Woman Fired After Tweet on AIDS in Africa Sparks Internet Outrage (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/AVvXsEg8xdi_6k-qBa5h_m5KTzS2oBNPFfGCU-ajXs-ejXK3NMrsFp4oAYqhjsEqPn5nfqU27N3F-w3Nf8FSw5aJgZjDYhIkS6eHidG6BuReeuDClyrOu3X8z0fa1Hd1MivEHdyk2BFjhRxnKJE/s1600/HT_justine_sacco_background_jt_131221_16x9_992.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8xdi_6k-qBa5h_m5KTzS2oBNPFfGCU-ajXs-ejXK3NMrsFp4oAYqhjsEqPn5nfqU27N3F-w3Nf8FSw5aJgZjDYhIkS6eHidG6BuReeuDClyrOu3X8z0fa1Hd1MivEHdyk2BFjhRxnKJE/s320/HT_justine_sacco_background_jt_131221_16x9_992.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">The communications director for the Internet giant that owns popular websites like Match.com, Dictionary.com, and Vimeo has been fired over "hateful statements" in a tweet that came from her account.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">The tweet Friday from the account of Justine Sacco read: "Going to Africa. Hope I don't get AIDS. Just kidding. I'm white!"</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">InterActive Corp, Sacco's employer, issued a statement to ABC News this afternoon distancing itself from the tweet and saying the employee was fired.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">"There is no excuse for the hateful statements that have been made and we condemn them unequivocally," the InterActive Corp statement said. "We hope, however, that time and action, and the forgiving human spirit, will not result in the wholesale condemnation of an individual who we have otherwise known to be a decent person at core."</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">The controversy erupted while Sacco was reportedly mid-flight with no Internet access.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">A trending hashtag #HasJustineLandedYet and parody account @LOLJustineSacco quickly appeared on Twitter. A fake Facebook account under her name was also created, where a post links to www.justinesacco.com, which brings up a donation page for Aid for Africa.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">Gogo, which provides Internet on flights, responded to the incident by tweeting "next time you plan to tweet something stupid before you take off, make sure you are getting on a Gogo flight! CC: JustineSacco."</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">The Twitter account on which the post appeared has since been deleted.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">According to the New York Times, the now deleted message was posted from London, suggesting that Sacco's account could have been hacked by an unauthorized user.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">Sacco could not immediately be reached for comment.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">"This is not indicative of the type of person she is. She wasn't raised this way," a member of her family who asked for anonymity told ABC News. "It was just a comment she made ... and she and her family are devastated".</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">ABCNews.</div></div>

Woman Fired After Tweet on AIDS in Africa Sparks Internet Outrage (BLOG)

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The Return of Spectro-Chrome: The Most Suppressed Medical Technology Ever

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><img alt="The Spectro-Chrome system is as simple as smiling at a rainbow. No complex math or million dollar machines needed. Nothing scared the AMA more...." class="size-full wp-image-2117" height="120" src="http://aetherforce.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/sunlight.jpg" width="400" /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">'They showed up ten strong, a full fledged FBI squad, and on the cold morning of July 14 1951 proceeded to lay out each and every one of the strange machines in Mr. Dinshah’s clinic on his lawn. With Sledge hammers they smashed each one of them to pieces as the old man, his patients and his neighbors watched. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">They wanted to deliver a message and did so. Dinshah, who had spent a lifetime promoting a healthy vegan lifestyle and the healing through color was sentenced to three years in prison. To this day there remains a PERMANENT Federal injunction against the Spectro-Chrome.'</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Read <a href="http://aetherforce.com/the-return-of-spectro-chrome-the-most-suppressed-medical-technology/">more... </a></span>

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Coconut Oil Gave my Grandma Back to Us!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZEBUmVITyLHGlq5fxUUL_WlAVz4ZU_yC0JRu_mZeJNjADlZo-5NUymAW8eLEO8lpyr89ypCyYLt5uQqlUFoHndtpHfBFgRyMQevAcNHhYF_bCq6drEHnKhc3Wqa7Sn15UYEs-9UJvi_xa/s320/coconutoil.jpg" class="decoded" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZEBUmVITyLHGlq5fxUUL_WlAVz4ZU_yC0JRu_mZeJNjADlZo-5NUymAW8eLEO8lpyr89ypCyYLt5uQqlUFoHndtpHfBFgRyMQevAcNHhYF_bCq6drEHnKhc3Wqa7Sn15UYEs-9UJvi_xa/s400/coconutoil.jpg" width="266" /></div>Photo Credit: www.naturalcuresnotmedicine.com<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">'Two years ago my grandmother had to come live with my mom. She was 86 and healthy, but beginning to forget to pay her bills, take her BP meds, and she wasn’t eating healthy enough.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The first thing Mom did was take her to the doctor for a full check up to see how her overall health was doing. The doc said she had the beginnings of Alzheimer’s, and put her on medication for it (sorry, I can’t remember the name of the pills! :/ ) The doc said to try the pills for 6 months.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Within a week or so, Grandma became difficult to deal with: she didn’t like anything and had trouble remembering the names of close relatives. She was so cranky, she wouldn’t eat her food, and didn’t like anything.'</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Read <a href="http://healthimpactnews.com/2013/coconut-oil-gave-my-grandma-back-to-us/">more... </a></span>

Coconut Oil Gave my Grandma Back to Us!

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FDA official: “clinical trial system is broken” – BMJ

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><img alt="" class="alignleft" height="224" src="http://i0.wp.com/itsinterestingdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/fraud-kit.jpg?resize=614%2C345" width="400" /></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"> 'If you trust the safety and effectiveness of drugs and vaccines that are prescribed by your doctor or drug store, you don’t understand the process by which those pharmaceutical products are tested and approved.</span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">For a candid, inside look at the sordid world of drug trials and and how top FDA officials actively conceal and censor drug safety red flags, read this <span class="st">exposé</span> by FDA investigator, Thomas Marciniak.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"><i>They say it’s safe and effective, but the Supreme Court objected.</i></span><span style="font-size: large;"><i>They made Big Pharma protected, ‘cause their products are defective!</i>'</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Read <a href="http://therefusers.com/refusers-newsroom/fda-official-clinical-trial-system-is-broken-bmj/#.UreL3bSbiRY">more... </a></span>

FDA official: “clinical trial system is broken” – BMJ

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Britney Spears will celebrate Christmas with her boyfriend and his sons

