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Hand Sanitizer and Antibacterial Soap Ruin Your Immune System

3:05 AM Anonymous 0

<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span></span><img alt="hand sanitizer 3" class="alignleft  wp-image-14553" height="640" src="http://alignlife.com/files/2013/12/hand-sanitizer-3-200x300.jpg" width="426" /></div><br /> <br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">'As far back as 2007, the prestigious Harvard Health Letter reported that regular soap and water is just as effective at cleansing hands of bacteria as antibacterial soap or hand sanitizer, and it does it without devastating your immune system as antibacterial products do. <br /><br /> Apparently nobody was listening though, because bottles of hand sanitizer and ads for antibacterial soap are everywhere. But fifteen seconds of hand washing with regular soap and water eliminates 80 percent of bacteria, an amount equivalent to what is eliminated with the use of antibacterial soap or hand sanitizer.<br /><br />  Today more than half of the hand soaps on the market have an antibacterial additive, and virtually all of the hand sanitizers do. Antibacterial additive is a nice way of saying these products contain a killer chemical. They are toxic — poisonous!'</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">Read <a href="http://alignlife.com/articles/toxicity/hand-sanitizer-and-antibacterial-soap-ruin-your-immune-system">more... </a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br /></span></span></div>

Hand Sanitizer and Antibacterial Soap Ruin Your Immune System

'As far back as 2007, the prestigious Harvard Health Letter reported that regular soap and water is just as effective at cleansing ha...

How Big Food Creates an Illusion of Choice at the Supermarket

3:03 AM Anonymous 0

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" class="spotlight" height="400" src="https://scontent-b-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/1528713_10152168650679388_1534006076_n.jpg" style="height: 400px; width: 400px;" width="400" /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">'A new analysis shows that the top four or fewer food companies control a substantial majority of the sales of each item, and they often offer multiple brands in each type of grocery, giving consumers the false impression they are choosing among competing products.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The in-depth analysis, released by Food & Water Watch on Thursday, illustrates the consolidation of the grocery industry and the range of impacts it has on the food chain.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Grocery Goliaths: How Food Monopolies Impact Consumers examines 100 types of grocery products and found that as food companies and supermarket chains have consolidated over the last few years, the illusion of choice among brands has coincided with increasingly expensive grocery bills.'</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Read <a href="http://www.alternet.org/food/how-big-food-creates-illusion-choice-supermarket?paging=off&current_page=1#bookmark">more... </a></span>

How Big Food Creates an Illusion of Choice at the Supermarket

'A new analysis shows that the top four or fewer food companies control a substantial majority of the sales of each item, and they often...

With Fed out of the way, what's next on Wall Street? (BLOG)

3:00 AM Anonymous 0

<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/AVvXsEjVPq9H-t7XfrHdREiNFikVmD82bDXN6YRuE0nH6W4WemXMDS2Tr2TNMs1pA9Krz66P1a1yq8pdn3QlWwzWMacFc2lmLUMy3P1XnryBrQh9pLd1KRs8eza01iaZZ4OO6KhhGMF8Ywsur1M/s1600/2013-12-21T110157Z_1_CBRE9BK0UNM00_RTROPTP_3_USA_original.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/AVvXsEjVPq9H-t7XfrHdREiNFikVmD82bDXN6YRuE0nH6W4WemXMDS2Tr2TNMs1pA9Krz66P1a1yq8pdn3QlWwzWMacFc2lmLUMy3P1XnryBrQh9pLd1KRs8eza01iaZZ4OO6KhhGMF8Ywsur1M/s320/2013-12-21T110157Z_1_CBRE9BK0UNM00_RTROPTP_3_USA_original.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387685623689_1717" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">By Angela Moon</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387685623689_1714" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The "Santa Claus rally" is a seasonal anomaly that describes a rise in stock prices in December, generally over the final week of trading prior to the new year.NEW YORK (Reuters) - With the U.S. Federal Reserve finally announcing it will start tapering its stimulus, removing a big uncertainty in the market, can Wall Street expect a stronger finish to the year? Not really.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387685623689_1723" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The benchmark S&P 500's average gain during the last five days of December and the first two of January is about 1.5 percent since 1950, according to Stock Trader's Almanac. The equities market has gone up in December about 80 percent of the time for the past 20 years.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387685623689_1725" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Although the S&P 500 is up just about 1 percent so far this month, the index is up about 27 percent for the year and is on track for its biggest gain since 1997.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387685623689_1727" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"It's been a strong year, and I wouldn't be surprised if investors closed out their year today," said Doug Foreman, co-chief investment officer of Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"There isn't much room or news to move higher from here until next 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;">Stocks rallied sharply this week, with the Dow and the S&P 500 closing at records on Friday, following the Fed's mid-week announcement it will reduce its $85 billion monthly bond purchases by $10 billion.</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;">For the week, the Dow gained 3.1 percent, the S&P 500 was up 2.5 percent and the Nasdaq added 2.6 percent.</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;">Trading volume this week was also below average as many investors had already locked in their gains for the year ahead of the holidays.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"There's a lot of transparency in the market, but most of the noise has already been made. We should expect to continue seeing light volume and not much selling as we go into next week," said Mark Martiak, senior wealth strategist Premier Wealth/First Allied Securities in New York.</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;">"We're selling our winners and looking to see what sectors could be the ones to be in next year. I like cyclical and industrials. I want to see the news post-holiday season before I start to recommend defensive names."</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;">With Christmas and New Year's holidays in the middle of the week, trading volume is likely to be lower than previous years. The New York Stock Exchange will close early at 1 p.m. ET on Tuesday and will remain closed for Christmas day.</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;">Analysts say next week will be a start of investors finally shifting focus to the fundamentals of the economy, like economic reports and corporate earnings.</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;">"With the Fed out of the way now, the market is going to move back to making more rational decisions and focus on what really matters in the economy," said Scott Clemons, chief investment strategist at Brown Brothers Harriman Wealth Management.</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;">"Fourth-quarter earnings will start coming in January and the market's full focus will be on those numbers and outlooks."</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387685623689_1742" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Economic data due next week include personal income and outlays at 8:30 a.m. ET on Monday. Tuesday's data include durable goods orders at 8:30 a.m. ET and new home sales at 10:00 a.m. ET. On Thursday, weekly jobless claims will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387685623689_1740" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">(Additional reporting by Ryan Vlastelica and Chuck Mikolajczak; Editing by Nick Zieminski)</div></div>

With Fed out of the way, what's next on Wall Street? (BLOG)

By Angela Moon The "Santa Claus rally" is a seasonal anomaly that describes a rise in stock prices in December, generally over the...

