Manti Te'o misses out on millions at NFL draft

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Five months ago, Manti Te'o was a star.

The Notre Dame linebacker was one of the few college players who became a household name as he almost won the Heisman Trophy and led the Fighting Irish to the championship game.

On most draft projections, he was a top 10 pick. And as a potential millionaire endorser, he was, perhaps, No. 1.

That's before everything went wrong?the poor performance in the BCS title game, the fake-girlfriend hoax, the unimpressive scores at the scouting combine.

All of those forces resulted in the once-unthinkable on Thursday night: He was not even chosen in the first round. That's right?32 teams had the chance to select him, and 32 teams said "no thank you."

And he lost millions of dollars.

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Look at it this way: If an NFL team picked Te'o at No. 5, he would have received a contract around four years and $20 million, with roughly half of that guaranteed. The millions from a rookie contract likely would have been matched by off-field endorsements.

None of that has materialized, and now he's looking at a contract that will pay him about half a million with, perhaps, $2 million guaranteed.

That's a net loss of at least $8 million.

"Even if he plays 10 years in the league, this is millions over the first four years that he never gets back," said sports economist Patrick Rishe. "His endorsement value took an even bigger hit."

"Here's a guy who was a hot commodity during his senior year at Notre Dame," Rishe aid. "If he performs well in the national championship game, if there isn't a story about the hoax girlfriend, and he had performed well at the combines, not only is he going to be picked in the top 10 and earn more money, but he's going to be more likely to get the endorsement deals."

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Te'o must have known there was a possibility that he would not be picked because he did not attend the Radio City festivities at all Thursday night, avoiding the awkward possibility of multiple camera shots of him waiting in the green room as team after team passed him by.

That's what happened to West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith, and he was so upset that he declined all interviews afterward.

Smith was projected as the top quarterback in the draft, but there was only one QB picked in the first round. His name was EJ Manuel and not Geno Smith.

As for Te'o, he no doubt will get drafted at some point.

The rest is up to him.

"If he plays and performs well, if he's a marketable player, if he's great in the community, all of those (other) things get washed away," Rishe said.

That's a lot of "ifs."

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BOJ stands pat, to face credibility test with new forecasts

By Leika Kihara and Stanley White

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan will probably project on Friday that it will meet its 2 percent inflation target in two years due to its massive stimulus plan, a forecast analysts say may be too optimistic and which could put its credibility on the line.

In a reminder of how ambitious and stiff the target is, data on Friday showed core consumer prices marked their fifth straight month of annual declines in March even as the yen's recent falls pushed up import costs.

The central bank, charged with overturning years of dogged deflation, held off on offering any fresh policy initiatives after new Governor Haruhiko Kuroda had stunned markets on April 4 by promising to inject about $1.4 trillion into the economy to hit the inflation target in roughly two years.

Now, the focus will be on the BOJ's economic forecasts to be released in its twice-yearly outlook report in a few hours time and how they compare with private-sector economists, many of whom argue that achieving 2 percent inflation in two years is unrealistic.

"Even under a very optimistic growth forecast, it's hard to predict Japan seeing 2 percent inflation in two years. The BOJ will have to come up with a logic quite different from the past to explain why it thinks the target is achievable," said Junko Nishioka, chief Japan economist at RBS Securities.

"If evidence piles up that progress in meeting the price target is too slow, the central bank may come under pressure to ease again at its quarterly review of growth projections in July and October," she said.

Kuroda has vowed to do what ever it takes to achieve the price target in two years, putting the central bank's reputation on the line to restore an inflation level that has rarely been hit since the early 1990s.

DILEMMA

Core consumer prices, which exclude volatile food but include oil costs, fell 0.5 percent in March from a year earlier, roughly matching a median market forecast for a 0.4 percent decline, government data showed on Friday.

The BOJ reiterated on Friday a pledge to expand base money, its new policy target, at an annual pace of 60 trillion yen ($604 billion) to 70 trillion yen. Base money is the combined amount of cash and deposits parked with the central bank.

The BOJ is likely to forecast that core consumer prices will rise about 1.5 percent in the fiscal year to March 2015, sources have said. That is above its current forecast for a 0.9 percent increase. It excludes the impact of an expected sales tax increase in 2014.

It is also likely to add an extra year to projections to show that by the fiscal year ending March 2016, the core consumer price index will be rising at a pace of 2 percent over a year earlier, meeting the BOJ's inflation target, the sources said.

But such forecasts, based on the median expectations of the BOJ's nine board members including Kuroda, will be much higher than private-sector projections.

