'Cake Boss: Next Great Baker' Finale: And The Winner Is... (VIDEO)

After a long competition, only two remained on the season finale of "Next Great Baker" (Mon., 9 p.m. EST on TLC). It was a night of celebration with the winner being crowned, but TLC also took some time out before the finale to air a retrospective of the season. While it was light in parts, the cast did address the suicide of contestant Wesley Durden after filming of the season had wrapped.

The night began with three bakers still in the running. It was between Ryan Cimorelli, Marrisa Lopez and Nadine Reibeling. With $100,000 on the line, as well as a job working with the "Cake Boss" himself, Buddy Valastro, the girls got off to a quick start -- literally, as the first challenge had them racing to crack eggs the fastest. Marrisa won this one.

The next challenge had them baking items to sell at Buddy's bakery. Once again, Ryan struggled to match the women in quantity and while he did sell out quickly, he just didn't have enough product to stay competitive. So it was Nadine, who won that challenge, taking on Marrisa in the final challenge.

For the win, they had to create a 4-foot tall cake that represented the American Dream. Both went with a dreamlike story of their own journeys, and it looked like it was going to be a close competition to the end. Appropriate, as the women had become close friends as well. But in the end, it was Marrisa Lopez who won it all.

"I would have loved for her to win as well and I wish we could split it," Marrisa said. "But there can only be one and I'm just so happy it's me."

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"Gossip Girl" (8 p.m. EST on The CW) The stylish soap hits 100 episodes this week, featuring an elaborate musical dream sequence involving Serena, Blair and all the men in their lives. Also, while Chuck wrestles with the reality that Blair is about to walk down the aisle with Prince Louis (guest star Hugo Becker), the return of Georgina Sparks (guest star Michelle Trachtenberg) might make the royal affair a royal disaster. "Gossip Girl" (8 p.m. EST on The CW)
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"Gossip Girl" (8 p.m. EST on The CW) The stylish soap hits 100 episodes this week, featuring an elaborate musical dream sequence involving Serena, Blair and all the men in their lives. Also, while Chuck wrestles with the reality that Blair is about to walk down the aisle with Prince Louis (guest star Hugo Becker), the return of Georgina Sparks (guest star Michelle Trachtenberg) might make the royal affair a royal disaster. "; var coords = [-5, -72]; // display fb-bubble FloatingPrompt.embed(this, html, undefined, 'top', {fp_intersects:1, timeout_remove:2000,ignore_arrow: true, width:236, add_xy:coords, class_name: 'clear-overlay'}); });

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PFT: Irsay won't talk about Manning this week

AP

The Patriots have put together a roster full of guys that no one else wanted. It?s a motley crew and that seems to suit this organization best.

Sure, Tom Brady is protected by an offensive line with a good pedigree. The defense is led by first round picks Jerod Mayo and Vince Wilfork.

But overall this is one of the most random rosters in the league.?18 undrafted free agents dot the 53-man roster, including?eight starters.

More than one-third of the Patriots roster was undrafted.?The Patriots also have eleven more players that were taken in the fifth round or later in the draft. ?Less than half of the team was drafted in the first four rounds. 12 Patriots were signed ?off the street? or during training camp.

Essentially, the Patriots have a roster of misfits. We think that?s been a big part of their success this year. It?s a roster that Belichick embraces, and one that falls in line with the ?Patriot Way.?

?I tell the team that I don?t care how you got here, it?s what you do when you get here. It doesn?t matter if you were drafted in the second round, the fifth round, or not drafted at all,? Belichick said in response to a question from PFT in Indianapolis.

A lot of teams say that to their players, but most squads are more sentimental about hanging on to past mistakes. The Patriots are far from perfect in personnel, but they do a better job than most of self scouting.

?Players ask me before the season, if we sign them as a free agent or if we draft them, ?What do you want my role to be?? Whatever you make it, I don?t know,? Belichick said. ?If you play good, you will have a big role, if you don?t play very well, then someone else will have a bigger role than you will.?

Belichick says he looks for undrafted players that are dependable and work hard. That sounds obvious, but it?s clear the Patriots genuinely value these skills more than raw talent. Their running back position ? led by two undrafted players BenJarvus Green-Ellis and Danny Woodhead ? is a great example of the Patriots finding diamonds in the rough and knowing how to use them.

?There?s a goal that they have in mind with the guys that they bring in, and they try to bring in guys that they think will buy into that,? special teams ace and fifth-round pick Matthew Slater said. ?You kind of have that sense of urgency from the day you come into the league knowing that things are not going to be easy for you.?

?With [Belichick], you know the best players are going to play. No matter where you are taken or what the deal is or anything else, ?the best players are going to be out there. If you prove yourself, there?s no politics about it,? Wes Welker said.

That?s why Belichick is comfortable enough to bench a $6 million receiver (Chad Ochocinco), release a free agent bust (Albert Haynesworth), or even trade a future Hall of Famer (Randy Moss) in the middle of the season.

?You?ve got to kind of come in and be willing to do dirty work; whatever it takes to stick around,? Slater said. ?I think a lot of guys on this team have that mentality, and that?s why we?ve had the success that we?ve had.?

This may not be the most talented Patriots team of the last decade, but it?s obvious Belichick loves to coach this group.

It?s his kind of team.

Source: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/30/jim-irsay-is-only-talking-about-the-super-bowl-this-week/related/

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Warren Communications Files $19.5M Lawsuit Over Unauthorized ...

Warren Communications News Inc., a Washington-based news organization that covers the telecommunications and media industries, is suing a subscriber for making unauthorized copies of a daily newsletter to the tune of as much as $19.5 million.

