Big Brother will be watching US intel world

WASHINGTON (AP) ? The top U.S. intelligence official says it will take roughly five years to put in place new measures to stop another WikiLeaks-style exposure of classified information.

Director of National Intelligence Jim Clapper says officials are working to "tag" information to be able to track back to which intelligence staffers shared it ? something prosecutors could have used to help prove that accused leaker Bradley Manning copied thousands of war-related records that were leaked to the website Wikileaks.

Speaking to a think tank Thursday, Clapper says the changes will also include finding ways to separate the data, such as word that a terrorist wants to hijack a flight, from how that information was collected, such as by a satellite intercept, so data can be shared among agencies without exposing their sources.

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Neuroscientists explore how longstanding conflict influences empathy for others

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

MIT postdoc Emile Bruneau has long been drawn to conflict ? not as a participant, but an observer. In 1994, while doing volunteer work in South Africa, he witnessed firsthand the turmoil surrounding the fall of apartheid; during a 2001 trip to visit friends in Sri Lanka, he found himself in the midst of the violent conflict between the Tamil Tigers and the Sri Lankan military.

Those chance experiences got Bruneau, who taught high school science for several years, interested in the psychology of human conflict. While teaching, he also volunteered as counselor for a conflict-resolution camp in Ireland that brought Catholic and Protestant children together. At MIT, Bruneau is now working with associate professor of cognitive neuroscience Rebecca Saxe to figure out why empathy ? the ability to feel compassion for another person's suffering ? often fails between members of opposing conflict groups.

"What are the psychological barriers that are put up between us in these contexts of intergroup conflict, and then, critically, what can we do to get past them?" Bruneau asks.

Bruneau and Saxe are also trying to locate patterns of brain activity that correlate with empathy, in hopes of eventually using such measures to determine how well people respond to reconciliation programs aimed at boosting empathy between groups in conflict.

"We're interested in how people think about their enemies, and whether there are brain measures that are reliable readouts of that," says Saxe, who is an associate member of MIT's McGovern Institute for Brain Research. "This is a huge vision, of which we are at the very beginning."

Before researchers can use tools such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to evaluate whether conflict-resolution programs are having any effect, they need to identify brain regions that respond to other people's emotional suffering. In a study published Dec. 1 in Neuropsychologia, Saxe and Bruneau scanned people's brains as they read stories in which the protagonist experienced either physical or emotional pain. The brain regions that responded uniquely to emotional suffering overlapped with areas known to be involved in the ability to perceive what another person is thinking or feeling.

Failures of empathy

Hoping to see a correlation between empathy levels and amount of activity in those brain regions, the researchers then recruited Israelis and Arabs for a study in which subjects read stories about the suffering of members of their own groups or that of conflict-group members. The study participants also read stories about a distant, neutral group ? South Americans.

As expected, Israelis and Arabs reported feeling much more compassion in response to the suffering of their own group members than that of members of the conflict group. However, the brain scans revealed something surprising: Brain activity in the areas that respond to emotional pain was identical when reading about suffering by one's own group or the conflict group. Also, those activity levels were lower when Arabs or Israelis read about the suffering of South Americans, even though Arabs and Israelis expressed more compassion for South Americans' suffering than for that of the conflict group.

Those findings, published Jan. 23 in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences, suggest that those brain regions are sensitive to the importance of the opposing group, not whether or not you like them.

However, because the study did not reveal any correlation between the expression of empathy and the amount of brain activity, more study is needed before MRI can be used as a reliable measure of empathy levels, Saxe says.

"We thought there might be brain regions where the amount of activity was just a simple function of the amount of empathy that you experience," Saxe says. "Since that's not what we found, we don't know what the amount of activity in these brain regions really means yet. This is basically a first baby step, and one of the things it tells us is that we don't know enough about these brain regions to use them in the ways that we want to."

Bruneau is now testing whether these brain regions send messages to different parts of the brain depending on whether the person is feeling empathy or not. He hypothesizes that when someone reads about the suffering of an in-group member, the brain regions identified in this study send information to areas that process unpleasant emotions, while stories about suffering of a conflict-group member activate an area called the ventral striatum, which has been implicated in schadenfreude ? taking pleasure in the suffering of others.

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Seal & Heidi Klum Going Separate Ways (omg!)

Another Hollywood power couple bites the dust. ET has confirmed that Seal and Heidi Klum are ending their seven-year marriage.

The couple released a joint statement reading, "While we have enjoyed seven very loving, loyal and happy years of marriage, after much soul-searching we have decided to separate. We have had the deepest respect for one another throughout our relationship and continue to love each other very much, but we have grown apart. This is an amicable process and protecting the well-being of our children remains our top priority, especially during this time of transition. We thank our family, friends, and fans for their kind words of support. And for our children?s sake, we appreciate you respecting our privacy."

Heidi, 38, and Seal, 48, were last seen together on December 26, when the Project Runway star tweeted a picture of herself with her Grammy winning husband vacationing in Aspen.

Heidi, an avid tweeter, hasn't posted any personal messages to her account since the Golden Globe Awards, which she attended without her husband.

On January 20, Seal took to his Twitter account, writing, "The End" along with a picture of a tattoo.

The couple, who wed in Mexico on May 10, 2005, has four children together including Heidi's seven-year-old daughter from a previous relationship whom Seal adopted.