A poll this week of 10 analysts showed most of them expect core CPI to rise around 0.5 percent in the year to March 2015, a third of the pace that the BOJ is expected to project. They forecast core inflation of around 1 percent in fiscal 2015/16, half the pace expected in the BOJ's numbers.

That poses a dilemma for the BOJ because its policy relies so much on shaping market and public expectations, or trying to nudge people into spending more on the belief that prices will finally start to rise in the future.

A lack of progress in meeting the target may undermine public expectations of future price moves and force the BOJ into taking further monetary action despite unleashing the world's most intense burst of monetary stimulus earlier this month, some analysts say.

(Additional reporting by Kaori Kaneko and Tetsushi Kajimoto; Editing by Neil Fullick and Shri Navaratnam)

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YouTube for iPhone and iPad updated with support for live events

YouTube for iPhone and iPad has been updated with a new features and enhancements, including support for live events. Events like Coachella have often been streamed live on YouTube in the past, but users could not view them on iOS devices. iOS users can now view live events through the app, and YouTube has added a feed called ?Live? to the ?From YouTube? section of the guide which lists the live events that are currently available.

Additionally, users can now quickly access just the new videos from their subscriptions through the ?My subscriptions? section in the channel guide. Additionally, channels that use the ?One Channel? branding on YouTube will now have a specialized header for their feed in the iPhone and iPad app. People using the ?Send to TV? feature can now queue videos in a playlist. Finally, the update also has the usual performance enhancements and bug fixes.

What do you think of the update? Are you excited to be able to watch live streams on your iPhone and iPad?

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Put Your Kids To Work On A Two-Tier Lego Chandelier

It's really sad. No one can just build a chandelier anymore because their patron commissioned it for his feast hall. They all need a gimmick. Gauche. But this floor-to-ceiling design is made of 8,000 clear-plastic legos and looks pretty amazing, so let's let it go. This time. More »

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Glencore concessions to China expected for Xstrata deal

By Clara Ferreira-Marques

LONDON (Reuters) - Trader Glencore is expected to agree to concessions this week to ease Chinese worries over its grip on the supply of copper, clearing the final regulatory hurdle in its $32 billion acquisition of miner Xstrata.

After months of negotiations, Glencore is expected to have agreed to yield some ground, with analysts and market sources pointing to a likely sale from among Xstrata's promising - though challenging - greenfield copper projects, which could include Las Bambas in Peru, due to begin production in 2015.

Industry sources said a solution might also involve giving China a guaranteed slice of the group's copper production.

Xstrata is already the world's fourth-largest producer of copper and aims to increase output by more than 50 percent from 2011 levels by 2015, as projects like the $5.2 billion Las Bambas mine ramp up.

Xstrata and Glencore combined account for around 7 percent of global copper supply, a percentage expected to rise, with mines in Chile, Peru, Australia and in emerging regions like Africa's copper belt.

As a result, Chinese regulators reviewing the biggest ever mining tie-up have focused on the new group's presence in the red metal, and specifically copper concentrate, the intermediate product that feeds smelters and refineries.

Though China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has only rarely imposed conditions on deals, China is the biggest buyer of the minerals Glencore and Xstrata trade and mine. Its regulator - the only major global watchdog with an overtly political brief - is not deaf to the country's hunger for copper, or to its ambition to process more of the metal at home.

"It is about value and political capital, rather than about just repairing the market," said analyst Paul Gait at Sanford Bernstein in London.

"Clearly the Chinese are short of copper and iron ore - and those they care a lot about, and iron ore is not an issue for Glencore Xstrata."

The European Union's decision to require action is also said to have emboldened China. Regulators in Brussels demanded Glencore scrap an exclusive European zinc sales agreement with producer Nyrstar and sell its equity stake.

MONTHS OF TALKS

Lengthy negotiation periods are not unusual for MOFCOM, the newest and least predictable of the world's main watchdogs, and Glencore's decision to pull and refile its submission on the Xstrata tie-up late last year and its own comments about Chinese interest in copper have left little doubt that some ground will have to be conceded.

China has only imposed sales to ease market dominance in a handful of cases out of several hundred mergers reviewed since 2008, in deals relevant to its growth ambitions.

In one case often compared with Glencore Xstrata - the acquisition of Russian potash producer Silvinit by rival Uralkali in 2011 - MOFCOM imposed conditions on supply, as well ordering the group to maintain existing sales procedures and price negotiations.

