Caroline Wozniacki and Rory McIlroy engaged

<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYGLu2pjnV1wfpTet7M22XpSK3-5ok3y93Fgi1CTBqs0h0l_StpTyHk65Vf3uEEDOgP48wCRag3a9vebqMTUvKkCj94ofkLve2N7Ih0K1AkVCr0j5VGNyYfDelmIObtm-r25a87X-A/s1600/Caroline+Wozniacki+and+Rory+McIlroy+engaged.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYGLu2pjnV1wfpTet7M22XpSK3-5ok3y93Fgi1CTBqs0h0l_StpTyHk65Vf3uEEDOgP48wCRag3a9vebqMTUvKkCj94ofkLve2N7Ih0K1AkVCr0j5VGNyYfDelmIObtm-r25a87X-A/s1600/Caroline+Wozniacki+and+Rory+McIlroy+engaged.jpg" /></a></div><br />Tennis player Caroline Wozniacki and golfer Rory McIlroy engaged. The couple announced this December 31 at Twitter. <br /> <br /><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- biner3 --><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:468px;height:60px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-8441125172513237" data-ad-slot="7346003106"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /> 23-year-old Wozniacki posted a collage, which depicts a golfer and she, as well as a beautiful engagement ring and wrote: <br /> <br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"> Everyone Happy New Year! Rory and I started the year of shock! I said "YES"!!! </blockquote><br /> 24-year-old McIlroy added: <br /> <br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"> Happy New Year everyone! I feel that it will be a great year! My first win in 2014 - # onaskazalada!! </blockquote><br /> Note Irish golfer did offer Danish tennis player of Polish descent Wozniacki during their stay in Australia. <br /> <br /><b>congratulating couple with engagement! </b><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* boton */ google_ad_slot = "4392536701"; google_ad_width = 200; google_ad_height = 90; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhATtTHxtio2ZVdOPSLQlWvEPrjnPLa8SUWWvcBy9HBJUiBmPEr3HRTCfBbOJKjwTB3tGk1hHhBD6iaGyjeol-R_agpUWJRZYCAJkxLD0yxbiMCJCBmMcnzVTCsV7m_zpxtqgj1iH9f/s1600/Instagram+collage+Caroline+Wozniacki+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhATtTHxtio2ZVdOPSLQlWvEPrjnPLa8SUWWvcBy9HBJUiBmPEr3HRTCfBbOJKjwTB3tGk1hHhBD6iaGyjeol-R_agpUWJRZYCAJkxLD0yxbiMCJCBmMcnzVTCsV7m_zpxtqgj1iH9f/s1600/Instagram+collage+Caroline+Wozniacki+1.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Instagram collage Caroline Wozniacki</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifHQzCfhKTvLZlUyaKeSKPmRJ02frsaPZD2nvRaPSbkG-CpsU46vBIoeLcIV8frLBGiGZgprQhBY01abseVska190KI2s8wbZt4WBLdwM3gv2ervxsJ1fYo2bj21ji-BWUssH58cSF/s1600/Instagram+collage+Caroline+Wozniacki.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifHQzCfhKTvLZlUyaKeSKPmRJ02frsaPZD2nvRaPSbkG-CpsU46vBIoeLcIV8frLBGiGZgprQhBY01abseVska190KI2s8wbZt4WBLdwM3gv2ervxsJ1fYo2bj21ji-BWUssH58cSF/s1600/Instagram+collage+Caroline+Wozniacki.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxV4HmI1LKIN_uDeUcNCp9JMc7PZHtZT1MosKGLgOlEhJ-0W_vdMOO5llTK2jVex9VqnCIcKEnTQQe_22XJ8KXEgfm4NYEtSmLKwWT4eastkhCQvy2g2-LER2aV0hYGh-v27swaccz/s1600/Instagram+collage+Caroline+Wozniacki+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxV4HmI1LKIN_uDeUcNCp9JMc7PZHtZT1MosKGLgOlEhJ-0W_vdMOO5llTK2jVex9VqnCIcKEnTQQe_22XJ8KXEgfm4NYEtSmLKwWT4eastkhCQvy2g2-LER2aV0hYGh-v27swaccz/s1600/Instagram+collage+Caroline+Wozniacki+2.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8xoVH8tbKfSKyAOqelZikAtAztoVGHzANNFFVh9hB4dopVS3x-t8vYQsWee1irGXE8RrwmJbSZSlhHyZdPSekr8jAttbpBKjLOxt_-PJfo0vu3U3VvJtuHyM7qITGqZvY6x-lKFxf/s1600/Instagram+collage+Caroline+Wozniacki+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8xoVH8tbKfSKyAOqelZikAtAztoVGHzANNFFVh9hB4dopVS3x-t8vYQsWee1irGXE8RrwmJbSZSlhHyZdPSekr8jAttbpBKjLOxt_-PJfo0vu3U3VvJtuHyM7qITGqZvY6x-lKFxf/s1600/Instagram+collage+Caroline+Wozniacki+3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />

Caroline Wozniacki and Rory McIlroy engaged

Tennis player Caroline Wozniacki and golfer Rory McIlroy engaged. The couple announced this December 31 at Twitter. 23-year-old Wozniacki ...

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All but 1 Republican senator facing re-election in 2014 voted against the budget deal (BLOG)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcHTgdnx1dZPXSbnazMxMlUtg5JWd6riaVBMtbNZJkvRy35ExkRtpxtwCpxrmtjQra8c2BI76QOPz5yuwRzLHcwAvfbxIs_u83YMDCYC4a_0oq5DNZjDDGaG0UWAA5GbHCxs52WLTWb-c/s1600/46489da44ae5e8223f0f6a706700f3ea.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcHTgdnx1dZPXSbnazMxMlUtg5JWd6riaVBMtbNZJkvRy35ExkRtpxtwCpxrmtjQra8c2BI76QOPz5yuwRzLHcwAvfbxIs_u83YMDCYC4a_0oq5DNZjDDGaG0UWAA5GbHCxs52WLTWb-c/s320/46489da44ae5e8223f0f6a706700f3ea.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1388631540978_3877" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Eleven of the 12 sitting Republican senators facing re-election next year voted against the bipartisan budget agreement, which<a data-mce-href="http://news.yahoo.com/us-budget-deal-heads-passage-fiscal-fights-loom-205250172.html" data-rapid_p="14" href="http://news.yahoo.com/us-budget-deal-heads-passage-fiscal-fights-loom-205250172.html" id="yui_3_9_1_1_1388631540978_3931" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">passed Wednesday with 64 votes.</a></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1388631540978_3940" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The “no” votes included:</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1388631540978_3949" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee<br />Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina<br />Sen. John Cornyn of Texas<br />Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas<br />Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama<br />Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky<br />Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana<br />Sen. James Risch of Idaho<br />Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina<br />Sen. James Inhofe of Oklahoma<br />Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The only Republican senator facing re-election in 2014 who supported the agreement was Maine Sen. Susan Collins, a moderate who will likely not face a serious primary challenge next spring.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The 11 Republican senators who opposed it are, however, confronting the possibility of rigorous primaries from tea-party-backed candidates who argue that these Republican incumbents aren’t conservative enough.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Before the vote, many outside groups on the right, notably the Club for Growth, Heritage Action and FreedomWorks, panned the budget plan and promised to punish lawmakers who supported it. (The bill, which sets spending levels through fiscal year 2015, would replace much of the budget caps instituted in the Budget Control Act. The move would effectively loosen up much of the spending restrictions under “sequestration,” a policy many conservatives generally liked because it reined in federal spending.)</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1388631540978_3972" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">As was on display Wednesday, the voting behavior of the challenged incumbents suggests that they just might be taking these circumstances into consideration on the Senate floor.</div></div>

