Google, Microsoft modify Internet searches to exclude more child pornography results

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- 3 --><br /><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4973891917352186" data-ad-slot="2995338919" style="display: inline-block; height: 250px; width: 300px;"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <div><h1 property="dc.title" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.5em; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px;"><span class="entry-title">Google, Microsoft modify Internet searches to exclude more child pornography results</span></h1></div><div><span class="entry-title"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/">http://www.washingtonpost.com</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_606w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2011/07/08/Production/Digital/homepage/Images/2011-06-20T060118Z_01_SIN001_RTRIDSP_3_INTERNET-NAMES.jpg" /></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">Google and Microsoft have announced plans to censor search results that could direct users to child pornography, responding to pressure from British authorities.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">Users using 100,000 search terms and phrases will no longer receive content related to the sexual abuse of kids on the companies’ English-language search engines, Google and Microsoft said.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;"></div><div style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">Google and Microsoft will also give illegal pictures unique identifiers so that those images can be automatically deleted whenever they appear, the companies said. YouTube engineers are working on a similar identification process for videos, according to Google, which owns the video service.</div><div style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">In a column published in the <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2509044/Google-chief-Eric-Schmidt-explains-block-child-porn.html" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(212, 212, 212); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #005b88; text-decoration: none;">Daily Mail</a>newspaper Sunday, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said that some search terms related to child pornography will still return results, but British users will see a warning at the top of the search results page. The warning will note that the search returned potentially illegal results and direct the user to charities dedicated to fighting child pornography.</div><div style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">The efforts come after a major push from British politicians to impose stricter limits on Internet pornography. British Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservative-led government pushed for a crackdown on Internet pornography after the rape and deaths of two young girls at the hands of men believed to be addicted to child pornography.</div><div style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">This fall, Cameron had called on search-engine operators such as Google and Microsoft to make it more difficult to find child pornography on the Internet.</div><div style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">Schmidt directly tied the new policies to Cameron’s remarks. “We've listened, and in the last three months put more than 200 people to work developing new, state-of-the-art technology to tackle the problem,” he said.</div><div style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">Schmidt said the changes will be implemented in more than 150 languages, although he did not say when that would happen.</div><div style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">Microsoft did not comment on whether it would expand its effort.</div><div style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">According to a <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24980765" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(212, 212, 212); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #005b88; text-decoration: none;">report from the BBC</a>, Cameron said that he welcomes the action by Google and Microsoft but that the companies must move quickly, or he will bring legislation on the matter.</div><div style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;"></div><div style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">There is some doubt that removing this content from broader search engines will get to the heart of the problem. According to the British Child Exploitation and Online Protection Center, searches through commercial search engines account for a “very small” percentage of porn transactions.</div><div style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">As part of the government’s push against Internet pornography of any form, British Internet service providers are compelled to install family-friendly filters automaically on Internet service, and British consumers must also tell their providers whether or not they want access to any online pornography. The push has led to some debate over whether the measures are leading the country into a gray area on the <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/googles-restricting-of-anti-muslim-video-shows-role-of-web-firms-as-free-speech-arbiters/2012/09/14/ec0f8ce0-fe9b-11e1-8adc-499661afe377_story.html" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(212, 212, 212); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #005b88; text-decoration: none;">proper balance between online censorship and free speech</a>. There is little argument that illegal content, particularly child pornography, should be blocked from the Web. The question is how narrowly companies are able to focus their efforts.</div><div style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">Jillian York, director for International Freedom of Expression at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, said that Microsoft has a good record for removing illegal content from its search engine. But when those efforts are extended to other languages, she said, the firm has ended up blocking more than it intended. A censorship block on the word “breast” in its Arabic search, for example, prevented anyone from getting information on breast cancer.</div><div style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">“It’s a matter of getting the implementation right so that there’s no collateral damage,” she said.</div><br /></div></div>