Market and industry sources said assets like Glencore's African hub and Xstrata's producing mines were unlikely to be up for negotiation, though the group could review minority stakes, such as Xstrata's portion of Peru's Antamina operation.

More likely to be sacrificed are Xstrata greenfield projects, like Las Bambas, set to produce more than 400,000 tonnes of copper a year for at least its first five years of production, from 2015.

Glencore could offer up Xstrata's unapproved, longer-dated projects like the $5.9 billion Tampakan mine in the Philippines, where production has already been pushed out to 2019. Glencore has made no secret of its reluctance to invest in projects being built from scratch, as risks and costs increase.

Alternatively, the Chinese - who could also impose conditions on the combined group's commercial behavior - could simply secure a chunk of the group's production.

"If I were the Chinese, I wouldn't want the mine at all, just volume," said one industry source. Buying directly allows China to bypass the metal exchange, and avoid driving up the price for itself.

If China reaches a deal with Glencore and makes its verdict known this week, Glencore will be able to meet its revised completion deadline of May 2.

Glencore declined to comment.

(Editing by Will Waterman)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/glencore-concessions-china-expected-xstrata-deal-152817664--sector.html

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TSX falls sharply as gold leads broad selloff

TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index fell more than 1 percent on Friday, as weak U.S. economic data dulled hopes for the Canada's export sector, while a sharp drop in gold prices pulled mining stocks to multi-year lows. The mining-heavy TSX materials sector dropped 4.21 percent to its lowest level since 2009, fueled by a 4 percent drop in gold prices and sliding copper, while weak oil prices yanked energy stocks down by 1.95 percent.

FAA sees lessons from Boeing 787 battery woes

NEW YORK/COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (Reuters) - U.S. regulators are discussing whether the batteries that burned on Boeing Co's 787 Dreamliner hold any lessons for other aircraft or vehicles. George Nield, associate administrator for commercial space transportation at the Federal Aviation Administration, said a dialogue is taking place about whether the overheating of two lithium-ion batteries on the 787 could have broader implications.

Exclusive: G20 to consider cutting debt to well below 90 percent/GDP: document

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Financial leaders of the world's 20 biggest economies will consider next week in Washington a proposal to cut their public debt over the longer term to well below 90 percent of gross domestic product, a document prepared for the meeting showed. The proposal, prepared by the co-chairs of the G20 Working Group on the Framework for Growth, follows agreement of the leaders of G20 countries in June last year to set ambitious debt reduction targets beyond 2016, when, under an earlier agreement from Toronto in 2010, debt was to stop growing.

Troika concludes Greek bailout review, next aid tranche soon: source

DUBLIN/ATHENS (Reuters) - An inspection team of international lenders has finished its review of Greece's austerity program, paving the way for another 10 billion euros aid payment, a source with knowledge of the talks said on Saturday. The deal reached on Friday, concludes the first review by the so-called "troika" of the European Commission, the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank since they unlocked fresh aid in December, staving off a chaotic bankruptcy.

Analysis: JPMorgan's lukewarm results put Dimon under more pressure

NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon, who came through the financial crisis relatively unscathed, is suddenly looking a little less secure. The top U.S. bank by assets reported tepid first-quarter results on Friday. Income in its biggest businesses - investment banking and consumer lending - fell, excluding accounting adjustments. Outstanding loans grew by just 1 percent, and profit margins on lending narrowed. Stock and bond trading revenue fell.

Greek PM says deposits are safe, banks shielded: paper

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek bank deposits are safe and the country's lenders are protected due to a recapitalization scheme which will be completed by the end of April, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said on Saturday. In an interview with Imerisia, Samaras ruled out a tax on deposits over 100,000 euros ($131,000) allaying fears of austerity-hit Greeks that their savings may be at risk after a raid on Cyprus depositors as part of the island's bailout.

Italy's Salini eyes foreign growth after Impregilo merger: report

MILAN (Reuters) - Italian builder Salini, taking over larger rival Impregilo , expects the merged group to double revenues over the next three years helped by expansion in the Americas and Australia, its head said in a newspaper interview. Family-owned Salini, which has built a stake of 86.5 percent in Italy's biggest builder after a takeover bid ended on Friday, told Il Corriere della Sera on Saturday he may consider listing the future merged group on more stock markets.

Austria defies mounting pressure to end bank secrecy

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Austria defied growing pressure to follow Luxembourg in ending bank secrecy, after a group led by Europe's six biggest countries pledged to work together to tackle tax havens. Late on Friday, the finance ministers of Germany, France, Britain, Italy, Spain and Poland announced their desire to jointly push for more bank transparency, a message they will take to the meeting of the Group of 20 top global economies in Washington next week.

