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Terror raid near Olympic Stadium, 6 arrests

One suspect is reportedly a former police support officer

By Raphael Satter
Associated Press

LONDON — Armed British police carried out an early-morning raid on a residential address near London's Olympic Park on Thursday, using smoke grenades and a stun gun in what they called a pre-planned anti-terror operation.

A total of six people were arrested there and in separate raids in other parts of the capital, but Scotland Yard said the operation was not linked to the upcoming games, due to kick off on July 27.

Police didn't identify the suspects, who range in age from 18 to 30.

However Mizanur Rahman, who is involved with a Muslim activist group, said all those arrested were British Muslims. He said the three men taken into custody in Stratford, the neighborhood that contains Olympic Park, were brothers and claimed that one was a former police support officer.

Scotland Yard declined to comment on the claim.

Resident John Smallshaw said a raid took place at a residence on Abbey Road, only about a mile (1.6 kilometers) from the Olympic Park.

He told The Associated Press he was awoken just after 4 a.m. by "five loud bangs in quick succession" and saw police raiding the home. He said he later witnessed "one young man taken on foot to a waiting ambulance."

Another man was later taken into an unmarked police car, Smallshaw said, adding that plainclothes officers were still at the premises.

Continuing searches are being carried out at eight separate addresses in east, west and north London and at one business in east London, police said.  Rahman identified one of the addresses as being in Old Street, near London's financial district.

Police said all the suspects have been taken to a southeast London police station.

Intelligence officials say there has been an expected increase in chatter among extremist groups ahead of the games, but there are still no specific or credible threats targeting the Olympics. Last week two Muslim men were arrested — and later released without charge — after they were spotted canoeing on the River Lee, a branch of which runs through the Olympic site.

Britain's terror level is labeled substantial, a notch below severe. A substantial threat level indicates that an attack is a strong possibility.

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Loughner's parents horrified; Clinton urges caution

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The parents of alleged Tucson gunman Jared Lee Loughner broke their public silence on Tuesday, saying they still didn’t understand what triggered their son’s weekend shooting spree that left Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in critical condition and six others dead.

Two unidentified representatives for Randy and Amy Loughner handed out a statement to reporters gathered in the parent’s driveway that expresses sympathy to the victims of the violence that has upended the country’s political debate and could send their 22-year old son to death row.

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“This is a very difficult time for us,” the parents said. “We ask the media to respect our privacy. There are no words that can possibly express how we feel. We wish that there were so we could make you feel better. We don’t understand why this happened. It may not make any difference, but we wish that we could change the heinous events of Saturday. We care very deeply about the victims and their families. We are so very sorry for their loss. Thank you.”

Loughner’s parents have spoken to the Federal Bureau of Investigations and local police but have been secluded from the public ever since their son allegedly attempted to assassinate Giffords outside a Safeway supermarket on Saturday morning. Reporters have been on stakeout outside their suburban home, with a local TV crew broadcasting a live feed for more than an hour Tuesday of several microphones and a beat-up pickup truck in the Loughners’ driveway.

A neighbor invited into the parents’ home told reporters on Monday night that the grief-stricken parents were having trouble coping with the news.

The parents’ statement came as a federal judge ruled Tuesday that his colleagues in Arizona’s Tucson division are ethically barred from presiding over Loughner’s prosecution because he’s accused of murdering John Roll, the late chief judge of the district court. Loughner’s attorney, public defender Judy Clark, is also trying to ensure that his case is heard outside of Arizona similar to the change of venue for convicted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh.

Loughner’s alleged actions have drawn comments from across the political spectrum, including former President Bill Clinton, who called Tuesday for a change in the American political climate.

In an interview with the BBC, Clinton avoided laying blame on anyone for the weekend attack, but sided with other voices suggesting that it’s time to reconsider the tone of political debate.

“No one intends to do anything that encourages this sort of behavior,” Clinton said. “”We just have to be sensitive.”

He continued: “I think this is an occasion for us to reaffirm that our political differences shouldn’t degenerate into demonization.”

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MANUEL ROIG-FRANZIA'S RUBIO BOOK: GRANDPA WAS ORDERED DEPORTED IN IMMIGRATION NIGHTMARE -- Rubio speech at noon: Twitter aids liberty -- Romney launches general-election campaign

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PRESIDENT OBAMA “slow-jams the news” with Jimmy Fallon -- Fallon: “Awww yeah. You should listen to the President, or, as I like to call him, the Preezy of the United Steezy. things were heating up in Congress’ chambers, behind all those closed doors. So the President made a few discrete calls across the aisle. He said, ‘Hey, let’s get together on this one. Without an affordable Stafford loan, where can a student turn? The Pell Grant is a beautiful thing, but with college getting more expensive, is it enough by itself to fulfill all our collegiate needs? Aw, Pell no!’” Video

--TRENDING WORLDWIDE: #jimmyfallon … #SlowJamTheNews … The Preezy of the United Steezy … Barackness Monster … He's the POTUS

EXCLUSIVE – “The Rise of Marco Rubio,” by Manuel Roig-Franzia, a Style section writer for The Washington Post, out June 19 from Simon & Schuster (edited by Priscilla Painton; 256 pages, with eight pages of black-and-white photos; $25):

--“A Path to Citizenship”: “One … who saw possibilities in the new Cuba of Fidel Castro was Senator Rubio’s [maternal] grandfather, Pedro Victor García. He was a proud man. In the two years since he’d emigrated to the United States, he had tried to make a living but never quite succeeded. After odd jobs in New York, he had found his way back to Miami, the city where the Rubios were making a life, a city with a climate closer to his native Cuba’s. … On January 15, 1959, two weeks after [Cuban dictator] Batista abdicated, Pedro Victor flew back to the island of his birth [The future senator was born in Miami in 1971]. He had left behind a shoe store in Havana … His new employer was the Castro government. The job was with Hacienda, Cuba’s Treasury Ministry. …

“[A]fter the [1961] Bay of Pigs fiasco, Pedro Victor’s … unease with the Castro regime was [growing] … In the summer of 1962 he saw an opportunity. He asked his bosses for a vacation, and … they granted it. And so it was that on August 31, 1962, he took an incredibly risky step. He bought a ticket and boarded Pan American Airlines flight 2422 bound for Miami. Pedro Victor’s troubles began no long after the plane landed. He had a Cuban passport and a U.S. alien registration card, but he didn’t have a visa. … A U.S. immigration official named E.E. Spink detained the sixty-three-year-old grandfather. Spink signed a form that read, ‘you do not appear to me to be clearly and beyond a doubt entitled to enter the United States.’ A photographer snapped a mug shot of Pedro Victor with his alien registration number on a block in front of him. … His cheeks were sunken, there were bags under his eyes, and his mouth was tight. …