According to the complaint (PDF), filed Friday in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Warren Communications is accusing a Michigan company of buying a single subscription to a daily newsletter and then making multiple copies to distribute to present and former employees.

The newsletter, Communications Daily, is sent as a PDF document to subscribers via e-mail. Warren Communications is accusing an employee of U.S. Signal LLC of subscribing to the newsletter in March 2009 and, starting in Oct. 2010, sending copies around and outside of the office. U.S. Signal operates fiber optic networks in the Midwest.

The $19.5 million price tag is based on the maximum amount a jury can award in damages for this type of copyright infringement. Warren Communications alleges U.S. Signal made copies of at least 130 editions of the newsletter, multiplied by $150,000 for each act of willful infringement.

A U.S. Signal representative could not immediately be reached for comment. Warren Communications News is being represented by Wiley Rein partner Thomas Kirby, who also could not immediately be reached.

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Huge Israeli drone that can reach Iran crashes

By msnbc.com news services

The Israeli military says a drone that can fly as far as Iran has crashed in central Israel on a routine experimental flight.

The military says there were no injuries in Sunday's crash, and it was investigating the incident.

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The Heron TP drone is also known locally as the Eitan. It has a wingspan of 86 feet (26 meters), making it the size of a Boeing 737 passenger jet. It is the largest unmanned aircraft in Israel's military arsenal.

The drone figures to be featured prominently in any potential Israeli operation against Iran and its expanding nuclear program.

Heron TP could provide surveillance, jam enemy communications and connect ground control and manned air force planes. It's unclear if is could carry a deployable payload in a potential strike.

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Syrian forces battle to retake Damascus suburbs (Reuters)

AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) ? Syrian soldiers killed 19 people in fighting to retake Damascus suburbs from rebels on Sunday, activists said, a day after the Arab League suspended its monitoring mission in Syria because of mounting violence.

Around 2,000 soldiers in buses and armored personnel carriers, along with at least 50 tanks and armored vehicles, moved at dawn into the Ghouta area on the eastern edge of Damascus to reinforce an offensive in the suburbs of Saqba, Hammouriya and Kfar Batna, activists said.

The army pushed into the heart of Kfar Batna and four tanks were in its central square, they said, in a move to flush out rebels who had taken over districts just a few kilometers from President Bashar al-Assad's centre of power.

"It's urban war. There are bodies in the street," said one activist, speaking from Kfar Batna. Activists said 14 civilians and five insurgents from the rebel Free Syrian Army were killed there and in other suburbs.

The Arab League suspended the work of its monitors on Saturday after calling on Assad to step down and make way for a government of national unity. It said Arab foreign ministers would discuss the Syrian crisis on February 5.

Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby left for New York on Sunday where he will brief representatives of the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to seek support for an Arab peace plan that calls on Assad to step aside after 10 months of protests.

He will be joined by Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani, whose country heads the league's committee charged with overseeing Syria.

Speaking shortly before he left Cairo for New York, Elaraby said he hoped to overcome resistance from China and Russia over endorsing the Arab proposals. "There are contacts with China and Russia on this issue," he said.

A Syrian government official was quoted by state media as saying Syria was surprised by the decision to suspend operations, which would "put pressure on (Security Council) deliberations with the aim of calling for foreign intervention and encouraging armed groups to increase violence."

Assad blames the violence on foreign-backed militants.

ARMY DEATHS

State news agency SANA reported funerals on Saturday for 28 soldiers and security force members killed by "armed terrorist groups" in Homs, Hama, Deraa, Deir al-Zor and Damascus province.

Another 16 soldiers were reported killed on Sunday. SANA said six soldiers were killed in a bombing southwest of Damascus, while the opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 10 soldiers were killed when their convoy was attacked in Jabal al-Zawiya in northern Syria.

Faced with mass demonstrations against his rule, Assad launched a military crackdown to try to subdue the protests. Growing numbers of army deserters and gunmen have joined the demonstrators, increasing instability in the country of 23 million people at the heart of the Middle East.

The insurgency has been gradually approaching the capital, whose suburbs, a series of mainly conservative Sunni Muslim towns bordering old gardens and farmland, known as the al-Ghouta, are home to the bulk of Damascus's population.

One activist in Saqba suburb said mosques there had been turned into field hospitals and were appealing for blood supplies. "They cut off the electricity. Petrol stations are empty and the army is preventing people from leaving to get fuel for generators or heating," he said.

The Damascus suburbs have seen large demonstrations demanding the removal of Assad, a member of the minority Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shi'ite Islam that has dominated the mostly Sunni Muslim country for the last five decades.

TOWN BESIEGED

In Rankous, 30 km (20 miles) north of Damascus by the Lebanese border, Assad's forces have killed at least 33 people in recent days in an attack to dislodge army defectors and insurgents, activists and residents said on Sunday.

Rankous, a mountain town of 25,000 people, has been under tank fire since Wednesday, when several thousand troops laid siege to it, they said.

France, which has been leading calls for stronger international action on Syria, said the Arab League decision highlighted the need to act.

"France vigorously condemns the dramatic escalation of violence in Syria, which has led the Arab League to suspend its observers' mission in Syria," the Foreign Ministry said.

"Dozens of Syrian civilians have been killed in the past days by the savage repression taken by the Syrian regime ... Those responsible for these barbarous acts must answer to their crimes," it said.

The Arab League mission was sent in at the end of last year to observe Syria's implementation of a peace plan, which failed to end the fighting. Gulf states withdrew monitors last week, saying the team could not stop the violence.

The United Nations said in December more than 5,000 people had been killed in the protests and crackdown. Syria says more than 2,000 security force members have been killed by militants.

On Friday, the U.N. Security Council discussed a European-Arab draft resolution aimed at halting the bloodshed. Britain and France said they hoped to put it to a vote next week.

