Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Obama wins second term, Fox News projects
President Obama won a second White House term Tuesday night, overcoming concerns about the fragile economic recovery to soundly defeat Republican nominee Mitt Romney.
"We've got more work to do," Obama declared, addressing a cheering crowd at his victory rally in Chicago early Wednesday morning. Obama spoke to supporters at his campaign headquarters shortly after Romney called the president to concede. Obama congratulated his opponent on a "hard-fought campaign."
After one of the nastiest political battles and most gridlocked terms in modern American history, the president vowed to reach out to the other side in a second term on everything from immigration to the deficit. He asked supporters to keep the "hope" and said that while the "passions" and "controversy" won't wane after Election Day, "progress will come in fits and starts." President Obama will win re-election, Fox News projects. The call comes after the president was the projected winner in the crucial battleground of Ohio, and subsequently won both Iowa and Oregon. This put Obama over the required 270 electoral votes.
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Mitt Romney claimed his first battleground prize of the night with a projected victory in North Carolina, answering an early string of swing-state victories Tuesday by President Obama. ammy Baldwin captured Wisconsin's open U.S. Senate seat Tuesday, becoming both the state's first female senator and the first openly gay candidate to be elected to the chamber.
The seven-term congresswoman from Madison held off a political comeback by Republican former Gov. Tommy Thompson, handing him his first defeat in a statewide race. A sullen Thompson, surrounded by his family and Gov. Scott Walker, said he wasn't going away, though the loss likely spells the end of a storied career in politics that began in 1966 and included 14 years as governor and a run for president.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Fox News on voter supression
Polls have begun to open across America after two tiny villages in northern New Hampshire kicked off the 2012 election by casting the first Election Day votes early Tuesday.
President Obama and Republican Mitt Romney each won five votes in the small town of Dixville Notch, which was the first to announce its results after polls opened and closed within 43 seconds.
In Hart's Location Obama won with 23 votes, Romney received 9 and Libertarian Gary Johnson received 1 vote after 5 minutes, 42 seconds of voting. The towns have enjoyed first-vote status since 1948.
Meanwhile, Romney was taking his nearly six-year campaign for the presidency all the way to Election Day, making last-minute plans to visit two vital battlegrounds on Tuesday, while Obama held a nighttime rally in Iowa Monday.
Monday, November 5, 2012
Gary Johnson: Obama will win
Gary Johnson, the former Republican governor of New Mexico who became the Libertarian Party presidential nominee this year after a failed GOP presidential bid, believes President Barack Obama will be elected to a second term when all is said and done.
“I think Obama’s going to win, that’s what I think,” Johnson said in an interview with Politico.
That doesn't mean he supports the president. Johnson told Politico that it doesn't really matter who wins on Tuesday, as both candidates will continue "unsustainable spending."Gary Johnson will almost certainly lose tomorrow’s election, but the Libertarian presidential candidate plans to continue to push his message by personally engaging with the social media following built up over the course of his campaign.
While not on par with the millions that follow President Obama and Mitt Romney, Libertarian Party presidential nominee Gary Johnson said Monday he thinks President Barack Obama will defeat Mitt Romney to win a second term.
“I think Obama’s going to win, that’s what I think,” Johnson told POLITICO in an interview. “[My vote is] really spread out, meaning I don’t think there’s any state that I’m going to do better than another.”
Johnson, who’s on the ballot in 48 states and the District of Columbia, hovers in single digits in the polls. The former two-term New Mexico governor declined to single out any state where he expected to do particularly well but said he had no regrets about how he ran his campaign.
President Obama and Jay-Z in Columbus, Ohio
Obama supporter Harvey Weinstein has been talking about his decision to air the Navy Seal documentary of the Osama bin Laden raid two days before the election. "I didn't have to do anything to remind people of what Barack Obama did," he tells Piers Morgan with a wide smile
Weinstein also jokes that the the acting from the politicans would make the perfect movie. COLUMBUS, Ohio — Which is more powerful: Disgust toward Barack Obama, or distrust of Mitt Romney?
Ohio’s answer to the question could well determine who is President for the next four years.
This state’s 18 electoral votes are vital in almost every scenario that gets Romney to the magic total of 270. He’s got powerful allies here in Gov. John Kasich and Sen. Rob Portman — and it’s a state that overall seems far more receptive to the GOP than it was in 2008, when Obama beat John McCain by 4.6 percentage points. After carrying out one of the biggest surveys ever, YouGov’s jumbo analysis has found the Democratic president will narrowly pip Republican rival Mitt Romney by two per cent in the overall popular vote.
Crucially that will return him to the White House with a victory of 303 votes to 235 in the all-important Electoral College.But it’s here that the incumbent’s vaunted, micro-targeted ground game is in full force, where the economy is coming back to life, and where Obama has been consistently leading by a point or two or three in recent polls.
The Real Clear Politics average of Ohio polls puts Obama’s margin at 2.8 percentage points: slim but serious, like the man himself.
Sunday, November 4, 2012
African painted dogs kill young boy at Pittsburgh Zoo
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette quoted Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium president Barbara Baker as saying the child, aged about three years old, was with his mother and friends when he fell about 4.5 metres off a deck - and over railing and a mesh barrier - into an exhibit of African painted dogs.
When the boy fell, visitors immediately told staff members, who responded along with Pittsburgh police.
Zookeepers called off the dogs, and seven of them immediately went to a back building. Three more eventually were drawn away from the boy, but the last dog wouldn't come into the building, and police had to shoot him,.A 2-year-old boy was mauled to death after he fell into the African painted dog exhibit at the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium, today, reports the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Pittsburgh Police Lt. Kevin Kraus said the boy's mother had placed the child on top of a wooden railing overlooking the enclosure. The child fell off the wooden railing and off of a mesh barrier where the painted dogs were on display.
Lt. Kraus said: "Almost immediately after that he lost his balance, fell down off the railing into the actual pit and he was immediately attacked by 11 dogs."The incident occurred at 11:48 a.m. at the Highland Park complex, according to an emergency dispatch supervisor. The zoo was shut down within a half-hour of the incident and will remain closed indefinitely.A group of African painted dogs killed a boy who fell into their exhibit today at the Pittsburgh Zoo.
Barbara Baker, the zoo's president, said the child was around 3 years old.
He "fell off an observation deck that's about 14 feet above the exhibit," she said, "and was killed by the dogs."
"Our emergency teams and our Pittsburgh police responded immediately, but there wasn’t anything that could be done," added Baker.
Liverpool vs. Newcastle United 1-1 All Goals & Full Highlights
Vital Liverpool report from Anfield on a disappointing 1-1 Premier League draw with Newcastle United. A performance and result that fits quite nicely into a pattern that has dogged the club for several months.Luis Suarez often appears to feel it’s him against the world. Yesterday, the odds were better as it was only Newcastle he took on single-handed.
The performance from the Liverpool striker ranged from the sublime of his astonishing goal to the ridiculous of the x-rated red card challenge on him from Fabricio Coloccini that was cowardly in intent.
Yet the genius of the little South American is a double-edged blessing for the Reds. On the one hand, who wouldn’t want a forward with such audacious skill and vision in your side? At times against the Geordies, his ability to beat a man with a shrug of the hips bordered on the hypnotic.The imponderable it paid the Liverpool manager to ignore against Newcastle United was the state his team would be in had Fabricio Coloccini embedded his studs into Suárez's right knee with six minutes remaining. Coloccini was shown a merited straight red card, to the obvious disgust of his manager Alan Pardew, but Suárez survived and continued to present Liverpool's only threat even with a limp.
Real Madrid vs. Zaragoza 4-0 All Goals & Full Highlights 3/11/2012
Real Madrid made it five Liga games without defeat as they coasted to a straightforward 4-0 victory over Zaragoza at the Santiago Bernabeu.
In front of a quiet set of fans, two goals in quick succession, courtesy of Gonzalo Higuain and Angel di Maria, ensured that Los Blancos took a two-goal lead into the break.
The visitors were resurgent in the second-half, but Michael Essien and Luka Modric added a pair of late goals as Jose Mourinho earned his 100th win in charge of Madrid.
The game began at a relatively tepid tempo, with Zaragoza not afraid to push men forward and attack. Goals by Gonzalo Higuain, Angel di Maria, Michael Essien and Luka Modric secured Real Madrid a 4-0 home win against Zaragoza in the Spanish league on Saturday.
Earlier, Barcelona's 3-1 home win over Celta Vigo marked the Catalan club's best start to the league in its 113-year history.
Madrid's win keeps it eight points adrift of leaders Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, which was playing late Saturday away against Valencia.Zaragoza's bad luck continued when Hélder Postiga had a "goal" disallowed for offside after a skilful display of ball control. Abraham Minero kept up the pressure and caused panic in Real's defence as he lined up a shot in the 82nd minute only to fire over the crossbar.
Cristiano Ronaldo almost scored for Real three minutes later when his fiercely struck free-kick bent back Jiménez's hand only for the ball to bounce off the top of the crossbar.
Manchester United 2-1 Arsenal: Van Persie & Evra shoot down 10-man Gunners
That Robin van Persie would score against the club where he spent eight years felt strangely inevitable. That he did it in such a comfortable victory for Manchester United would have made it all the more painful for Arsenal supporters who watched their side finish the game with 10 men.FULL-TIME: Arsenal‘s worst nightmare comes true as Robin van Persie scored for Man Utd to silence the booing party from North London. Patrice Evra doubled the lead in the 2nd half after Rooney failed to convert a penalty but Santi Cazorla made sure United’s defence doesn’t get a cleansheet bonus after a fine curled effort in the last minute of the match. Manchester United 2-1 Arsenal.
GOAL!! 94th minute: Arsenal may not be in top form, but Santi Cazorla sure is. A last minute attack affords him some space on the edge of the area. His first shot is blocked by Carrick but some space opens up again and this Cazorla doesn’t miss– he’s curled in a beauty past De Gea. Man Utd 2-1 Arsenal.The earth no longer shakes when these two teams meet. In its time this fixture has seen battles on and off the pitch, food fights, goal feasts and title deciders, but it is fast becoming just an ordinary game. Manchester United did not have to be at their best to beat Arsenal, indeed they were a long way below their best, especially in the finishing department, yet the
result was never in doubt. The scoreline might suggest a tight humdinger. The evidence at Old Trafford provided anything but.
