BartCop Entertainment Archives - Thursday, 11 October, 2012

Thursday

11 October, 2012

(Updated Daily)

[379 days in a row]



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Romney Endorses Abortion Rights In The Last Trimester of Election


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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Prank Signs of the London Underground (Imgur)
These unauthorized signs may be classified as vandalism, but their presence encourages everyone to pay more attention to the signs, wouldn't you think?


Why Obama Now (3 minutes and 43 seconds Video)
Plaese make this viral.


Song of Mitt's Self (YouTube)
"Take a look at 'A Song of Mitt's Self', a parody of Mitt Romney's campaign ads that reveal more about the one-time socially moderate (or more socially moderate) Republican than a thousand of his own talking points. His run for the White House is somewhat reminiscent of John McCain's bid: A perceived "moderate" panders so far to the lunatic fringe that he loses any semblance of what could have made him palatable to mainstream voters in the first place."-Matt Staggs


Mark Morford: Why won't Obama step up? (SF Gate)
It's the reassuring feeling that he's got it, that when it comes to pulling the trigger on Osama, finally supporting gay marriage, or responding appropriately to nearly any global crisis you can name, Obama's intellectual acumen hooks right into the still-incredible sense that the man actually has a functioning soul, and you just know: the lights are on. He's got it under control. There's tremendous sense of competence where we need it most.


Julia Gillard's blistering attack on sexism was her best card (Telegraph)
Julia Gillard, Australia's first female prime minister, played her best hand with a brilliant attack on the Conservative opposition leader, Tony Abbott, accusing him of being sexist and a misogynist, writes Emma Barnett.


Froma Harrop: Mitt's Master Act Not Beloved by All (Creators Syndicate)
Romney's "his numbers don't work. To make the tax cut revenue-neutral, he'd have to break his vow to maintain the wealthy's overall tax burden. The nonpartisan Tax Policy Center says you can't cut rich people's tax rates by 20 percent and make up for the lost revenues without collecting more taxes from the middle class. Team Romney was understandably bucked up by Obama's failure to punch back. But Obama and his people eventually will. When they do, the master-of-the-universe bit will get taken apart - and in a masterful way."


Mark Joseph Stern: Did You Take Your Aspirin Today? (Slate)
How a struggling painkiller was reborn as a heart medicine and earned billions for Bayer.


Find Your Understanding: Expedia Find Yours (YouTube)
Every trip is unique. On this trip, Artie Goldstein travels across the country to attend his daughter's same-sex wedding, a journey that will test him, challenge him, and ultimately change him in un



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Trivia Question of the Day


Four days before the swallows return to Capistrano, what bird returns to Hinckley, Ohio?

                                  



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Trivia Question from Yesterday


Founded in 1906 in Rochester, NY, as The Haloid Photographic Company, what is the company's name today?


   Xerox                                                      Source


Xerox was founded in 1906 in Rochester as The Haloid Photographic Company, which originally manufactured photographic paper and equipment. The company subsequently changed its name to Haloid Xerox in 1958 and then simply Xerox in 1961.        Source






Alan J was first, and correct, with:
   Xerox



mj wrote:
   I'm pretty sure
  That would be Kodak.




Jim from CA, retired to ID, said:
   Xerox



BttbBob responded:
   Follow the date line...

  One of the very few corporate names that also became a verb...




Charlie replied:
   Xerox




Adam answered:
   I thought it was Kodak, but it is Xerox.



John A. said:
   Xerox



Marian wrote:
   Xerox



Dale of Diamond Springs answered:
   Xerox - and some of its uses!!!





David L responded:
   I believe it's Kodak.



Barbara, my roommate from the Pepperdine days, replied:
   The Haloid Photographic company became Haloid Xerox. Later the name was changed to Xerox.
  I was reading on the internet about Chester Carlson, the inventor of electrophotography or xerography. Here is an excerpt from Wikipedia:
     "Carlson's early experiments, conducted in his apartment kitchen, were smoky, smelly, and occasionally explosive. In one set of experiments, he was melting pure crystalline sulfur (a photoconductor) onto a plate of zinc by moving it just so over the flame of his kitchen stove. This often resulted in a sulfur fire, filling the building with the smell of rotten eggs. In another experiment, the chemicals he was working with caught fire, and he and his wife were hard-pressed to extinguish the flames."
     Eventually his wife convinced him to conduct his experiments elsewhere!
  P.S. Attached photo is of Chester Carlson with his first copier.




