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Special election set for June 12 to fill Giffords’ seat (Reuters)
PHOENIX (Reuters) ? Arizona Governor Jan Brewer on Friday ordered a special general election to be held on June 12 to fill a congressional seat vacated by Tucson Democrat Gabrielle Giffords, who resigned to focus on recovering from a gunshot wound to the head.
The Republican governor also set an April 17 primary to choose the candidates who will vie to replace Giffords in what has proved to be a highly competitive district in southern Arizona.
Giffords left office on Wednesday, cutting short her third term representing Arizona’s 8th congressional district as she continues to recover from a gunshot wound that left her with faltering speech and physical impairments.
She was shot at close range by a gunman who opened fire at a meet-and-greet for constituents outside a Tucson supermarket on January 8, 2011. Six people were killed and 12 others were wounded.
Giffords, in a resignation letter read aloud on the floor of the House of Representatives by close friend and fellow Democrat Deborah Wasserman-Schultz, said her district “deserves to elect a U.S. representative who can give 100 percent to the job.”
Giffords won re-election by a slim 4,000 votes during the last election in 2010, brightening Republican hopes that the seat may again be within their gasp. Before Giffords, it was held by Republican Jim Kolbe for 22 years.
Republicans now hold a voter registration advantage of 6 percentage points over Democrats in the district.
District voters will go to the polls twice more this year, with the regular election primary scheduled for August 28 and the general election on November 6. The regular election will be held under redrawn congressional lines that all but make it a dead-even split between Republicans and Democrats.
Possible Republican candidates for Giffords’ seat include state Senator Frank Antenori, who on Friday became the first to announce his bid in both elections, as well as Dave Sitton, a University of Arizona sports broadcaster, and Jesse Kelly, who lost to Giffords in 2010 and had strong Tea Party backing.
Among Democrats believed to be considering at run are Steve Farley, a state representative and assistant majority leader, state Senator Paula Aboud and state Representative Matt Heinz.
Also mentioned as a possible candidate has been Giffords’ husband Mark Kelly, a retired astronaut. But Kelly quashed speculation that he might run for her seat during a video-conference call with Arizona reporters on Wednesday.
He also said there was a “pretty good chance” that Giffords would endorse a person to replace her, a move that political observers say promises to provide a big boost for any candidate.
The accused gunman in last year’s shooting spree, Jared Loughner, 23, has pleaded not guilty to multiple charges stemming from the rampage, include first-degree murder and the attempted assassination of Giffords. He was declared mentally incompetent to stand trial last May.
(Reporting by David Schwartz; Writing by Steve Gorman; Editing by Paul Thomasch and Cynthia Johnston)
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Rookies Newton, Dalton ready to shine in Hawaii (AP)
HONOLULU ? From the panorama of the Pacific outside his hotel window to watching NFC teammates Aaron Rodgers and Drew Brees throw the ball, Cam Newton can’t help but stare and be inspired by all the perfect views in paradise.
“This is unbelievable, man. This is so gratifying and just to have the opportunity to be here is a blessing,” the Carolina Panthers quarterback said in an interview with The Associated Press.
Newton and fellow rookie quarterback Andy Dalton of the Cincinnati Bengals were chosen to replace Super Bowl quarterbacks Eli Manning and Tom Brady for Sunday’s Pro Bowl. Their selection makes this Pro Bowl the first time in history that the all-star game will feature two rookie quarterbacks.
In fact, the only two rookie signal callers to make the Pro Bowl since 1970 are Vince Young and Dan Marino.
Newton, the No. 1 overall selection in the 2011 draft, said he’s just soaking up the experience and enjoying being with his new teammates.
“I’m a fan of all these guys ? Drew Brees, Aaron Rodgers, Clay Matthews, Larry Fitzgerald ? the list goes on with all the All-Pro guys that are here and I get to share the field with,” he said.
Newton is backing up Brees and Rodgers, and doesn’t mind starting on the bench.
