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Thursday, February 28, 2013
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Google+ Sign-In lets you use account info across iOS, Android and web apps
These days it seems like every app wants your Facebook or Twitter info -- it figures that Google wants a piece of that action, too. Today the software giant announced Google+ Sign-in, a new feature that makes it possible to log into non-Google apps using your credentials for its myriad services (your Gmails, your YouTubes, et al). Google promises that Sign-in, which will be available for Android, iOS and web apps alike, will deliver the "protections and safeguards you've come to expect." The feature also makes it possible to decide what information you're sharing, so you don't spam the rest of us with your fitness goals (have we mentioned how fit you're looking these days?). You can also manage all of the apps you're using with Sign-In through Google+. More information for developers and users alike can be found in the source link below.
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Zoe Saldana Geeks Out About 'Star Trek Into Darkness' And 'Avatar 2'
On the red carpet at the Oscars, MTV News' Josh Horowitz couldn't help but totally geek out with Zoe Saldana about her two sci-fi franchises, J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek" and James Cameron's "Avatar," both of which are expecting sequels in the near to relatively near future. But first thing's first, "Star Trek Into Darkness." What's [...]
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Sequester-related job cuts could prove costly
Without a deal in place yet to avoid Friday's sequester ? the start of mandatory cuts in defense and discretionary spending ? companies with U.S. government contracts must figure out which workers will likely be laid off as the funds to keep them on the payroll will disappear.
The federal government spends more than $500 billion a year? or roughly 14 percent of the federal budget ? on private-sector contractors, and an estimated 7.5 million people are employed through government contracts.
Hundreds of thousands of workers face being let go after Friday in order to reach reductions in defense by $500 billion and nondefense by $700 billion to reduce the deficit this year and over the next decade by at least $1.2 trillion.
In many cases, it won't be easy, said Connie Bertram, a labor and employment lawyer at Proskauer, as firms have to consider issues like benefit packages, accrued leave pay and possible legal action from laid-off workers.
"Sequestration can't be used as a tool to lay people off. Firms have to follow state and federal laws when it comes to letting people go," Bertram said. "That means they have to justify the layoff beyond sequestration in many cases. A worker would have to be told why he or she is being let go."
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"Given the scope of program cutbacks, the risk of litigation is high," Bertam said. "Contractor employees often work in highly specialized fields, so if entire programs are eliminated or substantially reduced, it will be difficult for former employees to find comparable employment. This is a recipe for workers to sue the firm."
"And If you're making a decision between two people, the one let go could legally challenge it," Bertam added.
Deciding how to pay laid-off or furloughed workers is major headache for companies.
"Do they get unpaid leave or take a reduction pay scale or work only certain hours of the week? Do salaried workers become hourly workers and lose health benefits? There's a lot to consider," Bertram said.
The list of government contractors is long, and it's not just defense companies like Northrup Grumman and Lockheed Martin. Companies like Verizon, AT& T and Hewlett-Packard are among government contractors.
And their role is often dominant. The Department of Energy spends 90 percent of its budget on contractors that manage the agency's sites and other duties, according the Government Accountability Office.
At this point, it's difficult to know what action to take for workers and sequestration, said Randy Belote, a Northrup Grumman spokesman.
"We can't really plan what workers might or might not need to be laid off because we just don't know," Belote said. "We are waiting to hear from the Defense Department which areas will shut down."
"Obviously we have communicated to our workers the possibility of layoffs or furloughs, but we haven't put anything in place yet to plan for who might be let go," Belote said Tuesday.
Read More: 5 Reasons Not to Worry About Sequestration
Companies would be wise to take at least one action now ? and possibly save money and avoid legal headaches ? instead of waiting, said Dave Kurtz, a partner in Edwards Wildman's Labor & Employment group. He said firms should be issuing WARN notices to workers.
That's the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, which requires most employers to provide a 60-day notice in advance of plant closings and mass layoffs to nonunion workers.
"The White House has issued a wavier on WARN because of sequester, but it's not clear if that's completely legal, so firms would be wise to issue one now," Kurtz said. "Otherwise they could face legal action from workers and the associated costs."
Those costs could be an economic hot potato between Congress and the contractors, said Bertram.
"As part of the White House waiver, they said firms could add costs associated from not issuing WARN notices to their contracts and charge the government," Bertram said. "But Congress is balking at that, so it's in [the companies'] best interests to get them out, even if sequestration doesn't happen."
Union workers at firms with government contracts could also take legal action as a result of a sequester, said Kurtz.
"Those workers could, through their unions, file unfair labor suits against the firms because of sequestration," Kurtz said.
"But the irony is that those actions would likely end up in front of the Labor Relations Board but because of sequestration, there wouldn't be anyone there to hear their case," said Kurtz.
What's left between now and Friday and possibly beyond if a deal to stop the sequester is not reached is a lot of agony for everyone, say experts.
"Workers laid off will likely go into their savings if they have any or use their retirement funds to live and lose their health benefits," said Kurtz. "it's not a pretty picture."
"The sequester could impact companies for a long time and close down whole areas of production," said Bertam. "And imagine if a worker is told he's not coming back even if the sequester ends. It won't be easy trying to find another job."
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Jack Nicholson Hits On Jennifer Lawrence At Oscars (VIDEO)
Jack Nicholson Hits On Jennifer Lawrence At Oscars (VIDEO)
You can’t blame a legendary actor for trying can you? Jack Nicholson attempted to charm Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence after the Academy Awards last night. Nicholson may be 50 years older but that didn’t stop the ladies man from getting his flirt on with the pretty actress. Check out the adorable interaction of the two ...
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Apple signals emerging-market rethink with India push
NEW DELHI/BANGALORE (Reuters) - As BlackBerry launches the first smartphone from its make-or-break BB10 line in India, one of its most loyal markets, the company faces new competition from a formidable rival that has long had a minimal presence in the country.
More than four years after it started selling iPhones in India, Apple Inc is now aggressively pushing the iconic device through installment payment plans that make it more affordable, a new distribution model and heavy marketing blitz.