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- 3 --><br /><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4973891917352186" data-ad-slot="2995338919" style="display: inline-block; height: 250px; width: 300px;"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <div><h1 style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 3em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px 0px 3px; padding: 0px;">LeBron James To Star In ‘Space Jam’ Sequel?</h1></div><div><a href="http://hollywoodlife.com/">http://hollywoodlife.com</a></div><div><br /></div><div><img alt="Space Jam 2" height="400" src="http://pmchollywoodlife.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/space-jam-lebrone-james-lead.jpg?w=600" width="266" /></div><div><br /></div><div><h3 style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;">On Nov. 18, ‘Space Jam 2′ started trending on Twitter after a movie poster for the sequel surfaced, starring LeBron James!. So, is the Heat player starring in the sequel to the 1996 hit, ‘Space Jam,’ replacing Michael Jordan?</h3><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 19px; padding: 0px;">As if <a href="http://hollywoodlife.com/2013/11/19/space-jam-2-lebron-james-sequel-michael-jordan/hollywoodlife.com/tag/lebron-james" style="color: #ff0099; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b>LeBron James</b></a> and <a href="http://hollywoodlife.com/2013/11/19/space-jam-2-lebron-james-sequel-michael-jordan/hollywoodlife.com/tag/michael-jordan" style="color: #ff0099; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong>Michael Jordan</strong></a> didn’t already get compared enough! Lebron conducted two Twitter Q&As — one in August 2012 and one in October 2013. 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Wish I could do<em>Space Jam 2</em>!”</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 19px; padding: 0px;">Then came the poster — yes, that was it! While there has a been a common comparison between MJ and LeBron, because of their two extremely successful careers as players, it would definitely cause some uproar among fans of the classic!</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 19px; padding: 0px;"></div><h3 style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;">Michael Jordan: It’s LeBron’s Time</h3><div style="margin-bottom: 19px; padding: 0px;"></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 19px; padding: 0px;">In the ongoing battle, that was almost entirely created by the fans, Michael has said that he would beat LeBron (and many other star players) in a one-on-one, but it doesn’t mean he doesn’t appreciate him.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 19px; padding: 0px;">“Each person I mentioned feels he would win those battles, and of course those are the guys you think of,” <a href="http://espn.go.com/chicago/nba/story/_/id/9764802/michael-jordan-says-kobe-bryant-lebron-james" rel="nofollow" style="color: #ff0099; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">MJ told ESPN.com</a> in October. “Some of them I dreamed of playing when I got older, but they were past their primes by then.”</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 19px; padding: 0px;">“I love what Kobe does, love him. And I love what LeBron does,” he continued. “It’s their stage now. It’s their time. I wasn’t saying that to go after any one of them. I wasn’t. But it’s being taken that way.”</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 19px; padding: 0px;">As for all the talk that they have a rivalry, Michael finds it entertaining. LeBron even has said that MJ is a huge role model of his!</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 19px; padding: 0px;">“It’s so much fun to talk about, but we can’t know,” Michael said. “We can never know, across generations. You imagine it. You think about what might happen, particularly with the guys you think are the best of the best and then say, ‘That was fun, but we don’t know.’ I said I ‘think’ I wouldn’t lose, and people are offended by that?”</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 19px; padding: 0px;">Good point — there’s room for two all-star players, right? HollywoodLifers, do you want to see a<i>Space Jam 2</i> starring LeBron?</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 19px; padding: 0px;"><strong>– Emily Longeretta</strong></div><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- 3 --><br /><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4973891917352186" data-ad-slot="2995338919" style="display: inline-block; height: 250px; width: 300px;"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><div><span style="font-size: large;">‘Money Honey’ Maria Bartiromo Crosses Enemy Lines, Flees CNBC   for Fox</span></div><div><a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/">http://www.thedailybeast.com</a></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="dek char-limit multiline" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: TitlingGothicFBStandCond, 'Arial Narrow', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px !important; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 1.2px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline; width: 733.4375px;">Maria Bartiromo, who took a sexist nickname and made it her own, is departing CNBC for its rival, Fox Business—where she’ll join mentor Roger Ailes. But will her audience follow?</div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.1875em; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline; width: 733.4375px;">Financial television luminary Maria Bartiromo, who in her two decades at CNBC established herself as “<a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2010/03/28/the-money-honeys-left-turn.html" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; box-sizing: border-box; color: #6c899d; cursor: pointer; display: inline; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out;">The Money Honey</a>,” a sexist nickname she shrewdly trademarked, is jumping to the rival Fox Business Network as well as the Fox News Channel.</div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.1875em; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline; width: 733.4375px;"><a href="http://www.drudgereport.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; box-sizing: border-box; color: #6c899d; cursor: pointer; display: inline; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">The Drudge Report</a> first posted the news on Monday as the 46-year-old Bartiromo was anchoring <i style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">Closing Bell</i>, CNBC’s late-afternoon stock market program. CNBC officially acknowledged the loss in a statement, noting that Bartiromo “has been at the center of every major financial and business news story…since her earliest days” at the network, but Fox held its fire until an expected announcement later in the week.</div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.1875em; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline; width: 733.4375px;">Bartiromo, who is expected to finish out the week for a proper sendoff on Friday on CNBC, where she also has been anchoring <i style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">On the Money</i>, a syndicated business show, is potentially a huge get for Rupert Murdoch’s six-year-old business network, traditionally an also-ran against the Comcast-owned CNBC.</div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.1875em; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline; width: 733.4375px;">The big question is whether she can lure a significant portion of her loyal CNBC audience to FBN. Comparisons can be invidious, but by some estimates Lou Dobbs, her one-time boss when she was a greenhorn producer and assignment editor at CNN Business News, has been able to draw only 10 percent of his CNN audience in the 25- to 54-year-old demographic <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2010/11/10/lou-dobbs-joins-fox-business.html" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; box-sizing: border-box; color: #6c899d; cursor: pointer; display: inline; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out;">since leaping to FBN in March 2011</a>. Of course, CNN is advantaged by being in nearly 30 million more households than FBN. Bartiromo—whom Dobbs notoriously advised against leaving CNN for CNBC in the early 1990s, saying it would be a serious career mistake—might or might not do better.</div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.1875em; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline; width: 733.4375px;">Fox News Chairman and FBN founder <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/10/19/why-roger-ailes-won-t-walk-away.html" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; box-sizing: border-box; color: #6c899d; cursor: pointer; display: inline; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out;">Roger Ailes</a> has apparently been courting his former protégée for a while as he has continued to tweak and add marquee talent to the fledgling financial channel, which in recent years has recruited Dobbs, Don Imus, and John Stossel, among others.</div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.1875em; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline; width: 733.4375px;">In Ailes’s previous incarnation at CNBC, he launched Bartiromo as an on-air personality and in 1995 made her television’s first woman to report live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Ailes left CNBC to launch Fox News in 1996, but he and Bartiromo kept up with each other.</div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.1875em; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline; width: 733.4375px;">“I think Roger is terrific. I think Roger is brilliant,” <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2010/03/28/the-money-honeys-left-turn.html" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; box-sizing: border-box; color: #6c899d; cursor: pointer; display: inline; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out;">Bartiromo told me</a> in March 2010, adding that FBN at the time was “doing something different than we are at CNBC. It’s pretty clear that we’re doing different things, because we have different viewers. Our viewer is a businessperson who cares about the global story as it relates to the economy and markets. It feels like Fox Business is talking to a different sort of viewer, so it’s really not apples to apples.”</div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.1875em; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline; width: 733.4375px;"></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.1875em; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline; width: 733.4375px;">The Brooklyn-born Bartiromo’s precise role at Fox was unclear on Monday afternoon, but she is expected to get her own show on FBN and also provide a high-profile presence on Fox News. Given that she is crossing enemy lines to join the competition, CNBC President Mark Hoffman’s statement, which didn’t mention her new job, was remarkably effusive.</div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.1875em; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline; width: 733.4375px;">“After 20 years of groundbreaking work at CNBC, Maria Bartiromo will be leaving the company as her contract expires on November 24, 2013,” Hoffman said. “I will leave it up to Maria to let you know where she is headed on her own timetable. Meanwhile, I wish her great happiness and fulfillment as she takes on her next challenge and I thank her for all of her excellent work at CNBC.”</div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.1875em; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline; width: 733.4375px;">Hoffman said CNBC anchor Kelly Evans will replace Bartiromo on <i style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">Closing Bell</i> “on an interim basis,” while Becky Quick “will be the first of a number of anchors” to host <i style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">On the Money</i> until a permanent host is named.</div></div></div>

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Former NFL linebacker Thomas Howard dies in car crash

