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Leave it to the Satanists to bring new fun to the shopworn church-state debate.
In November of last year, a monument to the Ten Commandments was erected on the grounds of the Oklahoma statehouse. The display was the pet project of State Rep. Mike Ritze, who not only spearheaded the legislative approval required, but whose family kicked in a cool $10,000 of the project's overall cost. The monument stood for nine months, more or less unnoticed by the outside world, until the ACLU filed a lawsuit calling for its removal. But even as the suit bubbled steadily along, no one seemed to pay it much attention. Until…
On December 1, a press release went out from the New York-based Satanic Temple, offering "to donate a public monument to Oklahoma's Capitol Preservation Commission for display upon Oklahoma City's capitol grounds." The group pitched the monument as "an homage" to Satan, meant "to complement and contrast the Ten Commandments monument that already resides on the North side of the building." As temple founder and spokesman Lucien Greaves elaborated, "Allowing us to donate a monument would show that the Oklahoma City Council does not discriminate, and both the religious and non-religious should be happy with such an outcome."
The news that Satanists were launching a Christmastime assault in the buckle of the Bible belt—under the guise of religious freedom, no less—prompted precisely the national buzzfest you'd expect. Everyone was shaking their heads: some in outrage, others in amusement. Rep. Ritze regretfully informed me that, on the advice of counsel, he could not comment on the matter. By contrast, his fellow lawmakers have been vigorously denouncing the Satanists as something between nutjobs and jokers.
Which is precisely what the Satanic Temple was aiming for.
To clarify, the Satanic Temple is neither satanic nor a temple in any commonly understood sense. Its members do not worship dark forces nor conduct mysterious rituals in shadowy chambers. The group, in fact, rejects the whole idea of the supernatural and holds among its core principles, as Greaves (himself an atheist) explains in a phone interview, a respect for "individual independence, personal sovereignty, and a pursuit of knowledge."
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WATCH: Jimmy Kimmel welcomes 7-year-old cancer patient who is making worlds largest rainbow loom for charity
Jimmy noticed that a lot of kids are really into Rainbow Loom, so he asked parents to have their children loom something for him. We weaved all of their creations together to make a "Suit Of The Loom" for Jimmy to wear on the show. So many kids participated in this, but we got a very special video from the students at Arroyo Elementary School in Tustin, California. They have been working to make the longest Rainbow Loom chain in the world, and they're holding a Loom-A-Thon to create awareness for "The Max Love Project" which helps kids fight cancer - all in honor of their seven year old classmate Max who is battling cancer himself.

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offBEAT with Mary Lambert
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Singer, songwriter, poet, role model, Mary Lambert is one talented individual. Teaming up with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis on their The Heist track "Same Love," Mary has launched herself into her own solo career bringing forth her beautiful and emotionally-charged music.
This past year brought her two Grammy nominations, and she even got to perform at the iconic awards show with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - alongside Madonna - in one of the most talked about performances of the night.
[Buy Mary Lambert's Welcome To The Age of My Body EP on iTunes]
Mary's fans know how bubbly and infectious her personality is. You can tell just by reading her blog. But Mary gave us a taste when she stopped by the iHeartRadio Studios recently to talk to us about keeping warm, Bill Nye The Science Guy, being a Starbucks barista and more - basically everything BUT the music.
Check out OffBEAT with Mary Lambert below.
How do you keep warm?
Well my mom crocheted me an Afghan when I was in high school before I graduated, and I had just come out and I was like "I want it to be a rainbow Afghan!" So there's this really thick rainbow Afghan that I have in my house.
What is the age of your body?
My actual body I think is, I feel like it's accurately 24. I think so, I still got it. I think I have a cute butt and I have a really great rack and I can still break a sweat when I work out, and I go dancing!
What makes old ladies cool?
Old ladies are cool because they give no f**ks. They get to do whatever they want so if you were always a nice person, and now you're a nice old lady then you're sweet and you can make people cookies whenever you want cause you're old. But then if you are crotchety and a jerk lady, old lady, then you can just cross the street whenever you want and no one gives – like you can tell people to get up off of their seats. And old ladies are cool because they've also lived a lot, so they have a lot to offer as far as experience. So I think that's cool.
Every day is @edsheeran day
— Mary Lambert (@marylambertsing) February 9, 2014
Why is every day Ed Sheeran day?
(Laughs) I love Ed Sheeran! Well he and I sang together in Buffalo and he's just been very nice to me, and very kind to me, and I got a sneak peak of his record and he's just incredible. He's very talented and he's like one of the nicest people I've ever met.
How do you celebrate Ed Sheeran day?
(Laughs) Umm I don't know you just declare it, and then it exists, and then you put red paint in your hair, and then you tell all little girls to scream at you.
The first time I met Ed, we went to a casino and I got really drunk, and I don't know if Ed was drunk but that's okay, that's beside the point. But what happened is that Mackelmore was out too, so we were all out, there was a whole crew of us. So we went on to the bus and Ed was like "I wanna play you my new record." And I was like "cool," and then it's so beautiful that I was just sobbing throughout the entire thing. And Mackelmore was just holding me, so that was my night!
Did you guys gamble?
Yeah! Ed lost like $600. I won. My favorite game was Fireball cause it yells "Fireball" and then you get to play five little slots. It's amazing and they were mostly playing roulette and everybody lost money except for me. I won on my second pull. And so I was like, I'm quitting while I'm ahead cause I made $150, then I walked away.
On your blog, you said you just discovered jeggings. So ... what are your thoughts?
Well I wore them for like three days straight, and I was like "eh," they're kind of constricting. The jeggings were not comfortable enough. I feel weird in them cause I feel like everybody's judging me. I like wearing skinny jeans that are super stretchy and they're more incognito. Jeggings are just straight up just like "this b***h just like woke up and put different kind of stretch pants on," but like jeans, stretchy jeans are a little bit more like "you made an effort."
How did you celebrate the Seahawks Super Bowl win?
I was on a plane. You know what I did do though, when I was in the airport I was wearing, I noticed everybody in Seattle was wearing Seahawks gear, and I was like "oh my God I don't even have a Seahawks jersey!" So I immediately went in and I bought a Seahawks shirt, and I was wearing it around. I'm like a football fan like thinking I was really cool and then I didn't know that my layover was in Denver! And it was like a three hour layover too so I'm walking around the airport and my other clothes are in my other bag, and I was like "should I go buy a different shirt?" I've already changed shirts today. So I just sort of – my jacket was more of a cardigan, so it didn't go all the way, so I looked like I was a very conservative lady the whole day.
What's your favorite west coast slang word?
You once worked as a barista at Starbucks. Do you have any crazy Starbucks stories?
It's mostly just like what people order and how they order. I remember this one guy that came in, cause I worked there for like a good three years I think. They also hired me as a musician which was super illegal and not allowed at all but I was like 14 – 13. I was 13 and I was like ready to be famous. I was like "Mom I'm ready I need an agent!" And then she was like "go to Starbucks, see if they'll let you play." So I called them and then I had a show every Friday night, and I would just sit there. There was no mic, I just put my guitar case out for tips when I was 13. I was a good entrepreneur. And so they hired me when I became 16 and not as cute because I was punked out when I was 16, and like had on my bracelets and stuff whatever we used to do.
There was this guy that came in and he was like "I'd like a grande Americano, seven ice cubes." And I looked at him and I gave him this look, "you want seven ice cubes? Okay." I made the drink and then I put eight ice cubes in. I was like sabotage! I was like "this f***er got it, I showed him!"
What do you order at Starbucks?
