Authorities are continuing extensive grid searches as they try to find a missing 3-year-old Lewis County, West Virginia girl. She disappeared from her home Saturday. (Sept. 29)
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As non sequitur veteran Demitri Martin cheekily writes in “This Is A Book,” “a typo can charge the meaning of everything.” Susan Andersen realized the truth in this statement earlier this month, when a single misplaced consonant in her new book turned a bedroom scene into bathroom humor. Typos are far from uncommon, especially with the growing ubiquitousness of independent publishers and self-published e-books. Every day we encounter books, blogs and billboards guilty of to/too confusion or unnecessary quotation marks. Even literary greats have their grammatical guffaws: Fitzgerald lacked spelling skills, Tolstoy omitted necessary words and De Cervantes’ work was sometimes without subject-verb agreement. As a New York Times column points out, some readers regard errors as beauty marks, “[finding] humanity in orthographic quirks.” An optimistic outlook, to be sure, but some mistakes are too comical or offensive to admire. Here are a few examples of the worst and most laughable typos of all time: Front page image: photo illustration based on Flickr photo by Katerha
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Earlier this week, we gave you an adorable video of two bear cubs stopping traffic by wrestling on the road. Today, we’ve upped the ante with photos of adorable baby pandas snuggling in a crib. The pandas are in a nursery at the Giant Panda Breeding Centre in Chengdu, China. Actually, they might even be too cute, right? NPR pointed out that these photos also accompany the news that Tuesday marks the beginning of China’s once-in-a-decade census of pandas in the wild. According to the Associated Press, giant pandas are threatened by a loss of habitat, poaching and poor breeding abilities. This summer, 44 red pandas were moved to Pu’er National Park in China, in an effort to protect the endangered species. Can’t get enough pandas? Check out this video of a giant panda at the San Diego Zoo celebrating his second birthday. PHOTOS: Check out more images of endangered animals in the slideshow below:
Continue reading …Jennifer Garner In ‘Butter’: Channels Sarah Palin, Right Wing In New Clip (VIDEO)
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When Harvey Weinstein introduced the film “Butter” at the Toronto International Film Fest, he issued an invitation to Michelle Bachman and the rest of the Tea Party: come to Iowa to help me introduce the film, he offered, and we can have a fun, politically-diverse time. What went left unsaid — at least until the film screened that night — was that the movie featured Jennifer Garner as a shrill Iowan woman straight out of the GOP parody playbook, a play on Palin that now fit Bachmann’s persona, too. The film uses a butter sculpting competition at the Iowa State Fair as a very thinly veiled metaphr for the political crush that happens at the first-in-the-nation caucus every four years. Garner is an aspiring dairy artist, the wife of an already accomplished champion (in this sense, it’s also inspired by Hillary Clinton running in 2008) who gets her hopes for victory hijacked by a young, adopted black girl. In this just released clip from the film, Garner-as-Palin/Bachmann makes some pretty insensitive remarks, shocking the crowd and delighting the film viewer with awkwardness. WATCH: Garner recently revealed that she is pregnant with her and husband Ben Affleck’s third child; here’s a slideshow of some other pregnant stars. PHOTOS:
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Welcome to IRL , an ongoing feature where we talk about the gadgets, apps and toys we’re using in real life and take a second look at products that already got the formal review treatment. It’s been a hectic week, what with Amazon trotting out a little something you may have been expecting (along with a few things you weren’t). We won’t lie: some of us now know what we’re getting our friends and family for the holidays, but gadgets we may or may not be purchasing doesn’t cut the mustard for IRL, now does it? Until we pull the trigger, we’ll keep on talking up and dressing down the stuff we’re already using. This week, Jose from Engadget Spanish takes his newly minted NEX-C3 on vacation, Dana outgrows her Forerunner 110 and Darren shows you just how your hands-on video sausages get made. Continue reading IRL: Sony NEX-C3, Garmin Forerunner 110 and the Elgato Turbo.264 HD IRL: Sony NEX-C3, Garmin Forerunner 110 and the Elgato Turbo.264 HD originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …20-year-old man accused of helping to fund and concealing