“Pedro Victor’s treatment was not unlike the present-day experiences of many Mexicans and Central Americans who come to the United States legally but later run afoul of visa laws and find their lives irreversibly upended. … The paper trail is inconclusive about whether he was forced to spend time in a detention facility. … On October 4, 1962, Pedro Victor appeared before a special inquiry officer, a kind of immigration judge, named Milton V. Milich … Pedro Victor’s hearing was recorded on an Editor Voicewriter … Now full of scratches and audible pops, the records are a remarkable artifact of another era. In thirty-three minutes of testimony they tell the story of a man caught in an immigration non-man’s land, a lesson about the laws that decide who gets to stay in the United States and who must go. …

“Milich orders ‘that the applicant be excluded and deported from the United States.’ … Pedro Victor … did not leave the country as ordered. In those days deportees weren’t necessarily thrown onto a plane … Pedro Victor’s legal status would remain unresolved for years. He stayed in Miami … [In 1967] Pedro Victor returned to the immigration bureaucracy to ask, once again, to become a permanent resident. … The form he filled out then states that he had been a Cuban refugee since February 1965. Refugee status may have been granted retroactively.”

--“The Miami Son”: “Not long after arriving in Las Vegas [at age 7 or 8], Marco -- along with his mother and sister, Veronica – began reading the Book of Mormon. Eventually, Marco, his sister Veronica and their mother were baptized as Mormons. Marco converted [from Catholicism] to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with enthusiasm. … Mario [Rubio’s father], who had worked as a bartender for years, couldn’t embrace a faith that wouldn’t let him drink and smoke. … Marco attended LDS youth groups and often walked to chapel with his family because his mother could not drive. The cousins idolized the Osmonds …

“Marco, his sister, Veronica, and their cousin, Michelle, liked to perform Osmond songs at family get-togethers. ‘Tony’ – as the cousins called Marco, referencing his middle name Antonio – was so entranced by the Osmonds that he joined [a] … trip to Provo, Utah, to tour the pop group’s recording studio. … [W]hen the Rubios decided to return to Miami, … Marco, his sister and mother returned to the Catholic Church that they had left behind for Mormonism. The exact date of their return is in dispute. Marco has said the family converted back to Catholicism while still … in Las Vegas, and that he received his first communion on Christmas Day 1984 [age 13].”

--“Introduction: The Heir”: “American politics had never seen anything like him: a young, made-for-YouTube Hispanic Republican with realistic national prospects, establishment backing[,] an electoral appeal that extended well beyond his ethnicity. There had been Hispanic stars before. But they tended to be Democrats and they tended to fizzle … Rubio had arrived on the national scene at a time when both parties were – again – forced to confront the enduring and growing power of Hispanic voters. … Good timing matters, but it isn’t everything. Execution counts too. And each time Rubio’s timing has been good, his executive has been even better.”

--“Afterword”: “In 2012, as his personal history continued to be questioned, Marco Rubio – the politician who built a political identity on his family story – spent campaign donations to hire a California firm to study him, to conduct a vetting process not unlike the examinations of possible running mates conducted by presidential nominees. …

“In two decades of ascension he had learned to slide quickly on the issues, tailoring messages on immigration and spending that got him where he needed to go, even if they sometimes raised questions about his political core. … Rubio had reached a position of influence with remarkable speed. But in politics, just as on the football fields of his youth, speed alone doesn’t guarantee that you’ll react in time to get you to the right place at the right time. You need to be prepared to execute the right move when you get there. Now, with an eye on the national stage, Rubio needs all the diligence, tenacity, and patience of his ancestors to reach the goal line.”

--A publishing-industry source describes the book: “Roig-Franzia offers a nuanced account of Rubio’s remarkable rise, from son of Cuban immigrants to V.P. contender. The book relies on a huge cache of historical documents, including the photo of a grim-faced Garcia on the day he was detained by immigration authorities, as well as nearly 100 interviews with Rubio friends, allies, elected officials and GOP insiders. Roig-Franzia provides a balanced picture of Rubio, describing him as one of the nation’s most dynamic political figures and comparing his 2010 speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference to President Obama’s address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention.”

--AUTHOR BIO: “Manuel Roig-Franzia writes about politics, power, capital culture, and international issues for The Washington Post. In more than eleven years at the newspaper, he has served as Florida bureau chief based in Miami and as Latin America bureau chief based in Mexico City. … Roig-Franzia was born in Spain, and came to The Post from The New Orleans Times-Picayune, where he wrote about the colorful, four-time governor, Edwin Edwards, and learned how to make a mean gumbo.”

--Book is “For Ceci” Connolly ... See the cover. ... $14.21 on Amazon

--Sen. Rubio’s autobiography, “An American Son: A Memoir,” is also out June 19 -- Sentinel (Penguin Group), 320 pages. See the cover. ... $14.97 on Amazon

FIRST LOOK – Sen. Marco Rubio gives a major foreign-policy address today at the Brookings Institution, “Is the American World Order Sustainable and Necessary in the 21st Century?” (introduced by Brookings President Strobe Talbott, with brief opening remarks by Sen. Joseph Lieberman, followed by discussion moderated by Marvin Kalb): “I disagree with the way in which the current administration has chosen to engage. For while there are few global problems we can solve by ourselves, there are virtually no global problems that can be solved without us. In confronting the challenges of our time, there are more nations than ever capable of contributing, but there is still only one that is capable of leading. And I disagree with voices in my own party who argue we should not engage at all. Who warn we should heed the words of John Quincy Adams not to go ‘abroad, in search of monsters to destroy’ …

“I disagree because all around us we see the human face of America’s influence in the world. It actually begins with not just our government, but our people. Millions of people have been the catalyst of democratic change in their own countries. But they never would have been able to connect with each other if an American had not invented Twitter. The atrocities of Joseph Kony would still be largely unknown. But in fact, millions now know because an American filmmaker made a short film about it and then distributed it on another American invention YouTube.

“Even in our military engagements, the lasting impact of our influence on the world is hard to ignore. Millions of people have emerged from poverty around the world in part because our Navy protects the freedom of the seas allowing the ever increasing flow of goods between nations.” Webcast here at noon

YOU'RE INVITED -- THE FIRST EVENT of White House Correspondents' Association weekend! Playbook Breakfast Celebrity Edition, Friday at 8 a.m.: Mike Allen interviews Charles Woodson, Green Bay Packers star and children’s health advocate, and José Andrés, D.C. restaurateur and food activist. Please RSVP here.