It depends on the season but usually it's a double tall soy, no whip, two pumps of white mocha. Cause I like it sweeter but not crazy sweet like they do with the white mocha. But I like there to be sugar in there, I like there to be a lot of coffee in there. I'm allergic to milk. Not like super allergic but my mouth swells up.
You also met Bille Nye this year – how was meeting him? Did you ever watch him in Elementary school? Did you sing that to him?
(Sings) "Bill Nye the science guy! Bill bill bill bill." No cause I'm sure he got it all the time but in my head I was like "should I do a cover of this tonight?" Cause he came to my show in L.A. – it was really awesome. He's a Seattleite too and you know he's really smart and he hasn't aged. Who doesn't age?! He looks like he just, I don't know he looks great and man I loved that show. That show – that was an awesome show, they should really bring it back. Do they replay it? They should. I learned so much!
What do you want to learn this year?
I wanna learn balance this year on a serious note. My shows are really vulnerable and they're really emotional, and take so much out of me. I'm talking about body image, and rape, and sexual abuse, and being bipolar and literally putting all of my guts on a stage, and then also sort of like being, you know, quirky and fun and like in the interim. So it's already a rollercoaster of a ride, I'm sure it's exhausting for the audience, it's exhausting for me. And then to do a meet-and-greet afterwards or a meet-and-greet before, and then do signings after, and take photos and stuff, which I love. I love meeting the people that are supporting me so actively, but then if I go home and it's like 2 a.m., and then I have a flight at 6 a.m. to go do another show, I'm not doing it right. I need to figure out how to make it work. So I've been putting some breaks on in terms of my schedule, and like really claiming space this year. I'm being assertive and I'm claiming space and I'm like "I cannot work these three days – I'm gonna be with my girlfriend" or "I'm gonna be in Seattle."
Tell us a secret?
I don't have a sense of smell. I can't smell. The house we lived in, I think we had black mold. I think it was really, really bad and so I was just always sick and then scar tissue built up in my nose, and now there's just zero sensory. So I can't smell anything. That's why I drink mint tea. I can't have regular tea cause it just tastes like hot water. But like mint tea – cause mint has an aftertaste and you can breathe it.
Can you taste food?
Yeah I can, it's just not as strong as everybody else. I think that's what I imagine, cause I'm huge of texture, and I think I'm figuring out. My girlfriend's been doing this thing where she'll eat things regular and then she'll plug her nose when she eats something and then she'll go "oh s**t" or "it tastes so different I can't taste it as well" and I'm such a stickler on texture, it has to have a really good texture.
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Investigators Search for Clues to What Motivated Navy Yard Shooter Aaron Alexis
Thirteen people are dead in Washington, D.C., after one of the worst mass shootings on a military base in American history.
Aaron Alexis, a 34-year-old naval veteran and military contractor, opened fire at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday morning, killing 12 people and wounding at least eight more, before he was shot dead by law enforcement. According to reports cited in a statement by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Alexis used three guns: an AR-15, a shotgun, and a semiautomatic pistol.
The rampage brought the city to a standstill, grounding flights at Reagan National Airport and forcing schools and the U.S. Senate to go on lockdown.
Shortly after 8 a.m., Alexis entered the largest building on the 3,000-person naval base, known as Building 197, and began firing.
Patricia Ward, a 53-year old civilian employee at the naval yard, was in the cafeteria when the shooting started. She described hearing 3 shots—"pow, pow, pow"—and then a 30-second pause, followed by 4 more shots.
Another Navy yard employee, an Army veteran who declined to give his name, tells The Daily Beast that he heard a noise like "a locker falling to the ground or slamming the door."
"I didn't think it was gunshots," he says. "You can't really tell if you're not expecting it. And then I heard someone running, which was above me, and people pirouetting out of cubicles to find out what was going on."
Navy Capt. Mark Vandroff was working in the third-floor conference room when the shooting started. He and his co-workers got down on the floor, and when they stood up, they saw two bullet holes in the wall roughly eight feet off the ground. They stayed huddled there for almost two hours until uniformed police evacuated them.
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Pamplona Cops: Do Not Stop for Selfies With Bulls
(NEWSER) – While putting yourself in the way of stampeding bulls is considered a matter of personal choice at Pamplona's annual festival, authorities say slowing down for a selfie while doing so is just plain stupid. A runner who was filmed trying to get a photo of himself inches ahead of the bulls at this year's festival could face a fine of $4,100 under a new law banning runners from using recording devices, reports the Guardian. A picture of the man has been circulated with the hashtag #Eltonmóvil—"the idiot with the mobile"—and commentators have sharply criticized him for putting other runners in danger.
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Teen girl expelled, charged with a felony after science experiment goes awry
Science experiments don't always go the way they are intended. A 16-year-old Florida teenager knows this all too well.
This week Kiera Wilmot went to school and mixed some household chemicals in a tiny eight-ounce water bottle. It looked like a simple chemistry project, but then the top popped off when a small explosion occurred.
Wilmot, who is in good standing as a student, said it was an accident. The Bartow High Schoolprincipal told a local television station that the teen made a "bad choice" and called her a a good kid who has never previously been in trouble.
"Honestly, I don't think she meant to ever hurt anyone," Principal Ron Pritchard told a Tampa Bay television station. "She wanted to see what would happen [when the chemicals mixed] and was shocked by what it did. Her mother is shocked too."
In another era, Wilmot may have gotten scolded and sent back to class. But in this age of zero-tolerance policies, Wilmot is in deep trouble. She was arrested on Monday morning after the incident and charged with possession and discharge of a weapon on school property and discharging a destructive device.
In turn, she was expelled and will finish her high school years in an expulsion program.
"This situation is a poignant example of the absurdity of zero tolerance and the over-use of police intervention in schools" Dr. Kathleen Nolan, the author of Police in the Hallways: Discipline in an Urban High School and a lecturer at Princeton's Program in Teacher Preparation, told TakePart.
"Tragically, this young woman, all because of what appears to have been misguided curiosity, now faces expulsion and felony charges, which could negatively impact her future opportunities and alter the course of her life," she said. "The policies are particularly pernicious for African-Americans and other young people of color as research shows these groups are disproportionately targeted by zero-tolerance policies and subject to harsher treatment once involved in the criminal justice system."
Zero-tolerance policies in schools began in 1994 after Congress required states to adopt laws that guaranteed one-year expulsions for students who brought firearms to school. In order for states to receive federal funding, leaders had to adopt these laws. All 50 states did so.
"The criminal justice paradigm, under which zero tolerance operates, strips educators of decision-making powers and discretion," Nolan said. "It forces otherwise caring and thinking adults to respond to incidents in unthinking and often destructive ways."
Earlier this year, a five-year-old Pennsylvania girl was suspended from kindergarten after she told another girl she was going to shoot her with a Hello Kitty toy gun that blows soapy bubbles. School officials told the girl's parents she had made a terrorist threat.
Honor students have often been expelled or suspended for such infractions as having possession of a bottle of soda mixed with a few drops of alcohol or having pain relievers such as Midol and Tylenol, or even cough drops. Other students have ended up in serious trouble for bringing antiques that contain tiny knives to school for show and tell.
In the Florida case, Kelly Welch, a Villanova University criminal justice professor, said the story is "just another example of schools handling normal acts of juvenile misbehavior with extraordinarily harsh measures that more closely resemble the exclusion inherent to criminal justice rather than restorative discipline in school."
Some schools, however, have started to realize the negative effects of such harsh discipline for nonviolent infractions. Policies, in turn, are changing.
