, Miss. The U.S. economy is ending 2011 on a roll. Growth in the fourth quarter likely accelerated to the fastest pace since mid-2010, and the job market appears to be strengthening. (AP Photo/The Clarion-Ledger, Vickie D. King, File) NO SALES
File - In this Nov. 26, 2011 file photo, consumers put down their bags for a rest in Herald Square, in New York. The U.S. economy is ending 2011 on a roll. Growth in the fourth quarter likely accelerated to the fastest pace since mid-2010, and the job market appears to be strengthening. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) ? WASHINGTON (AP) ? The economy is ending 2011 on a roll.
The job market is healthier. Americans are spending lustily on holiday gifts. A long-awaited turnaround for the depressed housing industry may be under way. Gas is cheaper. Factories are busier. Stocks are higher.
Not bad for an economy faced with a debt crisis in Europe and, as recently as last summer, scattered predictions of a second recession at home. Instead, the economy has grown faster each quarter this year, and the last three months should be the best.
"Things are looking up," says Chris Rupkey, chief financial economist at the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ.
When The Associated Press surveyed 43 economists in August, they pegged the likelihood of another recession at roughly one in four. The Dow Jones industrial average was lurching up or down by 400 points or more some days.
There was plenty of reason for gloom. A political standoff over the federal borrowing limit brought the United States to the brink of default and cost the nation its top-drawer credit rating.
Most analysts now rule out another recession. They think the economy will grow at an annual rate of more than 3 percent from October through December, the fastest pace since a 3.8 percent performance in the spring of last year.
Many economists still worry that the year-end surge isn't sustainable, in part because the average worker's pay is barely rising. And Europe may already be sliding into a recession that will infect the United States.
The outlook could darken further if Congress can't break the impasse blocking an extension of a Social Security tax cut for 160 million Americans and emergency unemployment benefits.
Yet for now, the economy is on an upswing that few had predicted:
? JOBS: The number of people applying for unemployment benefits came in at 366,000 last week, down from a peak of 659,000 in March 2009. Even in good economic times, the figure would be between 280,000 and 350,000.
Employers have added at least 100,000 jobs five months in a row, the longest streak since 2006. And the unemployment rate fell from 9 percent in October to 8.6 percent last month, the lowest since March 2009.
Small businesses are hiring again, too, according to the National Federation of Independent Business.
Business is up at AG Salesworks in Norwood, Mass., which helps technology companies like Motorola find new customers. The firm has hired 26 workers to restore its staff to 56, erasing the job cuts from the recession. CEO Paul Alves plans to add an employee or two a month as long as growth continues.
"I do see more confidence than I saw 12 months ago," Alves says. "But it's good, not great. Robust isn't the word I'd use."
? SPENDING: The holiday shopping season has turned out better than anyone expected. Sales from November through Saturday were up 2.5 percent from last year. Americans have spent $32 billion online, 15 percent more than a year ago. Retails sales were up in November for the sixth month in a row. People are spending, in particular, on clothes, cars, electronics and furniture.
? CONSUMER CONFIDENCE: Americans felt better about the economy in November than they had since July, according to the Conference Board, a business group that tracks the mood of consumers.
The board's consumer confidence index climbed 15 points to 56 in November, the biggest one-month jump since April 2003. During the Great Recession, the index fell as low as 25.
"It seems like the confidence of the traditional American consumer is higher right now," says Jim Newman, executive vice president of operations at the digital marketing company Acquity Group, which has added 100 jobs since summer.
? GAS: Falling prices at the pump have freed more money for consumers to spend on appliances, furniture, vacations and other things that help drive the economy. The national average for regular unleaded has sunk to $3.21 a gallon since peaking at $3.98 in May, according to the AAA Daily Fuel Gauge.
? INVENTORIES: Businesses are restocking shelves and warehouses, more confident that customers will buy their products. In October, their inventories were up 8.7 percent from a year earlier. An increase in inventories is expected to account for perhaps a third of growth this quarter.
The battered housing market might be showing signs of recovery. Home construction rose more than 9 percent in November from October, driven by apartment building. And the National Association of Realtors said Wednesday that sales of previously occupied homes rose 4 percent in November.
But housing is climbing out of a deep hole: The existing homes sold at an annual rate of 4.4 million ? well below the 6 million that would signal a healthy housing market. And the real-estate agents' trade group revealed Wednesday that it overstated sales by 3.5 million during and after the Great Recession.