<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrtJL1Jf6AKrRz3nljT7OnVGPCQmDxhxJvWNZsVCK0TSm80CQSmtO3nmxWSruJDB8Gcc20WiGx0lh5zAtXa9KXUyP8mAQ7ErlW0Jk0jJqx7F17uSMums1V4pk1GqPtutbGduh_oKc1iMg/s1600/Britney+Spears+will+celebrate+Christmas+with+her+boyfriend+and+his+sons.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrtJL1Jf6AKrRz3nljT7OnVGPCQmDxhxJvWNZsVCK0TSm80CQSmtO3nmxWSruJDB8Gcc20WiGx0lh5zAtXa9KXUyP8mAQ7ErlW0Jk0jJqx7F17uSMums1V4pk1GqPtutbGduh_oKc1iMg/s1600/Britney+Spears+will+celebrate+Christmas+with+her+boyfriend+and+his+sons.jpg" /></a></div><br /><b><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/search/label/Britney%20Spears" target="_blank">Britney Spears</a></b> said in an interview that the holidays with her boyfriend David will Lucado and sons - 8-year-old Sean and 7-year-old Jaden. Star says: <br /> <br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"> We will be a big family Christmas dinner. And in the new year we will probably go to a party at Koi Restaurant in Las Vegas. </blockquote><br /> It was in Vegas will host a series of concerts 32-year-old singer, she has been actively promoted. <br /> <br /> Despite his busy star, she says, is the time to buy gifts for loved ones - especially, of course, sons: <br /> <br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"> They want different things: iPad mini, new phones. It seems as if they are already 27 years old, not seven and eight: they are so passionate about gadgets - computers, games and all sorts of electronic pieces. </blockquote><br /> Itself Britney admits that no longer knows what he want and, because her and so everything is there. So he wishes for himself star exclusively intangible assets: <br /> <br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"> What would you like to receive a gift from Santa? I have everything and I'm happy. I do not need anything. Only good health, happiness and love. </blockquote><br /> We would have wished all the above except the singer also successful shows, because she planned as many as 55 concerts at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas. <br /> <br /> Recently By the way, became known list of songs that Britney will perform during each show. The first number is the track Work Bitch - the first single from her new album Britney Jean. Also the program includes all the major hits of his career Spears - from Baby One More Time, Oops ... I Did It Again and Toxic to Womanizer and Gimme More.<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/AVvXsEi8bqHdZmzR-AxCuOlhQLZWb5dljMasHGpnsiZdcr6lO7aSH9w52qO3Z1_PkF5jCPmu4FgdVw6W2NC57_SWP6-xbd13G8cq4GD3bX0yteAa-o5XCzo50DkQtFUbv2A5fwXG_lxbcWNfwJI/s1600/Britney+Spears+will+celebrate+Christmas+with+her+boyfriend+and+his+sons-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8bqHdZmzR-AxCuOlhQLZWb5dljMasHGpnsiZdcr6lO7aSH9w52qO3Z1_PkF5jCPmu4FgdVw6W2NC57_SWP6-xbd13G8cq4GD3bX0yteAa-o5XCzo50DkQtFUbv2A5fwXG_lxbcWNfwJI/s1600/Britney+Spears+will+celebrate+Christmas+with+her+boyfriend+and+his+sons-1.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Britney Spears and David Lucado</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><center><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* video */ google_ad_slot = "9278264705"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script></center><br />

Britney Spears will celebrate Christmas with her boyfriend and his sons

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Obama: 2014 can be 'breakthrough year for America' (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/AVvXsEiXxD9kBfBuGimqWpxbK6JGpLdvRUg3flcdluIxbDFrbE0LTtj8rzFD3RW6hwVwfbtV0wCyhHU6x80CY8bJM-mv8daxkp52tmD6HBLYNZEZ-jGQs-oiQRnSI70U2KUl1a9a-ZnrnvpTmcM/s1600/c8b55553be797b2a460f6a706700a062.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXxD9kBfBuGimqWpxbK6JGpLdvRUg3flcdluIxbDFrbE0LTtj8rzFD3RW6hwVwfbtV0wCyhHU6x80CY8bJM-mv8daxkp52tmD6HBLYNZEZ-jGQs-oiQRnSI70U2KUl1a9a-ZnrnvpTmcM/s320/c8b55553be797b2a460f6a706700a062.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387735221220_8594" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">WASHINGTON (AP) — Citing strong progress on the economy, President Barack Obama said at his annual year-end news conference Friday that 2014 "can be a breakthrough year for America" after a long season of recession and slow recovery.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387735221220_8614" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">And when it came to the universally panned roll out of his health care law, Obama conceded that "we screwed it up," and said, "I'm going to be making appropriate adjustments once we get through this year." It was unclear if he meant to signal high-level personnel changes.Yet he suggested that given widespread criticism, he may alter the power of the National Security Agency to collect information on Americans.</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 president praised Congress for a recent, relatively modest budget compromise. "It's probably too early to declare an outbreak of bipartisanship. But it's also fair to say we're not condemned to endless gridlock," he said.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387735221220_8660" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">He also renewed his long-standing refusal to negotiate concessions with Republicans in exchange for legislation that will be needed in late winter or early spring to raise the nation's debt limit. "It is not something that is a negotiating tool. It's not leverage. It's a responsibility of Congress," he said, although he added that he was willing to discuss other issues separately.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387735221220_8670" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Obama spoke from the White House briefing room podium as he concluded his fifth year as president, his hair far grayer than the day he was first sworn in. He and his family were departing later in the day for their holiday vacation in Hawaii.</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 president opened his remarks with an upbeat assessment of the state of the economy, and seemed determined not to stray from it.</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;">Asked if this year had been the worst of his presidency so far, he laughed and said, "That's not how I think about it."</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;">Obama's polls are at or near the low point of his tenure in the White House. The rollout of his health care website bombed, and high-visibility parts of his agenda have yet to make it through Congress, including a call for gun safety legislation in the wake of the shooting at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school a year ago and a sweeping overhaul of immigration laws.</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="13" data-uuid="404ded7e-1b52-3b0c-b473-99151e0733ec" href="http://news.yahoo.com/photos/president-barack-obama-speaks-during-end-news-conference-photo-193300715--politics.html" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 300px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" title="President Barack Obama speaks during an end-of-the&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: 202px; 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="President Barack Obama speaks during an end-of-the&nbsp;&hellip;" class="body-related-thumb" data-src-2x="" height="202" src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8RBL4vmiQz9snrmr5pI7IA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTIwMjtxPTc1O3c9MzAw/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/6a4b101bbe6d7b2a460f6a7067005058.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;">President Barack Obama speaks during an end-of-the year news conference in the Brady Press Briefing  …</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;">"If you're measuring this by polls, my polls have gone up and down a lot over the course of my career," he said, and then repeated that the economy was finally showing significant progress.</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 president fielded questions a few hours after the government announced the economy grew at a solid 4.1 percent annual rate from July through September, the fastest pace since late 2011 and significantly higher than previously believed.</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;">Much of the upward revision came from stronger consumer spending at a time when unemployment is at a five-year low of 7 percent. Obama did not mention it, but the stock market is also at or near record levels.</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 his review of the year, Obama also noted that U.S. combat troops will finally be withdrawn from Afghanistan during the coming 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;">As he has before, he promised to speak in more comprehensive terms in the near future about the future of NSA surveillance programs.</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 have confidence that the NSA is not engaged in domestic surveillance or snooping around," he said. Yet he added, "we may have to refine this further to give people more confidence."</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 presidential advisory panel this week recommended sweeping changes to government surveillance, including limiting the bulk collection of Americans' phone records by stripping the NSA of its ability to store the data in its own facilities.</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;">Separately, a federal judge ruled earlier in the week that some of the NSA's activities were likely unconstitutional. Judge Richard Leon called the NSA's operation "Orwellian" in scope and said there was little evidence that its vast trove of data from American users had prevented a terrorist attack.</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;">Obama was challenged on his 6-month-old statement that he and his administration had gotten the balance about right, in terms of the NSA's activities, between concern for terrorism and protection of civil liberties.</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;">He replied that the same assessments are made on a daily basis and noted pointedly that if an attack were to occur, "the question that's coming from you is, 'Mr. President, why did you slip?'"</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;">On a key foreign policy concern, Obama said it would be wrong to impose new sanctions on Iran at a time the United States and other nations are testing an interim accord designed to rein in Tehran's nuclear program. If necessary, "we can pass new sanctions in a day," he said, referring to lawmakers.</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;">As for health care, Obama said that despite the problems, including the rollout of the website, "more than 2 million people have signed up or more" since enrollment began.</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;">"What that means is ... the demand is there and the product is good," he 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;">He turned aside a suggestion that the administration has made so many exemptions that it should have simply delayed the requirement for individuals to purchase coverage or face a penalty. Several lawmakers have called on him to do that, even some Democrats who voted for the legislation.</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;">Obama faced the type of challenging questions that presidents have long encountered, and he drew laughter with his answer to one of them.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387735221220_8681" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"My New Year's resolution is to be nicer to the White House press corps," he said.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387735221220_8681" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">YahooNews.</div></div>