These used to be hard-fought, full-blooded, controversial, breath-taking encounters.
Friday, November 2, 2012
CMA Awards 2012 list of winners
The 46th Annual Country Music Association Awards was the usual blend of all-star concert event, glitzy red carpet affair and tight-knit family potluck.
Hosted yet again by Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley (or Ma and Pa of the CMAs, at this point), the Nashville-based country music kudosfest was jam-packed with tunes and good vibes from start to finish.
But while there were plenty of laughs, it's not like three hours could go by without some awkward moments. We're taking the liberty of chronicling the most memorable bits, for better or worse, in addition to offering up the complete list of winners, as they're announced. Here's what's goin' down:Blake Shelton, Eric Church and Miranda Lambert were among the winners at the 46th annual Country Music Association Awards on Thursday in Nashville. The awards went off-script early as Little Big Town and Thompson Square earned unexpected wins. Church, the evening's leading nominee, took home only album of the year. Check out the complete list of winners below.
Blake Shelton accepts an award onstage during the 46th annual CMA awards at the Bridgestone Arena on November 1, 2012 in Nashville, United States.
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Suicide Silence: Death of vocalist Mitch Lucker 'devastating'
There’s sad news to report as Suicide Silence frontman Mitch Lucker has died at the age of 28 after a late night motorcycle accident in Huntington Beach, Calif.
The Press-Enterprise reports that Lucker passed away Thursday morning (Nov. 1) following the accident. The Orange County coroner’s office said the musician was pronounced dead at 6:17AM PT at the UCI Medical Center in Orange County, Calif. Huntington Beach police were investigating the crash Thursday morning and expected to release details once their investigation was complete.
Lucker, a native of Riverside, Calif., formed Suicide Silence with his friends in 2002. The group released their debut disc, ‘The Cleansing’ in 2007 and followed that by the well-received discs ‘No Time to Bleed’ and ‘The Black Crown.’ During his tenure, Lucker and his bandmates won Revolver Gold Gods Awards for Most Innovative Band and Best New Band.Mitch Lucker, the tattooed frontman for the American metal band Suicide Silence, has died after being involved in a motorcycle crash in California on Wednesday evening, according to reports.
The band released the following statement regarding Lucker's death:
"There's no easy way to say this. Mitch passed away earlier this morning from injuries sustained during a motorcycle accident. This is completely devastating to all of us and we offer our deepest condolences to his family. He will be forever in our hearts. R.I.P. Mitchell Adam Lucker. We love you, brother." Singer Mitch Lucker of the metal band Suicide Silence died Thursday morning in Orange County following a Halloween motorcycle crash. He was 28 years old.
Lucker crashed around 8:55 p.m. Wednesday night in Huntington Beach, according to a press release from the Huntington Beach Police Department. He was driving a black 2013 Harley Davidson motorcycle and hit a light pole, according to the release, flinging him from his bike. His motorcycle kept going down the street and hit a Nissan pick-up truck, but those inside that vehicle and nearby trick-or-treaters avoided injury.
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! :D - Lucius: Part 4 - Playthrough
The Halloween fun started this weekend with stars capturing the spooky holiday on social media. Ryan Seacrest and Julianne Hough teamed up as Bonnie and Clyde on a couples costume while Jessica Alba, Cash, and Honor Warren picked out a family ensemble and dressed as The Incredibles. Vanessa Hudgens and Ashley Tisdale visited a haunted house and Nicole Richie got into character as a girl scout.Halloween will come a little late for some this year, thanks to Superstorm Sandy, which has left many neighborhoods along the East Coast littered with debris from shattered homes, downed trees and power lines, creating unsafe conditions for revelers and trick-or-treaters.
The situation in New Jersey is so severe that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed an executive order on Wednesday postponing Halloween celebrations across the state until Monday.
"I've taken this action to minimize additional risks to lives and the public safety as we begin the process of rebuilding and recovering from Hurricane Sandy," Christie said. "In too many communities in our state, the damage and losses from this storm are still being sorted out, and dangerous conditions abound even as our emergency management and response officials continue their work." It's Halloween on Wednesday, and while the remnants of hurricane Sandy are threatening to make it a cold, wet and windy evening across much of the eastern part of the country, the annual candy and fright-festival is doubtless going to be as popular as ever.
To mark the occasion, the numbers-obsessed folks at Statistics Canada have compiled a list of some surprising Halloween-related numbers: I grew up on a dead-end street in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where remnants of swampy forest surrounded the old wood-frame homes. Live oaks lined the streets. Spanish moss dripped from their branches. Snakes coiled under the ancient azaleas that edged the yards.
It was, in fact, the perfect setting for a haunted Halloween night. And there was this one house, you know, where the yard was so dense with bush and tree that it could barely be seen through its thicket of shadow. To trick-or-treat, you walked up the dark sidewalk toward a faint glow on the front porch, just the one lit window. The air hummed with passing insects and the porch creaked like Dracula’s coffin under your feet, the slow, dry eek of old wood.
Chelsea vs Manchester United 5-4 All Goals and Highlights Capital One Cup HD
For Manchester United winning twice at Stamford Bridge over a tough Chelsea side was apparently too much to hope for as the Red Devils fell 5-4 in a Capital One Cup tie, according to ManUtd.com. Chelsea now advances to the fifth round of the competition, and Manchester United bows out of the tournament. Still, I think United got the better of the deal winning the Premier League match over the previous weekend, which cut Chelsea's lead in the standings to only a single point. Sir Alex Ferguson pushed Nani closed to the Old Trafford exit door after he singled out the Portuguese winger for losing possession at a key moment during Manchester United's Capital One Cup defeat to Chelsea.
It was from the resulting counter-attack in the final minutes of the game that Chelsea won a penalty - converted by Eden Hazard - and forced the tie into extra time. The Londoners eventually won 5-4.Chelsea came from behind three times to overhaul Manchester United 5-4 after extra time and book a spot in the League Cup quarter-finals on Wednesday, earning sweet revenge for Sunday's controversial 3-2 league defeat.
Holders Liverpool, fielding a weakened side for the secondary cup competition, were knocked out by boss Brendan Rodgers' former side Swansea City 3-1 while Norwich City came from behind to beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-1.Chelsea have beaten Manchester United 5-4 after extra time at Stamford Bridge to book their place in the quarter-finals of the Capital One Cup.
United had led 3-2 before Eden Hazard scored from the penalty spot with the last kick of normal time to force an additional 30 minutes.
Daniel Sturridge and Ramires then secured the Blues’ passage into the last eight on a remarkable night in West London.
Monday, October 29, 2012
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Chelsea FC vs Manchester United 2-3 [28/10/2012] All Goals & Highlights
Roberto Di Matteo's team recovered from 2-0 down to make it 2-2 early in the second half but had Branislav Ivanovic and Fernando Torres sent off before substitute Javier Hernandez scored a 75th minute winner from what appeared to be an offside position.
A David Luiz own goal and Robin van Persie's ninth goal of the season had put United in command after 12 minutes but Chelsea responded in style, with Juan Mata's free-kick and Ramires' header either side of the break.
Just as the visitors gained control, Ivanovic and Torres were sent off within five minutes of one another midway through the second period, ensuring the hosts played the last 22 minutes with only nine men.
United took full advantage, but it needed a controversial goal from Hernandez to give Sir Alex Ferguson's team their first win at Stamford Bridge in a decade.
With John Terry serving the second match of a four-game domestic suspension, Chelsea picked the same starting XI that won so handsomely at Tottenham in their previous Premier League engagement. United brought in Tom Cleverley to partner Michael Carrick in central midfield and Ashley Young got the nod on the left flank in his first league start in two months.Unconvincing, unimpressive, maybe just plain lucky.
Sometimes you get what you do not deserve, especially when you throw away a seemingly impregnable position.
But when you get the rub of the green, when ALL the calls that matter go your way, you have to take advantage.It was a wild and eccentric match that finished amid great controversy and, from Chelsea's point of view, a thick portfolio of grievances about the incidents that accompanied Manchester United's first league win at Stamford Bridge for a decade.f I was an especially lazy journalist – and I'm not, recent statistics showing I'm at least the 453rd hardest-working journalist in the country – then I could just get away with using my preamble from this fixture last season. No one would notice. Don't believe me? Well look:
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Tevez Goal Manchester City 1 - 0 Swansea HD ( Premier League ) 27.10.2012
f Manchester City were looking for a performance to cheer up their supporters after the Ajax defeat that looks to have put paid to this season's Champions League adventure, this was not it. Roberto Mancini's team are still unbeaten in the Premier League, and can proudly point to another three points picked up when not playing particularly well, which is not something they have always been able to boast about, but any other boast based on this display would be hollow. With only slightly better finishing Swansea would have earned at least a point, food for thought for a team that now needs three wins against Ajax, Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund.Second-best for 45 minutes as a subdued home support took stock of their side's Champions League troubles, City improved after half-time and took the points thanks to a Carlos Tevez goal (61).
The Argentine's first in nine games delivered just a second win in five home games, and the impression remains that Roberto Mancini's champions are some way from hitting last season's stride despite sitting just a point off top spot in the Barclays Premier League.
And there was further discomfort for the manager when Micah Richards followed Swansea goalkeeper Michel Vorm in departing on a stretcher with what appeared a serious injury.
South Carolina's Marcus Lattimore injures his right leg
South Carolina star Marcus Lattimore was taken to a hospital and is out indefinitely because of an injury to his right knee suffered against Tennessee on Saturday.Lattimore was running through the left side when he was struck around the knees by Volunteers defensive back Eric Gordon, Lattimore's right leg whipping around and slamming against the turf. South Carolina trainers immediately rushed to his side, keeping Lattimore flat on his back as the junior attempted to sit up and see the injury.