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- 3 --><br /><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4973891917352186" data-ad-slot="2995338919" style="display: inline-block; height: 250px; width: 300px;"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><h1 itemprop="headline" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 32px; line-height: 34px; margin: 0px; padding: 20px 0px 0px 70px;">Former NFL linebacker Thomas Howard dies in car crash</h1><div><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/">http://www.usatoday.com</a></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">Former NFL linebacker Thomas Howard, cut last week by the Atlanta Falcons, was killed early Monday in a high-speed traffic collision near his home in Alameda, Calif.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">The Alameda County Coroner's Bureau and spokesperson Dan Hill of the California Highway Patrol, confirmed to USA TODAY Sports that Howard was one of the victims after notification was made to the family.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">Howard, 30, who was drafted out of Texas-El Paso by the Oakland Raiders in 2006, played five years for the Raiders.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">Hill said the incident began with a BMW traveling 100-110 miles per hour, according to witnesses.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">The witnesses said the driver of the BMW lost control and collided with the rear of a semi-truck, Hill said. The force of the impact caused the BMW to catapult into the opposing lanes, where it struck a Chevrolet Monte Carlo and then crashed onto a Honda CRV, Hill said.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">Both Howard and the driver of the Honda, Zeng Long Liu, 64, of Hayward, Calif., were killed at the scene, Hill said.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">Howard, a 6-3, 230-pound linebacker from Lubbock, Texas, was taken in the second round of the 2006 draft by the Raiders. He played with them through 2010, then was with the Cincinnati Bengals in 2011 and 2012.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">He signed last month with the Atlanta Falcons and was active for two games, but was released last Tuesday.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">"It is shocking and very sad," Texas-El Paso athletics director Bob Stull said about Howard on the school's sports department web site.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">"His story was inspiring. He came here as a walk-on defensive back and through hard work and dedication developed into one of the greatest linebackers in school history. He was enjoying a tremendous NFL career.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">"More than anything, though, Thomas was a fine young man, personable and engaging. He always had a smile on his face. He returned to El Paso frequently and was always eager to give back to UTEP. He was a superb alum and friend of the university. It's just hard to believe that he's gone. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family."</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">Friends were remembering Howard on Twitter:</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">* Retired NFL linebacker Shawne Merriman @shawnemerriman38m -- "RIP Thomas Howard and those involved in the tragedy #NFL #GodBless"</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">*Former NFL defensive back Stanford Routt @SRoutt2620m -- "@ThomasHoward Was a pleasure playing with you. You were a great teammate,even better person and father! U will be missed, much love bro #RIP"</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">*Pittsburgh Steelers backup quarterback Bruce Gradkowski @bgradkowski5 "very sad day a good buddy&teammate thomas howard passed away today! Please keep his family in ur prayers what a great guy words can explain!"</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><img alt="Former NFL linebacker Thomas Howard was one of two people killed in a high-speed car accident in the early morning hours of Nov. 18." src="http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/685d0b7f8b0008a932a3bf078fb90e3d86146705/c=0-83-2688-2101&r=x513&c=680x510/local/-/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2013/11/18//1384819165005-Howard-Intro.jpg" /></div></div></div>

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One Direction are annoyed by album leak

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Showbiz News <img src="http://content.tv3.ie/content/images/0521/689059_636x357.jpg" width="600"/><br /><p>Tuesday, 19 November 2013</p><br /><p>One Direction are ''annoyed'' their album 'Midnight Memories' has leaked online.</p><br />The boy band's third studio album is set for release on November 25 but tracks emerged on the internet yesterday (18.11.13) and they are concerned it will affect record sales. Liam Payne told Digital Spy: ''It is annoying because there's this big build-up and it affects sales. ''We really want a number one, so we're just kind of hoping for the best now. Hopefully people go out and buy it.'' Louis Tomlinson is also frustrated and would rather people wait until the official release. He added: ''It's just frustrating when you work so hard on an album and you kind of want everyone to hear it at the same time. ''Some select fans won't listen to it until it's out, which is great. But there are others who obviously can't help themselves.'' However Harry Styles admitted if he could get a hold of music by an artist he admires before its official release he probably would. He said: ''It's just nice to have an impact. If there was an album I liked and I could listen to it a week before, I probably would. ''It's just nice to have that moment where it builds up to, 'Now it's out and everyone can listen to it'.'' Back</div>

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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford says he's quit drinking after 'come-to-Jesus' moment

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- 3 --><br /><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4973891917352186" data-ad-slot="2995338919" style="display: inline-block; height: 250px; width: 300px;"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><div><h1 id="article-title" itemprop="name" style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 36px; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 38px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Toronto Mayor Rob Ford says he's quit drinking after 'come-to-Jesus' moment</h1></div><div><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/">http://www.foxnews.com</a></div><div><div style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Toronto Mayor Rob Ford says he has stopped drinking after having a "come-to-Jesus" moment and does not do drugs. </div><div style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ford made the comments in an interview broadcast by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation hours after the Toronto city council voted to slash Ford's office budget by 60 percent and allow mayoral staff to join the city's deputy mayor, Norm Kelly. Ford retains his official title and can represent the city at formal events, but he has no legislative power and no longer chairs the council's executive committee. </div><div style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ford managed to put the spotlight on himself again during the meeting by pacing around the council chamber and trading barbs with members of the public. The speaker asked security to clear the chamber and a recess was called, as members of the public chanted “Shame! Shame!” at the mayor.</div><div style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ford himself charged at the gallery at one point and knocked over Councilor Pam McConnell before picking her back up.</div><div style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Another councilor asked Ford to apologize. Ford said he was rushing to the defense of his brother, city councilor Doug Ford.</div><div style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"I picked her up," Rob Ford said. "I ran around because I thought my brother was getting into an altercation."</div><div style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Visibly shaken after Ford ran her over, McConnell, a petite woman in her 60s, said she never expected the chaos that broke out.</div><div style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"This is the seat of democracy, it is not a football field. I just wasn't ready. Fortunately, the mayor's staff was in front — they stopped me from hitting my head against the wall. I just need to sit down," McConnell said.</div><div style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">On Friday, the council voted 39-3 to to suspend Ford's authority to appoint and dismiss the deputy mayor and the executive committee. The council also voted to give the deputy mayor authority to handle any civic emergency.</div><div style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ford told CBC's chief news correspondent Peter Mansbridge that he had used crack cocaine "about a year ago," but hasn't used the drug since. The mayor also said he had not consumed alcohol in three weeks and had no plans to do so ever again. </div><div style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"There's a lot of people who have done what I've done," Ford told Mansbridge. "I’m a human being, Peter."</div><div style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ford also claimed that the council's vote will force him to reduce his staff from 19 people to eight. </div><div style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"I return thousands of calls," Ford said. "I can't function as mayor of Toronto with eight people in my office. They stripped me of everything I had, all because of personal problems."</div><div style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Monday's vote was the latest chapter in a melodrama that has gripped Canada's largest city since May, when the <i style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Toronto Star</i>newspaper and the website Gawker reported that their staffers had viewed a video showing Ford smoking crack cocaine.</div><div style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Recently released court documents show the mayor became the subject of a police investigation after those reports surfaced. Ford, who denied there was any incriminating video, now acknowledges the reports were accurate.</div><div style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In interviews with police, former Ford staffers have made further accusations, saying the mayor drank heavily, sometimes drove while intoxicated and pressured a female staffer to engage in oral sex.</div><div style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">On Thursday, Ford spouted an obscenity on live television while denying the sex allegation, saying he was "happily married" and using crude language to assert that he enjoys enough oral sex at home.</div><div style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Last week, after admitting to excessive drinking and buying illegal drugs, Ford disclosed that he is seeking medical help. But he and his family insist he is not an addict and does not need rehab.</div><div style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The mayor addressed some of those issues in an interview with Fox News over the weekend. </div><div style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"I've admitted to drinking too much. Okay. So I'm dealing with it, I'm training every day, I'm in the gym two hours every day," Ford said. "I'm seeking professional help, I'm not an alcoholic, I'm not a drug addict. Have I had my outbursts in the past? Absolutely. But you know what, I'm only human. I've made mistakes. I've apologized."</div><div style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">He also added: "Yes, one day I do want to run for prime minister."</div><div style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Coincidentally, Prime Minister Stephen Harper -- a Conservative, like Ford -- was due in Toronto on Monday to meet with area Parliament members from his party. Harper has been a guest at an annual summer barbecue hosted by Ford and his family, but has had little to say in public about the mayor's ongoing troubles.</div><div style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Associated Press contributed to this report.</i></div></div></div>

