BartCop Entertainment Archives - Friday, 4 January, 2013

Friday

4 January, 2013

(Updated Daily)

[464 days in a row]



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HAIKU   HEADLINES





STEUBENVILLE HIGH SCHOOL

HAS MADE A NAME FOR ITSELF

"STOOPIDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL"



zEN mAN
(observing the twitternet hyperbole that shines a light on Steubenville Ohio and drunk 15 year old football players spouting about a dead raped girl who passed out and was dragged around and tweeted on the internet.....stoopid right ? but not funny....no more "boys will be boys".....this shit , happens everyday to women everywhere..(look at what just happened in India)...I am certainly not one who frequently refers to the bible, but remember the men who wanted to stone Mary Magdeline, what did jesus say...."ye among you who is without sin....cast ye the first stone.." men...drunk on booze or the bible are dangerous)



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zEN mAN




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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Connie Schultz: What Now for the Orphans of Russia? (Creators Syndicate)
I never will forget the first time I met a Russian orphan who had just been adopted by American parents.


Tom Danehy: Wayne LaPierre's response to Newtown brings his humanity into question (Tucson Weekly)
As I listened to the nonsense that issued forth from the Head Gun Nut-equal parts bluster and paranoia-my mouth was so wide open, an eagle could have flown into it. Apparently, LaPierre is French for tone deaf.


Jay Ruttenberg: "Six Funny American Novels (and 'Harpo Speaks!')" (BOOKFORUM)
At the end of the day, I suppose Terry Southern's masterpieces are 'Flash and Filigree' and the 'Dr. Strangelove' screenplay. But there is no book that makes me laugh like 'The Magic Christian,' Southern's episodic novel from 1959. It is plotted more like a novelty book that you might find buried in a bookstore's humor section than it is a conventional novel.


Slit-Scan Movie Maker Turns Every Scene Surreal (Neatorama)
Trevor Alyn has recently updated his Slit-Scan Movie Maker app for Mac OS. As in the video above, the slit-scan photography process creates distortions and lends a bizarre quality to every movement recorded. The resulting videos are disorienting and reminiscent of Salvador Dali's iconic melting clock painting "The Persistence of Memory," albeit an animated version in which objects melt horizontally as well as vertically.


William Saletan: Is Fat Good? (Slate)
Epidemiologists struggle to explain a study that challenges a core belief: Fat will kill you.


Susan Estrich: New Years and the New You (Creators Syndicate)
From the time I was a teenager until I turned 40, I made the same New Year's resolution every year. Not to get healthy or exercise regularly (I still make those) but to lose weight, plain and simple.


10 Most Common New Year's Resolutions as Illustrated by Cats (YouTube)
These cats are here to count down the 10 most popular resolutions made each year.


Fun in Journalism



David Bruce's Amazon Author Page

David Bruce's Smashwords Page

David Bruce's Blog

David Bruce's Lulu Storefront

David Bruce's Apple iBookstore

David Bruce has approximately 50 Kindle books on Amazon.com.


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Trivia Question of the Day


On what TV series would you find Mark Slate, Alexander Waverly, and April Dancer?

                                  



Send your answer to Marty








Trivia Question from Yesterday


How much does a common 12-ounce-size aluminum can weigh when empty?


   15 Grams                                                      Source


An aluminum can, or can, is a container for packaging made primarily of aluminum (BrE aluminium). It is commonly used for foods and beverages but also for products such as oil, chemicals, and other liquids. The common 12-ounce-size can weighs 15 grams when empty.        Source






Alan J was first, and correct, with:
   15 grams



Charlie wrote:
   They've gotten lighter over the years, and there is no doubt variation. The Aluminum Can Group (Australia), says it's gone from 16.55 grams in 1992 to 15.5 grams in 1997. That's about .58 to .55 in ounces. These estimates are in the ballpark with others I've seen.




