Elle MacPherson Weds Billionaire Jeffrey Soffer!

Elle MacPherson Weds Billionaire Jeffrey Soffer!

Australian supermodel Elle Macpherson, who is nicknamed “the body, has tied the knot with Jeffrey Soffer in Fiji. Elle and Jeff announced their engagement in March of this year. They reportedly married on the Pacific islands in front of family and close friends. A source close to the couple confirmed they had married but refused ...

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Woman robbed inside own home, loses wedding band, engagement ring

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LAWRENCEBURG, Ky. (WKYT) - She says they took her money, her medicine, and some gifts her late husband gave her.

Police say two men forced their way inside a house of Jean Drive in Lawrenceburg Friday morning. Multiple law enforcement agencies spent the day trying to find them.

Police in Lawrenceburg are still searching for the two men that robbed Rena Reed. Reed says two men came into her house demanding pills. When they took her stash of prescription medication, they started eyeing her rings.

"He took my engagement ring and my wedding band," said Reed.

Those bands had been on Reed's fingers for 56 years, put there first by her late husband.

"I can't replace those," she remarked, "these people just simply, they don't care. They didn't mean anything to anybody but me."

Emergency crews took Reed to the hospital to get checked out after the home invasion, and an Anderson County Deputy Sheriff pulled over a suspicious vehicle shortly after. The two men inside it got out and started running. They have yet to be found.

Lawrenceburg Police told WKYT Friday night they aren't positive the men in the vehicle are the same that robbed Reed.

Source: http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/Woman-robbed-inside-own-home-loses-wedding-band-engagement-ring-217196441.html

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Vilanova steps down as Barcelona coach after cancer relapse

updated 4:04 PM EDT, Fri July 19, 2013

Tito Vilanova took over from Josep Guardiola as Barcelona coach in June 2012.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Tito Vilanova steps down as coach of Spanish champions Barcelona
• Club cited health reasons as the 45-year-old battles cancer
• Vilanova succeeded Pep Guardiola in June 2012
• First diagnosed with cancerous throat tumor in 2011

(CNN) -- Tito Vilanova stepped down as Barcelona coach Friday after the Spanish champions revealed he needed fresh treatment in his battle against cancer.

Club president Sandro Rosell and sporting director Andoni Zubizaretta made the announcement at a specially convened media conference at the Nou Camp.

The 44-year-old Vilanova led the Catalan giants to the La Liga title last season after succeeding Pep Guardiola in June 2012.

Read: Barcelona wrap up La Liga title

But he spent nearly three months on the sidelines after having surgery followed by a course of chemotherapy and radiotherapy in New York.

Vilanova, a long-time assistant to Guardiola, had first been diagnosed with a cancerous tumor of the throat in November 2011, but after having initial treatment returned to work in less than three weeks.

He was appointed to the top job when his old boss quit and under his charge Barcelona made a storming start to last season.

After his return in March following his treatment, they wrapped up the domestic title, but suffered a semifinal humiliation to Bayern Munich in the Champions League semifinals.

Read: Barcelona crushed by Bayern in semifinals

Vilanova had been preparing his squad for the new season, but following news of his fresh health problems, the club announced their trip to Poland for a friendly with Lechia Gdansk Saturday had been canceled.

Barcelona said assistant coach Joan Francesc Ferrer Sicilia would take temporary charge and Rosell said a new coach would be appointed "probably early next week."

Vilanova's battle with cancer has occurred in tandem with Eric Abidal, the French international defender, who was diagnosed with a liver tumor.

When Barcelona clinched their 22nd La Liga title last season, club captain Carles Puyol stepped aside to allow Vilanova and Abidal to initially lift the trophy in recognition of their brave battles against illness.

Abidal left the Catalan giants at the end of the season when he was not offered a fresh playing contract.

Several Barcelona players, including Argentina star Lionel Messi and Puyol, attended Friday's announcement of Vilanova's latest setback.

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Long-suffering Detroit finally turns to bankruptcy

DETROIT (AP) ? At the height of its industrial power, Detroit was an irrepressible engine of the American economy, offering well-paying jobs, a gateway to the middle class for generations of autoworkers and affordable vehicles that put the world on wheels.

But by Thursday, the once-mighty symbol of the nation's manufacturing might had fallen from that pinnacle into financial ruin, becoming the biggest U.S. city ever to file for bankruptcy ? the result of a long, slow decline in population and auto manufacturing.

Although the filing had been feared for months, the path that lay ahead was still uncertain. Bankruptcy could mean laying off employees, selling off assets, raising fees and scaling back basic services such as trash collection and snow plowing, which have already been slashed.

Kevin Frederick, an admissions representative for a local career training school, called the step "an embarrassment."

"I guess we have to take a couple of steps backward to move forward," Frederick said.

Now city and state leaders must confront the challenge of rebuilding Detroit's broken budget in as little as a year.

Kevyn Orr, a bankruptcy expert hired by the state in March to stop Detroit's fiscal free-fall, said Detroit would continue paying its bills and employees.

But, said Michael Sweet, a bankruptcy attorney in Fox-Rothschild's San Francisco office, "they don't have to pay anyone they don't want to. And no one can sue them."

The city's woes have piled up for generations. In the 1950s, its population grew to 1.8 million people, many of whom were lured by plentiful, well-paying auto jobs. Later that decade, Detroit began to decline as developers starting building suburbs that lured away workers and businesses.

Then beginning in the late 1960s, auto companies began opening plants in other cities. Property values and tax revenue fell, and police couldn't control crime. In later years, the rise of autos imported from Japan started to cut the size of the U.S. auto industry.

By the time the auto industry melted down in 2009, only a few factories from GM and Chrysler were left. GM is the only one with headquarters in Detroit, though it has huge research and testing centers with thousands of jobs outside the city.

Detroit lost a quarter-million residents between 2000 and 2010. Today, the population struggles to stay above 700,000.

The result is a metropolis where whole neighborhoods are practically deserted and basic services cut off in places. Looming over the crumbling landscape is a budget deficit believed to be more than $380 million and long-term debt that could be as much as $20 billion.

In recent months, the city has relied on state-backed bond money to meet payroll for its 10,000 employees.

Orr made the filing in federal bankruptcy court under Chapter 9, the bankruptcy system for cities and counties.

He was unable to persuade a host of creditors, unions and pension boards to take pennies on the dollar to help with the city's massive financial restructuring. If the bankruptcy filing is approved, city assets could be liquidated to satisfy demands for payment.

Orr said Thursday that he "bent over backward" to work with creditors, rejecting criticism that he was too rigid. "Anybody who takes that position just hasn't been listening."

The bankruptcy could last through summer or fall 2014, which coincides with the end of Orr's 18-month appointment, he said.

Gov. Rick Snyder, who called bankruptcy the "one feasible path," determined earlier this year that Detroit was in a financial emergency and without a plan for improvement. He made it the largest U.S. city to fall under state oversight when a state loan board hired Orr.

Creditors and public servants "deserve to know what promises the city can and will keep," Snyder wrote in a letter that was part of the filing. "The only way to do those things is to radically restructure the city and allow it to reinvent itself without the burden of impossible obligations."

A turnaround specialist, Orr represented automaker Chrysler LLC during its successful restructuring. He issued a warning early on in his tenure in Detroit that bankruptcy was a road he preferred to avoid.

Some city workers and retirement systems filed lawsuits to prevent Snyder from approving Orr's bankruptcy request, said Detroit-area turnaround specialist James McTevia.