"Now your dream phone" at 5,056 rupees ($93), read a recent full front-page ad for an iPhone 5 in the Times of India, referring to the initial payment on a phone priced at $840, or almost two months' wages for an entry-level software engineer.
The new-found interest in India suggests a subtle strategy shift for Apple, which has moved tentatively in emerging markets and has allowed rivals such as Samsung and BlackBerry to dominate with more affordable smartphones. With the exception of China, all of its Apple stores are in advanced economies.
Apple expanded its India sales effort in the latter half of 2012 by adding two distributors. Previously it sold iPhones only through a few carriers and stores it calls premium resellers.
The result: iPhone shipments to India between October and December nearly tripled to 250,000 units from 90,000 in the previous quarter, according to an estimate by Jessica Kwee, a Singapore-based analyst at consultancy Canalys.
At The MobileStore, an Indian chain owned by the Essar conglomerate, which says it sells 15 percent of the iPhones in the country, iPhone sales tripled between December and January, thanks to a monthly payment scheme launched last month.
"Most people in India can't afford a dollar-priced phone when the salaries in India are rupee salaries. But the desire is the same," said Himanshu Chakrawarti, its chief executive.
Apple, the distributors, retailers and banks share the advertising and interest cost of the marketing push, according to Chakrawarti. Carriers like Bharti Airtel Ltd, which also sell the iPhone 5, run separate ads.
India is the world's No. 2 cellphone market by users, but most Indians cannot afford fancy handsets. Smartphones account for just a tenth of total phone sales. In India, 95 percent of cellphone users have prepaid accounts without a fixed contract. Unlike in the United States, carriers do not subsidise handsets.
Within the smartphone segment, Apple's Indian market share last quarter was just 5 percent, according to Canalys, meaning its overall penetration is tiny.
Still, industry research firm IDC expects the Indian smartphone market to grow more than five times from about 19 million units last year to 108 million in 2016, which presents a big opportunity.
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd dominates Indian smartphone sales with a 40 percent share, thanks to its wide portfolio of Android devices priced as low as $110. The market has also been flooded by cheaper Android phones from local brands such as Micromax and Lava.
Most smartphones sold in India are much cheaper than the iPhone, said Gartner analyst Anshul Gupta.
"Where the masses are - there, Apple still has a gap."
'I LOVE INDIA, BUT...'
Apple helped create the smartphone industry with the iPhone in 2007. But last year Apple lost its lead globally to Samsung whose smartphones, which run on Google Inc's free Android software, are especially attractive in Asia.
Many in Silicon Valley and Wall Street believe the surest way to penetrate lower-income Asian markets would be with a cheaper iPhone, as has been widely reported but never confirmed. The risk is that a cheap iPhone would cannibalize demand for the premium version and eat into Apple's peerless margins.
The new monthly payment plan in India goes a long way to expanding the potential market, said Chakrawarti.
"The Apple campaign is not meant for really the regular top-end customer, it is meant to upgrade the 10,000-12,000 handset guy to 45,000 rupees," he said.
Apple's main focus for expansion in Asia has been Greater China, including Taiwan and Hong Kong, where revenue grew 60 percent last quarter to $7.3 billion.
Asked last year why Apple had not been as successful in India, Chief Executive Tim Cook said its business in India was growing but the group remained more focused on other markets.
"I love India, but I believe that Apple has some higher potential in the intermediate term in some other countries," Cook said. "The multi-layer distribution there really adds to the cost of getting products to market," he said at the time.
Apple, which has partly addressed that by adding distributors, did not respond to an email seeking comment.
Ingram Micro Inc, one of its new distributors, also declined comment. Executives at Redington (India) Ltd, the other distributor, could not immediately be reached.
BlackBerry, which has seen its global market share shrivel to 3.4 percent from 20 percent over the past three years, is making what is seen as a last-ditch effort to save itself with the BB10 series.
The high-end BlackBerry Z10 was launched in India on Monday at 43,490 rupees ($800), close to the 45,500 rupees price tag for an iPhone 5 with 16 gigabytes of memory. Samsung's Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note 2, Nokia's Lumia 920 and two HTC Corp models are the main iPhone rivals.
BlackBerry will target corporate users and consumers in India for the Z10, said Sunil Dutt, India managing director, adding that it will tie-up with banks for installment plans.
Until last year, BlackBerry was the No. 3 smartphone brand in India with market share of more than 10 percent, thanks to a push into the consumer segment with lower-priced phones. Last quarter its share fell to about 5 percent, putting it in fifth place, according to Canalys. Apple was sixth.
(Additional reporting by Aradhana Aravindan in MUMBAI and Poornima Gupta in SAN FRANCISCO; Editing by Tony Munroe, Mark Bendeich and Chris Gallagher)
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Monday, February 25, 2013
Warming climate could cut labor capacity by 10 percent, study finds
US scientists warned that heat stress-related labor capacity losses will double globally by 2050 if the Earth's temperature rises?by another 1.8 degrees F.
A contractor wipes sweat from his eyes while he and a crew of fellow road workers repair heat-related damage to the asphalt on Southbound Interstate 55, in July 2012 in Memphis, Tenn.
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EnlargeEarth's increasingly hot, wet climate has cut the amount of work people can do in the worst heat by about 10 percent in the past six decades, and that loss in labor capacity could double by mid-century, U.S. government scientists reported on Sunday.
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Because warmer air can hold more moisture than cooler air, there's more absolute humidity in the atmosphere now than there used to be. And as anyone who has sweltered through a hot, muggy summer knows, it's more stressful to work through hot months when the humidity is high.
To figure out the stress of working in hotter, wetter conditions, experts from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration looked at military and industrial guidelines already in place for heat stress, and set those guidelines against climate projections for how hot and humid it's likely to get over the next century.
Their findings were stark: "We project that heat stress-related labor capacity losses will double globally by 2050 with a warming climate," said lead author John Dunne of NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory in Princeton.