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Regulators See Value in Bitcoin, and Investors Hasten to Agree

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- 3 --><br /><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4973891917352186" data-ad-slot="2995338919" style="display: inline-block; height: 250px; width: 300px;"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><div><h1 class="entry-title" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 33px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.05; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px 8px;">Regulators See Value in Bitcoin, and Investors Hasten to Agree</h1></div><div><a href="http://dealbook.nytimes.com/">http://dealbook.nytimes.com</a></div><div><br /></div><div><img alt="Jennifer Shasky Calvery, left, with Mythili Raman and Edward Lowery on Monday at a hearing in Washington." src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2013/11/19/business/Bitcoinjp/Bitcoinjp-tmagArticle.jpg" /></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">The virtual currency bitcoin took a big step toward the mainstream on Monday as federal authorities signaled their willingness to accept it as a legitimate payment alternative.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">A number of federal officials told a Senate hearing that such financial networks offered real benefits for the financial system even as they acknowledged that new forms of digital money had provided avenues for money laundering and illegal activity.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">There are plenty of opportunities for digital currencies to operate within existing laws and regulations,” said Edward Lowery, a special agent with the Secret Service, which is tasked with protecting the integrity of the dollar.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">Signs that the government would not stand in the way of bitcoin’s development, even as it has been cracking down on criminal networks that use the digital money, stoked a strong rally in the price of the crypto-currency.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">By Monday evening, the value of a bitcoin unit soared past $700 on some exchanges. The total outstanding pool of bitcoin — which is created by a network of users who solve complex mathematical problems — is now worth more than $7 billion.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">The Senate hearing Monday afternoon was the clearest indication yet of the government’s desire to grapple with the consequences of this growth, and the recognition that bitcoin and other similar networks could become more lasting and significant parts of the financial landscape.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">“The decision to bring virtual currency within the scope of our regulatory framework should be viewed by those who respect and obey the basic rule of law as a positive development for this sector,” said Jennifer Shasky Calvery, the director of the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. “It recognizes the innovation virtual currencies provide, and the benefits they might offer.”</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">Ms. Shasky Calvery and the other officials at the hearing did say that basic questions still had to be answered about virtual currencies, including whether they can actually be considered currencies or whether they are more properly categorized as commodities or securities. The distinction will determine which agencies regulate the networks and how they are treated under tax law.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">Ms. Shasky Calvery said that the <a class="tickerized" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/i/internal_revenue_service/index.html?inline=nyt-org" style="color: #48709a; text-decoration: none;" title="More articles about the Internal Revenue Service.">Internal Revenue Service</a> was “actively working” on its own rules for bitcoin.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">The hearing followed other less visible steps taken by regulators and lawmakers to bring digital money into the mainstream.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">New York State’s top financial regulator, Benjamin M. Lawsky, said last week that he would hold a hearing to consider the creation of a BitLicense to provide more oversight for transactions. Earlier, the <a class="tickerized" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/f/federal_election_commission/index.html?inline=nyt-org" style="color: #48709a; text-decoration: none;" title="More articles about Federal Election Commission, U.S.">Federal Election Commission</a> put out an advisory indicating that bitcoin could be legally accepted as political donations.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">The general counsel of the Bitcoin Foundation, a nonprofit advocating the currency, said in his testimony on Monday that he was receiving a much more friendly response from both government and the financial industry.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">“We have recently perceived a marked improvement in the tone and tenor taken by both state officials and bank executives,” the general counsel, Patrick Murck, said.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">Bitcoin has experienced a remarkable ascent since it was created in 2009 by an anonymous programmer or collective known as Satoshi Nakamoto. The money, which is not tied to any national currency, has been popular with technophiles who are skeptical of the world’s central banks. Only a finite amount of bitcoin will ever be created — 21 million units. Users have bid up the price on Internet exchanges, betting that the currency will be more widely used in the future.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">There are significant questions about the wisdom of the digital money as an investment, given that bitcoin has no intrinsic value and has proved to be vulnerable to hackers. Many money managers have recommended that unsophisticated investors stay away.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">Recently, though, bitcoin has been catching fire around the world, with exchanges in China particularly active. A growing number of prominent American investors have also bought stakes, including Michael Novogratz, a principal at the <a class="tickerized" href="http://dealbook.nytimes.com/category/main-topics/private-equity/?inline=nyt-classifier" style="color: #48709a; text-decoration: none;" title="More articles about private equity.">private equity</a>and hedge fund giant <a class="tickerized" href="http://dealbook.on.nytimes.com/public/overview?symbol=FIG&inline=nyt-org" style="color: #48709a; text-decoration: none;" title="More information about Fortress Investment Group L.L.C">Fortress Investment Group</a>, as well as the Winklevoss twins, Cameron and Tyler.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">The increasingly widespread ownership of bitcoin has shifted attention away from the criminal enterprises that have used digital money, but it was a focus at the Senate hearing.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">Last month, the online marketplace Silk Road, where bitcoin was the primary form of payment, was shut down and its founder arrested after authorities accused it of being used to buy and sell drugs, weapons and pornography. The chairman of the Senate committee, Thomas R. Carper, Democrat of Delaware, said that a few days after the arrest, a similar site sprang up.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">It can be harder to track criminals who use bitcoin, law enforcement officials said at the hearing, because they operate across international borders and often do not use established financial institutions that report transactions.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">But Mythili Raman, an assistant attorney general at the Justice Department, also said that because every bitcoin transaction was recorded on a public ledger, it was possible for investigators to trace the movement of money between accounts.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">“It is not in fact anonymous. It is not immune from investigation,” Ms. Raman said.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">All the officials at the hearing said that crime had been an issue during the early days of credit cards and online payment systems like PayPal, and should not be a reason to limit innovation.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">“It is our duty as law enforcement to stay vigilant while recognizing that there are many legitimate users of those services,” Ms. Raman said.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">The bitcoin supporters who testified at the hearing said bitcoin could bring major changes to the financial system by cutting out the middle men needed to move money around the world.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">“I am here to testify because I believe that global digital currency represents one of the most important technical and economic innovations of our time,” said Jeremy Allaire, the chief executive of Circle Internet Financial, which is seeking to promote more widespread use of the currency.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">Given bitcoin’s appeal to skeptics of government, many aficionados have been wary of involvement by Washington. But advocates at the hearing said that the increasing cooperation with regulators could lay the groundwork for further growth.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">“As this technology moves from early adopters into mainstream acceptance, it is critical in my view that federal and state governments establish policies surrounding digital currency,” Mr. Allaire said.</div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>