TOP STORY – Boston Globe, “ROMNEY LOOKS TO HIGHER PRIZE,” by Matt Viser in Manchester: “Mitt Romney implicitly accepted the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday night, leaving behind the intraparty fighting that at times sullied his candidacy and vowing to defeat President Obama with a pledge to restore both the economy and Americans’ belief in the future. Speaking as results were showing he was on the verge of sweeping five primaries, Romney reflected only briefly on the path that led him back to New Hampshire for a boisterous victory rally. ‘After 43 primaries and caucuses, many long days and more than a few long nights, I can say with confidence – and gratitude – that you have given me a great honor and solemn responsibility,’ Romney told supporters at the Radisson hotel in downtown Manchester.”

--HOW IT PLAYED: Drudge banner, “'ARE YOU BETTER OFF?'” … N.Y. Times A1, 4-col. photo tease at top of A1, “Romney, In Victory Lap, Focuses on Obama” … USA Today, 1A photo tease, “Romney looks to Nov. 6 after sweep: He thanks GOP voters for ‘solemn responsibility’ as their standardbearer in contest with Obama, 4A” … L.A. Times second front, “Romney claims 5 states and the prize.”

--FROM ROMNEY’S SPEECH last night in Manchester, “A Better America Begins Tonight”: “Tonight is the start of a new campaign to unite every American who knows in their heart that we can do better! The last few years have been the best that Barack Obama can do, but it’s not the best America can do! … This has already been a long campaign, but many Americans are just now beginning to focus on the choice before the country. In the days ahead, I look forward to spending time with many of you personally. I want to hear what’s on your mind, hear about your concerns, and learn about your families. I want to know what you think we can do to make this country better…and what you expect from your next President.

“And I’ll tell you a little bit about myself. I’ll probably start out talking about my wonderful wife Ann – I usually do – and I’ll probably bore you with stories about our kids and grandkids. I’ll tell you about how much I love this country, where someone like my dad, who grew up poor and never graduated from college, could pursue his dreams and work his way up to running a great car company. Only in America could a man like my dad become governor of the state in which he once sold paint from the trunk of his car.

“I’d say that you might have heard that I was successful in business. And that rumor is true. But you might not have heard that I became successful by helping start a business that grew from 10 people to hundreds of people. You might not have heard that our business helped start other businesses, like Staples and Sports Authority and a new steel mill and a learning center called Bright Horizons. And I’d tell you that not every business made it and there were good days and bad days, but every day was a lesson. And after 25 years, I know how to lead us out of this stagnant Obama economy and into a job-creating recovery!

“Four years ago, Barack Obama dazzled us in front of Greek columns with sweeping promises of hope and change. But after we came down to earth, after the celebration and parades, what do we have to show for three and a half years of President Obama? Is it easier to make ends meet? Is it easier to sell your home or buy a new one? Have you saved what you needed for retirement? Are you making more in your job? Do you have a better chance to get a better job? Do you pay less at the pump? … There was a time – not so long ago – when each of us could walk a little taller and stand a little straighter … Those days are coming back. That’s our destiny.” Full text

BIRTHDAYS: ABC 7’s Arch Campbell ... John Anzalone … Obama for America’s Drew “Dandy” Anderson is 24. Will of course be celebrating with ice cream cake … Obama for America Digital Director, and Lynn Sweet’s White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner date: Teddy Goff! … SEIU’s Mark McCullough … AshLee Strong … Emily Hesslbrock (hat tip: Stew) … Smythe Anderson … Derek LaVallee … Kathy Baird of Fleishman-Hillard ... Josie Hearn Wilson ... DoD's Wendy Anderson ... Sen. Jon Kyl … Steve Murphy … Lilly Susman … Gretchen Lowe … Tom Springer … Michelle McGrorty (h/ts Teresa Vilmain) … Al Pacino is 72 … Jane Clayson is 45 (h/ts AP)

BIRTHWEEK: Roz Skozen, Chris Herold and Kate Mann – all at Obama HQ … Rebecca Kasper, deputy national finance director for the Jon Tester campaign, is 25.

SNEAK PEEK inside MSNBC’s annual after-party for the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, hosted by Phil Griffin, at the Embassy of Italy: Turntable pro Funkmaster Flex will serve as the house deejay. Anticipated guests include: Newt and Callista Gingrich, Goldie Hawn, Woody Harrelson, Stevie Wonder, Jay Carney, Ari Emanuel, Arianna Huffington, Piers Morgan and Lauren Bush Lauren. MSNBC host Rachel Maddow will be bartending. Elsewhere at the party will be a cigar tent and lobster rolls, plus NBC and MSNBC anchors, including: Ann Curry, David Gregory, Savannah Guthrie, the Rev. Al Sharpton, Chris Matthews, Ed Schultz, Andrea Mitchell, Willie Geist and Luke Russert. A donation to will be made on each attendee’s behalf.

TIME 100 GALA in NYC last night:

--Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: "TIME has honored so many national and global leaders; you couldn’t possibly acknowledge every one. There’s many I haven’t had a chance to meet yet – I was sort of hoping Kim Jong-un would show up. (Laughter.) I don’t think he’s here but if you catch sight of him, let me know. We’re still trying to figure out what he’s all about. (Laughter.) But I do want to give a shout-out to Angela Merkel and Dilma Rousseff and Portia Miller, Christine Lagarde, who are also on this list and prove once again that you actually can run the world in heels and pantsuits. (Applause.) Because the day is over when women leaders could only aspire to a supporting role. And by the way, I think we may have just found Kristen Wiig’s next movie. She can call it: 'Bridesmaids No Longer.'”

Stephen Colbert: "Little known fact, David's brother Charles Koch is actually even more influential. Charles pledged $40 million to defeat President Obama, David only $20 million. That's kind of cheap, Dave. I was particularly excited to meet David Koch earlier tonight because I have a Super PAC, Colbert Super PAC, and I am -- thank you, thank you -- and I am happy to announce Mr. Koch has pledged $5 million to my Super PAC. And the great thing is, thanks to federal election law, there's no way for you to ever know whether that's a joke. By the way, if David Koch likes his waiter tonight, he will be your next congressman."

--Attendees included: Hillary Clinton, Louis C.K., Cardinal Dolan, Preet Bharara, Harvey Weinstein, Kristen Wiig, Stephen Colbert, Rihanna, Raphael Saadiq, Claire Daines, Jeremy Lin, Victor Cruz, Amy Poehler, Chelsea Handler, Andres Balazs, Sarah Blakely, Aziz Ansari, Tilda Swinton, Tyra Banks, Lawrence O'Donnell, Barbara Walters, Andrew Lo, Brian Williams, Seth Meyers, Ayman Mohyeldin, Amy Wicks, Arianna Huffington, Cami Anderson, Yani Tseng, Ben Rattray, Ann Coulter, Cecile Richards, Pete Cashmore, Dennis Crowley, Jack Dorsey, Eric Schmidt, Phil Griffin, Grover Norquist, T. Boone Pickens, Alex Wagner, Sandra Fluke, Craig Newmark, David Koch, Erik Martin, Hans Rosling, Ann Curry, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Jose Antonio Vargas, Ducle Matuz, Rob Bell, Amy Chua, Martha Stewart, Cicely Tyson, Wes Moore, Mia Farrow, Sam Feist, Matt Lauer, Ai-Jen Poo, Henrik Schrafe, Nathan Wolfe, Freeman Hrabowski, Ann Patchett, Manal al-Sharif, Sandra Lee.