Jim from CA, retired to ID, replied:
   The common 12-ounce-size can weighs 15 grams when empty



Adam answered:
   .5 oz.



Sally said:
   The common 12-ounce-size can weighs 15 grams when empty.

  Hahahahaha...




Dale of Diamond Springs replied:
   The common 12-ounce-size can weighs 15 grams when empty.




BttbBob     said:
   Oh, I dunno... let me guess... 1/2 an ounce?
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  The Brits crack me up whenever I hear one pronounce it:
  al-you-min-ee-um... I think they do it on purpose just to have an extra consonant to say. Why's that? Visions of lost empire, I say...
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  Shoulder surgery postponed to the 9th...




MAM   wrote:
   The weight of an empty soda can is 0.5 oz (14 grams).

  Soda of my choice!




Marian responded:
   depending on size, 13 - 15 grams



And, Joe S     answered:
   I got the answer the old fashioned way. That's right, I weighed it. Actually I weighed five of them so as to be accurate. Each of them weighed the same, 14 grams. I know the scale is accurate because it's my Weight Watchers food scale. Highly accurate. If you Google it and Google says something different, Google's wrong. I'm right,I weighed them.
  Speaking of Weight Watchers, I gained 10 pounds over the holidays. I'm on the way back down now though, shed one of those ten already. The bad thing is I got some money for a Christmas present and I bought two new pairs of pants with it. I bought pants with a 36" waist, the first time I've been able to get in 36" in several years. Now they don't fit, I'll probably have to wait several more weeks to wear them now. Bummer.
  This is me holding a 12 oz. can of Blue Sky Cola at the Wheatland Music Festival.



  


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Middle Class Political Economist

The "Fiscal Cliff" and the Coming Retirement Crisis of the Middle Class




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Reader Suggestion

Michelle in AZ


Morris W. O'Kelly: All My Babies' Mamas -- Show Must Not Happen



Daily Kos: Open thread for night owls: Crackpot American Family Association's visions of the atheist future



'Field of Dreams' lives on: Sports facility for kids to be built at movie site - U.S. News



Louisiana cemeteries sinking, washing away due to coastal erosion - PhotoBlog



Maryland first-grader suspended for pointing fingers at friends, saying 'pow' - U.S. News



Baby boomer nuns help revolutionize health care - CNN.com



NDAA Signed Into Law By Obama Despite Guantanamo Veto Threat, Indefinite Detention Provisions



Swedish Academy reopens controversy surrounding Steinbeck's Nobel prize | Books | guardian.co.uk



The Impossible submerges the true impact of the tsunami | Film | guardian.co.uk



DOD bans gay sites Towleroad, AMERICAblog for being "LGBT." Coulter ok



Michael Moore: Those Who Say 'I Support the Troops' Really Don't



Seth Abramson: Dislike Peter Jackson's The Hobbit? Then You Don't Know Tolkien



Gabrielle Giffords, Michael Bloomberg Meet In New York City To Discuss Gun Control (PHOTO)



Study: Cows Are 25 Percent Snake | Mother Jones



S.F.'s only river otter at Sutro Baths - SFGate



San Francisco River Otter Stumps Researchers (PHOTOS)
     Better photos of "Sutro Sam"



America's Real Criminal Element: Lead | Mother Jones
     WOW!



Thanks, Michelle!


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From The Creator of 'Avery Ant'


"The Problem With Young People Today"

(Crabby Old Fart)



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BadtotheboneBob

Stupid Laws

From the 'Stupid Laws Made by Men' File...

A city in the Indonesian province of Aceh which follows Sharia has ordered female passengers not to straddle motorbikes behind male drivers. Suaidi Yahya, mayor of Lhokseumawe, says it aims to save people's "morals and behaviors"...    BBC News - Indonesia city to ban women 'straddling motorbikes'


Oh, good grief... This is inspired by the 'R-word', of course. Gad, how I detest trivial moralistic dogma declared valid by self-anointed, pathetic little men in the name of their deity...