"I just tried to tell him to stay mentally strong," said receiver Ace Sanders, whose eyes teared up when discussing Lattimore. "I saw the look in in his eyes when he was on the ground and he was really heartbroken." the video above shows a gruesome injury. You may not want to watch if you are squeamish.**)
The entire college football world will be praying for Marcus Lattimore.
The South Carolina running back, who tore an ACL last year and battled all the way back, suffered an injury that looked as ugly as any we've ever seen.
Lattimore, considered one of if not the top running back for next year's NFL Draft had he decided to come out a year early, was running to his left. Tennessee defensive back Eric Gordon tackled him low, and Lattimore's leg collapsed. When he went down, replays showed what clearly looked like a dislocation in his leg. It was a terrible injury that will be remembered alongside Joe Theismann, Napoleon McCallum, Tyrone Prothro and many other grisly injuries that serve as a reminder how violent football can be.
Friday, October 26, 2012
Lil Wayne Rushed to Hospital After Emergency Landing
Looks like Lil Wayne doesn't have many worries. Reports that the Young Money boss suffered a seizure-like medical scare on his private jet were a tad overblown. Weezy is doing just fine.
"Lil Wayne was successfully released from the hospital after being treated for a severe migraine and dehydration," his rep said in a statement to MTV News. "He is at home on doctor-mandated rest and will return to work soon. He appreciates all of his fans for their support and love."
A rep for the rapper had no comment about the incident. As of press time, further information about his condition was not released and it's unclear what the rapper was being treated for. However, sources close to the MC tell TMZ that he is now "doing better."Lil Wayne was successfully released from the hospital after being treated for a severe migraine and dehydration. He is at home on doctor mandated rest and will return to work soon. He appreciates all of his fans for their support and love," Weezy's management said via press statement. Rapper Lil Wayne suffered another mid-air health scare – one that that forced his plane to make a second emergency landing in as many days, TMZ reported.
The Young Money Entertainment founder was released from a local hospital in Jefferson, La., Friday after suffering from what a source told the gossip site was seizure-like symptoms.
Lil Wayne isn't having his best day, but MTV News has been assured that the multiplatinum rap star is on the road to recovery despite reports that he suffered two seizures in as many days.
On Friday morning (October 26), it was reported that Weezy's private jet had to make an emergency landing in Texas on Thursday evening because he was suffering from a seizure-like attack. A rep for the "A Milli" MC issued a statement to MTV News saying that the unofficial diagnosis was overblown and the multiplatinum rap star suffered a severe migraine and dehydration.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Emanuel Steward: Legendary boxing trainer dies aged 68
Kronk Gym boxing icon Emanuel Steward died today, his sister, Diane Steward-Jones, told the Free Press.With a twinkle in his eyes, a smile on his face and a soothing voice, Steward developed unique bonds in and out of the ring with a long line of champions that included Thomas Hearns, Lennox Lewis,Steward, who also managed many of the fighters he trained, worked with more than two dozen champions during his decades-long career. A younger generation of boxing fans knew him as an expert analyst on HBO's boxing telecasts.Steward-Jones, who handled business and public relations for Steward, told the Detroit Free Press she and several family members were by his side.
"He has passed – he's gone home," Steward-Jones told the Free Press by phone. "He was in no pain, and we sang to him, as well as did the doctors present. He had loved ones around him." Promoter Frank Maloney, who managed former world heavyweight champion Lewis, said Steward was unique in style.
"He was quite a character," he told BBC Radio 5 live. "He had a very strange method of doing his training programme, but got the best out of Lennox Lewis and took him to a new level.
WSOP 2012 E25 - Main Event Day 7 World Series of Poker 2012
Barry Zito never expected to start a World Series opener. Years ago, he learned not to count on anything in his baseball career.
Many never figured Zito could win Game 1, either. Not because he hasn't been downright good going on three months now, but because he was up against Tigers ace Justin Verlander — the reigning AL MVP and Cy Young Award winner with a 3-0 record and 0.74 ERA so far in the postseason.t is brief and illustrious, the list of baseball players who have hit three home runs during a World Series game: Albert Pujols, Reggie Jackson and Babe Ruth, who achieved the feat twice. Now add to it Pablo Sandoval, the San Francisco Giants’ smiling, rotund third baseman, who slammed homers in his first three at-bats Wednesday to power his team to an 8-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers in Game 1 of the World Series. The World Series starts Wednesday night at AT&T Park with the National League champion San Francisco Giants hosting the American League champion Detroit Tigers (8:07 p.m. ET, ESPN Radio and Fox). Need to get caught up? We've got you covered. Sandoval’s home runs came in the first, third and fifth innings, inciting hysterics from the announced crowd of 42,855 at AT&T Park and providing a surplus of support to Barry Zito, who pitched five and two-thirds innings to earn the victory. Sandoval’s was only the ninth three-homer performance in postseason history.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Lil Reese Beats Up A Girl [Video]
Chief Keef‘s right hand man Lil’ Reese may soon be under heat as Keef currently is. Video has just been released of the artist getting in a physical altercation with a female that proves to be beyond brutal. While there is no word on when the footage was…Chicago hip hop is alive and well today, even if your personal preferences would rather forget their violence-laced lines. Following this morning's post with Chief Keef's “Love Sosa” video, Def Jam has loosed a new single from Lil Reese which also
Pretty Little Liars Season 3 Episode 13 Watch Online Free In HD
Last night’s Halloween episode of ABC Family’s Pretty Little Liars was — as has come to be the norm with this dark-and-twisty show — rather explosive. Well, not literally explosive — although that wouldn’t be out of the realm for this drama. But so much happened when our Pretty Little Liars foursome — Aria, Spencer, Hannah, and Emily — jumped on that Halloween night Ghost Train with (most of) the rest of Rosewood. And Adam Lambert. Yes, Adam Lambert was there, too! He performed two songs, which were actually pretty fun to watch.“Kingdom of the Blind,” the third Episode in Pretty Little Liars third season opened with phony blind chick Jenna (Tammin Sursock) creeping up the Rosewood High courtyard. Spencer (Troian Bellisario), Aria (Lucy Hale), Emily (Shay Mitchell), and Hanna (Ashley Benson) watch from the wayside, and appropriately assess her freakiness Hanna: “We should push a table in front of her and see what happens.”
Actually, that sounds like a really funny idea. Apparently, the girls have decided that it’s best if Aria fake a friendship with Jenna because she “trusts” her. Basically, they want Aria to play dumb, and to practice music with Jenna at her house like Jenna had suggested she do on the previous episode. There’s an awkward scene where Aria ends up having to link arms with Jenna while they walk down the hallway making plans, and Jenna makes a comment about looking stage fright “in the eyes.” Good one, Jenna.
Jessica Ridgeway Murder 17 Year Old Student, Austin Reed Sigg Charged With Abuduction
Jessica Ridgeway's suspected killer is a 17-year-old neighbor who authorities plan to try as an adult, officials in Colorado said Wednesday.
Formal charges against Austin Reed Sigg, a high school student who lived about one mile from the 10-year-old and her family, likely will be filed Monday, Jefferson County District Attorney Pam Russell said.Westminster police have arrested a 17-year-old boy related to the kidnapping and murder of 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway.
Austin Reed Sigg was arrested Tuesday night at 7:45 after police received a tip that led them to a home near Ketner Lake Open Space, according to a news release from the Westminster Police Department.WESTMINSTER, Colo. - Westminster Police announced Wednesday they have arrested a 17-year-old in the abduction and murder of Jessica Ridgeway. A community college student has been arrested for the abduction, murder and dismemberment of 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway, Colorado police said today.
Austin Reed Sigg, 17, was arrested on suspicion of two counts of first degree murder, one count of second degree kidnapping and two counts of criminal attempts. Authorities expect he will be formally charged this week.Police in Colorado have arrested a 17-year-old community college student in connection with the killing of 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway, who disappeared on her way to school Oct. 5.
Jessica's body, which was described by police as "not intact," was found five days later in a field in an area of abandoned mines in Arvada, Colo.
Monday, October 22, 2012
Dancing With the Stars: All-Stars’ Recap: High Scores for Guilty Pleasures, Group Dance in Week 5
Because of the third presidential debate, Dancing With the Stars divided the usual Monday two-hour performance show into two nights.
Tonight's episode featured four couples dancing to their favorite "Guilty Pleasure" songs, while the other four couples performed a freestyle team dance in the ballroom for judges Len Goodman, Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli. One routine on “Dancing With the Stars” caused judge Carrie Ann Inaba to fall off her chair Monday night. She was overwhelmed by Gilles Marini’s rumba, and she gave everyone something to talk about. ABC replayed her fall, and host Tom Bergeron joked that airbags had been installed on her chair.Here’s how the night unfolded:
Kelly Monaco played up the sexiness on a sensual samba that didn’t satisfy judges. Len Goodman complained there was too much gyration and raunchiness. Carrie Ann Inaba said it wasn’t Monaco’s best. Points: 24.5.Four competitors on ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars: All Stars” each performed to their guilty pleasure songs tonight, while another four performance a team dance.
When the show was over, actor Gilles Marini topped the leaderboard with 29.5 out of a possible 30 points for his individual dance, while Kelly Monaco was the night’s low scorer with 24.5 points for hers.
During her review of Marini’s performance, judge Carrie Ann Inaba fell off her chair and onto the floor. She was not hurt, and the ballroom audience exploded in laughter.
Obama to Romney: Cold War is Over - Third Presidential Debate - Elections 2012
Mitt Romney charged that America’s strength abroad has been undermined by weakness at home, while President Obama argued that the nation is “stronger now than when I came into office,” as a debate intended to focus on foreign policy veered back to the issue that has dominated the campaign: the economy.
The pivot from foreign to domestic issues came roughly a third of the way through the third and final debate as the candidates were asked how they viewed America’s position in the world.Bob Schieffer, the moderator for the third and final presidential debate between President Obama and GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, set the stage for the night’s contest by noting the anniversary of one of the country’s most harrowing foreign policy challenges.