“I idolized them throughout the year, watched so much film on them how they play the game from the check downs, to the way they throw, to everything,” Newton said. “Lo and behold, we’re on the same roster.
“So I’m watching and learning. What better way to learn than firsthand? I don’t really don’t mind, especially to these two MVP candidates. I’ll be second string to that, man,” he said.
Newton’s season wasn’t too shabby, either. He’s the first quarterback ever to throw for 4,000 yards and rush for 500 yards.
He completed 310 of 517 passes for 4,051 yards, the most by a rookie quarterback in NFL history. He also threw for 21 touchdowns with 17 interceptions. His 14 rushing touchdowns are the most ever by an NFL quarterback in a season.
The Panthers missed the playoffs after finishing 6-10, but Newton promises he has a lot more to offer as his game matures.
“I’ve had an unbelievable and blessed year, but at the same time, I feel the best is yet to come for Cam Newton,” he said. “I’m going to continue to work hard and push myself.”
Looking back at game film of himself, Newton said there were things he was happy with and some things that were “disgusting to look at.”
“That’s why you grow into the game and watch film on yourself to see yourself now and see yourself in the future,” he said.
And to Newton, the future is bright in Carolina, which is looking to become a playoff contender.
“The Carolina Panthers, coach (Ron) Rivera, (General Manager) Marty Hurney and (owner) Jerry Richardson, they have everybody’s interest at heart and they’re going to do what’s the best for this team,” Newton said. “That’s something I do know and I can attest to. This team, this organization is going in the right direction to be an elite playoff team and contender year in and year out.”
As for Dalton, he’s already tasted the playoffs, even though it ended in a lopsided 31-10 loss to Houston in the AFC wild-card round.
Dalton threw for 3,398 yards and 20 touchdowns, leading the young Bengals (9-8) to just their third winning record and playoff appearance in the last 21 years.
Dalton still can’t believe how far he’s come.
“A year ago I was in Mobile, Ala., in the Senior Bowl trying to impress scouts. A year later, I’m sitting here in Hawaii at the Pro Bowl,” he said. “A lot has happened and I just feel blessed to be where I am.”
Dalton, a second-round selection in 2011, said making the Pro Bowl never entered his mind.
“Trying to get to the playoffs is all I was worried about. With that, I was able to get here,” he said. “I feel blessed. The Lord has given me so much and it’s been a big year and this is a great way to kind of end it.”
Newton and Dalton greeted each other at the hotel before Wednesday’s opening practice.
“We were able to come in and the teams trusted us to come in and lead the team,” Dalton said. “So I think it’s great. We just came out and did what we were able to do ? just be ourselves and it worked out for both of us. We both came into great situations.”
Dalton is joined by three Bengals: second-year defensive tackle Geno Atkins, rookie receiver A.J. Green and second-year tight end Jermaine Gresham.
“For us to be here with four guys in their first, second year, it shows the kind of young talent we have,” Dalton said. “I think all four of us here, just to be around these guys that have been to the Pro Bowl a lot, it’s great for us and gives us a little exposure and we can build upon this.”
Newton and Dalton said they haven’t experienced much hazing yet. But sometimes rookies have big food and beverage tabs that left to their rooms. So Newton will be trying to keep his room number quiet.
“Hopefully nobody tries anything,” Newton said. “I’m hoping for the best.”
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Hawaii’s unemployment rate edges up to 6.6 percent (AP)
HONOLULU ? Hawaii’s unemployment rate climbed 0.1 percent to a seasonally adjusted 6.6 percent last month from 6.5 percent in November.
The state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations said Tuesday the fields of trade, transportation and utilities lost jobs during the month. So did professional and business services.
The construction, leisure and hospitality industries all hired more workers.
Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 8.5 percent in December.
Cocoa could prevent intestinal pathologies such as colon cancer
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
A new study on living animals has shown for the first time that eating cocoa (the raw material in chocolate) can help to prevent intestinal complaints linked to oxidative stress, including colon carcinogenesis onset caused by chemical substances.
