Fifth-ranked North Carolina beats Elon 100-62 (AP)

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. ? Tyler Zeller had 19 points and 13 rebounds to help fifth-ranked North Carolina beat Elon 100-62 on Thursday night.

Harrison Barnes added 18 points for the Tar Heels (12-2), who blew the game open with a dominating 23-0 run midway through the first half. North Carolina led 53-19 by halftime then pushed the margin to as many as 50 points after the break.

North Carolina won its 25th straight game in the Smith Center to tie the record for its longest winning streak in the nearly 26-year-old campus arena. That home winning streak is tied for third-longest in program history.

Sebastian Koch scored 17 points for the Phoenix (7-5), who lost their third straight game and remained winless against ranked opponents since entering Division I competition a dozen years ago. Elon shot just 33 percent, including 7 for 28 from 3-point range.

North Carolina hadn't played since an easy win against Texas eight days ago, its last test before opening Atlantic Coast Conference play against Boston College next week. That matchup was one of the few in the current nine-game homestand in which the Tar Heels seemed focused from tipoff to buzzer after frequently looking disinterested against overmatched opponents.

The Tar Heels had some of those moments in this one, too, though it was hard to blame them for losing some focus after their huge run took all drama out of this one.

Leading 18-14, the Tar Heels ran off 23 straight points ? their biggest run since scoring 25 in a row against North Carolina State here almost four years ago. John Henson had two of his six first-half dunks in that run, while Kendall Marshall knocked down two 3-pointers during the spurt that gave North Carolina a 41-14 lead with 3:26 left in the half.

Elon missed 14 straight shots during that 8-minute drought, sending North Carolina to its largest halftime lead of the season. The Phoenix missed 31 of 39 shots in the opening half (21 percent), including 13 of 15 3-point tries that might have helped them hang around a bit longer.

The rest of the game allowed the Tar Heels to pump up their stats and throw down a few dunks to thrill the crowd. Zeller had a career high with nine offensive boards and matched his career best for total boards. Barnes had battled a stomach bug in recent days, but had 10 points in the first half and finished with a career-high five assists. Henson added 16 points and 11 rebounds ? nearly all coming before halftime ? as the Tar Heels shot 47 percent and finished with a 64-35 rebounding advantage.

North Carolina finished with its third 100-point performance of the season.

Officials had to stop the game with 3:01 left when a Tar Heels cheerleader fell to the court while being held in the air by her partner during a timeout. She was helped to her feet and off the court with an apparent left-leg injury.

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Robot videojournalist uses cuteness to get vox pops

Imagine a cardboard version of Pixar's Wall-e character, but with added ?ber-cute human voice, and you've got a fair picture of Boxie, Alexander Reben's documentary-video-making robot.

Designed to wander the streets shooting video, the diminutive droid trundles up to people and asks them to tell it an interesting story.

Sounds crazy? Surprisingly, not entirely: a good few people did actually cooperate with Boxie ? enough to make a short movie ? though one malcontent dumped the robot in a trash can and a child tried to kidnap it.

"The idea was to create a robot that was interesting enough for people to engage with it and offer to help it, carrying it around and up and down stairs to show it things," says Reben, a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab.

To win cooperation from the person in the street, cuteness is Boxie's stock-in-trade. In addition to being a squat, doe-eyed creature, it is also made of cardboard, a material Reben says people perceive as non-threatening, even friendly. When his team tried to build Boxie from white plastic, it looked scarily skull-like.

Nice doggie

Based on an off-the-shelf caterpillar-tracked chassis, the robot ? presented at the ACM Multimedia Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, in late November ? uses ultrasound sonar to detect walls. That keeps it straight and true while it trundles along sidewalks and corridors, and a body-heat sensor tells it when it's found a person ? though a large dog could fool it, Reben concedes.

It then sets to work with its not-very-hard-nosed interview technique. "Boxie has a script in which it asks people questions and asks them to pick it up and show it around an area like a lab or mall. To move on to the next series of questions, people are asked to press buttons on either side of it," says Reben.

Boxie would set off on its own at the beginning of the day and it would generally spend 6?hours or so collecting video ? limited more by the video recording time available than battery power. It would report its condition to the research team regularly, via whatever open Wi-Fi it could find, but not its position: location-sensing tech was dropped to save development time.

"That meant I'd have to go out and search for Boxie at the end of the day. Once I found it in the trash and another time an intern spotted a child trying to put it in its parents' car," he says.