Obama: 2014 can be 'breakthrough year for America' (BLOG)

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Knowledge The Advantages Of Cinnamon And Honey Weight-Loss

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Celeste Borgese</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>The mixture of cinnamon and honey features a potent impact around the body. It inhibits the buildup of excess fat! Cinnamon by itself influences how your blood sugar is utilized. This will likely assist the body break down insulin in an efficient way, as opposed to storing it as unwanted fat. A few proponents of the cinnamon and honey weight loss diet regime maintain that cinnamon includes a good effect on abdominal fat.<br /> <br /> Honey on the other hand, is actually a potent antioxidant. Apart from combating free radicals, it enables vital functions in your body, including supplying power, assisting fight sore throats, aids sleeplessness and hangovers, and combats fungal infections such as yeast and athlete's foot. <br /> <br /> When both ingredients are combined, and consumed, folks can take advantage of cinnamon and honey weight reduction. To get the good results of both components, make the next drink.<br /> <br /> Necessary ingredients:<br /> <br /> 1. 1 cup of water, boiled<br /> <br /> 2. 1 teaspoon of honey<br /> <br /> 3. teaspoon of cinnamon powder<br /> <br /> Method:<br /> <br /> 1. Bring water to the boil point. Then enable it to cool slightly.<br /> <br /> 2. Add honey and cinnamon. Stir it properly.<br /> <br /> Consume this drink a 50 percent an hour or so ahead of breakfast, and a single 50 % an hour ahead of going to bed.<br /> <br /> Suggestions and Ideas:<br /> <br /> 1. It is far better to allow the water to cool a little prior to adding honey. This will sustain the nutrient worth of honey.<br /> <br /> 2. You can make this mixture, and very easily store it in your fridge. <br /> <br /> 3. Try employing various varieties of honey, for example lavender, to alter the flavor of the drink. Modify the type of cinnamon utilized, since it may also affect the flavor.<br /> <br /> 4. By drinking this cinnamon-honey mixture twice daily, dieters will achieve a weight-loss of 3 to 5 pounds weekly. No other alteration in your diet is needed. <br /> <br /> 5. The kind of cinnamon employed, will affect your final results. You will find three types of cinnamon offered in the market place: Ceylon, Cassia, and Indonesian. Cassia is marketed as cinnamon; nevertheless, it is just not the same.<br /> <br /> Specific Notice:<br /> <br /> To achieve permanent fat loss outcomes, it is crucial that you just combine a wholesome diet, and bodily exercise. Medical doctors advise a minimum of 30 minutes of cardiac per day, to remain healthy. Make certain you consume various foods from food group. This cinnamon and honey drink, is meant to be an extra device in your fat loss regimen.<br /> <br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawresource'><br /> <div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br /> About the Author:<br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawlinks'>Want to find out more about <a href="http://ewalktc.com/experience-the-benefits-of-cinnamon-and-honey-weight-loss/">Cinnamon and Honey Weight-loss</a>, then visit 's EWALKTC on how to choose the best HERBAL product for your needs.</div><br /> </div><br />

Knowledge The Advantages Of Cinnamon And Honey Weight-Loss

By Celeste Borgese The mixture of cinnamon and honey features a potent impact around the body. It inhibits the buildup of excess fat! Cinn...

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Syrian helicopter bomb raids kill 42 in Aleppo: monitors (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/AVvXsEhYVS9uBcdnjN4qJrUy_JloGpcbTNb6J3mN7a0lvfswHovnMbLPyi2j88UndwVSXcF1Olu0E7BHXA5i13o3rjhm8jZuG_vm2LWgWtayWuLUMIfc9q2E3vIKfPOKqJBm7_Y8SrKw0zas0FE/s1600/2013-12-04T115334Z_1682048475_GM1E9C41J2A01_RTRMADP_3_SYRIA-CRISIS.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYVS9uBcdnjN4qJrUy_JloGpcbTNb6J3mN7a0lvfswHovnMbLPyi2j88UndwVSXcF1Olu0E7BHXA5i13o3rjhm8jZuG_vm2LWgWtayWuLUMIfc9q2E3vIKfPOKqJBm7_Y8SrKw0zas0FE/s320/2013-12-04T115334Z_1682048475_GM1E9C41J2A01_RTRMADP_3_SYRIA-CRISIS.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387735221220_4575" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">BEIRUT (Reuters) - At least 42 people, including children, were killed on Sunday when Syrian army helicopters dropped improvised "barrel bombs" in the northern province of Aleppo, a monitoring group 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 British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said separate air raids hit several districts in Aleppo, but the biggest toll was in Hanano, east of the city. At least six children were among the dead.</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;">"They hit a convoy of cars on a road in Hanano, many cars were destroyed. There were civilians there," said the Observatory's Rami Abdelrahman.</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;">Human Rights Watch said in a report over the weekend that barrel bomb attacks had killed scores of civilians in Aleppo in the last month. It described the attacks as illegal and said they had hit residential and shopping areas.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387735221220_4606" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"The Syrian air force is either criminally incompetent, doesn't care whether it kills scores of civilians, or deliberately targets civilian areas," HRW senior emergency researcher Ole Solvang said in the report.</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;">Barrel bombs are explosive-filled cylinders or oil drums that are often rolled out of the back of helicopters with little attempt at striking a particular target. They are capable of causing widespread casualties and significant damage.</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;">President Bashar al-Assad's forces, battling rebels in a 2 1/2-year conflict that has killed more than 100,000 people, frequently deploy air power and artillery against rebel-held districts across the country.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387735221220_4684" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">They have been unable to recapture eastern and central parts of Aleppo, which rebels seized in the summer of 2012, but they have driven rebel fighters back from towns to the southeast of the city in recent weeks.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387735221220_4669" 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 Mariam Karouny; Editing by Larry King)</div></div>

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Jessica Alba with her eldest daughter in Los Angeles