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The Wiggles are coming to Android

Attention all parents: The Wiggles are coming to Android. Repeat: The Wiggles are coming to Android. Ruckus Media Group today announced that it's been granted worldwide rights to come up with an iOS and Android storybook apps for smartphones and tablets. The first titles will arrive in iTunes in April, and on Android later in the year.

For those of you without kids, the Wiggles are an Australian children's music group and have sold more than 24 million DVDs, 8 million CDs and 8 million books worldwide. 

The Wiggles Android app will fill yet another niche in Android children's apps. We've seen a plethora of kids apps released over the past year or so, including "A Charlie Brown Christmas," a number of books by popular children's author Sandra Boynton, and "Winnie the Pooh, What's a Bear to Do."

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British skier sets record for solo Antarctic trek (AP)

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina ? British adventurer Felicity Aston completed her crossing of Antarctica on Monday, becoming the first woman to ski across the icy continent alone.

She did it in 59 days, pulling two sledges for 1,084 miles (1,744 kilometers) from her starting point on the Leverett Glacier on Nov. 25.

"!!!Congratulations to the 1st female to traverse Antarctica SOLO.V proud," her Twitter message said.

She announced her achievement from Hercules Inlet on Antarctica's Ronne Ice Shelf, where she waited alone in her tent for bad weather to clear so that a small plane could pick her up and take her to a base camp. Other expeditions also have gathered there, preparing for the summer's last flight off the continent.

Aston also set another record: the first human to ski solo, across Antarctica, using only her own muscle power. A male-female team already combined to ski across Antarctica without kites or machines to pull them across, but Aston is the first to do this alone.

A veteran of expeditions in sub-zero environments, Aston, 34, worked as a meteorologist in Antarctica and has led teams on ski trips in the Antarctic, the Arctic and Greenland.

Her journey took her from the Ross Ice Shelf, up the Leverett Glacier and across the Transantarctic Mountains to the continent's vast central plateau, where she fought headwinds most of the way to the South Pole. Then she turned toward Hercules Inlet and a base camp where the Antarctic Logistics and Expeditions company provides logistical support to each summer's Antarctic expeditions.

She arranged in advance for two supply drops so that she could travel with a lighter load, one at the pole and one partway toward her final destination. Otherwise, her feat was unassisted.

Aston tweeted that she's been promised red wine and a hot shower after she gets picked up. "No plane tonight but I have my last Beef and Ale Stew to enjoy for my final evening alone ? yum!" she wrote.

And while she pondered her achievement in her last hours of solitude Monday, she shared more of her thoughts in a phone call she broadcast live online.

"It's all a little bit overwhelming. After days and days to get here, I seem to have arrived all in a rush. I don't really feel prepared for it. It feels amazing to be finished and yet overwhelmingly sad that it's over at the same time," she said. "I can't quite believe that i'm here and that i've crossed Antarctica, just over 1700 kilometers, just under 1,000 nautical miles, 14.5 degrees and 59 days and here I am."

"I'm just going to sit here and enjoy these last precious moments on my own, and running through my mind all those days behind me, the plane leaving me on my own ... the awful day when I thought I was going to get blown away, all those days of bad weather, slogging through those mountains, up those hills with my sledges, arriving at the pole, leaving the pole again, more bad weather and just empty horizons..."

"I remember all the bad times, sitting in my tent, thinking `what on Earth am I doing?', but despite all that, this has been the most amazing privilege, to have the opportunity to do this, and just a huge thank you to all those people who made it possible."

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Obama signals State of Union a campaign rallying call (Reuters)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) ? President Barack Obama, offering a glimpse of next week's State of the Union address, made clear on Saturday that he will deliver a starkly partisan election-year call for a "return to American values" of economic fairness.

"I'm going to lay out a blueprint for an American economy that's built to last," Obama said in a campaign video sent to supporters. "And most importantly, a return to American values of fairness for all, and responsibility from all."

A reference to values is usually political code for social and religious issues, a rallying cry for conservative Republicans who want to deny the Democratic president a second White House term in November.

But Obama, who delivers his annual State of the Union address to Congress on Tuesday night, is running for re-election on his claim of being a champion for the middle class, while trying to paint Republicans as the party for the rich.

"We can go in two directions. One is towards less opportunity and less fairness. Or we can fight for where I think we need to go: building an economy that works for everyone, not just a wealthy few," Obama said.

He is expected to use the speech to repeat calls for higher taxes on the wealthy, tax breaks to bring American manufacturing jobs home, steps to aid the housing market, and another nudge to China on currency flexibility to aid U.S. exports.

Republicans, who were holding a closely watched primary election in South Carolina on Saturday to help select their nominee to face Obama, say he is an old-fashioned tax-and-spend liberal whose policies hurt business and jobs.

Obama's suggestions are therefore unlikely to make much headway in Congress, where Republicans control the House of Representatives.

Attacking congressional Republicans on their own turf, during a prime-time televised joint session of Congress, signals a de-emphasis on appeals for cooperation that have marked Obama's previous State of the Union addresses.

Obama campaigned in 2008 on a message of reaching across the political aisle to change the way that Washington works, but now complains that Republicans have obstructed his efforts to collaborate and are only interested in seeing him fail.