Sally said:
   Founded in Rochester, NY, in 1906, Xerox was originally called The Haloid Company.

  He means, B2BB of course! :)
  PS: I await tomorrow night's VP, "Debate" with ambivalence. I'm sure Ryan with be his nasty little pit bull self, OTOH, good chance Biden will go over and punch him in his prissy little face!
  How much would I pay to see that happen?
  Priceless!!




MAM   wrote:
   Xerox ~ The first Xerox logo was designed in 1948. Later, the company dropped the Haloid Company label, which resulted in the 2008 version still used today.




Uckshmay replied:
   Eastman Kodak



And, Joe S     replied:
   Xerox was founded in 1906 in Rochester as The Haloid Photographic Company, which originally manufactured photographic paper and equipment.
  I once wrote a little story about Xerox (pronounced Exerocks) but I don't know what became of it and I don't remember the story. Well it was something about this alien race from outer space that copied things. Something like that. It was back about 1970 for cripes sake. How am I supposed to remember back that far. Well I do remember the Playboy Playmate for October 1970 though. It's all a matter of proprieties and what's important.



  


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Reader Suggestion

Michelle in AZ


U.S. Shale Gas Regulators Struggle To Keep Up With Rapid Development, Government Finds



Seth Shostak: Science From Hell



Daily Kos: PAUL RYAN: "I don't have enough time to explain how I'm screwing special needs kids!"



Daily Kos: Rep. Steve Pearce loves Romney's plan to help corporations by giving states control over public land



Daily Kos: Feed me! Private prisons demanding human "product"



Montana Campaign Donation Limits Reinstated By 9th Circuit Court Of Appeals



Suicide is epidemic for American Indian youth: What more can be done? - Open Channel



Tangled sea lion rescued at Pier 39 - SFGate



Thanks, Michelle!


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From The Creator of 'Avery Ant'


"The Problem With Young People Today"

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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD


WHERE HAVE YOU GONE SARAH PALIN?

JANEANE PUNKS MITTENS!

KING "PORKY" HAS SPOKEN: "MITTENS WILL DO AS HE'S TOLD."

CONSERVATIVES SUCK!

KING GEORGE III GETS REVENGE

THE REAL "MOOCHERS."

THE CAPITALIZATION OF INCARCERATION. WHEN JUSTICE BECOMES JUST ANOTHER BET ON "WALL STREET."

SCOTT BROWN LOVES HIS "PUSSYCAT GIRLS."

WHAT DID YOU DO IN THE WAR MITTENS?

WHAT DID YOU DO IN THE WAR MITTENS? - BONUS CLICK

THIS LITTLE PIGGIE WILL FIRE YOU. MITTENS APPROVES THIS MESSAGE

WHY CAN'T WE ALL GET ALONG?

YES ON PROP 37!

THE LIAR!

DON'T MESS WITH MONGO! R.I.P. ALEX.

SUCCESS SPEAKS FOR ITSELF

THE MAIN SCREAM MEDIA!

THE FUCKING LYING REPUG ASSHOLES!

RANTING REPUG

IRIS IS BACK WITH HER FIRST ALBUM IN SIXTEEN YEARS






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Ark Of Darkness

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Mostly overcast and breezy.



Tonight, Thursday:

CBS opens the night on the East Coast with a FRESH 'Big Bang Theory', followed by a FRESH '2½ Men', then a FRESH 'Persons Of Interest', followed by the LIVE 'VP Debate'.
CBS opens the night on the Left Coast early with the LIVE 'VP Debate', followed by a FRESH 'Big Bang Theory', then a FRESH '2½ Men', followed by a FRESH 'Persons Of Interest', then pads an hour with local crap.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are Lucy Liu and Daughter.
On a RERUN Craig (from 9/21/12) are Neil Patrick Harris and Gerry Dee.