BadtotheboneBob




Thanks, B2tbBob!



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Reader Suggestion

The Story of Earth

The Story of Earth in One Minute (very cool video)


Sharon in Tejas


Thanks, Sharon!


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Reader Comment

Minnie Pearl

Marty -

I gather Minnie is not a favorite with many of the regular Trivia players.

I lived in Nashville for a while. I "adopted" a lady in one of the nursing homes--would drop by, visit. talk, etc. On one visit, Minnie Pearl came by. She did about a 20-minute show for free for the old folks--made them laugh, got them to sing along with her, brightened their lonely day. I heard later from the staff that she did that at nursing homes all over Nashville and did it often--out of the goodness of her big heart. She won one more life-long fan that day.

I grew up in the South. Hillbilly humor is not my favorite, but it's nothing I turn my nose up at--it beats "jokes" about bodily functions or the sexual fantasies of 12-year old boys. And there's a HUGE difference between the Grand Ole Opry and Hee Haw for those who care to learn.


Linda   >^..^<
   We're all only temporarily able bodied



Thanks, Linda!
FWIW, I belonged to the Square Dance Club in high school.
Yeah, it was corny, but we had a lot of fun.
Fundamental truth of a small town is your fun is where you make it.
I'm also old enough to remember when one set of grandparents got 'indoor' plumbing - the polite way of saying they finally upgraded from the 2-holer out back to a flushable porcelain indoor model.
In keeping with that state of mind, the beauty of Hee Haw, and country comedy, to me, is that nobody has to explain the humor.
And I also know that if I wanna make dear old dad crack up, just sneak the phrase '2-holer' into a conversation...



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Reader Suggestion

Ice Shows

Happy New Year, Marty!

You and your readers may enjoy this fun trip down memory lane, "Frozen in Time: Eight Decades of Bay Area Ice Shows" by Peter Hartlaub, pop culture critic at the San Francisco Chronicle. Even though I am not originally from the San Francisco area, I do remember ice shows from my younger days in Southern California.

"Frozen in Time: Eight Decades of Bay Area Ice Shows" by Peter Hartlaub




Barbara A


Thanks, Barbara!



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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD


NOBODY BELIEVES WORLDNETDAILY!

"OCCUPY MOVEMENT" THE MUSICAL! WELL WORTH A LOOK

WOO WOO! AND THE WINGNUT BEAT GOES ON

WILL SOMEBODY PLEASE CHANGE THIS "WHITE WINGNUTS" DIAPERS?

THIS IS GETTING INTERESTING. A CRAZY CONSERVATIVE GOES CRAZY OVER A CRAZY CONSERVATIVE BECAUSE HE'S NOT AS CRAZY AS THE CRAZY CONSERVATIVE WOULD LIKE HIM TO BE. PASS THE POPCORN!

WHAT FUCKING PLANET DO YOU LIVE ON PETER? YOU ALWAYS WERE A DUMB ASS CONSERVATIVE DICK!

TEARDROPS WILL KEEP FALLING ON OUR HEADS. THE ORANGE MAN IS RE-ELECTED

GIVE HIM A BREAK.HE'S FIGHTING TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF PECKERWOOD!






Visit JD's site - Kitty Litter Music



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Ark Of Darkness

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Sunny and a return to near seasonal temperatures.



Tonight, Friday:

CBS begins the night with a FRESH 'Undercover Boss', followed by a FRESH 'CSI: The 3rd One', then a FRESH 'Blue Bloods'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are Tracy Morgan, Marv Albert, and Everest.
On a RERUN Craig (from 5/18/12), Craig visits Glamis Castle with David Sedaris, Ariel Tweto,and the Imagineers.



NBC starts the night with a RERUN 'Go On', followed by another RERUN 'Go On', then 'Dateline'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Leno are Courteney Cox, Joy Behar, and Youngblood Hawke.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Fallon are Bill Cosby, Tempestt Bledsoe, and Grace Potter.
On a RERUN Carson 'The Scab' Daly (from 9/27/12) are Diana Nyad, Samsara, and Chairlift.