Canada says April "optimal" for naming next Bank of Canada chief

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's government would ideally like to name a new Bank of Canada governor this month to replace Mark Carney, who will step down on June 1 to take the helm at the Bank of England, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Friday. "Part of the process is my interviews of the short-listed candidates," Flaherty told reporters on a conference call during an official visit to Bermuda.

Wells Fargo profit beats, but mortgage business slows

(Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co reported a higher-than-expected 23 percent rise in first-quarter profit on Friday, but its mortgage business showed further signs of slowing and net interest margins continued to shrink. The fourth-largest U.S. bank by assets has emerged from the financial crisis as the leading U.S. home lender as other banks have pulled back from a business that burned them during the housing bust. But the bank has now seen a decline in home loans for two consecutive quarters as fewer borrowers refinance at low interest rates.

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Microsoft's latest "Patch Tuesday" update...

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Scientists use 'the force' (atomic force microscopy) to decode secrets of our gut

Apr. 12, 2013 ? A new technique based on atomic force microscopy was developed at the Institute of Food Research to help 'read' information encoded in the gut lining.

The lining of our gut is an important barrier between the outside world and our bodies. Laid out, the gut lining would cover the area of a football pitch. It must let nutrients from our foods through, but prevent invasion by disease-causing bacteria, at the same time hosting the trillions of beneficial bacteria needed for proper digestion and immune function.

At the forefront of the defensive system is a layer of mucus that lines the entire gut surface. In the large bowel, the mucus layer is an organised structure, with an inner layer that blocks bacteria, and an outer layer where beneficial bacteria (commensals) can flourish. The mucus layer is made up of large proteins called mucins with characteristic sugary, or glycosylated, chains.

Dr Nathalie Juge and colleagues from the Institute of Food Research, which is strategically funded by BBSRC, is leading studies aiming to understand the role of mucus in maintaining a healthy gut and how mucins interact with bacteria in our guts.

At the molecular level, mucins exhibit clusters of glycosylation that give the proteins a 'bottle-brush' appearance. The size of these molecular sugar chains varies with location and age of the tissue, and abnormalities in mucins are seen in inflammatory bowel diseases such as ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease and colon cancer. A myriad of different conformations that the sugar chains can take up means that mucins are incredibly diverse. The differences are believed to help commensal bacteria by providing specific binding sites, as well as necessary nourishment.

Pathogenic bacteria have also evolved mechanisms to bind to mucins, as part of their arsenal to overcome our defences. We, however, are a long way behind these bacteria in understanding the coded information contained in these complex sugar chains. Understanding this 'glycocode' would give us a new way to look at the crucial interactions between good and bad microorganisms in our guts, and may also provide new insights into gut diseases.

These interactions happen at the molecular level, so for us to understand them we need tools that work at this level. IFR has a history of pioneering use of one such tool, atomic force microscopy (AFM).

AFM combines very high-resolution imaging with an ability to probe the forces between molecules. AFM works by running a very fine stylus (tip) mounted on the end of a flexible cantilever over the surface of a molecule, much like a blind person reading braille. A laser is bounced off the cantilever, amplifying the signal so that AFM can detect distances down to a millionth the width of a sheet of paper.

Patrick Gunning and Andrew Kirby, from IFR's AFM group, adapted this technique by attaching sugar-binding molecules called lectins to the AFM cantilever, via a flexible linker. They used this to probe mucins bound to a surface. The findings of this collaborative work were published in the FASEB Journal.

"It's a bit like fishing" said Dr Gunning. "The mucin molecules are immersed in saline, and float like a sea of kelp. We use lectins as the bait. We drop the line down until we hit the bottom, and then lift it back up. If the lectin finds a target sugar molecule on the mucin, it snags."

Measuring the distance between the snags gives a picture of what the overall mucin molecule looks like. By repeating this thousands of times, and then working with IFR's biomathematicians, it was possible to produce a 'fingerprint' that characterise different mucins, which means that we could differentiate between mucins derived from different parts of the gut.

The researchers now want to look at the mucins derived from diseased tissues, to further investigate differences in the glycocode. They would also like to understand how bacteria read and possibly manipulate the glycocode. In the lab, the researchers used specific enzymes targeting certain sugars on the mucin molecules. This affected the mucin's molecular structure, which in turn altered its spatial distribution. Certain bacteria in our guts also secrete these enzymes, as a means of rewriting the glycocode for their own benefit. With this new technique in hand, the researchers will continue their efforts to unravel the secrets inside our own bodies.

