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The Story of King Arthur and His Knights

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Personally, I love all of Howard Pyle’s retellings of classic tales. This one I especially love — Pyle’s sense for who Arthur is and his love of all the stories that go forth from that wondrous Round Table shines through every word and chapter. His line drawing illustrations add a feel for the period along with some often subtle indications of the quality of character of the one who is his subject.

In this volume, Pyle begins by showing how Arthur established his right to the throne by drawing the sword from the anvil and how he battled to secure his sword, Excalibur, “the most beautiful and the most famous sword in all the world.” Then follow Arthur’s confrontations with the Duke of North Umber and Sir Pellias, his wooing and wedding of the Lady Guinevere, and the creation of the Round Table. Arthur’s knights have their share of tales, too, and we meet Merlin the Wise, Sir Gawaine, Sir Pellias and more.

These are the classic tales of the Arthurian legend, told and illustrated by a master. Whether read to younger children (9+) or given to an older student (12+) to read on his or her own, these are great stories told greatly.

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Mayor and councillor plan boycott in protest over Porthcawl Museum sale plans

Mayor Sean Aspey and Councillor Brian Jones say they are responding to public opinion in the town

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Porthcawl's Mayor and a town council colleague are set to boycott the next county council meeting and have withdrawn from the county council-run regeneration body in protest at the proposed sale of the town’s museum.

Mayor Sean Aspey and Councillor Brian Jones said they are responding to public opinion in the town and are no longer willing to contribute unless Bridgend County Borough Council (BCBC) alters its current policy.

“We are boycotting the council meeting in September and withdrawing from the regeneration forum in protest unless there is a significant alteration to their current policy,” said Coun Aspey.

He said the town council is still at an impasse with BCBC over its offer to transfer the John Street building to the town council, in return for the town council giving up its current BCBC-owned premises for sale instead of the museum.

Coun Aspey said the grade II-listed John Street building is too small to accommodate the town council, the museum and the arts society.

He said the suggested alternative that the town council vacates Victoria Avenue and finds other premises so their building can be sold instead is also unrealistic as they would have to find, fund and move into a new home by October – when BCBC wants to sell the museum.

“You can’t just organise that all in a fortnight,” said Coun Aspey.

A Bridgend council spokesman said: “Against a backdrop of huge cuts to local government funding and the well-publicised efforts of councils across Wales to protect frontline services, the Old Police Station in Porthcawl has unfortunately become surplus to council requirements.

“The building has been well-used by groups such as Porthcawl Museum and while we have to accept the reality of the financial situation facing the local authority, we also agree that the loss of the museum would be unfortunate – that’s why we have already deferred the closure of the building by almost a year to look at alternatives and discuss the possibility of it being taken over by Porthcawl Town Council.

“We have offered a range of options, one of which was an asset transfer opportunity whereby Porthcawl Town Council could vacate their current premises and take on the Old Police Station free of charge with a two-year lease period during which they could apply for suitable grant funding.

“This is similar to the offer that has already enabled Bridgend Town Council to convert the former town centre library building into new offices and an arts hub.

“Porthcawl Town Council recently informed the council that they are no longer interested in purchasing the building, so we are now in a position of quickly looking to see if there are any other viable alternatives that could be urgently progressed while at the same time preparing details for the building’s closure and sale.”

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Ever since Michael Landrum opened Ray’s Hell Burger last year, the rest of the local patty makers have been pretty much vying for second place on the hamburger hit list. Yep, Landrum’s 10-ounce burger is that good, particularly when topped with one of the artisanal cheeses available for a modest markup. Landrum’s hand-crafted blend is the key; his team grinds and mixes it in-house, combining small-but-select amounts of steakhouse meats with more traditional burger cuts for a patty that never lacks for beef flavor. The same holds true for the titular sandwich at BGR: The Burger Joint, the Bethesda shop where owner Mark Bucher also takes a steakhouse approach to building the perfect hamburger. His blend incorporates prime, dry-aged cuts of chuck, sirloin, brisket, and hanger, which is formed into a generous patty, grilled (not griddled), and served on a potato brioche bun. The cooked-to-order burger starts drooling juices from the moment you pick it up. The differences between Landrum’s burger and Bucher’s could perhaps be summed up this way: At both joints, you’ll have to resist the urge to pick up a straw and suck the loose juices off your plate. But at Landrum’s place, you’ll have to resist the urge to suck the juices off your neighbor’s plate, too.


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Paul Rudd, newest star of “Parks and Recreation.” (Danny Moloshok/Reuters)

Paul Rudd made his debut on last night’s “Parks and Recreation” in the role of Bobby Newport, Leslie Knope’s Pawnee City Council opponent and clueless, entitled heir to the sugary Sweetums fortune.

Rudd is scheduled for a multi-episode arc on the NBC comedy — he’ll be featured in at least three, and possibly more, episodes, according to Vulture. So presumably we’ll get to see more of the layers hidden within the man who had the audacity to ask Leslie (Amy Poehler) to suspend her campaign in exchange for VIP access to his election celebration.

After this initial meeting, though, it’s definitely easy to see where Newport and some of the characters Rudd has previously played intersect. At the moment, this is how I see Bobby Newport.

Obviously, he’s got a dash of Ned from “Our Idiot Brother.”

After last night’s episode of “30 Rock,” I am not sure it’s P.C. to use the word “idiot.” But it seems fair to call Bobby a little dim, at the very least, and not unlike the character Rudd recently played in the film that, along with “The Artist,” Quentin Tarantino dubbed the 10th best movie of 2011.

In terms of being a jerk, Bobby Newport has the potential to channel Andy from “Wet Hot American Summer.”

If Janeane Garofalo asked Bobby to clean up a cafeteria table, I feel confident that he would respond much the way Andy did.

On the handsomeness spectrum, he has the dreamboat potential of Josh from “Clueless.”

His charms already have won over Donna and, seemingly, many of the voters in Pawnee.

And in terms of inarticlateness, I see shades of Peter Klaven from “I Love You, Man.”

He hasn’t said “laters on the menjay” yet. But it’s really just a matter of time.

Would I vote for Bobby Newport? No way. But do I elect to see more of him on “Parks and Recreation”? Yes, please.

When she isn’t at a movie theater or writing about movies, Jen Chaney is ... um ... probably at home, watching a movie.

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Silicon Valley and the next $100 billion stimulus

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You can think of that $100 billion in cash the same way you would think about cash in your own personal portfolio: It’s nice to have around for a rainy day, but inflation gradually erodes its value over time. Hoarding cash on your balance sheet is the corporate world equivalent of hiding cash under your mattress and waiting for the right opportunity to come around. Which is why, of course, Wall Street investors and investment bankers have been putting so much pressure on companies like Apple to do something — anything — with all that cash.

These tech giants need to start thinking in terms of transforming cash flow into job flow. Put the cash to work on infrastructure projects that lead to real jobs. Google has acted on this front — the company has invested nearly $850 million in alternative energy projects, including new solar and wind projects across the country. There are countless other capital spending projects that these tech companies could work on, perhaps something along the lines of LightSquared’s attempt to build a $14 billion-dollar national high-speed wireless network.

Forget the usual Wall Street answers — like plumping up the dividend for stockholders, buying back shares or even buying another company. Increasing the dividend isn’t going to do much for the economy, especially in the short-run. Buying another company? It’s an easy way to put that cash to work and appease investors, but usually leads to job cuts, not job gains. Right now, the Wall Street is scouring the markets for “cheap” (i.e. undervalued) companies that Apple and Google could acquire. Why do you think Google eventually went all-in on its acquisition of Motorola Mobility? Even Motorola could only sop up $12.5 billion in cash, so just imagine what you could buy for $100 billion.