ABC opens the night with a FRESH 'Last Man Standing', followed by a FRESH 'Malibu Country', then a FRESH 'Shark Tank', followed by '20/20'.
On a RERUN Jimmy Kimmel (from 11/15/12) are Mel Brooks, Jake Tapper, and Jason Aldean.



The CW offers a RERUN 'Nikita', followed by a RERUN 'Arrow'.



Faux fills the night with LIVE 'College Football', then pads the left coast with local crap, and old "Big Bang Theory''s.



MY has an old 'Monk', followed by another old 'Monk'.



A&E has 3 hours of old 'Duck Dynasty', 'Storage Wars', and another 'Storage Wars'.



AMC offers the movie 'The Karate Kid, Part II', followed by the movie 'Enter The Dragon', then the movie 'Shanghai Noon'.



BBC  -   
 [6:00AM]   BBC WORLD NEWS
 [6:30AM]   BBC WORLD NEWS
 [7:00AM]   BBC WORLD NEWS
 [7:30AM]   BBC WORLD NEWS
 [8:00AM]   A LEMUR'S STORY
 [8:30AM]   A MONKEY'S STORY
 [9:00AM]   THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - Season 9 - Ep 10 - Cameron Diaz, Kathy Griffin, Bear Grylls, Friendly Fires
 [10:00AM]   DOCTOR WHO - Season 2 - Ep 8 - The Impossible Planet
 [11:00AM]   BATTLESTAR GALACTICA - Season 4 - Ep 1 - Razor, Part 1
 [12:00PM]   RAMSAY'S ULTIMATE COOKERY COURSE-Ep 5 - Food on a Budget NEW
 [12:30PM]   RAMSAY'S ULTIMATE COOKERY COURSE-Ep 6 - More Food on a Budget NEW
 [1:00PM]   RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 2 - Ep 12 - Casa Roma
 [2:00PM]   RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 2 - Ep 2 - Giuseppi's
 [3:00PM]   RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 5 - Ep 1 - Blackberry's
 [4:00PM]   RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 1 - Ep 4 - Finn McCool's
 [5:00PM]   LET'S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER
 [7:00PM]   DISCOVERING LENNON
 [8:00PM]   THE BEATLES: FROM LIVERPOOL TO SAN FRANCISCO
 [9:00PM]   BEATLES BIGGEST SECRETS
 [10:00PM]   QUADROPHENIA: CAN YOU SEE THE REAL ME?
 [11:00PM]   THE BRIT LIST: TOP 20 MOST OUTRAGEOUS CELEBRITIES, U.S. VS. U.K.
 [12:00AM]   BBC ELECTRIC PROMS: THE WHO
 [1:00AM]   QUADROPHENIA: CAN YOU SEE THE REAL ME?
 [2:00AM]   THE BRIT LIST: TOP 20 MOST OUTRAGEOUS CELEBRITIES, U.S. VS. U.K.
 [3:00AM]   BEATLES BIGGEST SECRETS
 [4:00AM]   BBC ELECTRIC PROMS: THE WHO
 [5:00AM]   QUADROPHENIA: CAN YOU SEE THE REAL ME?    (ALL TIMES EST)



Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of Miami', followed by the movie 'Sleepless In Seattle', then the movie 'Sleepless In Seattle', again.



Comedy Central has 'Jeff Dunham: Controlled Chaos', 'Jeff Dunham: Minding The Monsters', 'Jeff Dunham: Controlled Chaos'.
Jon Stewart
Colbert Report



FX has '2½ Men', another '2½ Men', followed by the movie 'Country Strong', then the movie 'Country Strong', again.



History has all 'American Pickers' all night.