Russia joined China in vetoing a previous Western draft resolution in October, and has said it wants a Syrian-led political process, not "an Arab League-imposed outcome" or Libyan-style "regime change.

(Additional reporting by Erika Solomon, Dominic Evans and Mariam Karouny in Beirut; Editing by Janet Lawrence)

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World Of Pets Expo: An Event For Pet Lovers & Their 4-Legged ...

TIMONIUM, Md. (WJZ)? If you?re an animal lover, all roads lead to Timonium this weekend. You?ll find dogs, cats, birds and a whole lot more at the Maryland State Fairgrounds.

Ron Matz has more on one of the biggest animal shows on the East Coast.

Dogs can?t fly, but they?ll get close this weekend. Chesapeake Dock Dogs are just one of the great attractions at the 11th annual World of Pets Expo.

?We have hundreds of booths for you to shop for anything and everything for your pet,? said Jeanne Emge, World of Pets Expo. ?We have a cat show, dog agility trials, a guinea pig-a-thon. The bird whisperer is here from Australia to work with difficult parrots.?

Johnny Peers is back with his Muttville Comix. It?s a crew of 22. He loves making kids smile.

?We have many shelters and rescues representing almost every kind of pet and they would love to have you come talk to them about pets they have that need homes,? Emge said.

You can bring your pet too and learn about Thankful Paws.

?We are a nonprofit organization. We are a food bank for pets, so when people are going through a hard time and they?re deciding between paying BGE or buying food for their dog, we?re here to help provide temporary assistance to help them over the hump,? said Lynn Molnar, Thankful Paws. ?We love our veterans and we love our senior citizens and those are the people we primarily like to help, but the people we?re able to help depend on the number of donations we get.?

It?s a time to see how far a dog can go in the popular Chesapeake Dock Dogs agility trial.

?We have everything jumping for dock dogs, from a dachshund?to Great Dane, even a mastiff, but it?s primarily labs. We have at least five clubs represented here this weekend,? said Jim Linde, of Chesapeake Dock Dogs. ?The object is to see how far out in the pool they can go. If you break 15 feet, you?re a senior title. If you break 19 feet you?re a master title. If you break 22 feet, you?re an elite title. The record is 28 feet 10 inches.?

But there?s no title for just having a good time.

?It is a wonderful family friendly event. You can even bring your pet if your pet is well socialized. Kids love this show. It?s a great family venue,? Emge?said. ?Come on out and spend the weekend with us.??With great?food and free parking, it?s the place to be.?

The World of Pets Expo runs through 8 p.m. Friday and continues Saturday and Sunday. For ticket information, just click here.

Source: http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2012/01/27/world-pets-expo-an-event-for-pet-lovers-their-4-legged-friends/

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One Of History's Greatest Minds Can Now Store Your Stupid Cat Videos [Flash Drives]

Mimobot has been doing the character-based flash drive thing for a while now, focusing on superheroes and other fictional personalities. But their new Legends of Mimobot Series will instead feature the "stars of the human race," starting with Albert Einstein. More »

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NYPD commish's son, a Fox anchor, in rape probe

Updated at 5:45 p.m.? ET:? The Associated Press is reporting that the woman told authorities she got pregnant and had an abortion as?a result of the sexual assault.

NEW YORK -- The son of New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly is under investigation after a woman accused him of rape, sources tell NBC New York.

A source confirms a woman filed a sexual assault complaint against Greg Kelly, co-host of Fox 5?s "Good Day New York," with authorities at the 13th Precinct.

Details of her complaint are unknown at this time, but?Greg Kelly has not been arrested or charged with any crime.

For more, visit NBCNewYork.com

Kelly's attorney, Andrew Lankler, said that his client was aware of the investigation and strongly denied any wrongdoing.

"Mr. Kelly is aware that the New York County District Attorney's office is conducting an investigation. Mr. Kelly strenuously denies any wrongdoing of any kind, and is cooperating fully with the district attorney's investigation," Lankler said in a statement. "We know the district attorney's investigation will prove Mr. Kelly's innocence."

The District Attorney's office declined comment. An NYPD spokesman also declined comment, referring all questions to the district attorney.

The New York Times, quoting an anonymous law enforcement official, said the woman is in her late 20s or early 30s. She walked into the 13th Precinct with her sister after 8 p.m. on Tuesday and made her complaint, according to the Times.

The woman told police she met Kelly on the street, and the two had drinks together on Oct. 8, the paper reported. They then moved on to her office at a Lower Manhattan law firm. According to the Times, the woman told the cops that the rape occurred at the office. The two continued to keep in touch by phone and text message after the encounter.

Sources tell NBC New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly was approached by an unknown individual at a public event who told him that his son had ?ruined my girlfriend?s life.?

The police commissioner asked him to explain, but the man said he didn?t want to discuss the issue there. Ray Kelly told him to put it in writing and send it to him.

It wasn't clear if the letter was ever sent.

Greg Kelly, 43, joined Fox News Channel in 2002 and was the White House correspondent from 2005-2007, according to his biography on WNYW's website. A Marine Corps veteran and reservist, he also covered the Iraq War, including four assignments in Baghdad. ??? ?

Before that, he covered politics for local cable news channel New York 1 and was an anchor and reporter for NewsChannel 34, an ABC and NBC affiliate in Binghamton, N.Y., his bio said. ??? ?

He also served for nearly a decade in the Marine Corps and is now a lieutenant colonel in its reserves.?

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Nokia loss tempered by Windows phone launch

Following in the footsteps of the late Maharashtra Navnirman Sena MLA from Khadakwasala, Ramesh Wanjale, yet another goldman is trying his luck at the forthcoming civic body elections.