terror attack preparations A seventh terror suspect is being charged over an alleged UK suicide bombing plot, prosecutors have said. Mujahid Hussain will appear at Westminster magistrates court on Friday accused of helping fund the plan and providing information of material assistance. Six men have already been remanded in custody after the counter-terror operation by police in Birmingham. Deborah Walsh, deputy head of the Crown Prosecution Service special crime and counter-terror division, said she authorised West Midlands police to make the twin charges. The 20-year-old suspect is accused of entering into a funding arrangement for the purposes of terrorism and failing to disclose information about acts of terrorism, she added. The first charge reads that, before 19 September, he “entered into or became concerned in an arrangement as a result of which money or other property was to be made available to another, knowing or having reasonable cause to suspect that it would or might be used for the purposes of terrorism”. The second charge alleges that, between 29 July and 19 September, he had “information which he knew or believed might be of material assistance in securing the apprehension, prosecution or conviction of another person, in the United Kingdom, for an offence involving the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism and did not disclose the information as soon as reasonably practicable”. The other six defendants appeared at West London magistrates court on Monday. Some of them are accused of wanting to be suicide bombers, having trained for terror in Pakistan and having raised money for terrorism. The men, all from Birmingham and said to be part of a terror network, were remanded by deputy senior district judge Daphne Wickham. Ashik Ali, 26, of White Street, Irfan Nasser, 30, of Doris Road, Irfan Khalid, 26, of Timbers Way, and Rahim Ahmed, 25, of Moorcroft Road, will appear at the Old Bailey next month. They are accused of one count of engaging in conduct in preparation for terrorist acts. Nasser, Khalid and Ali are said to have planned a bombing campaign, stated an intention to become suicide bombers, collected money for terrorism, made or helped make a homemade bomb and recruited people for terrorism. Nasser and Khalid are also accused of travelling to Pakistan for terror training including bomb-making, weapons and poison-making as well as making a martyrdom film. Ahmed is accused of helping others travel to Pakistan for terror training, collecting money for terrorism and investing and managing money for terrorist acts. Mohammed Rizwan, 32, of Asquith Road, has been charged with failing to disclose information about acts of terrorism. It is alleged that between 29 July and 19 September this year, he had information which he knew may help prevent the “commission of an act of terrorism but did not disclose the information”. He will next appear before Westminster magistrates on 24 October alongside Ali’s brother, Bahader Ali, 28, of Turner Road. Both are from the Sparkbrook area of the city. UK security and terrorism Birmingham Police guardian.co.uk
Continue reading …20-year-old man accused of helping to fund and concealing terror attack preparations A seventh terror suspect is being charged over an alleged UK suicide bombing plot, prosecutors have said. Mujahid Hussain will appear at Westminster magistrates court on Friday accused of helping fund the plan and providing information of material assistance. Six men have already been remanded in custody after the counter-terror operation by police in Birmingham. Deborah Walsh, deputy head of the Crown Prosecution Service special crime and counter-terror division, said she authorised West Midlands police to make the twin charges. The 20-year-old suspect is accused of entering into a funding arrangement for the purposes of terrorism and failing to disclose information about acts of terrorism, she added. The first charge reads that, before 19 September, he “entered into or became concerned in an arrangement as a result of which money or other property was to be made available to another, knowing or having reasonable cause to suspect that it would or might be used for the purposes of terrorism”. The second charge alleges that, between 29 July and 19 September, he had “information which he knew or believed might be of material assistance in securing the apprehension, prosecution or conviction of another person, in the United Kingdom, for an offence involving the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism and did not disclose the information as soon as reasonably practicable”. The other six defendants appeared at West London magistrates court on Monday. Some of them are accused of wanting to be suicide bombers, having trained for