Monday, Schieffer reminded viewers, is the 50th anniversary of the Cuban missile crisis. It was, said Schieffer, “perhaps the closest we've ever come to nuclear war. And it is a sobering reminder that every president faces at some point an unexpected threat to our national security from abroad.” A two-hour debate about foreign policy encompassing a number of grim talking points isn't exactly breeding ground for quips, humor and turns of phrase that are rife with viral potential.
But Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama did their best tonight as they traded jabs at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla., during the last of the presidential debates, the final time these two are scheduled to meet before the Nov. 6 election.
Here are some of the most memorable moments from the third debate, from Romney sort-of congratulating Obama on getting Osama bin Laden to Obama regaling Romney with tales of horses and bayonets:
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Braxton Miller hospitalized in Ohio State's win over Purdue
Braxton Miller was carted off the field after suffering an injury in the third quarter of Ohio State's game against Purdue.
Miller was tackled by cornerback Josh Johnson at the tail end of a 37-yard run, falling on his left, non-throwing shoulder before slamming his head on the turf.
He remained on the field for a few minutes before being helped to the sidelines, where he underwent a lengthy examination by Ohio State's medical personnel. He was then put onto a cart and brought into OSU's locker room.
During the fourth quarter, an ambulance brought Miller to Ohio State's on-campus medical facility.Braxton Miller, Ohio State's Heisman Trophy candidate at quarterback, was slammed down to the turf after a long run, suffering injury that was severe enough that he was taken to a local hospital.
Miller was later released from the hospital and Ohio State said he was examined and did not have concussion symptoms. Braxton Miller was carted off the field after suffering an injury in the third quarter of Ohio State's game against Purdue.
Miller was tackled by cornerback Josh Johnson at the tail end of a 37-yard run, falling on his left, non-throwing shoulder before slamming his head on the turf.
He remained on the field for a few minutes before being helped to the sidelines, where he underwent a lengthy examination by Ohio State's medical personnel. He was then put onto a cart and brought into OSU's locker room.
Tottenham 2-4 Chelsea 20/10/2012 Gary Cahill AMAZING GOAL VIDEO
JUAN MATA bit the hand that signed him with a brilliant double at White Hart Lane.
Throw in his assist for Chelsea’s fourth and the super Spaniard really rubbed it in the face of ex-boss Andre Villas-Boas.
It was AVB who paid £26million to take Mata to Stamford Bridge from Valencia last August — and this was his thank you.
He produced a magical, man-of-the-match performance to sink Spurs — the only criticism being he should have had a hat-trick.Juan Mata scored twice in two minutes to crush Andre Villas-Boas' hopes of exacting revenge on his former employers Chelsea at White Hart Lane.
A comprehensive away win looked on the cards as the Blues dominated a poor Spurs team in the first half, taking the lead through a fine Gary Cahill volley.
Villas-Boas, sacked by Chelsea 226 days ago after a dismal eight-months in charge, inspired a turnaround in his team's fortunes in the second half as Spurs surged ahead through William Gallas and Jermain Defoe, before the Blues stunned their former manager with two goals nearly 20 minutes from the end.
Much has been made of the impact of Eden Hazard and Oscar since they arrived this summer, but it was Mata, signed by Villas-Boas last season, who settled the game with two clinical strikes.
Manchester United 4-2 Stoke City: Premier League Highlights
Wayne Rooney scored at either end as Manchester United romped home to a 4-2 victory coming off the back of the October international break against Stoke City.
Following a dangerous corner, Rooney found himself in no option but to head the ball into his own net from underneath his own crossbar. However, Rooney equalised for the Red Devils a mere sixteen minutes later, heading home from a Robin van Persie cross.
The home side would take a 2-1 lead into the second half as 24 million pound signing Robin van Persie turned from provider into goalscorer just a minute from time. Welbeck would net only 52 seconds into the second half before Michael Kightly kept the game interesting for the travelling supporters shortly before the hour. Wayne Rooney would have the final say in the contest, netting United’s fourth goal on 65 minutes.
Michael Owen played a cameo role for Stoke City despite being ineffective compared to Peter Crouch’s early exploits in the contest which had an already shaky United defence flimsier. The slender England forward was winning every header and 50/50 in the air as Stoke caused the hosts problems and inevitably netted the opener.Wayne Rooney scored a double and an own goal as Manchester United registered a come-from-behind 4-2 victory over Stoke City at Old Trafford.
The visitors took the lead when the England international nodded the ball into his own net from a Charlie Adam free-kick.
But United rallied and Rooney was on hand to get them back into the game with a thumping header.
Sheffield Wednesday v Leeds as it happened
South Yorkshire Police are investing an assault on Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Chris Kirkland by a fan during the Yorkshire derby with Leeds United.
Michael Tonge volleyed a 77th-minute equaliser for visitors Leeds and was turning away to celebrate when a fan in the away section ran from behind Kirkland’s goal and assaulted him.
Approaching from Kirkland’s left, the thug ran up to him and caught him unawares with a double-fisted blow that floored Sheffield Wednesday’s keeper.Good evening and welcome to Sports Mole's live text commentary of the Championship clash between Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds United at Hillsborough.
The home side have struggled so far in the league, with just eight points from a possible 30 leaving them third from bottom. Last time out they were beaten 1-0 at home by Hull City.
Leeds, on the other hand, are faring better as they currently sit just outside the playoff places in seventh with 17 points. Their last result was also 1-0, but Leeds were on the correct end of a result against Barnsley.
Leeds visit Hillsborough for the first time in six years and have excellent form in the fixture; they have won four of the last five here.
9.47pmWell, that's all from me. I hope you enjoyed the action. Thanks for joining Sports Mole for the drama tonight.Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Chris Kirkland was felled by a Leeds fan who ran on to the pitch and attacked him in disgraceful scenes that marred a heated Yorkshire derby at Hillsborough on Friday night.
The Football Association has said it will investigate the incident and Leeds manager Neil Warnock led the condemnation of the 77th-minute flashpoint, describing the thug as a ‘moron’ and calling for him to be ‘prosecuted and put in prison’.
Friday, October 19, 2012
Big Tex Fire Dispatch Audio
Big Tex, the 52-foot talking cowboy that has welcomed visitors to the Texas State Fair for 60 years, was destroyed today by a fire, The Dallas Morning News reports.
The newspaper quotes fair spokeswoman Sue Gooding as saying the fire began with smoke pouring from Big Tex's neck, indicating that the fire was electrical in nature.
"It's a very sad day for all fairgoers," she says. "It's a sad way to end the fair."
Only Big Tex's hands, Dickies belt buckle and skeletal structure were left of the iconic figure.The man who provides the voice for Big Tex, the giant cowboy at the State Fair of Texas, was greeting people with his usual "Howdy, folks!" in a slow drawl Friday when someone rushed into his trailer to tell him the towering fair icon was on fire.
"It moved quickly," Bill Bragg said of the fire that engulfed the 52-foot-tall structure, leaving not much more than its charred metal frame behind. "It was a quick end."Here are some of the arts and entertainment stories making headlines Friday afternoon:
Tom Hanks oopsie's an F-bomb on "Good Morning America." (LA Times)
Giant "Big Tex" icon goes up in flames at State Fair of Texas. (Dallas Morning News)
Heidi Montag regrets her G-cup implants. (Fox News)
Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel: Following all the rumors about the rumored impending wedding ... or so rumor has it. (CNN)
Six Degrees Of Celebrity: Jessica Biel And Kristen Stewart
Hearthrob actor-singer Justin Timberlake and actress Jessica Biel have tied the knot in southern Italy, they told People magazine Friday.
"It's great to be married, the ceremony was beautiful and it was so special to be surrounded by our family and friends," the couple told the celebrity bible in a statement.
Timberlake, 31 -- whose movie credits include 2010's "The Social Network" and "Friends with Benefits" last year -- and 30-year-old Biel have been dating for five years.
After splitting briefly and reuniting last year, the actor proposed to Biel in December in the dramatic surroundings of Big Sky, Montana.
They had kept details of their wedding under wraps, not revealing the exact location even to guests until the last minute, according to People, which said it will run details and exclusive photos in next week's print edition.Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel are husband and wife!
E! News has confirmed that the longtime couple kept us guessing for years, but said arrivederci to singledom today by tying the knot in front of family and close friends at the Borgo Egnazia resort in the southern Italian city of Fasano.
"It's great to be married, the ceremony was beautiful and it was so special to be surrounded by our family and friends," the newlyweds said in a statement to People.While Justin Timberlake is in Italy celebrating his marriage to Jessica Biel, Britney Spears' lawyer is in court accusing him of driving Brit craycray!
Brit Brit's lawyers made their opening statements today in defense of the Spears family trial against former manager Sam Lufti. According to the legal team, when Justin broke up the pop princess it sent her "in a downward spiral," that ended in her hair-shaving meltdown!
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Tigers Sweep Yankees, World Series
Miguel Cabrera and Jhonny Peralta smashed two-run homers off Yankees star pitcher C.C. Sabathia to propel the Detroit Tigers back into the World Series.
Austin Jackson also homered for the Tigers in Game 4, who handed the Yankees their first postseason wipeout since 1980, with an 8-1 victory at Detroit.
"So hopefully we've quieted some doubters now. The guys just stepped it up when we had to," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said. "I have the utmost respect for the (Yankees). If someone would have told me we would sweep the Yankees in this series, I would have told them they were crazy."
Delmon Young was selected as the Most Valuable Player of the American League Championship Series after going 6 for 17 with six RBI.
The Yankees, who played Thursday with their captain, Derek Jeter, managed only two hits against Tigers starter Matt Scherzer and three relievers. It was the continuation of the worst postseason by an offense in major league baseball history. The Yankees hit an all-time postseason low of .188, according to ESPN.The Detroit Tigers will have to be patient. Their due is coming. Just not today. Probably not tomorrow.
On the exuberant end of a Phil Coke glove spike, they are going to the World Series. They swallowed the New York Yankees whole. They should be proud of that. Dance away. Enjoy the weekend. Here's the coming narrative: The New York Yankees were swallowed wholly.
This is not fair. After a harrowing regular season and a breathy five-game division series against the Oakland A's, the Tigers flew through the night to Michigan. They hung around for the day, waited out the New York-Baltimore series, flew on to New York and immediately commenced the ALCS butt-whippin'.
