Sprint Nextel Corp., the country’s third-largest cellphone company, will start selling the iPhone in mid-October, The Wall Street Journal said Tuesday. (Aug. 24)
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Click here to view this media Within hours of an earthquake striking the eastern U.S. Tuesday, a rabbi that has spoken for the anti-gay group National Organization for Marriage (NOM) was already blaming homosexuals. In a video posted to YouTube, Rabbi Yehuda Levin asserted that “one of the reasons God brings earthquakes to the world is because of the transgressions of homosexuality.” “An email went out in my community just a few hours ago, ‘How long will it take Rabbi Levin to tie this earthquake in with homosexual marriage?’” he began. “Not very long at all. I’m happy to see that people — even if some of them are scoffers — are starting to see the connection.” “Yes, there is a direct connection between earthquakes and homosexuality. There was in Haiti and it is here, in New York, in Washington, D.C., where they passed homosexual legislation ordinances, in New York City and state, where they opened, especially on Sunday early, where they passed the homosexual marriage law.” Levin continued: “We want everyone to understand that if this kinds of activities continue and are legislated into the moral fiber of the country and are forced down the throats of the religious people, it’s a revolt against God. And literally, there’s hell to pay. The blog Good As You noted that in June, Levin had spoken during a NOM press conference.
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WASHINGTON — The National Park Service says engineers have found a crack near the top of the Washington Monument presumably caused by a magnitude-5.8 earthquake that shook the East Coast. Park service spokesman Bill Line said Tuesday night that structural engineers found the crack where the 555-foot landmark narrows considerably. He says the monument will be closed indefinitely to keep the public safe. An outside engineering service will study the crack on Wednesday. The 91,000-ton monument is made of Maryland marble.
Continue reading …FishbowlDC’s Rothstein Complains Howard Kurtz ‘Pimp[s]‘ Daughter’s Article
August 24, 2011 No Comment![FishbowlDC’s Rothstein Complains Howard Kurtz ‘Pimp[s]‘ Daughter’s Article](https://newsbreakingonline.com/wp-content/themes/transcript/timthumb.php?src=%3Cimg+src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fnewsbreakingonline.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F08%2F459e0886b7k_body.jpg-150x110.jpg%22+%2F%3E&q=90&w=190&h=100&zc=1 "FishbowlDC’s Rothstein Complains Howard Kurtz ‘Pimp[s]‘ Daughter’s Article")
Howard Kurtz committed journalistic “incest” by tweeting an article written by his daughter for TheHill.com. That is, according to Fishbowl DC editor, Betsy Rothstein, who ranked it a 6.5 out of 10 on the journalistic “incest scale” : Today Howie takes a quick break from self-pimping to pimp his daughter, Judy Kurtz, who writes the “In the Know” gossip column for The Hill. “John McCain learns the meaning of a Shabbat elevator.” He links to this story by Judy. As The Daily Beast‘s Washington Bureau Chief, Howard Kurtz has been known to write upwards of seven tweets to promo “Reliable Sources,” the Sunday morning program he hosts on CNN. In a sense, it’s touching that he’s taking a feather out of his pimp cap and trying to pass the magic on to his daughter. But there’s something unpalatable about it considering he wouldn’t do this for another journalist and, to our knowledge, has never given a nod to that column or most Capitol Hill gossip columns before. This is our third Incest Desk item on this father-daughter duo. While some get upset when we link a father and daughter journo team for this feature, please understand we’re not saying there’s actual incest going on. It’s Washington incest — disturbing in its own right, but that’s all. We’re giving it a 6.5 on the 1-10 Incest scale (1 is best, 10 is worst). We reached out to The Hill for comment. They declined. Good on The Hill. Such a despicable smear doesn't deserve being dignified with a response. On another note, MediaBistro appears to have lower standards than MSNBC, which suspended then-anchor David Shuster for saying, on air, that the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign had “pimped out” daughter Chelsea.
Continue reading …UK Advertising Authority smacks Motorola for misleading Atrix advert (video)
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Oh dear. Remember Motorola’s advert claiming the Atrix was the “world’s most powerful smartphone?” Well it’s now been banned in the UK by the Advertising Standards Authority . Viewers complained about the misleading phrase as the Galaxy S II has a faster 1.2 GHz processor, compared to Atrix’s 1GHz. Moto said it meant “powerful” in the sense it could drive various devices — the ASA didn’t agree, since the phrase was read out over the final shot in the advert, where the phone appears in isolation. It ruled that as such, the advert was misleading and can only reappear on UK TV with the contentious phrase removed. Armchair adjudicators can decide for themselves in the video after the break. Continue reading UK Advertising Authority smacks Motorola for misleading Atrix advert (video) UK Advertising Authority smacks Motorola for misleading Atrix advert (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:12:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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• Hit F5 for the latest or select our auto-refresh button below • And email your thoughts to rob.smyth@guardian.co.uk “How are you brother?” Is this modern football ? Really? I was going to say that Garry Cook needs to take a long look in the mirror, but I suspect such an activity is the problem here rather than the solution. Every loser wins , said 1980s visionary Nick Berry. And that might be the case tonight. Fenerbahce have been booted out of the Champions League because their hospitality buffets only stretch to 14 courses, not the 16 demanded by Uefa, and that means there is a spare place in this year’s tournament. It has been suggested it may go to the play-off losers with the highest coefficient ( Arsenal are second on that list behind Bayern Munich , who are already through), although this has not been confirmed by any of our snouts. Team news Udinese (4-4-1-1) Handanovic; Ekstrand, Benatia, Danilo, Neuton; Isla, Agyemang-Badu, Asamoah, Armero; Pinzi; Di Natale. Subs: Belardi, Basta, Denis, Abdi, Pasquale, Doubai, Fabbrini. Arsenal (4-2-3-1) Szczesny; Jenkinson, Djourou, Vermaelen, Sagna; Frimpong, Song; Walcott, Ramsey, Gervinho; van Persie. Subs: Fabianski, Rosicky, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Arshavin, Chamakh, Traore, Miquel. Referee Olegario Benquerenca (Portugal) Preamble Hello. Playoffs are usually about contrived drama, yet tonight’s match between Udinese and Arsenal has the whiff of authenticity: it takes us back to the good old days of European competition, when an unseeded knockout meant there was no safety net for the big sides and they could go out of Europe before the advent calendars were off the production line, never mind in the shops. Admittedly this isn’t an unseeded knockout, the authenticity is a contrived attempt by Uefa to replace some of the authenticity that was lost because of an earlier contrivance, but the results are exciting so we’re not going to complain. Tonight Arsenal are in serious danger of suffering a fate even worse than going out of Europe: being dumped into the Europa League. It’s all gone wrong for them in the last couple of weeks. They have a number of injuries, Samir Nasri has done one, the sky is falling in on Arsene Wenger, and some of their supporters can’t find any foie gras in the Islington M&S. These points will concern Arsenal fans, but they should also stimulate them. If they get through tonight it will feel approximately 47 billion times better than it would had they eased past the champions of San Marino, and the lack of foie gras allows you to buy some corned beef and roll back the years. There is also the fact that tipping points are generally made of adversity, particularly for Wenger’s Arsenal. In 1997-98 a dismal December run of four defeats in six games sparked an unbeaten surge to the title; in 2001-02 an unlucky defeat at home to Newcastle was followed by the early dismissal of Gio van Bronckhorst at Anfield in the next match. Arsenal won 2-1, thrillingly , and weren’t beaten again in the league all season; in 2003-04, a tricky midweek tie against Italian opposition was followed by a trip to Old Trafford, Arsenal apparently fit for a mauling. Ruud van Nistelrooy missed a last-minute penalty, Arsenal manhandled him and used the fallout to foster a siege mentality that ultimately rendered them invincible. Such a scenario is improbable this season, because Arsenal are a bit of a mess and Wenger, in essence a good man in a sport full of bad men, looks extremely tired. Yet it’s far from impossible. Ultimately nobody knows anything, and at the very least Wenger deserves to be treated with far more respect than is currently the case, even if Arsenal do go out tonight. They have generally had a great time of things in Italy, from the tragic Paul Vaessen’s winner against Juventus to Thierry Henry shredding Roma and Inter. Even when Arsenal lose in Italy, they often win – second-leg defeats to Sampdoria in 1995 and Roma in 2009 were followed by victorious penalty shoot-outs. A similar scenario is conceivable here, although Arsenal will have to play well to get even that far. For them, this is a proper test. Just as European football should be. Champions League 2011-12 qualifiers Champions League 2011-12 Udinese Arsenal Champions League Rob Smyth guardian.co.uk
Continue reading …Seeking to ramp up condemnation of Syria beyond mere words , the European Union, with the support of the United States, has introduced draft resolution to the UN Security Council for a total arms embargo, requiring all sea and air cargo entering and leaving Syria to be inspected, reports the Wall…
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Fugitive from slaughterhouse continues to outwit her would-be rescuers, who are battling to prevent hunters shooting the animal Three months after Yvonne went on the run, the hunt for Germany’s most famous fugitive is heating up after a search party discovered a sign of her wanderings – a field littered with cowpats. Yvonne, a six-year-old dairy cow, escaped from a Bavarian farm in May days before she was due to be slaughtered. When the local authorities in Mühldorf gave hunters permission to shoot her on sight, animal rights activists waded in. Gut Aiderbichl, an animal sanctuary in Austria, paid Yvonne’s owner €600 (£530), vowing to bring the cow to safety before she was knocked down by a Bavarian bullet. Her whereabouts have now become a national obsession in Germany, with one tabloid offering a reward of €10,000 for her safe return. Her story has spread across the world. On Wednesday Gut Aiderbichl said it had had media inquiries from Abu Dhabi and South Africa, where a psychic claimed to have communicated with her. Indians had been stressing Yvonne’s holiness. Despite the publicity, Yvonne remains at large. An animal whisperer from Switzerland failed to coax her back from the Bavarian forest using telepathy; Ernst, the bull with a “deep baritone moo” and manly musk, also proved strangely resistible. The plan for Friesi, Yvonne’s “long-lost” two-year-old son, to be deployed as an inducement has yet to be put into action: he is still being briefed on his special role (tugging at Mum’s heartstrings). Last week a local radio station leased a helicopter equipped with a heat-seeking camera to fly over the woods where Yvonne is believed to be hiding, but reported that she ran away “nimble as a weasel” when they hovered overhead. This week the Gut Aiderbichl search party spotted some vital clues, including cowpats created, they swear, by Yvonne. A hunter claimed that in the early hours of Monday he came face-to-face with Yvonne, Michael Aufhauser, who runs Gut Aiderbichl, reported. “He told us he looked into her eyes and she looked back like a wild animal, not a dairy cow,” said Aufhauser. The hunter was not allowed to shoot Yvonne because Gut Aiderbichl had been granted an injunction which made it temporarily illegal to kill her. The latest injunction is due to expire on Sunday, though Aufhauser is confident it will be extended. “Right now we are just waiting for her,” he said. “Maybe she will come to us in an hour, maybe days or weeks. But we will stay for as long as it takes.” Germany Europe Animals Animal welfare Animal behaviour Helen Pidd guardian.co.uk
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