All but 1 Republican senator facing re-election in 2014 voted against the budget deal (BLOG)

Eleven of the 12 sitting Republican senators facing re-election next year voted against the bipartisan budget agreement, which passed Wednes...

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New Spider-Man: Teaser Andrew Garfield

<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWFvMuORmY92hrDyQVx8IpEsFOo7mnucLXFLyzGFEIW117Je-aTbtqMdgy0yEzSgXLT47l8ZFPwpSLZpMKUUqYFkKjUxWavi91fIoxQ_zfWIlwVG1zuqz6l4tY45K0iIt2HqNSPf9H/s1600/New+Spider-Man+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWFvMuORmY92hrDyQVx8IpEsFOo7mnucLXFLyzGFEIW117Je-aTbtqMdgy0yEzSgXLT47l8ZFPwpSLZpMKUUqYFkKjUxWavi91fIoxQ_zfWIlwVG1zuqz6l4tY45K0iIt2HqNSPf9H/s1600/New+Spider-Man+2.jpg" /></a></div><br />New Year's Eve in New York's Times Square, the creators of the audience showed a teaser of "New Spider-Man," directed by Marc Webb. Videos presented himself Stan Lee: we see Spider-Man Andrew Garfield in the performance and his archenemy Electro - Jamie Foxx - fight fiercely in the heart of Times Square. <br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* biner3 */ google_ad_slot = "7346003106"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script><br />Movie begins with the fact that the annual New York is visited by about 39 million people, so many will be in serious danger of suffering from the sequel villains. <br /><br />Although the emphasis is on the confrontation of Spider-Man and Electro, which became even stronger, we will also see rhino-Man played by Paul Giamatti. <br /><br />Feed the world rolled out in May 2, 2014.<br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* boton */ google_ad_slot = "4392536701"; google_ad_width = 200; google_ad_height = 90; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5P3E10ctpTZEXOikHx5i5q_BdhQ3gUMZ9JFFL0-hCp8PtErJk14Ik_dRvQ6p5LoyR1NM-KY8Q3_4MgYzU_goL9E6IkgIlihi5UjWf3yBx8MrzfCsHkZaqCSoOFXL1dEqIdbpdo7I_/s1600/Stan+Lee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5P3E10ctpTZEXOikHx5i5q_BdhQ3gUMZ9JFFL0-hCp8PtErJk14Ik_dRvQ6p5LoyR1NM-KY8Q3_4MgYzU_goL9E6IkgIlihi5UjWf3yBx8MrzfCsHkZaqCSoOFXL1dEqIdbpdo7I_/s1600/Stan+Lee.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjaBdMf9nOIiEPuWM24S-CgBjrS1XOE8TL7fJeqCf6wh4Gtu3URTNVt2t-kDqGPSUt4DFLuk95Y4lFihrjUIkiNPOYJ4YkL1WQFDysz0hBk62QBEPEAGWFU2FLwThQZZHAKlfNR922/s1600/New+Spider-Man+2+Teaser+Andrew+Garfield.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjaBdMf9nOIiEPuWM24S-CgBjrS1XOE8TL7fJeqCf6wh4Gtu3URTNVt2t-kDqGPSUt4DFLuk95Y4lFihrjUIkiNPOYJ4YkL1WQFDysz0hBk62QBEPEAGWFU2FLwThQZZHAKlfNR922/s1600/New+Spider-Man+2+Teaser+Andrew+Garfield.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6wEwx-4iwlCrqMRSWjsmg__TA6kcv0CDsHiot5DmZqm8dbkSEvjU8uA-6dZdvDr5Q2VbJf6s309BxuFLA_IhTAlnEfRDbTPd1LiupOd9mlOL6OFzM0Zfi88ZYRAis8D1eyqvY04yb/s1600/New+Spider-Man+2+Teaser+Andrew+Garfield+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6wEwx-4iwlCrqMRSWjsmg__TA6kcv0CDsHiot5DmZqm8dbkSEvjU8uA-6dZdvDr5Q2VbJf6s309BxuFLA_IhTAlnEfRDbTPd1LiupOd9mlOL6OFzM0Zfi88ZYRAis8D1eyqvY04yb/s1600/New+Spider-Man+2+Teaser+Andrew+Garfield+1.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/PFjZa0wnQUM?feature=player_embedded" width="640"></iframe></div><br /><br />

New Spider-Man: Teaser Andrew Garfield

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Olivia Palermo and Johannes Huebl engaged