Sandra Bullock Nude On 'Chelsea Lately' [VIDEO]
Best Shout-out: The gifts just keep on coming for Castle fans. Now that Castle and Beckett are together, the writer decides that they need a couple name. "So we're Brangelina now?" Beckett asks. "No, no. We're Rickate. No, we're Katick," Castle muses. "Caskett. Ooh! That's good because of the whole murder thing." Let's face it: Castle has never met a meta reference it didn't like.
13. Worst Case of Mistaken Identity: Serena and Nate go ballistic (well, Nate just turns his head to the side like a dog) when they see their respective new significant others, Steven and Sage, dining together on Gossip Girl. Serena's boyfriend, Steven, is all too happy to clear up any confusion about their relationship when he punches Nate for kissing Sage and tells Serena that Sage is not his "slut," but his 17-year-old daughter. And we thought Dan and Serena dating while their respective parents were dating was creepy! Our top moments of the week: 14. Best Shout-out: The
gifts just keep on coming for Castle fans. Now that Castle and Beckett are together, the writer decides that they need a couple name. "So we're Brangelina now?" Beckett asks. "No, no. We're Rickate. No, we're Katick," Castle muses. "Caskett. Ooh! That's good because of the whole murder thing." Let's face it: Castle has never met a meta reference it didn't like. 13. Worst Case of Mistaken Identity: Serena and Nate go ballistic
Obama And Romney Attend Annual Alfred E. Smith Dinner
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is poking fun at himself and at President Barack Obama, telling a white tie and gown crowd that, quote, “it’s nice to finally relax and wear what Ann and I wear around the house.”
Romney on Thursday joked with the audience at the annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Dinner in New York as Obama looked on. Through much of the evening, he sat just one chair down from the president. Only host Cardinal Timothy Dolan separated them.
Romney playfully jabbed at Obama, saying both candidates have crucial people on whom they rely. As Romney put it, “I have my beautiful wife, Ann, he’s got Bill Clinton.”Mitt Romney, Barack Obama to trade jabs at Al Smith dinner
The two presidential candidates took a break from the caustic criticism of the campaign trail to score political points with biting humor last night in New York City.
President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney peeled off the stump Thursday to attend the annual Al Smith Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. During presidential election years, the event brings the candidates to the same stage to trade barbs and self-deprecating zingers as the race enter its final weeks.
The white-tie affair raises millions for the Gov. Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation and is organized by the Catholic Archdiocese of New York to benefit needy children.
More than 1,600 were scheduled to attend the dinner. The menu includes poached lobster tail and dark chocolate tropical fruit cadeau. Tickets start at $2,500.
RIP Sylvia Kristel: a life in photos
we didn’t have much time but decided to take the risk and make the picture. Sylvia, dressed in nightgown and bathrobe, seemed at ease on her way to Istanbul.
When we heard the train was going to leave we had to get off in a hurry, jumped out of the coach and escaped an early death by an inch when another train, that rushed upon us on the other track, nearly hit us. Sylvia pulled me away right before it would run us over and during that split second, while railway coaches were narrowly thundering along, I experienced relativity stronger than ever and suddenly realized all could be over in a second…
Actress Sylvia Kristel, the Dutch star of the hit 1970s erotic movie Emmanuelle, has died of cancer at age 60.
Her agent, Features Creative Management, said in a statement today that Kristel died in her sleep on Wednesday night. Kristel, a model who turned to acting in the 1970s, had been fighting cancer for several years.
Her breakthrough came in Emmanuelle, a 1974 erotic tale directed by Frenchman Just Jaeckin, about the sexual adventures of a man and his beautiful young wife, played by Kristel, in Thailand.
She went on to star in several sequels to Emmanuelle, as well as in Hollywood movies including Private Lessons in 1981.
In Hollywood, she sank into a world of drink and drugs. "I wish I could have skipped that part of my life, she said in a 2005 interview with Dutch newspaper De Volkkrant.RIP Sylvia Kristel, 28 September 1952-17 October 2012. She ddi the impossible: she made wicker look sexy. A life in photos:
X Factor 2012: Take That’s Gary Barlow advises Brit School students – admits he’s ‘confident’ about this week’s show
Tonight on The X Factor, we got to see how Britney Spears managed when it came time to deliver the bad news—"I'm sorry, you're going home"—in a more up-close-and-personal setting for the first time.
And we thought we were going to see Demi Lovato do the same—and we did, but only for a little while.
What is going on, you ask? Well, a rain delay during the National League Championship Series game in St. Louis delayed the start of The X Factor on the East Coast by a good 40 minutes. About an hour later, after Britney and L.A. Reid had chosen their teams and Demi had picked two finalists, the show cut to commercial and never came back.
Mario Lopez and Khloe Kardashian Odom named hosts of The X Factor!
Now Fox has informed us that the West Coast is getting a repeat and the entire top-16 selection will air next Tuesday. But at least we've got 10 of your top 16 right here!
First to get the life-changing news was 13-year-old Diamond White, who couldn't possibly have fallen for Britney's "you also did a lot of things that weren't so good" act. So you're a disgruntled fan of 'The X Factor' who's ticked off by the wonky postseason baseball scheduling that played havoc with Wednesday night's show? You can't be any more peeved than a San Francisco Giants fan who had to withstand a three-hour-plus rain delay, only to taste bitter defeat.
The Fox network announced that Wednesday's edition of "X Factor," which only partially aired on the East Coast and not at all out West, will be aired in full next Tuesday, Oct. 23.
Viewers tuned into the singing competition expecting to see which 16 contestants were selected by the judges to move on to the live shows. Instead, East Coast fans only saw 40 minutes of the show (and only some of the finalists), while West Coast fans were subjected to a repeat from the at-home portion of "X Factor."
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Nike Drops Lance Armstrong From Endorsement Deal
WASHINGTON: Trek, the company that made the bicycles Lance Armstrong rode to seven Tour de France titles, announced Wednesday it was joining Nike and Anheuser-Busch in terminating its sponsorship contract with the disgraced rider.
Armstrong was issued a life ban and stripped of his titles in August by the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), which last week revealed 1,000 pages of evidence against him, including testimony from 11 former teammates.
"Trek is disappointed by the findings and conclusions in the USADA report regarding Lance Armstrong," a statement from the bicycle manufacturer said.For years, Lance Armstrong carried a growing burden of doping accusations up increasingly steep hills, accumulating fans, wealth and respect along the way.
On Wednesday, he crashed.
In one day, the renowned cyclist and cancer survivor lost a major endorsement deal with Nike -- once worth millions of dollars -- and the chairmanship of the cancer charity he founded 15 years ago.
While stepping down as chairman of Livestrong was Armstrong's idea, losing Nike's support wasn't.A 17-year-old sports fan I know named Evan who survived a rare form of heart cancer still wore his yellow Livestrong bracelet to school Wednesday.
To the socially attuned teenager, the rubber wristband always will represent the strength it required to fight cancer last year more than a symbol of Lance Armstrong, cycling fraud. Not even Nike dropping Armstrong for his connection to a doping scandal or Armstrong resigning as chairman of his foundation can change that.
"It's kind of a Catch-22,'' Evan told me. "I don't know if you can separate Lance the philanthropist who did so much for cancer survivors and Lance the cyclist. But if anyone's ends justify the means, it is Lance Armstrong's.'
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Barack Obama and Mitt Romney Argue LIBYA in Town Hall Debate 2012 ELECTION
Sen. John Kerry took the somewhat unusual step of spinning reporters before a presidential debate Tuesday, arguing that President Barack Obama accepts responsibility for a terrorist attack in Libya while hitting Republicans for politicizing that incident.
Kerry, a top debate adviser to Obama, told reporters in the hours leading up to tonight's second presidential debate that Republicans had turned last month's attack on a diplomatic outpost in Benghazi -- which left four Americans, including the ambassador to Libya, dead -- into a "political football."
"My view is that the people of the United States understand that when there is a tragedy that involves the loss of life at an embassy and people go through what we've gone through you bond together as a country and you don't make it a political football," Senator John Kerry told reporters here when asked if the issue of Libya was a vulnerability for Obama. "I don't remember a political football when 3000 people died about 40 miles away from here and you had 9/11." Highlights from the presidential debate Tuesday night between Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney, just three weeks from the Nov. 6 election.Libyan rebels appear to have executed scores of fighters loyal to Moammar Gadhafi, and probably the dictator himself, when they overran his hometown a year ago, a human rights group said Wednesday.
The report by Human Rights Watch on alleged rebel abuses that followed the October 2011 capture of the city of Sirte in the final major battle of the eight-month civil war is one of the most detailed descriptions of war crimes committed by the militias that toppled Gadhafi, and which still play a major role in Libyan politics today.Conceivably the biggest moment in Tuesday's presidential debate was when moderator Candy Crowley injected herself into the discussion siding with Barack Obama on remarks he claimed he made in the Rose Garden following the attack on our consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2012/10/16/joe-trippi-crowleys-interruption-libya-looked-ref-just-threw-flag#ixzz29ZmleP3M
Elm Goal ( Germany vs. Sweden ) 4- 4 Qualification World Cup 2014
Miroslav Klose moved closer to becoming Germany's all-time top goalscorer with a double early on before Per Mertesacker added a third for the hosts before half time. Once Mesut Ozil made it 4-0 early in the second half, Germany's 14th consecutive win in qualifying competitions seemed to be in the bank, but they had not counted on such a dramatic revival.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Mikael Lustig got the comeback under way in the 62nd and 64th minutes before Johan Elmander brought them back to within a goal with 14 minutes left to play.Germany 4 - 4 Sweden All Goals And Highlights | World Cup 2014 Qualification [High Quality] adiós al Barça, en una rueda de prensa donde Sandro Rosell ha anunciado que Tito Vilanova será su sustituto la próxima temporada en el Camp Nou en las semifinales de la Champions ección Española, Gerard Piqué, manda un saludo a todos los aficionados culés Real Madrid vs Barcelona Leo Lionel Messi la Copa LibertadoresNeymar Goal League goles en el epílogo del partido de Alan Kardec y Neymar, Sweden staged an amazing comeback from 4-0 down to earn a draw with Germany in Berlin, scoring four goals in the final half-hour – the last of them deep into stoppage time. It was the first time in their history that Germany had lost a four-goal lead.