$100 billion is New Deal territory. As a result, maybe the best use of all that cash is on capital-intensive projects that can put engineers and skilled IT workers to work now. Now is Apple’s chance to do something big, something that people will be talking about as part of Steve Job’s final legacy. What if, on October 4, in addition to announcing whatever new technology the company plans to introduce, it also announces a massive capital spending project that acts as a stimulus for the economy? Steve Jobs joked at last year’s Apple shareholder meeting that he was going to "throw a toga party" with all that cash (back when Apple “only” had $40 billion in cash). Which, come to think of it, is probably not that much different from what many think Congress did with our earlier stimulus efforts.

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Mitt Romney’s tax gamble on healthcare

On July 4, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney tried to explain the (close to) unexplainable: How a penalty in Massachusetts is a tax nationally.

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, accompanied by Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., right, participates in the Fourth of July Parade in Wolfeboro, N.H., Wednesday, July 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Earlier this week, senior Romney adviser Eric Fehrnstrom told NBC’s Chuck Todd that the governor “disagrees with the Court’s ruling that the mandate was a tax.

In a Wednesday interview with CBS, Romney reiterated his support for the Court’s dissenting opinion, which opposed the individual mandate, but added that “the majority of the court said it’s a tax, and therefore it is a tax.

“Flip-flop,” screamed his detractors. “Finally,” thought his Republican allies, who had been eyeing the tax portion of the Court ruling as political gold since it was handed down a week ago today.

So, what’s really going on here? It’s pretty simple — and guided entirely by political reality.

Romney is trying to sell the idea that Obama’s health care bill contains a tax because the Supreme Court said it does. And the health care law that he signed in Massachusetts contains a penalty (or a fee) because that’s what he called it at the time and the Court offered no ruling on those state-based laws.

“Massachusetts’ mandate was a mandate, was a penalty, was described that way by the legislature and by me, and so it stays as it was,” Romney told CBS’s Jan Crawford on Wednesday.

That’s relatively thin gruel from a policy perspective, but the truth of the matter is that Romney had to find a way to get politically right with his party’s stance on the Court ruling. (And if you wonder whether the Romney campaign was trying to slip the position adjustment in while no one was looking, consider that it decided to make that news on a national holiday.)

Ed Rogers, a senior Republican strategist, said he was “stunned” by the initial comments from the Romney campaign on the tax vs. penalty debate. “I knew a ‘clarification’ had to be coming,” said Rogers. “I’m surprised we had to wait four days for a Romney correction. What Romney did as governor of Massachusetts is easy to contrast with what he would do as the president of the nation.”

That sentiment was echoed by others in the Republican strategist community.

“The most important thing is that the candidate has it right,” said one senior Republican operative granted anonymity to speak candidly about his party’s nominee. “It’s a tax and should be characterized as such. I don’t know why anyone else would have said otherwise. Perhaps some were overthinking how it would be compared to what he did in Massachusetts.”

The political reward of Romney’s new — or, at the very least, clarified — position on the health care ruling is obvious. Republicans have long scored political points by bashing Democrats as lovers of big government who want to finance growth in the size of the bureaucracy by raising taxes. That the key provision of Obama’s health care law was upheld due to a tax provision, then, fits perfectly into an advantageous political frame for Romney — and Republicans more broadly.

The political risk is also apparent. One of Romney’s biggest weaknesses as a politician is that people simply don’t believe he has a core set of convictions that guide him. The flip-flopper label went a long way in costing him the 2008 Republican presidential nomination and was at the center of his weaknesses in this primary fight.

Not surprisingly, Democrats went after the flip-flopper angle hard on Wednesday.

“He threw his top aide Eric Fehrnstrom under the bus by changing his campaign’s position and calling the free rider penalty in the president’s health care law — which requires those who can afford it to buy insurance — a tax,” said Obama campaign spokesman Danny Kanner.

All politics involves the balancing of risk and reward. In the two days between Fehrnstrom’s initial comments and Romney himself addressing the issue, the campaign clearly decided that the political rewards of getting on the “tax” side of the debate outweighed staying on the “penalty” side — or perhaps that the Romney campaign thought its initial position was untenable. The question now is whether it was right.

Pawlenty and Jindal launch middle class bus tour: The Republican National Committee is dispatching two top-tier vice presidential contenders — former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal — on a bus tour hitting Obama for his administration’s effects on the middle class.

The “middle-class promise gap” bus tour will roll through northern Ohio and western Pennsylvania today and Friday, noting Obama’s “broken promises” on issues important to the preeminent economic class in America.

The tour also includes Rep. Bob Latta (R-Ohio) and will make stops in Maumee, Ohio and Parma, Ohio, on Thursday and Pittsburgh on Friday.

Pawlenty and Jindal are top contenders for Romney’s No. 2 spot, and the Post has reported that they are being vetted for the job.

Romney has chosen former president George H.W. Bush and former senator Bob Dole (R-Kan.) to lead his veterans team.

A former spokesman for Rick Santorum gives a we-told-you-so when it comes to Romney not being able to prosecute the case against Obamacare.

Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) pushes for more disclosure in the “Fast and Furious” investigation.

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) vetoes a trio of voting measures — including Voter ID — passed by the the GOP-controlled state legislature, citing confusion over the bills.

New York state Sen. Adriano Espaillat is alleging voter suppression in his close primary loss to Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.).

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) is opting her state out of the Medicaid expansion in Obamacare.

The Post’s WhoRunsGov page has been updated with more than 600 politician profiles — including all governors, senators and members of the House. Check out this great resource here.

Romney: Health-care mandate is a tax” — Philip Rucker, Washington Post

Romney’s offshore assets hint at greater wealth” — AP

Group wants redistricting question on Ohio ballots” — AP

Obama campaign’s portrayal of Romney is paying off” — Michael A. Memoli and Christi Parsons, Los Angeles Times

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Facebook reported earnings Thursday that met expectations but failed to convince investors that the social network had found a business model that would make it an enduring powerhouse.

That sobering realization was reflected in a massive sell-off of the company’s stock. After its second-quarter performance was unveiled, shares plunged 11 percent, reaching their lowest since the company’s initial public offering in May. Other companies that rely on Facebook’s platform for sales also saw their stocks fall.

Even though Facebook’s revenue grew to $1.18 billion, slightly above expectations, investors were alarmed that the company spent more than three times what it had during the same period last year yet expanded its business at a slower pace.

On a conference call, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg and other executives focused on the company’s ongoing struggle to become a mobile advertising giant. Mobile customers grew at more than three times the rate of desktop users, and the company’s future growth in emerging markets will largely come from such users, they said.

The problem is Facebook makes most of its money from display ads viewed on desktop computers or laptops.

“Our vision for platform is bigger than most people perceive,” Zuckerberg said. “I think we’re really much closer to the beginning here than the end in terms of what we can do.”

Executives said they would slowly increase the number of advertisements that appear in users’ news feeds, to gauge how its users feel about the mix.

But analysts said that could draw the ire of Facebook’s 955 million users and questioned whether they would accept more advertisements, particularly on smaller mobile screens.

“I don’t think Facebook gets it,” said Donna Hoffman, a marketing professor at the University of California at Riverside. “They are one of the most reactionary tech companies I have ever seen. They’re not proactive, barely responsive and not in tune with the zeitgeist or needs of their own consumers.”