NBC begins the night on the East Coast with a FRESH '30 Rock', followed by a FRESH 'Up All Night', then 'Dateline', followed by the LIVE 'VP Debate'.
NBC begins the night on the Left Coast early with the LIVE VP Debate', followed by a FRESH '30 Rock', then a FRESH 'Up All Night', followed by an hour pad of local crap, and 'Dateline'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Leno are Terry Bradshaw, Mark Kelly, and Grizzly Bear.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Fallon are Christina Applegate, Nick Offerman, and Jackson Browne.
Scheduled on a FRESH Carson 'The Scab' Daly are Sam Rockwell, Jordan Roberts, and Kimbra.



ABC starts the night on the East Coast with a FRESH 'Last Resort', followed by the LIVE 'VP Debate'.
ABC starts the night early on the Left Coast with the LIVE 'VP Debate', followed by a FRESH 'Last Resort', then pads the rest of the night with local crap.

Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Kimmel are Kevin James and Ezra Miller.



The CW offers a FRESH 'The Vampire Diaries', followed by a FRESH 'Beauty & The Beast'.



Faux has a FRESH 'The X Factor', followed by local crap.



MY recycles an old 'White Collar', followed by another old 'White Collar'.



A&E has 'The First 48', another 'The First 48', followed by a FRESH 'The First 48', then a FRESH 'Beyond Scared Straight'.



AMC offers the movie 'Christine', followed by the movie 'Thinner', then the movie 'Cujo'.



BBC  -   
 [6:00AM]   BBC WORLD NEWS
 [7:00AM]   BBC WORLD NEWS
 [8:00AM]   THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - Season 11 - Ep 4 - Jessie J, Simon Amstell, Julie Walters, Didier Drogba
 [9:00AM]   MERLIN - Season 1 - Ep 8 - The Beginning of the End
 [10:00AM]   DOCTOR WHO - Season 5 - Ep 10 - Vincent and The Doctor
 [11:00AM]   BATTLESTAR GALACTICA - Season 1 - Ep 4 - Act of Contrition
 [12:00PM]   RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 4 - Ep 2 - Classic American
 [1:00PM]   RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 1 - Ep 3 - Walnut Tree
 [2:00PM]   RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 2 - Ep 2 - Giuseppi's
 [3:00PM]   TOP GEAR - Season 7 - Episode 5
 [4:00PM]   TOP GEAR - Season 7 - Episode 6
 [5:00PM]   TOP GEAR - Season 5 - Episode 1
 [6:00PM]   TOP GEAR - Season 5 - Episode 2
 [7:00PM]   TOP GEAR - Season 5 - Episode 3
 [8:00PM]   TOP GEAR: BEST OF 07-08 NEW
 [9:00PM]   TOP GEAR: BEST OF 07-08 NEW
 [10:00PM]   TOP GEAR: BEST OF 10-11
 [11:00PM]   CHEF RACE: U.K. VS. U.S. - Season 1 - Ep 3 - Kill It, Cook It, Eat It
 [12:00AM]   TOP GEAR: BEST OF 07-08
 [1:00AM]   TOP GEAR: BEST OF 07-08
 [2:00AM]   TOP GEAR: BEST OF 10-11
 [3:00AM]   TOP GEAR - Season 7 - Episode 6
 [4:00AM]   TOP GEAR - Season 5 - Episode 1
 [5:00AM]   TOP GEAR - Season 5 - Episode 2    (ALL TIMES EDT)



Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of NJ', 'Real Housewives Of Miami', followed by a FRESH 'Real Housewives Of Miami', and another 'Real Housewives Of Miami'.



Comedy Central has last night's 'Colbert Report', last night's 'Jon Stewart', 'Chappelle's Show', 'Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand-Up Revolution', 'Jeff Dunham: Minding The Monsters', followed by a FRESH 'Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand-Up Revolution', and 'Tosh.0'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jon Stewart is Paul Thomas Anderson.
Scheduled on a FRESH Colbert Report is Chrystia Freeland.



FX has '2½ Men', another '2½ Men', followed by the movie 'Easy A', followed by a FRESH 'It's Always Sunny In Philly', then a FRESH 'The League'.



History has 'History Of The World In 2 Hours', 'Pawn Stars', another 'Pawn Stars', followed by the FRESH 'How The Earth Made Man'.