IFC  -   
 [6:00AM]    Whisker Wars-Don't Mess With Texas
 [6:30AM]    Hope Springs
 [8:30AM]    Daltry Calhoun
 [10:30AM]    Hope Springs
 [12:30PM]    Daltry Calhoun
 [2:30PM]    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
 [4:45PM]    Edward Scissorhands
 [7:00PM]    Trapped in the Closet-Chapters 1-33
 [10:00PM]    Portlandia-Take Back MTV
 [10:30PM]    Portlandia-Missionaries
 [11:00PM]    Teeth
 [1:00AM]    Portlandia-Take Back MTV
 [1:30AM]    Portlandia-Missionaries
 [2:00AM]    Dance of the Dead
 [3:45AM]    Portlandia-Take Back MTV
 [4:15AM]    Portlandia-Missionaries
 [4:45AM]    Whitest Kids U'Know
 [5:00AM]    Freaks and Geeks    (ALL TIMES EST)



Sundance  -   
 [6:00A]    MY SO-CALLED LIFE - Life of Brian (Episode 11, Season 1)
 [7:00A]    Breaking Upwards
 [8:45A]    Stolen
 [10:30A]    Coffee and Cigarettes
 [12:15P]    Breaking Upwards
 [2:00P]    ICONOCLASTS - Lena Dunham + Judd Apatow (Episode 2, Season 6)
 [2:30P]    Stolen
 [4:15P]    Coffee and Cigarettes
 [6:00P]    The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
 [8:00P]    Beloved
 [10:30P]    Career Girls
 [12:00A]    Y Tu Mamá También
 [2:00A]    Sangre de Mi Sangre
 [4:00A]    MY SO-CALLED LIFE - The Substitute (Episode 6, Season 1)
 [5:00A]    MY SO-CALLED LIFE - Why Jordan Can't Read (Episode 7, Season 1)    (ALL TIMES EST)



SyFy has 'Merlin', followed by a FRESH 'WWE Steroid SmackDown!', then a FRESH 'Merlin'.



TCM spends the daylight hours with the original, married-in-a-cemetery, Mrs. Raygun, Jane Wyman, then salutes prolific director Jack Arnold after dark.
 [6:00 AM]      My Love Came Back (1940)
 [7:30 AM]      The Body Disappears (1941)
 [8:45 AM]      Honeymoon For Three (1941)
 [10:15 AM]      Larceny, Inc. (1942)
 [12:00 PM]      The Doughgirls (1944)
 [1:45 PM]      Night And Day (1946)
 [4:00 PM]      The Yearling (1946)
 [6:15 PM]      Johnny Belinda (1948)

 [8:00 PM]      Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
 [9:30 PM]      Tarantula (1955)
 [11:00 PM]      The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
 [12:30 AM]      It Came From Outer Space (1953)

 [2:00 AM]      The Foreigner (1978)
 [3:45 AM]      Alphabet City (1984)
 [5:15 AM]      Now Playing January (2013)     (ALL TIMES EST)



Saturday   -  01/05/13

TCM:
 [6:00 AM]      Calling Dr. Gillespie (1942)
 [7:30 AM]      Sinner Take All (1936)
 [9:00 AM]      My Brother Talks To Horses (1946)
 [10:45 AM]      Secret Service Of The Air (1939)
 [12:00 PM]      Fly Away Baby (1937)
 [1:15 PM]      Springfield Rifle (1952)
 [3:00 PM]      The Reivers (1969)
 [5:00 PM]      How the West Was Won (1962)
 [8:00 PM]      To Have And Have Not (1944)
 [10:00 PM]      The Whistler (1944)
 [11:15 PM]      Libel (1959)
 [1:00 AM]      A Fistful Of Dollars (1964)
 [3:00 AM]      M (1931)
 [4:45 AM]      Theodora Goes Wild (1936)    (ALL TIMES EST)




Antenna TV

Me-TV

RTV - The Retro Television Network

This TV





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Helen Mirren (ground C) reacts as her star, the 2,488th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, is unveiled in Hollywood, California, January 3, 2013. The multi major award-winning actress was recently nominated for a Golden Globe Award by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for Best Actress in a Motion Picture: Drama and for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama. Mirren will appear in the HBO biopic "Phil Spector" later this year.
Photo by David McNew

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The Sideshow - by Avedon Carol


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Removed From Wikipedia

"Bicholim Conflict"

A 17th Century international conflict has finally been laid to rest, nearly 400 years after it never happened. Wait a second. Are you feeling confused?