The company is a bellwether of the social media industry, and its struggles have let much air out of businesses that offer social online coupons, interactive games and streaming radio services. And some question if those services — as well as Facebook itself — will be passing fads.

It’s a notion Facebook executives reject, pointing to solid growth rates. Zuckerberg said people spent more time than ever on the site and noted that Facebook is the most popular app on mobile phones.

He declined to talk about future products but quashed rumors that the company will build its own mobile phone.

“Building out a whole phone would not make much sense for us to do,” he said.

Instead, Zuckerberg said the company’s future lies in apps partners who build on its platform, such as Zynga. But those partners are also stumbling, with Zynga reporting a $22.8 million loss for the quarter on Wednesday.

Facebook declined to provide any forecasts for the next quarter on the call, saying that it’s difficult to forecast what will happen next.

“Revenue growth is harder to predict, and it’s particularly hard to predict when you’re launching a new product,” said Chief Financial Officer David Ebersman.

The lack of guidance spooked some investors, but analysts say that Facebook’s continued user growth still makes it the company to watch.

“Advertising dollars follow eyeballs,” said Arvind Bhatia, an analyst with Sterne Agee. “Facebook is a long-term opportunity.”

For the second quarter, Facebook posted a loss of $157 million, or 8 cents a share, compared with a profit of $240 million, or 11 cents a share, during the same period last year. Excluding stock-based compensation and other items, earnings were flat at 12 cents a share, in line with expectations.

Overall, Facebook lost $743 million on operations spending, for a 63 percent loss. The company has $10.2 billion in cash and investments on its balance sheet.

Revenue from advertising was $992 million, a 28 percent increase from the same quarter last year. Facebook did not break out its mobile advertising figures but said it made at least $500,000 a day from mobile ads, the equivalent of about 4 percent of all revenue.

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Book review: ‘No Mark Upon Her’ by Deborah Crombie

The laconic protagonists of yesteryear would have found it quite strange, all the family-talk indulged in by Deborah Crombie’s married protagonists, Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid of Scotland Yard and Detective Inspector Gemma James of the Metropolitan Police. But judging by the popularity of Crombie’s series, her many fans must clamor for it.

Only an author writing with the full approbation of her fan base would dare to spoon out a passage like this one, in which Duncan ruminates on which kid gets which old family car upon reaching driving age: “He still had his old MG, although he seldom drove it these days. The maintenance on it was a nightmare, but he was reluctant to sell it for the pittance it was worth. He had once rashly promised Kit that he would keep the Midget until he learned to drive, and he hated going back on a promise to his son. Now, however, the thought of Kit actually driving the little car horrified him. . . .” All that — and there’s a good deal more like it, involving both Kincaid & James and secondary characters — is plopped smack between the discovery of the body and the start of the investigation. Dorothy Sayers’s readers would have picketed her house if she’d tried something like it.

Luckily for readers who like a dash of murder mystery mixed into their murder mysteries, Crombie is very talented at putting together a richly atmospheric whodunit. Her speciality (domestic drama aside) is picking slices of society that most of us overlook and exploiting them for all their dramatic potential, and her latest, “No Mark Upon Her,” centers on the world of competitive rowing. Anyone who’s ever walked along a bridge over an urban river has seen them: solitary rowers in the morning mist, their sculls barely leaving a wake behind. In this setting Crombie gives us Rebecca Meredith, Crime Investigation Department officer and Olympic hopeful, who takes her craft out for a training row one evening and is found dead by canine search and rescue the next day. She leaves behind an ambitious coach, a conflicted ex-husband (with quite a bit to gain by her death), and a fog of mysterious tensions within her own police department. “You know as well as we do that the dead don’t suddenly become saints,” Kincaid reassures one of her CID co-workers in an attempt to figure out if it was a rival rower, a jealous ex-lover or even a fellow detective who may have held her under water with one of her own oars.

Dog- lovers will certainly get their money’s worth here. In addition to doing her homework on the world of rowing (the water-world descriptions are not only informative but often quite lovely), Crombie has learned a great deal about canine search and rescue, and Kincaid is sometimes envious of the superior senses (and simpler family life?) the animals enjoy. The tight-knit community of rescue-dog trainers features prominently in the novel (one of its members had a prior relationship with Rebecca, it turns out), and we learn the protocols of that often melancholy profession, chief of which is to keep the talent happy.

“The first and foremost rule of search and rescue,” we’re told, “was that the handler must reward the dog after a find, and show just as much enthusiasm for a deceased find as a live one.” Crombie’s strengths and weaknesses as a writer will be readily apparent from that snippet. As a stylist, she never resists the “and foremost” after every such “first,” and that can get wearying as the pages pile up. But as a creator, she energetically inhabits the many strange worlds she shows her readers, and that kind of enthusiasm covers a good many sins. Her characters routinely explain too much, but they care about what they’re saying, and so we do too.

“No Mark upon Her: A Novel” by Deborah Crombie (William Morrow)

The underlying irony of the investigation derives from the fact that most rowers don’t actually look where they’re going when they’re on the water — they put themselves in a channel, navigate by landmarks, and then “aim the boat and hope for the best.” Kincaid and James’s case frustrates them by often feeling equally blind, but they — and we — have Crombie to see us safe to shore.

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U.S. Muslims worry about fall-out from Libya attacks

Muslim Americans condemned violence in Egypt and Libya that left four Americans dead, but remain concerned that the deaths could rekindle anti-Muslim sentiment just as post-9/11 resentment was starting to ebb.

U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens and three embassy workers were killed Tuesday (Sept. 11) when fundamentalist protestors attacked the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, in response to a low-budget film that attacks Islam’s Prophet Muhammad, reportedly made by an Israeli real estate developer who lives in California.

Imam Talal Eid, the Islamic chaplain at Brandeis University near Boston and a former member of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, predicted the violence would lead to “more resentment” against Muslims, who he criticized for not doing enough against terrorism.

“Muslim Americans never initiated a big demonstration against terrorism and people of their own faith who commit these crimes,” Eid said. “The leaders of American Muslims should initiate a big demonstration to show that Muslims take the issue of terrorism seriously, otherwise people will ask what are those Muslims doing.”

Nasser Weddady, the civil rights outreach director at the American Islamic Congress, agreed that protests would be useful.

“We could, as a community, do what the Libyans did, and take to the streets and protest,” said Weddady, referring to the Libyan revolution that overthrew dictator Moammar Gadhafi last year.

“We have to work harder to let people know that Muslims in America are well integrated into American life, and thriving, and that we have religious freedom here,” said Salam Al-Marayati, president of the Muslim Public Affairs Council.

Imam Mohamed Magid, president of the Islamic Society of North America, acknowledged that the violence could hurt relations between Muslims and non-Muslims, but said improved relations were also possible.

“The reaction of the faith community, by standing together, has been fantastic,” he said. “I’m hoping this could bring people together and not divide us the way the filmmakers intended.”

Some Muslims said the violence was not spontaneous, but rather orchestrated by Islamic fundamentalists. “It’s how they try to stay relevant, by manipulating people’s religious sentiments and anti-American feelings,” said Weddady.

“This is no coincidence, and I suspect the work of the public relations units of sophisticated terrorist groups who have been spoiling for a fight,” said Ebrahim Moosa, a professor of Islamic studies at Duke University. “It might be time that religious leaders in the Muslim world desist from playing the blasphemy card if they do not wish to hand a victory to provocateurs who are hell-bent on destabilizing their societies.”