<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg184W3eBf4ogoRj6tw7d4yklRDeBthc96hyphenhyphenjJLwteGb2uCVfwOxOAQTR816eEkyP9-UgTrcersBlmSir3bm62sZO5JQGb2TMA0GJRrVNhXTdWXtkL_QUJTaXj7aBJ1rYpFsib6yt9l/s1600/Olivia+Palermo+and+Johannes+engaged+Hyubl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg184W3eBf4ogoRj6tw7d4yklRDeBthc96hyphenhyphenjJLwteGb2uCVfwOxOAQTR816eEkyP9-UgTrcersBlmSir3bm62sZO5JQGb2TMA0GJRrVNhXTdWXtkL_QUJTaXj7aBJ1rYpFsib6yt9l/s1600/Olivia+Palermo+and+Johannes+engaged+Hyubl.jpg" /></a></div><br /><b><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/search/label/Olivia%20Palermo" target="_blank">Olivia Palermo</a></b> and Johannes Huebl engaged. Reality TV star on MTV and her boyfriend told the joyful news in a video message on Instagram January 1. <br /> <br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* biner3 */ google_ad_slot = "7346003106"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script><br /> Hyubl wrote in his social network: <br /> <br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"> all a happy new year, and we celebrate it as follows: OP said Dr. A. </blockquote><br /> Besides fasting, German male model posted a video in which Palermo walks in front of him, and at the end shows the amazing engagement ring. <br /> <br /> Recall, 27-year-old Olivia and began dating Huebl in 2008, introduced a couple of common friends. <br /> <br /> From 2008 to 2010 Palermo appeared on the series "The City." After she participated in the filming of the TV show "Project Runway." Her colleague on the set Whitney Port also announced her engagement to boyfriend Tim Rosenman in November 2013, and the girlfriend is engaged to Lauren Conrad by William Tello October. <br /> <br />congratulates Olivia and Johannes! Let's wait for their enchanting wedding. And you?<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhehB3BSNCc4Qui-XJcM8Fu1WKjLrnuMqLxR0tm3WXMoIilMEl7x268vAGol-s3ApAQ2_eWk6rRcdhuV-LM6_Q4_vQu3riuiFlDEqZYbWiSrba-YEX_kZVWp6vStgAyQloKCclegqVm/s1600/Olivia+Palermo+and+wedding+ring.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhehB3BSNCc4Qui-XJcM8Fu1WKjLrnuMqLxR0tm3WXMoIilMEl7x268vAGol-s3ApAQ2_eWk6rRcdhuV-LM6_Q4_vQu3riuiFlDEqZYbWiSrba-YEX_kZVWp6vStgAyQloKCclegqVm/s1600/Olivia+Palermo+and+wedding+ring.jpg" /></a></div><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* boton */ google_ad_slot = "4392536701"; google_ad_width = 200; google_ad_height = 90; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script><br />

Olivia Palermo and Johannes Huebl engaged

Olivia Palermo and Johannes Huebl engaged. Reality TV star on MTV and her boyfriend told the joyful news in a video message on Instagram ...

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Jadeveon Clowney entering NFL draft (BLOG)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOAAYGQ6UIsrfRnNDHC8o50h25VFKt7YvNHtA4v7nLw9-eh7haJvwhKy6wtsZufmz6asdVsawvhDQa9yOlnUE5JWELkpMUSo0tnV5Hzrhf7QmA8VT_H0E9slueJGQCT8GEOlaaQkiUCu4/s1600/201401011557574786280.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOAAYGQ6UIsrfRnNDHC8o50h25VFKt7YvNHtA4v7nLw9-eh7haJvwhKy6wtsZufmz6asdVsawvhDQa9yOlnUE5JWELkpMUSo0tnV5Hzrhf7QmA8VT_H0E9slueJGQCT8GEOlaaQkiUCu4/s320/201401011557574786280.jpg" width="244" /></a></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1388631138405_8058" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- South Carolina defensive end <a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_player" data-rapid_p="15" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/players/204785" id="yui_3_9_1_1_1388631138405_8057" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Jadeveon Clowney</a> says he will enter for the NFL draft.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1388631138405_8099" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Likely the top overall talent in the draft class, Clowney finished his college career Wednesday in the Gamecocks' 34-24 victory over Wisconsin in the Capital One Bowl.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1388631138405_8109" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">''Before we even put the pads on, I thought we've only got 60 minutes and it's over with,'' he said. ''I'm going to be sad about it. ... I'm excited to move forward with my life, though.''</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1388631138405_8119" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The junior had five tackle against the Badgers.</div></div>

Jadeveon Clowney entering NFL draft (BLOG)

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- South Carolina defensive end  Jadeveon Clowney  says he will enter for the NFL draft. Likely the top overall talent in...

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Planning de la semaine du 03 au 07 janvier 2014

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Planning de la semaine du 03 au 07 janvier 2014