terror in Pakistan and having raised money for terrorism. The men, all from Birmingham and said to be part of a terror network, were remanded by deputy senior district judge Daphne Wickham. Ashik Ali, 26, of White Street, Irfan Nasser, 30, of Doris Road, Irfan Khalid, 26, of Timbers Way, and Rahim Ahmed, 25, of Moorcroft Road, will appear at the Old Bailey next month. They are accused of one count of engaging in conduct in preparation for terrorist acts. Nasser, Khalid and Ali are said to have planned a bombing campaign, stated an intention to become suicide bombers, collected money for terrorism, made or helped make a homemade bomb and recruited people for terrorism. Nasser and Khalid are also accused of travelling to Pakistan for terror training including bomb-making, weapons and poison-making as well as making a martyrdom film. Ahmed is accused of helping others travel to Pakistan for terror training, collecting money for terrorism and investing and managing money for terrorist acts. Mohammed Rizwan, 32, of Asquith Road, has been charged with failing to disclose information about acts of terrorism. It is alleged that between 29 July and 19 September this year, he had information which he knew may help prevent the “commission of an act of terrorism but did not disclose the information”. He will next appear before Westminster magistrates on 24 October alongside Ali’s brother, Bahader Ali, 28, of Turner Road. Both are from the Sparkbrook area of the city. UK security and terrorism Birmingham Police guardian.co.uk
Continue reading …20-year-old man accused of helping to fund and concealing terror attack preparations A seventh terror suspect is being charged over an alleged UK suicide bombing plot, prosecutors have said. Mujahid Hussain will appear at Westminster magistrates court on Friday accused of helping fund the plan and providing information of material assistance. Six men have already been remanded in custody after the counter-terror operation by police in Birmingham. Deborah Walsh, deputy head of the Crown Prosecution Service special crime and counter-terror division, said she authorised West Midlands police to make the twin charges. The 20-year-old suspect is accused of entering into a funding arrangement for the purposes of terrorism and failing to disclose information about acts of terrorism, she added. The first charge reads that, before 19 September, he “entered into or became concerned in an arrangement as a result of which money or other property was to be made available to another, knowing or having reasonable cause to suspect that it would or might be used for the purposes of terrorism”. The second charge alleges that, between 29 July and 19 September, he had “information which he knew or believed might be of material assistance in securing the apprehension, prosecution or conviction of another person, in the United Kingdom, for an offence involving the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism and did not disclose the information as soon as reasonably practicable”. The other six defendants appeared at West London magistrates court on Monday. Some of them are accused of wanting to be suicide bombers, having trained for terror in Pakistan and having raised money for terrorism. The men, all from Birmingham and said to be part of a terror network, were remanded by deputy senior district judge Daphne Wickham. Ashik Ali, 26, of White Street, Irfan Nasser, 30, of Doris Road, Irfan Khalid, 26, of Timbers Way, and Rahim Ahmed, 25, of Moorcroft Road, will appear at the Old Bailey next month. They are accused of one count of engaging in conduct in preparation for terrorist acts. Nasser, Khalid and Ali are said to have planned a bombing campaign, stated an intention to become suicide bombers, collected money for terrorism, made or helped make a homemade bomb and recruited people for terrorism. Nasser and Khalid are also accused of travelling to Pakistan for terror training including bomb-making, weapons and poison-making as well as making a martyrdom film. Ahmed is accused of helping others travel to Pakistan for terror training, collecting money for terrorism and investing and managing money for terrorist acts. Mohammed Rizwan, 32, of Asquith Road, has been charged with failing to disclose information about acts of terrorism. It is alleged that between 29 July and 19 September this year, he had information which he knew may help prevent the “commission of an act of terrorism but did not disclose the information”. He will next appear before Westminster magistrates on 24 October alongside Ali’s brother, Bahader Ali, 28, of Turner Road. Both are from the Sparkbrook area of the city. UK security and terrorism Birmingham Police guardian.co.uk
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