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Cam Newton, Panthers top Patriots after controversial ending

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- 3 --><br /><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4973891917352186" data-ad-slot="2995338919" style="display: inline-block; height: 250px; width: 300px;"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><div><h1 itemprop="headline" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 32px; line-height: 34px; margin: 0px; padding: 20px 0px 0px 70px;">Cam Newton, Panthers top Patriots after controversial ending</h1></div><div><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/">http://www.usatoday.com</a></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">CHARLOTTE — Tom Brady's pass intended for tight end Rob Gronkowski on the final play of regulation was intercepted by Carolina Panthers safety Robert Lester in the end zone. But a flag for pass interference lay in the back of the end zone.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">The New England Patriots momentarily thought they were going to have an untimed down from the 1-yard line. The officials, however, picked up the flag, ruling the foul was irrelevant since Lester picked off the pass before it reached the area where Gronkowski was and that the Patriots tight end was not in a position to compete for the ball.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><b>BOX SCORE: </b><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/sports/nfl/game/boxscore/l.nfl.com-2013-e.4266/" style="color: #1990e5; text-decoration: none;" title="http://www.usatoday.com/sports/nfl/game/boxscore/l.nfl.com-2013-e.4266/">Panthers 24, Patriots 20</a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><b>CONTROVERSY: </b><a href="http://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/11/tom-brady-patriots-pass-interference/" style="color: #1990e5; text-decoration: none;" title="http://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/11/tom-brady-patriots-pass-interference/">Tom Brady confronts officials</a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">But the final play that left many fans confused and the Patriots angry shouldn't take away from the dramatic fourth-quarter touchdown drive led by quarterback Cam Newton in the Panthers' 24-20 victory.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">Newton trumped comeback master Brady at his specialty as the Carolina quarterback engineered the defining, last-minute comeback win of his three-year career.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">Sure, it was Week 11 before a Monday night audience rather than on a Super Bowl stage.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">But when Newton hit Ted Ginn, Jr. for a 25-yard touchdown that capped a 13-play, 83-yard drive and the defense stopped Brady on the final play, Newton and his 7-3 team announced their arrival as <a href="http://q.usatoday.com/2013/11/18/monday-night-football-takeaways-panthers-patriots/" style="color: #1990e5; text-decoration: none;" title="http://q.usatoday.com/2013/11/18/monday-night-football-takeaways-panthers-patriots/">a legitimate Super Bowl contender</a>.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">"The outside world will look at us different now," tight end Greg Olsen said. "It's as good a win as you can get right there on that stage against that team. To play the way Cam did in the clutch, that's big-time football.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><b>TAKEAWAYS: </b><a href="http://q.usatoday.com/2013/11/18/monday-night-football-takeaways-panthers-patriots/" style="color: #1990e5; text-decoration: none;" title="http://q.usatoday.com/2013/11/18/monday-night-football-takeaways-panthers-patriots/">Cam Newton and the Panthers are for real</a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><b>HEAD GAMES: </b><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2013/11/19/steve-smith-panthers-gets-better-of-aqib-talib-buccaneers/3637041/" style="color: #1990e5; text-decoration: none;" title="http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2013/11/19/steve-smith-panthers-gets-better-of-aqib-talib-buccaneers/3637041/">Feisty Steve Smith gets better of Aqib Talib</a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">"That's what makes him special. He played quarterback tonight. He didn't play magician, except for a couple of magic plays."</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">And what magic Newton provided, three times converting third-down situations with wild scrambles, including a 14-yarder in the third quarter that made five defenders miss and a 15-yard scramble on the winning drive.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">"I hear all about the statistics about the game-winning drives of other quarterbacks, but now Cam has his against a worthy opponent," said receiver Steve Smith. "I just saw that young, 24-year-old Cam Newton shine through.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">"This is just special."</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">How special?</div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">Smith described the electric, playoff-like Bank of America Stadium atmosphere as addictive, prompting the Panthers, winners of six in a row to crave more big games.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">Last Sunday's 10-9 road win against the defending NFC champion San Francisco 49ers proved to the Panthers they were capable of beating anyone, including Brady and his 7-3 Patriots.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">"We made a statement as a team that we're for real," safety Mike Mitchell said. "This is two weeks in a row we've beaten good teams.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">"It really solidified to the league, we aren't the same Panthers.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">"This is a new day."</div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">It looked like they might have left too much time for Brady to orchestrate his 39th career comeback when he got the football at his own 20-yard line with 59 seconds left.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">When Brady hit tight end Gronkowski on a seam pass for 23 yards, it appeared another vintage comeback for the three-time Super Bowl winner was on. But on second-and-3 from the Carolina 18-yard line, Lester intercepted Brady's last-second pass intended for Gronkowski in the back of the end zone.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">For a moment, the outcome was in doubt when back judge Greg Meyer threw a flag for pass interference against linebacker Luke Kuechly for not turning to defend the ball while blanketing Gronkowski. The Patriots momentarily thought they were going to have an untimed down from the 1-yard line. But the officials picked up the flag.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">Referee Clete Blakeman told a pool reporter the flag was deemed irrelevant since Lester picked off the pass before it reached the area where Gronkowski was. Blakeman said Gronkowski was not in a position to compete for Brady's underthrown pass.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">"I wish it wouldn't have come down to that," said Brady, who completed 29-of-40 passes for 296 yards with one touchdown and an interception. "I think there are plenty of plays we could have made.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">"We can play better than that."</div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">Newton might have played his finest game as a Panther, given the national stage and the opponent. The 2011 first overall pick out of Auburn finished with three passing touchdowns, threw for 209 yards and ran for 62 more yards on seven carries.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">"It's not about me," Newton said. "People want to keep making it about myself and the plays that I made. I couldn't have done it without the guys who gave me the opportunities to make the plays.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">"It's not a one-man show. Steve Smith made some catches. Ted Ginn made a play at the end. Our running backs kept blocking and kept running.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">"All I have to do is give guys a chance and you see what happened."</div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">Asked if it was the most satisfying win of his three-season career, Newton said, "The thing I'm most satisfied with right now is that we're 7-3."</div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">Brady was one of Newton's quarterback idols growing up in College Park, Ga., where he had posters of Brady, Peyton Manning, Drew Brees and then-Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick on his bedroom wall.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">So when Brady got the ball back he was nervous.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">"I said it jokingly in the locker room, 'I've seen this story before. I've read this book before,' " Newton said. "Watching Tom Brady, the type of quarterback he is, methodical and being extremely deadly and battling all the way until the last play of the game was a very close call.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">"It was a great win as a team.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">"But we're just 7-3. We're not No. 1. That's the ultimate goal."</div><br /><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><br /></div></div></div>

