Frustrations soar as Greeks seek elusive bailout deal (Reuters)

ATHENS (Reuters) ? Greek parties will try on Wednesday to agree a reform deal in return for a new EU/IMF rescue to avoid a chaotic default, after repeated delays which have prompted warnings that the euro can live without Athens.

With the future of Greece and the wider euro zone at stake, Prime Minister Lucas Papademos' efforts to get the three parties in his government to accept the tough reforms demanded by the European Union and International Monetary Fund seem to have been thwarted by arguments over little more than procedural matters.

One deadline after another has passed without the leaders making up their minds on terms for the new 130 billion euro ($172 billion) rescue which Athens must receive to avoid going bankrupt next month when big debt repayments are due.

What was supposed to have been a crunch meeting on Tuesday was postponed because of missing paperwork, according to one party official, delaying discussion of a deal which is likely to prove unpopular with an angry Greek electorate.

All three parties - conservative New Democracy, the PASOK socialists and far-right LAOS - finally received the 15-page document on Wednesday morning laying out the principles of the bailout and its conditions, a party official told Reuters.

Attached to the document are a further 30 or so pages laying out how the bailout deal, which is likely to force a big cut in many Greeks' living standards, will be implemented.

Papademos's travails did not stop there.

After officials spoke optimistically that the three leaders - New Democracy's Antonis Samaras, PASOK's George Papandreou and LAOS leader George Karatzaferis - would meet in the early afternoon on Wednesday, in the space of two hours the meeting had been postponed twice.

Earlier, an official said Karatzaferis wanted all documentation translated from English - the language of negotiation with the international lenders - into Greek before he would look at them.

Another party demanded several hours to study the draft before discussions could begin, an official at the party said, requesting anonymity.

One Greek news website wrote an open letter to Papademos on Wednesday demanding that he "end this water torture."

"Greeks cannot any longer stand this torment of constant insecurity that is destroying the country and hurting our national dignity," it said. "The prime minister must end this endless bargaining that demeans the country and its citizens."

LITTLE SENSE OF URGENCY

Facing elections possibly as early as April, coalition leaders have shown little sense of urgency, seemingly deaf to demands from euro zone leaders to make up their minds fast.

An opinion poll on Wednesday showed that PASOK, which ruled Greece until the government of George Papandreou collapsed last November, has most to fear from elections. The monthly survey by Public Issue for Kathimerini newspaper showed support for PASOK had collapsed to eight percent from the nearly 44 percent it took when it returned to power in 2009.

Karatzaferis defended the delays. "We can't say a plain yes or no unless we have assurances from the relevant state authorities that these actions are constitutional and will lead the country out of the crisis."

"There is time. When it comes to the future of the country, we will find the time," he told reporters late on Tuesday.

Such attitudes have raised frustration levels in Greece and abroad close to breaking point. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose government funds much of Greece's bailouts, expressed bewilderment on Monday at what the delays could achieve.

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said the euro zone could live without Athens if it did not keep its side of the bargain. "We can handle an exit of Greece - a Greece which runs into serious trouble," he told public broadcaster NOS on Tuesday.

That drew a robust response from Deputy Finance Minister Filippos Sachinidis who told parliament that the EU treaty has no clause to force any country out of the euro.

"There is no legal ground to throw into question a country's sovereign rights," he said. "A country that does not protect its social fabric has no future."

Some exasperated Greeks believe that their leaders are drawing out the talks to create the impression that they are driving a hard bargain to soften the deal's terms.

The reality is that the "troika" of the European Commission, European Central Bank and IMF holds most of the cards. While the leaders can seek less harsh cuts in some areas, overall targets have to be achieved and savings must be made elsewhere.

DEAL

Greek media reported various elements of the deal were now in place. According to a government source, the minimum wage will be cut by about 20 percent and supplementary pensions by up to 15 percent.

Also, a bond swap deal with private creditors appeared to have been struck, easing Greece's debt burden by radically reducing the value of government bonds held by private banks and other investors. The new bonds would have an average interest rate of around 3.5 percent, said state NET TV.