Ksenia Sobtchak took first television interview Mikhail Khodorkovsky in Berlin

2:32 AM Tukiyooo 0

<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX1DT-i_m_INQvXm09QpvIXMUw1sSyt6mmgNVtFzRPyepk8kLz9yYVizeNq5HtIFiB6bOsjeqhPNJeMxBxxJJ27Vuh65ZxaA_ceRs6BJL_GKBfHNDs0B9NCckLYHOGSqkIk2UwWsDwICY/s1600/Ksenia+Sobchak+took+first+television+interview+Mikhail+Khodorkovsky+in+Berlin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX1DT-i_m_INQvXm09QpvIXMUw1sSyt6mmgNVtFzRPyepk8kLz9yYVizeNq5HtIFiB6bOsjeqhPNJeMxBxxJJ27Vuh65ZxaA_ceRs6BJL_GKBfHNDs0B9NCckLYHOGSqkIk2UwWsDwICY/s1600/Ksenia+Sobchak+took+first+television+interview+Mikhail+Khodorkovsky+in+Berlin.jpg" /></a></div><br />On Saturday night, Ksenia Sobchak took first television interview  Mikhail Khodorkovsky in Berlin. Journalist held in a hotel room  businessman freed under an amnesty for about an hour: Ksenia asked  questions most frequently asked by the public and shared a couple of  photos in Instagram with the comment: <br /> <br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"> right now online Rain Khodorkovsky's first television interview program # Sobchakzhivem. Transcription is constantly updated.</blockquote><script type="text/javascript"></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/AVvXsEhfFJPunvUl_B7Otu9cjbV5E88w6ZxPf4Zw2wk1xol0Xsoj1a3ye1siFXYHEhyphenhyphengxF9khlQT9zykUFJB2fPzvpurjHGfFJBfSVCDkW5-5rlKqCwy5GYr7431ZvynPKbOtuD2BvfmQj50UaY/s1600/Ksenia+Sobchak+took+first+television+interview+Mikhail+Khodorkovsky+in+Berlin+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfFJPunvUl_B7Otu9cjbV5E88w6ZxPf4Zw2wk1xol0Xsoj1a3ye1siFXYHEhyphenhyphengxF9khlQT9zykUFJB2fPzvpurjHGfFJBfSVCDkW5-5rlKqCwy5GYr7431ZvynPKbOtuD2BvfmQj50UaY/s1600/Ksenia+Sobchak+took+first+television+interview+Mikhail+Khodorkovsky+in+Berlin+1.jpg" /></a></div><br />So, during the conversation Sobtchak asked Mikhail Borisovich why he flew to Berlin on Khodorkovsky said:<br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">I must say that not all the facts have an explanation. Still, the amount  of information which I speak is limited. I'll start with something  gradually to understand, but I know not all.<br /><br />Hero himself never called and did not think I was doing what he think is right. </blockquote><br />Next Sobtchak showed readers sweets in the room Mikhail Khodorkovsky: <br /> <br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"> right in the room with Mikhail Borisovich huge table  sladostey.predlagal pick up a cake with-but after the interview there  would not be desirable: (</blockquote><script type="text/javascript"></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/AVvXsEjfsOkPC-Ya2hn7Kw7wToztUgw4_9GMfYS80lrqLXNIdpxwY40GyqAfdj2f9QOl8yxcHfvDLymNrZAHQxkoP4PNPFx9ipll0gtwlXCgqfzR3JVSfjHXNDdioCgO-IAxxGqWwJdY384pnbI/s1600/Ksenia+Sobchak+took+first+television+interview+Mikhail+Khodorkovsky+in+Berlin++2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfsOkPC-Ya2hn7Kw7wToztUgw4_9GMfYS80lrqLXNIdpxwY40GyqAfdj2f9QOl8yxcHfvDLymNrZAHQxkoP4PNPFx9ipll0gtwlXCgqfzR3JVSfjHXNDdioCgO-IAxxGqWwJdY384pnbI/s1600/Ksenia+Sobchak+took+first+television+interview+Mikhail+Khodorkovsky+in+Berlin++2.jpg" /></a></div><br />In Berlin airport Sobtchak met with the editor The New Times Yevgenia Albats: <br /> <br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"> Meeting on the Elbe. :) Laugh out loud with Albats. We are now just like Pugacheva and Rotaru in the public eye. :) </blockquote><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii1njTsUN54TCFWMioq84V9VFZLHXPlmicxfBLUY_xK6HXtbJ_o9S_h3iC4LDIYkXHlc8cYcbDDK2QkLChKgPbLFKxsw45ziUw2gSKgewpRjaUq2v74rTi6jtoY0DqQr7TUVgOCPXtu8Y/s1600/Ksenia+Sobchak+took+first+television+interview+Mikhail+Khodorkovsky+in+Berlin++3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii1njTsUN54TCFWMioq84V9VFZLHXPlmicxfBLUY_xK6HXtbJ_o9S_h3iC4LDIYkXHlc8cYcbDDK2QkLChKgPbLFKxsw45ziUw2gSKgewpRjaUq2v74rTi6jtoY0DqQr7TUVgOCPXtu8Y/s1600/Ksenia+Sobchak+took+first+television+interview+Mikhail+Khodorkovsky+in+Berlin++3.jpg" /></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/AVvXsEhGnuuID4TFIYIw74cJo_5FNXtEB5P0fgp7Q0yPNFYP22Bd3Pqy_-4s2yXiL8omFy-7R9moBOb9x7gkBriyQawj1fvRldks6VvWM1WEaLqYdb6oe5OJBzKRr7i4Ie3KAmbCiddOZ2RAURo/s1600/Ksenia+Sobchak+took+first+television+interview+Mikhail+Khodorkovsky+in+Berlin++4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGnuuID4TFIYIw74cJo_5FNXtEB5P0fgp7Q0yPNFYP22Bd3Pqy_-4s2yXiL8omFy-7R9moBOb9x7gkBriyQawj1fvRldks6VvWM1WEaLqYdb6oe5OJBzKRr7i4Ie3KAmbCiddOZ2RAURo/s1600/Ksenia+Sobchak+took+first+television+interview+Mikhail+Khodorkovsky+in+Berlin++4.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Ksenia Sobchak </b></td></tr></tbody></table><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/AVvXsEhWtG2a1xzLV0X-XCdTxhpuq6AYbguD-p3SvvLZFsgPU_SinN9og9Up__tOYf7qiZe8egC5pwBx_VPTueVoUKKjltGxMV99zDjYIjXrHPqsfeF-asRCaQ3Nt_kO1nEQtgSvK0Obm5dGOOM/s1600/Ksenia+Sobchak+took+first+television+interview+Mikhail+Khodorkovsky+in+Berlin++5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWtG2a1xzLV0X-XCdTxhpuq6AYbguD-p3SvvLZFsgPU_SinN9og9Up__tOYf7qiZe8egC5pwBx_VPTueVoUKKjltGxMV99zDjYIjXrHPqsfeF-asRCaQ3Nt_kO1nEQtgSvK0Obm5dGOOM/s1600/Ksenia+Sobchak+took+first+television+interview+Mikhail+Khodorkovsky+in+Berlin++5.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Mikhail Khodorkovsky</b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><script type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script><br />

Ksenia Sobtchak took first television interview Mikhail Khodorkovsky in Berlin

On Saturday night, Ksenia Sobchak took first television interview Mikhail Khodorkovsky in Berlin. Journalist held in a hotel room business...

Obama warns S. Sudan against military coup (BLOG)