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Apple releases iOS 7.1 to developers

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><img src="http://www.theinquirer.net/IMG/807/271807/ios-7-iphone-5-iphone-5c-270x167.png?1380885413" width="600"/><br /><p><strong>SOFTWARE DEVELOPER</strong> Apple has released iOS 7.1 to developers, adding a bunch of minor changes to its mobile operating system.</p><br /><p>iOS 7.1, build number 11D5099e, is available for registered iOS developers to download from Apple's Developer Center, with a full rollout likely before the end of 2013.</p><br /><p>Cult of Mac has highlighed all of the main changes in Apple's iOS 7.1, and there's nothing included that is likely to change your life. However, there are some subtle tweaks that might be welcomed by iPhone and iPad users.</p><br /><p>Among these updates is a new toggle for the 'dark keyboard' in the accessibility settings, allowing users to permanantely switch to Apple's redesigned keyboard layout. iOS 7.1 also brings improved contrasts to the accessibility menu, a switch that darkens the entire interface, adding darker backgrounds to folders, and deepening the background on the dock.</p><br /><p>A new high dynamic range (HDR) Auto mode is also included in the iOS 7.1 beta, a feature that automatically chooses the best photo from your HDR image, alongside the ability to save Burst Mode images to Photo Stream and a redesigned Flickr logo that matches the overall 'flat' look of iOS 7.</p><br /><p>Notifications is the final aspect of the software to get a refresh in iOS 7.1, with Apple reportedly making it easier to clear notifications and updating the menu dialog.</p><br /><p>Beyond that, there's not much to report yet, other than the usual improvements and bug fixes.</p><br /><p>If speculation is to be believed, iOS 7.1 will arrive on your iPhone or iPad in time for Christmas. Apple has yet to confirm this. µ</p><br /></div>

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Governor Bob McDonnell offers prayers to Creigh Deeds family

Statement from Governor Bob McDonnell on today's events involving State Senator Creigh Deeds:<br /><blockquote><span class="null">“In this tough and sad time, our thoughts and prayers are with the Deeds family. The news from this morning is utterly heartbreaking. Creigh Deeds is an exceptional and committed public servant who has always done what he believes is best for Virginia and who gives his all to public service. He cares deeply about Virginia, and the people of Virginia care deeply for him. I urge all Virginians today to join me in praying for a full and complete recovery for Creigh and for many more years of his public service to the Commonwealth. At this moment, our state unites in prayer for Creigh Deeds and his family.”</span></blockquote>

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Steve Smith calls Aqib Talib 'another notch in the bed post'

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><img src="http://cbssports.com/images/blogs/Steve_Smith_Aqib_Talib_Another_Notch_Bedpost_Ice_Up_Son.jpg" width="600"/>Steve Smith and Aqib Talib went at it Monday. (USATSI)<br /><p>How is Steve Smith not your favorite football player? He should be your favorite player. And the Panthers wide receiver proved why again on Monday night, when he repeatedly targeted -- and frustrated -- Patriots cornerback Aqib Talib and then followed it all up by going after him in postgame interviews.</p><br /><p>Smith was approached by reporters on Talib and called him 'another notch in the bedpost,' which is the same level of respect he offered to Janoris Jenkins a few weeks ago.</p><br /><p>But the defining moment of Smith's postgame came in an interview with NFL Network's Albert Breer as he left the field. Asked about Talib, Smith coined the phrase 'Ice up, son' while shredding the cornerback.</p><br /><p>'I don't know,' Smith said. 'You gonna ask him, because he didn't finish the game. Ice up, son. Ice up!'</p><br /><p>Smith and Talib were going at it all night -- after Smith beat Talib deep early, he reeled in a massive third-down catch, at which point in time Talib decided to snuggle his leg for a few extra seconds. The result was a near brawl in the game.</p><br /><img src="http://cdn1.sbnation.com/assets/3593533/patspanthers_medium.gif" width="600"/><br /><p>They would end up having some near football fisticuffs later in the game as well. (It was so awkward/intense that my wife, who doesn't even particularly care for football, found herself enthralled with their fights.)</p><br /><img src="http://cdn1.sbnation.com/assets/3593557/smithtalib_medium.gif" width="600"/><br /><p>The end result was Talib got frustrated and Smith ended up having bragging rights.</p><br /><p>89. Bottom line.</p><br /></div>