Last month, the Buffalo, New York, school district voted to say goodbye to zero-tolerance policies that result in suspensions. Instead, the district will focus more on intervention and prevention, conflict resolution, counseling referrals and restorative justice.
In Fresno, California, the school district's superintendent has decided to focus funding toward district-wide restorative justice programs.
This week, in Louisiana, the state House Education Committee approved a bill to counter zero tolerance and allow educators more flexibility in disciplinary measures.
"There must be a way for schools to address violations of school policies that do not have the harmful effects of criminalizing students," Welch said. "Research shows that students who have been expelled and charged with felonies have a much greater likelihood of receiving a diminished education going forward, and may also have more encounters with the criminal justice system."


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Question Gets Boy, 4, Banned From Doughnut Shop
(NEWSER) – A curious 4-year-old in Monroe, Conn., is going to have to get his doughnuts elsewhere after asking a Doughnut Inn customer the wrong question. Justin Otero's mother says the boy asked the customer if she had a baby in her belly and was told no. "My response was, 'Oh my goodness, I'm so embarrassed, I'm so sorry,'" the mom tells WFSB. But she says that while the customer was forgiving, managers refused to allow her in the store with her son, saying, "'He's not allowed in here, he's rude.'" The mom says she plans to get doughnuts somewhere else with her son, who "sort of" understands what happened but is still asking questions.
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Best Of :: People & Places
It's the weekend, or maybe it's just Tuesday, and people are shuffling into the clubs all over Miami and dancing until they produce enough sweat to fill a small pool. To the rest of the world, that is all Miamians are willing to do — and many natives believe this myth. But if you are dreading another night of clubbing, there is hope. Skydiving, a sport once believed to have been reserved for slightly demented adrenaline junkies, has been around long enough that it's not just for the insane anymore. It still isn't for the faint of heart, but the sheer thrill of dropping from an airplane flying two miles above land is sure to leave your heart pumping faster than any night at Mansion. Miami Skydiving Center offers tandem jumps, which means your instructor is strapped to your back and all you have to do is enjoy the fall, for $169. However steep that price might seem, you'd spend that on drinks at the club, where it's a lot less fun to fall down.
Thirty-seven-year-old Angel Soto made headlines this past December when he took police on a wild, multicar, high-speed chase that seemed to end after he crashed his Volvo into a U.S. Customs building near Miami International Airport. When he tried to escape, cops tackled and beat him. Unfortunately for the officers, helicopter-mounted news cameras caught them wailing on the goon. Two of them were suspended. "They're just as bad as me," Soto told TV reporters as he left jail. We hear you, buddy.
The Miami Herald has certainly employed some great opinion-makers over the years. Carl Hiaasen is tops. Pulitzer-winning Leonard Pitts did well for a while. Joel Achenbach and Gene Weingarten, who moved onto the Washington Post, were clever and mischievous. (Weingarten's Pulitzer this year was a tribute to the idea that spit-ballers can make good.) And Liz Balmaseda, who also won a Pulitzer in the role, changed the newspaper's (and the city's) dynamics at a time when it was an old boys' club. But for our money, the best of 'em is Fred Grimm. This is a guy who long ago covered the South and whose deep Southern roots flavor much of his writing. He's a gent with a smile and an encouraging word for colleagues — and old-style, kick-ass Herald sarcasm for just about everyone in elected office. Take a recent column that pointed out the hypocrisy of Florida supporting Scripps Oceanographic Institute in Palm Beach County and advocating teaching of intelligent design in schools. The message of "cracker" and "bible-thumping" Florida legislators to Scripps, Grimm wrote, is this: "Either do your so-called biomedical research by giving equal time to the seven-day creation theory, the 7,000-year-old earth theory, and intelligent design, or take your (monkey) tails straight back to Cow-lie-forn-ya."
Maybe it's because Miami is such an international place; maybe it's because we've just got so much damn crime — but whatever the reason, the Magic City's juiciest stories always seem to wind up playing out in federal court, and that's where the Herald's Jay Weaver comes in. Weaver has covered the tribunales full time for about four years. Over the past year, he has guided South Floridians through the complexities of former Panamanian general Manuel Noriega's battles with extradition, the wave of rampant Medicare fraud, and, of course, the trial of alleged terrorist José Padilla. Soft-spoken, friendly, unfailingly gracious in person — no small feat at the Herald, where a fair number of writers have the personality of poison ivy — he's also a hell of a good reporter. When seven Miamians were arrested and charged, among other things, with conspiring to blow up the Sears Tower nearly two years ago, Weaver put his nose to the ground. Months before the trial began, he unraveled for readers what is probably the most haphazard and absurd case brought by the Bush administration since ... well, since the last absurd case in the war on terror. When defendant Lyglenson Lemorin was acquitted, and then hauled off to a deportation center anyway, Weaver visited the man's wife and wrote about the Haitian-American family's struggle to remain intact — in terse, pointed language, as always. "Lyglenson Lemorin, acquitted of terrorism charges last week in federal court in Miami," he wrote, "is still a guilty man in the eyes of the U.S. government."
Maybe the hardest thing an actor will ever have to do onstage is convey a sense of intimacy — not with the audience, but with fellow actors. You, the audience, just walked into the place, you don't know these people, you've never even seen them before, and somehow they must convey chemistry, history, and a gazillion unseen moments in the characters' unwritten pasts. In Fill Our Mouths, this happened many times. Katherine Michelle Tanner's character time-lapsed through a profound lesbian affair with Lela Elam's; Tanner's relationship with her husband, played by Brandon Morris, was solid and yet vaguely on the rocks; and when the play opened, Elam was on the verge of a tense transitional moment with her deaf girlfriend, played by Kim Ehly. Figuring out which one of these dynamics was most convincingly portrayed is impossible. Playwright Lauren Feldman didn't weigh the play down with exposition, and yet by the middle, you felt you could write these characters' entire shared histories. Whether it was Ehly playfully wiping flour across Elam's face, or Morris's loving, if occasionally bullheaded, attempts to deal with Tanner's infidelity, or the exquisitely subtle signs we were given that Tanner and Elam's relationship was blossoming into something more than platonic — any given 10 minutes of Fill Our Mouths was filled with enough smartly acted humanity to convince you that you'd been with these people from the beginning.
It might seem a little counterintuitive at first: drink, then run — and then drink some more, run a bit, and finish it all off with a few "down-downs," which consist, oh yes, of drinking (teetotalers need not worry — water is okay too). It's called hashing, and, crazy as it sounds, it's a worldwide sport, with chapters everywhere from Boca to Baghdad. The premise is fairly simple: Every week, hashers gather in a different location and send out a "hare" to lay a trail — using chalk, flour, toilet paper, whatever — for the rest of the hashers to try to follow, shouting the customary "On, on!" to show they're on track. The wily hare, not wishing to be caught, lays various ingenious traps for the hashers in pursuit. It's not easy, but when things get sticky, the hare stops everyone in their tracks with — what else — a hidden stockpile of beer. Afterward, everybody gathers in a raucous circle to sing songs, make merry, and impose down-downs on each other. Although Miami has yet to claim a hash all its own, the Fort Lauderdale/Miami Hashers are always nearby, and they're a hell of a nice group of people to spend a Monday night getting sloshed with. For information about the next hash, call the hotline. On, on!


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British prisoner claims persecution for Jedi faith
A British prisoner is claiming he's being persecuted for his Jedi faith. He sent a letter to Inside Time saying the National Offender Management Service refused to recognize his beliefs, even though Jedi was officially recognized in the last census.