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<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/AVvXsEg-PYNqJ_KTaW6REN9RzUPlqQGPM71vYmO1u2j9QBt1Op4rKiUAdgxZ0hvrMCawIHyd64PsqJbeswb9gl1Nt5O1_82-wmTuRlt4yvYyBlLP1Iwo-CiWboWGpDqepSZhaSynPO5bGD082ew/s1600/329a01422a1b1f5c7373702a040df5105d4d12d7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-PYNqJ_KTaW6REN9RzUPlqQGPM71vYmO1u2j9QBt1Op4rKiUAdgxZ0hvrMCawIHyd64PsqJbeswb9gl1Nt5O1_82-wmTuRlt4yvYyBlLP1Iwo-CiWboWGpDqepSZhaSynPO5bGD082ew/s320/329a01422a1b1f5c7373702a040df5105d4d12d7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387684436045_8255" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Washington (AFP) - President Barack Obama warned South Sudan on Saturday that Washington and its allies would cut aid to the country over any attempted military coup, amid growing fears of civil war.</div><div class="body-slot-mod" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1.1em 10px; max-width: 300px;"><div class="yom-remote"><div class="" id="mediacontentrelatedstory_container"><br /><section class="yom-mod " data-ylk="mid:mediacontentrelatedstory;mpos:1;elm:hdln;elmt:ct;cat:Related Stories;rspns:nav;t1:a3;itc:0;sec:lst-ct;" id="mediacontentrelatedstory" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="yom-related-story-module story" style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 40px;"><div class="hd"><h2 style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Related Stories</h2></div><div class="bd"><div class="latest-content-inline"><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="list-item story" data-uuid="6a3cff8b-916b-3297-ba27-d16921701404" style="display: block; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 10px; overflow: hidden; position: relative; zoom: 1;"><a data-rapid_p="8" data-ylk="itc:0;tar:news.yahoo.com;ct:1;sec:lst-ct;cpos:1;test:;g:6a3cff8b-916b-3297-ba27-d16921701404;pkgt:2;prov:Associated Press;" href="http://news.yahoo.com/obama-keeps-eye-tense-situation-south-sudan-212342990--politics.html" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; margin-right: 6px; text-decoration: none;">Obama keeps eye on tense situation in South Sudan</a> <span class="source" style="color: #1e7d8e;">Associated Press</span></li><li class="list-item story" data-uuid="a793da45-f271-3019-92f7-9984c12d9ec1" style="display: block; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 10px; overflow: hidden; position: relative; zoom: 1;"><a data-rapid_p="9" data-ylk="itc:0;tar:news.yahoo.com;ct:1;sec:lst-ct;cpos:2;test:;g:a793da45-f271-3019-92f7-9984c12d9ec1;pkgt:2;prov:Reuters;" href="http://news.yahoo.com/obama-warns-south-sudan-u-military-aircraft-attacked-213242080.html" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; margin-right: 6px; text-decoration: none;">Obama warns South Sudan after U.S. military aircraft attacked</a> <span class="source" style="color: #1e7d8e;">Reuters</span></li><li class="list-item story" data-uuid="3784123a-7e25-310a-8c30-0a083dde9b6a" style="display: block; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 10px; overflow: hidden; position: relative; zoom: 1;"><a data-rapid_p="10" data-ylk="itc:0;tar:news.yahoo.com;ct:1;sec:lst-ct;cpos:3;test:;g:3784123a-7e25-310a-8c30-0a083dde9b6a;pkgt:2;prov:AFP;" href="http://news.yahoo.com/us-aircraft-shot-south-sudan-sources-002900023.html" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; margin-right: 6px; text-decoration: none;">Obama warns South Sudan after US servicemen wounded</a> <span class="source" style="color: #1e7d8e;">AFP</span></li><li class="list-item story" data-uuid="3dbe2bbf-364a-3d92-a0b6-bff3799b1081" style="display: block; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 10px; overflow: hidden; position: relative; zoom: 1;"><a data-rapid_p="11" data-ylk="itc:0;tar:news.yahoo.com;ct:1;sec:lst-ct;cpos:4;test:;g:3dbe2bbf-364a-3d92-a0b6-bff3799b1081;pkgt:2;prov:Associated Press;" href="http://news.yahoo.com/3-us-military-aircraft-hit-sudan-4-wounded-164730096.html" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; margin-right: 6px; text-decoration: none;">3 US military aircraft hit in S. Sudan, 4 wounded</a><span class="source" style="color: #1e7d8e;">Associated Press</span></li><li class="list-item story" data-uuid="9c72694b-126c-3e43-ab8c-528667ecbd05" style="display: block; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 10px; overflow: hidden; position: relative; zoom: 1;"><a data-rapid_p="12" data-ylk="itc:0;tar:news.yahoo.com;ct:1;sec:lst-ct;cpos:5;test:;g:9c72694b-126c-3e43-ab8c-528667ecbd05;pkgt:2;prov:AFP;" href="http://news.yahoo.com/us-sends-envoy-violence-plagued-sudan-031502262.html" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; margin-right: 6px; text-decoration: none;">US sends envoy to violence-plagued South Sudan</a><span class="source" style="color: #1e7d8e;">AFP</span></li></ul></div></div></div></section></div></div></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387684436045_8277" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">And top US diplomat John Kerry called South Sudanese President Salva Kiir to stress that the renewed violence endangers the independence of the young nation born in July 2011 with backing from the United States, breaking away from Sudan after a five-decade struggle.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387684436045_8287" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Obama also urged South Sudan's leaders to help protect US personnel and citizens in the conflict-ravaged country, after American military aircraft were hit, wounding four servicemembers.</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;">Three US military Osprey aircraft came under fire as they headed to the rebel-held city of Bor in Jonglei state to help evacuate Americans, the Pentagon 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;">All four wounded servicemembers were in "stable condition," it added. The targeted Bell Boeing CV-22 Ospreys are hybrid tiltrotor aircraft that can take off vertically like a helicopter but resemble a normal plane in flight.</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 updated about the incident aboard Air Force One as he landed overnight in Hawaii for his Christmas vacation.</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="765b6539-835a-3bee-8a2b-871011b333b1" href="http://news.yahoo.com/photos/us-army-soldier-stands-guard-us-army-aircraft-photo-184349773.html" style="color: #324fe1; 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cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 300px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" title="A US army soldier stands guard as a US army aircraft&nbsp;&hellip;"></a><br /><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;">A US army soldier stands guard as a US army aircraft remains on the runway ready to evacuate America …</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;">"He underscored that South Sudan's leaders have a responsibility to support our efforts to secure American personnel and citizens in Juba and Bor," a White House statement 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;">"Any effort to seize power through the use of military force will result in the end of longstanding support from the United States and the international community."</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 separately participated in a secure call about the situation in South Sudan with National Security Adviser Susan Rice, her deputies Tony Blinken and Ben Rhodes, as well as White House Senior Director for African Affairs Grant Harris, also a member of the president's national security team.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"More broadly, the president underscored the urgency of helping to support efforts to resolve the differences within South Sudan through dialogue," the White House added.</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;">"This conflict can only be resolved peacefully through negotiations."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">It called for an end to the recent surge of violence that has killed at least 500 people in the capital Juba alone in six days of fighting.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"Secretary Kerry made clear that continued violence endangers the vision set forth at the time of South Sudan's independence," State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki 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;">During their call, Kiir and Kerry "discussed the need to prevent ethnic violence, their concern for the welfare of thousands of internally displaced persons fleeing the conflict, as well as for the safety of US citizens in South Sudan, and they agreed to speak again soon," she added.</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;">Kerry was also sending his special envoy for the Sudans, Donald Booth, to the region to seek a solution to the crisis.</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 Wednesday, the United States deployed 45 combat-equipped troops to the country to protect its embassy and American personnel.</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;">Kenya and Uganda have also sent in troops to help evacuate stranded nationals.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Two Indian peacekeepers were killed on Thursday when attackers stormed a UN base in Jonglei state. There are fears that 36 civilians sheltering in the base were also killed.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387684436045_8306" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The upsurge in hostilities in South Sudan, which gained independence from Sudan in 2011, came despite an offer from the president to open talks with his former deputy, Riek Machar, whom Kiir accuses of having started the fighting last week by attempting a coup.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387684436045_8306" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">-Yahoo News</div></div>

Obama warns S. Sudan against military coup (BLOG)

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3 Television Shows That Bombed in 2013 (BLOG)