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In recess appointments case, Supreme Court looks at an article of the Constitution: ‘the’

People walk in front of the Supreme Court building in Washington, March 24, 2013. (Jonathan Ernst /Reuters)

First, there is the question of what the Framers meant when they used the word “the.”

That is followed by intense debate over another choice — “happen” — that has divided judges and sent one scholar to pore through 11 “Founding-Era dictionaries.”

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And the Obama administration has supplemented its legal arguments with a letter George Washington wrote when his carriage was in the shop (shoppe?).

The Supreme Court could decide as early as this month whether to get involved in what is shaping up to be a dramatic case about the separation of powers and the president’s ability to make appointments during breaks of the Senate.

Already it has unleashed a flurry of amicus briefs from businesses, unions and constitutional-law organizations and produced a rush of research into the 32 enigmatic words of the Constitution’s recess appointments clause:

“The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.”

“This stuff is catnip for law nerds,” Washington lawyer John P. Elwood wrote in a post on the legal blog the Volokh Conspiracy — which, it should be said, is itself catnip for law nerds.

But the issue is hardly academic. Two appeals courts, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and the 3rd Circuit in Philadelphia, have upset decades of understanding about the president’s recess appointment power. The courts ruled that presidents may make recess appointments only between enumerated sessions of the Senate, not when senators take an intrasession break.

Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli Jr. said in a petition to the Supreme Court that such a reading of the clause would “drastically curtail the scope of the president’s authority.”

“Presidents have apparently made more than 500 recess appointments during intra-session recesses,” Verrilli wrote, “including appointments of three cabinet secretaries, five court of appeals judges, ten district court judges, a Director of Central Intelligence, a Chairman of the Federal Reserve, numerous members of multi-member boards, and holders of a variety of other critical government posts.”

President Obama has used the power fairly modestly compared with recent predecessors. But he went where no other president had gone in January 2012 when he appointed three members of the National Labor Relations Board and appointed Richard Cordray to head the fledgling Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Senators had gone home, but the Senate was holding pro forma sessions by convening with one senator every three days. The practice was intended specifically to thwart presidential action on nominees.

The White House justified appointing the NLRB members by reasoning that the Senate actually was in recess because it was not available to fulfill its advice and consent role by conducting business.

A challenge brought by a Pepsi bottler in the state of Washington and backed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce went to the D.C. Circuit. But the unanimous panel skipped past the question of pro forma sessions for a far broader ruling.

It said the administration’s view of the recess power would give the president “free rein to appoint his desired nominees at any time he pleases.” In saying the appointments can come only between sessions of the Senate, it gave great weight to the Framers’ use of “the recess” rather than, say, “a recess.”

The panel also voted 2 to 1 that the phrase “vacancies that may happen” means only those openings that arise during the recess, not those that already exist when the recess occurs.

Taken together, the rulings “all but strip the president of his constitutional power to make recess appointments,” said Alexander M. Wolf, a law student who recently published a lengthy study of the recess clause in the Fordham Law Review.

The clause was written at a time when it could take weeks for senators to get to the Capitol. But partisan gridlock has made it an important tool for presidents who are trying to get their nominees past a recalcitrant Senate.

The pro forma sessions were pioneered by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to thwart nominees of President George W. Bush. Now it is Republican senators who have filed a brief with the court saying justices should also consider the question of pro forma sessions that the D.C. Circuit bypassed.

“The president’s claimed authority to name principal federal officers without the Senate’s consent while the chamber has declared itself in session has no basis in the Constitution,” said the brief filed by all Republican senators.

Elwood, a former Bush administration Justice Department official who favors a broad definition of the president’s appointment power, thinks it likely that the Supreme Court will add the question of pro forma sessions and take the case, National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning.

The court declined review in 2005 when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit interpreted the recess clause directly contrary to what the D.C. Circuit held this year. But in this case, both sides are asking the justices to step in.

The various lower-court decisions show there is more than one way to interpret “the” and define “happen.”

Even George Washington’s carriage problem is ambiguous.

The administration cites Washington’s letter stating that he would not be able to come to New York during “the recess” of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 to show he was referring to an intrasession break of the convention.

But lawyer Noel J. Francisco, representing Noel Canning, told the court in the company’s petition that George Washington’s words must be taken in context.

“I had put my carriage in the hands of a workman to be repaired and had not the means of mooving during the recess but with, or the curtisy, of others,” Washington wrote.

Wrote Francisco: “Plainly, the future first President was not engaging in legal analysis.”

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THINGS MOVE slowly in the realm of nuclear waste disposal. In 1982, the government claimed ownership of the nation's wastes and vowed to dispose of them in a central location. In 1987, it designated Yucca Mountain as that location. In 2002, the Energy Department deemed Yucca Mountain suitable, and Congress voted its approval.

But in January, President Obama declared that this was the one place America could not look to put its wastes.

The plan for a nuclear waste repository on Yucca Mountain is not dead yet, however. A three-judge Nuclear Regulatory Commission panel ruled last month that the Obama administration could not withdraw the application to license the Nevada site to store the nation's wastes. "Given the stated purposes of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act and the detailed structure of that legislation," the ruling read, "it would be illogical to allow DOE to withdraw the application without any examination of the merits . . . . ." The legislation does not give the energy secretary "the discretion to substitute his policy for the one established by Congress," it read.

Sadly, the resurrection may be short-lived. The administration has appealed the ruling to the five-member NRC board, which should produce its own ruling in a month. A reversal of the panel's decision would come as no surprise: Three of the five board members were nominated by Mr. Obama and indicated during their confirmations that they would defer to the policy of the Energy Department on the Nevada site. The board's chairman has served as a scientific adviser to Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.), a powerful opponent of the Yucca Mountain plan.

So far, the Obama administration has been vocal about its commitment to alternative energies. In January, it created a commission to rethink the nation's nuclear policy. But this broad reevaluation rings hollow when it is accompanied by taking off the table the one storage site into which the government has poured $9 billion and more than 20 years of research and planning -- without even seeing whether it meets the NRC's licensing standards. Even in its efforts to rule out the Nevada location, the Energy Department conceded that the application was not flawed nor the site unsafe.

Yucca Mountain is not perfect. And it is clear that any storage site will provoke a NIMBY pushback. Technology might temper some opposition; recycling or reprocessing used fuel will not decrease the amount of waste that needs to be stored -- a staggering 57,000 tons -- but it could diminish the number of years that waste remains unstable by neutralizing particularly volatile elements. But no technology will obviate the need for a long-term geologic storage facility. Taking Yucca Mountain off the table without even seeing if it meets NRC criteria is contrary to the spirit of the commission and would mark the triumph of politics over policy.

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Two team sources have confirmed that Eric Fehr had two shoulder surgeries after the season ended for the Washington Capitals and his availability at the beginning of training camp could be in quesiton.

Fehr missed the final five games of the second-round series against the Pittsburgh Penguins because of the shoulder injury. He wasn’t sure if surgery would be needed on breakdown day.

Fehr had 12 goals and 25 points for the Caps this season, and he could see a larger role next season if Viktor Kozlov and Sergei Fedorov do leave for Russia depending on what the Caps do with free agency and trades. He is also a restricted free agent, so it should be an interesting summer for Fehr.


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CINCINNATI (AP) - The step ladders and scissors are stored conveniently near the court. The overhead confetti blowers are being loaded with shiny blue, silver and white paper strips.