Republicans say they oppose his policies because they view them as bad for the country, and say they are willing to work with the president on areas of genuine common ground.

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Polls show Americans are fed up with gridlock in Washington, but tend to blame congressional Republicans more than the president for the state of affairs.

Obama said he would focus on American manufacturing "with more good jobs and more products stamped with Made in America," American energy, and skills for American workers as key parts of his plans for the economy.

"They're big ideas, because we've got to meet this moment. And this speech is going to be about how we do it," he said.

He is expected to emphasize incentives to encourage lenders to refinance underwater mortgages, which would ease a crucial obstacle to a recovery in housing and the broader economy.

He has also said he will put forward tax breaks to reward companies that bring jobs home to the United States, while eliminating tax benefits that outsource jobs overseas, and has repeatedly stressed wealthy Americans should pay more in taxes.

Obama has proposed a so-called Buffett rule, named after the billionaire Warren Buffett, who supports the president and says it is unfair that he pays a lower tax rate than his secretary because most of his income is taxed as capital gains.

Mitt Romney, a top Republican contender to face Obama and one of the richest politicians to vie for the nomination, this week disclosed he paid a tax rate of around 15 percent, because most of his income comes from investments.

Republicans say Obama is playing the politics of envy and what Americans really care about is jobs.

Voters do rate the economy as one of the most important factors in the upcoming election, and while U.S. growth has picked up, it remains fragile and unemployment, at 8.5 percent, is still high by historical standards.

Obama departs on Wednesday for a five-state, three-day tour to promote the framework he will highlight in the address, including visits to Las Vegas and Denver that were hit hard in the housing downturn, and to Detroit, home to the U.S. auto industry that Obama helped rescue through a taxpayer bailout.

(Reporting By Alister Bull; Editing by Vicki Allen)

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Police: 'Coordinated' north Nigiera attacks kill 7

KANO, Nigeria (AP) ? Attacks claimed by a radical Islamist sect in north Nigeria's largest city hit eight security posts, police said, killing at least seven people as gunfire still echoed down streets Saturday morning.

Soldiers and police officers swarmed over streets Saturday in Kano, a city of more than 9 million people that remains an important political and religious hub in Nigeria's Muslim north. Gun shots could be heard near a state police command in the city, remnants of a wide-ranging attack launched by the sect known as Boko Haram.

In a statement issued late Friday, federal police spokesman Olusola Amore said attackers targeted five police buildings, two immigration offices and the local headquarters of the State Security Service, Nigeria's secret police.

Amore said the attacks caused seven deaths, matching the accounts from witness statements immediately after the attacks began Friday afternoon. However, the death toll could rise given the scope of the assault.

"The police have commenced investigation and therefore use this medium to call for calm among the residents of Kano as police are doing their best to bring the situation under control," Amore said. Police are "appealing to members of the public to come forward with information on the identity and location of these hoodlums. Information given will be treated with utmost confidentiality."

Amore could not be immediately reached for comment Saturday.

Whether anyone trusts the police remains another matter as security agencies remain unable to stop the increasingly bloody sectarian attacks by Boko Haram on Nigeria's weak central government. Earlier this week, the police acknowledged the alleged mastermind of a Catholic church bombing at Christmas escaped custody, yet another embarrassment for security agencies amid the violence.

The attacks began at 5 p.m. Friday, following afternoon prayers as workers began to leave their offices in the sprawling, dusty city, witnesses said.

A massive blast at a regional police headquarters shook cars miles (kilometers) away, an Associated Press reporter said. The blast came from a suicide car bomber who drove into the regional headquarters compound and detonated his explosives, deputy superintendent of police Aminu Ringim said. The explosion tore away the headquarters' roof and blew out the building's windows.

Inmates at the regional police headquarters fled amid gunfire, witnesses said.

State authorities declared a 24-hour curfew late Friday as residents hid inside their homes amid the fighting.

A Boko Haram spokesman using the nom de guerre Abul-Qaqa claimed responsibility for the attacks in a message to journalists. He said the attack came as the state government refused to release Boko Haram members held by the police.

Boko Haram has carried out increasingly sophisticated and bloody attacks in its campaign to implement strict Shariah law across Nigeria, a multiethnic nation of more than 160 million people.

Boko Haram, whose name means "Western education is sacrilege" in the local Hausa language, is responsible for at least 510 killings last year alone, according to an AP count. So far this year, the group has been blamed for at least 76 killings, according to an AP count.

Boko Haram's targets have included both Muslims and Christians. However, the group has begun specifically targeting Christians after promising it will kill any Christians living in Nigeria's predominantly Muslim north. That has further inflamed religious and ethnic tensions in Nigeria, which has seen ethnic violence kill thousands in recent years.

Friday's attacks also could cause more unrest, as violence in Kano has set off attacks throughout the north in the past, including postelection violence in April that saw 800 people killed. Kano, an ancient city, remains important in the history of Islam in Nigeria and has important religious figures there even today.

Authorities previously believed they destroyed Boko Haram in 2009, after a riot and ensuing security crackdown in Nigeria's northeast killed 700 people, including its then-leader Mohammed Yusuf. The group began to re-emerge in 2010, as authorities blamed motorcycle-riding gunmen from the sect for targeted assassinations.