But one person familiar with matter said that no deal had been nailed down. "Everyone knows where we (creditors) stand. There's a lot of clarity on the terms and conditions but the Greeks still have to provide more feedback," said the source, noting that little had changed since reports that the creditors would take a 70 percent loss on their holdings.

Media also reported that the ECB, which has large holdings of Greek bonds but has refused to take part in the swap, had agreed to sell its holdings at their purchase price to a euro zone bailout fund, the EFSF.

However, one EU official in Brussels said it was highly unlikely the ECB would agree to anything without first seeing that the final elements of the Greek deal were in place.

Some financial markets showed hope that Greece would agree the bailout deal. Prices of German government bonds, which investors buy at times of uncertainty for their perceived safety, fell on Wednesday. The euro also hit a new two-month high versus the dollar.

Euro zone officials say the full package must be agreed with Greece and approved by the euro zone, European Central Bank and IMF before February 15.

(Additional reporting by Ingrid Melander and Harry Papachristou in Athens, Steve Slater in London, John O'Donnell in Brussels; Writing by David Stamp and Deepa Babington; editing by Elizabeth Piper)

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Domestic cats, and wild bobcats and pumas, living in same area have same diseases

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May bring them into human homes, bridging 'infection gap' between people and wildlife

Domestic cats, wild bobcats and pumas that live in the same area share the same diseases.

And domestic cats may bring them into human homes, according to results of a study of what happens when big and small cats cross paths.

Initial results of the multi-year study are published today in the scientific journal PLoS One by a group of 14 authors.

The joint National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases (EEID) Program funded the study. Scientists at Colorado State University and other institutions conducted the research.

It provides evidence that domestic cats and wild cats that share the same outdoor areas in urban environments also can share diseases such as Bartonellosis and Toxoplasmosis. Both can be spread from cats to people.

"Human-wildlife interactions will continue to increase as human populations expand," said Sam Scheiner, program director for EEID at NSF.

"This study demonstrates that such interactions can be indirect and extensive," said Scheiner. "Through our pets we are sharing their diseases, which can affect our health, our pets' health and wildlife health."

The study looked at urban areas in California and Colorado. Its results show that diseases can spread via contact with shared habitat.

All three diseases the scientists tracked--Toxoplasmosis, Bartonellosis and FIV, or feline immunodefiency virus--were present in each area.

The research also demonstrates that diseases can be clustered due to urban development and major freeways that restrict animal movement.

"The results are relevant to the big picture of domestic cats and their owners in urban areas frequented by wild cats such as bobcats and pumas," said Sue VandeWoude, a veterinarian at Colorado State and co-leader of the project.

"The moral of this story is that diseases can be transmitted between housecats and wildlife in areas they share, so it's important for pet owners to keep that in mind."

The researchers followed wild and domestic cats in several regions of Colorado and California to determine whether the cats had been exposed to certain diseases.

The effort includes data from 800 blood samples from felines of all sizes, including 260 bobcats and 200 pumas, which were captured and released, and 275 domestic cats.

"As human development encroaches on natural habitat, wildlife species that live there may be susceptible to diseases we or our domestic animals carry and spread," said Kevin Crooks, a biologist at Colorado State and co-leader of the project.

"At the same time, wildlife can harbor diseases that humans and our pets can in turn get. Diseases may be increasingly transmitted as former natural areas are developed."

The project also looked at whether bobcats in southern California were segregated into different populations by major highways.

By analyzing genetic and pathogen data, the scientists found that bobcats west or east of Highway 5 near Los Angeles rarely interbred, but that the bobcats did cross into each other's territory often enough to share diseases such as FIV.

"The evidence suggests that bobcats are moving across major highways, but are not able to easily set up new home territories," said VandeWoude.

"They can, however, spread diseases to one another when they cross into each other's territories. This could result in inbreeding of the bobcats trapped by urban development and end up in the spread of diseases."

VandeWoude and Crooks say that the results don't necessarily mean that all domestic cats that are allowed to roam outdoors are at a high level of risk. They plan further studies to better assess that risk.

It does mean that domestic cats and wild cats who share the same environment--even if they do not come into contact with each other--also can share diseases.

