• Celtic manager attacked by fan from Tynecastle’s main stand • Mjallby says Lennon was badly shaken but unhurt Celtic’s manager, Neil Lennon, was attacked by a supporter during his team’s Scottish Premier League victory at Hearts last night in the latest incident involving the Northern Irishman this season. Lennon, around whom security levels are tight after threats to his life in recent months, was targeted after Celtic’s second goal in their 3-0 win. A man, who sprinted from Tynecastle’s main stand, grabbed hold of Lennon on the touchline before being wrestled to the ground by a combination of the Celtic coaching team, stewards and police. Lennon kicked out at his attacker while the man, who was led away by police, lay on the turf. Celtic’s manager was unhurt but visibly affected by an incident that continues a turbulent 2011 for him and Scottish football. In January a package containing bullets and addressed to him was intercepted in Northern Ireland. Two months later he was involved in a furious touchline row with the Rangers assistant manager, Ally McCoist, at the end of an Old Firm derby; a political summit was held partly as a consequence of that fracas. Since last month Lennon has been under 24-hour security after a viable explosive device intended for him was halted in the post but last night marked the first time he has come into direct danger when carrying out his work. Condemnation instantly arrived from across Scottish football. “It was an utter disgrace,” said the Celtic coach Johan Mjallby, who took care of post-match media duties on Lennon’s behalf. “It was shocking and I have never seen anything like it at this level. This is a dark day for Scottish football. You never know what the guy could have had in his hand.” Lennon’s assailant was arrested and is due in court. Mjallby recalled the moment the man came into view. “I saw it out of the corner of my eye, that someone was beside the dugout. [Celtic's coach] Alan Thompson was the first to react and to get hold of the guy. Neil was surprised and shocked. He is OK but shaken.” Hearts, who are certain to face sanctions from the Scottish football authorities, vowed to co-operate with whatever investigations take place into the volatile encounter. Immediately after the attack on Lennon a section of the Celtic support fought with the police. Hearts said in a statement: “An investigation into events which took place in the second half of tonight’s game against Celtic is now under way. Hearts is a club which prides itself on its ‘football for all’ policy and these sorts of actions have no place in the game of football. We will give our full support to the stewards and police authorities in the ensuing investigation into the events at tonight’s match.” Both teams had players sent off during a Celtic win which keeps alive Lennon’s faint hopes of winning the Scottish Premier League championship in his first full season in charge. Stewart Regan, chief executive of the Scottish Football Association, and his counterpart Neil Doncaster at the Scottish Premier League issued immediate responses to the ugly touchline scenes. “The SPL deplores the actions of the individual involved,” said Doncaster. “This type of behaviour has no place in Scottish football. “The SPL will undertake a full investigation and will be reviewing reports from the SPL match delegate, match officials, the police and the clubs.” Regan said: “Clearly this behaviour from supporters is wholly unacceptable. “The safety of players, club officials and match officials is paramount on or around the field of play, and this clear breach of security is a matter I will be discussing with SPL chief executive Neil Doncaster tomorrow.” As after the Old Firm game in March, Scotland’s first minister, Alex Salmond, felt obliged to express concern: “This sort of behaviour is utterly unacceptable.” A Lothian and Borders police spokesman said: “A number of incidents took place during this match including some violent disorder. “Lothian and Borders Police will fully investigate all of the incidents that occurred at the match this evening and will work closely with both football clubs and the SPL.” Neil Lennon Celtic Hearts Ewan Murray guardian.co.uk
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Dead eagles found across the United States are shipped to the National Eagle Repository in Colorado, where workers examine the feathers and ship the feathers to American Indians who use them for religious ceremonies. (May 11)
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Dead eagles found across the United States are shipped to the National Eagle Repository in Colorado, where workers examine the feathers and ship the feathers to American Indians who use them for religious ceremonies. (May 11)
Continue reading …Editorial: Google clarifies Chromebook subscriptions, might have just changed the industry
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Following Google’s second I/O keynote , we were ushered into a room where a number of the company’s executives were on hand to field questions from the press. Or in other terms, dodge bullets and tell us what we’re probably not looking to hear. All jesting aside, the Chrome team was rather forthright during the session, and a number of details surrounding the outfit’s (potentially game changing) subscription model were unearthed. Details on contract terms, what’s included / not included and where the line is drawn between enterprise and consumer lie just after the break, along with our take on how this monumental announcement may or may not change the way we buy computers. Continue reading Editorial: Google clarifies Chromebook subscriptions, might have just changed the industry Editorial: Google clarifies Chromebook subscriptions, might have just changed the industry originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 11 May 2011 19:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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“I like your style, dude.” So says the narrator of the cult film classic The Big Lebowski when he meets Jeffrey Lebowski—a.k.a. “The Dude”—at the bar of the Dude’s favorite bowling alley. Now, you too can own a piece of that style, as the Dude’s ubiquitous beige cardigan goes on sale May 14-15 in Beverly
Continue reading …The big question in Washington: Now that Osama bin Laden is dead, what do we do about Afghanistan? Senators John Kerry, a Democrat, and Richard Lugar, a Republican, both said yesterday that we must reassess the nearly decade-old conflict and work toward, as Kerry said, “the smallest footprint necessary.” But…
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ATLANTA (AP) — Republican Newt Gingrich has formally jumped into the race for president. In a post on Twitter Wednesday, the former House speaker says, “Today I am announcing my candidacy for president of the United States.” In a YouTube video, Gingrich assures viewers, “There’s a much better American future ahead.” Gingrich has been publicly flirting with the race for months. He said Monday he would… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Blaze Discovery Date : 11/05/2011 22:49 Number of articles : 11