Nationalist Congress Party's (NCP) Samrat Moze (30), who is hoping to contest from Panel 14 in Shivajinagar, has gained recognition for sporting gold ornaments weighing 8.5 kg that cost over Rs 2.37 crore. Before the code of conduct was enforced, in his bid to attract voters', Moze had put up massive banners across the city with his bling bling on.

When questioned whether the late MNS MLA inspired him, Moze said, "My fascination for gold dates back to my childhood days. My father would gift me gold chains when I was a school kid and I would wear them with pride."

Social work
Apart from being a rich farmer's son, Moze is also a tourist bus operator at Shivajinagar. Commenting on his work after he entered active politics a decade ago, Moze stated that so far, he has organised health workshops for women, blood donation camps and has ferried nearly 5,000 pilgrims to religious places such as Akkalkot, Tuljapur and Pandharpur. "I'm sure that the party high command will appreciate my work and allow me to contest for the elections on my merit."

8.5 kg
The quantity of gold worn by Samrat Moze

MNS' Golden past
Late Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) MLA, Ramesh Wanjale, who died on June 10, 2011, after suffering a heart attack, was famous for wearing gold ornaments weighing two kilograms, worth Rs 55.80 lakh.

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Travelers will see changes at United Continental

FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2011 file photo, United Airlines jets sit on the tarmac at Cleveland Hopkins Airport in Cleveland. The parent company of United and Continental airlines said Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, it lost $138 million in the fourth quarter because of the costs of integrating the two airlines. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File)

FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2011 file photo, United Airlines jets sit on the tarmac at Cleveland Hopkins Airport in Cleveland. The parent company of United and Continental airlines said Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, it lost $138 million in the fourth quarter because of the costs of integrating the two airlines. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File)

Travelers will see big changes this year when they fly on United.

The airline, which merged with Continental in October 2010, said on Thursday that it's on track to combine computerized reservation systems and frequent-flier programs in early March. After that, it will move to a single website.

The update came as United Continental Holdings Inc. posted a fourth-quarter loss, due mostly to merger costs.

The combination of the two airlines into one carrier flying under the United name will speed up this year. The March computer changeover is an important part. The airline is a world-wide operation flying an average of 264,000 people every day. To sell tickets, its computers have to know where those planes are going and who is on them.

The changes mean that passengers will see a more unified airline. Travelers will be able to use ticket counters for either airline. The company's planes will have more gate options, because the computers at those gates will be able to handle both United and Continental flights.

Chairman and CEO Jeff Smisek said the company has done four dress rehearsals of moving the data. If something goes wrong they can either move back to the old system or postpone the transfer, he said.

"We are exceedingly well prepared for it," he said on a conference call. "I am confident this will go as planned."

Besides the computer switch, the company has repainted hundreds of planes and moved operations and some workers from Continental's old headquarters in Houston to its new base at United's headquarters in Chicago.

Largely because of merger expenses, United Continental lost $138 million, or 42 cents a share, in the fourth quarter. That was smaller than the year-earlier loss of $325 million, which was also due to merger expenses.

The company incurred $517 million in merger expenses in 2011, including $170 million in the fourth quarter. Chief Financial Officer Zane Rowe said costs are expected to continue at that fourth-quarter level at least through the first half of this year.

Helped by fare increases, revenue rose 5.5 percent to $8.93 billion, matching analyst expectations. Revenue for each passenger flown one mile rose 8.2 percent.

Despite higher fares and strong travel demand, United Continental said flying capacity in 2012 will be flat to down 1 percent. For the first quarter, it said flying capacity will range between rising 0.3 percent to falling 0.7 percent. It said it would reduce domestic flying and increase international flying. Its flying capacity shrank slightly last year, too.

For all of 2011, the company earned $840 million, down from a 2010 profit ? if the two companies had been combined ? of $955 million. Full-year revenue rose 8.8 percent to $37 billion.

Also Thursday, JetBlue Airways Corp. said its fourth-quarter profit nearly tripled to $23 million, or 8 cents per share, on an 11 percent increase in traffic. Revenue rose 22 percent to $1.15 billion. Both figures were better than analysts expected.

Alaska Air Group Inc., parent of Alaska Airlines, earned $64 million, or $1.76 per share, for the quarter. That was down 1 percent from a year earlier as its fuel bill jumped. Revenue rose 9 percent to $1.04 billion. Both figures were below analyst expectations.

United Continental shares rose $1.29, or 6.3 percent, to close at $21.70. JetBlue rose 23 cents, or 4.1 percent, to close at $5.80. Seattle-based Alaska Air Group fell $2.73, or 3.6 percent, to $72.71.

Associated Press

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Several dead after landslide hits Papua New Guinea (AP)

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea ? Rescuers were pulling bodies from the debris of a landslide that struck mountainous central Papua New Guinea, a disaster official said Wednesday, with reports saying as many as 60 people were dead or missing.

The full extent of the damage to villages hit by Tuesday's landslide was not immediately known, said Martin Mose, the director of the South Pacific island nation's National Disaster Center.

"I just received reports that several bodies have been recovered," Mose told The Associated Press. He said he was waiting for officials at the scene ? near the town of Mendi ? to provide him with the exact number.

The National newspaper reported that 40 bodies had been recovered and 20 people were still missing.

Local lawmaker Francis Potape told Radio Australia's indigenous language service that the landslide completely covered two villages while people slept.

"There are people buried underneath and a number of them are, from what I have heard, children," The National quoted Potape as saying.

Reports said the destruction extended more than one mile (two kilometers), leaving roads to villages cut off.

Three National Disaster Center officials were being flown by helicopter to Mendi on Wednesday to join police at the disaster site.