Work capability is already down to 90 percent during the most hot and humid periods, Dunne and his co-authors wrote in the journal Nature Climate Change. Using a middle-of-the-road projection of future temperature and humidity, they estimate that could drop to 80 percent by 2050.
A more extreme scenario of future global warming, which estimated a temperature rise of 10.8 degrees F (6 degrees C), would make it difficult to work in the hottest months in many parts of the world, Dunne said at a telephone briefing.
Labor capacity would be all but eliminated in the lower Mississippi Valley and most of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains would be exposed to heat stress "beyond anything experienced in the world today," he said.
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Under this scenario, heat stress in New York City would exceed that of present-day Bahrain, while in Bahrain, the heat and humidity could cause hyperthermia - potentially dangerous overheating - even in sleeping people who were not working at all.
Humans are endothermic creatures, which means they give off heat. If they can't get rid of it faster than they create it, they go into hyperthermia. Typically, humans cool off by doing less heat-producing activity, but it may get so hot and humid that even a sleeping person wouldn't be able to dissipate heat fast enough.
"This planet will start experiencing heat stress that's unlike anything experienced today," said Ronald Stouffer, a co-author of the study.
The only way to retain labor capacity, Dunne said, is to limit global warming to less than 5 degrees F (3 degrees C).
Global average temperature has risen by about 1.2 degrees F (0.7 degree C) compared to pre-industrial times. It is likely to rise another 1.8 degrees F (1 degree C) by mid-century, Dunne said.
The way some workers already adapt to heat stress - taking a siesta during the hottest hours of the day, working outdoor jobs like construction at night when temperatures drop or ceasing work entirely during periods of peak heat and humidity - could migrate to places where heat stress is increasing.
The U.S. West Coast and Northern Europe are likely to be two of the regions that will be affected last by the trend toward more hot and humid climate, the scientists said.
Part of the issue is how well-adapted certain regions are to extreme heat stress, Dunne said.
As an example, he noted that some 70,000 people were killed during a disastrous 2003 heat wave in Europe, where heat stress was highly unusual. However, the same kind of stress was normal for a place like India, where a similar heat wave killed 3,000.
"It's very regionally dependent and highly determined by adaptation," Dunne said.
(Reporting by Deborah Zabarenko; Editing by Eric Walsh)
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Asteroid-Smashing Mission Picks Space Rock Target
A mission that aims to slam a spacecraft into a near-Earth asteroid now officially has a target ??a space rock called Didymos.
The joint European/U.S. Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment mission, or AIDA, will work to intercept Didymos in 2022, when the space rock is about 6.8 million miles (11 million kilometers) from Earth, European Space Agency officials announced Friday (Feb. 22).
Didymos is actually a binary system, in which a 2,625-foot-wide (800 meters) asteroid and a 490-foot (150 m) space rock orbit each other. Didymos poses no threat to Earth in the foreseeable future.
The proposed asteroid-smashing AIDA mission will send one small probe crashing into the smaller asteroid at about 14,000 mph (22,530 kph) while another spacecraft records the dramatic encounter. Meanwhile, Earth-based instruments will record so-called ?"ground-truthing" observations.
The goal is to learn more about how humanity could ward off a potentially dangerous space rock. The necessity of developing a viable deflection strategy was underlined in many people's minds by the events of last Friday (Feb. 15), when the 130-foot (40 m) asteroid 2012 DA14 gave Earth a historically close shave just hours after a 55-foot (17 m) object exploded above the Russian city of Chelyabinsk, injuring 1,200 people and damaging thousands of buildings.
The AIDA impact will unleash about as much energy as that released when a big piece of space junk hits a satellite, researchers said, so the mission could also help improve models of space-debris collisions.
"The project has value in many areas, from applied science and exploration to asteroid resource utilization," Andy Cheng, AIDA lead at Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory, said in a statement.
The European Space Agency (ESA) has asked scientists around the world to propose experiments that AIDA could carry in space or that could increase its scientific return from the ground. Researchers have until March 15 to pitch their ideas.
Johns Hopkins? Applied Physics Laboratory is providing AIDA's impactor, which is called DART (short for Double Asteroid Redirection Test). The observing spacecraft is known as AIM (Asteroid Impact Monitor) and will come from ESA.
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NFL combine: Browns CEO Joe Banner says finding a new QB not a high priority
INDIANAPOLIS ? Brandon Weeden will get a second chance to prove he?s the quarterback that will close the gap in the AFC North and lead the Browns into playoff contention.
CEO Joe Banner said Saturday he doesn?t expect to draft a quarterback in the first round and strongly indicated Weeden would return as the starter for his second season. Banner knows what he?s looking for in 2013.
?We see potential that we?re going to try to work with it and see what it?s going to develop into,? Banner said during the scouting combine. ?Some of that is just going to come from how bad he wants it. So I think we?ll know a lot more than we know now shortly.?
The new regime of Banner, vice president of player personnel Michael Lombardi and coach Rob Chudzinski had withheld support for Weeden until this weekend. In fact, owner Jimmy Haslam said at the Super Bowl the team would bring in competition for the starting job.
But Chudzinski on Friday complemented Weeden?s arm and poise in the pocket, while stopping short of committing to him.
?I?m excited about getting Brandon out on the field and in the meetings and around the building,? said Chudzinski, whose offseason program begins April 1.
Banner went a couple of steps further.
?We want to give him the best chance to succeed,? Banner said. ?We have a huge vested interest in him being successful. We think that we?re bringing in coaches that can maximize that. It will accelerate our ability to get to where we want to if he succeeds.?
The change in the message to the public follows film study by Lombardi, Chudzinski and offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Norv Turner. It could also be a reaction to the alternatives available. The draft class of quarterbacks is considered weak, and the options aren?t much better through trade or free agency.
The Browns own the No. 6 pick, and the top 10 is usually where franchise quarterbacks are obtained.