The findings show that pumas are more likely to be infected with FIV than bobcats or domestic cats. While FIV cannot be transmitted to people, it is highly contagious among felines.

The rate of Toxoplasmosis was high in pumas and bobcats across Colorado and California.

Toxoplasmosis is caused by a parasite that, when carried by healthy people, has no effect but that can cause complications for infants and adults with compromised immune systems.

Cats only spread Toxoplasmosis in their feces for a few weeks following infection with the parasite. Like humans, cats rarely have symptoms when first infected.

Bartonellosis is a bacterial infection also called cat scratch disease. If someone is scratched by a cat with Bartonellosis, the scratch may become infected, but the infection is usually a mild one.

Other studies underway include a fine-scale analysis of urban landscape features that affect disease incidence; evaluation of pathogen exposure and transmission in bobcats; and a survey of domestic cat owners about their attitudes toward risks for pets from wildlife.

Large-scale projects looking at movement patterns of bobcats and pumas in Colorado, and a motion-activated camera analysis of human and wildlife interactions along urban areas, are also in progress.

The take-home message, the researchers say, is that life in the wild may not be so wild after all.

###

In addition to VandeWoude and Crooks, co-authors of the paper are: Sarah Bevins, Scott Carver, Mo Salman and Michael Lappin of Colorado State University; Erin Boydston, Lisa Lyren and Robert Fisher of the Western Ecological Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey; Mat Alldredge and Kenneth Logan of the Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife; Seth Riley of the National Park Service in Thousands Oaks, Calif.; and T. Winston Vickers and Walter Boyce of the University of California at Davis.

NSF's Directorates for Biological Sciences and Geosciences, along with NSF's Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences, support the EEID Program.

For more information on the NSF-NIH EEID Program, please see NSF's special report: Ecology of Infectious Diseases.



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May bring them into human homes, bridging 'infection gap' between people and wildlife

Domestic cats, wild bobcats and pumas that live in the same area share the same diseases.

And domestic cats may bring them into human homes, according to results of a study of what happens when big and small cats cross paths.

Initial results of the multi-year study are published today in the scientific journal PLoS One by a group of 14 authors.

The joint National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases (EEID) Program funded the study. Scientists at Colorado State University and other institutions conducted the research.

It provides evidence that domestic cats and wild cats that share the same outdoor areas in urban environments also can share diseases such as Bartonellosis and Toxoplasmosis. Both can be spread from cats to people.

"Human-wildlife interactions will continue to increase as human populations expand," said Sam Scheiner, program director for EEID at NSF.

"This study demonstrates that such interactions can be indirect and extensive," said Scheiner. "Through our pets we are sharing their diseases, which can affect our health, our pets' health and wildlife health."

The study looked at urban areas in California and Colorado. Its results show that diseases can spread via contact with shared habitat.

All three diseases the scientists tracked--Toxoplasmosis, Bartonellosis and FIV, or feline immunodefiency virus--were present in each area.

The research also demonstrates that diseases can be clustered due to urban development and major freeways that restrict animal movement.

"The results are relevant to the big picture of domestic cats and their owners in urban areas frequented by wild cats such as bobcats and pumas," said Sue VandeWoude, a veterinarian at Colorado State and co-leader of the project.

"The moral of this story is that diseases can be transmitted between housecats and wildlife in areas they share, so it's important for pet owners to keep that in mind."

The researchers followed wild and domestic cats in several regions of Colorado and California to determine whether the cats had been exposed to certain diseases.

The effort includes data from 800 blood samples from felines of all sizes, including 260 bobcats and 200 pumas, which were captured and released, and 275 domestic cats.

"As human development encroaches on natural habitat, wildlife species that live there may be susceptible to diseases we or our domestic animals carry and spread," said Kevin Crooks, a biologist at Colorado State and co-leader of the project.

"At the same time, wildlife can harbor diseases that humans and our pets can in turn get. Diseases may be increasingly transmitted as former natural areas are developed."

The project also looked at whether bobcats in southern California were segregated into different populations by major highways.