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<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/AVvXsEhGlCcoUFQpkbmsFdyH_cvcJAn24ojqJrhQgKv2Cbyq1-FJxGxeQ6Zc23A8SSKf_2ldoLev-YfeyK3enTF13KS5jJsOd7PiE9QVaODd2HNDe3fXtsFid548yrZcaM1hxyKNFAYA28Yu1Lc/s1600/ironside-tv-series-600x337_large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGlCcoUFQpkbmsFdyH_cvcJAn24ojqJrhQgKv2Cbyq1-FJxGxeQ6Zc23A8SSKf_2ldoLev-YfeyK3enTF13KS5jJsOd7PiE9QVaODd2HNDe3fXtsFid548yrZcaM1hxyKNFAYA28Yu1Lc/s320/ironside-tv-series-600x337_large.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 11px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">Broadcasters don't have it easy anymore. Cable television and <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Netflix</strong> are drawing in audiences en masse while some once-popular TV franchises are struggling to recover from historical lows.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 11px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">Take <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">CSI</em>, which set a series low in February drawing just 8.6 million viewers. <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">AMC Networks</strong>, by contrast, has regularly topped 10 million with <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The Walking Dead</em> while the series finale for <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Breaking Bad</em> drew 10.3 million.  Niche programming -- on niche networks -- is<a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/10/07/3-ways-breaking-bad-shows-the-future-of-television.aspx" style="border: 0px; color: #339933; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">a serious and growing threat</a> to the Big Four.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 11px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">The result? Broadcast TV shows either win early or die fast, as these three did in 2013:</div><div class="image small" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="" src="http://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/87644/ironside-tv-series-600x337_large.jpg" style="border: none; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></div><div class="caption" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #999999; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px 5px 5px;">Blair Underwood starred in NBC's detective reboot. Source: NBCUniversal.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 11px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Ironside</strong></em><br />Episodes before cancellation: 4<br />Avg. viewers: 5.16 million<br />Distributor: NBCUniversal</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 11px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Why it bombed</strong>: Remakes are a tough sell to begin with. (Remember 2008's rehash of<em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Knight Rider</em>? How about 2011's <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Charlie's Angels</em> do-over?) NBC didn't do itself any favors in deciding not to cast a disabled actor as wheelchair-bound detective Robert Ironside, choosing instead to go with veteran performer Blair Underwood. The ensuing controversy, which led to at least one outright boycott of the show, may have been the killing blow.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 11px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">State of the network:</strong> <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Ironside</em>'s poor performance notwithstanding, NBC has hit its stride recently. Look at the spy-cum-crime drama <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The Blacklist</em>, which drew some 17 million viewers in its Monday night time slot. The network has already ordered a second season while star James Spader is up for a Golden Globe for his portrayal of professional troublemaker Red Reddington. On the other hand, as an earnings driver, NBC's broadcast TV operation contributes just 13% of <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Comcast</strong>'s (<span class="ticker" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">NASDAQ: <a class="qsAdd qs-source-isssitthv0000001" data-id="203139" href="http://caps.fool.com/Ticker/CMCSA.aspx?source=isssitthv0000001" style="border: 0px; color: #339933; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">CMCSA</a></span> <a class="addToWatchListIcon qsAdd qs-source-iwlsitbut0000010" href="http://my.fool.com/watchlist/add?ticker=CMCSA&source=iwlsitbut0000010" style="background-image: url(http://g.foolcdn.com/common/img/buttons/BtnAdd.gif); background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; color: #339933; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;" title="Add CMCSA to My Watchlist"> </a>) revenue and 2% of operating income. One big win (or loss) won't mean much for the business at its present scale.</div><div class="image small" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="" src="http://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/87644/lucky-7-widescreen_large.jpeg" style="border: none; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></div><div class="caption" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #999999; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px 5px 5px;">ABC's show about lottery winners wasn't relatable enough for audiences. Source: ABC.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 11px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Lucky 7</strong></em><br />Episodes before cancellation: 2<br />Avg. viewers: 3.53 million<br />Distributor: ABC Television</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 11px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Why it bombed:</strong> Yes, we've all dreamed about winning the lottery. But a TV show that asks what if the dream came true? We've seen the concept before and it didn't work then, either. NBC cancelled <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Windfall</em> in 2006 after 13 episodes, going so far as to allow affiliates the option of airing preseason football rather than the season's final installment.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 11px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">State of the network:</strong> ABC is getting good performances from a handful of key shows. For example, <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Scandal</em> does well on Thursday nights in spite of declining viewership for lead-in<em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Grey's Anatomy</em>. There's also <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.</em>, which has the <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/12/14/marvels-agents-of-shield-doesnt-need-a-new-night.aspx" style="border: 0px; color: #339933; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">highest live+7 day rating</a> of any Tuesday night broadcast TV show. What's that mean financially? Not much, unfortunately. ABC's operating income dipped slightly in the third quarter as revenue improved just 1% year-over-year. </div><div class="image small" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="" src="http://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/87644/we-are-men-widescreen_large.jpg" style="border: none; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></div><div class="caption" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #999999; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px 5px 5px;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">We Are Men</em> starred Kal Penn, Chris Smith, Jerry O'Connell, and Tony Shalhoub. Source: CBS.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 11px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">We Are Men</strong></em><br />Episodes before cancellation: 2<br />Avg. viewers: 6.01 million<br />Distributor: <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">CBS</strong> (<span class="ticker" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">NYSE: <a class="qsAdd qs-source-isssitthv0000001" data-id="206636" href="http://caps.fool.com/Ticker/CBS.aspx?source=isssitthv0000001" style="border: 0px; color: #339933; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">CBS</a></span> <a class="addToWatchListIcon qsAdd qs-source-iwlsitbut0000010" href="http://my.fool.com/watchlist/add?ticker=CBS&source=iwlsitbut0000010" style="background-image: url(http://g.foolcdn.com/common/img/buttons/BtnAdd.gif); background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; color: #339933; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;" title="Add CBS to My Watchlist"> </a>)</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 11px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Why it bombed:</strong> Divorced men trying to pick up women while teaching the ways of the world to a young neighbor who's just been left at the altar? OK, but history shows that you need brilliant writing and top-notch talent (e.g., <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Parks and Recreation</em>) to make absurd concepts work. Critics panned <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">We Are Men</em>'s scripts as "lazy" and "boring," among other things.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 11px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">State of the network:</strong> CBS is still home to TV's most-watched show (<em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">NCIS</em>) and possesses a powerful catalyst in Showtime, which is gaining influence thanks to <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/07/28/the-worlds-most-popular-serial-killer-says-goodbye.aspx" style="border: 0px; color: #339933; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">edgy new dramas</a> such as<em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Ray Donovan</em> and Emmy contender <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Homeland</em>. Ad revenue at CBS Television increased 13% year-over-year in the third quarter. Content licensing and distribution increased 11% with new shows added to the network's syndication slate, including <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">NCIS: Los Angeles</em> and <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The Good Wife</em>.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 11px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">Now it's your turn to weigh in. What shows were you surprised to see bomb in 2013? What shows do you expect to be cancelled next? Leave a comment below to let us know what you think.</div></div>

3 Television Shows That Bombed in 2013 (BLOG)

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Leonardo DiCaprio bet half a million dollars on her wedding

12:50 AM Tukiyooo 0

<br /><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/search/label/Leonardo%20DiCaprio" target="_blank">Leonardo DiCaprio</a> is about to win 500 thousand dollars from his fellow  actors Tobey Maguire and Ben Affleck in a dispute that began three years  ago. Maguire and Affleck put every 250 thousand. the fact that for 40  years DiCaprio is already married and had a baby.<br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"></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/AVvXsEjCSvUHkZy8HYT5x9wPIO_KrP_LtXkW4Y2mfaFlvqcm3PROP4E2cGl1SOXZLIdZytLc3YMTduVCn5kGY4JHWBLEmBzW2aGIJA28Dgdq6b7tAR0wDEQZ3JSEchqAzVXyAWqRORYIn83GI3U/s1600/Leonardo+DiCaprio+bet+half+a+million+dollars+on+her+wedding.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCSvUHkZy8HYT5x9wPIO_KrP_LtXkW4Y2mfaFlvqcm3PROP4E2cGl1SOXZLIdZytLc3YMTduVCn5kGY4JHWBLEmBzW2aGIJA28Dgdq6b7tAR0wDEQZ3JSEchqAzVXyAWqRORYIn83GI3U/s1600/Leonardo+DiCaprio+bet+half+a+million+dollars+on+her+wedding.jpg" width="144" /></a></div>Leo agreed to the dispute and in all that time he changed several  supermodels, but no one he does not come to the wedding. Perhaps it is  because of the dispute, and may, indeed, have not met the very unique. <br /> <br /> Anyway, Leonardo and 11 months banging 40 years, and on the horizon is  not visible yet no wife, no children so that Toby and Ben was worried  that they will have to shell out a quarter of a million dollars each!<br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script><br />

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Beyonce: I want to follow in the footsteps of Madonna!