IFC  -   
 [6:00AM]    Fido
 [8:00AM]    I Sell the Dead
 [9:45AM]    The Deaths of Ian Stone
 [11:30AM]    Fido
 [1:30PM]    I Sell the Dead
 [3:15PM]    The Deaths of Ian Stone
 [5:00PM]    2001: A Space Odyssey
 [8:00PM]    Reindeer Games
 [10:15PM]    Full Metal Jacket
 [12:45AM]    Full Metal Jacket
 [3:15AM]    The Last House in the Woods
 [5:00AM]    The IT Crowd-Moss and the German
 [5:30AM]    Undeclared    (ALL TIMES EDT)



Sundance  -   
 [6:00A]    Bootmen
 [7:45A]    French Roast
 [8:00A]    Paris
 [10:10A]    The Father of My Children
 [12:10P]    Bootmen
 [1:45P]    Paris
 [3:50P]    Bitch
 [4:00P]    The Father of My Children
 [6:00P]    Land of Plenty
 [8:00P]    The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
 [10:00P]    The Manchurian Candidate
 [12:15A]    The Possession of David O'Reilly
 [1:45A]    The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
 [3:45A]    Black Heaven
 [5:35A]    Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More To Life    (ALL TIMES EDT)



SyFy has the movie 'Hannibal', followed by the movie 'Shutter Island'.



TBS:
On a RERUN Conan (from 7/16/12) are Denis Leary, Steve Byrne, and Cristelo Alonzo.



TCM features films from one of the American film industry's most prolific directors, Lew Landers during the daylight hours, then spends the night with director Robert Aldrich.
 [6:45 AM]      Night Waitress (1936)
 [7:45 AM]      Border Cafe (1937)
 [9:00 AM]      Danger Patrol (1937)
 [10:15 AM]      Flight From Glory (1937)
 [11:30 AM]      The Man Who Found Himself (1937)
 [12:45 PM]      They Wanted to Marry (1937)
 [2:00 PM]      Without Orders (1937)
 [3:15 PM]      You Can't Buy Luck (1937)
 [4:30 PM]      Blind Alibi (1938)
 [5:45 PM]      Conspiracy (1938)
 [6:45 PM]      Smashing the Rackets (1938)

 [8:00 PM]      The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
 [10:30 PM]      What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
 [1:00 AM]      The Legend Of Lylah Clare (1968)
 [3:15 AM]      Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

 [5:15 AM]      Destination Murder (1950)     (ALL TIMES EDT)



Friday   -  10/12/12

TCM:
 [6:30 AM]      Lovin' the Ladies (1930)
 [7:45 AM]      Elmer The Great (1933)
 [9:00 AM]      Happiness Ahead (1934)
 [10:30 AM]      A Man to Remember (1938)
 [12:00 PM]      On Borrowed Time (1939)
 [1:45 PM]      Cross Country Romance (1940)
 [3:00 PM]      Come Live With Me (1941)
 [4:30 PM]      One Foot In Heaven (1941)
 [6:30 PM]      Shining Victory (1941)
 [8:00 PM]      Born Yesterday (1950)
 [10:00 PM]      A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington (2012)
 [11:00 PM]      The Great Mcginty (1940)
 [12:30 AM]      I Married A Witch (1942)
 [2:00 AM]      The Born Losers (1967)
 [4:00 AM]      The Wild One (1953)     (ALL TIMES EDT)




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Director Tim Burton and actress Catherine O'Hara hug at a photocall for Burton's "Frankenweenie", during the London Film Festival at The Odeon, Leicester Square on Wednesday, October 10, 2012 in London, UK.
Photo by Joel Ryan

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The Sideshow - by Avedon Carol


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Bridge In Bahamas To Be Renamed

Sidney Poitier

A bridge in the Bahamas is being renamed to honour Sidney Poitier, who spent part of his childhood in the island chain east of Florida.

Prime Minister Perry Christie says the Paradise Island Bridge will be rechristened as part of next month's 40th anniversary celebration of Bahamian independence. Christie says the 88-year-old film star is being honoured because of his life story and diplomacy. Poitier has been Bahamian ambassador to Japan and UNESCO.