The growing interest amongst the scientific community to identify those foods capable of preventing diseases has now categorized cocoa as a ‘superfood’. It has been recognised as an excellent source of phytochemical compounds, which offer potential health benefits.
Headed by scientists from the Institute of Food Science and Technology and Nutrition (ICTAN) and recently published in the Molecular Nutrition & Food Research journal, the new study supports this idea and upholds that cacao consumption helps to prevent intestinal complaints linked to oxidative stress, such as the onset of chemically induced colon carcinogenesis.
“Being exposed to different poisons in the diet like toxins, mutagens and procarcinogens, the intestinal mucus is very susceptible to pathologies,” explains Mar?a ?ngeles Mart?n Arribas, lead author of the study and researcher at ICTAN. She adds that “foods like cocoa, which is rich in polyphenols, seems to play an important role in protecting against disease.”
The study on live animals (rats) has for the first time confirmed the potential protection effect that flavonoids in cocoa have against colon cancer onset. For eight weeks the authors of the study fed the rats with a cocoa-rich (12%) diet and carcinogenesis was induced.
Possible protection
Doctor Mart?n Arribas outlines that “four weeks after being administered with the chemical compound azoxymethane (AOM), intestinal mucus from premalignant neoplastic lesions appeared. These lesions are called ‘aberrant crypt foci’ and are considered to be good markers of colon cancer pathogenesis.”
The results of the study showed that the rats fed a cocoa-rich diet had a significantly reduced number of aberrant crypts in the colon induced by the carcinogen. Likewise, this sample saw an improvement in their endogenous antioxidant defences and a decrease in the markers of oxidative damage induced by the toxic compound in this cell.
The researchers conclude that the protection effect of cocoa can stop cell-signalling pathways involved in cell proliferation and, therefore, subsequent neoplasty and tumour formation. Lastly, the animals fed with the cocoa-rich diet showed an increase in apoptosis or programmed cell death as a chemoprevention mechanism against the development of the carcinogenesis.
Although more research is required to determine what bioactive compounds in cocoa are responsible for such effects, the authors conclude that a cocoa-rich diet seems capable of reducing induced oxidative stress. It could also have protection properties in the initial stages of colon cancer as it reduces premalignant neoplastic lesion formation.
A not-so-guilty pleasure
Cocoa is one of the ingredients in chocolate. It is one of the richest foods in phenolic compounds, mainly in flavonoids like procyanidins, catechins and epicatechins, which have numerous beneficial biological activities in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases and cancer (mainly colorectal cancer).
In fact, compared to other foods with a high flavonoid content, cocoa has a high level of procyanidins with limited bioavailability. These flavonoids are therefore found in their highest concentrations in the intestine where they neutralise many oxidants.
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ldefonso Rodr?guez-Ramiro, Sonia Ramos, Elvira L?pez-Oliva, Angel Agis-Torres, Miren G?mez-Juaristi, Raquel Mateos, Laura Bravo, Luis Goya, Mar?a ?ngeles Mart?n. “Cocoa-rich diet prevents azoxymethane-induced colonic preneoplastic lesions in rats by restraining oxidative stress and cell proliferation and inducing apoptosis”. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, 55:1895-1899, diciembre de 2011. DOI 10.1002/mnfr.201100363.
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SC GOP primary races to dramatic close
GREENVILLE, S.C.?? Primary day at hand, fast-climbing Newt Gingrich told South Carolinians on Saturday that he was “the only practical conservative vote” able to stop front-runner Mitt Romney in the GOP presidential race. Romney acknowledged the first-in-the-South contest “could be real close” and prepared for an extended fight by agreeing to two more debates in Florida, next on the election calendar.
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum braced for a setback and looked ahead to the Jan. 31 contest after getting the most votes in Iowa and besting Gingrich in New Hampshire. Texas Rep. Ron Paul made plans to focus on states where his libertarian, Internet-driven message might find more of a reception with voters; his campaign said it had purchased a substantial ad buy in Nevada and Minnesota, which hold caucuses next month.