However, the sect's attacks have grown more complex and deadly over time. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for an August suicide car bombing that targeted the U.N. headquarters in the capital, killing 25 people and wounding more than 100. The sect killed at least 42 people during a series of attacks Christmas Day in Nigeria that included the bombing of a Catholic church outside the country's capital Abuja.

In a video released last week, Imam Abubakar Shekau, Boko Haram's current leader, said the government could not handle attacks by the group.

Although President Goodluck Jonathan, a Christian from southern Nigeria, has declared emergency rule in some regions, the sect is blamed for almost daily attacks. Jonathan also has said he believes the sect has infiltrated security agencies and government offices in the country, though he has offered no evidence to back up the claim.

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Associated Press writer Ibrahim Garba contributed to this report.

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Jon Gambrell reported from Lagos, Nigeria and can be reached at www.twitter.com/jongambrellAP.

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Chile retreats on requiring media to inform police (AP)

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina ? Chile's government is backing down on a plan that would have empowered police to force news media to surrender images without a court order, effectively turning photographers and cameramen into potential tools of the state.

After a media outcry, Interior Minister Rodrigo Hinzpeter personally called the foreign correspondents association to say he was eliminating the idea from his plan for giving police tough new ways to crack down on unauthorized social protests.

"It was completely unexpected," association president Mauricio Weibel said Thursday. "He said he didn't want any conflicts with the international press and so was personally withdrawing the proposal."

It was a rare media victory in a region where media advocates say press freedoms are increasingly under attack.

In Ecuador this week, opposition lawmakers failed to block a law barring the news media from broadcasting or publishing any material that could influence opinions about candidates or proposals during election campaigns. In Argentina, the commerce minister was put in charge of managing the nation's newsprint supply, a tool that opposition media fear could be used to silence criticism.

Weibel and other media leaders had warned lawmakers and aides to Chilean President Sebastian Pinera that seizing journalists' material would damage Chile's image internationally. He noted the international media freedom group Reporters Without Borders next week will publish its annual review of threats against the media, including a freedom index showing a sharp drop in Chile's reputation.

Weibel said free speech advocates should keep lobbying against the rest of the proposed "Hinzpeter Law," which would punish by up to three years in prison anyone convicted of violently occupying schools, hospitals, highways or public spaces or of promoting acts of "disorder" such as "paralyzing a public service" or impeding commuters from reaching their jobs.

"I want to be very clear: Our government respects the mobilizations and marches, but it will always ensure that public order is respected," Hinzpeter said last week.

He was even more forceful when he introduced the proposed law last month, saying the government needs more tools to combat violence that erupts during social protests.

"Without public order, there is no possibility of civilized society. Without public order, it's terror that takes control of our streets," he said.

Congress will revisit the measure Friday, and some 400 youths protested outside Santiago's main courthouse Thursday, waving anti-Hinzpeter signs and pictures.

The stiffer potential prison sentences would enable Chilean police to sweep suspects off the streets and keep them in jail while their cases are investigated, rather than fine and release them.

The now-removed clause on the media said that when "crimes are committed against the public order," journalists are commonly present as well, creating evidence that can lead to convictions. Hinzpeter had suggested that journalists would voluntarily hand over material. In practice, the media groups argued, journalists would be unable to refuse armed police.

The correspondents association argued that journalists already struggle to assert their neutrality during confrontations between activists and police. If their photographic and video images could become evidence without even a judge's order, unarmed cameramen would likely be targeted by both sides. The last thing Chile's government needs is a dead journalist, they argued.

Latin America already accounted for half of the approximately 40 journalists killed worldwide last year, with most of the murders in Mexico and Honduras, Weibel said.

Seizing images from news media without court orders is virtually unprecedented in Latin America. In Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador and Venezuela, for example, there are no laws enabling police to unilaterally seize material. Even with a judicial order, Argentina's media generally challenge such seizures on constitutional grounds.

In Chile, the center-left opposition has a slim majority in the lower house, making political compromises necessary to pass new laws. Not so in Argentina or Ecuador, where left-of-center presidents enjoy complete majorities.

The opposition in Ecuador couldn't summon enough votes this week to block President Rafael Correa's "Code of Democracy," from taking effect Feb. 4.

The code empowers a national electoral council to decide what news can be published during campaigns. Governing party lawmakers denied it amounts to censorship, but the president of Ecuador's journalists' union, Vicente Ordonez, told the Ecuavisa channel that the political news ban "is a violation of the human right to freedom of opinion and freedom of expression."

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Associated Press writers Eva Vergara and Roberto Candia in Santiago, Chile; Debora Rey in Buenos Aires; Gonzalo Solano in Quito, Ecuador; Fabiola Sanchez in Caracas, Venezuela; and Marco Sibaja in Brasilia, Brazil, contributed to this report.

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South Carolina Winner And Losers

Voters in South Carolina weathered the elements on Saturday and headed to the polls to make their choice for GOP presidential candidate. They picked former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich by a wide margin.

That would have been a surprise a few weeks ago, especially consider Gingrich's rather lackluster performances in both the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary. But following some strong debate performances -- and testy exchanges with moderators -- Gingrich experienced a last-minute surge to the top of the pack in South Carolina. Furthermore, he did it with the strong support of conservative Tea Party and evangelical voters, who appeared happy to overlook an interview given by Gingrich's second ex-wife in which she claimed that he had asked her for an "open marriage."