<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBD1z-uQJw0tzo9PkgMOV6Tr1aWgSMi9FD25NLRAjMLZUWkoxo10tYqiqyiAvFm0bI6K1wi5safUF_lTmllMxdeZT0mo6D_xKL-WL19-k9W6Y5CEzQdY5hP-YzHDhOY9dFuRwe3FiTuIk/s1600/Jessica+Alba+with+her+eldest+daughter+in+Los+Angeles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBD1z-uQJw0tzo9PkgMOV6Tr1aWgSMi9FD25NLRAjMLZUWkoxo10tYqiqyiAvFm0bI6K1wi5safUF_lTmllMxdeZT0mo6D_xKL-WL19-k9W6Y5CEzQdY5hP-YzHDhOY9dFuRwe3FiTuIk/s1600/Jessica+Alba+with+her+eldest+daughter+in+Los+Angeles.jpg" /></a></div><br />Eldest daughter of <b><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/search/label/Jessica%20Alba" target="_blank">Jessica Alba</a></b> - Honor Marie - not behind his stellar mom: recent paparazzi constantly meet the actress in the company's 5-year-old little girl, who along with actress walks the fashionable boutiques, restaurants and visiting friends' birthdays Alba. <br /><br /> At this time, photographers have caught mom and daughter when they left one of the restaurants in Los Angeles, where he had dinner with his mother Jessica. <br /> <br /> worth noting that appeared in the press information on the involvement of Jessica Alba in awards ceremony Peoples' Choice Awards, although the list of nominees for the actress did not appear. I wonder what role the star will appear at the annual event.<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 /><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/AVvXsEhBgGjzgSYf6Te8je2Sxmlg7L7E8-DNJkKTQjoR1MTQmoDkEaTa7jNBraDlzMcnNCGm1DyqwZKAckwkPuIRfHYJrIDUqW_8gLzSChdHw4h2RS4iz1AvbibN2sBf78HhjPg_lFFp9byuk7o/s1600/Jessica+Alba+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBgGjzgSYf6Te8je2Sxmlg7L7E8-DNJkKTQjoR1MTQmoDkEaTa7jNBraDlzMcnNCGm1DyqwZKAckwkPuIRfHYJrIDUqW_8gLzSChdHw4h2RS4iz1AvbibN2sBf78HhjPg_lFFp9byuk7o/s1600/Jessica+Alba+1.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jessica Alba with daughter Honor Marie </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Jessica Alba with her eldest daughter in Los Angeles

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Mary Alekhine was released

<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Zx_KpXhdiPK4spgGEdme-JR3jHZ0Dod5mvjRsfKb9QdZJLungA91IiF5FYnUsV7F7sE7qG9vDVhKYRxbxMPQ1j3wzT1VFZIM0ZxVXTvn-4ZrQQcGAR2leTWgGu6ZTI9Y64QtiB_EQAs/s1600/Mary+Alekhine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Zx_KpXhdiPK4spgGEdme-JR3jHZ0Dod5mvjRsfKb9QdZJLungA91IiF5FYnUsV7F7sE7qG9vDVhKYRxbxMPQ1j3wzT1VFZIM0ZxVXTvn-4ZrQQcGAR2leTWgGu6ZTI9Y64QtiB_EQAs/s1600/Mary+Alekhine.jpg" /></a></div><br />Participant punk band <span style="color: #0b5394;">Pussy Riot</span> <b>Mary Alekhine</b> convicted of hooliganism in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, was set free. Previously, she and her workmate in the group Hope Tolokonnikova came under a presidential amnesty. According to a law enforcement source, Tolokonnikova were released from prison in Saransk at 11:00 Moscow time, but so far we only know that it will be released "later". <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 />That Alekhine started freedom, said her lawyer, Peter Zaikin: <br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">Maria Alekhine was set free. All documents are prepared and signed. </blockquote><br />Currently she is actively communicating with the press. <br /><br />Recall that in February 2012, four members of the band Pussy Riot staged a "punk prayer" in Christ the Savior Cathedral. Under the court were three girls: Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria and Ekaterina Samutsevich Alekhine. <br /><br />In August 2012 Khamovnichesky Court sentenced them to two years in prison each common mode. October 10 last year, Catherine Samutsevich court changed to a suspended sentence. In total, Tolokonnikova and Alekhine were detained for one and a half years, not counting the pre-trial detention, Samutsevich - three months. <br /><br />Performance Pussy Riot caused a wide resonance around the world. Participating groups were included in the list of "100 thinkers of the Year", a petition on their behalf signed Paul McCartney, Madonna, Adele, Sir Elton John, Patti Smith, the group U2, Franz Ferdinand, Scissor Sisters, Coldplay and many others. Hope Tolokonnikova recognized as "Woman of the Year" by the magazine Le Figaro, a film about the band was short-list "Oscar" nominees.<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>

Mary Alekhine was released

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Wes Welker Injury: Updates on Broncos WR's Concussion and Return (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/AVvXsEiTeu37yC2eRaTbVV_pOP6w46Qzt4XQxR2-TDgLib2ItSdysKugf9R59PDmV5U86HiI_8CJNiU_IQdu6zlZlZBccTxm-_E_T5unzVaadYIdouzT4N6HE7r07SjlIj0B837IH4ZB7qjXtkk/s1600/nfl_g_welker_gb1_600x400.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTeu37yC2eRaTbVV_pOP6w46Qzt4XQxR2-TDgLib2ItSdysKugf9R59PDmV5U86HiI_8CJNiU_IQdu6zlZlZBccTxm-_E_T5unzVaadYIdouzT4N6HE7r07SjlIj0B837IH4ZB7qjXtkk/s320/nfl_g_welker_gb1_600x400.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="article-body" data-twttr-id="twttr-sandbox-0" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">ESPN's <em style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">SportsCenter </em>Twitter account (via ESPN's Chris Mortensen and Jeff Legwold) reports <a href="http://bleacherreport.com/wes-welker" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #003366; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Wes Welker</a> is unlikely to play again until the postseason:</div><br /><div style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mortensen and Legwold provided additional context via ESPN.com:</div><blockquote style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0470588) 0px 0px 15px inset; background-color: #eeeeee; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0470588) 0px 0px 15px inset; margin: 25px 30px; outline: 0px; padding: 1px 10px; quotes: none; text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 1px 1px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The team's hope is that Welker, who left games in Week 11 and Week 14 with concussions, will recover in time to play in the postseason. Welker continues to be evaluated by the team's medical staff and an independent doctor as part of the league's concussion protocol.</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A third concussion in such a short span could end Welker's season, and one source said the player's well-being is "still the highest priority."</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Welker has not been medically cleared to practice, but on Thursday he spent some time working with the strength and conditioning staff in the team's weight room.</span></div></blockquote><span style="background-color: transparent;">Gray Caldwell of DenverBroncos.com reports that Welker is officially out.</span></div><div class="entry" data-id="512698" id="entry-512698" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="entry-body" data-twttr-id="twttr-sandbox-1" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jeff Legwold of ESPN.com confirms <a href="http://bleacherreport.com/wes-welker" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #003366; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Welker</a> has yet to be medically cleared to even return to practice:</div><blockquote style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0470588) 0px 0px 15px inset; background-color: #eeeeee; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0470588) 0px 0px 15px inset; margin: 25px 30px; outline: 0px; padding: 1px 10px; quotes: none; text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 1px 1px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/_/id/5941/wes-welker" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #003366; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Wes Welker</a><span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> has not been medically cleared to return to practice, and</span><a href="http://espn.go.com/nfl/team/_/name/den/denver-broncos" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #003366; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Denver Broncos</a><span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> coach John Fox said only that the wide receiver is "day-to-day.''</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">[...]</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Before he can play in a game, Welker would have to be declared symptom-free by both the Broncos' medical staff and a designated independent physician who has been approved by the NFL and the players' association. Welker would then have to proceed through multiple days of limited activity before he could return to practice on a limited basis.</span><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </strong></div></blockquote></div></div><div class="entry" data-id="506800" id="entry-506800" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="entry-body" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">As expected, Welker was officially listed on the <a href="http://bleacherreport.com/denver-broncos" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #003366; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Broncos</a> inactives list for Week 15 vs. the <a href="http://bleacherreport.com/san-diego-chargers" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #003366; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">San Diego Chargers</a> according to the <a href="http://www.denverbroncos.com/news-and-blogs/article-1/Inactives-Broncos-vs-Chargers/ed40a8d3-89c2-48c3-876c-f3a46309c259?campaign=den:fanshare:twitter" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #003366; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Denver Post</em></a>. </div></div></div><div class="entry" data-id="506352" id="entry-506352" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="entry-header" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0470588) 0px 0px 20px inset; background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0470588) 0px 0px 20px inset; height: 32px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div class="entry-body" data-twttr-id="twttr-sandbox-4" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Fox Sports' Jay Glazer reports Denver Broncos wide receiver <a href="http://bleacherreport.com/wes-welker" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #003366; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Wes Welker</a> will not play in Week 15.</div></div></div><div class="entry" data-id="504800" id="entry-504800" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="entry-body" data-twttr-id="twttr-sandbox-6" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Denver Broncos wide receiver <a href="http://bleacherreport.com/wes-welker" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #003366; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Wes Welker</a> suffered a concussion in their Week 14 matchup with the Tennessee Titans during the third quarter. The team's official Twitter account confirmed the news.</div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Welker, <span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">one of <a href="http://bleacherreport.com/peyton-manning" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #003366; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Peyton Manning</a>'s most reliable weapons, </span>suffered the injury on a hit by Titans safety Bernard Pollard. After Welker went down to catch a ball, Pollard came crashing in and delivered a blow to Welker's head and neck.</div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A few plays later, Pollard hit <a href="http://bleacherreport.com/eric-decker" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #003366; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Eric Decker</a> and was then flagged for unnecessary roughness as a result, though it appeared Pollard led with his shoulder.</div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mike Pereira, the former vice president of officiating for the <a href="http://bleacherreport.com/nfl" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #003366; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">NFL</a> and current rules guru for Fox Sports, disagreed with the penalty.</div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Welker had five receptions for 61 yards and a touchdown before leaving the game. The slot receiver has compiled 73 receptions for 778 yards and 10 touchdowns on the season.</div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">ESPN's <a href="http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/10105779/wes-welker-denver-broncos-suffers-concussion-miss-thursday-night-game" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #003366; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Jeff Legwold</a> reports that Welker will likely miss Thursday's game against the Chargers: </div><blockquote style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0470588) 0px 0px 15px inset; background-color: #eeeeee; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0470588) 0px 0px 15px inset; margin: 25px 30px; outline: 0px; padding: 1px 10px; quotes: none; text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 1px 1px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Welker is now subject to the NFL's concussion protocol, which will include baseline testing Monday. However, even if Welker were to be cleared for activity this week with that exam, the protocol would preclude him from playing in Thursday night's game against the San Diego Chargers.</em></div></blockquote><div style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Broncos are fighting for the No. 1 seed in the AFC, and they'll need all their playmakers healthy for the final few weeks of the regular season. But this is Welker's second concussion of the season, which means the team will be especially cautious with his return.  </div></div></div></div>