?It?s not the focus of our thinking,? Banner said. ?If we thought there was a QB at No. 6 that we thought was going to be a top player we would have to consider that. But if we picked a quarterback just ?cause we?re worried we?re not good enough there just to pick somebody who we?re not even that sure about, that would be a bad mistake.?
Banner didn?t rule out any means of acquiring another quarterback, but his focus was on the one he inherited.
Weeden started the first 15 games in 2012 after being the No. 22 pick in the draft. He opened the season with four interceptions in a loss to Philadelphia and finished with 14 touchdowns, 17 interceptions and a 72.6 rating that ranked 29th in the league. He went 5-10 and missed the last game with a minor shoulder injury.
Banner believes he can take a significant jump in his second season, especially with the help of Chudzinski and Turner. Their offensive system focuses on downfield throwing, which should also benefit Weeden by taking advantage of perhaps his greatest strength.
?Chud told you yesterday they think they can work with Brandon,? Banner said. ?He obviously has a lot of redeeming qualities. Most of the time you see big improvement from Year 1 to Year 2 in players who are going to become good players. He?s in the window where you need to see the kind of development if he?s going to be the long-term answer.?
Banner and Chudzinski referred to commitment and determination as imperative for Weeden to make the improvement they deem necessary. Jake Spavital, his quarterbacks coach at Oklahoma State, was quoted in a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel story about West Virginia?s Geno Smith that Weeden didn?t compare as a studier of film.
?These are guys who have shown some potential,? Banner said, referring to Weeden and second-year receiver Josh Gordon. ?But if they flattened at the level they are at now or didn?t have the determination to be the best they could be because of work ethic and things like that then they probably won?t be good enough to be on a team that will try to win a championship.
?On the other hand, they seem to have the ability that if they are willing to make the commitment, take the coaching, be part of kind of the culture that we are going to create in the organization with the team that is going to be a very physical, determined, hard-working group then maybe they can be part of the team.?
Banner was asked if there was an issue with Weeden?s work habits last year.
?My impression was that he took coaching well,? Banner said. ?So I?m hoping that will be a positive thing.?
Weeden will turn 30 in October, but Banner said that doesn?t mean giving him another season is a waste of time.
?Would it be better if was 24? Of course,? he said. ?But there?s no reason to think he can?t play five or six more years and if he can play well for us for five or six years, that would be great.?
The former regime of general manager Tom Heckert and coach Pat Shurmur publicly supported Colt McCoy during the 2012 offseason, then drafted Weeden and handed him the starting job. Banner said the backing of Weeden isn?t a smokescreen.
?I will not lie to anybody here. I will not mislead you,? he said. ?I may not answer you, I may be incomplete in my answer. So I?m not telling you we would or wouldn?t pick a quarterback in the first round or the second round, I?m just not doing that. But I?m also kind of implying that that?s not what I expect to have happen.?
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Prime suspect sought in Las Vegas shooting, crash
This photo provided by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department shows Ammar Harris in a booking photo from a 2012 arrest in Las Vegas. Police have identified Harris as a suspect in a shooting that sent a Maserati into a taxi that exploded, killing three people on Feb. 21, 2013 in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)
This photo provided by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department shows Ammar Harris in a booking photo from a 2012 arrest in Las Vegas. Police have identified Harris as a suspect in a shooting that sent a Maserati into a taxi that exploded, killing three people on Feb. 21, 2013 in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)
This photo provided by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department shows Ammar Harris in a booking photo from a 2012 arrest in Las Vegas. Police have identified Harris as a suspect in a shooting that sent a Maserati into a taxi that exploded, killing three people on Feb. 21, 2013 in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)
This photo provided by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department shows a black Range Rover SUV in Las Vegas that was found Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, at an apartment complex east of the Las Vegas Strip. It has been impounded as evidence in connection with a shooting that sent a Maserati into a taxi that exploded, killing three people. Police are looking for 26-year-old Ammar Harris in connection with the shooting. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)
FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2013 file photo, law enforcement personal investigate the scene of a mulit-vehicle accident on Las Vegas Blvd and Flamingo Road Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. Variously known as an adult playground and Disneyland for grown-ups, Las Vegas has worked to brand itself as a place where tourists can enjoy a sense of edginess with no real danger. But a series of high-profile and seemingly random incidents that have left visitors to the Strip dead or in the hospital is threatening Sin City?s reputation as a padded room of a town where people can cut loose with no fear of consequences. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jeff Scheid) LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT; LAS VEGAS SUN OUT
This undated image provided by Robert S. Beckett shows Kenneth Cherry Jr., also known as rapper Kenny Clutch. The Clark County, Nev., coroner's office identified Cherry as the Maserati driver who died after being peppered with gunfire from someone in a Range Rover SUV, sparking a fiery crash that killed two others, in Las Vegas, Feb. 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Robert S. Beckett)
LAS VEGAS (AP) ? Police are seeking a 26-year-old man as the prime suspect in last week's pre-dawn shooting and crash on the Las Vegas Strip that killed three people and injured several others
The black SUV used as a getaway car was found Saturday as police named Ammar Harris in connection with the shooting and six-vehicle chain-reaction carnage Thursday on the neon-lit boulevard near the Bellagio, Caesars Palace, Bally's and Flamingo resorts,
An aspiring rapper who was driving a Maserati was shot to death, while two people in a taxi died in the crash.
"His location is unknown," police Capt. Chris Jones said of Harris, who sometimes goes by the name Ammar Asim Faruq Harris. Police say he has been arrested for working as a pimp.
Police released a photo that was taken when Harris was arrested last year on pandering, kidnapping, sexual assault and coercion charges. The disposition of that case was not immediately known.
The photo shows Harris with tattoos on his right cheek and words on his neck above an image that appeared to depict an owl with blackened eyes. Jones warned that Harris should be considered armed and dangerous.
Police had been searching for the black Range Rover, with blackout windows and distinctive black rims, since it was last seen speeding from the shooting. It was located at an apartment complex just a couple of blocks east of the neon-lit boulevard, and was impounded as evidence, Jones said.