Twenty-third ranked Xavier is one win away from cutting down the nets again, this time with a little history in each snip.

The Musketeers (22-6, 13-1) can win at least a share of their fifth straight Atlantic 10 regular-season championship on Wednesday night, tying the league record. A victory over Charlotte _ the only team to beat them in the last 15 games _ also would secure the top seed in the conference tournament.

“It’s a lot of good pressure, especially on the three seniors,” senior forward Jamel McLean said. “With the young guys coming in, you kind of want them to remember you as the team that won while you were here. They get a chance to feel what it’s like to win, so the legacy continues through them. It just keeps going on and on.”

At the start, it appeared this might be the season when the run ended. The Musketeers lost top 3-point shooter Brad Redford to a torn anterior cruciate ligament during preseason practice. McLean, their top front-line player, broke a cheek bone in an exhibition.

Plus, the Musketeers were going through a huge adjustment on offense without Jordan Crawford to take and make the big shots.

Suddenly, the Musketeers appeared vulnerable. They struggled through their opening games. Coach Chris Mack had to rearrange his substitution patterns and practices, trying to keep players fresh while giving them enough time on court to grow.

“It’s been an odd deal,” Mack said Tuesday. “We couldn’t necessarily go off the same road map we’ve had for years. The injuries are one thing and dealing with players at different positions, but also just trying to make sure we didn’t wear those players down. It takes me longer to plan a practice than to actually run a practice.”

Mack has made it work.

Temple is a game behind Xavier with two to go. The Musketeers won their head-to-head matchup and would get the top seed if they finish tied.

Massachusetts is the only other A-10 team to lead the league in wins five years in a row, doing it from 1992-96.

“Hopefully we’re going to get the ‘W’ and it’s going to be sweet to see the confetti fall from the ceiling,” senior Joe Hughes said. “We stick with our process and it seems to work out.”

The Musketeers talked among themselves about setting up another confetti-flowing ending. They needed to win at Dayton last Sunday to keep that one-game lead heading home. A 66-62 victory set up another home-court celebration.

“It all comes full circle,” senior Dante Jackson said. “We’ve been able to feel that way the past three years (at home). We’re 40 minutes away from feeling that again.”

There won’t be any worries about overlooking the 49ers. The Musketeers went to Charlotte on Feb. 2 and played one of their worst games of the season, losing 66-62. Point guard Terrell “Tu” Holloway went 3 of 17 from the field.

“Terrell didn’t play well,” Mack said. “I know when a kid like that loses, it eats at him. It eats at all our kids. So we’re going to be as competitive and as nasty as we can be tomorrow night.”

Charlotte (10-18, 2-12) has only one other conference win. The Musketeers have a chance to make up for their bad night with one they’ll remember for another year and beyond.

“It’s pretty ironic,” Jackson said. “I know as a team we’re locked in. We went down there and laid an egg. We really want to get them. We have to get them.”


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Winter is a magical time in Waterton Lakes National Park. Mule deer and Rocky Mountain sheep wander throughout the village, and hundreds of elk descend from the high country to graze on the flat grasslands. Although the Park is usually blanketed in a thick quilt of snow, the temperature is milder than one would expect, due to warm Chinook winds, a unique characteristic of this area.

There is so much to do in Waterton in the winter including skiing, snow shoeing, camping, ice climbing and sightseeing.

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Variable weather conditions keep park road crews busy. In the event of falling or drifting snow, maintenance of the road to and in the village is our first priority. For access to ski trails, the Akamina Parkway is the second priority. The Red Rock Parkway is closed to vehicles near the end of October and the Chief Mountain Highway is also closed to vehicles near the end of December.

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Interested in enjoying a winter camping experience? Pass Creek offers a sheltered winter campground. Services include a kitchen shelter, wood stove, firewood and chemical toilets. Water is available from the creek (boil before use) or from the village system (available at the Fire hall). Fee applies; self-registration.

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PUBLIC URINATION - POTSDAM - Village police charged Fraser J. Carson, 18, of Cranbourne, Australia, with public urination at 2:50 a.m. Saturday on Main Street.

UNDERAGE PURCHASE ATTRMPT - POTSDAM - Village police charged James T. Claremont, 19, of Colchester, Vt., with attempting to obtain alcohol by fraudulent means by a person less than 21 at 5:50 p.m. Saturday on Market Street. Police said they responded to CJ’s Kegs to check the authentication of an ID. It was discovered that Mr. Claremont was attempting to purchase alcohol with a fake ID.

DWI - POTSDAM - Village police charged Tracy M. Huczel, 45, of Potsdam with driving while intoxicated at 11:12 p.m. Saturday following a traffic stop on Main Street after police observed a vehicle operating with no headlights. Huczel was also ticketed for operation of a vehicle with inadequate headlights. Huczel reportedly had a blood alcohol content of 0.17 percent, more than double the 0.08 percent threshold for a DWI charge.

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0006 Traffic stop on Main Street. Verbal warning issued.

0011 Traffic stop on Market Street. Verbal warning issued.

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0042 Officer observed a subject with an open container of an alcoholic beverage on Bay Street. Verbal warning issued.

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NORWOOD — The north country knows her as Cubby T. Clown’s partner in fun, but recently Faye M. Ori has taken her balloon-twisting designs to the runway.

For the past year, Ms. Ori has been designing dresses and showing them in bridal shows across the county. Two weeks ago she won first place in a balloon couture competition at the Twist and Shout Balloon Convention in Rochester.

“I didn’t even know balloon dresses existed until I did some random searching on the Internet,” she said.

Ms. Ori said she and her husband, Christopher A. Durand, have been clowning around making basic balloon animals for 16 years, but she wanted to add something to their IYQ Balloon Decor, a division of their business Cubby T. Clown and Company. She said she started reading magazines about balloon decorating.

“They said to push yourself and try something out of your comfort zone,” she said.

Ms. Ori stepped out of that comfort zone last year during the Bridal Expo in Ogdensburg, where she showed off her first of 10 balloon dresses.

“People were amazed to see it,” she said. “Even in the cities you don’t see that very commonly, but up here you never see that.”

Since then she’s shown multiple dresses at different bridal shows around the county.

She was up against eight different contestants, some of whom have been designing balloon dresses much longer than she, at the Rochester competition.

Her husband inflated pink and orange balloons for her as she wove them into a dress.

“There was about 24 hours of labor that went into that dress,” she said.

“This just shows what she’s capable of,” Mr. Durand said.

During the convention, Ms. Ori took a master class on balloon dress making.

“I figured I already kind of figured out the basics but I wanted to see what I could improve on,” she said.

Ms. Ori will have three dresses at the Bridal Expo in Ogdensburg this weekend.

She said she’ll start making them today, since the dresses don’t have a long shelf life and the balloons will deflate if she starts too soon.

She also said that although most of the dresses are woven before the show, she leaves the backs open for the models.

“I have to weave them into the dress. They can’t put it on themselves,” she said.

Ms. Ori said she’s never sold a dress, but she’s keeping an open mind about her new artwork.

“It would be nice to be able to teach this someday, do bigger events and bring balloons to the north country,” she said.

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… what would happen if we all pointed lasers at the moon, or everyone on the earth went to the same place and jumped at the same time, or how to make a jetpack out of machine guns? Randall Munroe explains the results of all of those situations and many more in What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions.