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--Complete coverage of the weekend’s festivities begins Friday with a special glossy magazine edition of POLITICO. Among the magazine’s many features are an interview with comedian and dinner headliner Jimmy Kimmel, an exclusive look at this year’s dinner menu and Joan Rivers’s critique of last year’s dinner looks. With reporters dispatched to all of the weekend’s biggest events, POLITICO will keep you in the loop from the pre-dinner parties to the late-night celebrations. Coverage will include live blogging, celebrity interviews and videos and photos galore. Find it all in one place on CLICK.

--LIVE VIDEO : Beginning Saturday at 7 p.m., POLITICO will stream red-carpet arrivals, President Obama’s remarks and Kimmel’s performance.

MOOD MUSIC -- L.A. Times 1-col. lead, “HOUSING MARKET MAY BE ON RISE AT LAST: New data show price are stabilizing and sales volume is gaining in U.S. Foreclosures decline in California.”

THE PRESIDENT’S DAY: At 9 a.m. MT, “the President will depart Denver, Colorado en route Cedar Rapids, Iowa. … In the afternoon, the President will visit the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa to participate in a roundtable with students and deliver remarks as part of a concerted effort to get Congress to prevent interest rates on student loans from doubling in July. … Later, the President will depart Cedar Rapids, Iowa en route Washington … In the evening, the President will attend a campaign event in Washington, DC. This event is closed press.”

THE V.P.’S DAY: “At 11:00 AM, the Vice President will attend and deliver remarks at a memorial service in honor of Representative Donald Payne at the United States Capitol. In the afternoon, the Vice President will meet with senior advisors.”

BUSINESS BURST – “Walmart Statement on Compliance with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act,” released yesterday: “The following statement can be attributed to David Tovar, Vice President, Corporate Communications. ‘Walmart has been working diligently on U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) compliance and has a rigorous process in place to quickly and aggressively manage issues like this when they arise. … We believe it’s also important to keep a few things in context: 1. The allegations in The New York Times story about the decisions made in Bentonville are more than six years old. 2. Six months ago, we launched an aggressive investigation under the auspices and supervision of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors into the issues contained in the article. We are working quickly to determine what happened and are committed to getting to the bottom of this matter. 3. We are continuing to cooperate with federal law enforcement authorities.”

--WashPost A1, below fold, “Wal-mart aided lobbying on bribery law: Critics say effort would weaken statute firm is suspected of violating,” by Tom Hamburger, Brady Dennis and Jia Lynn Yang: “Wal-Mart, the giant retailer now under fire over allegations of foreign bribery in Mexico, has participated in an aggressive and high-priced lobbying campaign to amend the long-standing U.S. anti-bribery law that the company might have violated. The push to revisit how federal authorities enforce the statute has been centered at a little-known but well-funded arm of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce where a top executive of Wal-Mart has sat on the board of directors for nearly a decade. …

“The 1977 law, known as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, prohibits U.S. companies from offering fees or gifts to foreign officials to advance corporate interests. There is no evidence that suggests Wal-Mart participated in the Chamber’s efforts because of its problems in Mexico. But even as the company has pledged zero tolerance for corruption around the globe, it has been a party to an effort that, some advocacy groups argue, would eviscerate the Watergate-era anti-corruption statute. The Justice Department launched an investigation into Wal-Mart’s Mexican subsidiary in December over payments of more than $24 million in bribes to win construction permits there.”

--“Wal-Mart's Castro-Wright quits MetLife board” – Reuters: “Embattled Wal-Mart executive Eduardo Castro-Wright has resigned from the board of MetLife , the largest life insurer in the United States, the company said on Tuesday. ‘Over the past weekend, I notified you of recent events that will require my immediate and personal attention,’ Castro-Wright said in a letter to MetLife CEO Steve Kandarian, a copy of which was filed with securities regulators. Castro-Wright was named in a weekend New York Times report as a key figure in an alleged foreign bribery scandal at Wal-Mart.”

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Bill wants Hillary to run in 2016 — but she’s not so sure, Barbara Walters said Wednesday.

Walters appeared on ABC’s “Good Morning America” to promote her special, “10 Most Fascinating People,” on which Secretary of State Clinton is making her third appearance.

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“She doesn’t know yet, right?” anchor George Stephanopoulos asked.

“Her husband wants her to, but she’s not so sure,” Walters said.

GMA did not preview that portion of the interview in which they discussed former President Bill Clinton. The special airs Wednesday at 9:30 p.m. EST on ABC.

In more portions of the interview ABC released later Wednesday, Hillary told Walters that her age (she would be 77 years old if she held office for two consecutive terms) would not effect her career.

“I am, thankfully — knock on wood — not only healthy, but have incredible stamina and energy,” Clinton told Walters. “I just want to see what else is out there. I’ve been doing, you know, this, this incredibly important and, and satisfying work here in Washington, as I say, for 20 years. I want to get out and spend some time looking at what else I can do to contribute.”

They also discussed her hair.

“I know that it’s one of the great fascinations of our time, much to my amazement,” Clinton said, bursting into a cackle of laughter.

Clinton added: “It just got me really burdensome to try to find a hairdresser in some city somewhere. So I said, ‘Enough, we’re just going to go with as simple as possible.’”

“Nobody asks the men that,” Walters said.

“Have you noticed?” quipped Clinton with a smile.

Another interview tidbit: Clinton does yoga to keep fit.

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Trying to sell Ram trucks, Chrysler made a splash in the Super Bowl this month with a two-minute television spot celebrating the American farmer — a montage of handsome still photos and a vintage Paul Harvey speech all ending with the pitch: “For the farmer in all of us.”

Nine days later, the picture was very different as President Barack Obama skipped over farmers entirely in his State of the Union address, never mentioning the yearlong farm bill stalemate in Congress nor even including “agriculture” among the thousands of words spoken that night.

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The White House declined to speak on the record, referring questions to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. A spokesperson for the secretary told POLITICO that he remains convinced Obama truly wants a farm bill notwithstanding his silence. Ag trade groups smoothed over the slight by focusing on the president’s remarks regarding potential markets in Europe.

But the juxtaposition of the Super Bowl ad and State of the Union silence reflects a real disconnect in American politics over farm policy. And one that goes well beyond the president.