The first contest without Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who dropped out this past week and endorsed Gingrich, was seen as Romney’s to lose just days ago. Instead, the gap closed quickly between the Massachusetts governor who portrays himself as the Republicans best positioned to defeat President Barack Obama and Gingrich, the confrontational former House speaker from Georgia.
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Romney avoided a run-in with Gingrich at Tommy’s Country Ham House, where both had scheduled campaign events for the same time. Romney stopped by the breakfast restaurant 45 minutes ahead of schedule. When Gingrich arrived, just minutes after Romney’s bus left the parking lot, he said: “Where’s Mitt?”
Earlier, Gingrich had a message for voters during a stop at The Grapevine restaurant in Boiling Springs not long after the polls opened: Come out and vote for me if you want to help deny Romney nomination.
He told diners who were enjoying plates of eggs and grits that he was the “the only practical conservative vote” to the rival he called a Massachusetts moderate. “Polls are good, votes are better,” he said.
Voters head to the polls in the South Carolina primary
Gingrich also said he would put a stop to federal actions against South Carolina’s voter ID and immigration laws.
Romney’s agreement to participates in Florida debates Monday in Tampa and Thursday in Jacksonville was seen as an acknowledgement of a prolonged battle with Gingrich.
“This could be real close,” said Romney as he chatted on the phone with a voter Saturday morning and urged the man to go vote.
Before the ham house standoff that wasn’t, Romney stood outside his Greenville headquarters and undertook a new attack on Gingrich. He called on Gingrich to further explain his contracts with Freddie Mac, the housing giant, and release any advice he had provided to the company. He has said the contracts earned two of his companies more than $1.6 million over eight years, but that he only pocketed about $35,000 a year himself.
‘I’d like to see what he actually told Freddie Mac. Don’t you think we ought to see it?” Romney said.
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It was another response to pressure on Romney to release his tax returns before Republican voters finish choosing a nominee.
A day earlier, Romney had called on Gingrich to release information related to an ethics investigation of Gingrich in the 1990s. Gingrich argues that GOP voters need to know whether the wealthy former venture capital executive’s records contain anything that could hurt the party’s chances against Obama.
Gingrich foes revive ex-speaker’s ethics woes
Romney has said he will release several years’ worth of tax returns in April. Gingrich has called on him to release them much sooner. On Saturday, Romney refused to answer questions from reporters about the returns and whether his refusal to release them had hurt him with South Carolina voters.
Gingrich, buoyed by Perry’s endorsement as he left the race Thursday, has called Romney’s suggestion about releasing ethics investigation documents a “panic attack” brought on by sinking poll numbers.
The stakes were high for Saturday’s vote. The primary winner has gone on to win the Republican nomination in every election since 1980.
It’s very important, but it’s not do or die,” Paul told Fox News
Some of South Carolina’s notorious 11th-hour devilry ? fake reports in the form of emails targeting Gingrich and his ex-wife Marianne ? emerged in a race known as much for its nastiness as for its late-game twists.
“Unfortunately, we are now living up to our reputation,” said South Carolina GOP strategist Chip Felkel.
State Attorney Gen. Alan Wilson ordered a preliminary review of the phony messages to see if any laws had been broken.
Gingrich’s ex-wife burst into the campaign this week when she alleged in an ABC News interview that her former husband had asked her for an “open marriage,” a potentially damaging claim in a state where the Republican primary electorate includes a potent segment of Christian conservatives. The thrice-married Gingrich, who has admitted to marital infidelities, angrily denied her accusation.
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Jim Reeves’ music royalties at issue in trial
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ? A trial over how music royalties of the late country singer “Gentleman” Jim Reeves should be split is set to begin this week.
Reeves was a country music sensation when he died nearly 50 years ago in a plane crash at the age of 39.