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Michigan St beats Stanford 24-20 in Rose Bowl (BLOG)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2RcvBfGmNAuLXhdz9jgFVfTKkEVM8cvAwgU0Vjo8yZ-q14Rcy0UXpsRlLvgTrhVKNqpTdjYrhDSAkUMO_eX18TJQlHtdU93IXrgYH4uyPX2OlNsE-5rg4yxIOqVcaDou1E-djWU6iMXE/s1600/201401011949713696656.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2RcvBfGmNAuLXhdz9jgFVfTKkEVM8cvAwgU0Vjo8yZ-q14Rcy0UXpsRlLvgTrhVKNqpTdjYrhDSAkUMO_eX18TJQlHtdU93IXrgYH4uyPX2OlNsE-5rg4yxIOqVcaDou1E-djWU6iMXE/s320/201401011949713696656.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1388631138405_2075" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">PASADENA, Calif. (AP) -- When Kyler Elsworth soared over the pile to deliver the final hit of Michigan State's season, the storybook ending came with a moral.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1388631138405_4265" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;"><a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_player" data-rapid_p="13" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/players/205392" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Connor Cook</a> passed for a career-high 332 yards and hit <a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_player" data-rapid_p="14" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/players/194624" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Tony Lippett</a> with a tiebreaking 25-yard touchdown pass early in the fourth quarter, leading No. 4 Michigan State to a 24-20 victory over No. 5 Stanford on Wednesday night in the 100th Rose Bowl.After so many years outside the spotlight, the Spartans are in nobody's shadow anymore. And for the first time in 26 years, they're Rose Bowl champions.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1388631138405_4280" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Cook also threw a TD pass to <a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_player" data-rapid_p="15" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/players/205405" id="yui_3_9_1_1_1388631138405_4279" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Trevon Pendleton</a>, and <a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_player" data-rapid_p="16" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/players/194629" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Jeremy Langford</a> rushed for 84 yards and a score for the Big Ten champion Spartans (13-1), who finished their season with 10 straight wins and their first Rose Bowl victory since 1988.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1388631138405_4298" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Michigan State overcame its first double-digit deficit of the entire season along the way, and the Spartans' FBS-best defense capped a dominant season with one more old-school, smash-mouth performance befitting the centennial celebration of the Granddaddy of Them All.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">''It's a special time for all Spartans, and we came here in force,'' coach Mark Dantonio said. ''I'm very happy for our football team, the resilience we showed all season long.''</div><div class="body-slot-mod" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1.1em 10px; max-width: 300px;"><div class="yom-remote"><div class="" id="mediasportsmatcharticlescore_container"><div class="yom-mod yom-app yom-scores yom-sports-match-score yom-sports-scorething js" id="mediasportsmatcharticlescore" style="border: 1px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); color: #f0f0f0; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 10px; zoom: 1;"><div class="hd" style="color: black; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; position: relative; text-transform: capitalize; zoom: 1;"><h3 style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Wed, Jan 1, 2014</h3></div><div class="bd" style="color: black; line-height: 13px; margin: 0px; min-width: 280px; padding: 0px; zoom: 1;"><div class="yom-sports-scorething-day"><table class="ncaaf boxes" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px !important; margin: 0px auto; width: 280px;"><tbody class=" final game link" data-index="0" data-url="/ncaaf/stanford-cardinal-michigan-state-spartans-201401010030/" style="background-color: inherit; border: none;"><tr class="team away " style="background-color: inherit; border: none;"><th class="" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; font-weight: normal; padding: 3px 8px 1px; width: 140px;"><span style="color: #3f3f3f; display: inline-block; float: left; line-height: 20px; margin: 13px 0px 0px 5px; max-width: 92px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;">5 Stanford</span></th><td class="score" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; padding: 3px 0px 0px; text-align: right; width: 1px;"><span style="border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; color: #3f3f3f; font-size: 22px; padding: 15px 10px 11px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">20</span></td><td class="links" colspan="1" rowspan="2" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; padding: 5px;"><span class="meta" style="color: #888888; display: block; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; text-align: center;"><a class="no-pjax" data-rapid_p="17" data-ylk="lt:s;sec:mod-sch;slk:game;itc:0;ltxt:;tar:sports.yahoo.com;" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/stanford-cardinal-michigan-state-spartans-201401010030/" style="color: #888888; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Final</a></span></td></tr><tr class="team home winner" style="background-color: inherit; border: none;"><th class="" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px 8px 3px; width: 140px;"><span style="color: #3f3f3f; display: inline-block; float: left; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; margin: 13px 0px 0px 5px; max-width: 92px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;">4 Michigan St.</span></th><td class="score" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; padding: 0px 0px 3px; text-align: right; width: 1px;"><span style="border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; color: #3f3f3f; font-size: 22px; font-weight: bold; padding: 15px 10px 11px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">24</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Michigan State's defense yielded just 159 yards in the final three quarters and ended it by stopping the Pac-12 champion Cardinal (11-3) on fourth-and-1 near midfield with 1:46 to play, stuffing a run play up the middle.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Elsworth, a fill-in starter for suspended senior linebacker Max Bullough, hurdled the pile to deliver an electrifying, head-on hit to fullback Ryan Hewitt while his teammates helped out below.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">''When I saw their offensive linemen's stance, I knew the way to make a play was to go over the top,'' said Elsworth, selected the game's defensive MVP.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The huge Michigan State contingent in the Rose Bowl stands roared at the play, and even the stone-faced Dantonio visibly celebrated.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">''I get a little excited at the Rose Bowl,'' Dantonio deadpanned.</div><div class="body-slot-mod" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1.1em 10px; max-width: 300px;"><div class="yom-remote"><div class="" id="mediasportsgameleaders_container"><div class="yom-mod yom-app yom-game-leaders" data-gid="ncaaf.g.201401010030" id="mediasportsgameleaders" style="border: 1px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); color: #f0f0f0; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 1px; padding: 10px; zoom: 1;"><div class="hd" style="color: black; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 5px 0px 5px 5px; position: relative; text-transform: capitalize; zoom: 1;"><h3 style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Game Leaders</h3></div><div class="bd league-ncaaf" style="color: black; margin: 0px; min-width: 280px; padding: 0px; zoom: 1;"><ul class="players" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li style="clear: both; display: block; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 280px;"><a data-rapid_p="18" data-ylk="lt:s;" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/players/180306/" style="color: #949494; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" title="Tyler Gaffney"><img alt="Tyler Gaffney" class="photo" height="66" src="http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sp/v/blank_player2.gif" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 1px solid rgb(127, 127, 127); float: left; height: 66px; margin: 0px 8px 8px 0px; opacity: 1 !important; transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible !important; width: 50px;" title="" width="50" /></a><div class="name" style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 2px;"><a data-rapid_p="19" data-ylk="lt:s;" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/players/180306/" style="color: #949494; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" title="Tyler Gaffney">Tyler Gaffney</a></div><div class="number team" style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 2px;">#25, <a class="team" data-rapid_p="20" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/teams/sss/" style="color: #949494; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Stanford</a></div><div class="stats" style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 2px;"><table style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px !important; margin: 0px; width: auto !important;"><tbody style="border: 0px;"><tr style="background-color: transparent;" title="Rushes: 24"><th class="stat" scope="row" style="background-color: #e3e7ec; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; padding: 8px;">Rush:</th><td class="value" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 5px 0px 0px;">24</td></tr><tr style="background-color: transparent;" title="Yards: 91"><th class="stat" scope="row" style="background-color: #e3e7ec; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; padding: 8px;">Yds:</th><td class="value" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 5px 0px 0px;">91</td></tr><tr style="background-color: transparent;" title="Touchdowns: 1"><th class="stat" scope="row" style="background-color: #e3e7ec; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; padding: 8px;">TD:</th><td class="value" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 5px 0px 0px;">1</td></tr></tbody></table></div></li><li style="clear: both; display: block; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 280px;"><a data-rapid_p="21" data-ylk="lt:s;" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/players/205392/" style="color: #949494; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" title="Connor Cook"><img alt="Connor Cook" class="photo" height="66" src="http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sp/v/blank_player2.gif" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 1px solid rgb(127, 127, 127); float: left; height: 66px; margin: 0px 8px 8px 0px; opacity: 1 !important; transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible !important; width: 50px;" title="" width="50" /></a><div class="name" style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 2px;"><a data-rapid_p="22" data-ylk="lt:s;" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/players/205392/" style="color: #949494; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" title="Connor Cook">Connor Cook</a></div><div class="number team" style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 2px;">#18, <a class="team" data-rapid_p="23" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/teams/mml/" style="color: #949494; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Michigan St.</a></div><div class="stats" style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 2px;"><table style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px !important; margin: 0px; width: auto !important;"><tbody style="border: 0px;"><tr style="background-color: transparent;" title="Completions: 22"><th class="stat" scope="row" style="background-color: #e3e7ec; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; padding: 8px;">Comp:</th><td class="value" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 5px 0px 0px;">22</td></tr><tr style="background-color: transparent;" title="Attempts: 36"><th class="stat" scope="row" style="background-color: #e3e7ec; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; padding: 8px;">Att:</th><td class="value" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 5px 0px 0px;">36</td></tr><tr style="background-color: transparent;" title="Yards: 332"><th class="stat" scope="row" style="background-color: #e3e7ec; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; padding: 8px;">Yds:</th><td class="value" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 5px 0px 0px;">332</td></tr><tr style="background-color: transparent;" title="Touchdowns: 2"><th class="stat" scope="row" style="background-color: #e3e7ec; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; padding: 8px;">TD:</th><td class="value" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 5px 0px 0px;">2</td></tr><tr style="background-color: transparent;" title="Interceptions: 1"><th class="stat" scope="row" style="background-color: #e3e7ec; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; padding: 8px;">Int:</th><td class="value" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 5px 0px 0px;">1</td></tr></tbody></table></div></li></ul></div></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Spartans have long labored behind Michigan, Ohio State and even Wisconsin among the Midwest's top programs, but Dantonio's seven-year rebuilding project in East Lansing has put them on top of the Midwest this season with a perfect run through conference play.