The Oscar-winning Poitier was born in the United States but spent much of his childhood on Cat Island, a sparsely populated island in the central Bahamas.

The Paradise Island Bridge is the largest in the Bahamas. It connects the capital to the Atlantis resort, one of the region's main tourist destinations. The renaming was announced Tuesday.

Sidney Poitier

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Peace Prizes

Yoko Ono

Pop star Lady Gaga was awarded a peace prize by Yoko Ono in a ceremony in Iceland on Tuesday.

Peace activist Ono said the LennonOno Grant for Peace, established in the name of her late husband, former Beatle John Lennon, rewarded Lady Gaga for combining stardom with activism and changing "the mental map" of the world.

Grammy-winning Lady Gaga, who shot to fame with her debut album "The Fame" in 2008, accepted the puzzle-shaped award in Reykjavik along with a monetary prize that she said she will give to the Elton John AIDS Foundation

Last month, at an event in New York City, Yoko Ono awarded the prize to the members of Pussy Riot. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alyokhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich were sentenced to two years in jail in Russia for staging a "punk prayer" in Moscow's main cathedral.

This year's winners of the prize also included peace activist Rachel Corrie, killed on the Gaza strip in 2003, "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" author John Perkins and the late journalist Christopher Hitchens.

Yoko Ono

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Host Jimmy Kimmel, left, and actress Jane Lynch attend the 2012 Media Access Awards on Wednesday Oct. 10, 2012 in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Photo by John Shearer

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First Cancellation Of The Season (Sorry, Joe)

'Made in Jersey'

The fall TV season has claimed its first victim: the CBS series "Made in Jersey."

CBS announced Wednesday the legal drama had been pulled from the Friday lineup after just two airings. It premiered on Sept. 28 to puny ratings. It starred British actress Janet Montgomery as a colorful New Jersey lawyer who lands a job at a posh Manhattan firm.

The network, which is part of CBS Corp., is replacing it with the fourth season of the reality series "Undercover Boss," starting Nov. 2.

Until then, repeats of "NCIS" or "Hawaii Five-O" will fill the Friday hour.

'Made in Jersey'

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Only Play Premieres

Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac. Neal Cassady. Allen Ginsberg. Gregory Corso. The gang's all here.

The Beat Generation notables and their poetry-writing, conformity-defying antics come to life in the first production of Kerouac's only play.

"Beat Generation" captures a day in the life of Kerouac and his friends as they booze, bet and banter, occasionally reflecting on the turns their lives have taken and the changes their friendship faces after leaving behind life on the road.

"It's exactly what you imagine a play by Kerouac to be like," full of riffing, dialogue and beat poems, director Charles Towers says.

"They wanted to hang out, do their writing and drop out," he said. "I imagine he said, 'All right, you want to see the Beat Generation? Here it is. This is us. This is us on a normal day.'"

Jack Kerouac

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Newhead News


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Hobbit Coins To Be Legal Tender

New Zealand

New Zealand will release commemorative "The Hobbit" coins worth thousands of dollars ahead of next month's premier of director Peter Jackson's latest Tolkien epic.

The coins featuring characters such as Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf the wizard will be legal tender in the country, New Zealand Post said, although their face value will be only a fraction of the cost collectors will be expected to pay.

The most expensive, made from one ounce (28.3 grams) of pure gold, will set Tolkien enthusiasts back NZ$3,695 ($3,020) but has a face value of just NZ$10, while the cheapest is a NZ$1 coin retailing for NZ$29.90.

The coins go on sale from November 1 and New Zealand Post said it expected strong international interest in the build up to the premiere of the first of the three Hobbit movies in Wellington on November 28.

New Zealand

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Actress Yeardley Smith, left, and Aaron Walton, Partner at Walton Isaacson, attend OUT Magazine's 20th Anniversary Party presented by Lexus at Station at W Hotel on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012 in Los Angeles.
Photo by Jordan Strauss

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Space Tourist

Sarah Brightman

Sarah Brightman's voice, beloved by audiences and renowned for its three-octave range, rocketed to fame more than two decades ago as the heroine of "The Phantom of the Opera." Now the world's biggest-selling soprano is heading to outer space.