Wes Welker Injury: Updates on Broncos WR's Concussion and Return (BLOG)

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Santa Baby: Irina Shayk sang Christmas carols

<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHEGOTNZ36hQPNDRCLjNWbqFFwQJvV6248qUtoYCY8RupmdVdEhPGSMENOLzwRPzEOkyVdGd2xtXebTKS1cp74ClcKkWB-1mjpYOLDQk-jZX8KYvMq0c84m69aFy52tN01jTz_Rq8KZHE/s1600/Santa+Baby+Irina+Shayk+sang+Christmas+carols.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHEGOTNZ36hQPNDRCLjNWbqFFwQJvV6248qUtoYCY8RupmdVdEhPGSMENOLzwRPzEOkyVdGd2xtXebTKS1cp74ClcKkWB-1mjpYOLDQk-jZX8KYvMq0c84m69aFy52tN01jTz_Rq8KZHE/s1600/Santa+Baby+Irina+Shayk+sang+Christmas+carols.jpg" /></a></div><br />Irina Shayk certainly versatile personality: it turned out that the supermodel is not averse to try himself as a singer. Recently appeared on the Internet movie with sultry beauty, in which she performs a Christmas song.<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 />Sheik took part in filming for the digital magazine Love, where not just posing in underwear from Calvin Klein, but also danced, sang a few lines from the song Santa Baby, which once performed an American singer, actress, dancer and cabaret star Eartha Kitt. <br /><br />setting for the little music video with Irina served regular studio with lots of twinkling garlands.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNA8fY-SkCYXzBP5ZOZo-vqwBgRV03ajSApmQbWRZXD69Tp00mBQ7Yt9l_Qu0qMuUZpICq_qZ34HyFFUJezhQVEWWhaA9Nysjc4W2svEH32L3ij5LwBPwKnP_z1hNPMLjHfPMj6UvywHI/s1600/1+Irina+Shayk+sang+Christmas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNA8fY-SkCYXzBP5ZOZo-vqwBgRV03ajSApmQbWRZXD69Tp00mBQ7Yt9l_Qu0qMuUZpICq_qZ34HyFFUJezhQVEWWhaA9Nysjc4W2svEH32L3ij5LwBPwKnP_z1hNPMLjHfPMj6UvywHI/s1600/1+Irina+Shayk+sang+Christmas.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX36BK1rw225uwG6vqEJ3XI1kG69g_ihWXRdjSK1EVrviODUO3tMOYyl3FGmx1VGodwfEgmvtrS0NgkzqlZ2plTFIGsehfLAxG23pcQoTfxb3Xnv7K23V-IKE-ZhCcC3zIlYlFilC08r4/s1600/2+Irina+Shayk+sang+Christmas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX36BK1rw225uwG6vqEJ3XI1kG69g_ihWXRdjSK1EVrviODUO3tMOYyl3FGmx1VGodwfEgmvtrS0NgkzqlZ2plTFIGsehfLAxG23pcQoTfxb3Xnv7K23V-IKE-ZhCcC3zIlYlFilC08r4/s1600/2+Irina+Shayk+sang+Christmas.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO8rZuGA1Yrjw1GlTvA9TzNdn4LtNaSr492pMjTu7jepVqngdPS0Ea34xmHVMxjh-0W1tAR2p9i-IWVCphFONXxdQk54Z0druT4OK8hYaJytvnnt0PpawqDb_X7e_ii0vnmBHIDtBhu7E/s1600/3+Irina+Shayk+sang+Christmas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO8rZuGA1Yrjw1GlTvA9TzNdn4LtNaSr492pMjTu7jepVqngdPS0Ea34xmHVMxjh-0W1tAR2p9i-IWVCphFONXxdQk54Z0druT4OK8hYaJytvnnt0PpawqDb_X7e_ii0vnmBHIDtBhu7E/s1600/3+Irina+Shayk+sang+Christmas.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglE_t_Is4gbolD0zP5pfbUiIR9qWzbnBew0k3WZa7zbIs8vE4CvBp63ap0E5iTIulcWljn1LBkf66wvOZUAWDph40YaO81Rbncr8NyhvcNKkxJf7Ufod_RHSJqMqPGs3VH6ciG7-cad8E/s1600/4+Irina+Shayk+sang+Christmas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglE_t_Is4gbolD0zP5pfbUiIR9qWzbnBew0k3WZa7zbIs8vE4CvBp63ap0E5iTIulcWljn1LBkf66wvOZUAWDph40YaO81Rbncr8NyhvcNKkxJf7Ufod_RHSJqMqPGs3VH6ciG7-cad8E/s1600/4+Irina+Shayk+sang+Christmas.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/rKmYWnkpw6Q?feature=player_embedded" width="460"></iframe></div><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 />