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Maryland lawmakers pass medical marijuana bill

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) ? The Maryland General Assembly on Monday approved a measure allowing medical marijuana programs at research centers that choose to participate.

The state Senate approved the measure, 42-4. Ten of the Senate's 12 Republicans joined 32 Democrats, while two Democrats and two Republicans voted against it. The action sends the bill to Gov. Martin O'Malley, who indicated he is likely to sign the bill.

"I'd like to read it first, but I probably would," O'Malley told reporters.

The Democratic governor noted his decision would hinge on whether the bill includes provisions enabling the governor to suspend the program if the federal government decides to prosecute state employees who administer it. The provisions were included in the bill earlier this session, after Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Joshua Sharfstein said he would support the bill with the amendments. That was a change from last year, when Sharfstein expressed concern about potential federal prosecution.

Sen. David Brinkley, a Frederick County Republican, said concerns about medical marijuana violating federal law have been around for years, as more than a dozen other states and the District of Columbia have moved forward.

"At the same time, I think more and more as states start pushing the envelope on this thing, the federal government has to recognize that some of these cancer patients ? some of these people that are very sick ? you know, they're not doing this because they want to," Brinkley said. "They do feel that it's perhaps an element of last resort, and the last thing we want to do is criminalize who there are, why they're sick, that they're sick or their caregivers."

Delegate Dan Morhaim is a Baltimore County Democrat and emergency room physician who has been pushing to get the bill through for years. He emphasized that the program would be carefully supervised by academic medical centers.

While state analysts have projected programs would not be up and running until 2016, Morhaim said now that academic medical research centers have had a chance to look over the details, they are taking a closer look. Morhaim said Sinai Hospital in Baltimore has expressed interest in writing, even if it has not yet committed to participating. He also said Johns Hopkins has indicated it would take a closer look.

"They needed to wait to see what the road map looked like, and now that they have, I think you're going to see much quicker movement than people may have anticipated," Morhaim said.

Sen. E.J. Pipkin, R-Cecil, said he voted against the bill because he believes a comprehensive proposal on the legalization of marijuana for a variety of purposes should be put before voters, instead of piecemeal measures slowly moving through the Legislature.

"Let's let them vote on it," Pipkin said, referring to the state's voters.

While advocates said the measure was well-intentioned, they said it didn't go far enough.

"Maryland has taken a small step in the right direction, but more steps are necessary for patients to actually obtain the medicine they need to alleviate their suffering," said Amanda Reiman, a policy manager for the Drug Policy Alliance, in a statement.

The measure would create a commission within the state health department to oversee programs.

A participating medical center would be required to specify the medical conditions it would treat and the criteria by which patients would be allowed to participate. A medical center also would have to provide the state health department data on patients and caregivers on a daily basis. The department would also have to make the data available to law enforcement.

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The best business app for conference calls: GoToMeeting

Meetings with clients and co-workers are sometimes best conducted from afar, and there are plenty of mobile apps out there to help you keep your distance. Our favorite is GoToMeeting, published by Citrix Online. It?s not perfect, but we think it?s one of the best conferencing apps around. (iOS, Android free)

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Everything?s configured to capture the thrill of being there in person ? HD video, audio and an onscreen whiteboard and highlighter.

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For iOS several of the features, including HD video and the onscreen whiteboard, are iPad-only.

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You don?t need a GoToMeeting account to join meetings, a handy feature for new team members. Invites go out via text or email.

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Some users have had trouble scheduling meetings through the app; others have said service is spotty.

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It doesn?t take much to get used to the interface ? dialing in is as easy as making a call.

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The GoToMeeting mobile app is free to download, but the Web service costs $49/month or $468.00/year.

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Nevada official's body found in river; 4 arrested

RENO, Nev. (AP) ? A body believed to be that of Nevada's chief insurance examiner was found wrapped in a blanket and bound with duct tape Saturday in a river in Carson City, and four suspects were arrested in the case, authorities said.

Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong said while a positive identification and cause of death have not been officially established, investigators believe the body found by searchers in the Carson River is that of William McCune, who disappeared earlier this week.

Investigators suspected foul play after finding evidence Thursday of a bloody, violent struggle in McCune's apartment in Carson City. Deputies were called to the apartment after the 62-year-old McCune failed to board a flight with a co-worker and other employees found no sign of him when they went to his residence.