The loss in South Carolina is a tough pill for Mitt Romney to swallow, who, on the heels of a victory in New Hampshire was thought to have been well on his way toward becoming the presumptive Republican nominee. He began campaigning in the Palmetto State with the support of its governor, Nikki Haley. But a few days before the South Carolina contest, Romney's first-place finish in Iowa was reversed, following a certification of lost votes which gave the win to Rick Santorum. Soon thereafter, Romney saw a dip in his own popularity, coming amid increasing scrutiny of his personal finances, sparked primarily by evasive comments about whether he would release his tax returns.

Now with Gingrich, Romney, and Santorum each winning a primary -- and Ron Paul continuing to nip at their heels, apparently with no plans of leaving the race -- the GOP primary has hit a full reset. The candidates and the media that covers them now head to Florida to compete in its Jan. 31 primary, which is now more important than ever.

The primary season now stands to remain competitive for longer than previously expected, which will give the nation, and its president, more time to view the increasingly hostile spectacle.

Take a look below at the winners and losers of the South Carolina primary, and vote for who you think came out on top:

WINNER: Newt Gingrich

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Gingrich's resurgence and eventual victory was unexpected, to say the least. As of a week ago, he was polling around the middle of the pack and few expected his candidacy to take off in South Carolina. He experienced a small bump in the middle of the week, when Texas Gov. Rick Perry dropped out of the race and threw his support behind the former speaker of the House. But that spark was nearly doused when his ex-wife gave an interview to ABC News claiming that he'd asked her for an open marriage while engaging in an affair with Callista Bisek, a Hill staffer who has since married Gingrich and taken his last name. South Carolina voters seemed largely unfazed by this development, however, and Gingrich managed to use the interview to his advantage during the week when he was asked to answer a question about it at a GOP presidential debate. Gingrich's resurgence and eventual victory was unexpected, to say the least. As of a week ago, he was polling around the middle of the pack and few expected his candidacy to take off in South Carolina. He experienced a small bump in the middle of the week, when Texas Gov. Rick Perry dropped out of the race and threw his support behind the former speaker of the House. But that spark was nearly doused when his ex-wife gave an interview to ABC News claiming that he'd asked her for an open marriage while engaging in an affair with Callista Bisek, a Hill staffer who has since married Gingrich and taken his last name.

South Carolina voters seemed largely unfazed by this development, however, and Gingrich managed to use the interview to his advantage during the week when he was asked to answer a question about it at a GOP presidential debate.

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WINNER: Newt Gingrich

Gingrich's resurgence and eventual victory was unexpected, to say the least. As of a week ago, he was polling around the middle of the pack and few expected his candidacy to take off in South Carolina. He experienced a small bump in the middle of the week, when Texas Gov. Rick Perry dropped out of the race and threw his support behind the former speaker of the House. But that spark was nearly doused when his ex-wife gave an interview to ABC News claiming that he'd asked her for an open marriage while engaging in an affair with Callista Bisek, a Hill staffer who has since married Gingrich and taken his last name. South Carolina voters seemed largely unfazed by this development, however, and Gingrich managed to use the interview to his advantage during the week when he was asked to answer a question about it at a GOP presidential debate.

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Verizon's reportedly trials VoLTE services in two cities, eyes nationwide rollout next year

Verizon's Voice over LTE (VoLTE) platform has been in the works for a while now, and according to industry insiders, it's about ready to hit the big time. Catharine Trebnick, an analyst at Northland Capital Markets, told Light Reading Mobile this week that the service has already launched on a trial basis in two cities, and that Big Red plans to roll it out on a nationwide level in 2013. According to Light Reading Mobile, Trebnick's claims were later corroborated by a second, anonymous source. Verizon, as you may recall, had previously pegged 2012 for the commercial launch of its new platform, and could still achieve that goal with launches in select markets, before going live on a nationwide basis next year, as rumored. The company, however, is playing its cards close to the chest, saying in a statement that it's "continuing to work on VoLTE and the services it brings, and will share any launch or availability plans in due course."

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The calm after the storm? No sir. CES may be over, but the tech news is still flowing like sweet, sweet strawberry wine. Tim and Darren are both in town for that little Apple event that unfolded earlier today, so they'll be doing a live, in-studio throw down with Brian, Engadget Podcast-style. Follow along in the chat, after the jump.

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Vital Signs: Too Much Vitamin D May Backfire, Study Suggests

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Vitamin D supplements reduce blood levels of an indicator of inflammation that is linked to cardiovascular disease. But too much can raise those levels.