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">After knocking off the unbeaten Buckeyes in the league title game, Michigan State earned the Big Ten's second Rose Bowl win since 2000.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;"><a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_player" data-rapid_p="24" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/players/180306" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Tyler Gaffney</a> ran for 91 yards and an early TD for Stanford, and linebacker <a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_player" data-rapid_p="25" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/search?p=Kevin+Anderson" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Kevin Anderson</a> returned an interception 40 yards for a score late in the first half. But the Cardinal couldn't follow up last season's success in Pasadena with back-to-back Rose Bowl wins, managing just three points from their offense after the first quarter.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">And Gaffney could only watch as Hewitt was stopped on Stanford's final play.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">''You have to give it to Michigan State for stuffing that,'' said Gaffney, who managed just 24 yards after the first quarter. ''Everybody in the building knew exactly what was coming. A run was coming up the middle, and it was a test of wills, and they got the better of us.''</div><div class="body-related" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; position: relative;"><a class="body-related-link body-related-image go-to-slideshow-lightbox rapid-noclick-resp landscape onesize get-lbdata-from-dom" data-rapid_p="26" data-uuid="5f9e5d55-511e-33ab-9daa-f31cf5369b30" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/photos/michigan-st-beats-stanford-24-photo-013504836--ncaaf.html" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 300px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" title="Michigan St beats Stanford 24-20 in Rose Bowl"><div class="img-wrap" style="position: relative;"><div class="cta-overlay" style="-webkit-transition: background-color 0.24s linear; font-size: 13px; height: 205px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: background-color 0.24s linear; width: 300px;"><span class="clearfix title cta-text medium" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; color: white; font-size: 16px; left: 5px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; top: 5px; transition: opacity 0.24s linear; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 270px; zoom: 1;"></span><span class="cta-text xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; bottom: 5px; color: white; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 42px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; transition: opacity 0.24s linear;">View gallery</span><span class="icon-slideshow icon-white-slideshow-xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.16s linear; background-color: #324fe1; background-image: url(data:image/svg+xml; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; bottom: 5px; cursor: pointer; height: 23px; left: 5px; line-height: 0; opacity: 0; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-indent: -1000em; transition: opacity 0.16s linear; width: 32px; z-index: 1;"></span></div><img alt="Michigan St beats Stanford 24-20 in Rose Bowl" class="body-related-thumb" data-src-2x="" height="205" src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mEMr0WVWDPij7F.A5x062Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTIwNTtxPTc1O3c9MzAw/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/Sports/ap/201401011702613776406" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; display: block; opacity: 1 !important; transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible !important;" width="300" /></div></a><div class="body-related-title photo-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: grey; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px 5px 0px 0px; position: relative; width: 300px;">Michigan State quarterback Connor Cook goes back to pass during the first half of the Rose Bowl NCAA …</div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Cook led in his own inimitable fashion, making incredible plays and huge mistakes along the way. Along with his costly interception to Anderson, he also threw two passes that went through the hands of Cardinal defenders, and an interception in the third quarter was wiped out by a defensive holding call.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">But when the Spartans needed big plays in the second half, Cook repeatedly delivered, finishing 22 for 36.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">''When we got down, guys were always helping each other,'' Cook said. ''We're such a balanced team.''</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Kevin Hogan beat Wisconsin in last year's Rose Bowl, but he couldn't match Cook, going 10 for 18 for 143 yards and a key interception for Stanford.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">A mere 112 years after the game considered the first Rose Bowl was played in a park elsewhere in Pasadena, Stanford and Michigan State engaged in an old-fashioned slugfest in the venerable stadium that will host the BCS title game Monday night.</div><div class="body-related" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; position: relative;"><a class="body-related-link body-related-image go-to-slideshow-lightbox rapid-noclick-resp landscape onesize get-lbdata-from-dom" data-rapid_p="27" data-uuid="f3f8b16d-a7eb-318a-bd32-d35733df25e4" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/photos/michigan-st-beats-stanford-24-photo-013504663--ncaaf.html" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 300px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" title="Michigan St beats Stanford 24-20 in Rose Bowl"><div class="img-wrap" style="position: relative;"><div class="cta-overlay" style="-webkit-transition: background-color 0.24s linear; font-size: 13px; height: 232px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: background-color 0.24s linear; width: 300px;"><span class="clearfix title cta-text medium" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; color: white; font-size: 16px; left: 5px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; top: 5px; transition: opacity 0.24s linear; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 270px; zoom: 1;"></span><span class="cta-text xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; bottom: 5px; color: white; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 42px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; transition: opacity 0.24s linear;">View gallery</span><span class="icon-slideshow icon-white-slideshow-xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.16s linear; background-color: #324fe1; background-image: url(data:image/svg+xml; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; bottom: 5px; cursor: pointer; height: 23px; left: 5px; line-height: 0; opacity: 0; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-indent: -1000em; transition: opacity 0.16s linear; width: 32px; z-index: 1;"></span></div><img alt="Michigan St beats Stanford 24-20 in Rose Bowl" class="body-related-thumb" data-src-2x="" height="232" src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pACDUjHSJtPjJ6iC1YniyQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTIzMjtxPTc1O3c9MzAw/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/Sports/ap/201401011707616526408" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; display: block; opacity: 1 !important; transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible !important;" width="300" /></div></a><div class="body-related-title photo-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: grey; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px 5px 0px 0px; position: relative; width: 300px;">Stanford's Jordan Williamson makes a field goal during the first half of the Rose Bowl NCAA coll …</div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Michigan State fans dominated the Rose Bowl grounds and stands, with about 70 percent wearing green in the crowd of 95,173 - the game's largest turnout since 1998.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">After Tournament of Roses Parade grand marshal Vin Scully flipped the coin, Stanford started with a 77-yard drive culminating in Gaffney's 16-yard TD run. Jordan Williamson's field goal put Stanford up 10-0 late in the first quarter, but the Spartans finally connected with a 13-play drive for Langford's TD.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Cook handed seven points to the Cardinal shortly before halftime. With Usua Amanam bearing down on him unblocked, Cook inexplicably threw a soft looping pass directly to Anderson, who returned his first career interception untouched for a score - the first defensive touchdown allowed by Michigan State all season.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Cook responded with a stellar drive in the waning minutes, moving Michigan State 75 yards in 99 seconds and evading pursuit to deliver Pendleton's 2-yard TD catch 28 seconds before halftime.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Stanford's Shayne Skov forced a fumble by Langford inside the Cardinal 10 late in the third quarter, but Cook connected down the middle with Lippett for the go-ahead score.</div><div style="background-color: white; 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color: grey; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px 5px 0px 0px; position: relative; width: 300px;">Michigan State running back Riley Bullough, left, and tight end Josiah Price, right, congratulate li …</div></div><div class="body-related" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; position: relative;"><a class="body-related-link body-related-image go-to-slideshow-lightbox rapid-noclick-resp landscape onesize get-lbdata-from-dom" data-rapid_p="32" data-uuid="7f5da762-5014-3e7b-956c-b92070ee939f" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/photos/michigan-st-beats-stanford-24-photo-013504523--ncaaf.html" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 300px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" title="Michigan St beats Stanford 24-20 in Rose Bowl"><div class="img-wrap" style="position: relative;"><div class="cta-overlay" style="-webkit-transition: background-color 0.24s linear; font-size: 13px; 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color: grey; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px 5px 0px 0px; position: relative; width: 300px;">Michigan State wide receiver Tony Lippett scores a touchdown against Stanford's Wayne Lyons duri …</div></div><div class="body-related" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; position: relative;"><a class="body-related-link body-related-image go-to-slideshow-lightbox rapid-noclick-resp landscape onesize get-lbdata-from-dom" data-rapid_p="35" data-uuid="6a7b542c-7f10-3df6-8d22-5fba64a3d178" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/photos/michigan-st-beats-stanford-24-photo-013504608--ncaaf.html" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 300px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" title="Michigan St beats Stanford 24-20 in Rose Bowl"><div class="img-wrap" style="position: relative;"><div class="cta-overlay" style="-webkit-transition: background-color 0.24s linear; font-size: 13px; 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background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; display: block; opacity: 1 !important; transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible !important;" width="300" /></div></a><div class="body-related-title photo-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: grey; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px 5px 0px 0px; position: relative; width: 300px;">Stanford running back Ricky Seale jumps over Stanford fullback Ryan Hewitt and a Michigan State defe …</div></div><div class="body-related" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; position: relative;"><a class="body-related-link body-related-image go-to-slideshow-lightbox rapid-noclick-resp portrait onesize get-lbdata-from-dom" data-rapid_p="37" data-uuid="9f96d714-27dd-34dd-808e-7943c15b224a" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/photos/rose-bowl-turns-100-stanford-photo-224405108--ncaaf.html" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; 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color: grey; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px 5px 0px 0px; position: relative; width: 300px;">Stanford wide receiver Michael Rector, right, is flipped upside down by Michigan State cornerback Tr …</div></div><div class="body-related" id="yui_3_9_1_1_1388631138405_4362" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; position: relative;"><a class="body-related-link body-related-image go-to-slideshow-lightbox rapid-noclick-resp portrait onesize get-lbdata-from-dom" data-rapid_p="38" data-uuid="5baefa8b-0d6b-39cf-a6ca-1d4792ce00c4" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/photos/michigan-st-beats-stanford-24-photo-013504044--ncaaf.html" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 300px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" title="Michigan St beats Stanford 24-20 in Rose Bowl"><div class="img-wrap" style="position: relative;"><div class="cta-overlay" style="-webkit-transition: background-color 0.24s linear; 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2014 Horoscopes