Continue reading …More than 300 troops and extra police with search and rescue teams were being drafted into the city, where 10 died An earthquake struck the south-eastern Spanish city of Lorca on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people and injuring dozens amid scenes of chaos caused by the country’s worst quake for half a century. Falling bell towers, walls and masonry brought panic to the streets of a small city that lies in an area known for minor earthquakes, but where residents could not recall such an intense quake in living memory. The earthquake was magnitude 5.1 and came at 6.47pm local time, almost two hours after a 4.4 magnitude quake had already caused considerable damage and forced many people out of their homes into the city’s streets. The quake was felt in the neighbouring provinces of Almería, Granada and Albacete, but the worst of the damage was done in Lorca, in the province of Murcia, where people were staying outside as aftershocks struck. Up to 10,000 people were expected to camp out at the city’s fairground. More than 300 troops and extra police with search and rescue teams were being drafted into the city to look for the dead and injured and clear away the rubble. City mayor Francisco Jódar called for water, blankets, food and mattresses to be brought in from neighbouring towns. “People don’t dare go back into their homes. I can’t tell them to go home and spend the night there as I can’t promise them that there will not be another quake,” he said. A reporter broadcasting live for state television station TVE narrowly escaped being hit by the facade of a church’s falling bell tower . A 13th-century tower in the city’s castle was also reported to have been seriously damaged by the force of the quake. Patients had to be evacuated from the city hospital, which was damaged. TV pictures and news photographs appeared to show at least one building that had fallen across a city street, along with images of cars crushed by falling rubble, fallen walls and large cracks in buildings. “I felt a tremendously strong movement, followed by a lot of noise, and I was really frightened,” resident Juani Avellanada told El País. Another resident, Juana Ruíz, told the newspaper her house had split open with the quake and “all the furniture fell over.” Spain’s last major quake was in 1956, when 12 people died in the province of Granada. Natural disasters and extreme weather Spain Europe Giles Tremlett guardian.co.uk
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Personal, handwritten journal and collection of computer files reveal his hand at work in every recent major al-Qaida threat Osama bin Laden kept pressing followers to find new ways to strike at the US while he was in hiding and his terror organisation was becoming battered and fragmented, officials have said, citing his private journal and other documents recovered in last week’s raid. Bin Laden suggested that they attack smaller cities and target trains as well as planes. Above all, he urged them to kill as many Americans as possible in a single attack. Though he was out of the public eye and al-Qaida seemed to be weakening, Bin Laden never yielded control of the worldwide organisation, US officials have said. His personal, handwritten journal and large collection of computer files reveal his hand at work in every recent major al-Qaida threat, including plots in Europe last year that had travellers and embassies on high alert, two officials said. Analysts are continuing to review the documents. The information shatters the government’s conventional thinking about Bin Laden, who had been regarded mostly an inspirational figurehead whose years in hiding made him too marginalised to maintain operational control of the organisation he founded. Bin Laden was in reality communicating from his walled compound in Pakistan with al-Qaida’s offshoots, including the Yemen branch that has emerged as the leading threat to the United States, the documents indicate. Though there is no evidence yet that he was directly behind the attempted Christmas Day 2009 bombing of a Detroit-bound airliner or the nearly-successful attack on cargo planes heading for Chicago and Philadelphia, it is now clear that they bear some of Bin Laden’s hallmarks. Don’t limit attacks to New York, he said in his writings. Consider other areas such as Los Angeles or smaller cities. Spread out the targets. In one particularly macabre bit of mathematics, Bin Laden’s writings show him musing over just how many Americans he must kill to force the US to withdraw from the Arab world. He concludes that small attacks had not been enough. He tells his disciples that only a body count of thousands, something on the scale of the 9/11 attacks, would shift US policy. He also schemed about ways to sow political dissent in Washington and play political figures against one another, officials said. The communications were in missives sent via plug-in computer storage devices called flash drives. The devices were ferried to Bin Laden’s compound by couriers, a process that is slow but exceptionally difficult to track. Intelligence officials have not identified any new planned targets or plots in their initial analysis of the 100 or so flash drives and five computers that an assault team of Navy Seals hauled away after killing Bin Laden. Last week, the FBI and Homeland Security Department warned law enforcement officials nationwide to be on alert for possible attacks against trains, though officials said there was no specific plot. Officials have not yet seen any indication that Bin Laden had the ability to co-ordinate timings of attacks across the various al-Qaida affiliates in Pakistan, Yemen, Algeria, Iraq and Somalia, and it is also unclear how much the affiliate groups relied on his guidance. The Yemen group, for instance, has embraced the smaller-scale attacks that Bin Laden’s writings indicate he regarded as unsuccessful. The Yemen branch had already surpassed his central operation as al-Qaida’s leading fundraising, propaganda and operational arm. Al-Qaida has not named Bin Laden’s successor, but all indications point to his No2, Ayman al-Zawahri. The question is whether Zawahri, or anyone, has the ability to keep so many disparate groups under the al-Qaida banner. The groups in Somalia and Algeria, for instance, have very different goals focused on local grievances. Without Bin Laden to serve as their shepherd, it is possible al-Qaida will further fragment. Osama bin Laden United States Global terrorism guardian.co.uk
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Tom Selleck on the challenges of playing Police Commissioner Frank Reagan on CBS’ ‘Blue Bloods’ and what to expect in Friday’s season finale. (May 11)
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