Once they peer into 2012, economists turn cautious. Bernard Baumohl, chief economist with the Economic Outlook Group, says that stronger consumer spending "is absolutely unsustainable. .... Wages have not kept pace with inflation all year."
The government says that once you adjust for inflation, weekly earnings dropped 1.8 percent from November 2010 to last month. Consumers have used savings or credit cards to finance their purchases. Once bills come due in early 2012, Baumohl foresees a cutback in spending.
Baumohl is so pessimistic that he expects the economy to shrink at a 0.2 percent annual rate in the first three months of 2012 and to end the year with no more than 1.8 percent growth.
Europe is almost sure to slide into recession, even if its policymakers find a solution to the continent's debt crisis. In the worst case, a chaotic breakup of the euro currency could ignite a worldwide financial panic.
Joe Echevarria, CEO of the accounting and consulting firm Deloitte LLP, says his company's clients are delaying hiring or expansion decisions to see if Europe's crisis will be resolved.
Another worry ? again ? is Washington. President Barack Obama and Republicans in Congress still had not broken their impasse Wednesday on how to extend a Social Security tax cut. Without an extension, taxes will go up $1,000 in 2012 for someone making $50,000. A couple making $100,000 each would pay $4,000 more.
Failing to extend the tax cut, combined with the end of long-term unemployment benefits and other federal budget cuts, could shave 1.7 percentage points from growth in 2012, warns Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics.
Forecasters are also chastened by the past two years. Since the Great Recession officially ended in June 2009, the economy has stalled twice just when it appeared to be gaining momentum.
In mid-2010, businesses slowed spending sharply. This year, the damage came from protests in the Middle East that drove oil prices higher at the start of the year, the earthquake in Japan in March, budget cuts by state and local governments and the stalemate in Washington.
But Joel Naroff of Naroff Economic Advisors says he thinks the fears about next year are overblown and the economy will grow 3 percent in 2012. Next year will be all about jobs. If job growth keeps accelerating, the economy is much more likely to meet Naroff's predictions than the pessimists'.
In addition, Naroff says, that's because consumers and businesses have grown more confident. If Europe averts disaster ? a crackup of the eurozone ? and endures only a mild recession, as Naroff expects, the impact on the United States will be minimal, he says.
"If you stopped the average person on the street and asked, 'Are you slowing your spending because of what's happening in Europe?' they'd ask, 'What planet are you from?'"
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AP Business Writer Christopher Leonard in St. Louis contributed to this report.
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Friday, December 23, 2011
Ethicist: 18th century 'giant' should be buried
In this undated image provided by the Royal College of Surgeons, the skeleton, left, of Charles Byrne, nicknamed "The Irish Giant," who stood about 7 feet, 7 inches (2.3 meters) tall, and died in 1783 aged 22, is displayed in London's Hunterian Museum. Two experts are calling for the skeleton of the famous 18th-century giant to be removed from the museum and buried at sea in keeping with his last wishes. Writing in the British Medical Journal, medical ethicist Len Doyal and lawyer Thomas Muinzer say there is no good scientific reason to display the skeleton and a strong moral case against it. Museum director Sam Alberti said Thursday Dec. 22, 2011 that the skeleton is still valuable to scientists, who have used Byrne's DNA to help develop treatments for the condition from which he suffered. (AP Photo/Royal College of Surgeons)
In this undated image provided by the Royal College of Surgeons, the skeleton, left, of Charles Byrne, nicknamed "The Irish Giant," who stood about 7 feet, 7 inches (2.3 meters) tall, and died in 1783 aged 22, is displayed in London's Hunterian Museum. Two experts are calling for the skeleton of the famous 18th-century giant to be removed from the museum and buried at sea in keeping with his last wishes. Writing in the British Medical Journal, medical ethicist Len Doyal and lawyer Thomas Muinzer say there is no good scientific reason to display the skeleton and a strong moral case against it. Museum director Sam Alberti said Thursday Dec. 22, 2011 that the skeleton is still valuable to scientists, who have used Byrne's DNA to help develop treatments for the condition from which he suffered. (AP Photo/Royal College of Surgeons)
LONDON (AP) ? The skeleton of an 18th-century celebrity nicknamed the 'Irish Giant' should be removed from a museum and buried at sea in keeping with his last wishes, two experts have argued, reviving a debate about the ethics of handling human remains.
Writing in the British Medical Journal, medical ethicist Len Doyal and legal researcher Thomas Muinzer said there is no good scientific reason to display the skeleton of Charles Byrne, who died in 1783, and a strong moral case against it.