The letter also says Jedi's have been given a negative reputation in the media following the battle of Yavin, when "Luke Skywalker and a group of left-wing militants targeted the Death Star in a terrorist attack, killing thousands of civilian personnel."
Additionally, the letter asked for the prisoner's name to be withheld for fear of retaliation from the Dark Side.
Around 175,000 people claimed to be Jedi in the 2011 UK census. Inside Time bills itself as "The National Newspaper for Prisoners & Detainees."
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This is the featherweight wristwatch with a case and band made from solid sandalwood. Preferred for its use in high-quality chess pieces and for its aromatic scent, sandalwood's dark red heartwood possesses subtle color differences, so each watch made results in a unique timepiece with varying, nuanced grain patterns - no two are alike. Hand-cut to precise, uniform dimensions by artisans, each of the 50 pieces that form the band's links, bezel, crown, case, and case back originate from select specimens harvested from sustainable plantation-based stands grown in East Africa. Sanded smooth with a high-gloss finish, the wood's renowned scent can still be detected. Powered by an accurate Miyota quartz movement, its efficient analog dial provides reliable timekeeping with a two-year battery. With an antique bronze finish, its bronze clasp coordinates with six adjustable links (seek jeweler) for a customized fit for wrists up to 8 5/8" in circumference. Case 2" Diam. x 1/2" D. (2 oz.)
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Crazy weather puts 37M Americans at risk
(NEWSER) – Thunderstorms, hail, dangerous winds, tornadoes, flooding: All of the above are threatening parts of the US today, with 37 million people in the southeastern part of the country at risk, CNN reports. What we're looking at:
- Jacksonville, Charlotte, Virginia Beach, Raleigh, and Atlanta are some of the cities at risk of severe thunderstorms that could also bring hail, destructive winds, and tornadoes. (Tornadoes have alreadywreaked havoc throughout the South this week, killing at least 35 people on Sunday and Monday, and some recovery efforts are still ongoing.)
- The states most at risk of a tornado today are South Carolina and central Virginia, reports NBC News.
- Flash flooding is also a concern in parts of the South and the East Coast. Florida's Escambia County has already declared a state of emergency after rain started stranding motorists—one of whom called for help and is now missing. Drivers are also stranded in the Fayetteville area, NPR reports.
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Malaysia's sinister timeline for Flight 370 unravels
The official Malaysian account of the last contacts made to and received by Flight MH370 is unraveling. As it does, the sinister interpretations of what happened in the cockpit of the Boeing 777 become less persuasive.
We return to the all-important timeline. Originally, the Malaysians said that the last words from the cockpit—from the copilot, "All right, good night"—were spoken to air traffic controllers as the airplane left Malaysian air space at 1:30am.
This week, that timing was significantly changed to 1:19 a.m.—significantly because it meant that the airplane's transponder, which identifies the flight and confirms its position, stopped operating at 1:22 a.m., after the voice message and not before. As long as it seemed that that calm voice contact was concealing an already-initiated plan to render the 777 invisible, the flight crew were made to look like prime suspects.
Now the chronology has become even more slippery. This time the issue is the other umbilical link between the airplane and the ground, its Aircraft Communications and Addressing Reporting System (ACARS). Malaysia Airlines Chief Executive, Ahmad Jauhari Yahya confessed to a news conference in Kuala Lumpur late Monday that it was now unclear when the ACARS system had been disabled.
Earlier, Acting Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein had said that ACARS contact was lost at 1:07am, before the last words from the cockpit.
Amazingly, the airline chief now admits: "We don't know when the ACARS was switched off." It had, he said, worked normally at 1:07 a.m. but failed to send its next scheduled signal at 1:37 a.m.
Bearing in mind the daily muddle and contradictions of these press briefings, this new picture needs carefully to be parsed.
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MLB To Add Full Scale Instant Replay In 2014
(Cooperstown, NY) -- Full scale instant replay is coming to Major League Baseball. Commissioner Bud Selig has announced that replay will be implemented for virtually all plays other than balls and strikes beginning in 2014. Managers will be allowed up to three challenges each game. Owners are expected to approve the change in November.
Managers will get one challenge in the first six innings, and two more from the seventh inning on. If the challenge is successful, the team will not be charged with a review. Replays will be monitored remotely by the MLB Advanced Media offices in New York, with a ruling coming from there rather than the umpires on site. If a club's three challenges have been used, umpires can still review home runs calls on their own. MLB has already had replay reviews in place for home runs since 2008.


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Chemotherapy uses drugs to kill cancer cells. The drugs enter the bloodstream and travel through the body to kill cancer cells. The side effects from chemotherapy occur because it destroys both normal cells and cancer cells.
While chemotherapy is not part of the standard treatment for prostate cancer, it may be used if other treatments are not effective.
Types of Chemotherapy Drugs
If you and your doctor decide that you are going to undergo chemotherapy, you most likely will take a drug called docetaxel, which is often combined with the steroid prednisone. If docetaxel does not work, your doctor may recommend cabazitaxel, a newer drug. These drugs may help you to live longer, reduce your symptoms, and slow cancer growth. In addition to these chemotherapy drugs, there are also many others that your doctor may recommend (mitoxantrone, estramustine, doxorubicin).
Unfortunately, there are many side effects associated with chemotherapy, such as:
- Nausea and vomiting
- Diarrhea or constipation
- Hair loss
- Low red blood cell count
- Weakened immune system
- Fatigue
Newer Treatment Approaches
Researchers continue to develop and study different strategies to slow or stop the growth of tumors. The drug cabozantinib, for instance, interferes with the process that cancer cells go through to create new blood vessels, which are needed for the cancer to grow. Cabozantinib is still being investigated. But, if you have advanced prostate cancer, you may be able to take this drug as part of a clinical trial.
Some of the side effects that have been reported include:
- Fatigue
- Decreased appetite
- Diarrhea
- Nausea
- Constipation
- A skin reaction called hand-foot-and-mouth disease
Immunotherapy is a drug treatment that aims to build your immune system so that you can better fight cancer cells. Sipuleucel-T is a type of immunotherapy that is approved to treat prostate cancer that has spread.
Some of the side effects include:
- Fever and chills
- Fatigue
- Back pain
- Nausea
- Pain and stiffness in the joints
- Headache
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Stunner: Eric Cantor loses primary to Tea Party rival
(NEWSER) – The Tea Party just scored a massive upset: Economics professor David Brat defeated House majority leader Eric Cantor in a GOP primary in Virginia, reports AP. Brat had accused the No. 2 Republican in the House (and one-time Tea Party favorite) of not being conservative enough, and the message evidently resonated with voters in the Richmond-area district. With John Boehner making noises about stepping down as speaker, the 51-year-old Cantor had been his presumed successor. No more. Politico calls it "the most shocking primary defeat since Republicans took the House in 2010."
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In new poll, 'sobering' news for both parties on midterm elections
Countering a wave of speculation that Republicans will make big gains in November, GOP pollster Ed Goeas cautions that the midterm elections still have the potential to be "highly competitive," an assessment echoed by Democratic pollster Celinda Lake, who says both political parties are "universally despised" by the voters. "If we do our job right, it could be more of an anti-incumbent year," rather than an anti-Democratic year, she told reporters as she and Goeas released their latest Battleground poll (PDF) on the state of the two parties as they jockey for position heading into the midterm elections.