Over a few days Boxie collected about 50 interviews, which the MIT team has edited down to a 5-minute documentary. Overall, Reben and colleague Joe Paradiso reckon robot-mediated story acquisition works: "A coherent movie was easily produced from the video clips captured, proving that their content and organisation were viable for story-making," they say in their conference paper.

Don't be annoying

Chris Melhuish, director of the Bristol Robotics Laboratory in the UK, says MIT was right to focus on perfecting Boxie's social acceptability. "As robots become everyday objects in our environment, the way they behave will become increasingly important. Future smart machines will need such social intelligence to interact naturally ? utilising appropriate gestures, body pose and non-verbal communication, for instance."

However, as any journalist on a vox-pop assignment soon finds out, people can be cranky ? and Boxie took its share of abuse from the public. Force sensors in the robot recorded that it had suffered violent shaking ? or been thrown to the ground ? a number of times. So the researchers have some advice for future builders of robotic reporters: "Try not to be annoying."

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Was 2011 The Best Gaming Holiday Season In History? - G4tv.com

It's nearing the end of 2011, a deeply craptastic 12 months. It was bad year for the world economy. And for movies.? And for for almost everything else on earth, but while Western civilization may be crumbling around us, know hope: 2011 was definitely a great year for one thing: Video games! And the peak part of this peak year was the 2011 holiday season.

It?s not often that gamers have nothing to complain about, and this holiday season is no exception. However, this time around, the complaints aren?t about bad games or exploitative publishing firms. Instead gamers are complaining that there are just too damn many good games out there. Or that there aren?t enough hours in the day to play them. Or that they have to work during prime Skyrim hours. Either way, I?m nearly positive that this year?s holiday season will go down as one of the greatest few months in video game history.

All three of the major game consoles are nearing the end of their production. Traditionally at this time in a console?s lifecycle, people are clamoring for the next generation; hedging their bets on upcoming games and looking beyond those being released at the time. Certainly this is the current situation of the Nintendo Wii. The Wii?after peaking in sales and capabilities years ago?is the victim of Nintendo itself. Having announced the Wii U, they essentially voiced a vote of no confidence in the slipping system, instead unintentionally encouraging consumers to sit back and wait?avoiding Nintendo products until the next system launches.

However, the impressive hardware of the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 have ensured their relevance remain far past that of its predecessors. Not only have they remained relevant, these two consoles continue to rack up sales, even amid the worst economic period since the Great Depression. Allow me to reiterate?with a near nine percent unemployment rate, Americans still purchased 1.7 million 360s and 900,000 PS3s during the month of November alone.

The existential reasoning is hard to suss out. Are Americans looking for escape from their increasingly austere lives? Are video games starting to offer some sort of release unavailable in movies or television? Regardless of the philosophical implications, there are a few reasons we can look at as to why this season above so many others is beginning to distinguish itself as an anomaly.

This season would best be summed up in one word: sequels. The last few months have seen a perfect storm of some of the most popular gaming franchises in the industry all releasing their newest iteration. Every single one of the top ten selling games of November was an installment of a well-known, high selling franchise.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Battlefield 3, and Assassin?s Creed: Revelations; just to name a few. If the industry has taught us anything it?s that no matter how successful or wonderful a game is; a direct sequel will always sell more copies. The power of a name is paramount.

Some sequels unfortunately, simply suck. This year, though, this is largely not the case. Just about every sequel we?ve seen is just as wonderful?in general?as its predecessors. After a while I found myself shaking my head as game after game was released to universal critical acclaim. In fact, G4 gave out six perfect scores in the month of November alone. Not to mention the three this month.

It?s like arriving home on Halloween with a sack full of delicious candy, only to realize that your earlier well-laid plans to eat it in a single sitting only bent you over a toilet. Except in our case, each piece of candy requires at the very least eight to ten hours to consume. And like I said, there are no Almond Joys to throw away.

This brings us back to my original argument?this holiday season may never be surpassed in terms of sheer quality and quantity of an array of spectacular video games. Sure, next November we?re sure to see some great games; many of which may be anticipated sequels like BioShock: Infinite. But there is no way we can expect to see the breadth of games we have seen this year.

A perfect alignment of irregular series like Elder Scrolls, Saints Row and Rocksteady?s Batman is far too unlikely already. More unlikely still is all of these games are all so damn good. Also, the fact that the current generation of consoles is so near its expected funeral, yet still selling with such ferocity is not anything anyone could anticipate or hope to repeat.