The Post Courier newspaper reported that Prime Minister Peter O'Neill would fly to the state later Wednesday.

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AT&T breaks its own Android sales record, but iPhone still rules the roost

AT&T released its Q4 2011 earnings this morning, saying it set sales records for Android devices in the three months ending Dec. 31. (It doubled Android sales in Q3 2011, you'll recall.) While it declined to give specific Android numbers, AT&T did say that it sold 9.4 million Android and iOS smartphones, 82 percent its postpaid sales were smartphones, and it activated 7.6 million iPhones. Do the math there, more or less, and you've got a boatload of iPhones, and some Android phones. But we're not one to look broken records in the mouth, and neither is AT&T, we reckon. The company also said it sold twice as many Android devices as it did in Q4 2010. 

Source: AT&T

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Fed to show members' views on interest rate moves (AP)

WASHINGTON ? Federal Reserve policymakers on Wednesday will give a clearer picture of where they expect short-term interest rates to be in the next few years.

The Fed's quarterly economic forecast will show where members of the policy committee expect the rate to be at the end of each of the next three years. And it will signal when each member expects the first rate hike will occur.

The change is intended to reassure consumers and investors that they will be able to borrow cheaply well into the future. And some economists said it could lead to further Fed action to try to invigorate the economy.

Many private economists expect the forecasts will show the Fed is unlikely to increase the rate before 2014. That would mark a shift from the Fed's plan to keep the rate low at least until mid-2013.

The Fed will offer the views of those officials at the conclusion of its two-day meeting. The forecast on interest rates will be released along with the Fed's updated projections for economic growth, unemployment and inflation.

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke will discuss the forecasts and Fed policy at a news conference after the meeting.

The economy is looking a little better, according to a raft of recent private and government data. Companies are hiring more, the stock market is rising, factories are busy and more people are buying cars. Even the home market is showing slight gains after three dismal years

Still, the threat of a recession in Europe is likely to drag on the global economy. And another year of weak wage gains in the United States could force consumers to pull back on spending, which would slow growth.

Most economists don't expect the Fed to drastically alter their forecasts. Some expect a more positive outlook for unemployment after rate fell to 8.5 percent in December ? the lowest rate in nearly three years.

The decision to share policymakers' views on interest rates is the Fed's latest effort to make its communications with the public more open and explicit.

Until last year, the Fed has been fairly cryptic about the future direction of interest rates. The rate has been a record low near zero since December 2008.

The Fed may also include a statement on its long-term goals, although most economists expect the Fed will delay its release until a later meeting. The statement could provide clarity on the Fed's targets for the two parts of its congressional mandate, keeping inflation and unemployment low.

No announcements are expected Wednesday of any further Fed action to try to lift the economy. Most analysts think Fed members want to put off any new steps, such as more bond purchases, to see if the economy can extend the gains it's made in recent months.

That's true even though the new roster of voting members is more likely to support further steps to boost the economy.

Twice last year, Fed action to try to further lower long-term rates drew three dissenting votes out of 10. But the three members who dissented have rotated off the voting panel. They have been replaced by officials thought to be more supportive of moves that Bernanke may push.

The Fed has taken previous steps to strengthen the economy, including purchases of $2 trillion in government bonds and mortgage-backed securities to try to cut long-term rates and ease borrowing costs.

The idea behind the Fed's two rounds of bond buying was to drive down rates to embolden consumers and businesses to borrow and spend more. Lower yields on bonds also encourage investors to shift money into stocks, which can boost wealth and spur more spending.

Some Fed officials have resisted further bond buying for fear it would raise the risk of high inflation later. And many doubt it would help much since Treasury yields are already near historic lows. But Bernanke and other members have left the door open to further action if they think the economy needs it.

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Soundgarden's Chris Cornell Clarifies Kanye West Comments

After reports surface that Cornell had called out Kanye onstage, the frontman tweets, 'We love him!'
By James Montgomery

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Kanye West may have had a rough weekend Down Under, but at least he can take comfort in the fact that Chris Cornell didn't call him "retarded."

For the uninitiated, on Sunday, West took the stage 45 minutes late for his headlining set at Australia's Big Day Out festival, a delay which he reportedly blamed on "sound problems" due to the rainy weather. His tardiness angered fans, many of whom took to chanting "bullsh--" while they waited, before abandoning his set for other acts playing at the same time.

Of course, Kanye's scheduling issues also supposedly drew the ire of Soundgarden frontman Cornell, who, angered that the rapper's soundcheck was bleeding into his set, announced to the crowd: "Sounds like there's children playing music there, retarded children, retarded as in 'held back.' There's no other word for it."

MTV News attempted to contact a spokesperson for Soundgarden to get comment on those, uh, comments, but reps for the band had not responded to emails by press time. But after the story broke, Cornell took to his Twitter account to set the record straight, writing that he has no beef with West, but rather took issue with the production team behind the fest.

"My comments at [Big Day Out] were directed solely at inadequate tour production," Cornell stated. "Kanye had nothing to do with it! We love him."

Cornell has yet to make any additional comment on the matter and, for his part, West has remained silent ... perhaps his attention is focused on getting the DONDA group up and running?

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China leader-in-waiting Xi to visit White House next month (Reuters)

WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) ? President Barack Obama will host China's likely next leader, Vice President Xi Jinping, at the White House on February 14, in a visit set to boost Xi's credentials as the man who will steer Beijing's close but quarrelsome ties with Washington.

Obama and Xi will discuss "a broad range of bilateral, regional, and global issues," the White House said in a statement on Monday announcing the visit, when Xi will be hosted by Vice President Joe Biden.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry has not confirmed the date of the visit; it had no comment on Tuesday. This week is the Lunar New Year holiday in China.