President Obama's weak job-approval rating of 43 percent is a drag on his party, but Democrats hold the advantage over Republicans in key areas related to the middle class and have double-digit leads when it comes to protecting Social Security and Medicare. On the downside, the Democrats' overriding weakness in turning out their vote in an off-year election is "reminiscent of 2010," when a smaller, whiter, and older electorate elected a Republican House. The intensity that voters feel is what drives them to the polls, and Democrats typically lag behind Republicans by 10 or 15 points in the midterms. The Battleground poll measures the current intensity gap at 17 points. "Pretty sobering," Lake said.
To boost turnout for Democrats, Lake advocates a "more muscular approach to the economy" even if Obama can't get anything through Congress. "You can't pass it but you can lay it out," she said. "Republicans would like Obama to be up for reelection, but he's not; Congress is up for reelection." A bolder agenda from Obama that puts Congress on the defensive would highlight that distinction. Goeas countered that "Obama's name is not on the ballot, but his policies are," and Republicans are framing the fall election as a referendum on Obamacare.
The two pollsters sparred over their analysis of the data they commissioned together, sharing the numbers with reporters over a breakfast Tuesday sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor. Goeas said he "almost fell off the chair" when he heard Obama say in a speech last week in Miami that the American electorate agrees with the Democrats on every issue. Republicans are favored in the Battleground poll on the economy, the federal budget and taxes, and voters trust them more on foreign policy, an attribute that bodes well for 2016.
An attempt to rally Democrats by demonizing the billionaire Koch brothers turns out to be a flop, with 52 percent of voters not knowing who the two men are. "You always want to have some red meat to feed your base," says Goeas, likening the Democratic effort to expose Charles and David Koch to what Republicans tried to do in several election cycles with George Soros, the billionaire philanthropist who supports Democratic causes. Lake countered that in some states, like North Carolina and Colorado, where Koch-sponsored ads attacking the Affordable Care Act used paid actors, Democrats have made some headway in singling out their tactics.
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Tim Hudson suffers gruesome ankle injury in win over Mets
Outcomes in baseball are often decided by timing and/or inches. Unfortunately for Atlanta Bravesstarting pitcher Tim Hudson, both were working against him on Wednesday night when he suffered a fractured right ankle while covering first base during their 8-2 victory.
The play happened in the eighth inning of a game Hudson had dominated up to that point. Through 7 1/3 innings, the New York Mets had managed only four hits and three walks, and had yet to crack the scoreboard against the 38-year-old right-hander. That's when Eric Young Jr. pulled a sharp grounder to first baseman Freddie Freeman that he struggled to corral initially, and the entire mood changed for the Braves as the rest of the play unfolded.
With Young's elite speed moving up the line, the margin for error is slim. Hudson had to cover the bag for Atlanta to have any chance at getting the out. He was able to get there in time, but his right foot ended up in a very vulnerable position atop the bag as Young crossed. The result was Young stepping directly on his leg above the ankle, followed by the the sickening visual of his ankle bending in a very unnatural manner.
I think Young's immediate reaction to the play told you all you needed to know. He knew it was bad right away, and he obviously felt awful about his role. To the credit of several Braves, most noticeably second baseman Dan Uggla and manager Fredi Gonzalez, they were quick to console Young after checking on Hudson. There was no intent to injure and the Young's effort wasn't reckless, it was simply two players going hard with an outcome that nobody in the stadium felt good about witnessing.
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WATCH: Selena Gomez performs on "Good Morning America"
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Hot on the heels of her awesome iHeartRadio Live show Thursday night, Selena Gomez woke up New York City Friday morning with her live performance on "Good Morning America."
Central Park was packed for the show, which featured Selena singing her #1 hit, "Come And Get It," new single "Slow Down," and her new "Birthday" song.
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Cops: Mom Brands Kids, Promises Ice Cream
(NEWSER) – A Florida mom has been charged with child abuse after she allegedly branded her children so she could identify them as her kids. Kayla Oxenham, 23, allegedly used a lighter to heat up a stick then burned her 5- and 7-year-old daughters on the arm while noting she "forgot how much she loved fire," police say, per the New York Daily News. The girls say she also told them she branded them so they could get ice cream afterward, according to the police report.
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INTERVIEW: Cher
Cher is gearing up to release her first new album in twelve years, and if new single "Woman's World" is any indication of what's to come, the icon continues to get better with time.
"Woman's World" is currently at #2 on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Songs chart, and forthcoming album - her 26th! - Closer To The Truth is due out September 24th. Credits on the album include P!nk, who wrote two songs, a collaboration with Jake Shears of the Scossor Sisters, and producers such as Timbaland.
Buy "Woman's World" on iTunes and pre-order new album Closer To The Truth
iHeartRadio's Jonathan Clarke sat down with Cher to talk about the new music, her thoughts on legalizing gay marriage, why she was scared to perform on "The Voice" and more. Check out the interview below.
How did it feel getting back in the studio?
It's scary, but I'm always like a chicken when I go to be in the studio because... I don't know why. I don't think it's my best place but sometimes it is. Like in the Believe album, I felt great and was confident and I had such a good time. And on this one too, I had a great time. I worked with some people I'd never worked with before... I just got great songs.
Talk about the first single, "Woman's World" - a lyrically empowering track.
Anthemic. I don't think we thought it was going to be this... it really did sing itself. It didn't even take an hour. It was about a four, five take thing... "Turn Back Time" was like that.
I walked in the studio and I actually didn't want to do it. Diane Warren just said "I'll pay for it." And she's so cheap, I thought, boy, if she believes in it that much, I'm doing it."
So, I just walked in and I did it in two seconds and she said, "see I told you so."
What are your thoughts on the recent Supreme Court decision [to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act]?
I actually am surprised that they ever had to turn over something that was this stupid. I'm always shocked by people who want to keep people from being who they are, and want to decide what's right, and want to decide who can do what and who can't do what. So of course I was overjoyed, but I just don't understand why they had to turn over something so crazy: an individual human right that should be a right of people. We're supposed to have equality and yet it's only for some people.
Our forefathers came here so they could be free to do what they felt, feel what they wanted and have the religion that they wanted and yet, some of those people, it's like "we got ours, you can't have yours."
You performed on "The Voice" this season. What's it like to get back on stage? Do you just love that?
No. "The Voice" was so scary, I cannot tell you. Because I haven't made a record in eleven years, and so to go straight out on "The Voice" was really scary, because in three minutes, you're going to be the greatest invention of yourself, re-invention of yourself or you should get to the home immediately. Three minutes would be the end of my career, or the beginning of another career.
But how did it go, at the end of the day?
I think it was good. I didn't watch it, but I think people seem to like it. I will just tell you what my mother said. She said, "Honey, you owned the stage. You just walked out really cool and it was great!"
Is there a musical coming out based on your life on Broadway?
They had written one and they're holding it right now. They have this idea - which I think is really cool - they're going to have three Chers: the young one, the middle one and the one now. They talk to each other and they'll sing together and it will just show how I evolve. They're still writing it.
You've done an album in every sort of musical format. What does Cher listen to?
I love Adele. I love P!nk - that's kind of a given. I like the new Daft Punk. I also listen to Merle [Haggard], and Willy [Nelson] and Taylor Swift, and Tony Bennett... I miss Amy Winehouse. I also love musicals - old musicals from the forties. I've done a lot of different kinds of music because there's a song in every genre that I like.
You've definitely inspired many powerful female performers throughout your career. Do you ever look at them and think, "Hey, imitation is a greatest form of flattery"?
I believe we are all gathering things from the universe. You might not think that you've done it; I did it. I must have gathered things from Marlene Dietrich, like her gold outfit. It was harder for me because, I couldn't find myself anywhere in what was going on when I was young growing up. I wasn't Doris Day, I was so different. But I think now, some of us have gone before, have allowed the girls now to be totally free and everything is open. I used to get in trouble for a lot of things that I did. I was the first woman to be able to show her navel on television! It's nothing, but every time you break a barrier, you allow someone else to go through it.