A fascinating new story in the Daily Dot chronicles how for more than five years, rogue editors on Wikipedia perpetuated a hoax about the "Bicholim Conflict," a purely fictional historical event.

Amazingly, the article was even nominated for the site's Featured Article of the Day, a Wikipedia stable that highlights some of the site's best-researched and written articles.

The actual writer of the Wikipedia article is still unknown, but members of the Wikipedia community have narrowed down at least one suspect.

To its credit, Wikipedia has its own page devoted to Wikipedia hoaxes. Some of the more noteworthy attempts include a page on a fictional conspirator in the assassination of Julius Caesar, a false claim of inspiration in the "Lord of the Rings" novels and a former Harvard student who for eight years successfully operated a Wikipedia page claiming he was the mayor of a small Chinese town.

"Bicholim Conflict"

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Taylor Hackford, Jon Turtletaub and David Mamet attend Helen Mirren's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Ceremony on January 3, 2013 in Hollywood, California.
Photo by Photo by Todd Williamson

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Book Auction

Stephen King

A signed copy of a rare Stephen King book is up for auction at a Maine bookstore, with proceeds going to a nearby homeless shelter's emergency home heating fund.

The copy of "The Regulators," written by horror writer and Maine native King under the pen name Richard Bachman, was donated by a customer of Scottie's Bookhouse in Hancock.

Owner Michael Riggs says there are only 550 copies of the book in a special collector's box.

Auction proceeds will go to the Emmaus Homeless Shelter's emergency fuel fund in Ellsworth.

The book is on display at Scottie's and bids are being accepted by email, phone and in person until Jan. 31.

Stephen King

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Newhead News


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Paid $500M For Current TV

Al-Jazeera

With its $500 million purchase of left-leaning Current TV, the Pan-Arab news channel Al-Jazeera will soon be seen in tens of millions of U.S. homes. It's a steep price, but the acquisition helps the network in its aims to quickly spread its message to more Americans.

The purchase will create a news channel called Al-Jazeera America, coming to American homes with a distinctly non-American view of the world. The network claims many people in the U.S. have already sought its programming online.

The nation's second-largest TV operator, Time Warner Cable Inc., dropped Current after the deal was confirmed Wednesday, saying the network didn't have enough viewers.

Gore confirmed the sale Wednesday, saying in a statement that Al-Jazeera shares Current TV's mission "to give voice to those who are not typically heard; to speak truth to power; to provide independent and diverse points of view; and to tell the stories that no one else is telling."

Al-Jazeera

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A man wearing a goat mask runs into the English Bay during the annual New Year's Day Polar Bear Swim in Vancouver, British Columbia January 1, 2013.
Photo by Ben Nelms

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Recovered In Sahara

Martian Meteorite

Scientists say a 2-billion-year-old rock from Mars that landed on Earth is quite different from other Martian meteorites.

They say it is older than most and contains more water. It's also similar to volcanic rocks examined by the NASA rovers Spirit and Opportunity on the Martian surface.

About 65 Martian meteorites have been recovered on Earth, mostly in Antarctica or the Sahara desert. The oldest dates back 4.5 billion years. The rest are 1.3 billion years old or younger.

The recently tested 2-billion-year-old rock is about the size of a baseball. It was donated to the University of New Mexico by an American who bought it from a meteorite dealer last year.