They have argued that bankruptcy could change pension and retiree benefits, which are guaranteed under state law.

Others are concerned that a bankrupt Detroit will cause businesses large and small to reconsider their operations in the city. But General Motors does not anticipate any impact to its daily operations, the automaker said Thursday in a statement.

Detroit has more than double the population of the Northern California community of Stockton, Calif., which until Detroit had been the largest U.S. city ever to file for bankruptcy when it did so in June 2012.

Before Detroit, the largest municipal bankruptcy filing had involved Jefferson County, Ala., which was more than $4 billion in debt when it filed in 2011. Another recent city to have filed for bankruptcy was San Bernardino, Calif., which took that route in August 2012 after learning it had a $46 million deficit.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/long-suffering-detroit-finally-turns-bankruptcy-065844742.html

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Pro- and anti-Islamist protesters clash in Egypt

CAIRO (AP) ? Supporters and opponents of Egypt's Islamist president battled in the streets near Tahrir Square on Friday as an Islamist rally demanding a purge of the judiciary devolved into violence.

The rally centered on a contentious aspect of the country's deep political polarization ? the courts. Islamist backers of President Mohammed Morsi say the judiciary is infused with former regime loyalists who are blocking his policies, while opponents fear Islamists want to take over the courts and get rid of secular-minded judges to consolidate the Muslim Brotherhood's power.

But beyond the specific issues, the scenes of youths from both sides waving homemade pistols and beating each other with sticks illustrated how entrenched violence has become in Egypt's political crisis. In recent weeks, several marches and rallies by the country's various camps have devolved into street battles, fueling the bitterness on all sides.

Thousands of Morsi supporters ? mostly backers of the Muslim Brotherhood and Islamist hard-liners ? held rallies Friday outside the High Court building in Cairo and in the coastal city of Alexandria, demanding the "cleansing of the judiciary."

The marches appeared aimed at presenting Islamists' actions on the courts as a popular "demand of the revolution." Islamist lawmakers who dominate the legislature have announced plans to begin debating a bill regulating the judiciary, presenting it as aimed at ensuring the independence of courts they contend are dominated by supporters of ousted leader Hosni Mubarak.

But opponents believe the Islamists aim to remove judges and install new ones who support their agenda. In an interview with a Kuwaiti newspaper this month, the former head of the Brotherhood, Mehdi Akef, called the judiciary "sick" and "corrupt" and said a new law could force out 3,500 of Egypt's approximately 13,000 judges and prosecution officials by lowering the retirement age to 60 from 70 ? though it remains to be seen if lowering the age will be in the final bill.

"Go for it Morsi and we are behind you. Cleanse the judiciary," thousands of Islamists chanted outside the High Court building. Some, mainly followers of ultraconservative cleric Hazem Abu Ismail, waved black Islamic flags.

As some Islamists moved toward Cairo's Tahrir Square, they were met by anti-Morsi youth a few blocks from the square, some of them in black masks. It was not clear who started the clashes, but it led to both sides pelting each other with stones and firing gunshots. One bus was seen set on fire. The sound of birdshot cracked through the air in the clashes, and tear gas was fired ? even though there were no police nearby.

Some of the masked youths and Islamists were seen with homemade pistols. Others wielded iron bars and tree branches and broke up street pavements to throw the chunks of asphalt and concrete. More than 80 people were injured, according to the state news agency MENA.

Amid the battles, Islamists were seen dragging rivals to the ground and beating them. In one case, they beat a protester then shoved him into an ambulance, forced the ambulance workers out and drove off in the vehicle.

Ahmed Hamdi, a Muslim Brotherhood supporter at the scene, blamed the anti-Morsi protesters for the violence, calling them "thugs" and saying they set the bus on fire.

"The whole story is they see that Islamists are now in power. They can't swallow this, that Islamists rule them. It's a battle with the old regime," he said.

As the clashes raged, Abu Ismail spoke to supporters at a mosque, telling them, "The death of 100 or 1,000 or 10,000 is nothing if in return the Islamic nation lives."

Egypt has been deeply divided for months over Morsi's rule and the political dominance of his Islamist allies, leading to repeated violence even as the country's economy continues to deteriorate.

Morsi's opponents accuse the Islamists of hijacking the revolution, not living up to his earlier election campaign promises to have inclusive political process and of monopolizing power and allowing human rights abuses. The president, the Brotherhood and Islamist politicians say the opposition is using street violence to topple elected Islamists and destabilize the country.

The judiciary has become a significant battleground ? the sole branch of government not dominated by Morsi's Islamist allies, although he does have some backers among the judges.

Many judges accuse Morsi of trying to undermine their authority, while the president's allies charge that Mubarak supporters in the courts are blocking Morsi and derail Egypt's transition to democracy.

The Brotherhood, from which Morsi hails, says reforming the judiciary is a completion of the revolution. The group criticized the courts this week over several recent acquittals of former Mubarak officials and over a court order to release Mubarak himself during his re-trial on charges of killing protesters during the 2011 uprising that led to his ouster. Mubarak remains in custody over other charges and is unlikely to be released.

During Friday's rallies, Mohammed el-Beltagi, a leading Brotherhood member, told supporters that the judiciary is backing "the counter-revolution" and that Egypt is in need of "revolutionary decisions," referring the new judicial law.

The head of the Brotherhood's political party, Saad el-Katatni, told a political gathering Thursday that it is time to "complete work on the institutions." He insisted that "the people who carried out the revolution don't allow any authority, even the judiciary, to transgress on popular will."

On Friday, el-Katatni dismissed accusations that the group aims to monopolize power as "a blatant lie."

Leftist, secular and revolutionary groups have long called for reforming the judiciary, the Interior Ministry and other institutions to fight corruption and remove Mubarak holdovers. But they fear the Islamists will only to install their own supporters.

The leftist opposition Popular Current Party said that the Islamists' call for rallies were "a right used to serve a wrong."

"This is the beginning of a massacre of the Egyptian judiciary," it said in a statement. "It is clear that the Muslim Brotherhood aims at executing a new scenario to monopolize the judiciary."

Not all Islamist parties joined Friday's rally, with several ultraconservative Salafi groups staying away. The leader of the Salafi Nour Party, Younis Makhyoun, blamed the Brotherhood for Friday's violence, saying the call for the rally only "fuels volatility, division and chaos."

The judiciary has dealt the Islamist camp several setbacks. Courts dissolved the Islamist-majority lower house of parliament last year, saying the law governing its election was invalid. This year, a court forced a delay in elections for a new parliament when it ruled that a new election law had to be reviewed by the Supreme Constitutional Court.

The election had been due to start this month but they have been put off with no new date set. In the meantime, the upper house of parliament ? the Shura Council, a normally powerless body elected by no more than 6 percent of voters and where Islamists hold an overwhelming majority ? is serving as the legislature.

The courts and Morsi have had frequent frictions since his inauguration in June.

In November, Morsi infuriated many in the judiciary by issuing decrees that made his decisions immune from judicial challenge for a time, protected a constitutional assembly from being dissolved by the courts and unilaterally installed a new prosecutor.

The prosecutor remains in place despite a court order last month annulling his appointment.

"We all call for reforming the judiciary, not controlling it," said Nasser Amin, the head of the Arab Center for the Independence of the Judiciary. The aim of getting rid of so many judges at once would be "to control the whole system and use it against opponents."

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/pro-anti-islamist-protesters-clash-egypt-154837734.html

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2013 James Beard Media Award Finalists Announced -- Grub Street ...