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJhbW6oxkNXX4mnMRLlNbMMk_Yh5qNaRnx2-3j0p6oCevWoPBbuxYDiPezV3d1EwAJI41BcHCERXitkq1FDS-OZ-ZGO-8BOKonOeaAsMHRBYgorZJD4cFQ2gonTyQaMQFGdThvA7K0SKDi/s1600/Carl+Sagan+Funny.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJhbW6oxkNXX4mnMRLlNbMMk_Yh5qNaRnx2-3j0p6oCevWoPBbuxYDiPezV3d1EwAJI41BcHCERXitkq1FDS-OZ-ZGO-8BOKonOeaAsMHRBYgorZJD4cFQ2gonTyQaMQFGdThvA7K0SKDi/s400/Carl+Sagan+Funny.jpg" width="400" /></a>Karl Sagan, astrologer to the stars, for IWS Radio with your 2014 Horoscopes…<br /><br /><b>Aries (March 21-April 20)</b> While the remaining Bengal Tigers in the world are mainly confined to India, Nepal, and Bangladesh, you will find out while watching the Super Bowl that one of them is indigenous to your living room and is very hungry.<br /><br /><b>Taurus (April 21-May 21)</b> After years of toiling, sweating, and working three jobs in order to put your four daughters through college, when the youngest and last graduates in June, you will have more than mixed emotions when your wife tells you that none of girls were actually yours.<br /><br /><b>Gemini (May 22-June 21</b>) People quit hanging out with you when they discover that when you say, “Let’s go out for just one beer.” you actually mean, just ONE beer.<br /><br /><b>Cancer (June 22-July 22)</b> Your public reputation and self-esteem will become non-existent when upon further review, the Blue Ribbon that you won at the county fair for, Best Butter Sculpture of Elvis, is stripped from you because you used margarine.<br /><br /><b>Leo (July 23-August 22)</b> You will regret adhering to the adage, “Penny wise, Pound foolish”, when on a hot summer day in June, you refuse to give a penny to a homeless man, and he pounds the shit out of you.<br /><br /><b>Virgo (August 23-September 23)</b> Your fifteen minutes of fame and good will end quickly when it is discovered that you are the one who not only set fire to the old tire warehouse, but you were the one who put the kidnapped baby inside of it whom you appeared to rescue on the evening news.<br /><br /><b>Libra (September 23-October 23)</b> After 227 days of watching FOX News 24/7, you arm yourself, say good-bye to the kids, kiss your wife, and go looking to gun down Liberals who want to force feed birth control pills to your eight year old daughter, and who want to rape your wife.<br /><br /><b>Scorpio (October 24-November 22)</b> After 227 days of watching MSNBC 24/7, you arm yourself, say good-bye to the kids, kiss your wife, and make Thomas Roberts your bitch, because, well…he has dreamy eyes.<br /><br /><b>Sagittarius (November 23-Decemeber 21)</b> I know it seems “kitschy” and “Yogi Bear-ish”, but you’ll discover in October why there is a good reason that parks post signs that say, “Don’t Feed the Bears.”<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1RLaqycDQYZToX3DisT0WR75aTP300HE6yG0PFLamv8gmuR-lkHvctmzSlP1wDyDljc7gfwfGWEcZItUtWBE3t7YlYwAnKbz7anXREi_UdLC0kOPfda-N4QIL8L0KLwY863pQAkSSTUgM/s1600/Crayola+Crayons+School.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1RLaqycDQYZToX3DisT0WR75aTP300HE6yG0PFLamv8gmuR-lkHvctmzSlP1wDyDljc7gfwfGWEcZItUtWBE3t7YlYwAnKbz7anXREi_UdLC0kOPfda-N4QIL8L0KLwY863pQAkSSTUgM/s400/Crayola+Crayons+School.jpg" width="400" /></a><b>Capricorn (December 22-January 20)</b> Sure, you lose three toes to frostbite, but sadness turns to joy when in your honor, and being a member of the Crayola Crayon team, the CEO of Crayola designates a new color, “ Gangrene.”<br /><br /><b>Aquarius (January 21-Februray 19</b>) When you wish upon that falling star that you see in April, you should wish that that two pound meteorite doesn't land smack dab on your head. <br /><br /><b>Pisces (February 20-March 20)</b> You want to make sure, and you do, so after kissing Gretchen Carlson on the lips, you punch her square on the face, and then, throw up.<br /><br /><i>Cheers!!</i><br /><br />Karl Sagan<br /><br /><a href="mailto:mattmaniws@ymail.com">mattmaniws@ymail.com</a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/MattMan_IWS" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">@mattman_iws</span></a><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/mattmaniws" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: blue;">My Facebook Page</span></i></a></div>