Miroslav Klose scored two early goals as Germany, who had won their first three games in Group C and thrashed the Republic of Ireland 6-1 on their last outing, dominated for an hour before the comeback began. "I have never seen a thing like this in an international," Sweden's coach, Erik Hamren, said. "Did we believe we could get a result at 3-0 down at half-time? No, no, there was no one who thought that."
The Germany coach, Joachim Löw, was no closer to understanding what happened. "I don't know how to explain it," he said. "Normally we would not waste a four-goal lead. The problem seems to have been mental after 60 minutes. We became sloppy and lost our discipline."
A minor earthquake rattled southern Maine this evening and was felt throughout New England.
Update at 8:40 p.m. ET: Nonplussed by the relatively small quake, some Twitterers have weighed in with a little humor:
Californians Declare 4.5 Magnitude Earthquake 'Absolutely Adorable.' @MrWordsWorth
Great earthquake of our time. @Ayo_61
Hour one after earthquake: food is low. Water is almost gone. Supplies on the verge if nothing. Survival is not likely. Most remember the rule "stop, drop and roll" when it comes to fires. Federal emergency management officials want to add "drop, cover and hold on" to our memory banks.
Those are the instructions given during an earthquake, and people across five states, including Maryland, and the District of Columbia will be practicing them on Thursday. The Federal Emergency Management Agency and Central U.S. Earthquake Consortium are holding "The Great Southeast ShakeOut", a widespread earthquake response drill.
Given the August 2011 earthquake that rattled up and down the East Coast, the practice is important, officials said. It will take place at 10:18 a.m. Thursday in Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia.The U.S. Geological Survey revised its report of Tuesday's earthquake to magnitude 4.0, down from a preliminary magnitude of 4.6. The epicenter was pinpointed 4 miles west-southwest of Hollis Center, Maine, at a shallow depth of 4.2 miles.
Despite the downgrade, the quake was felt as far away as Boston, Massachusetts; Albany, New York, and even Waterbury, Connecticut, according to the USGS.
You can report your earthquake experience to the USGS at the above link, as well as adding your comment to the many at the end of this post.First reported as a 4.5 magnitude quake centered near Lake Arrowhead, the USGS revised the quake's magnitude to 4.6 and finally down to 4.0.
It shifted the epicenter to close to Hollis Center, southeast of the original location, and revised the quake's depth from a deep 17 miles (27 km) to a relatively shallow 3 miles (4.8 km).
Hollis Center is about 20 miles (32 km) west of Portland, Maine's most populous city, and about 100 miles (160 km) north of Boston.
Monday, October 15, 2012
BACK TO SCHOOL! - Walking Dead: Episode 4: Part 5
We just caught the third season premiere of The Walking Dead, and already we've seen a ton of drama inside the group's new prison home: Marital tension, hordes of zombies and exactly one lost leg.
But the tension is only going to get thicker from here on out. Here's a taste of what's coming up in the next few weeks:
Check out the Walking Dead Season 3 recap!
They are not alone: We've already met a fresh batch of real live people holed up in the prison, but they won't be the only new warm bloods we encounter this season. Loyalists to the Walking Dead comic will likely have a strong reaction to a new character called Milton, if for no other reason than he's been created just for the series. He plays a right-hand man to the sadistic Governor, one of the most feared and reviled characters in the comic.Two legs are better than one, but one leg is better than becoming a zombie. At least, that's the logic Rick Grimes is hoping Hershel Greene will accept if — not when — he wakes up on next week's episode of "Walking Dead" and realizes that he's missing a limb.
During the "Walking Dead" season premiere, Rick and his group of survivors battled their way into an all-but-abandoned maximum security prison, securing one section of the facility after another in order to carve out a new home for themselves. But during their episode-closing mission, poor Hershel was the unwitting recipient of a zombie-bite to the leg, necessitating an on-the-spot amputation from a hatchet-wielding Rick.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Felix Baumgartner's supersonic freefall from 128k' - Mission Highlights
A man fell to Earth from more than 24 miles high Sunday, becoming the first human to break the sound barrier under his own power — with some help from gravity. The 43-year-old leapt from a capsule more than 39 kilometres above the Earth, reaching a top speed of 833.9 miles per hour (1342km/h), or 1.24 times the speed of sound, according to organisers.Red Bull Stratos, a project five years in the making, will finally take flight today. Skydiver Felix Baumgartner will fall from near-space about 23 miles above the Earth’s surface, breaking the speed of sound in the process. He will be the first free-falling human to break the sound barrier. Baumgartner will also collect three other world records: highest manned balloon flight, highest altitude jump (both will be 120,000 feet) and longest time in free fall (about five-and-a-half minutes).
The team’s plan to launch this week has been delayed by windy conditions, but the team hopes today will be the day. Follow our live updates below by refreshing your browser; all times are EST.The veteran skydiver was in freefall for four minutes and 20 seconds before opening his red and white parachute and floating down to the desert in the US state of New Mexico, said Red Bull Stratos mission record keeper Brian Utley.Mission control erupted in cheers as Baumgartner sprung from the capsule hoisted aloft by a giant helium-filled balloon to an altitude of 128,097 feet (39,044 metres), even higher than expected.
"It was way harder than I expected. I think 20 tonnes have fallen from my shoulders. I prepared for this for seven years," he told German-language ServusTV in Austria in his first interview after the leap.
Derek Jeter breaks ankle in Yankees' loss to Tigers
NEW YORK — Raul Ibanez called it the polar opposite of emotions: boundless joy in the ninth inning for the New York Yankees and then devastation in the 12th inning.
The Yankees scored four runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to tie Game 1 of the American League Championship Series against the Tigers, Ibanez hitting a dramatic two-run homer with two outs.
Then not only did the Yankees lose the game three innings later when the Tigers scored two runs, they also lost shortstop Derek Jeter for the remainder of the season with a fractured left ankle.
“There is disappointment that we didn’t win the game. There is disappointment that our captain and our leader went down for the rest of the year,” manager Joe Girardi said after the 6-4 loss.The New York Yankees lost the AL championship series opener and their captain when Derek Jeter broke his left ankle just after Delmon Young doubled home the go-ahead run in the 12th inning of the Detroit Tigers' thrilling, excruciating, bizarre 6-4 victory last night.
New York's Raul Ibanez hit another stunning game-tying home run during a four-run rally in the ninth, but that was just the start of the dramatics in another thriller of a postseason already filled with them. The New York Yankees lost the AL championship series opener and their captain when Derek Jeter broke his left ankle moments after Detroit’s Delmon Young doubled home the go-ahead run in the 12th inning, giving the Tigers a bizarre 6-4 win Saturday night.
In a game of wild swings and wild swings of emotion, the Tigers took a 4-0 lead into the ninth before Raul Ibanez struck again, hitting a tying, two-run homer with two outs that turned a somber crowd into a delirious one.
And then came a little grounder up the middle that devastated the Yankees and their fans, who saw their leader writhing on the ground, screaming in pain.
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Jessica Ridgeway Case: 'Our Focus Has Changed From The Search For Jessica To A Mission Of Justice For Jessica,' Police Say
The search for whoever killed Jessica Ridgeway is heating up, and this weekend is shaping up to be a busy one for at least eight officials who are tirelessly working on the several leads that have come in regarding the girl's murder. Investigators have acknowledged that at least 1,500 tips have come in over the past couple of days regarding the disappearance, murder and dismemberment of the 10-year-old missing Westminster girl.The weeklong search for a 10-year-old Colorado girl became a murder investigation after authorities identified a body found in a suburban Denver park as that of fifth-grader Jessica Ridgeway.
"Our focus has changed from the search for Jessica to a mission of justice for Jessica," Westminster Police Chief Lee Birk said Friday. "We recognize there is a predator at large in our community."
Anxious parents kept close watch over their children. Fueling the frustration: The FBI again urged residents to report any suspicious activity by people they know. A day after police confirmed a dismembered body found in a park Wednesday was missing 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway, her Colorado community came together for a "balloon release" memorial to celebrate her life.
More than 1,000 memorial-goers wore purple (Ridgeway's favorite color) and released purple and green balloons with messages on them at a park in Westminster, Colo. They were also planning to hold a candlelight vigil at 7 p.m.
UFC 153: Chris Camozzi Admits He Was Nervous Before Hearing Judges' Scores
Saturday night's UFC 153 card takes place in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil and is headlined by a light heavyweight matchup between longtime UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva and Stephan Bonnar. Bonnar will look to score one of the biggest upsets in MMA history in a fight that is a mismatch on paper.
In preliminary action, jiu jitsu specialist Cristiano Marcello utilized his striking to score a close split decision victory over Reza Madadi and American Chris Camozzi won a unanimous decision over Brazilian favorite Luiz Cane that dropped the once promising Cane to 1-4 in his last five bouts.Chris Camozzi discusses his decision win over Luiz Cane at UFC 153, whether he was worried about the hometown judges, his charitable efforts, and much more with MMA Fighting's Ariel Helwani.
Andy Murray beats Roger Federer in Shanghai Masters semi-final
Top seed, Roger Federer of Switzerland, moved a step closer to his record 22nd ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title by defeating the 10th seed from Croatia, Marin Cilic, in straight sets 6-3, 6-4 in the quarter-finals of the Shanghai Rolex Masters.
The Swiss Maestro, who needed an hour and 21 minutes to claim victory, is currently tied with Rafael Nadal on 21 Masters Series crowns. With this 871st tour level match victory, Federer also moved to the fourth position in the list of players with most overall match wins in the open era.
Talking about the latest match, Federer played attackingly throughout. The Swiss Maestro struck in the opening game and held his next serve to attain a 2-0 lead. Cilic fought back to claim a couple of games in a row, levelling the proceedings at 2-2. The Croatian’s effort became fruitless, as Federer grabbed four of the five games after that to clinch the first set 6-3.Andy Murray heaped the misery on Roger Federer on Saturday, taking advantage of an astonishing service meltdown by the Swiss great to set up a mouthwatering final against Novak Djokovic.