On Wednesday, Brightman told a news conference in Moscow that she has booked a trip to the International Space Station. Brightman, who had a hit in 1978 with "I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper" and has sold more than 30 million records, will become the first recording artist in space.

The British singer said that after touring the world in 2013 for her new album, Dreamchaser, she will spend six months in Russia's Star City cosmonaut training center.

Brightman, a UNESCO ambassador, said the trip would also serve as a way to promote the U.N. agency's message, by encouraging women's education in the sciences and environmental awareness. She hinted at the possibility of doing a promotional "space concert."

Sarah Brightman

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Hospital News

Debbie Reynolds

Veteran singer and actress Debbie Reynolds was hospitalized in Los Angeles over the weekend after a bad reaction to medication but is expected to be released on Wednesday, her manager said.

"Ms. Reynolds had an adverse reaction to some medicine and is on the mend and hopefully will be released today," manager Milt Suchin said in an email. He did not provide details.

Married three times, the actress shared a husband with Elizabeth Taylor when Eddie Fisher left Reynolds for her violet-eyed rival in a 1950s scandal. Reynolds also had her own TV comedy, "The Debbie Reynolds Show," in 1969, and continues to make guest appearances in movies and TV shows.

Celebrity website TMZ.com said Reynolds had canceled all upcoming appearances for the next three months. But Suchin said the actress was taking a "wait and see" approach based on the advice of doctors.

Debbie Reynolds

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Wake-up Call


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One Member Freed On Appeal

Pussy Riot

A member of punk band Pussy Riot was freed on appeal on Wednesday but a Moscow court upheld prison sentences for two others imposed over a raucous cathedral protest against Vladimir Putin, who said they had got the jail terms they deserved.

Yekaterina Samutsevich walked free from Moscow City Court after six months behind bars but the appeal judge who suspended her two-year sentence said fellow band members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina should serve out their terms.

"I have mixed feelings," Samutsevich said outside the court, where she was greeted by applause and whistles from a crowd of about 150 people in the rain. "I'm happy, of course, but I am upset about the girls."

Defense lawyers, relatives of the women and rights activists including the chairman of Putin's own presidential human rights council, Mikhail Fedotov, welcomed Samutsevich's release but criticized the split ruling.

The women say their protest was a comment on the close ties between the Kremlin and Russia's dominant church, which considers about two-thirds of the population as its flock.

Pussy Riot

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Singer Stevie Nicks arrives for the premiere of British rock band Led Zeppelin's film "Celebration Day" in New York October 9, 2012.
Photo by Carlo Allegri

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McCaskill Hits Akin With Ads

"Legitimate Rape"

Missouri Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill took aim Wednesday at Republican challenger Todd Akin with a new series of TV ads featuring rape survivors outraged by Akin's remark about "legitimate rape" and his opposition to emergency contraception.

The three separate ads feature individual testimonials from three women who said they were raped, including one who describes herself as a "pro-life" Republican and another self-described "pro-life mother" who calls herself a "woman of faith." The ads are among the most powerful yet by McCaskill, who is intent on reminding voters of Akin's remark about women's bodies having ways of avoiding pregnancy in "legitimate rape."

McCaskill's goal is to persuade voters that Akin didn't merely misspeak, but that his words revealed his extreme beliefs. Akin has countered by continuing to highlight his opposition to abortion while suggesting it is McCaskill who is out of line with most Missourians because of her support for President Barack Obama's marquee initiatives such as the 2009 stimulus act and 2010 health care law.

In her new ads, McCaskill links the "legitimate rape" remark to statements Akin made in a separate August interview in which he expressed support for a ban on emergency contraception.

"As far as I'm concerned, the morning-after pill is a form of abortion. I think we just shouldn't have abortion in this country," Akin said in the August interview on Kansas City radio station KCMO.

"Legitimate Rape"

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Actor Martin Landau arrives for the European premiere of the film "Frankenweenie" at the Odeon Leicester Square in central London October 10, 2012.
Photo by Suzanne Plunkett

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Denies Probation Violation

Mark Basseley Youssef

A California man behind an anti-Muslim film that inflamed parts of the Middle East has denied he violated his probation for a 2010 bank fraud conviction.