The two sides will have plenty of strains to talk about, especially over trade, human rights, North Korea and Iran. Above all, the Obama administration is keen for clues about Xi's worldview and how he intends to handle these thorny issues.

"The man Biden's hosting, barring something no one forsees at this point, will become the head of China, head of the Communist Party, head of the government and head of the military," said China expert Kenneth Lieberthal of the Brookings Institution in Washington.

"This is really a chance for the Obama administration to look forward to the succession and post-succession period in China and begin to establish critical personal relationships and a personal comfort level back and forth."

For Xi, the visit will be a valuable trophy that advertises his readiness for the top job. His growing prominence indicates he is virtually certain to replace Hu Jintao as Communist Party chief in late 2012 and then as state president in early 2013.

The two powers have delicate issues to work through, ranging from currency policy to differences over how to halt the nuclear programs of Iran and North Korea, to China's recent crackdown on critics and activists that has drawn U.S. criticism.

Beijing has voiced misgivings about Obama's plans to beef up the U.S. military presence in the Asia-Pacific region and remains unhappy about U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, the self-ruled island that China calls an illegitimate breakaway province.

China, Iran's biggest oil customer, also bristles at U.S. efforts to tighten sanctions on that country in order to halt Tehran's nuclear ambitions. Beijing recently rebuffed a U.S. official's call to cut back oil purchases from Iran.

The United States is in an election year that has seen Republican candidates fire harsh rhetoric at China. Obama, facing a tough re-election in November, is expected to use his State of the Union address on Tuesday to renew his call for China to allow its yuan currency to appreciate.

"I think he's a very personable individual," the U.S. Ambassador to Beijing, Gary Locke, said of Xi in an interview on PBS television last week.

"We don't know how he would respond to some of these economic issues, which is why it's so important that we establish that relationship as quickly as possible.

"It's going to take a while to really understand how he might move forward."

XI SETS UPBEAT TONE

Xi, 58, is the son of the late, reformist vice premier Xi Zhongxun, making him a "princeling": one of the privileged offspring of China's leaders who rose to power under Mao Zedong. He rose through the party ranks in coastal provinces.

Xi's "red" family background and coming of age in the turmoil of Mao's Cultural Revolution (1966-76) have prompted some observers to suggest he could take a harder line against Washington, which would also reflect growing nationalist sentiment in China.

But in a speech last week, Xi stressed Beijing's desire for steady relations and tried to set an upbeat tone for his visit.

"In dealing with major and sensitive issues that concern each side's core interests, we must certainly abide by a spirit of mutual respect and handle them prudently, and by no means can we let relations again suffer major interference and ructions," he told a meeting in Beijing.

Xi will probably be looking to set a "pragmatic but frank" tone for ties with Washington, said Zhang Musheng, a former Chinese central government official who has met Xi and other rising officials and written widely about their challenges.

"I don't feel that they're hardline in their views," Zhang told Reuters of China's emerging leaders, including Xi.

"It will still be the same basic approach of seeking steady, predictable relations (with the U.S.)," added Zhang.

"But as China develops economically, it's attracting more criticism and suspicion, and there's a sense that we need to get used to putting our own views without creating alarm or conflict. That's not hardline; it's practical and realistic."

In August, Xi hosted Biden on a visit that gave Washington policymakers a chance to size up China's president-in-waiting.

Xi is also set to travel to Iowa and California, states keen to boost already fast-growing trade and to court investment. Dates have not formally been announced for those stops.

Xi's first known visit to the United States was to Iowa in 1985 as a junior official in the northern province of Hebei, which has a sister state/province relationship with Iowa.

(Additional reporting by Sabrina Mao in Beijing; Editing by Ron Popeski)

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Brando gives the world the sub-$200 glasses-free 3D tablet it demands

We wouldn't be entirely shocked to see a handful of 3D tablets pop up at CES next week. In the meantime, however, Brando's got a pretty good hold on the market, with the clunkily-named GADMEI T863-3D Tablet. The Gingerbread slate offers up 3D images and video on its eight-inch display, without the need for glasses. You'll also get HDMI out, a microSD slot and a front-facing camera on the thing. With 512MB of RAM on-board, this $199 tablet won't be the quickest one around, but at least you'll be able to brag about being the first person on your block with a 3D slate, for whatever that's worth. Video of the tablet in action after the break.

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New Guidelines Issued for Combining HIV, Seizure Meds (HealthDay)

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Physicians need to take care when prescribing seizure medication to HIV/AIDS patients to prevent harmful interactions between drugs, experts warn.

The cautionary note from the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has led to the issuance of a new AAN guideline, which was developed in consultation with the International League Against Epilepsy.

"It is important that patients know exactly which drugs they are taking and provide that information to all prescribing health care providers caring for them," lead guideline author Dr. Gretchen L. Birbeck, of Michigan State University, said in an AAN news release.

"Doctors may need to watch and adjust drug doses in people with HIV/AIDS who take seizure drugs," added Birbeck, who is also an AAN fellow.

Seizures and related disorders are not uncommon among HIV patients, according to Birbeck and colleagues. It is estimated that at least 10 percent of HIV patients experience seizures, they noted.

In the new guideline, published in the Jan. 4 online editions of both Neurology and Epilepsia, the research team cautioned that effectiveness of either set of drugs can be compromised when specific seizure medications are taken alongside certain HIV/AIDS treatments. Increased toxicity is another potential issue.

For example, levels of HIV/AIDS drugs can actually drop when they come into contact with certain seizure medications, such as phenytoin, phenobarbital and carbamazepine. The risk: an HIV drug regimen might fail, the authors pointed out.