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2-4 weeks to remove fuel from Italian cruise ship

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2-4 weeks to remove fuel from Italian cruise ship
FRANCES D'EMILIOFRANCES D'EMILIO, Associated Press
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RETRANSMISSION TO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE CROP - Italian navy divers approach the cruise ship Costa Concordia off the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012. Italian navy divers on Tuesday exploded holes in the hull of a cruise ship that grounded near a Tuscan island to speed the search for 29 missing passengers and crew while the seas remain relatively calm. The search intensified as prosecutors prepared to question the captain, who is accused of causing the wreck that left at least six dead by making a maneuver that the Italian cruise operator said was "unapproved and unauthorized." (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

RETRANSMISSION TO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE CROP - Italian navy divers approach the cruise ship Costa Concordia off the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012. Italian navy divers on Tuesday exploded holes in the hull of a cruise ship that grounded near a Tuscan island to speed the search for 29 missing passengers and crew while the seas remain relatively calm. The search intensified as prosecutors prepared to question the captain, who is accused of causing the wreck that left at least six dead by making a maneuver that the Italian cruise operator said was "unapproved and unauthorized." (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

The cruise ship Costa Concordia lays on its side after running aground off the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012. Italian navy divers on Tuesday exploded holes in the hull of a cruise ship that grounded near a Tuscan island to speed the search for 29 missing passengers and crew while the seas remain relatively calm. The search intensified as prosecutors prepared to question the captain, who is accused of causing the wreck that left at least six dead by making a maneuver that the Italian cruise operator said was "unapproved and unauthorized." (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

The cruise ship Costa Concordia lays on its side after running aground off the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012. Italian naval divers on Tuesday exploded holes in the hull of a cruise ship that grounded near a Tuscan island to speed the search for 29 missing passengers and crew while the seas remain relatively calm. The search intensified as prosecutors prepared to question the captain, who is accused of causing the wreck that left at least six dead by making a maneuver that the Italian cruise operator said was "unapproved and unauthorized." (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Italian navy divers approach the cruise ship Costa Concordia in the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012. Italian naval divers on Tuesday exploded holes in the hull of a cruise ship that grounded near a Tuscan island to speed the search for 29 missing passengers and crew while the seas remain relatively calm. The search intensified as prosecutors prepared to question the captain, who is accused of causing the wreck that left at least six dead by making a maneuver that the Italian cruise operator said was "unapproved and unauthorized." (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Italian navy divers approach the cruise ship Costa Concordia Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012, after it ran aground on the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, on Friday evening. Italian naval divers on Tuesday exploded holes in the hull of a cruise ship that grounded near a Tuscan island to speed the search for 29 missing passengers and crew while the seas remain relatively calm. The search intensified as prosecutors prepared to question the captain, who is accused of causing the wreck that left at least six dead by making a maneuver that the Italian cruise operator said was "unapproved and unauthorized." (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

ROME (AP) ? A Dutch extraction firm says it will take between two to four weeks to safely remove the oil from a wrecked cruise ship off Italy's Tuscan coast.

The firm Smit, of Rotterdam, Netherlands, said Tuesday the search operation for the missing 29 people has the first priority and a survey of the ship must take place before the extraction begins.

However, officials say the two operations can go on in tandem and the fuel extraction operation could begin as early as Wednesday if approved by Italian officials.

Italy's environment minister has warned of an ecological crisis if the oil spills off the island of Giglio, part of a protected sanctuary for dolphins, porpoises and whales. Some 500,000 gallons of fuel are on board the Costa Concordia cruise ship that ran aground Friday.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.

ROME (AP) ? A Dutch extraction firm says it will take between two to four weeks to safely remove the oil from a wrecked cruise ship off Italy's Tuscan coast.

The firm Smit, of Rotterdam, Netherlands, said Tuesday the search operation for the missing 29 people has the first priority and a survey of the ship must take place before the extraction begins.

However, officials say the two operations can go on in tandem and the fuel extraction operation could begin as early as Wednesday if approved by Italian officials.

Italy's environment minister has warned of an ecological crisis if the oil spills off the island of Giglio, part of a protected sanctuary for dolphins, porpoises and whales. Some 500,000 gallons of fuel are on board the Costa Concordia cruise ship that ran aground Friday.

Associated PressNews Topics: Maritime accidents, Cruise ship accidents, Animals, Oil spills, Dolphins, Porpoises, Oil and gas extraction, Species conservation and preservation, Transportation accidents, Accidents, Accidents and disasters, General news, Transportation, Living things, Pollution, Environmental concerns, Environment, Environment and nature, Industrial accidents, Marine mammals, Marine animals, Mammals, Oil and gas, Energy, Industries, Business, Wildlife management, Wildlife, Natural resource management, Environmental conservation and preservation

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Evangelical leaders try to unite behind Rick Santorum

Evangelical leaders want to use whatever clout they have to help a strong conservative advance in South Carolina?s primary, upsetting frontrunner Mitt Romney, who is viewed as too moderate.

In a bid to sway the South Carolina vote, national evangelical leaders, meeting at a ranch west of Houston, on Saturday rallied behind former Sen. Rick Santorum for the GOP presidential nomination.

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Many came into the meeting committed to other candidates, especially former Speaker Newt Gingrich. All of the candidates, except former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, sent surrogates to make a case for support.

But in the end, evangelical leaders want to use whatever clout they have to help a strong conservative advance in South Carolina?s Jan. 21 primary, upsetting frontrunner Mitt Romney, who is viewed as too moderate ? or too Mormon.

?There was a desire to see a true conservative emerge to secure the nomination, and the overwhelming belief was that a true conservative has the best chance of winning a direct election against Barack Obama,? said Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, in a conference call with reporters after the Saturday morning vote.

?What?s the point if we do not get a true conservative?? he added.

But with so much at stake in the 2012 vote, it's not clear that either the GOP candidates or the voters are likely to defer to an 85-to-25 vote in a back room in Houston.?