The winners will be announced May 3.Photo: James Beard Foundation

The James Beard Foundation announced its nominees for the 2013 awards ceremonies this morning at the Lowndes Grove Plantation in Charleston. Media awards will be handed out on May 3, while the star-studded chef and restaurant awards will take place on Monday, May 6 at Avery Fisher Hall in New York City. You've already seen the restaurant finalists, and here are the media finalists. (Grub Street New York is a nominee for Group Food Blog!) Congrats to everyone listed here ? Ted Allen will host the organization's James Beard Foundation Book, Broadcast & Journalism Awards Dinner on Friday, May 3. The ceremony will take place at Gotham Hall in New York City. Straight ahead, the full list of nominees.

Cooking, Recipes, or Instruction
Matt Goulding, Matthew Kadey, and Paul Kita
Men?s Health
?The Butcher Is Back!,? ?The Six-Pack Foods of Summer,? ?Southern Food Rises Again?

J. Kenji L?pez-Alt
Serious Eats
?The Food Lab?

Staff at Every Day with Rachael Ray
Every Day with Rachael Ray
?Pick Your Perfect Thanksgiving?

Food and Culture
Oliver Bullough
Roads & Kingdoms
?Adjika: Sauce of Glory, Pride of Abkhazia?

Ryan D?Agostino and the Editors of Esquire
Esquire
?The Esquire Community Cookbook?

Ann Taylor Pittman
Cooking Light
?Mississippi Chinese Lady Goes Home to Korea?

Food and Travel
Matt Goulding
Roads & Kingdoms
?The Soul of a City?

Peter Jon Lindberg
Travel + Leisure
?Hawaii?s Next Wave?

Adam Sachs
Travel + Leisure
?The Best Little Eating Town in Europe

Food Coverage in a General-Interest Publication
Los Angeles Magazine
Lesley Bargar Suter

Men?s Health
Adina Steiman

Real Simple
Lygeia Grace

Washingtonian
Todd Kliman

Food Politics, Policy, and the Environment
Barry Estabrook
OnEarth
?Out to Lunch?

Tracie McMillan
The American Prospect
?As Common As Dirt?

Ben Paynter
Bloomberg Businessweek
?The Carp Must Die?

Food-Related Columns
Celia Barbour
philipstown.info
Mouths to Feed: ?Into the Woods,? ?Of Cabbages and Queens,? ?The Dirt on Christmas?

Adam Sachs
Bon App?tit
The Obsessivore: ?I'm Big On Japan," "Everyone's a Critic," "The Tradition Starts Here?

Jane and Michael Stern
Saveur
Routes: ?Surf and Turf,? ?Hog Heaven,? ?Fair and Square?

Lettie Teague
The Wall Street Journal
On Wine: ?A Pinot a Day: Is a Little Wine Really Good for You?,? ?Think While You Drink: In Defense of Wine Snobs,? ?Men Are From Cab, Women Are From Moscato??

Group Food Blog
Dark Rye
darkrye.com

Eater National
eater.com

Grub Street New York
newyork.grubstreet.com

Health and Well-Being
Rachael Moeller Gorman
Eating Well
?Solving the Sugar Puzzle?

Aliza Green
Washington Post
?The Gloves Can Come Off, as Far as I?m Concerned?

Lou Schuler
Men?s Health
?Did Cavemen Have Abs??

Humor
Lisa Hanawalt
Lucky Peach
?The Secret Lives of Chefs?

Alice Laussade
Dallas Observer
?The Cheap Bastard's Ultimate Guide to Eating like a Total Cheap Bastard in Dallas?

Michael Procopio
Food for the Thoughtless
?KY Jelly is My New Jam?

Individual Food Blog
Cannelle et Vanille
cannellevanille.com
Aran Goyoaga

Hunter Angler Gardener Cook
honest-food.net
Hank Shaw

Vinography
vinography.com
Alder Yarrow

Personal Essay
Fuchsia Dunlop
Lucky Peach
?London Town?

Hua Hsu
Lucky Peach
?Wokking the Suburbs?

Joy Manning
Table Matters
?The Swedish Chef?

Profile
Brandon Chuang
Feast
?An Evolution of Ideas?

Alex Halberstadt
The New York Times Magazine
?Cooking Isn?t Creative and It Isn?t Easy?

Brett Martin
GQ
?Danny and the Electric Kung Pao Pastrami Test?

Visual Storytelling
Jessica Bennett and Sky Dylan-Robbins
From Tumblr?s ?Storyboard? Series
?Pizza That Never Sleeps (Even in a Hurricane),? ?Move Over, Cupcakes: The Religieuse Has Arrived,? ?Cooking Their Way Through Magazine History?

Wylie Dufresne, Michael Laiskonis, Nathan Rawlinson, and Alex Stupak
Gilt Taste
The Art of Plating: ?Why Presentation May be Self-Defeating,? ?A Different Take on Mexican Mole,? ? Tire Tracks of Sauce?

Michele Outland and Fiorella Valdesolo
Gather Journal
"Starters," "Dessert," "Smoke & Ash"

Wine, Spirits, and Other Beverages
Betsy Andrews
Saveur
?Northern Renaissance?

Marisa Huff
La Cucina Italiana
?The New Birra Italiana?

Michael Steinberger
vanityfair.com
?A Vintage Crime?

Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Review Award
Alison Cook
Houston Chronicle
?Justin Yu and Oxheart Look Forward, Not Back,? ?Torchy's Tacos? Magic Gets Lost in Translation,? ?Why Underbelly is Essential to Houston?

Patric Kuh
Los Angeles Magazine
?Whole Foods,? ?Shore Thing,? ?Power Station?

Tejal Rao
The Village Voice
?Bangkok Pop, No Fetishes,? ?The Sweet Taste of Success,? ?Enter the Comfort Zone at 606 R&D?

MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award
Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl
Mpls.St.Paul Magazine
?The Cheese Artist?

Richard Parks
Lucky Peach
?Khmerican Food?

Mike Sula
Chicago Reader
?Chicken of the Trees?

2013 James Beard Foundation Book Awards
For cookbooks published in English in 2012. Winners will be announced May 3, 2013.

American Cooking
Fire in My Belly
by Kevin Gillespie and David Joachim
(Andrews McMeel Publishing)

Mastering the Art of Southern Cooking
by Nathalie Dupree and Cynthia Graubart
(Gibbs Smith)

Southern Comfort: A New Take on the Recipes We Grew Up With
by Allison Vines-Rushing and Slade Rushing
(Ten Speed Press)

Baking and Dessert
Bouchon Bakery
by Thomas Keller and Sebastien Rouxel
(Artisan)

The Dahlia Bakery Cookbook: Sweetness in Seattle
by Tom Douglas and Shelley Lance
(William Morrow)

Flour Water Salt Yeast: The Fundamentals of Artisan Bread and Pizza
by Ken Forkish
(Ten Speed Press)

Beverage
How to Love Wine: A Memoir and Manifesto
by Eric Asimov
(William Morrow)

Inventing Wine: A New History of One of the World?s Most Ancient Pleasures
by Paul Lukacs
(W.W. Norton & Company)

Wine Grapes: A Complete Guide to 1,368 Vine Varieties, Including Their Origins and Flavours
by Julia Harding, Jancis Robinson, and Jos? Vouillamoz
(Ecco)

Cooking from a Professional Point of View
Come In, We?re Closed: An Invitation to Staff Meals at the World?s Best Restaurants
by Christine Carroll and Jody Eddy
(Running Press)

The Fundamental Techniques of Classic Italian Cuisine
by The International Culinary Center, Cesare Casella, and Stephanie Lyness
(Abrams)