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… the wonders of the human brain? Sam Kean brings us another great nonfiction book, The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery. While scientists can learn a lot about most of our bodies by studying other animals, some aspects of the human brain (and mind) are unique.

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… the glorious workings of the human digestive system? Mary Roach scores again with her latest offbeat foray into the world of science - Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal.

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… the amazing, dangerous, and beautiful things you can do with the proper application of chemistry and physics? Mad Science 2, by Theodore Gray, collects short articles explaining the concepts behind more than thirty projects, including incinerating a diamond and cutting steel with bacon.

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… the fascinating and hilarious history of the human cadaver? That sentence probably wouldn’t exist in normal conversation, if it weren’t for Mary Roach’s amazing and laugh-out-loud funny book, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers.

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… the theory that because humans evolved for life in the Paleolithic Period, we should shape our modern lives around that? According to proponents of these theories, our DNA was shaped by what we ate, how we moved, our family lives, and more for hundreds of thousands of years. If we eat, move, and raise children like we did then, we will be happier, healthier, and more in tune with the dictates of our genes.

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… the information hidden within your cells? In The Violinist’s Thumb and Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code, Sam Kean takes us through the history of mankind’s understanding of genetics and heredity, from early beliefs through Mendel’s pea plants to the Human Genome Project.

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… the amazing science, people, and more behind the periodic table of the elements?  The Disappearing Spoon and Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements, by Sam Kean, is a fascinating look at everything from how the solar system was formed, to how the periodic table was formed, to the lives of va

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The IPPP consists of three components: Clinical Seminars, Case Conferences, and Individual Supervision

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Come Sail Away: Chicago Rock in the 1970s

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As the 1960s turned into the 1970s, the pop sounds of Chicago changed… but still had one foot in the past. Chicago, Styx, Cheap Trick, and The Ides of March, perhaps the biggest acts to emerge from the area during the "Me Decade," had been treading the boards in the Windy City for years before finding the elusive formula of success. How did they finally break through? Author Stu Shea examines those bands and others playing all the genres—jazz-rock, hard rock, country-rock, progressive rock, singer-songwriter folk music, and even punk and new wave—in a fun, informative trip through a decade of Chicago’s rock and roll scene.

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Morning Shift: Does the Common Core initiative prevent creativity in our classrooms?

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We look at the controversy surrounding the Common Core State Standards. WBEZ's Lauren Chooljian gives us the details on plans to honor Chicago's only female mayor. Then, it's soul time with Vocalo's Ayana Contreras.


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• Lee Konitz Trio: Live at the Village Vanguard

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  • Lee Konitz Trio: Live At The Village Vanguard

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    Nobody knows for sure which tunes the venerable alto saxophonist Lee Konitz had planned for his recent visit to the Village Vanguard — probably because he doesn't plan his sets much these days. In recent years, he's become fond of a certain game: Somebody in the band starts a jazz standard, and everyone else joins in once they figure out what it is. Sometimes the music takes on another sort of controlled anarchy, in which freely improvised chord progressions structure the proceedings.

    We do know that Konitz, an octogenarian still going full tilt, has these approaches well oiled. Joined by pianist Dan Tepfer and drummer Matt Wilson, he played the Village Vanguard for a live radio broadcast and audio/video webcast on Wednesday, Jan. 20 at 9 p.m. ET. WBGO carried the concert live on air, and NPR Music streamed the music live online on this page.

    After an entire career of stretching jazz standards to their limits, Konitz still loves a good melody. Sometimes breathy, or a bit sour, or even muffled with a piece of cloth in his bell, Konitz still sounds like he's in total command of his horn, even as he cedes command of the set list. (There's more open space than there once was, but there are still plenty of lyrical turns of phrase.)

    In recent years, he's also taken to working with a variety of highly capable players many years his junior. Dan Tepfer is one of those — he is 28, Konitz 82 — but the two have worked together often, even teaming up to record a series of freely improvised duets (Duos With Lee, 2009). Matt Wilson is in his 40s, and can play colorfully in almost any imaginable setting — and has himself recorded a series of duets with Konitz (Gong With Wind Suite, 2003). Konitz's weeklong residency is the first time this particular bass-less lineup played together, but all came together to spontaneously create many a tactile groove or spacious framework.

    Konitz came onto the scene as bebop did, but he always maintained a distinct voice through that and every subsequent stylistic revolution in jazz. Working with Lennie Tristano, Stan Kenton and the Miles Davis Birth of the Cool sessions led critics to categorize his style as "cool jazz"; after a long career of performing in ever-widening contexts, perhaps that's better classified as an unorthodox imagination at large.

    The result is that Konitz is among the few who could lay claim to the designation of jazz legend. As such, he's played the Vanguard on many occasions, though he didn't lead a group at the venue between 1983 and 2009. But he returned again in early 2010, which provided plenty of intrigue in itself.

    Set List

    • "Solar"
    • "Out Of Nowhere"/"317 E. 32nd St."
    • Group Improvisation ("A Thing")
    • "Darn That Dream"
    • "I'll Remember April"
    • "Stella By Starlight"
    • "How Deep Is The Ocean"

    • Lee Konitz, alto saxophone
    • Dan Tepfer, piano
    • Matt Wilson, drums

    • Josh Jackson, producer and host
    • David Tallacksen, mix engineer
    • Josh Webb, recording assistant
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    Honoring Black History Month, WBGO seeks out programming focusing on not just the history, but the present and future of African-Americans in and around our area and nation.  On February 18th at 8pm, WBGO  will air the documentary program, Mind the Gap: Why Good Schools are failing Black Students, produced by Nancy Solomon.

    Nationwide, suburban schools are doing a good job educating white students, but those schools are not getting the same results with black and Latino students. This documentary tells the story of a suburban high school with lots of resources and a diverse student body that is struggling to close the minority achievement gap.

    Award-winning NPR Reporter Nancy Solomon takes you inside a school to hear a discussion on race in the classroom.  Listen as students try to explain what went wrong with their education. Join her at the kitchen table with black middle-class parents who thought that a move to the suburbs would ensure school success. Find out how the school's best teachers motivate their students. Be a fly on the wall in the busy dean's office where kids with discipline problems land.

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It'll all come down to Vin Diesel, who stars in and is the spokesman of the franchise.

The Fast & Furious franchise has always been as much about family as it has been about street racing.

So what happens now that a key family member is gone?

As friends and celebrities said goodbye to Paul Walker, who died Saturday in a fiery car crash, fans and analysts pondered the future of his most famous franchise.

While Universal Pictures has announced no changes in the seventh Fast & Furious installment, it faces a macabre decision: How does the series move forward? Analysts say the survival of the franchise may rest in how gracefully the studio handles the tragedy — and how star Vin Diesel personally handles the loss.

"Characters have died in the franchise, and it deals well with the issue of death and tragedy," says Jeff Bock, vice president of industry data firm Exhibitor Relations. "But this is real life, and fans are feeling a real loss. Filmmakers are going to have to walk that fine line of recognizing the tragedy without exploiting it."

In its only statement so far on the accident that killed Walker, 40, and the driver of the car, distributor Universal Pictures made no mention of changing the release date or the content of the next movie, out July 11.

"Paul was truly one of the most beloved and respected members of our studio family for 14 years, and this loss is devastating to us, to everyone involved with the Fast & Furious films, and to countless fans," the studio said.

Chief among them: co-star Diesel, who acts as spokesman and producer of the series and may hold the future of the franchise in his hands. This weekend, Diesel posted a picture of him and Walker arm-in-arm on Instagram with the caption: "Brother, I will miss you very much. I am absolutely speechless."