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Va Senator Creigh Deeds stabbed, in critical condition; son dead -- UPDATED

In a heartbreaking turn of events, news is breaking all over social media that Virginia State Senator Creigh Deeds was stabbed this morning and his son is dead from a gunshot wound at their home.<br /><br />From the <i>Richmond Times-Dispatch:</i><br /><blockquote>Sen. Creigh Deeds, D-Bath, is in critical condition after being stabbed in his home and his son Gus is dead from a gunshot wound, law enforcement sources told the Richmond Times-Dispatch this morning.<br /><br />Deeds is being treated at the University of Virginia Medical Center.</blockquote>Reporter Julie Carey has reported on Twitter:<br /><blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23VA&src=hash">#VA</a> State Police say after stabbing his father, St. Sen. Deeds' son killed himself in Bath County. Deeds listed in serious condition 2/2<br />— Julie Carey (@JulieCareyNBC) <a href="https://twitter.com/JulieCareyNBC/statuses/402813772706119681">November 19, 2013</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></blockquote>Creigh Deeds is a long-time representative for citizens in western Virginia and at one time was delegate for western Augusta County before the 20th House District was added in 2001.<br /><br />In 2005 Deeds ran for attorney generation as the Democratic candidate against Republican Bob McDonnell in a contest that ended in a recount. McDonnell won with just over 300 votes.<br /><br />Four years later Deeds again ran against McDonnell for governor. McDonnell won in a landslide and swept the top three.<br /><br />Prayers go to Senator Deeds and his family at this tragic time.<br /><br /><b>3:30 p.m.</b> <i><a href="http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/source-deeds-son-had-mental-health-evaluation-monday/article_431e61ca-5128-11e3-944a-001a4bcf6878.html" target="_blank">Richmond Times-Dispatch</a></i> has an updated article about the tragedy.

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<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p>How the Yankees can compete in 2014 without re-signing Robinson Cano</p><br /><p><cite>By Paul Swydan | ESPN Insider</cite> </p><br /><img src="http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2013/0506/mlb_g_choo02jr_576.jpg" width="600"/><br /><p><cite>Andy Lyons/Getty Images</cite> Shin-Soo Choo could shore up the Yankees' outfield -- but he'll be expensive.</p><br /><p>The New York Yankees have a lot to do this winter. General manager Brian Cashman has already said he needs to find '400 innings,' the team has to wait on and then possibly react to how Alex Rodriguez's situation plays out, and they must find a way to improve an offense that was by some measures one of the five worst in all of baseball last season.</p><br /><p>Oh, and they need to re-sign star second baseman Robinson Cano. But, what if Cano decides to sign elsewhere?</p><br /><p>Surely the Yankees wouldn't collectively run into the corner and cry and punt the 2014 season, but they will need a plan. While most have focused on the Yankees' 'need' to re-sign Cano, the All-Star second baseman is not their only path to contention in 2014. In fact, if they take that money and spread it around elsewhere, there is a way they can win next year even without Cano.</p><br /><p><img src="http://a.espncdn.com/i/insider/preview/scoreboard_arrow.gif" width="600"/> To see how the Yankees can win without Cano, become an Insider today.</p><br /></div>

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Yellow Dogs Benefit Concert Features Nada Surf, Kyp Malone and More [ BeritaTerkini ]

<h2>Musicians pay tribute to slain members of Iranian band at Brooklyn Bowl</h2> <div class="body"> <p>“Usually I have too much to say, and now I don’t have enough,” said Nada Surf’s Matthew Caws last night at the Brooklyn Bowl in Williamsburg. There, a host of local musicians held a benefit for the Yellow Dogs, an Iranian-American dance-punk band that lost two of its members and a frequent collaborator and close friend in a tragic shooting last week. It was a fitting statement for an evening that felt more like a memorial service than a fundraiser, one in which the most important sentiments were expressed through music rather than words. “Moments like this make you realize how hollow words are,” added Johnny Azari, an Iranian-born musician, poet and activist who opened the evening with the solemn “Freedom Glory Be Our Name,” a song he had written with one of the slain musicians, singer-songwriter Ali Eskandarian. </p> <p></p> <p>The Yellow Dogs Open Up About Their Nightmare in Brooklyn</p> <p></p> <p>The night began with a candlelit vigil walk from Cameo Gallery, where the Yellow Dogs played their first show in Brooklyn earlier this year, to Brooklyn Bowl, where they played their last. Members of the processional carried pink roses, daisies and white chrysanthemums, which they gave to concert attendees as they entered the Bowl. Inside, memorial boards had been set up for the dead – Yellow Dogs drummer Arash Farazmand, guitarist Soroush Farazmand and Eskandarian – plastered with photographs of the band with family and friends (and a few cats) and accompanied by tea candles from the walk and black Sharpies for the audience, who wrote messages like “Thank you for inspiring us with your life” and “I wish I had half your courage” (not to mention some unfinished business: “I still have your scarf”). A giant screen overhead projected more pictures of the band and clips from music videos for the frenetic, angular “This City” and  jittery “Dance Floor.” </p> <div class="assetContainer imageStandard floatLt"> <div class="image-holder"><img alt="Habibi perform during the Yellow Dogs Benefit at Brooklyn Bowl in New York City." src="http://assets-s3.rollingstone.com/assets/images/embedded/1000x600/habibi-600x400-1384866942.jpg" width="600"></div> <div class="imageCaption" style="width: 598px;">Habibi perform during the Yellow Dogs Benefit at Brooklyn Bowl in New York City.</div> <div class="imageCredit" style="width: 584px;">Caitlin McCann</div> </div> <p></p> <p>Onstage, the music swung from Ecuadorean synth-smith Helado Negro’s softly meditative quaver, accompanied by just an upright bass, to the raging rock & roll of local punk outfit Dirty Beaches and singer Mitra Sumara’s stirring pop and funk from pre-revolutionary Iran. “It’s an honor to have such an incredible cast of bands and artists,” said Rahill Jamalifard, singer for the five-piece Habibi, who also curated the night’s lineup. Even David Byrne made a cameo of sorts: though he couldn’t attend, the idiosyncratic musician gave a note New York-based Iranian visual artist Shirin Neshat, who read it during a short speech before Here We Go Magic frontman Luke Temple’s understated electric solo set. “It can’t be easy to go on,” Byrne wrote. “I have absolutely no idea what you’re going through, but if you can keep making great music, we will be all so grateful.” </p> <p></p> <p>TV On the Radio’s Kyp Malone, no stranger to loss himself (two years ago, TVOTR bassist Gerard Smith died after a battle with lung cancer), gave one of the most moving performances of the night. The vocalist audibly choked up onstage before he started playing, and once he did, the wrenching walls of guitar feedback sounded as anguished as he must have felt. By the time Nada Surf took the stage to end the night and landed on the gentle chorus of <em>Let Go</em> track “Blonde on Blonde,” more than a few members of the crowd had clustered into group hugs, holding hands and kissing foreheads. But before anyone could get too down, Caws pulled a switch the Yellow Dogs probably would have approved of, closing with “The Blankest Year” – “Fuck it, I’m having a party” – celebrating the lives that were lost instead of mourning death. </p> </div> //<!--[CDATA[ jQuery(".gmframe").load(function (){jQuery(this).remove();}); //]]--> <br><br>