Toqu?! Creators of a New Quebec Gastronomy
by Normand Laprise
(les ?ditions du passage)

Focus on Health
Cooking Light The New Way to Cook Light: Fresh Food & Bold Flavors for Today?s Home Cook
by Scott Mowbray and Ann Taylor Pittman
(Oxmoor House)

The Sprouted Kitchen: A Tastier Take on Whole Foods
by Sara Forte
(Ten Speed Press)

True Food: Seasonal, Sustainable, Simple, Pure
by Sam Fox and Andrew Weil with Michael Stebner
(Little, Brown and Company)

General Cooking
Canal House Cooks Every Day
by Melissa Hamilton and Christopher Hirsheimer
(Andrews McMeel Publishing)

Modernist Cuisine at Home
by Nathan Myhrvold and Maxime Bilet
(The Cooking Lab)

What Katie Ate: Recipes and Other Bits & Pieces
by Katie Quinn Davies
(Viking Studio)

International
Burma: Rivers of Flavor
by Naomi Duguid
(Artisan)

Gran Cocina Latina: The Food of Latin America
by Maricel E. Presilla
(W.W. Norton & Company)

Jerusalem: A Cookbook
by Yotam Ottolenghi & Sami Tamimi
(Ten Speed Press)

Photography
Bouchon Bakery
Photographer: Deborah Jones
(Artisan)

Toqu?! Creators of a New Quebec Gastronomy
Photographer: Dominique Malaterre
(les ?ditions du passage)

What Katie Ate: Recipes and Other Bits & Pieces
Photographer: Katie Quinn Davies
(Viking Studio)

Reference and Scholarship
101 Classic Cookbooks: 501 Classic Recipes
by Marvin J. Taylor and Clark Wolf
(Rizzoli New York)

The Art of Fermentation: An In-Depth Exploration of Essential Concepts and Processes from Around the World
by Sandor Ellix Katz
(Chelsea Green Publishing)

The Cookbook Library: Four Centuries of the Cooks, Writers, and Recipes That Made the Modern Cookbook
by Anne Willan with Mark Cherniavsky and Kyri Claflin
(University of California Press)

Single Subject
Afield: A Chef?s Guide to Preparing and Cooking Wild Game and Fish
by Jesse Griffiths
(Welcome Books)

Modern Sauces: More than 150 Recipes for Every Cook, Every Day
by Martha Holmberg
(Chronicle Books)

Ripe: A Cook in the Orchard
by Nigel Slater
(Ten Speed Press)

Vegetable Focused and Vegetarian
Foraged Flavor: Finding Fabulous Ingredients in Your Backyard or Farmer?s Market
by Tama Matsuoka Wong with Eddy Leroux
(Clarkson Potter Publishers)

Herbivoracious: A Flavor Revolution, with 150 Vibrant and Original Vegetarian Recipes
by Michael Natkin
(The Harvard Common Press)

Roots: The Definitive Compendium with More Than 225 Recipes
by Diane Morgan
(Chronicle Books)

Writing and Literature
The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee's, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table
by Tracie McMillan
(Scribner)

The Man Who Changed the Way We Eat: Craig Claiborne and the American Food Renaissance
by Thomas McNamee
(Free Press)

Yes, Chef: A Memoir
by Marcus Samuelsson
(Random House)

The winner of the Cookbook of the Year Award and the Cookbook Hall of Fame Inductee will be announced on May 3, 2013.

2013 James Beard Foundation Broadcast and New Media Awards
Presented by Lenox Tableware and Gifts
For television, webcast, and radio programs aired in 2012. Winners will be announced on May 3, 2013

Radio Show/Audio Webcast
Fear of Frying
Host: Nina Barrett
Area: WBEZ
Producer: Lynette Kalsnes

NewsWorks
Host: Lari Robling
Area: WHYY FM
Producer: Lari Robling

The Salt
Host: Allison Aubrey
Area: npr.org/blogs/thesalt
Producer: Alison Richards

Special/Documentary (Television or Video Webcast)
America Revealed: Food Machine
Host: Yul Kwon
Network: PBS
Producers: Christopher Bryson, Nick Catliff, Ruth Johnston, Amy Goodman Kass, Antony Tackaberry, and Nic Young

Food Forward: Urban Agriculture Across America
Network: PBS
Producers: Stett Holbrook and Greg Roden

The Restaurateur
Network: PBS
Producer: Roger Sherman

Television Program, In Studio or Fixed Location
CBS Sunday Morning: ?Eat, Drink and Be Merry?
Host: Charles Osgood
Network: CBS
Producers: Gavin Boyle, Amol Mhatre, Rand Morrison, Amy Rosner, Jason Sacca, and Robin Sanders

Martha Stewart?s Cooking School
Host: Martha Stewart
Network: PBS
Producers: Martha Stewart, Greta Anthony, Christina Deyo, Michael Morrison, Olivia Schneider, and Lisa Wagner

Sara?s Weeknight Meals
Host: Sara Moulton
Network: PBS
Producers: Natalie Gustafson and Silver Plume Productions

Television Program, On Location
Bizarre Foods America
Host: Andrew Zimmern
Network: Travel Channel
Producers: Colleen Needles Steward and Andrew Zimmern

MeatEater
Host: Steven Rinella
Network: Sportsman Channel
Producers: Jared Andrukanis, Joe Caterini, Chris Collins, Steven Rinella, Craig Shepherd, and Lydia Tenaglia

The Mind of a Chef
Host: Anthony Bourdain
Network: PBS
Producers: Anthony Bourdain, Joe Caterini, Christopher Collins, Jonathan Cianfrani, Michael Steed, and Lydia Tenaglia

Television Segment
CNN InFocus
Host: Tom Foreman
Network: CNN
Producers: Jeremy Harlan, Kat Kinsman, Dan Lothian, and Eric Marrapodi

Friday Arts, Art of Food
Network: WHYY TV
Producer: Monica Rogozinski

The Hungry Hound
Host: Steve Dolinsky
Network: WLS-TV (ABC 7) Chicago
Producer: Badriyyah Waheed

Video Webcast, Fixed Location and/or Instructional
The Chicago Restaurant Pastry Competition, Season One
jmpurepastry.com
Producers: Nicolas DeGrazia, Daniel Kullman, Jimmy MacMillan, and Julie MacMillan

How to Cocktail
youtube.com/liquor
Producers: Kit Codik, Scott Kritz, and Noah Rothbaum

The Seasonal Cooks
bonappetit.com
Hosts: Melissa Hamilton and Christopher Hirsheimer
Producer: Matthew Duckor

Video Webcast, On Location
The Curious Adventures of Kirk Lombard
darkrye.com
Host: Kirk Lombard
Producer: Kelly LeCastre

food. curated.
foodcurated.com
Producer: Liza de Guia

The Perennial Plate: Real Food World Tour
theperennialplate.com
Hosts: Daniel Klein and Mirra Fine
Producers: Daniel Klein and Mirra Fine

Outstanding Personality/Host
Host: Gerry Garvin
Show: Road Trip With G. Garvin
Network: Cooking Channel

Host: Sara Moulton
Show: Sara?s Weeknight Meals
Network: PBS

Host: Andrew Zimmern
Show: Bizarre Foods America

Earlier: James Beard Foundation Announces 2013 Restaurant and Chef Awards Finalists
Earlier: Stanley Tucci Hosting the 2013 James Beard Awards
Earlier: Here Are 2013?s James Beard Restaurant and Chef Semifinalists

Source: http://newyork.grubstreet.com/2013/03/james-beard-awards-book-broadcast-journalism-finalists.html

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Managing the Board and Employees During Strategic Change :

American management guru Gary Hamel coined the notion of strategic decay: every strategy, no matter how brilliant, loses its value with time. Change is inevitable and essential in any organization. A business that does not embrace change is stagnating. This is a principle which applies as much to a hospitality business as any other market sector.