12:26 AM Tukiyooo 0

<br /><b>Yesterday in New York, held a party in honor of the release of the new album of the same name Beyonce Beyonce. </b><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"></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/AVvXsEipF4nQ7IvZ6IbM4SlBuBUze90wJu5VgauAWHJGdl4KxlHSjRTDNYx6Oo1MLKQRBHeIPEYIoOa2-afvXWGD571TgOet70uxlyPx_xJqTKQlKsQJhU6g1XL4j994-EI9IJm7RqyRl5aLfmI/s1600/Beyonce.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipF4nQ7IvZ6IbM4SlBuBUze90wJu5VgauAWHJGdl4KxlHSjRTDNYx6Oo1MLKQRBHeIPEYIoOa2-afvXWGD571TgOet70uxlyPx_xJqTKQlKsQJhU6g1XL4j994-EI9IJm7RqyRl5aLfmI/s1600/Beyonce.jpg" /></a></div><br />The singer arrived at the event in a black dress designer Tom Ford's spring collection of 2014 and jackboots with open cape. <br /> <br /> Numerous directors of 17 video clips from the album also came to the  party. Of course, fans of <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/search/label/Beyonce" target="_blank">Beyonce</a>, who won invitations to the radio,  gathered to hear his wife Jay-Z. <br /> <br /> Once guests watched all the videos, Beyonce climbed on stage to answer questions submitted by fans on Instagram. <br /> <br /> 32-year-old singer said that he personally selects each of the  directors. On the question of why she opened the heart on a plate on the  relationship with Jay-Z, Beyonce said: <br /> <br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"> I guard my personal  life, I'm secretive, but after I became a mother, I realized that it is  necessary to break the four walls seclusion. Now I feel free. </blockquote><br /> What, according to the singer, the audience to take away from the new album? <br /> <br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"> Take your flaws and all those features that make you interesting to other people. </blockquote><br /> What thinks Beyonce during work on the show? <br /> <br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"> The main goal - happiness ... When people come to my concerts, I want to give them a sense of hope. </blockquote><br /> The singer said that she wanted to make a record as a surprise gift to  his fans. She thanked all members of the team for the music that they  were silent, adding: <br /> <br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"> I was nervous as it was a huge risk. The  purpose of the new album - not one hundred percent hit, but a  demonstration of my development. I put it all fears, doubts. All what  they have learned in 17 years. All embedded in Beyonce. </blockquote><br /> Where  does the nickname Yonce, who named one of the songs? It was invented  Beyonce producer The-Dream, when Justin Timberlake thump in the  recording studio. <br /> <br /> Speaking of idols, and life goals, the singer wants to become a "powerhouse" and follow in the footsteps of Madonna.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU0qF2IWZUM-FIHIAcWQw0GFyZOUpnWecYsy6h3Zgs0n7He8sab94phF6Baq-YbEjVKOv40kHQO76FptEeeddTMxlUkLqHs2R3kpFCdmVGOXQ3CeyT8fd1p52hSywmRxNnNK76ewqDF7M/s1600/Beyonc%C3%A9,+Beyonce+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU0qF2IWZUM-FIHIAcWQw0GFyZOUpnWecYsy6h3Zgs0n7He8sab94phF6Baq-YbEjVKOv40kHQO76FptEeeddTMxlUkLqHs2R3kpFCdmVGOXQ3CeyT8fd1p52hSywmRxNnNK76ewqDF7M/s1600/Beyonc%C3%A9,+Beyonce+1.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5hhWpgCTWTftljOdBgNNS_3zkbHij3s5OCuvGCHn3FUKhoBUMV4Tp7dqmACMG7_yhTeMDCjCYESxnycrR0fFJaUgVFR1C4QCSmD0RmDtgRwzm-Ns4z4wQNZyDAVGzara9pJxOjVGbDv0/s1600/Beyonc%C3%A9,+Beyonce+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5hhWpgCTWTftljOdBgNNS_3zkbHij3s5OCuvGCHn3FUKhoBUMV4Tp7dqmACMG7_yhTeMDCjCYESxnycrR0fFJaUgVFR1C4QCSmD0RmDtgRwzm-Ns4z4wQNZyDAVGzara9pJxOjVGbDv0/s1600/Beyonc%C3%A9,+Beyonce+2.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEKIFmMjo9XGpqR-Ckof7Ci8IFQ_lNlLg0li6z1TUOUVUMt4tL7N1WoW5zTmBaTpmXWIbj0YQkk-kqIeEjPQOWqcnbty_8J7mf2ykvsJvUCaGtsAiUiK-HTsIAMMnjP617uI6WoZJYvQo/s1600/Beyonc%C3%A9,+Beyonce+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEKIFmMjo9XGpqR-Ckof7Ci8IFQ_lNlLg0li6z1TUOUVUMt4tL7N1WoW5zTmBaTpmXWIbj0YQkk-kqIeEjPQOWqcnbty_8J7mf2ykvsJvUCaGtsAiUiK-HTsIAMMnjP617uI6WoZJYvQo/s1600/Beyonc%C3%A9,+Beyonce+3.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghkvynRMZci6oZcFA2HADwxx0sm8ABAfCs8MkF2DNWtu1fVc629n3c3PkS2YFJNxA2lpjW3EF6ijTDgPNNmb73rwHbKkVGsHMBq4nrqKC7yXQYamu-9tfqX_RQF2ghr1WEjLCAlipMiQ8/s1600/Beyonc%C3%A9,+Beyonce+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghkvynRMZci6oZcFA2HADwxx0sm8ABAfCs8MkF2DNWtu1fVc629n3c3PkS2YFJNxA2lpjW3EF6ijTDgPNNmb73rwHbKkVGsHMBq4nrqKC7yXQYamu-9tfqX_RQF2ghr1WEjLCAlipMiQ8/s1600/Beyonc%C3%A9,+Beyonce+4.jpg" /></a></div><br /><script type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script><br />

Beyonce: I want to follow in the footsteps of Madonna!

Yesterday in New York, held a party in honor of the release of the new album of the same name Beyonce Beyonce. The singer arrived at the ev...