"About the only thing that would stop Fast & Furious is if Vin decides he's done," Bock says. "He's known as an emotional guy, and Universal will have to see what he wants to do. The series is too big and too loved for it to end any other way."

Tragedy is nothing new to studios selling movies. When Heath Ledger was discovered dead in his loft apartment in New York in January 2008, Warner Bros. had to gingerly market his newest movie, The Dark Knight, in which he played The Joker. In 1993, Brandon Lee died of an accidental gunshot wound on the set of Miramax's The Crow.

"If there's a model to follow here, it's Dark Knight," says Paul Dergarabedian of data firm Rentrak. "The marketing was tasteful, and people had time to come to terms. They have time here, too."

Knight and Crow "didn't even change their release dates," Bock says. "The studio has time to let the tragedy pass. They don't have to decide now about re-writes or how they go forward from here. But you can be sure this will be the biggest movie of the franchise."

Throughout Hollywood this weekend, the crash resonated. From co-stars Tyrese and Ludacris to high-profile fans including Lady Gaga, stars bid farewell to the actor, who was killed along with friend Roger Rodas, 38, identified as the driver of the Carrera GT which lost control and hit a tree before bursting into flames. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department did not list a cause of the crash Sunday, though it said speed was a factor.

"I can't believe I'm writing this," Tyrese posted on Instagram, along with a photo of himself with the late star. "My heart is hurting so bad no one can make me believe this is real."

Since the original film hit screens on June 22, 2001, six installments — five of which starred Walker — have done more than $937 million domestically and more than $2.3 billion worldwide.

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Spierer Parents Will Return To Bloomington
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(BLOOMINGTON) - The parents of missing IU student Lauren Spierer will return to Bloomington Sunday as part of a push to hang new posters of their daughter around campus the day before classes start for the fall semester.

The 20-year-old disappeared early June 3 after partying with friends. A search for Spierer by several law enforcement agencies continues at a Vigo county landfill.

Classes for IU students begin on August 29th.

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(UNDATED) - Indiana has 12 new confirmed cases.

Health officials say it's clear the H1N1 flu is spreading rapidly.

There are confirmed cases in nearly every state now.

And so far, about 82 percent of all cases in this country had not traveled to Mexico or contacted anyone who did.

The virus was identified in Mexico but there is no disproportionate number of Hispanics among the known patients.

"What we know now that we didn't know last week", says Indiana's Health Commissioner, Dr. Judy Monroe, "is that this is a virus circulating widely in our communities."

And with the states, including Indiana, doing their own testing now, she says it's likely that more new cases will be confirmed soon.

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Coal Conversion Plant Will Come to Western Ky.

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A coal plant worth three-billion dollars will soon make Kentucky its home.

Peabody Energy and Conoco-Phillips say they plan to build a coal-conversion plant in western Kentucky.

The proposed three-billion dollar structure would turn coal into cleaner-burning synthetic natural gas.

A Peabody executive says a study will focus exclusively on sites in the western part of Kentucky.

However, just where in western Kentucky the plant will end up is the big question now.

The five counties on that list are Union, Henderson, Webster, Muhlenberg and Ohio counties.

The plant would generate 500 new jobs to the county it locates to.

Ohio County Judge-Executive David Jones is excited at the thought of possibly getting the coal-to-natural gas facility.

"If we could land this here in Ohio County, it's be great for our county and it'd also be good for our region," Jones said.

He believes the millions of dollars in revenue would allow the county to fix up long overdue projects, like roads.

"There are a lot of county roads. We got about 600 miles of county roads. We'll blacktop a lot of those roads," Jones explained.

It could also allow the county to keep its money in local hands.

"These would be good paying jobs and people would hopefully spend their money locally. It'd be a good payroll every year," Jones added.

One local establishment that could see the benefit of more jobs in the area is the Beaver Dam Cafe.

Cafe owner William Belford says he usually sees about a 100 customers daily.

If the plant came, he'd expect to that number to jump.

"It would make it more profitable. It would be a big help to the community," Belford said.

The plant would also fit perfect with the county's recent agreement to bring in Armstrong Coal.

"They're bringing about 950 new jobs and planning on mining ten-billion tons of coal a year. So about enough reserves that they could be here about 20 to 25 years," Jones said.

Which he says would make the county a one-stop shop for coal and natural gas as well as a new hub for economy.

Right now a feasibility study on all five counties is being conducted.

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WKU Students Indicted on Drug Charges

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Blake Lovan, a freshman from Old Hickory, Tennessee and Brandon Anthony James, a sophomore from Hendersonville, Tennessee were indicted on charges related to the case where a five-pound brick of marijuana was mailed to Pearce-Ford Tower.

Both have been released from Warren County Regional Jail and are due back in court on March 3.

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Alexsis Sexton: Clermont County babysitter sentenced to 15 years for dropping child

BATAVIA, Ohio -- A Clermont County babysitter was sentenced to 15 years in prison for intentionally dropping a 14-month-old child in her care.

In March, police say Alexsis Sexton, 19, dropped Noah Philhower at a home in Batavia. The child suffered a severe skull fracture, a lacerated liver and broken ribs.

Sexton was charged with felonious assault and child endangering.

Robert Gans, the child's grandfather, said his grandson will never be able to heal from the injuries he received.

"He had brain swelling, blood on his brain...he had three broken ribs," said Gans in front of judge during Sexton's sentencing Tuesday.

Gans, who now has custody of the toddler, asked the judge to show no mercy for Sexton.

"I just want her to receive the maximum you can give for what she has done...It's not fair for him to deal with something for the rest of his life," said Gans.

Sexton was also charged with the same crimes in a separate case. Authorities say 2-year-old Cadence Reynolds suffered three fractured fingers while in Sexton's care.

At her sentencing Sexton spoke told the judge she has a serious problem she can't control.

"I apologize to all my victims...I wish them nothing but the best in the future...your honor all I want is to get help," said Sexton.

Sexton's mother Jane Yolkom asked the judge for mercy for her daughter because she was suffering too.

"She also admitted to me she never told me because she thought people would turn against and think she was crazy," said Yolkom.

Several other family and friends spoke on Sexton's behalf but in end the judge said because of the victims she hurt  and the seriousness of her crime she had to go to prison.

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Local parishes react to news of Pope Benedict XVI resignation

CINCINNATI - Pope Benedict XVI announced Monday morning that he will abdicate the position because of his weaning strength and Catholics around the Tri-State are reacting to the surprising news.

Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati said in a release Monday that he, along with the church, will pray for Pope Benedict XVI's health.

In announcing his resignation, Pope Benedict XVI has acted humbly and unselfishly for the good of
the Church. That same spirit has characterized his entire life of service.

I will always remember Pope Benedict as he described himself on the day of his election as pope in 2005 – ‘a simple, humble laborer in the vineyard of the Lord.' When I was in Rome during the period that he was a prominent cardinal, I frequently would see him in St. Peter's Square, mingling with the crowds in the simple black cassock of a priest. Often he was asked by groups of tourists, undoubtedly assuming that he was one of the local priests, to take their picture. This he would do willingly and with a generous smile.

In my several encounters with him I found this brilliant theologian to be unfailingly kind, hospitable and welcoming. Ultimately he was a very pastoral man who won the hearts of all Americans on his pastoral visit to the United States in 2008. I will be forever grateful to him for naming me Archbishop of Cincinnati.

Along with the Church around the world I pray for his health and happiness in retirement.