By analyzing genetic and pathogen data, the scientists found that bobcats west or east of Highway 5 near Los Angeles rarely interbred, but that the bobcats did cross into each other's territory often enough to share diseases such as FIV.

"The evidence suggests that bobcats are moving across major highways, but are not able to easily set up new home territories," said VandeWoude.

"They can, however, spread diseases to one another when they cross into each other's territories. This could result in inbreeding of the bobcats trapped by urban development and end up in the spread of diseases."

VandeWoude and Crooks say that the results don't necessarily mean that all domestic cats that are allowed to roam outdoors are at a high level of risk. They plan further studies to better assess that risk.

It does mean that domestic cats and wild cats who share the same environment--even if they do not come into contact with each other--also can share diseases.

The findings show that pumas are more likely to be infected with FIV than bobcats or domestic cats. While FIV cannot be transmitted to people, it is highly contagious among felines.

The rate of Toxoplasmosis was high in pumas and bobcats across Colorado and California.

Toxoplasmosis is caused by a parasite that, when carried by healthy people, has no effect but that can cause complications for infants and adults with compromised immune systems.

Cats only spread Toxoplasmosis in their feces for a few weeks following infection with the parasite. Like humans, cats rarely have symptoms when first infected.

Bartonellosis is a bacterial infection also called cat scratch disease. If someone is scratched by a cat with Bartonellosis, the scratch may become infected, but the infection is usually a mild one.

Other studies underway include a fine-scale analysis of urban landscape features that affect disease incidence; evaluation of pathogen exposure and transmission in bobcats; and a survey of domestic cat owners about their attitudes toward risks for pets from wildlife.

Large-scale projects looking at movement patterns of bobcats and pumas in Colorado, and a motion-activated camera analysis of human and wildlife interactions along urban areas, are also in progress.

The take-home message, the researchers say, is that life in the wild may not be so wild after all.

###

In addition to VandeWoude and Crooks, co-authors of the paper are: Sarah Bevins, Scott Carver, Mo Salman and Michael Lappin of Colorado State University; Erin Boydston, Lisa Lyren and Robert Fisher of the Western Ecological Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey; Mat Alldredge and Kenneth Logan of the Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife; Seth Riley of the National Park Service in Thousands Oaks, Calif.; and T. Winston Vickers and Walter Boyce of the University of California at Davis.

NSF's Directorates for Biological Sciences and Geosciences, along with NSF's Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences, support the EEID Program.

For more information on the NSF-NIH EEID Program, please see NSF's special report: Ecology of Infectious Diseases.



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Responsibilities of the Publisher in PPC Advertising

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Advertising is necessary for every product to sell because advertising creates awareness of your product or service in the targeted customers. Without proper advertising strategy, a product cannot be sold to thousands of customers in short time. Online advertising is an effective form of advertising method that the most ad owners use. Online advertising can be done in many ways and PPC advertising is the most popular way to advertise a product or service. Google is the leader in PPC advertising network and has more than 80% of the total website traffic. So advertising with Google means that the ad will be published at the online places having the maximum hungry searchers.

What is PPC advertising?

The term PPC means ?Pay per Click? and PPC is the abbreviated form of this type of advertising. According to the Pay per Click advertising, a publisher is paid only if a visitor hits an ad floating on the website of the publisher and reaches to the site of the ad owner.

In this type of advertising, the publisher is paid for every click that takes a visitor to the site of ad owner from the site of publisher. Publishers have liked this advertising most because their job is only to motivate a user or a visitor to click the ad and as soon as the ad is clicked the amount in the account of the publisher increments. This increment is the cost of the keyword for which the site of the publisher was optimized.

Role of the Publisher in the PPC Advertising

The main responsibility of the publisher includes sending of the traffic from his site to the website of the advertiser. The publishers are always interested to send the maximum traffic to the advertiser?s site because the earning of the publishers depends directly on the count of the visitors that reaches to the advertiser?s site from the publisher?s site.