Angelina Jolie flew with children from Australia

12:18 AM Tukiyooo 0

<br /><b>Two days ago, Angelina Jolie and six children actress flew from Australia to celebrate the Christmas holidays.</b><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"></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/AVvXsEgusooRhdTzycJvmNLa0VEiT2XgTlVq6ZYQHL1dOKrnK9bOZaH3heu5-_wpZTaF6pFGN7SXme-lq-AL1osN37f38uyyeYFaUz-gUEZWI-cNQsXbRMFOjzKOhzNpzKq6wOjOUTKAE21zhi0/s1600/Angelina+Jolie+flew+with+children+from+Australia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgusooRhdTzycJvmNLa0VEiT2XgTlVq6ZYQHL1dOKrnK9bOZaH3heu5-_wpZTaF6pFGN7SXme-lq-AL1osN37f38uyyeYFaUz-gUEZWI-cNQsXbRMFOjzKOhzNpzKq6wOjOUTKAE21zhi0/s1600/Angelina+Jolie+flew+with+children+from+Australia.jpg" /></a></div><br />38-year-old <b><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/search/label/Angelina%20Jolie" target="_blank">Angelina Jolie</a></b> filmed in Sydney drama "Unbroken" and her beloved  50-year-old <b><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/search/label/Brad%20Pitt" target="_blank">Brad Pitt </a></b>was in London, where he was finishing work in the  military ribbon "Rage" is directed by David Eyre. <br /> <br /> So during  departure Angelina 12 -year-old Maddox, Pax 10-year-old, 8-year-old  Zahara, Shiloh 7-year-old and 5-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne were  always close to his mother. Celebrity-Jolie-Pitt family boarded a  private plane: Angelina wore a black top with a coat of the same color,  and hair pulled back in a low bun. Note that the muscles and tattoos on  his arms actress particularly striking because of a heavy bag on her  shoulder. <br /> <br /> Recall December 18 Pitt celebrated anniversary.  According to an insider in an interview with Us Weekly, Brad did not  suit the lush holiday: <br /> <br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"> He did not do anything special and said he did not want any surprises. He really wants to talk about his birthday. </blockquote><br /> Nevertheless, the actor still planned to celebrate the 50th anniversary later - this weekend, but with the family.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBh6t_el988AaYqm6HEttythprzWNoK0_FDu5jkGt-V9om7NPQoAgzd2LtrgXuQuZkiT4LDduaZtE6wMrA0tfuB1zTE1ixDMGOyhtzoLTHKVqLHrZRuivxov9jcCLDqfvsZXWVpUDL1Rw/s1600/Angelina+Jolie+flew+with+children1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBh6t_el988AaYqm6HEttythprzWNoK0_FDu5jkGt-V9om7NPQoAgzd2LtrgXuQuZkiT4LDduaZtE6wMrA0tfuB1zTE1ixDMGOyhtzoLTHKVqLHrZRuivxov9jcCLDqfvsZXWVpUDL1Rw/s1600/Angelina+Jolie+flew+with+children1.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN7LtPuwd4jipEDXTrxdL4znv1bi5zSnsviv8iohVuiR6gmPF9gu7XiVO9TDE4zTp6F8k0_dGIUr6lTzPTcxtEBNqdmfPNYmh51-vdgQRQ0tukzyXCwtGMw-KpIkOX9K7sZQ04ZKP5DiI/s1600/Angelina+Jolie+flew+with+children+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN7LtPuwd4jipEDXTrxdL4znv1bi5zSnsviv8iohVuiR6gmPF9gu7XiVO9TDE4zTp6F8k0_dGIUr6lTzPTcxtEBNqdmfPNYmh51-vdgQRQ0tukzyXCwtGMw-KpIkOX9K7sZQ04ZKP5DiI/s1600/Angelina+Jolie+flew+with+children+2.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA5StqA1bVTYfXl87nyIrcOR_OuHRgx0lPO_uro6laL-cY9lktonIb8xvxhWJUJHCbEdt2FfVAz-35UP5M9FBRT9gzwzyBTNjpCrjLnkSkEeXGdlHzqImzOHXaHcZlYnpJRC4_sgl1TuA/s1600/Angelina+Jolie+flew+with+children+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA5StqA1bVTYfXl87nyIrcOR_OuHRgx0lPO_uro6laL-cY9lktonIb8xvxhWJUJHCbEdt2FfVAz-35UP5M9FBRT9gzwzyBTNjpCrjLnkSkEeXGdlHzqImzOHXaHcZlYnpJRC4_sgl1TuA/s1600/Angelina+Jolie+flew+with+children+3.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKsPMKybPz06G9MtTywuc4e4SJSiYt6X-ROymUFuIERs4M06G7F8K8oatnIrB0Ur35CRGECpndmHp26xq9bMnB6dCDMMkE1Uq8gOZyHcS_1fvKM1AnMnP_tC8kbWQV3hvP3CIc71tSF0I/s1600/Angelina+Jolie+flew+with+children+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKsPMKybPz06G9MtTywuc4e4SJSiYt6X-ROymUFuIERs4M06G7F8K8oatnIrB0Ur35CRGECpndmHp26xq9bMnB6dCDMMkE1Uq8gOZyHcS_1fvKM1AnMnP_tC8kbWQV3hvP3CIc71tSF0I/s1600/Angelina+Jolie+flew+with+children+4.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg88b5RjQiFs4neW0DtjqHo_Cu22J2-ObHRfM08dZvtruccpasKs6EPkQxSItJ74FoffnVIELHFBhyphenhyphenlofvNx530Uo64kVNY54HihqYsBtJomh2dSn8lGXrurNwFi4AXkjaGNN0oyuJjhuA/s1600/Angelina+Jolie+flew+with+children+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg88b5RjQiFs4neW0DtjqHo_Cu22J2-ObHRfM08dZvtruccpasKs6EPkQxSItJ74FoffnVIELHFBhyphenhyphenlofvNx530Uo64kVNY54HihqYsBtJomh2dSn8lGXrurNwFi4AXkjaGNN0oyuJjhuA/s1600/Angelina+Jolie+flew+with+children+5.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnAVT_GxkJQPXvQ0zJzrba9hRIClGAmW0wnwlII1BzXCgncV9tSlTWyrCebUuDYhVea9RpYNRQf44Aa_Ef74GNgFaX2GBjSLlnE82hkffl1Pbnea1trsz5BBZvuwR5Va4QeUekOioQIwY/s1600/Angelina+Jolie+flew+with+children+6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnAVT_GxkJQPXvQ0zJzrba9hRIClGAmW0wnwlII1BzXCgncV9tSlTWyrCebUuDYhVea9RpYNRQf44Aa_Ef74GNgFaX2GBjSLlnE82hkffl1Pbnea1trsz5BBZvuwR5Va4QeUekOioQIwY/s1600/Angelina+Jolie+flew+with+children+6.jpg" /></a></div><br /><script type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script><br />

Angelina Jolie flew with children from Australia

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Wages vs. Personal Consumption Expenditures