"What has been done cannot be undone but it can be morally rectified," the two men wrote. "Surely it is time to respect the memory and reputation of Byrne."
Byrne stood about 7 feet, 7 inches (2.3 meters) tall as a result of acromegaly, a condition caused when a tumor on the pituitary gland stimulates an excess of growth hormone.
He became a celebrity in 18th-century London as the star turn in a museum of curiosities but died aged just 22.
Despite Byrne's wish to be buried at sea, his body was purchased by pioneering surgeon and anatomist John Hunter, who often hired grave robbers to supply him with corpses. For two centuries Byrne's skeleton has been on display at the Royal College of Surgeons' Hunterian Museum in London.
Doyal, of London's Queen Mary University, and Muinzer, of Queen's University Belfast, said that while Byrne's skeleton had been of use to medical research, that was no reason to put it on public display.
"Moreover, now that Byrne's DNA has been extracted, it can be used in further research," they wrote.
The museum's director, Sam Alberti, conceded Thursday there was a "powerful moral argument" for respecting Byrne's wishes. But he said that was outweighed by the skeleton's continuing benefit to medical research.
"Patients with the condition today live long and much happier lives," Alberti said ? in part due to knowledge gleaned from Byrne's DNA.
Byrne's skeleton has helped scientists identify several dozen people in Ireland with the same genetic mutation ? all believed to be related to Byrne through a common ancestor.
One of them, Brendan Holland, says the skeleton should remain ? and he thinks Byrne would agree.
"What would his view be if he knew what we know now?" Holland said in a video for the British Medical Journal website. "He would almost certainly agree with my view that this is the right thing to do today."
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Online:
British Medical Journal: http://www.bmj.com
Hunterian Museum: http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/museums
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Air Force planning holographic quantum computers to help Sam Beckett leap home
Did you know that light is a better transmitter of quantum computer information than any sort of cabling? Because it isn't altered by electric and magnetic fields, it would be perfect for carrying data if photons would stop being so snobby and interact with one another. Only highly-sensitive interferometers can overcome that problem, and they're so fussy that a mild sneeze near to one would wreck its calibration. Air Force researcher Jonathan McDonald thinks he's got a solution: project holographic interferometers onto glass where it'll "freeze" and become much more stable. There are only two downsides: you can't edit the programming, nor would it scale very well, because you'd need physical space to set up the individual glass plates. On the other hand, the materials required to build one are all commercially available, and we're sure the Air Force has a hangar or two going spare, so perhaps we could see holographic quantum computers in the near future -- or at least a very decent laser light-show.
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
Jessica Lange & Sam Shepard Secretly Split After 27 Years Together
Jessica Lange & Sam Shepard Secretly Split After 27 Years Together
“American Horror Story” actress Jessica Lange quietly split from her longtime partner, actor Sam Shephard in 2009. The Oscar-winning actress began dating Shepard in 1982 [...]
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Monday, December 19, 2011
Iraq war veterans serving in Obama White House (AP)
WASHINGTON ? Iraq war veterans at the White House:
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Name: Tanya Bradsher
Military experience: Lieutenant Colonel in U.S. Army; served in Iraq from 2008 to 2009.
White House position: Spokeswoman, National Security Council
On the war's end: "I want to see (Iraq) succeed. You could see the skeleton of what was there ... I would love to see that vision realized again and just to see a vibrant country."
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Name: Matt Flavin
Military experience: U.S. Navy intelligence officer; served in Iraq from 2005 to 2006.
White House position: Director of veterans and wounded warrior policy.
On the war's end: "Based on the extent of our sacrifice as a nation, I want a peaceful, stable democratic government in Iraq that is an ally of the United States. I think we've earned that."
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Name: Steve Miska
Military experience: Lieutenant Colonel in U.S. Army; served three tours in Iraq between 2004 and 2009.
White House position: Director of Iraq.
On the war's end: "Knowing that the war is coming to an end was really just a sense of relief for me in a huge way. And it is very personal. Not only do we know many of the people who are currently serving there on the U.S. side, but we know many of the Iraqis that we served with."
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Name: Darienne Page
Military experience: Army sergeant; served in Iraq from 2003 to 2004.
White House position: Assistant director of the Office of Public Engagement, focusing on veterans and wounded warriors.
On the war's end: "To watch deployments year after year, always seeing my friends go and my family members stationed over there, and now to be in an administration bringing the war to a responsible end, it's a great feeling."
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