The US Open champion, who has never been beaten at the Chinese tournament, won 6-4, 6-4, repeating his victory in the Olympic final that came after the searing pain of defeat to Federer just weeks earlier at Wimbledon.
The pair swapped breaks at the start of the match but the first set hinged on an incredible fifth game when 17-time Grand Slam champion Federer was broken to love after the normally ice-cool Swiss double-faulted three times in a row.Andy Murray produced a dominant performance over Roger Federer to power into a Shanghai Masters final against Novak Djokovic following a comfortable 6-4 6-4 victory.
Federer simply had no answer to Murray's power and variety and it was a relatively simple task for the Olympic champion to set up a US Open final re-match with old foe Djokovic on Sunday.
Gucci Mane - Truth (Young Jeezy Diss)
GUCCI - Gucci is renowned worldwide for its fashion authority, Italian craftsmanship and quality - This storied Florentine company, founded in 1921, has long .Gucci Mane and Young Jeezy have been going back and forth this week throwing shots at each other. Gucci said he has no respect for Jeezy during HOWEVER one little fact is being !!ed up the people that went after gucci WERE NOT JEEZYS "PARTNAS" they werent jeezys homies , friends, [..]ociates , family Gucci Mane Truth Download. This is not a diss record, it's just the truth, Gucci Mane raps on this track. We get where he's going with this, but it's defiantly a diss .Originally Posted by Flav yall takin this stan **** too far.just listen to the damn music and get out of these niggaz lifes.yall startin to act like.Young Jeezy talks to Big Boy on Power 106 about the incident that occurred at the 2012 BET Hip Hop Awards. Secondly he touched on his issues with Gucci M. The synonym of elegance is Gucci. in the years of 1960s One of the most popular ladies in US named Jackie Kennedy, was known for her love of Gucci Women are virtually obsessed with handbags. Women handbags are designed in a variety of colors, shapes and looks. Materials such as nylon, cloth, leather .Women are virtually obsessed with handbags. Women handbags are designed in a variety of colors, shapes and looks. Materials such as nylon, cloth, leather . Gucci Mane - Truth (Young Jeezy Diss) Trap God Gucci Mane - Truth (Young Jeezy Diss) Gucci Mane - Truth (Young Jeezy Diss)After Gucci Mane disrespected Young Jeezy on Power 105′s The Breakfast Club, Young Jeezy wasn't having
that and then responded back on Power 106′s Gucci Jacket Brand new 100% Real for men made Italy size L for men it had the Gucci logo on it in has the the red & green stripes this is a Limited edition Gucci .Originally Posted by CA King 7 Didnt Jeezy just get that A&R gig on top of the dough he is already getting? Now why would he go f all his dough up for a nicca .Gucci Mane teams up with Birdman to release another video from his “Trap God” mixtape dropping 10/17. Directed by Mr. Boomtown. Previously: Gucci Mane .
Justin Bieber - Beauty And A Beat Ft. Nicki Minaj (Official Video)
Justin Bieber releases a music video for his latest single "Beauty and a Beat". The video is a longer version of a short clip posted by a self-proclaimed thief who said he/she had obtained the singer's personal footage from his stolen computer and camera.Justin Bieber just stepped up his "Punk'd" game to a whole new level to promote the release of his "Beauty and a Beat" music video.
After putting out a fake report that his computer, featuring very personal footage, had been stolen at a show in Tacoma, Washington, Bieber then opened a fake Twitter account, under the moniker @gexwy, and promised that on Friday (October 12) at noon, some highly personal (and possibly naughty) footage would be leaked to the media featuring the pop star. A label spokesperson even told MTV News, "It's an unfortunate situation when personal property is stolen. There will be no further comment." Justin Bieber, Nicki Minaj and dozens of dancers go swimming and get wild after dark in a waterpark for his new "Beauty and a Beat" video, which debuted Friday (October 12).
The video opens with some of the "personal footage" that was supposedly stolen from Bieber and his tour manager during a show in Washington state. "In October of 2012 three hours of personal footage was stolen from musician Justin Bieber," the video opens.
"The following footage was illegally uploaded by an anonymous blogger." Check out Justin Bieber‘s latest music video for his song “Beauty And A Beat,” featuring Nicki Minaj! Earlier this week, the 18-year-old singer said he had personal footage stolen from his laptop – and at the beginning of the video, a message pops up and says: “In October of 2012, three hours of personal footage was stolen from musician Justin Bieber. The following footage was illegally uploaded by an anonymous blogger.”
Friday, October 12, 2012
Amanda Todd: another child who just fell through the cracks
VANCOUVER — There was an outpouring of condolences on social media following the suspected suicide of a British Columbia teenager who last month posted a gut-wrenching video to YouTube of her treatment at the hands of relentless bullies.
Coroner Barb McLintock said Thursday night that preliminary indications suggest Amanda Todd, 15, took her own life one day earlier.
Todd posted a haunting, black-and-white, nine-minute video on Sept. 7 in which she doesn’t speak, but holds up a series of white pieces of paper with brief sentences in black marker.October is National Anti-Bullying month. As a tragic reminder of the need for this, we learn that 15-year old Amanda Todd, a former “spunky” cheerleader and Grade 10 student at the Coquitlam Alternate Basic Education school in British Columbia, killed herself Wednesday as a result of a cyberbullying campaign against her.
Amanda’s story began in Grade 7 when she and friends were fooling around with a camcorder. She was urged on to a topless “flash” that ended up online. A stranger posted it on his Facebook profile and it went viral.t breaks my heart to think that no one stepped up to help Amanda Todd. Another child just fell through the cracks.
She's the B.C. teenager who took her own life a few days ago, just over a month after posting a video to YouTube telling her story of the abuse she suffered at the hands of bullies.
Thursday, October 11, 2012
B*tch Get Off My Bus: Driver Uppercuts The Sh*t Outta Teen Girl In Cleveland!
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Vice-Presidential Debate Moments - Elections 2012
Ahead of a vice presidential debate that could sap or seal Mitt Romney's polling momentum, fitness-obsessed Paul Ryan has been preparing with the P90X of debate workouts.
According to attorney Ted Olson, who played the role of Vice President Biden during practice, the Republican running mate has held a whopping nine 90-minute prep sessions. The sparring rounds were held across the country, from Wisconsin to Oregon to Virginia. And Olson says Ryan is ready.
President Obama, though, expressed confidence in his man ahead of Thursday night's faceoff in Kentucky.
"Joe just needs to be Joe," the president told ABC News. "Congressman Ryan is a smart effective speaker, but his ideas are the wrong ones At odds early and often, Joe Biden and Republican Paul Ryan squabbled over the economy, taxes, Medicare and more Thursday night in a contentious, interruption-filled debate.
"That is a bunch of malarkey," the vice president retorted after a particularly tough Ryan attack on the administration's foreign policy.Though vice presidential debates are typically a sort of intermission between the more closely watched presidential debates, the Biden-Ryan contest could have more of an impact, which could explain the intensive practice sessions. It comes as the polls in the race take a turn on the heels of Romney's dominating performance against Obama last week in Denver. The Republican nominee has closed Obama's lead in several swing states and in some polls has surpassed the president nationally.
Spain 5-0 Denmark The holders will take a clear advantage into Tuesday's return leg after Rodrigo capped a memorable night with four goals in Burgos.Spain 5-0 Denmark The holders will take a clear advantage into Tuesday's return leg after Rodrigo capped a memorable night with four goals in Burgos and England to win 3-0 - 22/1 from 20/1, James Milner to score first and England to win 5-0 - 50/1 from ... Johnson to score first and either England to win 4-0 or England to win 5-0 - 16/1 from 14/1 ..... Druga Liga · Danish SAS Ligaen · Danish Viasat Divisionen · Germany Regionalliga Nor… ... Spanish Segunda B Grupo…Thu 11th Oct - Play-Offs. FT. Slovakia U21. 0 - 2. Holland U21. bet · TV · FT. Spain U21. 5 - 0. Denmark U21. bet · TV. Fri 12th Oct - Play-Offs. 15:00. Czech R U21 . Belarus v Spain. 0-4. Finland v Georgia. 2-0. England v San Marino. 5-0. Denmark 1st Division · Viborg v AB. 3-0. India I League · Lajong v Salgaocar. 1-0 Football Results for Barnechea ( 3 - 2 ) Coquimbo Unido , Chile goo.gl/mIJVn #football #soccer 5 hours ago; Football Results for Spain (U21) ( 5 - 0 )
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Mo Yan es el Premio Nobel de Literatura 2012
STOCKHOLM —
Chinese writer Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday, a cause of pride for a government that had disowned the only previous Chinese winner of the award, an exiled critic.
National television broke into its newscast to announce the prize — exceptional for the tightly scripted broadcast that usually focuses on the doings of Chinese leaders.
The Swedish Academy, which selects the winners of the prestigious award, praised Mo's "hallucinatory realism" saying it "merges folk tales, history and the contemporary."
Peter Englund, the academy's permanent secretary, said the academy had contacted Mo, 57,before the announcement.The 2012 Nobel Prize for literature has been awarded to Chinese writer Mo Yan.
The Swedish Academy in Stockholm praised Mo's "hallucinatoric realism" as it announced the prize on October 11.
"The Nobel Prize in literature for 2012 is awarded to the Chinese writer Mo Yan, who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history, and the contemporary," Peter Englund, the academy's permanent secretary, said.
Englund said the academy had contacted Mo before the announcement and that Mo said he was "overjoyed Celebrated author Mo Yan has become the first Chinese national to win the Nobel Prize for literature.
Announced by the Nobel committee in Sweden on Thursday, Yan was chosen as the 2012 recipient for works with qualities of "hallucinatory realism" that mixes folk tales, history and the contemporary.
"Through a mixture of fantasy and reality, historical and social perspectives, Mo Yan has created a world reminiscent in its complexity of those in the writings of William Faulkner and Gabriel Garcia Marquez, at the same time finding a departure point in old Chinese literature and in oral tradition," the Swedish Academy said.