One way Birbeck's team hopes to mitigate against such risk is to outline the correct dosages of seizure drugs. They noted that dangerous drug interactions may be avoidable if medications are prescribed in the right amounts.

The research team also said that the threat of harmful drug interactions is highest in places where drug choices are the most curtailed. That means that patients in poorer countries, where most HIV/AIDS patients now live, are particularly vulnerable.

"Future research should target epilepsy and HIV/AIDS drug combinations where choices are limited, such as in developing countries, to better understand the risk of these drug interactions," Birbeck said in the news release.

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For more on seizures, visit the Epilepsy Foundation.

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Nigeria calls state of emergency over sect attacks

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) ? Nigeria's president on Saturday declared a state of emergency in parts of Africa's most populous nation, after a recent slew of deadly attacks blamed on a northern-based radical Muslim sect killed dozens of people, as separate communal clashes in the country's southeast left more than 40 dead.

President Goodluck Jonathan declared an indefinite state of emergency in four states, which would all allow security agencies there to make arrests without proof and conduct searches without warrants. He also ordered the closure of international borders near the affected areas.

They include parts of northeastern state of Yobe and the central states of Plateau and Niger, all hit by the Christmas Day attacks that left at least 42 people dead, for which a radical sect known as Boko Haram claimed responsibility. Attackers targeted churches and one of the state offices of Nigeria's secret police.

The president also declared a state of emergency in parts of the northeastern state of Borno, a stronghold of the feared Islamic sect.

"What began as sectarian crises in the northeastern parts of the country has gradually evolved into terrorist activities in different parts of the country with attendant negative consequences on our national security," Jonathan said.

"(The state of emergency) means extra powers to security agencies in those areas," said National Security Adviser Owoye Azazi, who also told journalists in Abuja that it would last "until the situation improves."

Jonathan also said Saturday that he has directed top security officials to set up a special counterterrorism unit to fight the growing threat posed by Boko Haram.

Earlier in the year, an Aug. 26 bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Nigeria's capital Abuja killed 24 people and wounded 116 others. The sect claimed responsibility for that attack.

The Christmas attacks come a year after a series of Christmas Eve bombings in central city of Jos in the nation's "middle belt," where the country's largely Muslim north meets its largely Christian south. Last year's Christmas attacks claimed by the militants left at least 32 dead and 74 wounded.

"Terrorism is a war against all of us," Jonathan said as he spoke during an address on national television on Saturday. "I call on all Nigerians to join hands with government to fight these terrorists."

The sect, some of whose members are believed to have links to al-Qaida, wants to impose Islamic Shariah law across Nigeria.

The U.S. Embassy had warned U.S. citizens late Friday to exercise caution in Nigeria.

"Violent extremist attacks have continued in various locations, including the states of Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Kaduna, Kano, Niger, Plateau, and Yobe, resulting in numerous casualties," the warning read.

Boko Haram's widening terror attacks, though, are only further intensifying religious and ethnic divisions in Nigeria. In this nation of more than 160 million people, thousands have died in recent years in communal fighting pitting machete-wielding neighbors against each other.

In the southeastern state of Ebonyi, more than 40 people died in clashes early Saturday morning between the Ezza and Ezillo peoples who have long-standing rivalries, said state police spokesman John Elu. He said troops had been deployed, but the situation was still tense.

The conflict, which occurred far from the regions affected by the state of emergency, has no apparent link to the Islamic insurgency that has erupted in mostly northern states. However, such clashes add to Nigeria's serious security concerns which Boko Haram has exacerbated over the last year.

The sect came to national prominence in 2009, when its members rioted and burned police stations near its base of Maiduguri, a dusty northeastern city on the cusp of the Sahara Desert. Nigeria's military violently put down the attack, crushing the sect's mosque into shards as its leader was arrested and died in police custody. About 700 people died during the violence.

While initially targeting enemies via hit-and-run assassinations from the back of motorbikes after the 2009 riot, violence by Boko Haram now has a new sophistication and apparent planning that includes high-profile attacks with greater casualties. That has fueled speculation about the group's ties as it has splintered into at least three different factions, diplomats and security sources say. They say the more extreme wing of the sect maintains contact with terror groups in North Africa and Somalia.

Targeting the group has remained difficult, as sect members are scattered throughout northern Nigeria and nearby Cameroon, Chad and Niger.

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Associated Press writer Yinka Ibukun contributed to this report from Lagos.

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Thai Government Scraps Plan to Transfer Debt to Central Bank

December 31, 2011, 4:14 AM EST

By Daniel Ten Kate and Suttinee Yuvejwattana

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Dec. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Thailand?s government scrapped a proposal to transfer $35 billion of legacy debt from bank bailouts to the central bank and will instead seek to extract cash from commercial lenders to finance flood defenses.

?Transferring debts to the Bank of Thailand will be like printing money,? Finance Minister Thirachai Phuvanatnaranubala told reporters today after meeting Bank of Thailand Governor Prasarn Trairatvorakul. ?The methods we are using must not affect fiscal and monetary discipline and must not hurt confidence among foreign investors and international agencies.?

Deputy Prime Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong said yesterday the step would save the government as much as 65 billion baht ($2 billion) in annual interest costs that could be used to fund anti-flood measures. Thirachai had opposed the measure, warning this week it could hurt investor confidence and stoke inflation.

The proposal increased concerns that Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra?s administration was infringing on the central bank?s independence, after Kittiratt in October said the Bank of Thailand should lower interest rates to help businesses cope with the country?s worst flooding since 1942.

The government ?didn?t study this issue well enough to argue with the Bank of Thailand,? said Pipat Luengnaruemitchai, vice president of Phatra Capital Pcl, Thailand?s second-biggest brokerage by market value. ?Anything involving monetary policy discipline, the government loses the debate all the time because the Bank of Thailand has better credibility.?