?What we are seeing today is nothing like the influence we saw in the 1980s and ?90s,? says Robert Jones, who heads the Public Religion Research Institute in Washington.??The days of kingmakers in a small room deciding the GOP nominee are over.?

?Focus on Family laid off hundreds of people, the Crystal Cathedral is for sale, and the Moral Majority and the Christian Coalition are no more," he adds.?

South Carolina looms large for Christian conservatives, who see their failure to unite around a single candidate in 2008 ? then, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee or?former Sen. Fred Thompson of Tennessee ? as swinging the GOP nomination to Sen. John McCain, a moderate on social issues.?Governor Romney is currently leading in South Carolina polls, followed by Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, Gingrich, and Santorum.?

?There is hope and expectation that, with the constituencies represented here, it will have an impact on South Carolina,? said Mr. Perkins. Christian conservatives account for 60 percent of the likely GOP primary vote in South Carolina. ?I was amazed at the unity that was here.?

At issue is how to winnow the GOP primary field, before it?s too late to stop frontrunner Romney, who is viewed as not consistent on issues such as abortion rights, which he formerly supported. There are too many social conservative candidates in the race, and they are dividing the social conservative vote, they say.

The aim of Saturday?s meeting is to find out whether there is a viable alternative to Romney, says Richard Land, president of the ethics and religious liberty committee of the Southern Baptist Convention, in an interview on C-Span?s Newsmakers on Friday, to be aired Jan. 15.

?Most social conservatives find Romney a more attractive candidate than they did John McCain,? he said. ?This isn?t anti-Romney, but wouldn?t it be nice to find out if a social conservative is viable both in the primary and the general election??

However, if polls show that Romney continues to be more viable in the general election campaign than a conservative alternative, than Romney will be the GOP nominee, he added. ?Do not underestimate Barack Obama?s unique ability to unite social conservatives and others around whomever he is running against in a general election.?

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Watch the first five minutes of Gina Carano?s movie ?Haywire,? does it matter her voice is altered?

Gina Carano's new film is due to hit theatres on Jan. 20. But before it hits the big screen, there's a little controversy over whether Carano's voice has been changed in the movie.

Check out this Hulu exclusive with the first five minutes of "Haywire" and see what you think.

Below is a conversation we had with her back in 2009. Clearly, she sounds different?? Will it take away from your enjoyment of the film? Obviously, non-MMA fans will have zero idea Carano's voice has been changed.

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Iraq: Death toll from attack on pilgrims now 53 (AP)

ZUBAIR, Iraq ? An Iraqi health official says the death toll from a bomb attack on Shiite pilgrims near the southern port city of Basra has risen to 53 people.

The head of the Basra provincial health directorate Dr. Riyadh Abdul-Amir says hospitals received 53 killed and 137 wounded after the blast. He says some of the wounded are in serious condition, and warns the death toll may rise further.

The explosion was the latest in a series of attacks during Shiite religious commemorations that threaten to further increase sectarian tensions.

The attack occurred near the town of Zubair as pilgrims marched toward a Shiite shrine on the outskirts of the town.

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Associated Press writers Bushra Juhi, Sameer N. Yacoub, Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Adam Schreck contributed reporting.

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Saints, 49ers battling

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Man Shot Inside Fort Worth Business ? CBS Dallas / Fort Worth

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FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) ? A man is dead and another man believed to be his father is on the run following a shooting in Fort Worth Thursday afternoon.

The shooting happened at a business in the 4600 block of White Settlement Road around 3:15.

According to witnesses, the man walked into Rivers Tree Service and shot the victim, believed to be his son. Police would not comment or confirm the relationship, but only said the victim was a white male between the ages of 30-40.

Witnesses say following the shooting the suspect drove away in a silver Lincoln Navigator. Police did not comment on if any active search was going on, but did say they are still on scene and investigating.

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Forget the players! It's Bob vs. Dolvett on 'Loser'

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It was Dolvett vs. Bob on Tuesday.

By Ree Hines

Grandstanding, tensions and tough talk -- those are common enough behaviors on any competitive reality TV offering, but it's usually the contestants who can't keep the peace during the game. Not so -- at least not yet -- on "The Biggest Loser" this season.

As last week's premiere episode hinted, and Tuesday night's follow-up confirmed, it's veteran trainer Bob Harper and returning "transformer" Dolvett Quince who have each other in their sights.

This time around, the first signs of trouble showed just after Dolvett's red team took an unexpected risk during the first challenge. Hot on the heels of their recent scaleside win, the reds, or rather, their voluntary representatives Kim and Kimmy, gambled that the team could drop 3.8 percent of their weight for the week. That's 94 pounds -- nearly 10 pounds each in the notoriously difficult second week of the game.

Bob's black team knew that with a goal that high, the odds were against the other team. They declined an opportunity to counter with a higher offer. So it stood. If the red team met the bet, they'd win a 5-pound advantage. If they lost, Team Black won the perk.

While Dolvett wasn't thrilled with the almost-impossible task ahead, he got into the effort -- a little too into it.

As both teams gave their all in the gym, Dolvett pulled out a can of spray paint and graffitied the goal on the wall, where the red shirts couldn't forget what they needed to accomplish.

It wasn't long before a grumpy Bob followed the fumes and saw it for himself.

?Ugh! God, that red team is just so cocky,? Bob said with disgust. ?Dolvett painting 94 pounds on the wall? I mean, are you a child? What?s going on here??