Martian Meteorite

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Wake-up Call


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U.S. Ends Probe

Google

In a major victory for Google Inc, U.S. regulators on Thursday ended their investigation into the giant Internet company and concluded that it had not manipulated its Web search results to hurt rivals.

The Federal Trade Commission did, however, win promises from Google that it would end the practice of "scraping" reviews and other data from rivals' websites for its own products, and to allow advertisers to export data to independently evaluate advertising campaigns.

Google also agreed to no longer request sales bans when suing companies which infringe on patents that are essential to ensuring interoperability, also known as standard essential patents, the FTC said on Thursday.

Microsoft Corp and other Google competitors have pressed the FTC to bring a broad antitrust case against Google similar to the sweeping Justice Department litigation against Microsoft in the 1990s.

Meanwhile smaller Internet companies such as Nextag have complained about Google tweaking its Web search results to give prominence to its own products, pushing down competitors' rankings and making them more difficult for customers to find.

Google

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A devotee smokes hashish outside the shrine of Muslim Sufi Saint Data Ganj Bakhsh during his death anniversary in Lahore January 3, 2013. Devotees celebrate the last of three days of the 969th festival of Hazrat Ali Bin Usman popularly known as Data Gunj Bakhsh.
Photo by Mohsin Raza

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Gets Russian Citizenship

Gerard Depardieu

The Kremlin has cast Gerard Depardieu in one of the most surprising roles of his life - as a new Russian citizen.

The announcement Thursday that President Vladimir Putin has approved Depardieu's application for citizenship is almost a real-life analogue to the French actor's 1990 comedy "Green Card," in which his character enters into a sham marriage in order to work in the United States.

A representative for the former Oscar nominee declined to say whether he had accepted the Russian offer.

Thursday was a holiday in Russia and officials from the Federal Tax Service and Federal Migration Service could not be reached for comment on whether the decision would require Depardieu to have a residence in Russia.

Gerard Depardieu

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Court Dismisses Case

Uganda

A Ugandan court has dismissed a case against a British national arrested for staging a pro-gay play.

Frank Mugisha, a gay rights activists, said Thursday that the dismissal of the case was a sign that the rights of sexual minorities will be respected by Uganda's courts even though homosexuality is banned in Uganda. Draft legislation that once contained the death penalty for some gay acts created an outcry from rights groups around the world.

The court dismissed the charge of disobedience against David Cecil Edward Hugh on Wednesday. Hugh's play showed the dilemma an openly gay man is confronted with in a country with anti-gay laws.

Hugh said he won't show the play in Uganda again but may show it in Washington D.C., Kenya, South Africa and the U.K.

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Shoes hang on a power line at Letna park overlooking Prague early January 2, 2013. Czech teenagers, who skateboard at the park, throw their damaged and unwanted shoes over the wire for fun at the city's main skating hangout, once the site of a monument to former Soviet leader Josef Stalin.
Photo by Petr Josek

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Utah Prudes

Elvis

A parent who was "All Shook Up" about Elvis Presley songs in a high-school drama prompted educators to cancel the musical, deeming it too sexual. But the decision was reversed Thursday by administrators at the high school south of Salt Lake City.

The administrators at Herriman High School received permission from the copyright owners of "All Shook Up" to edit some of Presley's songs and make scene changes in the American jukebox musical that borrows from William Shakespeare.

"The show will go on," said Sandy Riesgraf, a spokeswoman for the Jordan School District. "Our biggest concern early on, we wanted to make some changes to keep the play within community values. It's a win-win for all of us."

Presley warbles about a sweetheart whose "lips are like a volcano that's hot" in his song from 1957. "I'm proud to say she's my buttercup. I'm in love. I'm all shook up."

His song lyrics together with a scene suggesting cross-dressing were deemed offensive by a person the school is refusing to identify.

Elvis

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Cited In Mono County

Frank Ocean

Grammy-nominated R&B singer Frank Ocean is facing a marijuana possession charge after police say he was pulled over on New Year's Eve in California's Eastern Sierra Nevada for driving more than 90 mph in a 65 mph zone.