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HRW calls for Palestinian residency rights

In this Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, photo, Palestinian Hussein al-Ustaz works in a garage as a mechanic in the Anata refugee camp, on the edge of Jerusalem. An international human rights group has urged Israel to lift what it says are arbitrary restrictions on Palestinian residency in the West Bank and Gaza. Hussein al-Ustaz, a Gaza man who moved to the West Bank 15 years ago, before the travel ban, remains an "illegal alien" even though he married a local woman and they have six children. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

In this Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, photo, Palestinian Hussein al-Ustaz works in a garage as a mechanic in the Anata refugee camp, on the edge of Jerusalem. An international human rights group has urged Israel to lift what it says are arbitrary restrictions on Palestinian residency in the West Bank and Gaza. Hussein al-Ustaz, a Gaza man who moved to the West Bank 15 years ago, before the travel ban, remains an "illegal alien" even though he married a local woman and they have six children. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

In this Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, photo, Palestinian Hussein al-Ustaz sits with his children in his house in the West Bank village of Bir Naballah near Ramallah. An international human rights group has urged Israel to lift what it says are arbitrary restrictions on Palestinian residency in the West Bank and Gaza. Hussein al-Ustaz, a Gaza man who moved to the West Bank 15 years ago, before the travel ban, remains an "illegal alien" even though he married a local woman and they have six children. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

In this Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, photo, Palestinian Hussein al-Ustaz works in a garage as a mechanic in the Anata refugee camp, on the edge of Jerusalem. An international human rights group has urged Israel to lift what it says are arbitrary restrictions on Palestinian residency in the West Bank and Gaza. Hussein al-Ustaz, a Gaza man who moved to the West Bank 15 years ago, before the travel ban, remains an "illegal alien" even though he married a local woman and they have six children. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

(AP) ? A Gaza-born woman recently sneaked into her native land through a smugglers' tunnel because the legal route was blocked. A car mechanic who settled in the West Bank 15 years ago to raise a family lives in fear of deportation because his ID card says he's originally from Gaza.

They are among thousands of Palestinians who the New York-based Human Rights Watch says have had their lives disrupted by Israeli restrictions on residency in the West Bank and Gaza, territories captured by Israel in the June 1967 Mideast war and sought for a Palestinian state.

In a report issued Sunday, Human Rights Watch called on Israel to lift restrictions on residency, saying they are often arbitrary and violate international and human rights law, including the right to family life.

"The result has been to split families apart, to arbitrarily ban people from moving around and to arbitrarily prevent a large number of people from returning to their own homes," said the report's author, Bill Van Esveld.

Human Rights Watch said about 35,000 Gazans who moved to the West Bank remain there without permits, while Israel last year agreed to register 2,800 as West Bank residents.

The U.S. government estimates that about 2.5 million Palestinians live in the West Bank and 1.6 million in Gaza.

Israel handed some 40 percent of the West Bank to Palestinian self-rule in the 1990s and withdrew from Gaza in 2005, but never relinquished the final say over who is a legal resident of the territories. Israel has cited security grounds for retaining the right to block entry.

Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev said Israel has granted residency in the West Bank and Gaza to tens of thousands of Palestinians over the years and accused Human Rights Watch of anti-Israel bias.

He said Israel's policies are subject to review "by a fiercely independent judiciary."

Israel set up the register after a September 1967 census in the West Bank and Gaza, issuing ID cards to nearly 1 million Palestinians. Human Right Watch said at least 270,000 residents were not present during the census, having either fled the war three months earlier or spending time abroad for work or study.

Israel excluded them from the registry and blocked the possibility of return for many, the report said.

A woman known as Umm Basel, born in Gaza in 1967, said her parents fled to Jordan before the census. After life in exile in Egypt and Jordan, neither of which granted her citizenship, she paid smugglers $200 three months ago to sneak her and her son into Gaza through a tunnel. She has since applied to Israel for a Gaza residency permit, but has received no word the request is being processed. She would not give her full name for fear of repercussions.

Egypt shares a border with Gaza and largely limits passage to those with Palestinians with Israeli-approved ID cards.

Israel's policy on residency rights has fluctuated, along with the ebb and flow of the conflict.

Israel has in principle allowed those with ID cards to apply for residency for spouses or children, and over the years, tens of thousands of such requests were granted. However, huge backlogs built up, especially at times of tension, and Israel also stripped tens of thousands of their residency on grounds they had stayed abroad too long, the report said.