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Ho-hum, another week, another story showcasing the four-letter's admiration of the Browns. This will never get old. Perhaps they're making up for lost coverage.
The story this week is again from senior writer John Clayton. In this saga, Clayton waxes on the greatness of Brady Quinn. He's becoming a better team leader. He's throwing the ball much better. He's so, so dreamy. Fine, that last one wasn't actually in the story, but it may as well been.
Of course, this means an imminent headache for Derek Anderson. His first incomplete pass will probably lead to chants of "Brady, Brady, Brady." Such is life of a Cleveland Browns starter.
Jason Cole of the ever-growing Yahoo Sports team came up with a good read about the Browns last week. He says the Browns defense still has a lot of ifs. He also has a good quote from general manager Phil Savage that basically shoots down any possibility of the team trading for Miami Dolphins defensive end Jason Taylor. Cole also makes the comparison between the offenses of the Browns and New England Patriots.
Notes... Always make sure to check out Terry Pluto's Sunday column in the Plain Dealer. He always has good tidbits.
The same can be said for Patrick McManamon's "Beside the Point" column on Sundays. In this week's column, McManamon has a nice little bit about the LeCharles Bentley situation.
Lost yesterday in the LeCharles Bentley fiasco was defensive back Gary Baxter's return to the field after he too missed almost two seasons.
Baxter even one-upped Bentley: He tore both of his patellar tendons in 2006. No player has ever returned from tearing both patellas. Baxter participated in team drills on Wednesday, but is challenging for a spot on the roster at safety.
It's probably safe to assume that Baxter has lost some athleticism, but if healthy, he could help as a backup to Brodney Pool and Sean Jones.
Notes... Speaking of Jones, Zac Jackson of Cleveland Browns.com just wrote about the safety. Jackson writes that Jones is the team's best-kept secret, but he's still trying to establish himself.
ESPN.com senior writer John Clayton has been in Berea watching the Browns. He filed a story on how Shaun Rogers will help Cleveland's run defense, one of the worst in the league the past few seasons.
See Marla Ridenour's story here.
This will not adversely affect the Browns in the least. Some Browns fans (like most Cleveland fans are known to do) are probably freaking out right now.
"The Browns will now have a losing season and the line is going to fall apart."
"Derek Anderson is going to get destroyed."
"He's just the first LeClevelander that'll leave town."
Hogwash. (Fine, maybe not that last one)
Face it, Bentley probably wasn't going to be a starter this year. In fact, some doubted he'd even be able to play this season despite passing a physical Monday night.
It's not because he might be good, which is questionable. It's because Hank Fraley is that good. Bentley was never interested in playing guard for the Browns. ''Well, I came here as a center. I would like to stay there,'' Bentley told reporters yesterday.
Wrong. At the end of the day, Bentley came here to make $16 million and not play a down. Not even in the preseason. Sure, getting injured forced the signing of Fraley, which made the line better, but that says nothing about Bentley.
Even after Bentley missed the past two years, fans seemed to rally behind him yesterday. They believed in the former local prep superstar.
All he's done in return is further fuel the paranoia and doubt of Cleveland sports fans.
Update: Make sure to check out Ridenour's latest article following General Manager Phil Savage's comments.
Center LeCharles Bentley left the Browns facility in Berea with a suitcase at lunchtime Wednesday and general manager Phil Savage later confirmed that Bentley had asked for and received his release.
Bentley did not show up for a morning team meeting, but spoke with Savage and coach Romeo Crennel after the first of two minicamp practices and they granted his request.To read more or comment...
Kellen Winslow will attend the Browns' mandatory three-day minicamp that begins in Berea Tuesday. His off-season demand for a new contract led some to speculate that Winslow would hold out, especially given the history of his new agent, Drew Rosenhaus.
But Winslow's level of participation is unsure after he underwent a procedure to clean out his right knee after the Pro Bowl. Winslow originally hurt the knee in a motorcycle accident in spring, 2005.To read more or comment...


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Luke Bryan blew away the crowd with his performance of "That's My Kinda Night" at the first-ever iHeartRadio Music Awards. This performance comes just one day before he kicks off the 'That's My Kinda Night Tour' in Canada.
Before Luke hit the stage, he stopped by the red carpet to catch up with Elvis Duran. Check out the interview below.
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It's the night Hollywood has been waiting for. The 86th Academy Awards were presented Sunday night at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood with host Ellen DeGeneres in the driver's seat.
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American Hustle and Gravity led the crowded field of Best Picture nominees this year with ten overall nominations each. Nine films vied for the top category and there were plenty of familiar faces to announce the winners. U2, Idina Menzel, Pharrell Williams, Karen O, Bette Midler and P!nk are also among the performers who took the stage on Oscar night.
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ABC televised and, for the first time ever, the Oscars were available to watch online through associated outlets on Oscar.com, ABC.com and WatchABC.com.
Here are the nominees and winners for the 86th Academy Awards:
Best Picture
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
12 Years a Slave - WINNER
The Wolf of Wall Street
Best Actor
Christian Bale - American Hustle
Bruce Dern - Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Wolf of Wall Street
Chiwetel Ejiofor - 12 Years a Slave
Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club - WINNER
Best Actress
Amy Adams - American Hustle
Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine - WINNER
Sandra Bullock - Gravity
Judi Dench - Philomena
Meryl Streep - August: Osage County
Best Supporting Actor
Barkhad Abdi - Captain Phillips
Bradley Cooper - American Hustle
Michael Fassbender - 12 Years A Slave
Jonah Hill - The Wolf of Wall Street
Jared Leto - Dallas Buyers Club - WINNER
Best Supporting Actress
Sally Hawkins - Blue Jasmine
Jennifer Lawrence - American Hustle
Lupita Nyong'o - 12 Years a Slave - WINNER
Julia Roberts - August: Osage County
June Squibb - Nebraska
Best Director
David O. Russell - American Hustle
Alfonso Cuaron - Gravity - WINNER
Alexander Payne - Nebraska
Steve McQueen - 12 Years a Slave
Martin Scorsese - The Wolf of Wall Street
Original Score
The Book Thief - John Williams
Gravity - Steven Price - WINNER
Her - William Butler and Owen Pallett
Philomena - Alexandre Desplat
Saving Mr. Banks - Thomas Newman
Original Song
"Happy" - Despicable Me 2
"Let It Go" - Frozen - WINNER
"The Moon Song" - Her
"Ordinary Love" - Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Adapted Screenplay
Before Midnight
Captain Phillips
12 Years a Slave - WINNER
The Wolf of Wall Street
Original Screenplay
American Hustle
Blue Jasmine
Dallas Buyers Club
Her - WINNER
Best Animated Feature Film
The Croods
Despicable Me 2
Ernest & Celestine
Frozen - WINNER
The Wind Rises
Documentary Short Subject
CaveDigger - Jeffrey Karoff
Facing Fear - Jason Cohen
Karama Has No Walls - Sara Ishaq
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life - Malcolm Clarke and Nicholas Reed - WINNER
Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall - Edgar Barens
Best Documentary Feature
The Act of Killing
Cutie and the Boxer
Dirty Wars
The Square
20 Feet From Stardom - WINNER
Best Foreign Language Film
The Broken Circle Breakdown
The Great Beauty - WINNER
The Hunt
The Missing Picture
Makeup and Hairstyling
Dallas Buyers Club - Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews - WINNER