Santa Baby: Irina Shayk sang Christmas carols

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Mariah Carey congratulated Christmas in red bikini

<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji9c0bCue4lsHLdcg9pDTpAMrKL1LQYoBdEwZyMeTUSAUymqL_6BYCzoBCNwUDQKfKfE4o0JU8V0xIzsrwnBfvv9iblvzyYZj5It2ICMTtgp5gHJZ1hIJkssvD2K2dx23CNNJbkOi55LA/s1600/Mariah+Carey+congratulated+Christmas+in+red+bikini.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji9c0bCue4lsHLdcg9pDTpAMrKL1LQYoBdEwZyMeTUSAUymqL_6BYCzoBCNwUDQKfKfE4o0JU8V0xIzsrwnBfvv9iblvzyYZj5It2ICMTtgp5gHJZ1hIJkssvD2K2dx23CNNJbkOi55LA/s1600/Mariah+Carey+congratulated+Christmas+in+red+bikini.jpg" /></a></div><br />Mariah Carey is very original congratulated his fans a Merry Christmas. In Instagram she posted photos of herself in a red bikini and a scarlet silk robe. <br /><br />Singer posed in her yard, preparing to take a jacuzzi. Swimsuit and gown complemented Mariah red slippers with feathers. Signature on one of the pictures says: <br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">Short warm-up before a jacuzzi. </blockquote><br />Behind bikini pictures Carey posted a picture with her charming children Morokkanom and Monroe. <br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">It's just a tradition. Magic couples and my kids. </blockquote><br />The only thing missing in this Mariah Carey impromptu photo shoot, so it's caps of Santa Claus. However, the star has a couple of days for a more thorough preparation for the holiday.<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 /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQSp6Rq4HbfeTWjoaG05WG8fmYVnlp8g8LlyL2w7mtcmOkC5zoxeuew8agSFfpBT0HcMu-9z48ScnzXmh6NRk3opmVD4J2WwKp1RZ52LHmsOIvxQx7MlZvABJgtrbZ4b-BFBbqI0UvBuE/s1600/1+Mariah+Carey+congratulated+Christmas+in+red+bikini.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQSp6Rq4HbfeTWjoaG05WG8fmYVnlp8g8LlyL2w7mtcmOkC5zoxeuew8agSFfpBT0HcMu-9z48ScnzXmh6NRk3opmVD4J2WwKp1RZ52LHmsOIvxQx7MlZvABJgtrbZ4b-BFBbqI0UvBuE/s1600/1+Mariah+Carey+congratulated+Christmas+in+red+bikini.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8QSf5xeOjo_R-Vlbcc8a0tBcNAQ1YDCneN8kbs3Owo8sv2B1TYpnMYNvwEVbEUxy1q8EbcltE680r2yGf6p8qs2W0FLG26vrskmripIkTIBB3y6zJ3RCBDlKgAbtKInff75-n71DjVZM/s1600/2+Mariah+Carey+congratulated+Christmas+in+red+bikini.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8QSf5xeOjo_R-Vlbcc8a0tBcNAQ1YDCneN8kbs3Owo8sv2B1TYpnMYNvwEVbEUxy1q8EbcltE680r2yGf6p8qs2W0FLG26vrskmripIkTIBB3y6zJ3RCBDlKgAbtKInff75-n71DjVZM/s1600/2+Mariah+Carey+congratulated+Christmas+in+red+bikini.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0XkiNaWw2osWufDW5QarQR12n_ZmOvEf0r_6ccRJHsKzRpp9AcZ0j8B3fQedI4zRqJ5R-6W4uzkSYrq0mUkLV9J09Gvvwe80W7F8PxqdxFtPeLSnTIsWYm_xhJ9hKkUjFmOLbmZkcG3w/s1600/3+Mariah+Carey+congratulated+Christmas+in+red+bikini.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0XkiNaWw2osWufDW5QarQR12n_ZmOvEf0r_6ccRJHsKzRpp9AcZ0j8B3fQedI4zRqJ5R-6W4uzkSYrq0mUkLV9J09Gvvwe80W7F8PxqdxFtPeLSnTIsWYm_xhJ9hKkUjFmOLbmZkcG3w/s1600/3+Mariah+Carey+congratulated+Christmas+in+red+bikini.jpg" /></a></div><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 />

Mariah Carey congratulated Christmas in red bikini

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Fast and Furious 7 : the premiere date announced

<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/AVvXsEgStlOQP3OGJUrFz42m2GtEcNgXgcdbKlOLc_qRwKHoc5MA2gUv7StZeJozWrnRbcJ8a6cAK_VHjWJksozK_OubHWSjCcPfTK0_YIQAI1pTKw7y86z4x7YQmvoGO637GcYFL8aDs215y_w/s1600/Fast+and+Furious+7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgStlOQP3OGJUrFz42m2GtEcNgXgcdbKlOLc_qRwKHoc5MA2gUv7StZeJozWrnRbcJ8a6cAK_VHjWJksozK_OubHWSjCcPfTK0_YIQAI1pTKw7y86z4x7YQmvoGO637GcYFL8aDs215y_w/s1600/Fast+and+Furious+7.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last scene together Paul Walker and Vin Diesel in "Fast and the Furious 7" </td></tr></tbody></table><br />A couple of hours ago, Vin Diesel announced on his Facebook page the release date for the next installment in the franchise "Fast and Furious", which became one of the last works by <b><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/search/label/Paul%20Walker" target="_blank">Paul Walker</a></b>. The movie "Fast and Furious 7", which itself produces diesel, will be released April 10, 2015. <br /> <br /> Vin also published photos from the set, writing: <br /> <br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"> last scene we shot together .. . It was a unique feeling of satisfaction, a sense of pride ... We were proud of the film on which he worked, his magic and how much we have achieved. "Fast and Furious 7" will be released April 10, 2015! PS: He would like you to know about it first ... </blockquote><br /> premier action was originally scheduled for July 2014, but work on the film was suspended due to the tragic death of Paul Walker. Earlier this month, the project director James Wan said that despite the tragedy still picture will be released. <br /> <br /> Information that in the final stages of the deceased actor will replace his brother Cody Walker, has not yet been confirmed.<br /><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 /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio_GL06qfd7_SI60B5QM2FE8A1rRM9CLxSssT9cv2UvhrvE3LmKQdPaQvgW17fj6nZ8t-m2CCZWybbEJ_KHBShmWAIB5SEBysREFdPHMtLAX58w_nkk7yZbshbT9K_cRDGtnd8IDTzWmI/s1600/Paul+Walker+and+Vin+Diesel-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio_GL06qfd7_SI60B5QM2FE8A1rRM9CLxSssT9cv2UvhrvE3LmKQdPaQvgW17fj6nZ8t-m2CCZWybbEJ_KHBShmWAIB5SEBysREFdPHMtLAX58w_nkk7yZbshbT9K_cRDGtnd8IDTzWmI/s1600/Paul+Walker+and+Vin+Diesel-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9T97SAKG_9VSsf1EOh6c3eP6SGjQu4D4e3-R3Ilwii1EL7oBWHm5D3UMw0xQ5uwcr7OB-2rL54ezE9RHr-n4eA7wadOz2MEcsS1Zon1hOkVcGuTB0nZBudyab6B7Skr768gwBCgtgo_I/s1600/Paul+Walker+and+Vin+Dieselr-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9T97SAKG_9VSsf1EOh6c3eP6SGjQu4D4e3-R3Ilwii1EL7oBWHm5D3UMw0xQ5uwcr7OB-2rL54ezE9RHr-n4eA7wadOz2MEcsS1Zon1hOkVcGuTB0nZBudyab6B7Skr768gwBCgtgo_I/s1600/Paul+Walker+and+Vin+Dieselr-3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><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/AVvXsEh4NEK92OjdKZh2HWr2KYJ3myhMfySncGZvSPXYmLfjJZIMliUdHUo92epYXwDUOOyigKGXhWRijDL4_L3WqbyuSXOahIWRLZCvhd0nKQyDICVq0P-fR_WOwXiuNasQcMeFc-0BODv5cSY/s1600/Paul+Walker+and+Vin+Diesel-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4NEK92OjdKZh2HWr2KYJ3myhMfySncGZvSPXYmLfjJZIMliUdHUo92epYXwDUOOyigKGXhWRijDL4_L3WqbyuSXOahIWRLZCvhd0nKQyDICVq0P-fR_WOwXiuNasQcMeFc-0BODv5cSY/s1600/Paul+Walker+and+Vin+Diesel-1.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paul Walker and Vin Diesel</td></tr></tbody></table><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 />