Baht Gains

The baht gained 0.7 percent to 31.54 per dollar as of 3:06 p.m. in Bangkok, the biggest advance in a month. Yesterday it fell the most in two months to the weakest level since Aug. 16, 2010, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

The government will attempt to raise about 50 billion baht for debt payments by taking 0.39 percent of the 0.4 percent fee that commercial banks pay to the Deposit Protection Agency and by amending the law to allow the Financial Institutions Development Fund to collect fees from commercial banks. The government paid 45 billion baht in interest on the debt this year, Thirachai said today.

?This will remove the interest burden from the government,? he said. ?If the central bank records a profit, they can also use that to reduce the debt.?

The Financial Institutions Development Fund racked up a 1.4 trillion-baht debt bailing out lenders after the 1997 Asian financial crisis, when the government closed more than 60 financial companies and seized half of the nation?s 14 commercial banks.

Bank Losses

Under a repayment agreement in 2002, the finance ministry makes interest payments while the central bank pays down the principal whenever it earns a yearly profit. The Bank of Thailand has reported annual net income once since 2004 and last year reported a net loss of 117 billion baht, mostly due to losses on foreign exchange.

Thailand?s central bank expects to record a loss this year, Prasarn told reporters today. Kittiratt yesterday said that it would post a ?high profit.? Prasarn said the Bank of Thailand, finance ministry and Council of State would meet again to discuss legal amendments to help pay the debt.

?We agreed that what we will do must not prompt the central bank to print money and it should help reduce the fiscal burden,? Prasarn told reporters today after the meeting. ?It must not affect foreign reserves too.?

Interest Payments

Since 1997, the principal on the debt has fallen by 300 billion baht, or about 21 billion baht per year. During that time, the government has paid as much as 65 billion baht in interest annually, according to Kittiratt.

Korn Chatikavanij, Thirachai?s predecessor under a previous administration, opposed the idea to transfer fees from the Deposit Protection Agency to the government to pay the debt.

?If you shift the revenue to the government, eventually the government would be morally bound to support banks if they run into liquidity problems,? he said in a telephone interview yesterday. ?The whole idea of having a deposit guarantee scheme is to avoid the government having to be involved.?

--Editors: Tony Jordan, Stephanie Phang

To contact the reporters on this story: Daniel Ten Kate in Bangkok at dtenkate@bloomberg.net; Suttinee Yuvejwattana in Bangkok at suttinee1@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Chris Anstey at canstey@bloomberg.net

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Baby sitter murder charge in Indiana girl's death (AP)

FORT WAYNE, Ind. ? A trusted family friend who confessed to police that he bludgeoned to death a 9-year-old Indiana girl in his care then dismembered her just days before Christmas was formally charged Friday in the killing.

Michael Plumadore, 39, was charged in Fort Wayne with murder, abuse of a corpse and removing a dead body from the scene in the Dec. 22 death of Aliahna Maroney-Lemmon.

Allen County prosecutor's office chief investigator Danielle Edenfield said the charges will be read to Plumadore in jail, where he was being held without bond. An initial court hearing on the formal charges is scheduled for Wednesday.

Edenfield said she couldn't comment on a possible motive before the case went to trial.

Plumadore had been looking after Aliahna and her two younger sisters because their mother was sick. He had looked after Aliahna's dying grandfather and her family had considered him a trusted friend and neighbor.

According to court documents, Plumadore told police he hit the girl repeatedly in the head with a brick on the steps of the trailer where he had lived with her grandfather. He then put the girl's body inside trash bags and stuffed it inside a freezer in the trailer.

Plumadore told authorities that he later used a hack saw to dismember her body.

She was reported missing Dec. 23, and on Saturday, more than 100 emergency workers searched the rundown trailer park in the north of Fort Wayne where Plumadore and Aliahna's family lived.

Police questioned Plumadore several times over the weekend and arrested him on Monday, at which point he told police that he had hidden Aliahna's head, feet and hands at the trailer and discarded her other remains at a nearby business. Police obtained a warrant to search the trailer and found the body parts.

Allen County Coroner E. Jon Brandenberger has said he won't be able to determine the cause of death until further tests are completed, including microscopic findings and toxicology results.

The prosecutor's office said the investigation is continuing.

Plumadore had earlier faced a preliminary charge of murder, and the Allen County Prosecutor's Office said in a news release that the charges filed Friday do not "preclude the filing of additional charges."

The standard prison sentence for a murder conviction in Indiana is 45 years to 65 years. The other charges each carry maximum sentences of three years in prison.

Allen County Chief Deputy Prosecutor Mike McAlexander told The News-Sentinel Friday that his office had not dismissed the possibility of seeking the death penalty against Plumadore.

Plumadore has a criminal record in Florida and North Carolina that includes convictions for trespassing and assault, and an Indiana conviction for forgery.

The Daily Iowegian reported Friday that Plumadore was accused in November 2010 of making inappropriate phone calls and sending text messages to a 13-year-old girl while he was living with that girl's father in Moravia, Iowa.

Court records obtained by the newspaper state that Plumadore was allegedly "stalking her, sending her explicit sexual text messages and photographs."

Plumadore faced a petition for relief of domestic abuse in that alleged case, but an Iowa judge later dismissed the petition because it didn't meet the relationship requirement for a protective order, the Daily Iowegian reported.

The newspaper also reported that while she was living in Iowa with her mother, Aliahna was the victim of a January 2010 sexual assault in which a 19-year-old man fondled her. That man later pleaded guilty to a charge of indecent contact with a child.

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Associated Press reporter Tom Davies contributed to this story from Indianapolis.

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