As companies struggle to survive in a challenging financial environment, many hotel and resort operators find it difficult to focus on and implement key policy changes, however much they are needed. This article examines how these businesses can successfully drive and manage strategic change, at both board and employee level.

Strategic change managers require many skills and qualities. But foremost they need insight; an objective, global view of a business?s current performance, the strength of the competition and the market potential.

They also need the foresight to distinguish the desirable from the achievable.

What does the hotel or resort really need? Is it a quick win or can the business wait to see a return on its investment? For many of the parties involved, the quick win may look more attractive, but a good change manager knows expediency does not always go hand-in-hand with sustainability. Any proposal should aim to build the brand as well as the business.

So already we?ve established that a strategic change manager needs astute financial and operational judgment and the ability to create viable, visionary business solutions. But this is only half the battle.

To translate vision into action, they should also be a ?change champion?. Strategic change may challenge the business?s current plans and conventions. I know from my own experiences of leading change programs that a change champion will need finely tuned interpersonal skills to persuade board members, employees and shareholders to sign up and support it.

The strategic change manager should be decisive, honest and clear. It?s important to communicate at each level ? board, employees and shareholders ? conveying the plain facts using language the people involved are familiar with, avoiding jargon or spin. Faced with potentially career-changing developments, they will want a clear explanation of how they can benefit from helping the project succeed, what would happen if it fails, and any input required from them. To bring everyone on board, the change manager needs to be passionate and articulate and capable of maintaining this level of communication throughout the change period.

A strategic change manager is naturally a leader, instigating original and even radical ideas that create and exploit opportunities. Like all good leaders, they should inspire by example ? passing on their knowledge, and encouraging others to contribute. Employees can be incentivized by offering training that will support their career progression as well as facilitating the project, and if appropriate, using bonus schemes that reward them as the project reaches each landmark stage.

If the business?s present structure hinders change, the change manager will need the confidence to take difficult decisions such as overcoming resistance, resolving internal conflicts and if necessary, thinning out overstaffed departments or removing those unable or unwilling to accommodate the new policies. They?ll also be adept at identifying and recruiting talent, from within and outside the business, bringing in the finest quality candidates to help achieve the strategy?s aims. They should also demonstrate a commitment to the future of the hotel or resort, by setting up a succession policy that secures business stability.

The change programs I have been involved with have highlighted the importance of managing expectations. It?s important to explain that the benefits of strategic change may not be seen straight away; the Board, employees and shareholders often expect change managers to deliver rapid results. Their expectations can be unrealistic, but the wise change manager appreciates that the project can only be deemed a success when all parties are satisfied.

Any hotel business with an executive manager possessing all these qualities, plus the time to take on a strategic change role, is very fortunate indeed. Of course this person will know the business and competitors well and can ?hit the ground running?.

However, it?s highly likelysuch a talented person will already be fully utilized within the organization and won?t have the additional capacity required for this demanding task. Diverting them from their existing duties could be disruptive and possibly counter-productive. And co-workers may find it difficult to accept them in the new role, especially if they are personally affected by the change manager?s decisions.

Alternatively the business can call on external resources. This could mean recruiting a new manager, or bringing in an expert to coach a suitable existing employee, who will become the strategic change manager. This second route is time-consuming, but has the advantage that the employee will benefit from a thorough understanding of the business. And even after the change process, he/she will be a real asset to the organization.

Another option, which offers several benefits, is to hire a consultant or interim manager to implement the strategic change. As an independent expert, they can make wholly objective decisions, divorced from company politics. Their recommendations will be focused on the business?s priorities, not clouded by career considerations. And they will be able to bring the specialized skills and devote the long hours necessary to see the project through.

Pierre Wack, who pioneered the use of scenario planning, maintained that planning for change was not determined by formal analysis and statistics, but by insight, complexity and subtlety. There are many uncertainties about strategic change. The only sure fact, is that sooner or later, your hospitality business will need to deal with it.

Source: www.hospitalitynet.org

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Source: http://www.ehospitalitytimes.com/?p=55518

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Float driver won't face charges in train crash

MIDLAND, Texas (AP) ? A grand jury on Wednesday declined to indict the driver of a float involved in a train collision that killed four U.S. military veterans in a West Texas parade.

Dale Andrew Hayden, the driver of the truck pulling the float, will not face charges stemming from the Nov. 15 accident that killed four veterans who had served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Sixteen other people were injured.

The 12-person grand jury "has not concluded its review of the incident," according to a news release issued by Midland County District Attorney Teresa Clingman. It wasn't clear what that could mean, but the grand jury did not indict Hayden and Midland police already have said they don't plant to pursue criminal charges against him. Clingman declined to comment further.

The veterans were riding on a flatbed truck that was hit by a Union Pacific train traveling at 62 mph. The truck was the second float in a parade organized to honor wounded veterans and their wives.

The accident remains under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board.

Hayden was placed under a physician's care and got counseling in the days after the crash, his attorney, Hal Brockett has said.

Hayden, who has a military career spanning more than three decades, works as a truck driver for Smith Industries, an oilfield services company. The company placed Hayden on medical leave after the accident. Brockett said Hayden is back at work.

"I'm almost embarrassed to say I'm relieved," Brockett said Wednesday after the grand jury's decision. "I didn't think it was a grand jury matter, but I don't want to minimize the effect on Dale and the people who died and were injured out there."

According to the NTSB, the railroad crossing warning system was activated 20 seconds before the accident, and the guardrail began to come down seven seconds after that. Investigators say the float began crossing the train tracks even though warning bells were sounding and the crossing lights were flashing.

Omaha, Neb.-based Union Pacific Corp. announced in December that it was adjusting the timing of the crossing signal where the collision occurred.

Two injured vets and their wives have sued Union Pacific, alleging the train company didn't provide enough warning signals or do enough to fix what their lawsuit called hazardous conditions. Relatives of some of the victims declined to comment Wednesday or did not return messages.

The veterans had been invited to Midland, a transportation and commerce hub in the West Texas oilfields, for a three-day weekend of hunting and shopping in appreciation of their service. A local charity, Show of Support, organized the trip, parade and other festivities.

Show of Support officials did not get a parade permit from the city.

Killed were Marine Chief Warrant Officer 3 Gary Stouffer, 37; Army Sgt. Maj. Lawrence Boivin, 47; Army Sgt. Joshua Michael, 34; and Army Sgt. Maj. William Lubbers, 43.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/float-driver-wont-face-charges-train-crash-215939600.html

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Annual Holiday Story Contest Winners Announced by Consolidated ...

Wednesday, January 9th, 2013

By April Lewis-Parks

Three winners told Consolidated Credit about their personal journeys of ?Divorce with Children to Financial Independence,? ?Being Maxed Out: Learning that Credit Cards Should Not Be a Way of Life,? and ?From Scammed by Crooks to Getting on the Road to Credit Card Debt Freedom.?

Consolidated Credit, a national credit counseling agency and a financial literacy provider, asked clients to write about how the organization and its programs impacted their money management skills, helped them to live within a budget, or assisted them in achieving a specific goal.