The two-day trial that begins Monday will focus on how much Terry Davis, who married Reeves’ widow, should receive from royalties of up to $400,000 a year, The Tennessean reported (http://tnne.ws/w4mgtF ).
Reeves is best known for the lyric “Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone” but he stayed on the charts from 1970 through 1984 because of how his widow, Mary Reeves Davis, managed his posthumous career. His most popular songs included “He’ll Have To Go” and “Welcome To My World.”
Terry Davis has been locked in a battle with Reeves’ nephew and niece since Mary Reeves Davis died in 1999.
The case will determine if Terry Davis should receive more than the $100,000 and some land that Mary Reeves Davis left to him. Terry Davis, who was married to Mary Reeves Davis for 30 years, has cited a provision of law allowing spouses an “elective share” of an estate based on how long the marriage lasted..
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Peter Jackson Explains ‘Hobbit’/'Lord Of The Rings’ Link
Director tells MTV News at Sundance how he plans to keep his latest journey to Middle-earth consistent with the ‘Rings’ trilogy.
By Josh Wigler, with reporting by Joshua Horowitz
Peter Jackson at the Sundance Film Festival on Friday
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PARK CITY, Utah — The first trailer for “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” made it quite clear that Middle-earth hasn’t changed much in the years since Peter Jackson concluded his “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. That’s not a complaint, mind you — fans have come to know and love Jackson’s interpretation of the J. R. R. Tolkien fantasy epic with the same passion they have for the source material. When it comes to “The Hobbit,” in other words, change is not necessarily welcome.
Speaking with MTV News at the Sundance Film Festival, Jackson explained that it was always his intention to keep “The Hobbit” tonally and visually consistent with the “Lord of the Rings” films.
“We wanted it to be a part of the five-film series,” he explained. “Fortunately, Tolkien wrote a lot of extra material in the appendices of ‘The Lord of the Rings,’ where he himself kind of tied the two stories together, 20 or 30 years after the publication of ‘The Hobbit.’ So we’ve been able to use some of that material.”
But even though Jackson’s “Hobbit” isn’t “as much of a children’s story as the original book was,” he’s worked hard to make sure the films still “have some humor” to them. For example, Jackson promised that “some of the songs [from the novel] have made their way in there.” Fans can get their first taste of those tunes in the “Hobbit” trailer, when the dwarves gather in Bilbo Baggins’ humble abode to sing a somber song.
Finding that balance between staying true to the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy while allowing the “Hobbit” films to stand on their own has been an enjoyable challenge for Jackson, who is more than thrilled to once again be dabbling in dwarves and dragons.
“I’m enjoying the movie [as much as the fans], which is the thing that I’m really excited about,” he said. “I love going to work every day. I love shooting it. In February, we start another 100 days of shooting, so by about July, we’re done. We will have shot both movies by that stage.”
“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” storms into theaters December 14.
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Poker players sue over online cheating scheme
By Mike Brunker, msnbc.com
Eight?poker players who say they were victims of a cheating scheme?on the popular Ultimate Bet website are suing a Canadian company and unnamed individuals, alleging they violated U.S. laws aimed at combatting organized crime, defrauded players and?negligently offered?crooked card games.
The lawsuit, filed last Friday in U.S. District Court in California, alleges that the defendants?? 6356095 Canada Inc., formerly known as Excapsa Software Inc., and up to 10 Jane or John Does?? violated the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations?(RICO) Act, committed fraud and exhibited negligence by enabling the theft of at least $20 million from high-stakes poker players who gambled on the Ultimate Bet website.
It seeks compensation of at least $1.73 million and far more in punitive damages on behalf of the plaintiffs: Daniel Ashman, Brad Booth, Thomas Koral, Greg Lavery, Dave Lizmi, Daniel Smith, Joseph Sanders and Dustin Woolf.