2014 Horoscopes

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South Sudan peace talks to open in Ethiopia (BLOG)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJKrS6TnA0C4X0cdzf6lmXK-F5bQMo_B4h-tGdiJewVR2cAh2x-rUN1WfnjO4uXqhlHXfemzvId8c6EdkkeXSC-vvrKM1IGNdIHqIEaVx3Px-Bg_5CFgSSqLHyg4ZkkYMdxUi3gAm-iCA/s1600/a2d0e07e1209822c470f6a706700166f.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJKrS6TnA0C4X0cdzf6lmXK-F5bQMo_B4h-tGdiJewVR2cAh2x-rUN1WfnjO4uXqhlHXfemzvId8c6EdkkeXSC-vvrKM1IGNdIHqIEaVx3Px-Bg_5CFgSSqLHyg4ZkkYMdxUi3gAm-iCA/s320/a2d0e07e1209822c470f6a706700166f.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1388630742313_7312" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Negotiators from South Sudan's two warring sides arrived Wednesday in Ethiopia for peace talks, and a U.N. official urged both forces to bring the world's newest country "back from the brink."</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1388630742313_7324" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Bor, the capital of Jonglei state, is the center of ethnically based violence stemming from the political rivalry between President Salva Kiir and ousted Vice President Riek Machar, the rebel leader accused of mounting a failed coup attempt.Fighting continued in Bor, a gateway city to the capital of Juba, a government official said. Bor is just 120 kilometers (75 miles) from Juba.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1388630742313_7344" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Kiir declared a state of emergency Wednesday in Jonglei and Unity, two states where rebel forces have gained the upper hand in recent fighting.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Machar said Tuesday he would send his forces from Bor to Juba, but that threat was played down by Hilde Johnson, the U.N. representative in South Sudan.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"I think we need to take quotations with pinches of salt at this point of time," Johnson said.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Johnson urged Kiir and Machar to use the new talks to move toward peace, adding: "They can still pull the country back from the brink.""On Jan. 1, the country is at a fork in the road, but it can still be saved from further major escalation of violence," she said.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The fighting has killed more than 1,000 people, the U.N. says.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Pro-Machar forces in Bor appear to be taking defensive positions, Johnson said. The fighting in Bor has displaced about 60,000 people, making it the latest humanitarian crisis in South Sudan. The international Red Cross said the road from Bor to the nearby Awerial area was lined with people waiting for boats so they could cross the Nile River.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"There are tens of thousands of people here who literally picked up their kids and a few belongings and fled to the first safe place they could get to, which is Awerial," said David Nash, head of mission for Doctors Without Border. "They are camped out under trees with no sanitation and no safe drinking water."</div><div class="body-related" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; position: relative;"><a class="body-related-link body-related-image go-to-slideshow-lightbox rapid-noclick-resp portrait onesize get-lbdata-from-dom" data-rapid_p="14" data-uuid="0780afe3-2c6c-3ca1-94b6-09771846e024" href="http://news.yahoo.com/photos/map-locates-south-sudan-cities-juba-bor-1c-photo-014049957--politics.html" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 300px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" title="Map locates South Sudan and the cities of Juba and&nbsp;&hellip;"><div class="img-wrap" style="position: relative;"><div class="cta-overlay" style="-webkit-transition: background-color 0.24s linear; font-size: 13px; height: 555px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: background-color 0.24s linear; width: 300px;"><span class="clearfix title cta-text medium" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; color: white; font-size: 16px; left: 5px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; top: 5px; transition: opacity 0.24s linear; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 270px; zoom: 1;"></span><span class="cta-text xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; bottom: 5px; color: white; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 42px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; transition: opacity 0.24s linear;">View gallery</span><span class="icon-slideshow icon-white-slideshow-xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.16s linear; background-color: #324fe1; background-image: url(data:image/svg+xml; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; bottom: 5px; cursor: pointer; height: 23px; left: 5px; line-height: 0; opacity: 0; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-indent: -1000em; transition: opacity 0.16s linear; width: 32px; z-index: 1;"></span></div><img alt="Map locates South Sudan and the cities of Juba and&nbsp;&hellip;" class="body-related-thumb" data-src-2x="" height="555" src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/aa11zBwt9Uwjp4y0mJWg6Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTU1NTtxPTc1O3c9MzAw/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/bf3654aa1283842c470f6a706700d909.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; display: block; opacity: 1 !important; transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible !important;" width="300" /></div></a><div class="body-related-title photo-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: grey; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px 5px 0px 0px; position: relative; width: 300px;">Map locates South Sudan and the cities of Juba and Bor.; 1c x 3 inches; 46.5 mm x 76 mm;</div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Two teams of five negotiators each arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and were expected to begin talks later Wednesday, said Getachew Reda, a spokesman for Ethiopia's prime minister.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The U.N. is "gravely concerned" about mounting evidence of gross violations of international human rights law, including the extra-judicial killings of civilians and captured soldiers, it said Tuesday. The U.N.'s estimate of 1,000 dead was given days ago and the number of fatalities is believed to be higher as a result of the new fighting around the country, including in Bor.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">South Sudan Foreign Minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin labeled Bor a war zone.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Government troops pulled out of parts of Bor because they were concerned about having to kill the "young boys" who fill the rebel ranks, one analyst said.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">South Sudan's military "was told to withdraw," said Edmund Yakani, the executive director of the Juba-based group Community Empowerment for Progress, citing the accounts of contacts in Bor. "They communicated that these are young boys and we are killing them like nothing."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Government troops in Bor face renegade forces allied with a pro-Machar tribal militia known as the "White Army" because its young members of the Nuer tribe smear their faces with ash to keep insects away.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Johnson said that 240 U.N. police are to arrive later Wednesday in South Sudan to help police refugee camps. The U.N. says up to 180,000 people have been displaced internally by the violence, including about 68,000 at U.N. camps.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"Even with the tremendous efforts made by health partners, sanitation conditions are still inadequate largely due to the large number of people sheltering in United Nations bases, which have insufficient space to house these numbers," said Abdi Aden Mohammed, the World Health Organization's representative in South Sudan.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Kiir insists the fighting was sparked by a coup attempt mounted by soldiers loyal to Machar. But that account has been disputed by some officials of the ruling party, who say the violence began when presidential guards from Kiir's majority Dinka tribe tried to disarm guards from the Nuer ethnic group of Machar.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">South Sudan has been plagued by ethnic tension and a power struggle within the ruling party that escalated after Kiir dismissed Machar as his vice president in July. Machar has criticized Kiir as a dictator and says he will contest the 2015 presidential election.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">South Sudan peacefully broke away from Sudan in 2011 following a 2005 peace deal. Before that, the south fought decades of war with Sudan.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">___</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1388630742313_7366" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Meseret reported from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Associated Press photographer Ben Curtis in Awerial, South Sudan, and writer Rodney Muhumuza in Kampala, Uganda, contributed to this story.</div></div>