Linda Diaz of Houston, Texas won first place for her submission where she writes, ?Desperate to hold on to my house while at the same time raising two teenage daughters alone, I maxed out my credit cards. To make matters worse, I turned to payday loans, and the nightmare grew more intense. I didn?t know where to turn. My only option was to file for bankruptcy ? or so I thought. I heard about Consolidated Credit and decided to reach out to them for help. I was able to begin the process of digging my way out. It felt like the weight of the world was lifted from my shoulders. What a welcome relief.?

?I am so thankful to all the Consolidated Credit customer representatives for being so kind to us,? writes the second place winner, Marla and Rob Tebbenkamp of Alma, MO. ?They were able to negotiate with our creditors and get us lower interest rates. They were able to get us a budget for groceries and gas. No longer, do we feel that our life is spinning out of our control? I have used many of the financial tools available online. I have used www.powerwallet.com. We are beginning to start thinking about saving for our retirement and our children?s college education. Now we have a better handle on our financial future. I hope that I can teach my children how to have financial freedom.?

Stories from real people about their situations are great to share with others who may be facing a similar situation who are unaware that there is help available.

?In light of the continuing economic down turn many people need help and we want to be there for them. Consolidated Credit?s budgeting application and online financial literature, which anyone can use for free, we provide in the hopes that it will be easier for people to deal with money matters and stay out of debt in the future,? said Howard Dvorkin, CPA and founder of Consolidated Credit.

Alan Hogan of Rowlett, TX told us his story of surviving a layoff and being scammed by an unscrupulous debt relief company to finding Consolidated Credit and finally having a solid plan and organization to help him pay off his debts. He writes ?Fast forwarding a few years now, the crooks are in court, trial set for next spring, but who knows what the outcome will be. I decided to do my homework and check out Consolidated Credit. You can only imagine how distrusting I would be after being scammed before. I took the plunge and had Consolidated Credit to take over my accounts? From the beginning, they made me feel at ease, explained the program and offered solutions. I cut up all my credit cards, only pay cash and I?m about to finish school. It?s hard, but I feel more at ease. My life is getting back to normal. Thanks Consolidated Credit, I?m a believer.?

The first prize winner receives $300, the second prize is $200 and the third place wins $100. The stories will be spotlighted on Consolidated Credit?s web site and personal finance blog, MissMoneyBee.com. For more information about Consolidated Credit and to find debt help, fill out an online debt analysis form or call 1.800.728.3632 to receive a free debt analysis from a certified credit counselor today!

Source: http://missmoneybee.com/2013/01/16th-annual-holiday-story-contest-winners-announced-by-consolidated-credit-2/

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How flight attendants deal with unruly passengers

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A. Pawlowski , NBC News contributor

It?s a picture that launched thousands of Facebook shares, tweets and online comments: An air traveler who was allegedly so out of control that he had to be taped to his seat is also sparking curiosity about how flight crews deal with unruly passengers.

Icelandair will file charges with Icelandic police against a man who was hitting, screaming and spitting at other fliers while yelling profanities on a flight from Reykjavik to New York on Thursday, airline spokesman Michael Raucheisen told NBC News.

The man was restrained and after the plane landed at JFK International, a photo of a male passenger with tape around his chest and mouth quickly went viral when it appeared on a blog run by New Yorker Andy Ellwood, who said he received the picture from an acquaintance who witnessed the incident.

The startling image prompted many questions from air travelers who wondered whether such creative use of tape would ever be sanctioned on a U.S. airline.

First, you should know flight attendants on U.S. carriers do have the ability and the tools to tie up an unruly passenger when necessary, but they would not attach the troublemaker to the seat, said Veda Shook, international president of the Association of Flight Attendants.

?If we have to physically restrain someone, sure, we?re trained to do that, but not in this manner,? Shook told NBC News, adding that she?s seen prisoners being transported in handcuffs but never cuffed to any part of the plane for their safety.

?If there were an emergency, how would he get out of there??

It is standard to find to find flex cuffs -- or plastic ties ? on board flights in case a passenger needs to be retrained, Shook said.

It?s also not uncommon to find tape on a plane, although it?s meant for more routine uses, like hanging up passengers? drink orders or fixing a broken suitcase handle, said veteran flight attendant Heather Poole, author of ?Cruising Attitude: Tales of Crashpads, Crew Drama, and Crazy Passengers at 35,000 Feet.?

No tape? No problem. There are many other alternatives on board if an impromptu restraint were to be needed.

?Flight attendants are pretty clever. ?If we don't have tape, we'll find something else to use: men's ties, shoe laces, seat belts,? Poole said.

All of the flight attendants who spoke with NBC News noted that unruly passengers are rare and that they?ve never come close to having to restrain a flier. Still, the government deals with dozens of out-of-control air travelers each year.

There were 131 cases of unruly passengers on U.S. airlines in 2011, the last full year for which statistics are available, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. That?s down from a peak of 330 cases in 2004.

FAA regulations do not require that airlines carry items such as plastic ties. "Flight attendant security? training is conducted according to FAA and TSA standards, which we do not discuss," the agency said in a statement.?

While federal air marshals fly under cover on some routes to protect passengers from terrorists, airlines have their own protocols on how to deal with travelers who may have had too much to drink or are behaving badly. Dealing with unruly passengers is not a function of the Transportation Security Administration, said agency spokesman David Castelveter.

For all of their training, flight crews can?t always anticipate how passengers will act, so they often have to rely on their best judgment, said veteran flight attendant Rene Foss, author of ?Around the World in a Bad Mood!?

?When you?re flying at 39,000 feet, you can?t just call 911, so you have to figure it out,? Foss said.

Part of the strategy is knowing who you can enlist to help. Foss and Shook said they routinely size up passengers during boarding to mentally note who might be able to assist in an emergency.

?If you know that the Green Bay Packers are traveling in the main cabin and there?s some trouble up in front, you might want to get one of those big boys to come up and help you,? Foss said. ?It?s just situational awareness.?

Flight attendants also try to de-escalate and diffuse tense situations to avoid getting anywhere near the point where someone has to be restrained, Shook noted.

When passengers do act out, alcohol is often the culprit, she added. The unruly Icelandair passenger ?drank all of his duty free liquor on the flight,? Ellwood wrote in the blog post accompanying the infamous photo.

Poole recalled a traveler who was on his fourth beer less than an hour into a flight and who told her he could drink many more. The flier backed off when she balked at his request for more booze, but others aren?t so calm when they don't get what they want, Poole noted.

?That's when we might accidentally on purpose forget to serve them a drink, or tell them we've run out, or we might even start mixing way more Coke and a lot less (alcohol) until we're only serving a tiny drop of liquor in the glass,? she said.

Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/travel/how-flight-attendants-deal-unruly-passengers-1B7885636

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Iraqis held at Abu Ghraib, other sites receive $5M

WASHINGTON (AP) ? A defense contractor whose subsidiary was accused in a lawsuit of conspiring to torture detainees at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison has paid $5.28 million to former prisoners held there and at other U.S.-run detention sites in Iraq during the war.

The settlement on behalf of 71 former inmates marks the first successful effort by lawyers for former inmates at Abu Ghraib and other detention centers to collect money from a U.S. defense contractor in lawsuits alleging torture. Another contractor, CACI, is expected to go to trial over similar allegations this summer.

Defense contractor Engility Holdings Inc. of Chantilly, Va., disclosed the payment in a document it filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission two months ago.