Chrysler’s marketers made a business decision to invest millions of dollars to identify with farmers, just as the automaker also aired a second two-minute spot for Jeep — this time celebrating U.S. troops coming home from wars overseas.

“We have used the largest television viewing audience to highlight the pride, the resilience and the determination that form an integral part of the American character,” said Sergio Marchionne, CEO for both Chrysler Group LLC and its principal owner, Fiat S.p.A. An accompanying news release speaks of the troops and farmers as “two groups whose work ethic, dedication and service have sustained the very fabric of this nation.”

Contrast that with Washington where in the middle of the worst drought in a generation, no farm bill was even brought to the floor of the House — an unprecedented delay for which Republicans paid little at the ballot box. Indeed, the year ended with Obama washing his hands of the whole matter and allowing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to pen a nine-month extension that infuriated many dairy farmers and left the two Ag committees out in the cold.

What is it that Chrysler sees that Washington doesn’t? Are these just modern Mad Men selling pickups to suburban men with farm fantasies?

Or is something bigger happening here in power politics? And is there a lesson that farmers themselves must learn from if they are to better market their importance to American consumers — and voters?

“It was a prideful moment out here in Ag country,” said Keith Alverson, a 32-year-old farmer in Lake County, S.D. “But we’re a small percentage of the population, and it’s clear we’re not connecting the way we used to. We have to find new ways.”

“No one is thinking about the promotion of agriculture in a big and bold way,” said one Republican aide who tracks farm issues. “There are numerous newsletters, coalitions, websites but they’re all serving the same audience. They’re essentially all singing to the choir, but no one is bringing any new folks to the church service.”

Politics is certainly part of it.

“The President has repeatedly called on Congress to pass the long term farm bill rural America deserves and the Administration continues to urge action this year,” Vilsack’s office emailed POLITICO.  And when Iowa was in play in the presidential election, Obama talked a good game on the farm bill last summer.

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The Lords last night backed the government and approved sexual equality regulations that will prevent church agencies discriminating against gay couples.

Peers approved the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) regulations after a motion to defeat it was defeated by 168 votes to 122.

The new regulations will come into force on April 30th, prohibiting businesses and service providers discriminating against homosexual people.

Church groups had vehemently opposed the regulations and 42 lay members of the Church of England's general synod wrote to bishops in the Lords calling on them to block the regulations.

Speaking in prime minister's question time before last night's vote, Tony Blair argued parliament had a simple choice; it either voted to end discrimination against gay people or accepted it.

Introducing the regulations for the government, Baroness Andrews said the Act marked a historic step in the long journey towards dignity, respect and fairness for all.

She said: "No one will be denied the right to be themselves and to be treated fairly. And much of this debate centres on the right to dignity and equal treatment-the right not to be humiliated.

"It cannot be right, in the body of evidence that we have seen on discrimination against gay and lesbian people, that same-sex couples may be asked to leave a restaurant for holding hands, or that a school can turn a blind eye to homophobic bullying."

Lady O'Caithan led an amendment to reject the regulations, which she warned were "seriously flawed" and paved the way to litigation.

She argued: "The government is rushing headlong into the incredibly sensitive area of a clash between gay rights and religious freedom and doing so by secondary legislation that does not allow for amendments and permits only very limited debate.

"It is profoundly dangerous of the government to decide to use the law to force religious believers to change their beliefs."

Lady O'Caithain criticised the lack of parliamentary debate on the regulations, echoing claims from backbench Tory MPs.

However, Mr Blair maintained there had been a "full debate" on the regulations and correct procedure had been followed. The final regulations have struck the right, sensible balance, he added.

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Watching Sunset at Promthep Cape, Phuket

I’m currently renting a place in Phuket for a month so I can get some work done, get fit, enjoy time to myself, and also visit the dentist. I decided to base myself in the south of the island since it is less touristy than areas like Patong and Karon, and so far I’m loving it. This is a really nice area and I love taking walks to Naiharn Beach.

Sunset at Promthep Cape Phuket

As part of my latest efforts to keep fit while traveling, I decided to walk up to Promthep Cape, a popular sunset spot down in the most southwesterly point of the island. I have seen many sunsets around the world and each one is different, so I was keen to see what this particular lookout would be like.

Promthep Cape is a rocky headland that offers great views of the ocean and the neighbouring Naiharn Beach. There is a huge parking area which come sunset time us full with tour buses, cars, tuk tuks and scooters. Up here you’ll also find a bunch of souvenir shops and a restaurant where you can get a bite to eat.

As with most well-known sunset spots throughout the world, Promthep Cape was very very crowded with tourists. Everywhere I looked people  were taking photos of the sunset with their iPads, smart phones and DSLR cameras. When it is this busy it is quite difficult to get a photo of yourself without anyone else in the picture!

Nevertheless it was a magical sunset and an incredible view. As soon as we saw the last little glimpse of the sun disappear below the horizon, everybody started clapping. Then there was a mass exit. I imagine Promthep Cape is pretty quiet outside of sunset hours!

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  1. Rika | Cubicle Throwdown May 18, 2013 at 4:32 pm #

    Oh, I’ve been on a tiny island for too long. That looks like sooooooo many people in your videos!

    • Victoria May 22, 2013 at 8:00 pm #

      Rika where are you? Haha yeah Phuket is quite busy, even in rainy season!

  2. Willy October 12, 2013 at 8:46 am #

    True there is always a crowd of tourists up there… with all kinds of cameras. Every time I go there I see everyone texting until the sun sets and then it’s frenzy :D
    But still it is a beautiful pace to be :) Did you walk all the way to the end of the rocky head? That’s a good fitness challenge!

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It could be, I suppose, that the title of Panacea’s new long-player Ink is My Drink is a reference to MC Raw Poetic’s thirst, his need to express all the thoughts and ideas in his head, and the idea that the only way for him to quench that thirst is to put it down on paper, ready to relate it to the rest of the world the best way he knows how. The music contained within Ink is My Drink, however, tells another story.

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The problem, then, is that this potential only very rarely makes itself known. Opening track “Trip of the Century” makes it sound as though Ink is My Drink is going to be a killer, as it starts off spacey and trippy, as though it’s going to coast on fluffy clouds and vintage soul samples for the entire track. And then, entirely without warning, Raw Poetic catches fire. K-Murdock picks up the pace of the percussion, Poetic spits lines like “Woke up alive, took a walk in my head / I think, so I insist I can’t tell if I’m dead”, and the whole thing flows like water down a steep incline. In the grand scheme it doesn’t mean a hell of a lot, but it rips. The “ding” noise on “Invisible Seas” is oddly hypnotic, like hearing the bell that goes off when you leave your headlights on as set to a hip-hop song. Album-closer “Starlite” is an incredible track for most of the same reasons that “Trip of the Century” is. For sure, Raw Poetic is at his most impressive when he’s spitting at high speed.