The Mono County Sheriff's Department says officers stopped Ocean's black BMW at about 4:30 p.m. Dec. 31 as he was heading southbound on U.S. 395.

Sheriff's spokeswoman Jennifer Hansen says a strong odor of marijuana wafted out as a deputy approached the vehicle.

Hansen says the deputy found a small bag of marijuana on the 25-year-old Ocean, whose legal name is Christopher Breaux (broh).

She says the Beverly Hills resident was cited for marijuana possession and released.

Frank Ocean

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Book specialist Cathy Marsden holds open a book titled "Aristotle's Compleat Master-Piece" during a media event before its sale at Lyon and Turnbull auctioneers in Edinburgh, Scotland January 3, 2013. The book, incorrectly attributed to Aristotle and dated from the 1760s, goes on sale in an auction on January 9. It is an early manual for sex and pregnancy which emphasises ideas surrounding female sexuality and was banned in Britain until the 1960s.
Photo by David Moir

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Concert Tours

The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is in parentheses. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.

    1. (1) Barbra Streisand; $4,065,743; $263.52.
    2. (2) Madonna; $3,950,309; $172.03.
    3. (3) Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band; $1,362,627; $93.95.
    4. (4) Justin Bieber; $1,217,217; $75.72.
    5. (New) Neil Young & Crazy Horse; $855,928; $91.59.
    6. (6) The Who; $845,015; $85.86.
    7. (5) Rush; $822,004; $82.09.
    8. (8) Leonard Cohen; $804,309; $100.16.
    9. (7) Peter Gabriel; $729,147; $96.03.
   10. (9) Red Hot Chili Peppers; $715,544; $57.10.
   11. (11) Zac Brown Band; $662,842; $48.23.
   12. (13) Trans-Siberian Orchestra; $547,517; $51.54.
   13. (14) Journey; $530,582; $71.90.
   14. (15) Carrie Underwood; $529,297; $58.84.
   15. (17) Bob Dylan; $457,533; $78.73.
   16. (19) Eric Church; $319,402; $40.43.
   17. (New) Jeff Dunham; $250,250; $58.49.
   18. (New) Wiz Khalifa; $152,511; $41.00.
   19. (New) Tobymac; $146,499; $29.91.
   20. (New) Metric; $144,604; $40.78.

Concert Tours

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Prime-Time Nielsens

Ratings

Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by the Nielsen Co. for Dec. 24-30. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership.

    1. "NBC Sunday Night Football," NBC, 30.3 million.
    2. "Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick," NBC, 21.9 million.
    3. "The OT," Fox, 17.8 million.
    4. "Football Night America (Part 3)," NBC, 15.9 million.
    5. "The Big Bang Theory," CBS, 12 million.
    6. "Person of Interest," CBS, 10.3 million.
    7. "60 Minutes," CBS, 10.27 million.
    8. "NCIS," CBS, 9.8 million.
    9. "NBA Christmas Special," ABC, 9.6 million.
   10. "NCIS: Los Angeles," CBS, 8.622 million.
   11. "Two And a Half Men," CBS, 8.621 million.
   12. "Criminal Minds," CBS, 8.56 million.
   13. "Kennedy Center Honors," CBS, 8.2 million.
   14. "Elementary," CBS, 8.0 million.
   15. "NCIS," CBS, 7.5 million.
   16. "Dateline Friday," NBC, 6.8 million.
   17. "Simpsons," Fox, 6.7 million.
   18. "Vegas," CBS, 6 million.
   19. "NBC Movie of the Week," NBC, 5.6 million.
   20. "The Good Wife," CBS, 5.56 million.

Ratings

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A male jungle nymph sits on a female jungle nymph during a photo call for the annual stock take at London Zoo, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. More than 17,500 animals including birds, fish, mammals, reptiles and amphibians are counted in the annual stock take at the zoo.
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