The shooting killed Kenneth Wayne Cherry Jr., who was driving the dark gray Maserati that was peppered by gunfire from the SUV. Taxi driver Michael Boldon and passenger Sandra Sutton-Wasmund, of Maple Valley, Wash., died when the Maserati hit their taxi, which exploded in flames.
Boldon, 62, was a family man who moved from Michigan to Las Vegas. Sutton-Wasmund, 48, was a businesswoman and mother of three.
A passenger in the Maserati was wounded in the arm and four people from four other vehicles were treated for non-life-threatening injuries. The Maserati passenger was cooperating with investigators. His name hasn't been made public.
The shocking chain of events had family members and friends in Las Vegas, California, Michigan and Washington trying to grasp the blink-of-an-eye finality of it all.
"My son was a good boy," Kenneth Cherry Sr. told reporters Saturday in a news conference convened by Las Vegas lawyers Vicki Greco and Robert Beckett.
Beckett said they wanted to respond to rumors that the 27-year-old son ? who produced a rap video using the name Kenny Clutch ? was a gangster and a troublemaker. The attorneys had represented his son, and now represent his estate and the family.
"My son was a victim just like the two people in that taxi," Kenneth Cherry Sr. said. "Trouble found him. The people in the taxicab, trouble found them."
Court records show Cherry had no criminal cases or convictions in Las Vegas, and police said there was no record of arrests.
The Clark County coroner determined that Kenny Cherry died of at least one gunshot to the chest. Boldon and Sutton-Wasmund died of injuries in the crash. All three deaths were ruled homicides.
Police say the shooting appeared to stem from an argument at the valet area of the upscale Aria resort-casino about a block south of the crash scene. The shooting happened after a night featuring Morocco-born rapper French Montana at Aria nightclub Haze.
Cherry's parents live in Emeryville, Calif., and the father said his son's body would be taken back to Oakland. He said his son started a music career there and was recognized by other rappers within a West Coast hip-hop strain called hyphy.
Cherry wasn't well-known in wider music circles, according to Chuck Creekmur, CEO of AllHipHop.com.
Kenny Clutch's YouTube music video, "Stay Schemin," shows scenes of hotels along the Strip as he sings about paying $120,000 for his Maserati.
"One mistake change lives all in one night," he raps in one verse.
Kenneth Cherry Sr., who said he runs a cellphone business, said he helped his son make payments on the Maserati. He said he last spoke to him on Wednesday, when they talked about the high cost of the son's cellphone use.
Cherry Sr. described his son as an entrepreneur but didn't say how he made money or if he had jobs other than his music production.
Boldon's family in Las Vegas was struggling to cope with his death, said Tehran Boldon, the taxi driver's younger brother.
Boldon's sister, Carolyn Jean Trimble, said Boldon was a father, a grandfather and a car race enthusiast who drove a Mercedes when he wasn't in a cab. He owned a clothing store in Detroit and worked at a car dealership, his sister said, and drove taxis after moving to Las Vegas about 1? years ago.
The irony that a man with a taste for beautiful cars was killed by a sports car wasn't lost on Trimble.
"He would be tickled to death: 'Damn, of all things, a Maserati hit me, took me out like that,'" she said. "I'm happy he didn't suffer."
In Washington, Sutton-Wasmund co-owned a dress shop, said Debbie Tvedt, the office manager for a Maple Valley plumbing company that Sutton-Wasmund started with her husband, James Wasmund. Sutton-Wasmund was in Las Vegas attending a trade show with her business partner.
"It's a big loss," Tvedt said in a telephone interview with AP.
The Maple Valley-Black Diamond Chamber of Commerce website said Sutton-Wasmund was a board member from 2004 to 2011 before becoming a marketing representative.
A phone message left for James Wasmund was not immediately returned.
The famously glowing, always-open Las Vegas Strip was closed for some 15 hours after the crash. Nevada Highway Patrol Sgt. Eric Kemmer recalled a similarly long closure after the 1996 drive-by slaying of rapper Tupac Shakur.
That shooting ? involving assailants opening fire on Shakur's luxury sedan from a vehicle on Flamingo Road ? happened about a block away from Thursday's crash.
The Shakur killing has never been solved.
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Associated Press writers Michelle Rindels in Las Vegas, Garance Burke in San Francisco, Kathy McCarthy in Seattle and AP Music Writer Mesfin Fekadu in New York contributed to this report.
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Sunday, February 24, 2013
The seven creepiest teachers who allegedly banged or inappropriately touched their students this week [SLIDESHOW]
(Updates with details of injuries) Feb 23 (Reuters) - At least 12 fans and one driver were injured after a wreck at the Daytona Speedway on Saturday when car debris flew into the crowd near the end of the Nationwide NASCAR race. A hospital official at Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach, Florida, told the Daytona News Journal that 11 spectators were being treated in the emergency room, with two of them critically injured. Four of the fans were on trauma alert and five were being treated as non-trauma cases, the newspaper reported. ...
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California continues it's dominance of Oregon
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) ? The California curse continues for No. 23 Oregon.
Justin Cobbs hit a long jump shot with 0.7 seconds left and the Golden Bears rallied to upset the league-leading Ducks 48-46 on Thursday night.
The loss was Oregon's 11th straight against Cal (17-9, 9-5 Pac-12), and this time, the Ducks (21-6, 10-4) had no one to blame but themselves.
The Ducks shot a season-low 27.6 percent from the field and it led to a season low in points. They were 16 for 58 from the field, 2 for 15 from the 3-point line and 12 for 20 from the free throw line.
"That's really a disappointing loss," said Oregon coach Dana Altman, who was going for his 600th career win. "The guys played awfully hard, but you got to hit some shots. We had some open looks and didn't knock them down."
Oregon lost sole possession of first place in the Pac-12 with the loss and is tied with Arizona.
Cal, meanwhile, continued its climb up the rankings with its sixth win in seven games. The Bears are tied with Arizona State for third place, just one game behind the Ducks and Wildcats.