All four suspects are from the Carson City area, Furlong said, but detectives were unsure of their relationship to the McCune or the motive for the slaying.

Still, the sheriff said investigators continue to believe McCune's death concerned "personal" matters and was not work-related. He declined to elaborate.

Michael Evans, 23, and Anthony Elliot, 20, were booked on murder charges, while Raul Garcia, 22, and Makyla Blackmore, 20, were arrested on burglary charges.

Evans was taken into custody in Carson City, while the others were arrested early Saturday on the Las Vegas Strip. Furlong believes the latter three fled Carson City on Friday after news broke of McCune's disappearance.

"At this point, we believe all four took part in his murder and disappearance," Furlong told The Associated Press. "We anticipate that the district attorney's office will amend the criminal complaint to also charge (Garcia and Blackmore) with murder."

It wasn't immediately clear whether any of the four had an attorney, and the Las Vegas and Carson City jails don't make inmates available to the media for comment.

McCune had held his position since December 2009 and worked similar jobs for two decades before that, said Nevada Division of Insurance spokesman Jake Sunderland.

As head of the division's corporate and financial affairs section, McCune worked to ensure the solvency of insurance companies in the state. He was charged with ensuring each company had sufficient money in their reserves to cover all claims and obligations.

McCune was single and without any known children, Furlong said, and there was no forced entry at his home.

The sheriff said the suspects were spotted in the area of McCune's apartment. He credited their arrests to "relentless" detective work and "some great tips from a lot of people and a lot of businesses."

While authorities have not found McCune's pickup truck, they located its license plates Friday night at a Carson City residence that Evans was known to have frequented, the sheriff said.

"We're still searching for the truck, but it's unlicensed," Furlong said, McCune's car was found Thursday at a nearby apartment complex.

Investigators continued to process evidence at McCune's apartment Saturday, and there was no indication yet of the weapon or weapons involved in the death.

"We haven't finished interviews and work at the scene to substantiate theories about a motive," Furlong said. "We're still processing the house and coming up with many alternatives."

An autopsy was performed Saturday by the Washoe County medical examiner's office, which will make a positive identification and rule on the cause of death.

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Risk for Obama in pursuing morning-after pill case

WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama supports requiring girls younger than 17 to see a doctor before buying the morning-after pill. But fighting that battle in court comes with its own set of risks.

A federal judge in New York on Friday ordered the Food and Drug Administration to lift age restrictions on the sale of emergency contraception, ending the requirement that buyers show proof they're 17 or older if they want to buy it without a prescription.

The ruling accused the Obama administration in no uncertain terms of letting the president's pending re-election cloud its judgment when it set the age limits in 2011.

"The motivation for the secretary's action was obviously political," U.S. District Judge Edward Korman wrote in reference to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, who made the 2011 decision.

The FDA had been poised to allow over-the-counter sales with no age limits when Sebelius took the unprecedented step of overruling the agency.

If the Obama administration appeals Korman's ruling, it could re-ignite the simmering battle over women's reproductive health, which is never far from the surface in American politics. An appeal also could sidetrack the president just as he's trying to keep Congress and the public focused on gun control, immigration and resolving the nation's budget woes.

"There's no political advantage whatsoever," said Democratic strategist Hank Sheinkopf. "It's a side issue he doesn't need to deal with right now. The best idea is to leave it alone."

Still, Obama has made clear in the past that he feels strongly about the limits. As a politician whose name won't ever appear on a ballot again, it's hard to see the downside in sticking by his principles.

"As the father of two daughters, I think it is important for us to make sure that we apply some common sense to various rules when it comes to over-the-counter medicine," Obama said in 2011 when he endorsed Sebelius' decision.

The Justice Department said it is evaluating whether to appeal. Allison Price, a department spokeswoman, said there would be a prompt decision.

The White House said Obama's view on the issue hasn't changed since 2011.

"He supports that decision today. He believes it was the right common-sense approach to this issue," White House spokesman Jay Carney said.

Appealing the decision could rile liberal groups and parts of Obama's political base that are already upset with his forthcoming budget, which includes cuts to programs like Medicare and Social Security.

But currying favor with conservatives who want the ruling to stand probably won't do much to help Obama make progress on his second-term priorities.

"It won't help him with Republicans in Congress to get policy matters attended to," Sheinkopf said.

Also weighing on Obama and his aides as he decides how to proceed is the unpleasant memory of previous dust-ups over contraception.

Among them is an election-year spat over an element of Obama's health care overhaul law that required most employers to cover birth control free of charge to female workers as a preventive service.