South Sudan peace talks to open in Ethiopia (BLOG)

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Negotiators from South Sudan's two warring sides arrived Wednesday in Ethiopia for peace talks, and a U.N. offi...

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RED ALERT: GOLD and SILVER prices rising rapidly

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Sunni militants storm Iraq police stations to free prisoners (BLOG)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaTDQ3Th8_4uT8RRm_n99VgUs18SscANSBqYoa0H_74hh75HCVTuFDpXSgme-n3VJOediwcG9lQSy_UJhMkzj5Ye3FslomU6SB1ToS-9HPyFhxtMu1Kd4V-DD4JSASa7peaZWQ1w2pW9o/s1600/download+(3).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaTDQ3Th8_4uT8RRm_n99VgUs18SscANSBqYoa0H_74hh75HCVTuFDpXSgme-n3VJOediwcG9lQSy_UJhMkzj5Ye3FslomU6SB1ToS-9HPyFhxtMu1Kd4V-DD4JSASa7peaZWQ1w2pW9o/s320/download+(3).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1388630742313_3320" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - Islamist militants stormed police stations in several cities of Iraq's western province of Anbar on Wednesday, seizing weapon caches and freeing prisoners after security forces dismantled a Sunni Muslim protest camp on Monday.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1388630742313_3335" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The attacks on three police stations in Falluja, Ramadi and Tarmiya represent a serious escalation in the confrontation between Iraqi Sunni groups and the Shi'ite-led government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1388630742313_3345" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Sunni anger at the government's crushing of a protest movement has inflamed Iraq's already deeply rooted sectarian tensions. The camp dismantled on Monday has been seen as an irritant to Maliki since it was set up to protest against perceived Sunni marginalization a year ago.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"Gunmen in large numbers surrounded the three police stations in Falluja and forced all policemen to leave without their weapons if they wanted to spare their lives. All of us left, we didn't want to die for nothing," a policeman stationed at one of the three stations told Reuters.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The gunmen then took control of a local government building nearby, deploying snipers on its roof to prevent the security forces from retaking command of the police stations in Falluja, 50 kilometers west of Baghdad.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">In a separate attack, at least four policemen were killed and 12 more wounded when gunmen attacked a police headquarters in the mainly Sunni town of Tarmiya, north of Baghdad, police reported.Clashes between gunmen and security officials in Ramadi, another city in Anbar, continued for a third day on Wednesday, and also involved assaults on police stations by militants driving vehicles mounted with machine guns.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Dozens of trucks loaded with gunmen were roaming the streets in Falluja and Anbar, and three police vehicles were set ablaze near one police station in Ramadi, a police source said.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The prime minister has offered some concessions to Sunni protesters, including proposed reforms to tough anti-terrorism laws, but most Sunni leaders say they will not be enough to appease the demonstrators.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Shi'ite premier may also seek to consolidate his position before 2014 parliamentary elections by taking a tough stance against hardline Sunni Islamists.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">More than 8,000 people have been killed in such violence this year.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Wednesday's attacks began only hours after a decision by Anbar's governor to lift a curfew imposed on Monday after fighting had erupted in various parts of the province.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Maliki had said the civilian police force could resume control over Anbar's security, but that decision was changed after an appeal by the province's governor.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"The governor of Anbar Ahmed Khalaf appealed to the Prime Minister to keep the army in Anbar because al Qaeda fighters managed to enter on Wednesday and controlled some parts of the province," the governor's office told Reuters.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Violence in Iraq has hit its highest levels since the sectarian fighting of 2006-7, which killed tens of thousands of people.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1388630742313_3375" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">(Reporting by Kamal Namaa; additional reporting and writing by Ahmed Rasheed; Editing by Angus McDowall and Ralph Boulton)</div></div>

Sunni militants storm Iraq police stations to free prisoners (BLOG)

FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - Islamist militants stormed police stations in several cities of Iraq's western province of Anbar on Wednesday,...

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