12:12 AM Tukiyooo 0

The following chart shows wages and salary accruals divided by personal consumption expenditures.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUryqZTp0AbsUes3Zl8El0dlQmPCX5xVpGJqwQTpU9RFm4HVXp1gBgdbWArEkaNVAS5bOBD70ZWNHlPdEultciLMURmrTESnfB04twJIoHNuSsEUrCfsWqVQN1ysoAgTtGrrsMg7YI_-k/s1600/Wages+vs.+Personal+Consumption+Expenditures.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUryqZTp0AbsUes3Zl8El0dlQmPCX5xVpGJqwQTpU9RFm4HVXp1gBgdbWArEkaNVAS5bOBD70ZWNHlPdEultciLMURmrTESnfB04twJIoHNuSsEUrCfsWqVQN1ysoAgTtGrrsMg7YI_-k/s320/Wages+vs.+Personal+Consumption+Expenditures.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />This truly is a typical post-recession recovery! Note the lack of anything significant happening to the upside again.<br /><br />I probably should have put quote marks around the word recovery to imply sarcasm.<br /><br />If the overall downward trend in this chart is a good thing, then we clearly need more recessions. That's pretty much when the perma-drop (a drop with no recovery) happens.<br /><br />More spending! Less pay! Long-term! Food-stamp utopia!<br /><br /><b>December 18, 2013</b><br /><a href="http://www.nationaljournal.com/economy/most-americans-want-tougher-food-stamp-requirements-20131218">Most Americans Want Tougher Food-Stamp Requirements</a><br /><br /><div style="color: #666666;"><i>National Journal poll finds two in three people think the biggest problems with the program are waste, fraud, and abuse.</i></div><br />Those are certainly the "biggest" problems with the food-stamp program, right behind <a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/GINIALLRH">rising income inequality</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot-com_bubble">bubble growth</a>, and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Recession">Lesser Depression</a> of course. That said, <a href="http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2013/11/01/Food-stamp-cuts-affect-1-in-7-Americans/UPI-91301383287400/">one in seven people</a> may strongly disagree with two in three people. Hard to say!<br /><br />Whew! Got those sarcastic quote marks around the word that time! Yes!<br /><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=qgU">St. Louis Fed: Custom Chart</a>

Wages vs. Personal Consumption Expenditures

The following chart shows wages and salary accruals divided by personal consumption expenditures. Click to enlarge. This truly is a typical ...

Wizards erase 18-point deficit, top Celtics 106-99 (BLOG)