Mo Yan whose real name is Guan Moye was born in 1955.
He has published novels, short stories and essays on various topics, and despite his social criticism is seen in his homeland as one of the foremost contemporary authors, the Nobel committee noted.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Felix Baumgartner Jump: 'Red Bull Stratos' Skydiver's Record Attempt On Weather Hold
ROSWELL, N.M. -- Plans for extreme athlete and skydiver Felix Baumgartner to make a death-defying, 23-mile free fall into the southeastern New Mexico desert were on hold Tuesday morning due to winds, but his team was still hoping the weather would clear after sunrise in time to make the jump.
The 43-year-old former military parachutist from Austria planned to take off in a 55-story, ultra-thin and easy-to-tear helium balloon that would take him into the stratosphere for a jump that he hopes will make him the first skydiver to break the sound barrier and shatter three other world records.
Mission meteorologist Don Day said winds on the ground were an ideal 1 to 2 mph, but were 20 mph at the balloon-top level of 700 feet.
"We need 3 mph or less at 800 feet," Day said, putting the chance of a launch Tuesday at "50-50. When the sun comes up we will know a lot more. We are very, very close today." Weather conditions have delayed the launch, but lift off is still expected today in the mission to have a man skydive from the Stratosphere (36km), the highest ever freefall.
As part of Red Bull’s Stratos mission to the edge of space, Felix Baumgartner will ascend for three hours in a stratospheric balloon to 120,000 ft or around 36.58km.
He will make a freefall jump to the earth, reaching supersonic speeds.
His supporting team of expert includes retired United States Air Force Colonel Joseph Kittinger, who holds three of the records Baumgartner is attempting to break Today, over the skies of Roswell, N.M., Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner will attempt to break the high-altitude freefall record that has held strong for 52 years. The Red Bull Stratos mission will be covered live by Discovery News, Discovery Channel and Velocity. Follow @Discovery_News, @Discovery, @VelocityTV1 and the hashtag #SpaceJumpLIVE on Twitter for live updates and commentary.
Yankees Ichiro Eludes Tag At Home Plate
Sometimes, postseason experience isn’t all that important.
How else to explain the Baltimore Orioles beating the playoff-tested New York Yankees, and rookie Wei-Yin Chen outpitching 40-year-old Andy Pettitte?
With Chen leading the way, the Orioles squeezed out a 3-2 victory Monday night to even their AL Division Series at one game apiece.
Chris Davis drove in two runs for the wild-card Orioles, who used the same formula that got them into the postseason for the first time in 15 years: a magnificent bullpen and an ability to win tight games. Baltimore was 29-9 in one-run decisions during the regular season and 74-0 when leading after seven innings.That was some show you put on at Camden Yards the past two nights. I've never seen anything like it. And I've been around sports in this town for a long time.
For two wonderful nights in October, you showed the entire country this could still be a great baseball town, no matter how big the Ravens are.Major league saves leader Jim Johnson, roughed up for five runs in a Game 1 loss, came back to pitch a perfect ninth to close it out.
The rest of the best-of-five series is at Yankee Stadium, beginning with Game 3 Wednesday. Hiroki Kuroda will start for AL East champion New York against rookie Miguel Gonzalez.
‘‘It means everything,’’ Davis said of the win. ‘‘You definitely don’t want to go into New York in a five-game series down two games. This is big — having the day off tomorrow, hopefully building some momentum, and we can take that into New York.’’
Chen gave up two runs, one earned, and eight hits over 6⅓ innings. The Taiwan native, who pitched previously in Japan, was 1-2 with a 5.25 ERA in four outings against New York this season.
Monday, October 8, 2012
Mila Kunis - Sexiest Woman Alive on Esquire Magazine 2012
Kunis, 29, a one-time star of the TV comedy "That '70s Show," was lauded by the men's magazine on its website as "the most beautiful, opinionated, talkative, and funny movie star that we've all known since she was nine."
As a grown-up, the native of Ukraine electrified audiences with a solid performance opposite - and sometimes in bed with - Oscar-winner Natalie Portman in 2010 ballet movie "Black Swan." She recently showed her comic chops in the surprise summer hit, "Ted."
Near year she will star in "Oz: The Great and Powerful," and she is the voice of Meg Griffin on the animated Fox comedy "Family Guy."
Runners-up this year included Jessica Chastain, Anne Hathaway, "Precious" star Gabourey Sidibe and newly divorced Katie Holmes.After everyone who isn't a New York Yankees fan scratched their heads and asked "Who?" last year by naming Derek Jeter's ex Minka Kelly their Sexiest Woman Alive, Esquire has gone a little more populist and chosen Mila Kunis. You know, the one from Black Swan who didn't win the Oscar. "What I do and who I am are two different things. And they always will be," Kunis told the magazine. "What happens with people is they lose sight of who they are, and they become either who they want to be or who they are perceived to be." Umm, okay. Hard to believe she once starred on That '70s Show.Mila Kunis bares her back while appearing topless for the November 2012 issue of Esquire magazine. Here's what the 29-year-old
actress had to share with the Practice Squad. elle.belle. is offline. Join Date: Aug 2012. Posts: 42. My Mood: elle.belle. is fierce! Unread Re: Ashton Kutcher & Mila Kunis out in NYC - 10/8 .View Poll Results: Is Mila Kunis the Sexist Women alive? Yes, she def is!! 10, 55.56%. No, i'm a homosexual, 8, 44.44%. Voters: 18. You may not vote on this poll .
Alex Cross Movie CLIP - He Won't Stop (2012) - Tyler Perry Movie HD
Until the screenplay for ‘Madea: The Dementia Years’ is drafted, fans of Tyler Perry are learning to become familiar with the actor-director-mogul taking on more serious roles. It’s not polite to point and laugh.
In his upcoming film role, Perry butches it up a notch by losing his silver fox lace front and sporting the mens warehouse suit of Cheryl Miller detective Alex Cross, which was previously played by Morgan Freeman.
‘Alex Cross’ opens Friday, October 19th and features a cast including Giancarlo Esposito, Matthew Fox, Ed Burns and Black Twitter’s favorite greasy greasy granny Cicely Tyson.Man, Rob Cohen has been doing a lot of talking lately. The director, whose past credits include The Fast and the Furious and xXx, made the publicity rounds on behalf of his upcoming adaptation of James Patterson’s Alex Cross (in theaters on Oct. 19). Yet while he opened up a bit about Tyler Perry and Matthew Fox, he repeatedly talked about future projects he’d love to dive into if given the opportunity.
Cohen told reporters that his xXx sequel is dormant as he waits for Vin Diesel to stop making Furious movies … while, at the same time, admitting that he would return to that franchise (which he launched) if given the chance. The Cohen told ComingSoon that he’s putting together a found-footage-style action film that will use multi-media in some way to assemble a story. He’d like to do it with Jason Blum, the producer behind the Paranormal Activity series.It’s always been easier for me to have a costume to hide behind, but here I had nothing,” says Tyler Perry, who not only sheds his Madea character to take on the lead in “Alex Cross,” but also leaves the directing to someone else and delivers lines written by someone other than himself – a rarity in his universe.
Explore Universe Mode 3.0 in WWE '13!
Today, THQ revealed a large selection of information regarding the implementation of the Universe Mode for the upcoming release of WWE '13, of which is showcased in the slide-show above. As revealed on the official website for WWE '13, THQ has come forward in revealing many of the features that will be accessable through the new Universe Mode 3.0.
Create a Show Players now have the freedom to create their own shows while scheduling which day they appear on, from Monday through Saturday. In their show creation process, players will be able to choose the presentation graphics, the arena, which rosters appear on the show, and assign up to four Championships to be contested over.WWE developmental wrestler Xavier Woods defeated Michael McGillicutty in a dark match prior to Monday's Raw ... Explore Universe Mode 3.0 in WWE '13! Complete results from the October 8th episode of WWE Raw. Details on Why Edge Has . Explore Universe Mode 3.0 in WWE '13! (Official). by Steve Carrier .Football Manager 2013 Classic Mode Video Walkthrough ... WWE 13 Game Coverage: My Two Cents On WWE Universe 3.0 With Paul
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Sunday, October 7, 2012
New Releases: Dishonored, XCOM, Fable, Pokemon Oct. 7th - 13th
The challenge for a developer creating a role-playing game is to build a bond with the player, the kind of bond where the player as protagonist not only believes in the mission of his alter ego, but cares about the characters in the game on an emotional level. The story is the essence of any good RPG, and the developer must allow the player to feel the character's anger, frustration, joy or any of the myriad emotions through that story. A great RPG builds a trust with the player and demands that role-playing be the game.
And for that reason, Arkane Studios' Dishonored is a great RPG. My emotions drove my style of game play as the bodyguard Corvo, falsely accused of killing a beloved Empress and my friend. I started with the mindset that clearing my name was secondary to finding those that killed her and kidnapped her daughter, the future monarch that I had watched grow up in my time as their bodyguard. I began play in a non-lethal fashion, fully unaware that what I was about to experience went well beyond the traditional point-and-click RPGs.The citizens of Dunwall - home to the events of Dishonored - are subject to terrible restrictions on their personal freedom. There's a compulsory dusk-'till-dawn curfew for starters, which is vigorously applied by the city's guards. At sundown, doors and windows are bolted shut by industrial-sized clamps, and anyone who does somehow manage to wiggle past them is shot on sight.
Things don't get much better come the break of dawn. Electrified 'Wall of Light' barriers have been erected around Dunwall to control people-flow and to quarantine poverty-stricken areas from their affluent neighbours. Anyone who stumbles into the barriers is vapourised.Dunwall's civil liberties have been curtailed in an attempt to contain a devastating rat plague that has derailed the once-charming maritime city's recent industrial expansion and left half the population dead.
The city's survivors - largely members of the aristocracy who can afford the immunity elixir - cling desperately to a vestige of respectability, but that's all it is - a veneer. Dishonored's world is a grim one of routine, oppression and restriction. Except for you, of course. In Dunwall, you can do anything you please.
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