That’s about it.

The idea that Raw Poetic only sounds great when he’s rapping fast might actually be the biggest problem—he’s very good with his rhythm and his technical prowess, but it’s very rare that he actually finds something worth saying. Mostly he talks about keeping a positive attitude, or how people won’t leave him alone, and occasionally he delves into the evils of the world, which is all fine, really, but it all sounds the same! He may as well be reading names out of the phone book for all the emotion he puts into it. He just doesn’t sound hungry, he doesn’t sound as though there is any true conviction behind what he’s saying, and it saps any emotion out of the words of the songs. How do you write a song called “Burning Bush”, decry the limits of a two-party system, accuse the general public of having blinders on, and slap it with a hook that consists entirely of a repeated “Hey, yeah, yeah”? How can you reconcile the fact that a defiant track like “Reel Me In”, complete with a sample from Carl Douglas’ “Kung Fu Fighting”, sounds like a sleepytime chill-out jam? That sort of cut needs power, it needs bite, it needs oomph, and it never gets any of that.

As a result, Panacea never transcends the label of easy-listening-hip-hop, something you could easily put on in the background of a chill party without ever threatening to steal the spotlight from the good conversation or the beer pong tournament. Raw Poetic has the rhythm, and K-Murdock complements him perfectly, but they need to be willing to step out of their comfort zone a bit to create something that truly connects with their audience. Until they do, they’ll always be in the background.

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Nicole Richie Is Not Anorexic

Nicole strikes back! When a nasty paparazzo yelled at her to eat, she stood up for herself and then called US Weekly to tell the tale. The only thing she is sick about is being told to eat. Of course the pictures in Star this week tell a different story. Here's more from US:

On the afternoon of August 12, Nicole Richie finally reached her boiling point. As the actress and a friend exited the Planet Blue boutique in Malibu, California, a photographer yelled out to her, “Nicole, you look disgusting. Gain some f—cking weight!” A little while later, a shaken Richie walked right up to the photographer’s window and, in tears, verbally confronted him. Richie talked to Us’s Ken Baker about what made her snap, how she’s taking control of her life and her hopes for a healthy and successful future.

“You don’t scream at people that they are overweight, so what makes people think that they have the right to scream at me that I am underweight? It’s upsetting and mean,” Nicole tells Us. “I am not anorexic. At the moment, I was just sick of everyone constantly bothering me about how I look. I walked up to the photographer and told him, ‘What if I really had anorexia? What if I had a disease? How would you feel about saying such horrible things?’ He probably just wanted to get a rise out of me, but I’m a human being and he hurt my feelings.”

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Rachel Bilson scored the cover of the March issue of Lucky, and we're thinking her little purple dress is an improvement over the patriotic bikini she wore for GQ. She's been everywhere lately talking about her new movie, Jumper, and in the article she compares her experience doing stunts to putting together her envy-inducing style. She says, "I had to surrender control and let go of a lot of fears; it had a big impact on my life. I've noticed even with clothes, I'm more experimental and trying to take risks, but still feel like myself." Even when talking about her sci-fi flick, Rachel still sounds like that Summer Roberts California girl we fell in love with years ago.

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Happy hour is meant to be fun, but if you're watching your weight, those postwork celebrations can make you feel more guilty than happy. If this sounds familiar, here are nine strategies so you can raise your glass and your spirits.

  1. Know your calories: Come armed with info so you don't convince yourself that happy hour treats are really not that bad for your diet. Don't fool yourself — that chicken quesadilla is almost 1,500 calories! Find out the calorie count in other popular happy hour drinks and food here.
  2. Strategize splurges: Gearing up for a fun evening? Make smarter decisions throughout the day — opting for the salad at lunch instead of Chinese takeout, for example — so your total calorie count for the day doesn't dip into dangerous territory.
  3. Choose low-calorie liquor: Going for one of the many lower-calorie liquor options can often make the difference and help you save calories. Ask your bartender if they serve one of these low-cal, eco-friendly alcohol brands.
  4. Alternate with water: Chances are you don't drink enough anyway, and in any case, alcohol is dehydrating. If you're in for a long happy hour session, sip slowly and don't keep going back to the bar for refills; alternate with a glass of water instead.

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  1. Don't come hungry: You may be dreaming of the chips and dip you'll be eating as soon as the clock strikes 5 p.m., but if you're starving after work, your stomach may do more of the thinking than your willpower. Have a healthy snack in the afternoon so you won't be swayed by all the happy hour specials on the menu.
  2. Have a limit: Make post-happy-hour plans so you don't stay so long that you start to get tempted by too many drinks. Meet up with friends to cook dinner at home or for a healthier activity in lieu of sitting at the bar.
  3. Go for natural: Certain mixers can contain high amounts of refined sugars or overly processed foods. Choose cocktails sweetened with fresh fruit for a healthier libation. This strawberry mojito recipe is a good one to have your bartender make.
  4. Have a different kind of happy hour: It's about having fun with your friends, and that doesn't always have to mean cocktails and calories. Meet up for a walk around the park on a nice day, or take that gym class you've all been dying to try.
  5. Choose something strong: You'll be more likely to sip slowly if you choose drinks with strong, spicy, or tart flavors, like a scotch on the rocks or a Bloody Mary.
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My daily inspiration comes from this somewhat eclectic but tasteful living room of a person who likes to travel. The room, with its high ceiling, white walls, and light, waxed wooden floors provides a great canvas for displaying art and furnishing from different cultures. The end result is very airy and relaxing.

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This charming room-for-rent/personals ad was found posted on a bulletin board in an old laundromat. Charming, that is, if you're a middle-aged, homeless woman who meets the weight requirement, has two hundred bucks to spare every month, and is looking for love in all the wrong places. As the inquiry scribbled in blue ink asks, who should be paying whom here?

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    French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages freed from FARC rebels in a daring rescue mission has called her release after more than 6 years, a "miracle." She says, "there is no historical precedent for such a perfect operation." The mission was accomplished without a shot fired after the Colombian military penetrated the highest level of FARC and tricked them into handing over the hostages. Among those rescued were three American military contractors and 11 members of the Colombian security forces, all said to be in relatively good health. FARC has been trying to overthrow the Colombian government for 40 years, and still holds over 40 high-profile hostages, among up to 700 other captives.

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    US President George W Bush signed a bill removing Nelson Mandela and South African leaders from the US terror watch list. Mandela and ANC party members will now be able to travel to the US without a waiver from the secretary of state. The African National Congress (ANC) was labeled as a terrorist organization by South Africa's former apartheid regime.
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The Lovely Bones is more heartbreaking than heartwarming, but it's a fiercely gripping novel. Narrated by 14-year-old Susie Salmon after her disappearance and death, Alice Sebold's novel shows the lengths a father will go to get to the bottom of his daughter's fate.