U.S District Judge Christina Snyder said Wednesday an evidentiary hearing will be held on Nov. 9 for 55-year-old Mark Basseley Youssef.

Prosecutors allege Youssef had eight probation violations, including lying to his probation officer and using aliases. Another judge last month found Youssef was a flight risk and ordered him jailed without bond.

Federal authorities say Youssef, who also went by the name of Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, was behind the film "Innocence of Muslims." The movie prompted widespread violence in the Middle East, killing dozens.

Mark Basseley Youssef

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Actress and model Elizabeth Hurley attends a photocall during the 20th anniversary of the Estee Lauder Breast Cancer Awareness campaign in Paris October 10, 2012.
Photo by Benoit Tessier

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1991 Wedding Guest List Non-Issue

Martha Raddatz

The day before the vice presidential debate the guest list for moderator Martha Raddatz's 1991 wedding has become an issue, of sorts.

The list included Harvard Law School student and future president Barack Obama. The groom was Julius Genachowski, the current Federal Communications Commission chairman. And The Daily Caller website wanted to know if the connections 21 years ago raise the question of bias going into Thursday's debate.

Raddatz's employer, ABC News, called the issue "silly" and sought to beat the website to the punch by confirming that Obama attended the wedding 21 years ago. The couple divorced in 1997.

In the early 1990s, Raddatz was a reporter for ABC's local station in Boston. Law school student Genachowski worked at the Harvard Law Review, where Obama was president, and the couple invited much of the review's staff to their wedding, ABC said. The guest list also included Bradford Berenson, a future counsel in George W. Bush's administration.

Martha Raddatz

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Actor Martin Short (L) and his son Henry arrive for the European premiere of the film "Frankenweenie" at the Odeon Leicester Square in central London October 10, 2012.
Photo by Suzanne Plunkett

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Family Removes Gravestone

Jimmy Savile

Sir Jimmy Savile's headstone will be broken up and sent to landfill after it was removed.

The elaborate tombstone was removed in the early hours of Wednesday morning after Savile's family requested it be taken away out of "respect to public opinion".

The move came after police said they believe the "predatory sex offender" could have abused up to 25 victims over 40 years.

Savile's family said they made the decision to ensure the "dignity and sanctity" of Woodlands Cemetery in Scarborough.

The headstone, which bears the star's image and lists his accomplishments, including the epitaph "It was good while it lasted", has now been taken to a stonemason's yard in Leeds where the inscription will be ground down.

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Mick Jones attends the "Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day" premiere at the Ziegfeld Theater on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012 in New York.
Photo by Dario Cantatore

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Gets Australian Visa After NZ Rejection

Mike Tyson

Australia granted Mike Tyson a visa Wednesday, one week after New Zealand barred the former heavyweight boxing champion from entering that country due to his 1992 rape conviction.

Officials carefully weighed the pros and cons of his visit and of his character given his criminal past before making the decision, said Cian Manton, a spokeswoman for Australia's Department of Immigration and Citizenship.

She said it was the first time Tyson had applied for a visa to Australia and he was warned the privilege could be revoked if he broke any laws.

"Given the purpose of his visit and the short duration, we considered the risk of him reoffending to be very low," Manton said.

Mike Tyson

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A combination photo shows the Brandenburg Gate as it is illuminated during a technical check for the Festival of Lights in Berlin October 9, 2012. Several landmarks of the German capital, including boulevards, squares, towers, historical and modern buildings, will be illuminated during the festival.
Photo by Fabrizio Bensch

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End Of The Line

Coca-Cola

It's the end of an era for Coca-Cola lovers, as the last 6.5-ounce returnable, glass bottle rolls off the production line.

A small Coke bottler in Minnesota says it's stopping production of the bottles, which customers could return to get back a 20-cent deposit. The company in Winona, Minn., had been refilling the returnable bottles since 1932 but said it no longer makes business sense to continue doing so.

The Coca-Cola Co, based in Atlanta, notes that its 8-ounce glass bottles are still widely available across the country. Those recyclable bottles are nearly identical to the smaller 6.5-ounce bottles. They have less glass but hold more cola.