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa - Stephen Prouty
The Lone Ranger - Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny
Costume Design
American Hustle - Michael Wilkinson
The Grandmaster - William Chang Suk Ping
The Great Gatsby - Catherine Martin - WINNER
The Invisible Woman - Michael O'Connor
12 Years a Slave - Patricia Norris
The Grandmaster - Philippe Le Sourd
Gravity - Emmanuel Lubezki - WINNER
Inside Llewyn Davis - Bruno Delbonnel
Nebraska - Phedon Papamichael
Prisoners - Roger A. Deakins
Production Design
American Hustle - Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Heather Loeffler
Gravity - Production Design: Andy Nicholson; Set Decoration: Rosie Goodwin and Joanne Woollard
The Great Gatsby - Production Design: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Beverley Dunn - WINNER
Her - Production Design: K.K. Barrett; Set Decoration: Gene Serdena
12 Years a Slave - Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Alice Baker
Short Film (Animated)
Feral - Daniel Sousa and Dan Golden
Get a Horse! - Lauren MacMullan and Dorothy McKim
Mr. Hublot - Laurent Witz and Alexandre Espigares - WINNER
Possessions - Shuhei Morita
Room on the Broom - Max Lang and Jan Lachauer
Short Film (Live Action)
Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn't Me) - Esteban Crespo
Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just before Losing Everything) - Xavier Legrand and Alexandre Gavras
Helium - Anders Walter and Kim Magnusson - WINNER
Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?) - Selma Vilhunen and Kirsikka Saari
The Voorman Problem - Mark Gill and Baldwin Li
Sound Editing
All Is Lost - Steve Boeddeker and Richard Hymns
Captain Phillips - Oliver Tarney
Gravity - Glenn Freemantle - WINNER
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Brent Burge and Chris Ward
Lone Survivor - Wylie Stateman
Sound Mixing
Captain Phillips - Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith and Chris Munro
Gravity - Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro - WINNER
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick and Tony Johnson
Inside Llewyn Davis - Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
Lone Survivor - Andy Koyama, Beau Borders and David Brownlow
Visual Effects
Gravity - Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, David Shirk and Neil Corbould - WINNER
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and Eric Reynolds
Iron Man 3 - Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash and Dan Sudick
The Lone Ranger - Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams and John Frazier
Star Trek Into Darkness - Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann and Burt Dalton


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- Akron Beacon Journal (Patrick McManamon): Brutal Browns loss can't be defended
- Akron Beacon Journal (Marla Ridenour): Edwards wants fans to know he's trying
- Akron Beacon Journal (Stephanie Storm): Late benching catches Quinn by surprise
- Chronicle-Telegram (Brian Dulik): Shake up the Browns? Why bother? This season is a lost cause
- Houston Chronicle (Jerome Solomon): Texans demonstrate they haven't given up on season or Kubiak
- Houston Chronicle (Lance Zierlein): Texans game ball goes to.... you'll never guess
- Orange and Brown Report (Rich Passan): That's It; That's Enough
- Plain Dealer (Bud Shaw):An abysmal loss seals Crennel's fate, but he can't be Browns' lone fall guy
- Plain Dealer (Terry Pluto): Plenty of culprits for this stinker - What I'm saying today: Romeo Crennel should be fired. Not at the end of the season. Not at the end of the week. Today. Football fans tend to think irrationally after a bad beat, but the Browns systematically broke down and gave up on Sunday. Crennel clearly doesn't have the ability to be an NFL head coach.
A quick glance at the lowlights:
- The quarterback of the future gets benched for a guy who couldn't keep his job. - Your sure-handed running back has two fumbles. - Your All Pro left tackle has two penalties. - The Pro Bowl wide receiver drops four more passes (the tracker will be updated later today). - Arguably the best player on the team, Kellen Winslow, got his only catch with three minutes remaining in the game. - The fans chant for a coach who was the leader of the rival team for 15 years. - The offensive coordinator, who looked like a surefire future head coach following last season, abandons the running game when it's successful and calls several plays for Stonehands Edwards. - The biggest cheer of the second half? Penalties on the Texans.
There are several more. Share one if you have it. Let your frustration out here at the Bulletin.
There were actually some highlight, as crazy as that sounds.
- Jamal Lewis ran very well, going for a 5.8 clip. Sadly, he only got 10 carries. - Kamierion Wimbley had his best game of the season. - Phil Dawson and Shaun Rogers look like Pro Bowl players. - I had a delicious steak after the game.
Browns second-year quarterback Brady Quinn suffered a small fracture on the tip of his index finger on his throwing hand in Monday night's victory at Buffalo, Browns coach Romeo Crennel announced Thursday.
Quinn will wear a splint while off the field, but will not miss practice and will start in Sunday's home game against the Houston Texans.To read more or comment...
- Akron Beacon Journal (Marla Ridenour): McDonald deals with demotion
- Akron Beacon Journal (Patrick McManamon): Calm, quiet kicker lets feet do talking
- Buffalo News (Jerry Sullivan): Free fall from grace starts with quarterback - Chronicle Telegram (Scott Petrak): Dawson keeps getting better with age
- Plain Dealer (Terry Pluto): Far from flawless, Quinn still gave a sense of poise to Browns offense in victory
- Plain Dealer (Dennis Manoloff): Edwards makes an impact
- Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Leo Roth): Buffalo Bills turned to Lynch too late
- What I'm saying today: The Browns tried their best to lose, but still managed to win. Hooray!
Brady Quinn was kind of average, outside of late in the game. Good enough.
Braylon Edwards was the best player on the field last night. What is this, 2007? Oh, wait, Phil Dawson was actually the best player out there.
Apparently the Browns players forgot how to tackle sometime between the first and second quarter and never figured out how to do it again. It has to be time Andra Davis sits on the bench.
Nor, it wasn't signing Donte Stallworth or shipping Jeff Faine to New Orleans. Nor was it hiring Romeo Crennel (that was mostly done by Randy Lerner and John Collins). Or trading three draft picks from the latest draft.
Watching the Ravens game yesterday, it was clear. Phil Savage's biggest mistake was one of his first. It was when he swapped draft positions with Baltimore so the Ravens could pick up defensive lineman Haloti Ngata.
He can do it all -- rush the passer, stop the run, clog lanes, everything. Instead, the Browns got Kamerion Wimbley, who can't really do anything.
Revisionist history is a beautiful thing in sports. Just think about this one. If the Browns had Ngata, who plays end in Baltimore, they would have had to trade a second-round pick for Corey Williams. Then, the Browns could have used that second rounder this year on a cornerback so Brandon McDonald wouldn't be starting. There could be a ton of these sort of scenarios, obviously.
Think Savage has made a worse decision? Try to beat this one.
- Akron Beacon Journal (Patrick McManamon): Quarterback can't win game all by himself
- Canton Repository (Steve Doerschuk): No miracle finish for Browns, Quinn
- Denver Post (Jim Armstrong): Browns keep reverting to form
- Denver Post (Woody Paige): Cutler's courage torments Brownies
- Plain Dealer (May Kay Cabot): Bright start for Winslow ends bleakly with fourth-quarter errors - Plain Dealer (Bud Shaw): Quinn's impressive debut can't overcome another example of '08 Browns failure
- Rocky Mountain News (Bernie Linicome): Weapons extinguished, Cutler fired up What I'm saying today: There is a lot more to life than football. However, when you look to football to give a release from the garbage, it's far too frustrating to be a Browns fan.