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If you have wood floors, then you know that keeping them clean and glowing can be a challenge. From streaky cleaners to ones that leave a waxy buildup, finding the perfect cleaner for your hardwood floors that isn't harsh or filled with chemicals can be costly. Instead, toss together this eco-friendly homemade wood-floor cleaner that will wash your floors for only pennies. Spray directly on wood floors, make the cleaner in a bucket, or pour over cotton clothes to make reusable floor wipes [1]. Plus, this floor cleaner isn't harsh on hardwoods and cleans without leaving unwanted streaks or waxy residue.

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  1. Gather the materials for making the homemade wood cleaner. You can pick up castile soap at most health-food stores, and it comes in a variety of scents. Vinegar [2] naturally cleans and refreshes your wood floors, while rubbing alcohol keeps your clean floor from drying covered in streaks.
  1. Measure and add the ingredients to the plastic bottle. You can even repurpose a container, which makes this homemade cleaner even greener. Take things to the next level by adding 10 to 15 drops of your favorite essential oil, which turns this cleaner into a house refresher, too.
  1. Slowly add the warm water, and now you're ready to get cleaning. Simply spray over your wood floors and then wipe clean, working with the grain of the wood. If you're working with a larger area, then make the homemade wood cleaner in a bucket and use with your favorite mop.

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AUSTIN, TEXAS—At a huge festival like SXSW, it can be hard to get people's attention. That leads to companies coming up with some pretty outlandish demos, and by far the most bizarre gimmick I've seen this year was another invention at Chaotic Moon, the same company behind Shark Punch and the Kinect-powered cart tested in Whole Foods that could follow shoppers around a store. This afternoon, on the third floor of its studio offices here in Austin, company representatives flew C.U.P.I.D., short for Chaotic Unmanned Personal Intercept Drone. CUPID is a "stun copter" that can shoot you with barbed Taser darts and zap you with 80,000 volts.

Earlier this week, Chaotic Moon also held a media demonstration at their offices, in which they tasered one of their interns (26-year-old Jackson Sheehan).

CUPID is made from many common, off-the-shelf parts hobbyists already use, and William Hurley, chief innovation officer of Chaotic Moon, admitted that hackers with the building know-how could probably figure out how his team put the stun copter together. Unlike its other projects, though, which were all eventually made open source, Chaotic Moon is not releasing the drone's blueprint to the public. It also has no plans to commercialize CUPID—the demo was purely a proof-of-concept one.

Hurley says he wants the project to raise awareness about what some hyped technologies—like drones—can actually accomplish in the real world, and to start realistic discussions about public response to technology and regulation. It certainly got people talking at SXSW, but the specifics of the discourse he wanted to spark seemed a little vague to me. Unless you're in one of two unlikely situations—if you have a neighbor who owns a drone and you're concerned about your privacy, or if you want to build a drone yourself, as a hobbyist—drone awareness doesn't seem like the most pressing problem in tech.

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Take us with you, Elon.

As if he weren't busy enough building solar panel mega-factories and the world's sexiest electric cars, Elon Musk said recently that, oh-by-the-way, he's going to help make humans a multi-planetary species, too. The SpaceX founder wants to take people to Mars within the next dozen years.

We hereby volunteer to go along and set up the first Mars-based media company. But let's be honest: Buzzfeed will probably beat us to it, and then beam back all these stories across interstellar space.

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We’ve adopted the Climate Action Plan to reduce our city-wide carbon foot print 80 percent by 2050. We know that food system reform plays a key role in mitigating the climate crisis. We’ve said this before, and no doubt we’ll talk about it again, but for now, images speak louder than words.

Invest nine minutes and fifty-two seconds to watch this beautifully composed short film by WhyHunger below. It presents a global overview of climate change’s connection with agriculture and the industrial food system, while bringing hope in the shape of a united climate justice and food movement. In this case, a picture’s worth a thousand tons of greenhouse gas.


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Regarding the lack of funding for the Allegheny County Crime Lab (“Funding Shortfall Imperils Crime Lab,” Aug. 11):

I can think of two possible ways to fund our local crime lab. One is the Allegheny County district attorney’s asset forfeiture account. Those are funds seized and forfeited following criminal prosecutions in the county.

The second pool of money available is the state Legislature’s slush fund. A $150 million-plus account can pay for a lot of crime lab tests. Our selfish representatives will probably vote to raise our taxes.

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PASADENA, Calif. — Jameis Winston and Florida State faced adversity for the first time this season, and showed they could take a punch if that’s what it took to win a national championship.

Winston, the reigning Heisman Trophy winner, threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Kelvin Benjamin with 13 seconds left and No. 1 Florida State beat No. 2 Auburn, 34-31, to win the Bowl Championship Series national title game Monday night at Rose Bowl.

“There’s a lot of heart and guts down in Tallahassee, too,” coach Jimbo Fisher said.

The Bowl Championship Series went out with a bang, with one of the best championship games in its 16-year history. And the Southeastern Conference’s seven-year winning streak in college football’s biggest game was snapped.

Winston struggled much of the game but was near perfect when the Seminoles (14-0) needed it most, going 6 for 7 for 77 yards on the game-winning 80 yard drive. A pass interference penalty on Auburn’s Chris Davis gave Florida State a first-and-goal at the 2 and on the next play Winston hit his big receiver, Benjamin, for a touchdown in traffic.

There was no miracle finish this time for the turnaround Tigers. They tossed the ball around on one final play, but it ended with Florida State jumping on a fumble, and the Seminoles sprinting onto the field under a storm of garnet and gold confetti.

Tre Mason had given Auburn (12-2) a 31-27 lead with a 37-yard touchdown run with 1:19 left after Kermit Whitfield had put Florida State in the lead for the first time since the first quarter with a 100-yard kickoff return to make it 27-24 with 4:31 left.

Mason ran for 195 yards and Nick Marshall threw two touchdown passes for the Tigers.

“I told them in the locker room, we put together the biggest turnaround in the history of college football. We were on the brink of making it one of those magical seasons,” Auburn coach Gus Malzahn said.

Winston was 20 for 35 for 237 yards and two fourth-quarter touchdown passes. Florida State hadn’t been challenged like this all season, winning by an average of 42 points.

Winston, a redshirt freshman who turned 20 Monday, told his teammates: “I said ‘Guys, we didn’t come here for no reason.’ I said ‘Y’all, this is ours, man.’ ”

The Seminoles were down, 21-3, in the first half, and wobbling, but never fell over.

And now Florida State is the national champion for the first time since 1999, the first team to win it after being down at halftime.