Arsalan Kazemi had 11 points and a season-high 18 rebounds for the Ducks, who lost their 11th straight game to the Bears. Carlos Emory scored 13 points for Oregon, which hasn't beaten Cal since Feb. 9, 2008.
"The last game against California, I told Coach I let him down, I didn't play my best," said Kazemi, who had 10 points and six rebounds in a 58-54 loss to Cal three weeks ago. "And it really hurts right now sitting here and not winning this game."
Cobbs' final shot, which came after the Golden Bears ran nearly all of the final 26 seconds off the clock, hit nothing but net.
"Pure as the driven snow," Cal coach Mike Montgomery said.
The shot was bit of redemption for Cobbs, who had a team-high 14 points to go with eight rebounds and seven assists. But the junior guard also had a team-high eight turnovers.
But with the game on the line, he asked for the ball.
"Just the whole game I felt like I had a lot of mental lapses and I owed it to my team," Cobbs said. "I've been working on my jump shot a lot and I knew if I got the ball in the right spot I'd be able to knock it down."
Allen Crabbe, the Pac-12's leading scorer, had 12 points on 5-of-12 shooting. Richard Solomon had eight points and 11 rebounds.
Oregon, which led 26-21 at halftime, was up 46-43 with 2:06 to play when Robert Thurman recorded a three-point play for Cal on a dunk and free throw to tie it.
Oregon had possession with under a minute to play but missed on two shots before Cal got the rebound and called a timeout with 26.3 seconds left.
In the huddle, Cobbs asked for the final shot.
"He wanted it, he felt it. He said, 'Give me the ball. Give me the ball," Montgomery said. "He made that shot. It was fabulous."
Cal trailed by 11 points in the first half but came back to tie the score 29-29 on a dunk by Thurman 4 minutes into the second half.
Oregon went back up 37-33 on a free throw and 3-pointer by E.J. Singler, but the Bears followed with a 6-0 run and Cobbs hit a jumper to put them up 39-37 with 7:12 to play. It was Cal's first lead since early in the first half.
Trailing 41-39, Oregon followed with five straight points to go ahead 44-41 with 3:30 to play, setting the stage for Cal's final heroics.
Kazemi had 14 rebounds and six points in the first half, and Emory sparked Oregon early after Cal scored the first six points of the game.
The senior forward came off the bench to score nine points in a 16-2 run that put the Ducks up 16-8 at the 10:18 mark.
Click on?the video tab above to watch postgame interviews with?Kazemi,?Singler & Altman.
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Saturday, February 23, 2013
Smarter lunchrooms make lunch choices child's play
Feb. 22, 2013 ? In January 2012, the United States Department of Agriculture passed a series of regulations designed to make school lunches more nutritious, which included requiring schools to increase whole grain offerings and making students select either a fruit or vegetable with their purchased lunch. However, children cannot be forced to eat these healthier lunches. In a new study scheduled for publication in The Journal of Pediatrics, researchers determined that small, inexpensive changes to school cafeterias influenced the choice and consumption of healthier foods.
Andrew S. Hanks, PhD, and colleagues from the Cornell Center for Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition Programs (B.E.N. Center) studied the effects of multiple small interventions, called the smarter lunchroom makeover, in the cafeterias of two junior-senior high schools (grades 7-12) in western New York. In the lunchroom, changes were implemented to improve the convenience and attractiveness of fruits and vegetables (e.g., fresh fruit next to the cash register in nice bowls or tiered stands) and make the selection of fruits and vegetables seem standard through verbal cues from cafeteria staff (e.g., "Would you like to try an apple?"). The smarter lunchroom makeover took no more than 3 hours in one afternoon and cost less than $50 to implement. These types of changes are applications of the behavioral science principle termed "libertarian paternalism," which promotes influencing choice through behavioral cues, while preserving choices.
To measure the impact of the smarter lunchroom makeover, researchers recorded what was left on trays after lunch, both before and after the intervention. After the smarter lunchroom makeover, students were 13% more likely to take fruits and 23% more likely to take vegetables. Actual fruit consumption increased by 18% and vegetable consumption increased by 25%; students were also more likely to eat the whole serving of fruit or vegetables (16% and 10%, respectively).
These low-cost, yet effective interventions could significantly influence healthier behaviors, potentially helping to offset childhood obesity trends. Dr. Hanks notes, "This not only preserves choice, but has the potential to lead children to develop lifelong habits of selecting and consuming healthier foods even when confronted with less healthy options." These simple changes could also be effective in the cafeterias of other organizations, including hospitals, companies, and retirement homes.
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Indian police search for evidence in bomb attack
Relatives and neighbors mourn by the body of Swapna Reddy, killed in Thursday?s explosion, at their house in Hyderabad, India, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. A day after two bicycle bombs killed more than a dozen people and wounded more than 100, investigators into India's worst bombing in more than a year searched Friday for possible links to anger over the execution of a Muslim militant. (AP Photo/ Mahesh Kumar A.)
Relatives and neighbors mourn by the body of Swapna Reddy, killed in Thursday?s explosion, at their house in Hyderabad, India, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. A day after two bicycle bombs killed more than a dozen people and wounded more than 100, investigators into India's worst bombing in more than a year searched Friday for possible links to anger over the execution of a Muslim militant. (AP Photo/ Mahesh Kumar A.)
Flowers are placed in memory of those killed, at one of the two bomb blast sites, in Hyderabad, India, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. A day after two bicycle bombs killed more than a dozen people and wounded more than 100, investigators into India's worst bombing in more than a year searched Friday for possible links to anger over the execution of a Muslim militant. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
An official of India's National Investigation Agency looks for evidence in the debris at one of the two bomb blast sites, in Hyderabad, India, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. A day after two bicycle bombs killed more than a dozen people and wounded more than 100, investigators into India's worst bombing in more than a year searched Friday for possible links to anger over the execution of a Muslim militant. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Relatives and neighbors mourn by the body of Swapna Reddy, killed in Thursday?s explosion, at their house in Hyderabad, India, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. A day after two bicycle bombs killed more than a dozen people and wounded more than 100, investigators into India's worst bombing in more than a year searched Friday for possible links to anger over the execution of a Muslim militant. (AP Photo/ Mahesh Kumar A.)