The glass bottles that were refilled in Winona, Minn. had a very limited footprint, distributed in only four counties.

The bottling company, which will continue to distribute other Coca-Cola products, says it refilled about 6,000 bottles for the final run. The bottles will be sold online for $20 each starting Monday, with proceeds going toward the Lake Winona Pedestrian and Bicycle Path restoration project.

Coca-Cola

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In Memory

Alex Karras

Alex Karras was one of the NFL's most feared defensive tackles throughout the 1960s, a player who hounded quarterbacks and bulled past opposing linemen.

And yet, to many people he will always be the lovable dad from the 1980s sitcom "Webster" or the big cowboy who famously punched out a horse in "Blazing Saddles."

The rugged player, who anchored the Detroit Lions' defense and then made a successful transition to an acting career, with a stint along the way as a commentator on "Monday Night Football," died Wednesday. He was 77.

Karras had recently suffered kidney failure and been diagnosed with dementia. The Lions also said he had suffered from heart disease and, for the last two years, stomach cancer. He died at home in Los Angeles surrounded by family members, said Craig Mitnick, Karras' attorney.

His death also will be tied to the NFL's conflict with former players over concussions. Karras in April joined the more than 3,500 football veterans suing the league for not protecting them better from head injuries, immediately becoming one of the best-known names in the legal fight. Mitnick said the family had not yet decided whether to donate Karras' brain for study, as other families have done.

Born in Gary, Ind., Karras starred for four years at Iowa. Detroit drafted Karras with the 10th overall pick in 1958 and he was a four-time All-Pro defensive tackle over 12 seasons with the franchise.

He was the heart of the Lions' defensive line, terrorizing quarterbacks for years. The Lions handed the powerful 1962 Green Bay Packers their only defeat that season, a 26-14 upset on Thanksgiving during which they harassed quarterback Bart Starr constantly.

For all his prowess on the field, Karras may have gained more fame when he turned to acting in the movies and on television.

Playing a not-so-bright bruiser in Mel Brooks' "Blazing Saddles," he not only slugged a horse but also delivered the classic line: "Mongo only pawn in game of life."

Several years before that, Karras had already become a bit of a celebrity through George Plimpton's behind-the-scenes book about what it was like to be an NFL player in the Motor City, "Paper Lion: Confessions of a Second-string Quarterback."

That led to Karras playing himself alongside Alan Alda in the successful movie adaption - Karras and Plimpton remained friends for life and one of Karras' sons is named after Plimpton - and it opened doors for Karras to be an analyst alongside Howard Cosell and Frank Gifford on "Monday Night Football."

In the 1980s, he played a sheriff in the comedy "Porky's" and became a hit on the small screen as Emmanuel Lewis' adoptive father, George Papadapolis, in the sitcom "Webster."

He also had roles in "Against All Odds" and "Victor/Victoria." He portrayed the husband of famed female athlete "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias in the TV movie that starred Susan Clark, who later became his wife. The two formed their own production company and it was Clark who played the role of his wife on "Webster."

Susan Clark said her husband couldn't drive after loving to get behind the wheel and couldn't remember recipes for some of the favorite Italian and Greek dishes he used to cook.

Clark has said he was formally diagnosed with dementia several years ago and has had symptoms for more than a dozen years. He joined hundreds of other former players suing the league.

Karras played his entire NFL career with the Lions before retiring in 1970 at age 35. He was a first-team All-Pro in 1960, 1961 and 1965, and he made the Pro Bowl four times. He missed the 1963 season when he was suspended by NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle in a gambling probe. Karras was recognized by the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a defensive tackle on the All-Decade Team of the 1960s.

Karras later wrote an autobiography, "Even Big Guys Cry," and two other books, "Alex Karras' and "Tuesday Night Football."

Alex Karras

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Veterinarians measure the giant panda cub during his weekly exam at the San Diego Zoo, in San Diego, California, October 9, 2012. The panda measures 11 inches (28 cm) from the base of his head to the tip of his tail. His overall length, from the tip of his nose to the tip of his tail, is approximately 20 inches (53cm). He weighed 7.3 pounds (3.3 kilograms).
Photo by Ken Bohn

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