Possibly more important in unraveling the longstanding mystery of the largest known case of online poker cheating, the lawsuit seeks documentation?that Ultimate Bet’s shadowy parent companies and regulators with the Kahnawake Gaming Commission (KGC) have never made public.
The KGC, the regulatory agency of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake in southern Ontario, announced in September 2008 that its investigation found that a single individual ? former World Series of Poker champ Russ Hamilton??? was behind the cheating case.?But many players believe that it was the result of a broader conspiracy.
Among them is Haley Hintze, a former writer and editor of PokerNews and now a poker blogger who is working on a book on the cheating scheme due out by summer. In it, she told msnbc.com on Thursday, she will identify at least three others who directly participated in the theft and attempts to cover it up.
Representatives of Excapsa Software could not be reached for comment on the lawsuit. A spokesman for the KGC had no comment on the lawsuit or whether it would respond?to any subpoenas.
Ultimate Bet acknowledged that?$20 million was stolen from players at the site between 2003 and 2008 through the use of a “backdoor” in the gaming software that allowed the cheater or cheaters to see?opponents hole cards in high stakes tournaments. The operators of Ultimate Bet refunded most or all of that money.
But the suit alleges that the company ?substantially underestimated? the losses by failing to consider money that wasn?t wagered when the cheaters realized their opponent had them beat.
Read 2008 story?about the case: Poker site cheating plot a high-stakes whodunit
?The key to the massive success of the cheating players is not simply that they were able to profit by bluffing when their opponent was weak or betting when they had the best hand, but that they were able to fold and not play ? whenever their hand was strong (but) not the best,? it argues. ?Thus every time a player had a flush, the cheater would fold a lower flush or straight; every time a player had a full house, the cheaters would fold a flush.?
?There are significant doubts about the methodology of the refunds given to players,? said Alan Engle, a partner in the Meador & Engle law firm in Anaheim Hills, Calif., who filed the suit. ?That?s always been a closed process and there are inherent difficulties in calculating the amount of the theft.?
Engle said the early part of the case will probably?focus on jurisdictional issues, but he said he is confident that he can prevail on any challenges because Ultimate Bet focused its marketing on U.S. bettors.
?Anyone victimized by someone in a foreign nation over the Internet is in no way required to bring a case in a foreign nation,? he said.
Excapsa Software, now known as 6356095 Canada Inc., is currently in the midst of liquidation proceedings in Canada.
Sheldon Krakower, who is handling the corporate dismemberment for XMT Liquidations of Montreal, said he would soon seek guidance from the Ontario court overseeing the case before responding to the lawsuit.
?We will be filing our seventh report to the Ontario court specifically addressing this matter imminently,? he told msnbc.com on Thursday. ?? We need direction from the court on that.?
In a report to Excapsa shareholders in May 2011, Krakower indicated that $7 million U.S. had recently been released to shareholders, and that $4.2 million was being held in escrow until the end of the year.?It is not clear whether that money remains in escrow.
Ultimate Bet, which merged with another online gaming site, Absolute Poker, in 2008 to form the Cereus Poker network, was among a handful of online Poker sites that had their U.S. operations shut down in April of last year when the U.S. Justice Department indicted them on charges of violating the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act?of 2006, money laundering and other charges. The feds also froze bank accounts holding the bankrolls of U.S. players, many of whom have yet to be repaid.
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AP source: CIA strike hits al-Qaida planner (AP)
WASHINGTON ? A U.S. official says a CIA drone strike in early January killed a key al-Qaida operative who was planning attacks on the West.
The official said Thursday the strike on Jan. 10 hit Aslam Awan, who was described as an “external operations planner” inside the organization.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity to describe the classified program aimed at militants sheltering inside Pakistan’s lawless tribal areas.
The strike was one of the first after a hiatus of some six weeks, after a controversial friendly fire incident at the border in which U.S. forces fired on Pakistani border outposts, killing 24 Pakistani troops in a case of mistaken identity.
U.S. officials have continued to hit al-Qaida targets after the killing of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in May.
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