Relatives and others carry the coffin of Aijaz Ahmed, killed in Thursday?s explosion, during his funeral in Hyderabad, India, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. Indian police are investigating whether a shadowy Islamic militant group was responsible for a dual bomb attack that killed over a dozen people outside a movie theater and a bus station in the southern city of Hyderabad, a police official said Friday. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
HYDERABAD, India (AP) ? Indian police are investigating whether a shadowy Islamic militant group was responsible for a dual bomb attack that killed 16 people outside a movie theater and a bus station in the southern city of Hyderabad, a police official said Friday.
The group, the Indian Mujahideen, is thought to have links with militants in neighboring Pakistan. India's recent execution of an Islamic militant is being examined as a possible motive for the bombings, said the official, an investigator who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to reveal details of the probe.
Police have not detained anyone in connection with Thursday evening's attacks, the first major terror bombings in India since 2011.
According to a New Delhi police report, two suspected Indian Mujahideen militants who were arrested last year said during questioning that they had done reconnaissance of Dilsukh Nagar, the Hyderabad district where the blasts occurred. They had also visited various spots in New Delhi, Mumbai and Pune.
In a statement in India's Parliament, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said that in response to the "cowardly terror attack," the government will "make all efforts to apprehend the perpetrators and masterminds behind the blast and ensure that they are punished as per the law."
Earlier Friday, as he toured the site of the bombings, Shinde said there had been a general alert about the possibility of an attack somewhere in India for the past three days. "But there was no specific intelligence about a particular place," he said.
The bombs were attached to two bicycles about 150 meters (500 feet) apart in Hyderabad's Dilsukh Nagar district, Shinde said. He said in addition to the 16 dead, 117 others were injured.
The bombs exploded minutes apart in a crowded shopping area. The blasts shattered storefronts, scattered food and plates from roadside restaurants and left tangles of dead bodies. Passersby rushed the wounded to hospitals.
Top state police officer V. Dinesh Reddy said improvised explosive devices with nitrogen compound were used in the blasts, which he blamed on a "terrorist network."
Pakistan strongly condemned the blasts.
"Terrorism in all its forms and manifestations constitutes one of the most serious threats to international peace and security. All acts of terrorism are unjustifiable regardless of their motivation," the Pakistan Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
On Friday morning, Indian police with cameras, gloves and plastic evidence bags used pointers to gingerly look through the debris in Hyderabad. Officials from the National Investigation Agency and commandos of the National Security Guards arrived from New Delhi to help with the investigation.
India has been under a heightened state of alert for nearly two weeks since Kashmiri militant Mohammed Afzal Guru was hanged for his involvement in a 2001 attack on India's Parliament that killed 14 people, including five of the gunmen.
Since the execution, near-daily protests have rocked Indian-ruled Kashmir, where many people believe Guru did not receive a fair trial. Anger in a region where anti-India sentiment runs deep was further fueled by the secrecy with which the execution was carried out.
Hyderabad, a city of 10 million in the state of Andhra Pradesh, is a hub of India's information technology industry and has a mixed population of Muslims and Hindus.
"This (attack) is to disturb the peaceful living of all communities in Andhra Pradesh," said Kiran Kumar Reddy, the state's chief minister.
The explosions were the first major terror attack since a September 2011 blast outside the High Court in New Delhi killed 13 people. The government has been heavily criticized for its failure to arrest the masterminds behind previous bombings.
Thursday's attack occurred in the same Hindu-dominated area where a blast outside a Hindu temple killed two people in 2000. In 2007, a twin bombing killed 40 people in two other Hyderabad districts.
The United States, whose secretary of state, John Kerry, met Thursday in Washington with Indian Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai, condemned the attack.
"The United States stands with India in combating the scourge of terrorism and we are also prepared to offer any and all assistance Indian authorities may need," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said at a news briefing.
Rana Banerji, a former security official, said India remains vulnerable to such attacks because there is poor coordination between the national government and the states. Police reforms are moving very slowly and the quality of intelligence gathering is poor, he said.
"The concept of homeland security should be made effective, on a war footing," he said.
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Associated Press writers Ashok Sharma in New Delhi and Matthew Pennington in Washington contributed to this report.
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Slick Syncing May Sell You on Firefox for Android
I've taken to browsing the Web with a mobile device like a duck to water, despite the generally appalling user experience. I remember well the days of balancing hot and heavy Dell laptops on my middle, recumbent on a sofa -- peering awkwardly at an obscurely angled keyboard, lap getting hotter and hotter. Relief came when the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet debuted in the U.S. in November 2005.
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Friday, February 22, 2013
4 Pics 1 Word: countless time spent playing this game
Four pictures. One Word. Countless time spent playing this addictive game. There isn't a lot to it, but that's just fine by us. 4 Pics 1 Word is a smooth, fun and well designed game that's free to play and can offer hours upon hours of entertainment. With now millions of downloads in the Play Store, this game is certainly doing something right.
Check out our impressions and some more information about 4 Pics 1 Word after the break.
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Journal Register could shed 840 jobs in Michigan
As many as 844 Michigan employees of the Journal Register Co. could lose their jobs if the media company successfully sells most of its assets.
In a filing with the state, Journal Register, whose newspapers include the Macomb Daily, Oakland Press, Mount Pleasant Morning Star and downriver News Herald, said it plans to lay off 844 workers in mid-April after it sells most of its assets to 21st CMH Acquisition Co.
Layoffs could include 295 in operations, 156 in advertising, 131 in editorial, 125 in circulation, 92 in administration and three executives.
The Journal Register is operated by Digital First Media, which also oversees MediaNews Group, owner of The Detroit News.
"The notices sent to all Journal Register Co. employees - from part-time staffers to managers to the executive team - are the next step in the company's ongoing sale process," Jonathan Cooper, vice president of media relations and employee communications for Digital First Media. said in an email to The Detroit News.