The defendant in the lawsuit, L-3 Services Inc., now an Engility subsidiary, provided translators to the U.S. military in Iraq. In 2006, L-3 Services had more than 6,000 translators in Iraq under a $450 million-a-year contract, an L-3 executive told an investors conference at the time.

On Tuesday, Baher Azmy, a lawyer for the ex-detainees, said that each of the Iraqis received a portion of the settlement. Azmy declined to say how the money was distributed among them. He said there was an agreement to keep details of the settlement confidential.

"Private military contractors played a serious but often underreported role in the worst abuses at Abu Ghraib," said Azmy, legal director at the Center for Constitutional Rights. "We are pleased that this settlement provides some accountability for one of those contractors and offers some measure of justice for the victims."

Jennifer Barton, a spokeswoman for L-3 Communications, the former parent company of L-3 Services, said the company does not comment on legal matters.

Eric Ruff, Engility's director of corporate communications, said the company does not comment on matters involving litigation.

The ex-detainees filed the lawsuit in federal court in Greenbelt, Md., in 2008. It covers torture allegations from 2003 to 2007.

L-3 Services "permitted scores of its employees to participate in torturing and abusing prisoners over an extended period of time throughout Iraq," the lawsuit stated. The company "willfully failed to report L-3 employees' repeated assaults and other criminal conduct by its employees to the United States or Iraq authorities."

One inmate alleged he was subjected to mock executions by having a gun aimed at his head and the trigger pulled. Another inmate said he was slammed into a wall until he became unconscious. A third was allegedly stripped naked and threatened with rape while his hands and legs were chained and a hood placed on his head. Another said he was forced to consume so much water that he began to vomit blood. Several of the inmates said they were raped and many of the inmates said they were beaten and kept naked for extended periods of time.

Four years ago in its defense against the lawsuit, L-3 Services said lawyers for the Iraqis alleged no facts to support the conspiracy accusation. Sixty-eight of the Iraqis "do not even attempt to allege the identity of their alleged abuser," and two others provide only "vague assertions," the company said at the time.

A military investigation in 2004 identified 44 alleged incidents of detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib. No employee from L-3 Services was charged with a crime in investigations by the U.S. Justice Department. Nor did the U.S. military stop the company from working for the government.

Fifty-two of the 71 Iraqis alleged that they were imprisoned at Abu Ghraib and at other detention facilities. The other 19 Iraqis allege they were detained at detention facilities other than Abu Ghraib.

The Abu Ghraib prison scandal erupted during President George W. Bush's 2004 re-election campaign when graphic photographs taken by soldiers at the scene were leaked to the news media. They showed naked inmates piled on top of each other in a prison cell block, inmates handcuffed to their cell bars and hooded and wired for electric shock, among other disturbing scenes.

In the ensuing international uproar, Bush said the practices that had taken place at Abu Ghraib in late 2003 were "abhorrent." Some Democrats demanded that Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld resign. Eventually, 11 U.S. soldiers were convicted of crimes including aggravated assault and taking pictures of naked Iraqi prisoners being humiliated.

Rumsfeld told Congress in 2004 that he had found a way to compensate Iraqi detainees who suffered "grievous and brutal abuse and cruelty at the hands of a few members of the United States armed forces." But the U.S. Army subsequently has been unable to document a single U.S. government payment for prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib.

This week, the U.S. Army Claims Service said it has 36 claims from former detainees in Iraq, none of them related to alleged physical abuse. From the budget years 2003 to 2006, the Defense Department paid $30.9 million to Iraqi and Afghan civilians who were killed, injured or incurred property damage due to U.S. or coalition forces' actions during combat.

In the aftermath of Abu Ghraib, lawyers for the Iraqis filed a number of lawsuits against L-3 Services and another company, CACI International Inc. of Arlington, Va., but the cases were quickly hung up on an underlying question: whether defense contractors working side by side with the U.S. military can be sued for claims arising in a war zone. The U.S. government is immune from suits stemming from combatant activities of the military in time of war.

Courts are still sorting out whether contractors in a war zone should be accorded legal immunity from being sued, just as the government is immune.

But a turning point in the cases involving L-3 and CACI came last May. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., ruled 11-3 that more facts must be developed before the appeals court could consider the defense contractor's request to dismiss the lawsuit.

In the case against CACI, four Iraqis who say they were tortured are seeking compensation from the company, which provided interrogators to the U.S. military during the war. CACI has chosen to continue its fight against the lawsuit. Azmy said a trial is expected this summer.

In its defense four years ago against the lawsuit, L-3 said the fact that the claims in the case "cannot be brought against the government means that they also cannot be brought against L-3."

"No court in the United States has allowed aliens ? detained on the battlefield or in the course of postwar occupation and military operations by the U.S. military ? to seek damages for their detention," the company told the federal court. "Yet these plaintiffs bring claims seeking money damages for their detention and treatment while in the custody of the U.S. military in the midst of a belligerent occupation in Iraq."

Allowing the case to proceed "would require a wholly unprecedented injection of the judiciary into wartime military operations and occupation conduct against the local population, in particular the conditions of confinement and interrogation for intelligence gathering," L-3 added.

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Associated Press investigative researcher Randy Herschaft contributed to this report.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/iraqis-held-abu-ghraib-other-sites-receive-5m-080247943.html

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Clipboard, The Evernote-Meets-Pinterest Clipping Service With 1.7 Clips To Date, Targets Education Sector With Strategic Investment From Scientia

Clipboard?--?the web clipping service that is a little like a cross between Evernote and Pinterest, racking up?1.7 million clips since opening for private beta in October 2011 --?has taken a strategic investment from ed-tech company Scientia -- backing that will result in joint product development between the two to target the education market with online collaboration tools.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/QWv6DRfe63Y/

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New Dish box sends TV shows 'hopping' to iPad

LAS VEGAS (AP) ? Dish Network Corp. revealed a set-top box called "Hopper" last year, named for its ability to send the TV signal "hopping" from room to room, covering all the TVs in the house. This year, it's upgrading the Hopper so that it follows you wherever you go ? even outside the house.

The new all-in-one digital video recorder and set-top box, revealed Monday at a press conference ahead of the International CES trade show in Las Vegas, is adorned with the same kangaroo logo and can transfer recorded TV shows or movies to an iPad for viewing any time.

Dish is the first cable or satellite company to offer such a feature. It may raise eyebrows in Hollywood and among the TV networks that supply the satellite broadcaster with programming because it could dig into the extra revenue they get from sales of content for offline viewing through iTunes. Dish is already fighting suits from Fox and NBC over the automatic ad-skipping feature it introduced with the first Hopper.

Legally speaking, "to say you're in novel territory is probably an understatement," said Scott Flick, an intellectual-property lawyer at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman in Washington.

However, legal challenges to the transfer feature could be stymied by the fact that the stored movies and shows are under the control of the viewer the whole time, Flick said. In other words, the system is not much different from a VCR that lets a consumer tape a show and then bring the tape along for viewing elsewhere.

"We always stand with the consumer. That means sometimes we'll have lawsuits," Dish CEO Joe Clayton said in an interview ahead of the show.

The transfer of stored content only works in the home, with an iPad connected via Wi-Fi to the same Internet router as the Hopper. Dish is planning to bring the feature to other devices as well.

The new Hopper can also transmit live TV programming to iPads, iPhones, Android phones and computers, even outside the home. That's because the new box integrates, for the first time, technology from Sling Media, a company Dish's sister company Echostar Corp. bought in 2007. The Slingbox, a separate device, hooks up to a satellite or cable set-top box and "slings" the live signal out over the Internet, to the owner's PCs and mobile devices.