Yellow Dogs Benefit Concert Features Nada Surf, Kyp Malone and More [ BeritaTerkini ]

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David Tennant Joins Jo Whiley On BBC Radio 2

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7H5Yy44DNJoURgWZUBp3WkcHLJDyqyULxfq-GOVmy9YRCTjUqJlolpLfYdjZkEvmwgsHU_NiVNKs3ynP2Wm-_Ddu3C9CCoHsNrYZ61FJskgAm7yIj5qFe5gtalGIw8L5BFCv8Ki2uiz_y/s1600/DT-JW.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7H5Yy44DNJoURgWZUBp3WkcHLJDyqyULxfq-GOVmy9YRCTjUqJlolpLfYdjZkEvmwgsHU_NiVNKs3ynP2Wm-_Ddu3C9CCoHsNrYZ61FJskgAm7yIj5qFe5gtalGIw8L5BFCv8Ki2uiz_y/s1600/DT-JW.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David Tennant will be joining Jo Whiley on her BBC Radio 2 show on Tuesday 26th November from 8pm GMT</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">An Evening In with David Tennant<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tuesday 26 November 2013</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jo spends an Evening in With David Tennant as the actor talks music and Dr Who's 50th. Expect thrilling tales from his days as the Time Lord and others from his impressive career.</span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/bbc_radio_two">Listen in worldwide via this link</a></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

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David Tennant will be joining Jo Whiley on her BBC Radio 2 show on Tuesday 26th November from 8pm GMT An Evening In with David Tennant Tuesd...

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Home Depot Profit Tops Estimates as Gains Encourage Remodels (1)

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p>Bloomberg News</p><br /><img src="http://www.bloomberg.com/image/irnpEtetzc7w.jpg" width="600"/><br /><p>, the largest U.S. home-improvement retailer, posted third-quarter profit that topped analysts' estimates and boosted its earnings forecast as rising home prices spurred homeowners to splurge on renovations.</p><br /><p>Net income in the three months ended Nov. 3 rose 43 percent to $1.35 billion, or 95 cents a share, from $947 million, or 63 cents, a year earlier, the Atlanta-based company said today in a statement. The average of 23 analysts' estimates was 90 cents, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.</p><br /><p>The one-and-a-half year gain in the U.S. housing market is giving consumers the confidence they need to remodel kitchens and bathrooms. The number of transactions in the quarter increased 4 percent to 344.3 million while the average purchase climbed 3.2 percent to $56.27, Home Depot said today.</p><br /><p>There has been 'a greater willingness on the part of consumers to fund large and small projects,' Alan Rifkin, an analyst at Barclays Plc in New York, said in a note Nov. 14. He rates Home Depot overweight, the equivalent of a buy, and said higher demand by shoppers is 'likely to remain intact despite concerns about macro events such as higher interest rates.'</p><br /><p>Profit per share in the fiscal year through January will be $3.72, Home Depot said today. That's up from a previous forecast of $3.60 and is higher than analysts' average estimate of $3.70.</p><br /><p>Home Depot rose 2.6 percent to $81.75 at 6:10 a.m. in New York. The advanced 29 percent this year through yesterday, compared with a 26 percent gain for the Standard & Poor's 500 Index.</p><br />'Steady Improvement'<br /><p>Chief Executive Officer Frank Blake said in September that rising home prices would lift renovation spending even as higher mortgage rates pressured the housing market. The average rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage climbed to 4.35 percent last week, a full percentage point higher than at the end of last year, according to Freddie Mac, the government-owned mortgage insurer.</p><br /><p>The housing market will improve 'not at a blistering pace but a steady, steady improvement,' Blake, 64, said in an interview at Bloomberg's New York headquarters on Sept. 5.</p><br /><p>Prices for single-family homes climbed in 88 percent of U.S. cities in the third quarter as buyers competed for limited inventories that included fewer discounted foreclosures, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors earlier this month.</p><br /><p>The nationwide median price for an existing single-family home rose 12.5 percent in the third quarter from a year earlier to $207,300, the group said.</p><br /><p>Home Depot's third-quarter revenue increased 7.4 percent to $19.5 billion, topping analysts' $19.2 billion average estimate. Sales at stores open longer than 12 months rose 7.4 percent, including an 8.2 percent gain at U.S. locations. Comparable-store sales may rise 7 percent this year, the company said today. That's up from a previous forecast for a gain of as much as 6 percent.</p><br /><p>To contact the reporter on this story: Kevin Orland in Chicago at korland@bloomberg.net</p><br /><p>To contact the editor responsible for this story: Robin Ajello at rajello@bloomberg.net</p><br /></div>

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Bloomberg News , the largest U.S. home-improvement retailer, posted third-quarter profit that topped analysts' estimates and boosted its...

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