Fast and Furious 7 : the premiere date announced

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Paul McCartney Makes Merry With Fallon and Timberlake on 'SNL' (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/AVvXsEgV9jwqGPi8dBlRXFDmGCUp4u3mSYxZgGodnDz8lOLd9G_gaUFJzZcJzJqBKuy-81lVqdwfHW8uHQvT6adWDnDvvSDIxc3OwgVRIg4gSKaU2L5D3vy0pMzhmhrcrWVui1ukdmmSbKFBny0/s1600/article-2527806-1A3F958D00000578-296_634x505.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV9jwqGPi8dBlRXFDmGCUp4u3mSYxZgGodnDz8lOLd9G_gaUFJzZcJzJqBKuy-81lVqdwfHW8uHQvT6adWDnDvvSDIxc3OwgVRIg4gSKaU2L5D3vy0pMzhmhrcrWVui1ukdmmSbKFBny0/s320/article-2527806-1A3F958D00000578-296_634x505.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">Remember the day before your school's Christmas vacation, when you and the other kids were so wild with excitement that you couldn’t even stay in your seats, so your teacher just passed out candy canes and put on a video and got the hell out of the way? I'm pretty sure that was exactly how it felt in Studio 8H last night, as Jimmy Fallon and <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/justin-timberlake" style="color: #003366; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Justin Timberlake</a> delivered a near-perfect Christmas episode to an ecstatic crowd. These guys were the ideal choice to finish out the year: They struck up a friendship on <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Saturday Night Live</em> ten years ago, and (as anyone who watches <em style="font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.012em; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Late Night With Jimmy Fallon</em> knows) their rapport has only gotten stronger. They finish each other's punchlines, they sing in perfect harmony: They're like the sexy Smothers Brothers. Between host Fallon, musical guest Timberlake, and an all-star line-up of celebrity cameos, this was the most exciting <em style="font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.012em; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">SNL</em> episode of the season. But the funniest sketch of the night didn’t star Timberlake, McCartney or Madonna – just the mega-talented ladies of <em style="font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.012em; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">SNL, </em>doing their thing. On to the sketches!</div><div style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Wrappinville Cold Open:</strong> It's the return of the rapping mascot! It hasn't been that long, actually; Timberlake played a dancing block of tofu for the "Veganville" sketch in March. This time, he's a giant roll of wrapping paper, accompanied by host Jimmy Fallon's human-sized gift bag. Aidy Bryant is trying to gift wrap for charity, but her pitches can't compete with the Wrappinville team's covers of Michael Jackson's "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" ("Wanna Be Starting a Wrap War"), Gotye's "Somebody that I Used to Know" ("Some Present That I Used to Know"), Ludacris' "Roll Out," and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' "Thrift Shop." You know that the show's off to a good start when an audience member has to be forcibly removed for being too enthusiastic. (Or at least, I assume that's what happened after her screams interrupted Bryant, twice.) Jimmy and Justin are amazingly in sync (HAHA) on everything here: the songs, the choreography, the belabored gay joke ("I sacked his deck") that is nonetheless funny. Aidy Bryant gets props for dance-bombing their big finish. Everyone's having so much fun that "Live from New York, it's Saturday night!" nearly gets lost in the cheers.</div><div style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="338" mozallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="http://www.hulu.com/embed.html?eid=x7r0susnzgogeopdxlmvea&partner=wenner" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="600"></iframe></div><div style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Monologue:</strong> Fallon sets up four microphones, explaining that they're for himself, David Bowie, Bob Dylan, and <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/paul-mccartney" style="color: #003366; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Paul McCartney</a>, respectively. Sadly, they all got stuck in the Lincoln tunnel (what wouldn't you give to be on <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">that</em> NJ Transit bus?), so Fallon had to sing "Joy to the World" as all four of them. It's an impressive performanOHMYGODITSPAULMCCARTNEY. Audience members are shouting, fainting, going into labor. If David Bowie shows up, too, I will be right there with them. Sadly, he does not. But Fallon and the Beatle sing "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" as fake snow filters down through the lighting grid, and hearts are sufficiently warmed. In case you're wondering, Dylan has done <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">SNL</em> before<em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> – </em>just once in 1979, during his Christian period.</div><div style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Family Feud Celebrity Edition:</strong> Right up until Timberlake exits the comedy stage to focus on music, every sketch tops the last one. Celebrity Family Feud, hosted by (of course) Kenan Thompson's Steve Harvey, has CBS and NBC celebrities facing off for charity. CBS celebs Jim Parsons (Fallon), Ashton Kutcher (Taran Killam), Jon Cryer (John Milhiser) and Allyson Hannigan (Noel Wells) are playing for the Red Cross; NBC stars Jimmy Fallon (Timberlake), Jane Lynch (Kate McKinnon), Ice-T (Jay Pharaoh), and Brooks Wheelan (himself) are playing for – low blow – the NBC/Universal company. Naturally, this whole sketch is an excuse for Timberlake to impersonate Fallon to his face. Within two minutes, Fallon is turning his back to the audience and ducking behind scenery, because he is <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">dying. </em>Watching these two crack each other up is worth the price of admission. Two of <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">SNL</em>'s most neglected players have their Christmas wishes granted by appearing in this sketch: Milhiser scores big laughs with his Cryer impression, and Wheelan, poor guy, has to convince Steve Harvey that he's actually on <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">SNL, </em>because he appears so rarely. If only he could take fake <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Family Feud</em>'s advice and just be Justin Timberlake.</div><div style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">(Do It On My) Twin Bed:</strong> Best. Thing. Ever. The sexy ladies of <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">SNL</em> form a girl group for this song about having sex in your childhood bedroom over the holidays. The singers pair off with the male cast members for awkward sex scenes in twin beds, on a dresser full of trophies, and against a Jonathan Taylor Thomas poster. Fallon raps an interlude from the boyfriend's point of view: "Can't get fully undress in case your parents come through, just shirt no pants like Winnie the Pooh." And just when you think it can't get any better, the cast members twerk against blown-up images of their seventh-grade class photos. Normally, it would be a crime to exclude Justin Timberlake from a musical number during one of his <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">SNL</em> episodes. "Twin Bed" is so good that it gets a pass.  </div><div style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="338" mozallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="http://www.hulu.com/embed.html?eid=649tviqfhbjw9snkvc-zcq&partner=wenner" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="600"></iframe></div><div style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The Barry Gibb Talk Show:</strong> With Fallon and Timberlake in the house, this sketch was a sure thing. Not that I'm complaining. If you have a moment, go to Yahoo Screen and watch that first Barry Gibb Talk Show sketch from 2003. Fallon is more or less the same, but Timberlake seems like a different person. Becoming a movie star makes you really confident, I guess? Anyhow, Fallon rose to the challenge and didn't let Timberlake's Robin upstage his short-tempered, falsetto-crooning, Wiggles-dancing Barry. This is the first time they've revived this sketch since the real <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/robin-gibb-bee-gees-co-founder-dead-at-62-20120520" style="color: #003366; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Robin Gibb died in 2012</a>, but clearly they had his brother Barry's blessing, becauseOHMYGODITSBARRYGIBB. I love how Madonna was just the fake-out celebrity cameo. Did you notice how confused the audience was when she put in her grill? Like, is Madonna trying to be funny? Who knows anymore?</div><div style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="338" mozallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="http://www.hulu.com/embed.html?eid=4hcwitwzpfv31c5ahbtkig&partner=wenner" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="600"></iframe></div><div style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Weekend Update:</strong> Let us all raise a glass, Drunk Uncle-style, to Seth Meyers, whose time at the Weekend Update desk has come to a close. Or has it? He's being all <a href="https://twitter.com/sethmeyers/status/414161283504553984" style="color: #003366; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">enigmatic on Twitter</a> now. Regardless, this was the night that Fallon gave his official blessing, as Meyers prepares to take over <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Late Night, </em><a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/jay-leno-to-leave-tonight-show-next-spring-20130403" style="color: #003366; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Fallon prepares to take over <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The Tonight Show</em></a>, and Jay Leno prepares to read the headlines in his garage full of motorcycles while weeping softly to himself. To do the honors, Fallon brought along Mayor Mike Bloomberg, whose retirement plans include "enjoying a small soda on a non-smoking beach" and a possible tenure as the Naked Cowboy.</div><div style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="338" mozallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="http://www.hulu.com/embed.html?eid=tkagr0xh-n-ddns9jjjpcq&partner=wenner" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="600"></iframe></div><div style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Waking Up with Kimye:</strong> Aw,Lorne, you shouldn't have! This is just what I wanted for Christmas. Jay Pharaoh's Kanye West and Nasim Pedrad's Kim Kardashian are back with their morning chat show. Kim holds up a recent issue of <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">US Weekly</em> with the headline "Kim Kardashian: My Body is Back." Kanye's comment: "Kim's body left and it rose again – remind you of anyone?" Kim's comment: "I'm starring in a book!" They close the show with a "video Christmas card," which is a re-creation of the "Bound 2" video with Kimye humping on a reindeer. It's slightly less hilarious than the Kardashians' actual Christmas card, with Bruce Jenner inexplicably in a pneumatic tube, but I'll take it. </div><div style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="338" mozallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="http://www.hulu.com/embed.html?eid=3tclko1dxp51e8o3kplzfa&partner=wenner" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="600"></iframe></div><div style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">And with a few more holiday themed-sketches and some additional fake show, it is officially Christmas vacation! Everyone is wearing sweaters! Jimmy Fallon is hugging Barry Gibb! Justin Timberlake is hugging Paul McCartney! Madonna has turned into Chris Rock! And my heart grew three sizes this night. Happy holidays, everyone! </div>Rolling Stone</div>