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguBYRXrnGzBTQyi2QxVKPHmBtMOeJwS1GdMm8g6WonaB-ORDmyBbLqkdCdVIyNa4eIPb1hnZSHh8ixUiaK4moeFgDAmJVkFE1WZFv5OWwH18UWXkV3TjVHg9QJAeWTHxWxWvdcfA6Jd3o/s1600/201312211356502164916.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguBYRXrnGzBTQyi2QxVKPHmBtMOeJwS1GdMm8g6WonaB-ORDmyBbLqkdCdVIyNa4eIPb1hnZSHh8ixUiaK4moeFgDAmJVkFE1WZFv5OWwH18UWXkV3TjVHg9QJAeWTHxWxWvdcfA6Jd3o/s320/201312211356502164916.jpg" width="212" /></a><br /><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387685278586_9481" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">BOSTON (AP) -- The <a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_team" data-rapid_p="8" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/was" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Washington Wizards</a> didn't get flustered when they trailed by 18 points. The <a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_team" data-rapid_p="9" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/bos" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Boston Celtics</a>couldn't hold a big lead for the second straight game.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387685278586_9502" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">''We don't let anything rattle us too much,'' Ariza said. ''We just play and chip away and know things are going to happen. It's a long game. We know teams can go on runs. They went on a run and we did, too.''<a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_player" data-rapid_p="15" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/3860" id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387685278586_9507" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Trevor Ariza</a> scored 27 points capped by a 3-pointer that highlighted a fourth-quarter run as the Wizards rallied for a 106-99 victory Saturday.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387685278586_9520" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">After Jeff Green's layup with 6:14 left gave the Celtics a 92-84 lead, they went nearly six minutes without a field goal. Meanwhile, the Wizards were going on a 14-1 run that Ariza started with a jumper from the right corner. John Wall had five of his 20 points in the surge, which was interrupted only by a free throw by <a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_player" data-rapid_p="16" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/5055" id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387685278586_9525" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Jared Sullinger</a> that gave Boston a 93-91 lead with 3:39 remaining.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">''It was just, 'Ok. We fought back. Let's get some stops here and keep going. Keep stepping on them and let's runaway with this one,''' Ariza 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;">Nene tied it with a short baseline jumper and Wall gave the Wizards their first lead, 95-93, with a 20-footer with 2:51 to go. Marcin Gortat then blocked Sullinger's shot and Ariza hit his 3-pointer with 2:25 remaining to put Washington ahead 98-93.</div><div class="body-slot-mod" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1.1em 10px; max-width: 300px;"><div class="yom-remote"><div class="" id="mediasportsmatcharticlescore_container"><div class="yom-mod yom-app yom-scores yom-sports-match-score yom-sports-scorething js" id="mediasportsmatcharticlescore" style="border: 1px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); color: #f0f0f0; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 10px; zoom: 1;"><div class="hd" style="color: black; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; position: relative; text-transform: capitalize; zoom: 1;"><h3 style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Sat, Dec 21, 2013</h3></div><div class="bd" style="color: black; line-height: 13px; margin: 0px; min-width: 280px; padding: 0px; zoom: 1;"><div class="yom-sports-scorething-day"><table class="nba boxes" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px !important; margin: 0px auto; width: 280px;"><tbody class=" final game link" data-index="0" data-url="/nba/washington-wizards-boston-celtics-2013122102/" style="background-color: inherit; border: none;"><tr class="team away winner" style="background-color: inherit; border: none;"><th class="" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; font-weight: normal; padding: 3px 8px 1px; width: 140px;"><span class="logo yom-logo-nba large was" style="background-color: #e41e3c; background-image: url(http://l.yimg.com/os/mit/media/m/sports/images/team-logos/sprites/nba-40-1550761.png); background-position: -560px 0px; display: inline-block; float: left; height: 40px; margin-right: 3px; vertical-align: middle; width: 40px;"></span><span style="color: #3f3f3f; display: inline-block; float: left; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; margin: 13px 0px 0px 5px; max-width: 92px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;">Washington</span></th><td class="score" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; padding: 3px 0px 0px; text-align: right; width: 1px;"><span style="border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; color: #3f3f3f; font-size: 22px; font-weight: bold; padding: 15px 10px 11px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">106</span></td><td class="links" colspan="1" rowspan="2" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; padding: 5px;"><span class="meta" style="color: #888888; display: block; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; text-align: center;"><a class="no-pjax" data-rapid_p="17" data-ylk="lt:s;sec:mod-sch;slk:game;itc:0;ltxt:;tar:sports.yahoo.com;" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/washington-wizards-boston-celtics-2013122102/" style="color: #888888; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Final</a></span></td></tr><tr class="team home " style="background-color: inherit; border: none;"><th class="" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px 8px 3px; width: 140px;"><span class="logo yom-logo-nba large bos" style="background-color: #04864c; background-image: url(http://l.yimg.com/os/mit/media/m/sports/images/team-logos/sprites/nba-40-1550761.png); background-position: 0px 0px; display: inline-block; float: left; height: 40px; margin-right: 3px; vertical-align: middle; width: 40px;"></span><span style="color: #3f3f3f; display: inline-block; float: left; line-height: 20px; margin: 13px 0px 0px 5px; max-width: 92px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;">Boston</span></th><td class="score" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; padding: 0px 0px 3px; text-align: right; width: 1px;"><span style="border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; color: #3f3f3f; font-size: 22px; padding: 15px 10px 11px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">99</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Celtics had led 32-14 early in the second quarter. But in the last six minutes of the game, they were outscored 22-7, committed four turnovers and had two shots blocked.</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 came out and punched us right in the face in the first quarter,'' Washington coach Randy Wittman said, ''but I never saw any downness from our guys.''</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;">Avery Bradley, an outstanding defender, scored 18 of his 26 points for Boston in a span of 8:01 in the second half. He started with a layup with 4:01 left in the third quarter that gave the Celtics a 66-59 lead and ended with a jumper with 8:00 left in the fourth that made it 88-82. Bradley then went to the bench and the Wizards began their comeback.</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 had a good roll,'' Boston coach Brad Stevens said. ''His effectiveness on the offensive end is just going to continue to improve.''</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;">Washington (12-13) won its third straight game, all on the road. It started the day in fourth place in the Southeast Division but has a better record than Boston (12-16), which entered the game in first place in the Atlantic Division.</div><div class="body-slot-mod" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1.1em 10px; max-width: 300px;"><div class="yom-remote"><div class="" id="mediasportsgameleaders_container"><div class="yom-mod yom-app yom-game-leaders" data-gid="nba.g.2013122102" id="mediasportsgameleaders" style="border: 1px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); color: #f0f0f0; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 1px; padding: 10px; zoom: 1;"><div class="hd" style="color: black; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 5px 0px 5px 5px; position: relative; text-transform: capitalize; zoom: 1;"><h3 style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Game Leaders</h3></div><div class="bd league-nba" style="color: black; margin: 0px; min-width: 280px; padding: 0px; zoom: 1;"><ul class="players" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li style="clear: both; display: block; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 280px;"><a data-rapid_p="18" data-ylk="lt:s;" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/4716/" style="color: #949494; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" title="John Wall"><img alt="John Wall" class="photo" height="66" src="http://l.yimg.com/iu/api/res/1.2/_.V1cgYlTiwaKHyDtjORGA--/YXBwaWQ9eXZpZGVvO2NoPTg2MDtjcj0xO2N3PTY2MDtkeD0xO2R5PTE7Zmk9dWxjcm9wO2g9MjE1O3E9MTAwO3c9MTY1/http://l.yimg.com/j/assets/i/us/sp/v/nba/players_l/20121217/4716.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 1px solid rgb(127, 127, 127); float: left; height: 66px; margin: 0px 8px 8px 0px; opacity: 1 !important; transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible !important; width: 50px;" title="" width="50" /></a><div class="name" style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 2px;"><a data-rapid_p="19" data-ylk="lt:s;" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/4716/" style="color: #949494; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" title="John Wall">John Wall</a></div><div class="number team" style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 2px;">#2, <a class="team" data-rapid_p="20" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/was/" style="color: #949494; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Washington</a></div><div class="stats" style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 2px;"><table style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px !important; margin: 0px; width: auto !important;"><tbody style="border: 0px;"><tr style="background-color: transparent;" title="Points Scored: 20"><th class="stat" scope="row" style="background-color: #e3e7ec; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; padding: 8px;">Pts:</th><td class="value" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 5px 0px 0px;">20</td></tr><tr style="background-color: transparent;" title="Total Rebounds: 3"><th class="stat" scope="row" style="background-color: #e3e7ec; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; padding: 8px;">Reb:</th><td class="value" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 5px 0px 0px;">3</td></tr><tr style="background-color: transparent;" title="Assists: 9"><th class="stat" scope="row" style="background-color: #e3e7ec; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; padding: 8px;">Ast:</th><td class="value" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 5px 0px 0px;">9</td></tr></tbody></table></div></li><li style="clear: both; display: block; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 280px;"><a data-rapid_p="21" data-ylk="lt:s;" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/4750/" style="color: #949494; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" title="Avery Bradley"><img alt="Avery Bradley" class="photo" height="66" src="http://l.yimg.com/iu/api/res/1.2/P2ErXaNnPBJ2oOXCAfbCLw--/YXBwaWQ9eXZpZGVvO2NoPTg2MDtjcj0xO2N3PTY2MDtkeD0xO2R5PTE7Zmk9dWxjcm9wO2g9MjE1O3E9MTAwO3c9MTY1/http://l.yimg.com/j/assets/i/us/sp/v/nba/players_l/20121217/4750.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 1px solid rgb(127, 127, 127); float: left; height: 66px; margin: 0px 8px 8px 0px; opacity: 1 !important; transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible !important; width: 50px;" title="" width="50" /></a><div class="name" style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 2px;"><a data-rapid_p="22" data-ylk="lt:s;" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/4750/" style="color: #949494; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" title="Avery Bradley">Avery Bradley</a></div><div class="number team" style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 2px;">#0, <a class="team" data-rapid_p="23" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/bos/" style="color: #949494; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Boston</a></div><div class="stats" style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 2px;"><table style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px !important; margin: 0px; width: auto !important;"><tbody style="border: 0px;"><tr style="background-color: transparent;" title="Points Scored: 26"><th class="stat" scope="row" style="background-color: #e3e7ec; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; padding: 8px;">Pts:</th><td class="value" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 5px 0px 0px;">26</td></tr><tr style="background-color: transparent;" title="Total Rebounds: 5"><th class="stat" scope="row" style="background-color: #e3e7ec; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; padding: 8px;">Reb:</th><td class="value" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 5px 0px 0px;">5</td></tr><tr style="background-color: transparent;" title="Assists: 0"><th class="stat" scope="row" style="background-color: #e3e7ec; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; padding: 8px;">Ast:</th><td class="value" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 5px 0px 0px;">0</td></tr></tbody></table></div></li></ul></div></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Nene, Gortat and Kevin Seraphin scored 13 points each for the Wizards.</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;">For the Celtics, Sullinger had 22 points and 11 rebounds and Green added 13 points.</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;">Three days after squandering a 21-point lead and losing to Detroit 107-106, Boston wasted lost another big cushion.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">''You have to stay focused,'' Celtics guard Jordan Crawford said. ''You've got to step on the pedal when you have them down.''</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 Celtics led 51-44 at halftime and 62-53 five minutes into the third quarter. But Washington tied it at 74 on a 3-pointer by Martell Webster with 42 seconds left in the third quarter. Then the Celtics took a two-point lead on Bradley's jumper from the top of the key with 3.9 seconds left in the period.</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="24" data-uuid="a2230956-d0c7-3abf-b2ec-187e4232bfee" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/photos/wizards-erase-18-point-deficit-photo-205656921--nba.html" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 300px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" title="Wizards erase 18-point deficit, top Celtics 106-99"><div class="img-wrap" style="position: relative;"><div class="cta-overlay" style="-webkit-transition: background-color 0.24s linear; font-size: 13px; height: 204px; 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="Wizards erase 18-point deficit, top Celtics 106-99" class="body-related-thumb" data-src-2x="" height="204" src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9uPK5keMGoR26k3XrCVyyw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTIwNDtxPTc1O3c9MzAw/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/Sports/ap/201312211345495234882" 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;">Washington Wizards' Nene Hilario (42) drives past Boston Celtics' Jared Sullinger (7) in the …</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;">''Avery had an amazing second half,'' Webster said, ''but we were resilient on the defensive end.''</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;">Boston got off to its second straight strong start and led 30-14 after one quarter. On Wednesday night, it outscored Detroit 42-23 in the first.</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 Celtics scored the first seven points of the game, took a 22-8 lead on Sullinger's 3-point play with 4:07 left in the period and finished it by scoring the last five points. A layup by Gerald Wallace gave the Celtics their biggest lead, 32-14.</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;">Then Boston collapsed in the last six minutes.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387685278586_9621" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">''We settled a lot for shots,'' Wallace said. ''We had some bad turnovers.''</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387685278586_9615" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Notes: The Wizards had at least 30 points in each of the last three quarters after scoring 14 in the first. ... The game was the opener of an NBA-NHL doubleheader at TD Garden. The <a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_team" data-rapid_p="25" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/bos" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Boston Bruins</a> played the <a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_team" data-rapid_p="26" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/buf" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Buffalo Sabres</a> at night.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387685278586_9615" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;"><br /></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387685278586_9615" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">AP SPORTS</div></div>

Wizards erase 18-point deficit, top Celtics 106-99 (BLOG)

BOSTON (AP) -- The Washington Wizards didn't get flustered when they trailed by 18 points. The Boston Celtics couldn't hold a big...