Winston was jumpy against a strong Auburn pass rush, led by Dee Ford. He was sacked four times.

The Seminoles cut it to 21-10 with a late touchdown in the second quarter and chipped into Auburn’s lead with a 41-yard field goal by Roberto Aguayo with 6:05 left in the third.

Meanwhile, Florida State had found some answers to Auburn’s spread offense. A holding penalty that wiped out a long pass also helped keep the Tigers scoreless in the third quarter, and the Seminoles began the fourth with P.J. Williams intercepting Marshall’s pass and setting up Florida State at its 38.

When Winston tossed in the flats to Chad Abram, who hurdled over a tackler on the way to an 11-yard touchdown the lead was 21-19. Florida State was considering going for two to tie, but Devonta Freeman was flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct and that pushed the extra point back 15 yards and forced the Seminoles to kick and make it 21-20.

Auburn responded with its best drive since the second quarter, mixing runs by Mason and Marshall with one big pass to Ricardo Louis. But it stalled at the 6 and Cody Parkey added a 22-yard field goal to make it 24-20 with 4:42 left.

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The South Carolina Stingrays were the best defensive team in the ECHL during the regular season.

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The Stingrays led the ECHL in scoring defense, giving up league-low 171 goals. It was considered a strength of the Stingrays heading into the ECHL Kelly Cup playoffs.

Injuries have decimated the Stingrays defensive core. Cam Brodie and Ryan McGinnis suffered season-ending injuries during the final weekend of the regular season. Then Ryan Grimshaw was hurt in Game 2 of the Stingrays’ Eastern Conference quarterfinal series with Gwinnett.

As a result, the Stingrays are scrambling to shore up their blue line for the rest of the series.

The Stingrays, trailing 2-0 in the best-of-seven series, take on the Gladiators in Game 3 today at the North Charleston Coliseum at 7:05 p.m.

The Stingrays have been outscored, 8-2, during the first two games of the series, giving up uncharacteristic scoring chances that even MVP goalie Ryan Zapolski hasn’t been able to stop.

“We’ve dealt with injuries all season and we’ve still found ways to win games,” said Stingrays coach Spencer Carbery. “This is nothing new for this team. We just need to do some little things a little bit better and we’re going to be fine. I got a ton of confidence in the 20 guys we’ve got in our locker room.”

The Stingrays were forced to play the final two periods of Game 2 this past Saturday night without Grimshaw, who left the game at the end of the first period after getting shoved into the Stingrays’ net and colliding with one of the posts. Grimshaw will miss the rest of the playoffs with a leg injury.

Rookie defenseman Jake Areshenko will be inserted back into the lineup after being a healthy scratch in Game 2. Less than a month ago, Areshenko was finishing up his senior season at Bemidji State University.

Scooter Vaughan also missed the final two periods with cramps. Vaughan, who was originally signed to play defense, had been playing forward for the last month. The former University of Michigan star is expected to move back to the blue line for Game 3.

“It doesn’t matter where I play,” Vaughan said. “Wherever they need to me to play is fine with me as long as it’s going to help us win.”

Luka Vidmar, who has yet to play during the playoffs, is listed as questionable for tonight’s game with a lower body injury.

“We’re only going to worry about the guys that are on the ice,” Carbery said. “We can’t worry about the guys that are sitting in the stands.”

The Stingrays have managed just two goals in the first two games of the series — both of those coming in a 3-2 loss in Game 2.

“We just need to get the puck in their end and get it deep,” said Stingrays captain Kevin Quick. “Once we get the puck in their end and we’re cycling it, we’re all over them. Too many times we’re turning the puck over, and that plays right into their game. They are a great team in transition.”


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Sturt Gorge: Keith walks this beautiful gorge in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia

The Sturt Gorge Recreation Park is just 13 kilometres from the city. The top of the gorge is protected by an impressive 40 metre high dam wall that was built in 1965 by SA Water to insure against the rare but potentially devastating floods that would reap havoc on everything below.

The park, declared in 1973 takes in more than 250 hectares above Flinders University. The protected bushland straddles the massive gorge carved by the river as it makes its way through the ranges to the gulf beyond.

If you want to trace the origins of the Sturt River you have to start in Upper Sturt. We stopped to look at Horner's Bridge - the first bridge across the Sturt River which was built for the Adelaide to Goolwa Road in 1866. Built with horse and bullock drawn wagons in mind it's still well used more than a century on and remains a pretty little slice of early colonial history.

To really get a sense of Sturt Gorge you need to hit the track and head down the steep tracks. National Parks Ranger, Jen Pitman tells us all this was once grazing lands but now it's an important slice of protected Aussie bush.

Jen Pitman, National Parks Ranger: "It's a very important area for the grey box, and grassy woodlands which is now a nationally threatened vegetation association. So the grey box trees and the casuarinas and a lot of the shrubs and herbs on the ground are conserved. There's not a lot of it left in Adelaide so it's a very special place for birds and animals in Adelaide."

It also helps to make the gorge a photographers dream with lots to snap at ground level and above.

Jen Pitman, National Parks Ranger: "In this park particularly you will see that a lot of the plant species are flowering at different times of the year. So especially now at the moment you'll have a lot of the pea flowers. Anytime from now until spring you'll also have the orchids coming up. They are not very big. They are quite small little plants but if you've got a keen eye and a good camera you can often catch quite a few of the orchids growing alongside the trail."

The going's easy in some places but pretty steep in others so be prepared for a workout but when you get to the bottom it's worthwhile.

Jen Pitman, National Parks Ranger: "People are rewarded for making the effort to come down here. You do have to be careful or adventurous on some of the trails in Sturt Gorge but once you get down to the gorge itself you are rewarded with beautiful views, flowing rivers and gorgeous vegetation."

Near the pretty junction of Magpie Creek and the Sturt River we find a link to the ice age. The shiny, flat rock is why the Sturt Gorge is an area of international geological significance.

Jen Pitman, National Parks Ranger: "It's called Sturt Tillite and it's a very important geological formation in the Adelaide Hills. And you won't see it in many places except in places like the Sturt Gorge."

When it was discovered in back in 1900 it was the first evidence of glacial activity in the Southern Hemisphere. Look closely and you can see smaller rocks embedded in the exposed strata. They were deposited by glaciers about 800 million years ago. Think about that long enough and it can make you feel pretty insignificant.

The river comes out of the gorge just below Flinders University at Warriparinga - a very important site for the original inhabitants of the Adelaide Plains, the Kaurna people.

The Sturt Gorge Recreation Park has a number of walks ranging from medium to difficult - check with the Department of Environment and Heritage for more details. More ?'s email

Sturt Gorge Recreation Park
Walking trails
Ph 8278 5477

Published 10th July 2011

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