In a related issue, Israel has banned virtually all Palestinian travel between the West Bank and Gaza since the outbreak of a Palestinian uprising in 2000, citing security. The two territories, on opposite sides of Israel, are considered one entity by the international community.

Hussein al-Ustaz, a Gazan man who moved to the West Bank before the travel ban went into effect, remains an "illegal alien" even though he married a local woman and they have six children.

His ID card identifies the 34-year-old as a Gaza resident and Israeli authorities have so far refused to change his registration to the West Bank. If stopped at an Israeli checkpoint, he could face arrest and deportation to Gaza.

Al-Ustaz said he misses his parents and eight siblings. "My sisters have all married, and I haven't seen them. My brother was killed in Gaza during an Israeli incursion in 2006. I didn't go to the funeral," he said.

Regev charged that the group has obsessively focused on Israel, was criticized for this by its founder in 2009 and that it had used anti-Israel activity to raise funds from Saudi Arabia's autocratic regime.

Van Esveld said the group has done far fewer reports on Israel than on other countries in the Middle East.

___

Associated Press writers Diaa Hadid in Jerusalem and Dalia Nammari in Ramallah, West Bank, contributed reporting.

Associated Press

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Here is Why Vitamin Supplements Are So ... - New Health and Fitness

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These foods do not have the same degree of vitamins in them that you used to get. The U.S. Federal Drug Administration expounded in a report as much. To paraphrase, the minerals and vitamins in a potato in 1965 is not the same in 2011. Okay why?? It might be a number of things: peticides, over farming, burned out soil, and so on.

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Katy Perry gets her flirt on at the NFL Awards (AP)

INDIANAPOLIS ? Newly single Katy Perry is on the prowl, and she may have set her sights on a certain rookie quarterback.

Perry is in Indianapolis to perform at DirectTV's pre-Super Bowl party on Saturday, but first, she stopped by the Associated Press NFL Awards to serve as a presenter.

Perry playfully flirted with co-presenter Cam Newton, saying: "You'll be the first straight man I've had a photo with in a long time, so live up to it."

The Carolina Panthers star smiled big and coyly replied, "I am."

Newton won the 2011 offensive rookie of the year award.

Perry's husband, comedian Russell Brand, filed for divorce earlier in the year from the "Firework" singer.

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Year-over-year unemployment rates by age and sex (AP)

The job market is treating men better than women, reducing the job losses that men suffered during the Great Recession. And twenty-somethings and retirees are benefiting slightly more than middle-age workers. Over the past 12 months, the proportion of people with jobs has risen faster for those ages 20 to 24 and those 65 or older than for workers as a whole, according to Labor Department data released Friday. Unemployment for middle-age workers fell sharply over the past year. But that was largely because many of them gave up looking for work. Once people stop looking for jobs, they're no longer counted as unemployed. Unemployment among teenagers is still rising. In the past 12 months, unemployment for men has dropped six times as fast as for women ? from 9.6 percent to 8.3 percent. Unemployment for women dropped only slightly, from 8.5 percent to 8.3 percent. Many male-dominated industries, including manufacturing and construction, were struck especially hard by the recession. Some employers in those industries have begun to rehire men. But other men who worked in those fields have found jobs in lower-paying, female-dominated occupations in health care and retail. Young adults and retirees fared slightly better than the middle-aged over the past 12 months, in part by taking lower-paying jobs. Updated Census Bureau data increased the civilian population by more than 1.5 million for December. Sharp increases occurred among retirees and people ages 16 to 24. Unemployment rate (in percentages) January 2012 January 2011 Total 8.3% 9.1% 16 to 17 years old 28.1% 26.5% 18 to 19 years old 22.4% 26.3% 20 to 24 years old 14.2% 16.3% 25 to 34 years old 9.6% 10.1% 35 to 44 years old 7.5% 8.1% 45 to 54 years old 6.9% 7.9% 55 to 64 years old 6.4% 7.4% 65 years and over 6.2% 6.9% Men 8.3% 9.6% Women 8.3% 8.5%

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R&B singer David Peaston dies at age 54 (AP)

ST. LOUIS ? Singer David Peaston, who had a string of R&B hits in the late 1980s and early 1990s, has died, his family said Thursday.