Bishop Roger J. Foys of the Bishop of Covington released a statement commending Pope Benedict XVI for the great integrity he showed with a difficult decision.

This morning our Holy Father Benedict XVI, in his own words, communicated "a decision of great importance for the life of the Church."  That decision is that as of February 28, 2013 Pope Benedict XVI will "renounce the ministry of Bishop of Rome, Successor of St. Peter."

The Holy Father gives as his reason for this decision that his "strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry."  His reason is clear and forthright and speaks of a great integrity on his part and should be taken and understood as presented.

Pope Benedict has been a faithful son of the Church and has labored long and hard in the vineyard of the Lord.  He has met challenges and criticism with firm faith in the Lord.  In his statement the Holy Father acknowledges that he is "well aware that this ministry, due to its essential spiritual nature, must be carried out not only with words and deeds, but no less with prayer and suffering."  He has borne that suffering in an exemplary way in these difficult times in which we live when almost everything is questioned and even absolute truth, even the immutable truths of our Faith, is called into doubt and moral relativism is the order of the day.

Although his pontificate is not a long one in terms of years it is without a doubt a productive one.  His pastoral visits, his Apostolic Letters, the books he authored, his declaration of the Year of Faith – all these and more have had a profound effect on the life of the Church.  I will always remember fondly my own meetings with the Holy Father on the various occasions of my visits to the Vatican and especially during my ad limina visit last year at this time.  Our Holy Father always received me kindly and always promised prayers for us in Covington while at the same time asking for our prayers for him.

We pray that the Holy Father may have the peace that comes from being faithful to the Lord, His Word and His Church and thank him for the example he has been to us all.

Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) also issued a statement regarding the pope's decision:

The prayers and gratitude of American Catholics are with Pope Benedict XVI today.  The Holy Father's decision displays extraordinary humility and love for the Church, two things that have been the hallmarks of his service.  Americans were inspired by his visit to the United States in 2008, and by his quiet, steady leadership of the Church in uncertain times.  People of all nations have been blessed by the sacrifices he has made to sow the seeds of hope, justice, and compassion throughout the world in the name of Our Lord and Savior.

Rabbi Abie Ingerb of the Xavier University Center for Interfaith Community Engagement was supportive of the pope, who he has met twice:

Cardinal Ratsinger saw the infirmity of John Paul II certainly in his last years and my guess is that he was true to some of thinking, which is he would not want to be a Pope who could not serve his flock in a way that was totally giving and with the strength that he needed.  So, think it's a very hopeful moment for the church.

David Endres, an asst. professor of Church history at Mount Saint Mary Seminary said this:

I think one of the things his legacy represents for us is the blending a great theological mind, but also one who is very pastoral and so we have a Pope that not only goes throughout the world visiting different countries like his predecessor did, but also someone in fact who is writing books -- who is a great theological mind -- a great theologian -- one who is always trying to teach and educate the faithful.

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Outsourcing Florida

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Tallahassee, Florida - October 28, 2012

"I found out it was in Texas and the gentleman told me that they had outsourced the contract from the State of Florida," says retired college professor Marge Masterman.

Here in Florida, you can't order anything from the official state vital statistics website if you want to pay with a credit card.

Vital Check of Tennessee charged her 15 dollars instead of the five the state would've charge her for the first death certificate, then the company added a seven dollar processing fee. Vital Check processes 65 hundred requests a month. At 17 dollars apiece, their income would be one point three million.

"We are going to pay someone out of the state 17 dollars, why don't we pay a person in the state 17 dollars and give the job to someone in Florida."

In another case of outsourcing, Enterprise Florida, the partnership charged with bringing businesses to the state, chose the Nashville company over four Florida companies for a 2 hundred thousand dollar branding contract. Florida's job Governor seemed unfazed by the decision.

Governor Rick Scott says he wants to increase jobs in the state. "My goal for Enterprise Florida is to get more jobs for Floridians. And so I want them to do the best job they can."

The Nashville firm that got the branding contract had previous ties to the man Scott chose to lead economic development in Florida.

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New Campus in Sight for Thomas University

Moving to a new location may still be in the cards for Thomas University. School officials say they've outgrown their campus on Millpond Road, but a new downtown location that was once being discussed would offer even less space.

Several months ago they hired an architectural firm to evaluate their choices, and they have come to the decision that building a new campus won't cost much more than renovating the current one, but they have to make sure this new campus will offer the space they need.

Thomas University officials say they may only have a little over 770 students enrolled this semester, but they expect their unique institution will attract many more in the years to come.

"We are the only high touch, private professional university in GA and there is nothing like us in North Florida, so we know we can be a destination campus," says John Hutchinson.

Administrators say they've already outgrown their current campus, but Thursday afternoon they decided against one possible move.

Some school officials and students say this location near the intersection of West Jackson Street and Remington Avenue would not have offered the amount of space needed by this growing university. They don't have the other kinds of spaces you normally see on a campus that provide opportunities for students to have assemblies and just simply "hang out.”

"Obviously the growing athletics program, we need more space to support the athletics program," says Alastair Joslin.

Downtown development officials say they are disappointed in the decision, but they understand the long term plans behind it.

"I have to accept that's not the best thing for the university. We're proud to have a four-year university here. We support it and we'll continue to support it no matter where it goes," Sharlene Celaya says.

School officials say they are really looking into a new rural location. They say they'll buy new property and rebuild the school. Administrators say they don't know how much money is involved. After a few more meetings with their architects it should be clear.

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Celebrates 25 Years of the Coastal Program

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The U.S. Fish Wildlife Service's Coastal Program is celebrating its 25th
year of conserving coastal wetlands and habitats for fish and wildlife
across the country. This remarkable program received the Restoration
Partnership Award at the Restore America's Estuaries Conference, which recognizes an individual or group who has demonstrated their dedication, commitment and passion for estuary habitat restoration.

"The Coastal Program is a shining example of how people from all
different sectors can work together to accomplish remarkable
conservation achievements," said Acting Fish and Wildlife Service
Director Rowan Gould. "This voluntary, cooperative program has conserved some of our nation's most imperiled estuaries, wetlands and coastal habitats for current and future generations to enjoy."

There are now 23 Coastal Program offices throughout the United States
including the Great Lakes and the U.S. Commonwealths and Territories,
dedicated to protecting, restoring and conserving coastal areas. The
Coastal Program has proven that a voluntary approach to coastal habitat conservation works. By providing technical assistance, funding and other resources to partners including federal, state and local agencies, and private landowners, the program has restored 251,000 acres of coastal wetlands and coastal upland habitat, permanently protected nearly 2 million acres of coastal habitat, and restored 1,700 miles of riparian and in-stream habitat. These coastal wetlands provide for improved water quality, increased water storage and supply, reduced flood and storm surge risk, and vital habitat for plants, fish and wildlife.

Despite the numerous gains made in conserving coastal habitat by the
Coastal Program and other similar voluntary, incentive-based programs,
threats to coastal ecosystems have become even more challenging.
Climate change poses numerous and complex threats to coastal wetlands
and the fish and wildlife they support throughout the United States,
including sea level rise, more invasive species, and increases in ocean
temperatures and acidity. In addition, scientists predict increased
flooding of populated coastal areas and further decreases in water
quality, changes that will severely impact not only fish and wildlife
species, but humans as well. Given the magnitude of these threats,
there is now more than ever a strong need for public-private
partnerships to protect and restore coastal wetland habitats.

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