That controversy led to lawsuits that threatened to embroil Obama's health care law, already under fire for a requirement that individuals buy insurance, in even more legal action.

When Obama offered to soften the rule last year, religious groups said it wasn't enough. Obama proposed another compromise on the rule in February to mixed response from faith-based groups.

If the court order issued Friday stands, Plan B One-Step and its generic versions could move from behind pharmacy counters out to drugstore shelves. That would end a decade-plus struggle by women's groups for easier access to these pills, which can prevent pregnancy if taken soon enough after unprotected sex.

Women's health specialists hailed the ruling. They said there's no reason that a safe birth control option shouldn't be available over the counter and they dismissed concerns that it could encourage underage people to have sex.

But social conservatives, in a rare show of support for Obama's approach to social policy, said the ruling removes common-sense protections and denies parents and medical professionals the opportunity to be a safeguard for vulnerable young girls.

"The court's action undermines parents' ability to protect their daughters from such exploitation and from the adverse effects of the drug itself," Deirdre McQuade, spokeswoman for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Half the nation's pregnancies every year are unintended. Doctors' groups say more access to morning-after pills, by putting them near the condoms and spermicides so people can learn about them and buy them quickly, could cut those numbers.

The morning-after pill contains a higher dose of the female progestin hormone than is in regular birth control pills. Taking it within 72 hours of rape, condom failure or just forgetting regular contraception can cut the chances of pregnancy by up to 89 percent.

It works best within the first 24 hours. If a woman already is pregnant, the pill has no effect.

Absent an appeal or a government request for more time to prepare one, the ruling will take effect in 30 days, meaning that over-the-counter sales could start then.

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Associated Press writer Larry Neumeister in New York contributed to this report.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/risk-obama-pursuing-morning-pill-case-164412877--politics.html

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Gerard Butler & Madalina Ghenea: Romance in Rome

Posted Saturday April 6, 2013 2:27 PM GMT

Enjoying some couple time in a romantic location, Gerard Butler and Madalina Ghenea were out and about in Rome on Friday (April 5).

Handsomely dressed in a fitted bluish grey suit, the sexy Scot and his lovely lady hit the town after the premiere of his new film ?Olympus Has Fallen.?

Recently, the 43-year old hunk opened up about his beautiful Romanian companion. ?I met her here in New York, and we hung out all night, didn?t even kiss, tried on my hat collection,? he explained. ?I said ?I?m coming to visit you in Milan,? and three days later, I was at her door in Milan. She was like, ?Whoa!??

When asked if Madalina could be ?the one,? Gerard smiled and replied, ?I?m having fun. I?m very lucky. She?s a great girl.?

Enjoy the pictures of Gerard Butler out with Madalina Ghenea in Rome, Italy (April 5).

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Try out These Warm-Weather Foot Health Ideas ? Vegfest2011.org

With far more opportunities to feel the grass beneath feet and take barefoot walks over the sand, the milder months with the year can also be an excellent time for it to lavish a few extra care with your feet.

Over the warmer several weeks, people usually are reminded to guard and prepare your entire body knowning that includes the feet, which can be the almost all neglected area of the body.

Here are a few guidelines provided by the Us Podiatric Medical Association (APMA) to help you take care of this feet in addition to keep them in good shape for sandal period.

Apply On your own

Don?t forget to utilize sunscreen to your feet, especially for the tops and fronts associated with ankles. Be sure you reapply if you are in the lake.

Keep You Clean

Clean, dry feet resist condition. Make confident you bathe and dry the feet thoroughly, especially between toes, in addition to apply a new topical anti-fungal medication on almost any cracked or itchy skin tone.

Choose Comfort

Don?t jeopardize the fitness of your feet as you just identified the sandals ?you should own. ? These sandals may be trendy however your feet may pay for this determination.

Fortunately, shoe brands such as Aravon deliver superior comfort coupled with style within extensive sizing?s and widths, so you no longer have in order to suffer to seem great.

Protect The feet

Wear shoes which might be specific on the activity or perhaps sport you are parti-cipating within. Wear trainers when working or shoes when doing the job outside or even mowing the actual lawn. We have a time as well as place regarding sandals. The jogging track or maybe tennis court seriously isn?t one of them.

Finishing Feet Touches

Only employ nail polish if you have healthy fingernails. Nail enhance locks out and about moisture and doesn?t allow the nail or nail to take in air, so individuals who suffer through already jaded toenails will certainly aggravate their particular condition by not making it possible for their toenails to come in contact with air. Whatever the condition of your fingernails, remove toenail polish regularly.