Peaston, 54, died Wednesday of complications from diabetes, his niece, Neuka Mitchell said.

Peaston was born into a St. Louis family with deep musical roots. His mother, gospel singer Martha Bass, was one of the Clara Ward Singers. His older sister, Fontella Bass, is a noted singer whose single "Rescue Me" reached No. 1 on R&B charts and No. 4 on pop single charts in 1965.

Peaston's highest charting song was "Two Wrongs (Don't Make It Right)," which reached No. 3 on the Billboard R&B chart in 1989. "Can I?" got to No. 14 R&B that year, and "We're All in This Together" reached No. 11 R&B and No. 45 on the dance charts in 1990. His first album, "Introducing ... David Peaston," reached No. 7 on the Billboard R&B album chart in 1989. At the height of his career, he toured with Gladys Knight.

Peaston earned a degree in elementary education and taught in his hometown of St. Louis before moving to New York to pursue a career as a singer. He began doing session gospel and R&B work. His career got a big boost after winning several competitions on the "Showtime at the Apollo" television show in the late 1980s, winning over fans and the judges with his powerful rendition of "God Bless The Child."

Singer Cheryl Pepsii Riley recalled traveling with Peaston on several shows.

"I soooooooooo loved this man with the hearty laugh, great sense of humor, that incredible voice, and he was the most amazing friend!!!" she said in a statement to the website eurweb.com. "This hurts so much. He had a gift that commanded the room. David will be sorely missed."

Despite a rich tenor voice that awed fans, crossover success eluded Peaston.

"He's the greatest unsung artist ever," Mitchell said. "Fabulous. A great father, husband, uncle. A great man."

Peaston's Facebook page described him as a "joyful independent double amputee." Both of Preston's legs were amputated below the knees due to diabetes.

Survivors include his wife of 24 years, his high school sweetheart Marilyn, and two sons. Funeral arrangements were incomplete.

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Chile glacier robbery: 5 tons taken for ice cubes (AP)

SANTIAGO, Chile ? Police in Chile say they've stopped cold a scheme to steal ice from a disappearing glacier.

The plan was to deliver five tons of ice carved out of icebergs from the Jorge Montt glacier to upscale bars and restaurants in the capital for use as ice cubes, authorities said Friday.

The ice was loaded onto a boat and carried to the town of Caleta Tortel, and then put on a refrigerator truck, with plans to drive it over gravel and dirt roads, ferries and highways, a trip of more than 1,400 miles (2,200 kilometers) to Santiago.

Instead, the ice never made it out of Chile's southern Patagonia, where the unidentified driver is under arrest for robbery, regional Forestry Director Juan Eduardo Barrientos said.

Barrientos said the company had been calling various public officials in hopes of liberating the ice. Instead, it's been put in tanks for use as irrigation on farms suffering from drought.

The Jorge Montt Glacier, part of the protected Bernardo O'Higgins national park, was recently shown through time-lapse photos to be shrinking faster than any other in Chile, partly because it is a tidewater glacier that calves icebergs into a particularly deep fjord.

Tourists have made boat trips to the icebergs for years, with some operators serving whiskeys with ice carved from the icebergs. But never have they taken 5 tons at a time.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/latam/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120203/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_chile_glacial_theft

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The Hunger Games Super Bowl Trailer: New Footage!


Talk about perfect timing.

Just as our friends at Movie Fanatic are offering readers two free tickets to The Hunger Games premiere in Los Angeles, Lionsgate has released the second official trailer for this March blockbuster.

It features an extended look at the Reaping; a long look at Stanley Tucci as Caesar Flickerman; and heavy emphasis on the all-important Mockingjay, along with plenty of Jennifer Lawrence, of course. But enough from us. Sit back and take in the new footage below!


The Hunger Games Super Bowl Trailer

Source: http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2012/02/the-hunger-games-super-bowl-trailer-new-footage/

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