Competing cable companies are also rushing to extend their services to smartphones and tablets, to stay relevant as consumers spend more time on small screens. In parallel, networks like HBO are creating their own apps for online viewing.

Dish, which is based in Englewood, Colo., said the new Hopper will be available later this year. As usual, the box will be free to Dish subscribers who sign a two-year contract.

Associated Press

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Will Any Photo-Sharing Startup Stick Around? Just A Few Months In, Social Photo Scrapbook Irrive Hits The Deadpool

Sometimes startups shut down fast, and in the case of new online scrapbooking maker Irrive, which only launched this past September, the company had barely even gotten started before closing up shop. According to CEO Steven Cohn, who sold his last startup to LivingSocial, he made the decision to quickly pivot (his word, not mine, by the way), because even though Irrive's metrics were good, the viral event of sharing a scrapbook was too infrequent an action.

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PST: Donovan left off US roster

We will have a lot to say about the U.S. national team camp roster announced early this afternoon, about the opportunities ahead for some of the players who will be at the Home Depot Center beginning tomorrow, trying to work their way up manager Jurgen Klinsmann?s depth chart.

But? the discussion needs to begin with the big name not on the camp roster: Landon Donovan.

His absence has big implications, because Donovan is clearly still struggling to figure out his feelings for professional soccer, still undetermined about whether the requisite fire and desire burns for the game.

It?s also important because this means Donovan will probably not be part of the team that begins final round World Cup qualifying in a month.

Klinsmann, speaking by phone on the Fox Soccer Channel show Goals on Sunday, indicated that the decision here wasn?t a tough one.

What he said:

Well, Landon has not been invited, because, obviously, he is taking his break. He is thinking about his future ? and he is not at a point yet where he knows what he wants to do. So it is as simple as that. That is why we didn?t invite Landon. We are as curious as everybody else about what his decision will be in the future time, but right now he is not part of this camp.

When we last heard from Donovan, following the L.A. Galaxy?s MLS Cup win over Houston five weeks ago, he seemed to be leaning toward taking a break from the game or even retiring.

(MORE: Yet another retirement hint following MLS Cup win)

Sunday?s news moves Donovan a little further in that direction. Because anyone thinking that the U.S. national team?s all-time leading scorer just needed a couple of weeks to clear his head, that he would then be set and ready to go, well, we see now that?s just not the case.

(MORE: Klinsmann discusses Donovan?s career crisis)

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Tax deal leaves Republican party as divided and angry as ever

The Republican Party seems as divided and angry as ever.

Infighting has penetrated the highest levels of the House GOP leadership. Long-standing geographic tensions have increased, pitting endangered Northeastern Republicans against their colleagues from other parts of the country. Enraged tea party leaders are threatening to knock off dozens of Republicans who supported a measure that raised taxes on the nation's highest earners.

"People are mad as hell. I'm right there with them," Amy Kremer, chairman of the Tea Party Express, said late last week, declaring that she has "no confidence" in the party her members typically support. Her remarks came after GOP lawmakers agreed to higher taxes but no broad spending cuts as part of a deal to avert the "fiscal cliff."

"Anybody that voted 'yes' in the House should be concerned" about primary challenges in 2014, she said.

At the same time, one of the GOP's most popular voices, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, blasted his party's "toxic internal politics" after House Republicans initially declined to approve disaster relief for victims of Superstorm Sandy. He said it was "disgusting to watch" their actions and he faulted the GOP's most powerful elected official, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio.

The GOP's internal struggles to figure out what it wants to be were painfully exposed after Mitt Romney's loss to President Barack Obama on Nov. 6, but they have exploded in recent days. The fallout could extend well beyond the party's ability to win policy battles on Capitol Hill. It could hamper Republicans as they examine how to regroup and attract new voters after a disheartening election season.

To a greater degree than the Democrats, the Republican Party has struggled with internal divisions for the past few years. But these latest clashes have seemed especially public and vicious.

"It's disappointing to see infighting in the party," said Ryan Williams, a Republican operative and former Romney aide. "It doesn't make us look like we're in a position to challenge the president and hold him accountable to the promises he made."

What's largely causing the dissension? A lack of a clear GOP leader with a single vision for the party.

Republicans haven't had a consistent standard-bearer since President George W. Bush left office in 2008 with the nation on the edge of a financial collapse. His departure, along with widespread economic concerns, gave rise to a tea party movement that infused the GOP's conservative base with energy. The tea party is credited with broad Republican gains in the 2010 congressional elections, but it's also blamed for the rising tension between the pragmatic and ideological wings of the party ? discord that festers still.

It was much the same for Democrats in the late 1980s before Bill Clinton emerged to win the White House and shift his party to the political center.

2012 presidential nominee Romney never fully captured the hearts of his party's most passionate voters. But his tenure atop the party was short-lived; since Election Day, he's disappeared from the political world.

Those Republican leaders who remain engaged ? Christie, Boehner, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus ? are showing little sign of coming together.

Those on the GOP's deep bench of potential 2016 presidential contenders, including Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, have begun staking out their own, sometimes conflicting ideas for the party.

Over the short term at least, the party's divisions probably will continue to be exposed.

Obama has outlined a second-term agenda focused on immigration and gun control; those are issues that would test Republican solidarity even in good times. Deep splits already exist between Republican pragmatists and the conservative base, who oppose any restrictions on guns or allowances for illegal immigrants.

It's unclear whether Obama can exploit the GOP fissures or whether the Republican dysfunction will hamper him. With Boehner unable to control his fractured caucus, the White House is left wondering how to deal with the House on any divisive issue.

Fiscal issues aren't going away, with lawmakers were agree on a broad deficit-reduction package. The federal government reached its borrowing limit last week, so Congress has about two months or three months to raise the debt ceiling or risk a default on federal debt. Massive defense and domestic spending cuts are set to take effect in late February. By late March, the current spending plan will end, raising the possibility of a government shutdown.

Frustrated conservative activists and GOP insiders hope that the continued focus on fiscal matters will help unite the factions as the party pushes for deep spending cuts. That fight also may highlight Democratic divisions because the party's liberal wing vehemently opposes any changes to Social Security or Medicare

"Whenever you lose the White House, the party's going to have ups and downs," said Republican strategist Ron Kaufman. "My guess is when the spending issues come up again, the Democrats' warts will start to show as well."

The GOP's fissures go beyond positions on issues. They also are geographical.

Once a strong voice in the party, moderate Republicans across the Northeast are nearly extinct. Many of those who remain were frustrated in recent days when Boehner temporarily blocked a vote on a disaster relief bill.

Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., said campaign donors in the Northeast who give the GOP after the slight "should have their head examined."

Boehner, who just won a second term as speaker, quickly scheduled a vote on a narrower measure for Friday after the new Congress convened, and it rushed out a $9.7 billion measure to help pay flood insurance claims.

Weary Republican strategists are trying to be hopeful about the GOP's path ahead, and liken the current situation to party's struggles after Obama's 2008 election. At the time, some pundits questioned the viability of the Republican Party. But it came roaring back two years later, thanks largely to the tea party.

"If we have learned anything from the fiscal cliff fiasco, conservatives discovered we need to stand firm, and stand together, on our principles from beginning to end," said Republican strategist Alice Stewart. "It's frustrating to see the GOP drop the ball and turn a position of true compromise into total surrender. The Democrats succeeded in their strategy of divide and conquer."

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Associated Press writers Ken Thomas and Ben Feller in Washington contributed to this report.

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