Brady Quinn looked good, I guess. I wasn't as hot about his play as everyone else. Maybe more on that over the next few days. The defense, though, has become a real problem. It's especially troublesome to see Brandon McDonald just getting scorched out there.
Browns backup quarterback Brady Quinn will make his first NFL start in Thursday night's nationally televised home game against the Denver Broncos, the team confirmed Monday evening.
Quinn, the 22nd overall pick in the 2007 draft, has attempted only eight passes and completed three for 45 yards, all during a field goal drive during last year's finale against San Francisco.To read more or comment...
Akron Beacon Journal (Patrick McManamon): Team's total collapse spells doom for season
Akron Beacon Journal (Marla Ridenour): Cribbs breaks through for Browns
Baltimore Sun (Mike Preston): With Flacco and Rice, futures market already bringing return
Baltimore Sun (David Steele): Pep talk from Lewis provides big lift
Columbus Dispatch (Bob Hunter): Browns don't seem to get what 3-5 means
Examiner.com (Andrew Calafato): The culture of mediocrity, your 2008 Cleveland Browns
Plain Dealer (Mary Kay Cabot): Teammates try to shrug off Edwards' fourth-quarter drop
Plain Dealer (Terry Pluto): Browns have made it clear: This is not their year What I'm saying today: This was a tough one. In the third quarter, it seemed there was no way the Browns would lose. And they did.
It's weird how your opinion can swing so drastically from a win to a loss. The only problem is, the Browns are getting to a point where even if they win, the hope doesn't grow. But if they continue to lose, your opinion does get more and more sour.
Can the Browns go on some kind of winning streak? Yes, because at times the offense looks electric. But the problem now, at 3-5, the team might be too far out of it to bother.
Fortunately, there is another game on Thursday against the Broncos. I'll be live blogging again, so make sure to stop by.


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INDEPENDENCE: The trade was made official on Saturday, but Kevin Love says he committed to playing for the Cavaliers in July.
Within hours of announcing he was returning to Cleveland, LeBron James reached out to Love to gauge his interest in joining him.
"I'm in," Love told him, and the creation of the Cavaliers' dynamic Big Three was underway.
Love addressed reporters Tuesday for the first time since the Cavs acquired him in a three-team deal over the weekend. He can be a free agent after each of the next two seasons, but Love said he is committed to Cleveland.To read more or comment...
Kyrie Irving will start at point guard for the Americans in Tuesday's final exhibition game before the FIBA World Cup begins, ESPN reported today.
Irving will start next to Goran Dragic against Slovenia, while Team USA coach Mike Krzyzewski (Irving's college coach) hinted Irving and Derrick Rose could alternate starts thoughout the World Cup.
"We'll see as thing goes on," Krzyzewski told ESPN.com Monday. "We might alternate 'em. Both of them are going to play significant minutes."
Krzyzewski also said he'd like to play Irving and Rose together during stretches. Rose has missed nearly two full seasons while recovering from separate knee injuries.To read more or comment...
The construction of the NBA's newest Big Three is complete. Kevin Love is officially a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers.
The much-anticipated three-team deal was completed Saturday, the Cavs announced, the first day Andrew Wiggins was eligible to be traded after signing his rookie contract. As expected, the Cavs shipped out Wiggins, Anthony Bennett and a 2014 first-round pick (which previously belonged to the Miami Heat) in a three-team deal that also included the Philadelphia 76ers. The Cavs received Love, a three-time All-Star whose 26.1 points per game last season set a career high and ranked fourth in the league (directly behind LeBron James).
"Kevin joining the Cavaliers represents a very special and unique opportunity for our team," Cavs General Manager David Griffin said in a release. "At only 25, Kevin has already firmly established himself as one of the NBA's elite players and his talent, versatility and fit are major parts of our team's vision for success."
Love, who turns 26 in two weeks, is a fierce rebounder and arguably the best stretch 4 in the game. But he struggles defensively and was never able to carry the Timberwolves to the playoffs in the competitive Western Conference in any of his six seasons there. That isn't an issue anymore. Not only is Love moving to the weaker Eastern Conference, now he'll have fellow All-Stars James and Kyrie Irving as teammates.To read more or comment...
Kyrie Irving made the United States national team, as expected, and will travel to Spain to compete in the FIBA World Cup.
Team USA announced the final roster in the early hours of Saturday morning. It included Irving and former Most Valuable Player Derrick Rose at point guard, but omitted another Rookie of the Year in Damian Lillard.
Irving totaled 29 points and 15 assists in Team USA's three exhibition games, including Friday's 112-86 victory against Puerto Rico. The roster cuts of Lillard, Gordon Hayward, Chandler Parsons and Kyle Korver were announced hours later.
USA Basketball Chairman Jerry Colangelo called this "the most difficult selection process we've gone through" since he took control of the program in 2005.To read more or comment...
The Cavaliers announced the TV schedule for Fox Sports Ohio today.
Here is the team's news release:
As the official TV home of the Cleveland Cavaliers, FOX Sports Ohio is pleased to announce it will carry the maximum number (70) of Cavs games eligible for local broadcast during the 2014-15 regular season.
Of the Cavs complete 82-game schedule, FOX Sports Ohio will NOT be able to televise 12 games due to national television exclusivity rights. See the complete schedule of FOX Sports Ohio's games below.To read more or comment...
The Cavaliers signed undrafted rookie center Alex Kirk on Monday. Kirk, the 7-foot, 245-pounder who played on the Cavs' summer league team, averaged 10 points and 6.8 rebounds during three seasons at New Mexico.
He averaged 13.3 points and 8.7 rebounds last season and was named to the Mountain West Conference's defense team.
Kirk averaged 5.2 points and 3.4 rebounds in five games with the Cavs' summer league team. After trading Tyler Zeller and losing Spencer Hawes in free agency, the Cavs have spent the last few weeks shopping for another big.
The Cavs now have 14 players under contract, but that number is likely to continue fluctuating in the coming weeks.To read more or comment...
AKRON: LeBron James insists he's home to stay.
"I don't plan on going anywhere," James said Friday night during the Welcome Home LeBron event at InfoCision Stadium. "I don't have the energy to do it again."
James structured his contract with the Cavs to allow him to again enter free agency after each of the next two seasons, but implied Friday that was a maneuver to take advantage of the league's next television contract, when max salaries could increase dramatically.
"At the end of the day I'm a businessman as well," James said, "and I know what's going on in our league."To read more or comment...
The new-look Cavaliers will open the preseason Oct. 5 against coach David Blatt's former team, Maccabi Tel Aviv, before departing for a highly anticipated reunion between LeBron James and the Miami Heat in Brazil.
The Cavs will play five of their seven preseason games in the state of Ohio, including stops in Cincinnati and Columbus, in the schedule released Friday. They will play seven preseason games and conclude the preseason Oct. 22 at the Memphis Grizzlies.
Sun., Oct. 5 vs. Maccabi Tel Aviv (Quicken Loans Arena), 6 p.m.To read more or comment...
The Minnesota Timberwolves have agreed on a trade that will send All-Star forward Kevin Love to the Cavs for Andrew Wiggins, Anthony Bennett and a protected 2015 first-round pick, Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports reported this morning.
The report says the Cavs have a "firm agreement" that Love will sign a five-year, $120 million contract extension to remain with Cleveland next summer.
The trade cannot be announced until Aug. 23, one month after Wiggins signed his rookie contract. Wiggins was the first overall pick in this year's NBA Draft.
In recent days, reports said the Cavs remained the lone team in the running to acquire Love, who will team with LeBron James to make the Cavs the favorite for the 2014-15 NBA title.To read more or comment...