?Yowch!

The bad blood didn't stop there. Later, when both teams were putting their all into their respective last-chance workouts, Dolvett noticed that someone sprayed a sarcastic "good luck" over his motivational marks.

"Somebody tagged my tag?? he huffed before channeling the mood into a grueling routine -- a grueling and familiar routine.

?Oh my God! It?s like I just looked at all my workouts he does," a clearly irritated Bob said. "It?s like he?s watched every season of mine, and he does all my sh-- in front of me. Drives me nuts!?

In his own defense, Dolvett said, "I don?t think Bob has exercise as a trademark.?

Snap! But ...

(Note to Dolvett: I've watched every episode of every season of this show, and while you're still my imaginary reality TV boyfriend -- rowr! -- I have to say, those moves were classic Bob. He might not hold the trademark on having players go from a plank to an inverted-V and then having one after another crawl under the group, but in the "Loser" gym, he might as well. It's sort of his thing. Not that you don't do it well.)

Of course, Bob still had a chance to get back at his in-gym nemesis -- on the scale. By the time half of Dolvett's team stepped on the scale, it was obvious there was no way they'd win the bet with modest 3-, 4- and 5-pound loses. Still, they held out hope that they might win the weigh-in, despite the fact that Black held the advantage. But that hope was dashed soon enough.

The black team, led by a suddenly pleased Bob, won it, and the reds got their first taste of the elimination room this season. While in there, they decided to boot the often gruff Mike.

The man had a prickly personality and one heck of a past (smoking two packs a day at the age of 12), but once his fate was certain, he seemed oddly sympathetic and finally dropped the tough-guy act. If only he'd done that earlier.

What did you think of Mike's last-minute, nice-guy routine? And what about the rising tensions between Bob and Dolvett? Sound off on our Facebook page.

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Welfare Debt Collection Eases in Calif.

By VAUHINI VARA

California is ending a practice of seeking money from people whose parents were accidentally paid too much in welfare benefits years ago, after a lawsuit brought attention to the issue.

The California Department of Social Services on Friday issued a letter directing counties to "immediately terminate all collection actions" against adults or emancipated minors whose parents are indebted to the state.

By state law, California can target a welfare recipient's family to return overpayments when it is unable to get the recipient to repay the debt. Counties had been pursuing offspring of welfare recipients using methods such as intercepting their tax refunds and reducing their own welfare grants.

The decision to end the practice came after a 19-year-old and a 14-year-old sued the state in November for forcing them to repay their mothers' welfare debts. "I never knew this problem existed until the state started coming after me," said the 19-year-old, Jamie Hartley, a community-college student.

The suit got the attention of Darrell Steinberg, the Democratic leader of the state senate, who asked Gov. Jerry Brown to stop the practice. Mr. Brown's spokesman didn't respond to a request for comment. Mr. Steinberg called Friday's decision "a significant victory."The social-services department halted the collection effort to "allow young adults to move forward toward their independence and provide an opportunity to work towards self-sufficiency," said Michael Weston, a spokesman.

Mr. Weston said the state hasn't determined how many people or how much money will be affected. Antionette Dozier, an attorney for Ms. Hartley, estimated the state was pursuing "a few thousand" people.

The state's decision is "a great step forward, but there's more work to be done," Ms. Dozier said.

In particular, the state may still target children who are minors no longer living with the adult who owes the debt, such as the 14-year-old who filed suit with Ms. Hartley and lives with her great-grandfather. Clarence Ayers receives $334 a month in state aid to support his great-granddaughter, Irene, and Fresno County has threatened to cut the grant to repay almost $3,000 mistakenly paid to Irene's mother.

With respect to such cases, Mr. Steinberg says he hoped to address that issue with legislation.

Write to Vauhini Vara at vauhini.vara@wsj.com

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Lenovo X1 Hybrid Laptop Hands On: Half Android, Half Windows, All Something [Video]

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Green Car Congress: CODA Automotive offers lower-cost battery ...

CODA Automotive offers lower-cost battery and range option for electric sedan

CODA Automotive will offer two mileage range and price options in 2012 for the CODA sedan. In addition to the original model, equipped with a 36 kWh battery pack offering up to a 150-mile (241 km) range with a MSRP of $39,900, a new 31 kWh battery option will provide a driving range of up to 125 miles (201 km) and will be available at a lower base MSRP of $37,250.

After federal tax savings, the base price will be $29,750, and will qualify for additional state tax credits, including a maximum of $2,500 in California and up to $7,500 in 12 other states.

Research shows that the high cost of today's alternative fuel technologies is one of the largest barriers that keep the average driver from purchasing an electric vehicle. Our continuous dedication to identifying affordable solutions and passing the savings on to our customers aligns with our mission of putting an electric vehicle into every garage.

?Phil Murtaugh, CEO, CODA Holdings

A 6.6kW onboard charger provides a 100-mile charge in as few as four hours. The active air thermal management system provides constant battery care by keeping the Lithium-iron Phosphate (LiFePo₄) battery pack at its optimum temperature in hot and cold weather conditions.

CODA anticipates first deliveries of the 2012 CODA sedans will begin next month.

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Report: Obama Campaign Considering Moving Final Day of Dem Convention to Bank of America Stadium (Michellemalkin)

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