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Merry Christmas to Crazy Uncle Bubba

I found this just a few minutes ago and immediately thought of <a href="http://yourcrazyunclebubba.blogspot.com/">Bubba</a>.<br />Stevie Ray Vaughn doing a sound check with his band in 1986, right after he woke up. You can see him yawning trying to get woke up and then it's like someone flipped a switch! About 17 minutes of pure Stevie Ray with no background noise from a crowd. You can really see and hear him hit the licks.<br /><br />From the Youtube page;<br /><br /><blockquote>Published on Apr 12, 2013<br /><br />"Stevie just waking up then warming up. Insane how good can you really be that tired? Turn it up and enjoy. Original Source: This was filmed Jan 1986 by Greg Savage of Savage Guitar Design and is used with permission.</blockquote><br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/grBmQwLSlDw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

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Starlin Castro Has $3.6 Million Seized as Part of a Legal Dispute (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/AVvXsEg5JKPAo1rqL4XU6T-0K2PT2fGaFa9ldfhLkWOpAhpCiHMtStIXQC6-aQPYeDw8QploJPT-iFETAVtdScA3utY8g_4dJUzPthIFZQNSHaHge-QspRnhJrwGHAP2-ogewsbD0H-OcgFmAGc/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5JKPAo1rqL4XU6T-0K2PT2fGaFa9ldfhLkWOpAhpCiHMtStIXQC6-aQPYeDw8QploJPT-iFETAVtdScA3utY8g_4dJUzPthIFZQNSHaHge-QspRnhJrwGHAP2-ogewsbD0H-OcgFmAGc/s320/1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Chicago Cubs shortstop</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> </span><a href="http://bleacherreport.com/starlin-castro" style="border: 0px; color: #003366; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Starlin Castro</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">reportedly had $3.6 million seized from his bank accounts on Dec. 18 as a result of a legal dispute with a baseball school in his native Dominican Republic, according to</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> </span><em style="border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Chicago Tribune</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">'s</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> </span><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/chi-cubs-starlin-castro-legal-dispute-20131219,0,1717542.story" style="border: 0px; color: #003366; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Paul Sullivan</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">.</span><br /><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The removal of funds, which was made at several banks, according to reports, stemmed from a dispute over an eight-year-old agreement made between Castro's father and the school when the Cubs' star was just a teenager. </div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Castro's father reportedly signed an agreement to pay the school a small percentage (roughly 3 percent) of his son's contract when he reached the majors.    </div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The 23-year-old <a href="http://www.suntimes.com/sports/14784489-573/cubs-sign-starlin-castro-to-7-year-60-million-deal.html" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #003366; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">signed a hefty seven-year</a>, $60 million deal with the Cubs in 2012. According to Sullivan, he subsequently paid a portion of his $45,000 signing bonus to the <span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">school, Mi Futuro Biliguer, which translates to "My Future Big Leaguer."</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">At the time of his new contract, ESPNChicago.com quoted Castro talking about the huge financial impact of the deal:</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"It's big. It's big especially for my family. We come from very poor people and now my family is going to be better. Their lives changing and that's really neat."</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Despite the $45,000 donation, Sullivan reports that the school's coach, Manuel Nunez, is "<span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">trying to force Castro to give him 3 percent of his contract" and has plans to sue Castro. But sources close to the situation say Castro will file a countersuit against Nunez in an attempt to expose the agreement and the argument that a father can sign away a son's future earnings. </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The bizarre agreement even has Sports<em style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Illustrated</em>'s Melissa Segura's eyebrows raised:</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Fortunately, Castro and the Cubs are in the midst of the offseason and won't have to worry about the shortstop missing playing time as a result of the off-field drama. However, the unwelcome publicity could damage Castro's relationship with his current team if it drags on for too long. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It remains to be seen whether Castro will win out and reclaim his earnings in court, but there's certainly a lot at stake with millions of dollars and Castro's reputation hanging in the balance.    </span></div></div>

Starlin Castro Has $3.6 Million Seized as Part of a Legal Dispute (BLOG)

Chicago Cubs shortstop   Starlin Castro   reportedly had $3.6 million seized from his bank accounts on Dec. 18 as a result of a legal disput...

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