"Journal Register Co.'s leadership team cannot speak on behalf of the new owner but has continually expressed to the purchaser that a competent and competitive workforce is critical to the company's success moving forward."
21st CMH Acquisition, an affiliate of New York hedge fund Alden Global Capital, could rehire some Journal Register employees upon completion of the sale, according to a letter to employees acquired by The Plain Dealer of Cleveland.
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York is expected to review terms of the sale this week.
The Journal Register, which has newspapers in 10 states, has filed for bankruptcy protection twice in three years.
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Thursday, February 21, 2013
'Bachelor' Sean Lowe: Tierra 'duped' me
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By Tierney Bricker, E! Online
Sean Lowe doesn't hold his emotional punches! Sean sat down with host Chris Harrison for "The Bachelor: Sean Tells All" special, in which he spoke honestly about feeling "duped" by polarizing contestant Tierra LiCausi, who is now engaged to another man. He also reveals who he wishes he would have kept in the competition instead of Tierra.
During the special, Sean also talked about his tense conversation with Desiree's brother Nate during Tuesday night's episode, admitting, "I wanted to punch him." But was Nate the reason Sean ended up sending fan-favorite Des home?
Read Ali Fedotowsky's take on last night's hometown dates!
Though tensions between Tierra and the rest of the ladies had been building all season, it came to a head in St. Croix, which lead to Sean asking her to leave before the rose ceremony after her emotional breakdown.
"When I watch it back, I'm like, 'Man I was such a fool,' because I really do feel like I was duped," Sean admits. "Oh man. My take is Tierra never should have come on the show. She's not suited for this show. She doesn't know how to handle herself in this environment. I hope that she's learned from this, but she's a woman who simply can't get along with her peers."
Sean maintains that he had no idea what was going on in the house with the controversial contestant and reveals, "Had I caught wind of everything the girl did earlier, I wouldn't have kept her. In hindsight, I wish I would have kept Jackie on the 2-on-1."
Find out last night's biggest TV moments
But Tierra wasn't the only villain this season as fans were shocked to see how aggressive Des' brother Nate was with Sean during her hometown date, saying he didn't think Sean really liked his sister and calling him "a playboy."
When asked by Chris if Des had told him about her brother, Sean says, "Des had told me that her brother had gotten into some trouble as a youth and he's kind of straightened himself out, but he's still a little wild at heart. She definitely didn't prepare me for what transpired. At first I even thought maybe he's joking, but after 30 seconds of him ranting, I started to realize he's not joking."
And the conversation with Nate brought out a side of Sean viewers had never seen before. "I really wanted to hit him. I really did, because I can't think of a bigger insult to hurl towards me because that's not who I am at all," Sean reveals. "Anyone who knows me knows I'm the furthest thing from a playboy. Attacking my character is the quickest way to get me heated, but I knew Des and her parents were sitting just inside the house. I didn't want to make this a bigger ordeal than it already was. So it took everything in me just to basically control my emotion."
Relive last week's biggest TV moments
Something viewers didn't see was that Nate "was the first person I spoke to that evening," Sean reveals, as a clip of the brother telling Sean he "seems like a nice dude" plays. "I chalk it up to him being a jack---," the Bach says of Nate's change of heart during the night.
But was Des' brother's behavior the reason Sean sent her home? "I think I would be lying to myself if I didn't say her brother influenced me a little bit; just picturing myself being in their family. I'm not sure I want this guy as my brother-in-law," Sean admits, "but there were other areas in my relationship with Des that were lacking."
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Football transfer gossip (February 21): Arsenal, Chelsea, Barcelona
Check out latest football transfer gossip around the leagues. Is your favourite player tipped for a move?
Arsenal have sent scouts to watch defenders Maxime Gonalons, 23, of Lyon and Torino?s Angelo Ogbonna, 24.
Full story: Daily Mail
Manchester United have asked FC Porto if they would consider swapping Colombian forward James Rodriguez, 20, for out-of-favour winger Nani, 26.
Full story: Metro
The agent of Hamburg striker Heung-min Son, 20, says both Manchester United and Chelsea have made offers for the South Korean.
Full story: SkySports
Chelsea?s Demba Ba, 27, is open to the club bringing in another striker in the summer and said it will bring the best out of him.
Full story: Daily Express
But Chelsea target Radamel Falcao, 27, is unlikely to join him at Stamford Bridge after the Colombian forward said he wants to stay at Atletico Madrid.
Full story: Metro
Brazil legend Pele has urged Santos forward Neymar, 21, to snub any advances from Manchester City and join Barcelona instead.
Full story: Independent
City director of football Txiki Begiristain, meanwhile, has added Borussia Dortmund midfielder Marco Reus, 23, and Sevilla winger Jesus Navas, 27, to the club?s summer shopping list.
Full story: Daily Star
Borussia Dortmund?s Robert Lewandowski, 24, could still sign for Manchester United this summer despite reports that the Poland striker is set for a switch to Bayern Munich.
Full story: The Sun
Frickson Erazo, 24, said Manchester United have sounded him out over a move but the defender insists he is focusing on his football in his native Ecuador with Barcelona SC.
Full story: talkSPORT
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Sony Xperia Z Android 4.2.2 update coming by end of March: Report
Sony is reportedly going to release the Android 4.2.2 update for Xperia Z smartphone by the end of March in Europe, claims Xperia Blog. The blog claims that a tipster has given them this information along with the following screenshot from an Xperia Z phone running on test build of the same software.
Sony Xperia Z has just started retailing in the first European markets like France and it would have reached most important markets in the continent by the first week of March. So providing the latest Android version update soon after the market availability indeed seems like a great move from the company.
There is no word on the exact availability or whether this update will bring anything else apart from Android 4.2.2 changes. We are actively tracking the story and will let you know if anything new pops up.
Source: http://androidos.in/2013/02/sony-xperia-z-android-4-2-2-update/
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