Moisturize

To totally moisturize the feet, wrap all of them in cellophane right away. The cellophane acts like a makeshift spa, locking inside moisturizer. By morning your feet will become soothingly delicate.

Kick Your toes Up

A good day on the feet will make your feet swell. Give them a rest and slow up the swelling by means of sitting back and elevating your toes and legs towards the end of a lengthy day.

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A Political War Brews Over 'Food For Peace' Aid Program : Bay Area ...

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Washington is awash in rumors this week that the White House is planning major changes in the way the U.S. donates food to fight hunger in some of the world?s poorest countries.

It has set off an emotional debate. Both sides say they are trying to save lives.

America?s policies on food aid are singularly generous ? and also unusually selfish. On the generous side, the U.S. spends roughly $1.5 billion every year to send food abroad, far more than any other country.

On the other hand, the rules for this program, known as Food for Peace, ensure that much of the money stays in American hands. Most of the food, which commonly includes wheat, corn and soy meal, and vegetable oil, has to be bought from U.S. farmers, processed here and delivered to its destination by U.S. shippers.

That eats up money and time. Andrew Natsios, who ran the U.S. Agency for International Development under President George W. Bush, says the results can be tragic. ?I?ve run these operations, and I know that food aid often gets there after everyone?s dead,? he says.

Sometimes food is available for sale much closer to the disaster, Natsios says. If U.S. food aid money could be used to buy that food, instead of shipping it from the U.S., it could save lives.

A decade ago, Natsios started a campaign to reform Food for Peace. He pushed for a change that would allow up to a quarter of the program?s budget to be distributed as cash that humanitarian groups could use to buy food wherever they needed it.

Among many of the groups that carry out food aid, Natsios? proposal did not go over well. When Natsios first announced it, at a meeting in Kansas City, he ?was almost physically assaulted,? he recalls.

It took a beating in Congress, too. It never got through the agriculture committees of Congress, which control the food aid budget.

In 2008, though, Natsios and the Bush administration were able to set up a couple of pilot programs that allow foreign purchases of food. Those programs now account for about a quarter of U.S. food aid, and according to independent reviews, they?re working pretty well.

According to the Washington rumor mill, the Obama administration now wants to go even further.

Gawain Kripke, policy director for Oxfam America, an anti-poverty activist group, says it?s an open secret that the White House is thinking of eliminating the current food aid program, which is funded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

A new food aid program within the U.S. Agency for International Development would take its place. This program would distribute cash that humanitarian groups could use to buy food where it is most needed.

The Obama effort to reform food aid ?looks like it will be more ambitious than what President Bush ever proposed, and more meaningful,? Kripke says.

According to Kripke, this could be a really good thing. ?We think the U.S. food aid program is quite broken and needs to be improved,? he says. ?It?s wasteful for taxpayers and doesn?t help nearly as many poor people as it could.?

But there?s already a wave of protest against it.

Leading the charge are some other humanitarian groups, such as International Relief and Development (IRD).

?We can?t figure out what?s going on,? says Jeffrey Grieco, IRD?s chief of public and government affairs.

There are a couple of reasons why these groups are upset. Some are worried that tampering with traditional food aid will lead to less funding because the agricultural lobby won?t support the program anymore.

But there?s another reason that?s less well-known. Some humanitarian groups ? including IRD ? rely on traditional food aid to help fund their work in Third World countries.

Here?s how.

Not all food aid goes to places suffering from famine. There?s also nonemergency food aid. When that food arrives, in a wide variety of countries, it?s turned over to nonprofit groups like IRD.

The way the system works, these groups sell that food on the local market and use the proceeds to pay for projects that help farmers or improve people?s nutrition.

IRD?s Grieco says this arrangement does a lot of good: ?The reason why these programs are important to us is because these programs are working, and we?re able to save lives.?

Critics, including Oxfam America, call it a horribly inefficient way to pay for local development projects. According to some calculations, at least a third of the money is wasted.

But Grieco says this system has been reliable. By law, all food aid funding has to be used to fight hunger. Any new cash program, he says, might end up paying for lots of other things, depending on shifting political fashions in Washington. ?If we remove the conditionalities about how the money should be spent, that money may never be available for those crises, at a key time when we need it,? he says.

Some of these fears are still, at the moment, fears of the unknown. The Obama administration is expected to release the actual details of its food aid proposal next week.

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Source: http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2013/04/04/a-political-war-brews-over-food-for-peace-aid-program/

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