Looking forward, with systems from both Sony and Microsoft rumored around 2014, many studios may choose to stop or slow development on PS3 and 360 games to get a jump on the next generation. Further, many gamers may start saving their money for bigger expenses; namely a PS4 or Xbox Whatever. This ambiguity from both consumers and developers make the next few holiday seasons tough to call. Beyond announced games, speculation is worthless when our current systems? clocks are ticking away.

Will holiday seasons continue to pump out great games? Sure. Publishers know that the best formula for success is sometimes not simply having a great game; but releasing the game at the most opportune moment. Often this moment is the season when consumers buy the most. Sure, if it?s convenient, publishing studios would love to march their games out before a horde of unwitting mothers and loved ones right before Christmas. But that isn?t always the case.

Hey, maybe we?ll see another season full of high profile titles and high sales. But I can guarantee you that we won?t?all at once?see a game of the scope and brilliance of Skyrim, a game that breaks as many sales records as Modern Warfare 3, or a game that concludes a series quite like Uncharted 3 did. But don?t worry about these glorious days passing you by so quickly. At least you?ll be able to tell your grandkids that you were lucky enough to live through the Winter of Games 2011.

You think you have it rough? In my day we had Skyrim and SWTOR come out within a month of each other.

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Patriots, 49ers lead Pro Bowl rosters

FILE - In these 2011 file photos, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, left, and Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers look to pass during NFL football games. Brady and Rodgers were announced as Pro Bowl starters for the AFC and the NFC, respectively, by the NFL on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011. Brady is one of eight Patriots to make the Pro Bowl. Seven Packers were named to the team. (AP Photos/File)

FILE - In these 2011 file photos, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, left, and Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers look to pass during NFL football games. Brady and Rodgers were announced as Pro Bowl starters for the AFC and the NFC, respectively, by the NFL on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011. Brady is one of eight Patriots to make the Pro Bowl. Seven Packers were named to the team. (AP Photos/File)

In this Sept. 25, 2011, photo, San Francisco 49ers linebacker Patrick Willis waits for a play during an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals in Cincinnati. Willis was one of eight 49ers named to the Pro Bowl on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)

In this Sept. 11, 2011, photo, Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis reacts during an NFL football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Baltimore. Lewis is one of seven Ravens named to the Pro Bowl on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2011, file photo, Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick (7) scores a touchdown as New York Jets defensive back Kyle Wilson can't make the stop in the first half of an NFL football game in Philadelphia. Labeled the "Dream Team" by backup quarterback Vince Young, the Eagles were a nightmare instead. The defending NFC East champions were the talk of the NFL after a wild offseason spending spree that brought several former Pro Bowl players to Philadelphia. But the team lacked chemistry and couldn't overcome many shortcomings. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Pittsburgh Steelers strong safety Troy Polamalu (43), top, stops St. Louis Rams running back Steven Jackson (39) in the first quarter of and NFL football game on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

NEW YORK (AP) ? The usual names ? Tom Brady, Ray Lewis, Troy Polamalu, Tony Gonzalez ? are headed for Hawaii, barring a trip to the Super Bowl.

Joining them at the Pro Bowl will be the not quite so familiar, from Rob Gronkowski to Jimmy Graham, from Marshal Yanda to Earl Thomas.

The thrill is equal, whether it's eight-time invitee Ed Reed or his Baltimore Ravens teammate, newcomer Yanda.

"I am ecstatic, that is really the only thing I can say," said Yanda, a backup at guard to New England's Logan Mankins and Brian Water. "This is such a great honor, something that I never really expected. When I made it to the NFL, I was so happy to be on a team and playing in the league, and now, to be a part of a Pro Bowl team is something very special."

Or as old hand safety Reed put it Tuesday, "It is definitely an honor and blessing. To come back after an injury last year and to be voted by my peers and fans is special."

There are seven Ravens on the AFC squad, equaling the number of Green Bay Packers for the NFC. But they didn't lead their conferences in voting by players, coaches and fans.

Brady is one of eight Patriots and Patrick Willis one of eight 49ers to make the Jan. 29 game.

"It's awesome," said 49ers punter Andy Lee, one of four Bay Area kickers to make it. "I think everybody is deserving. I think some guys are deserving who aren't going. Hopefully we won't be there, hopefully we'll be in the Super Bowl."

Players who make the Super Bowl will be replaced on the Pro Bowl rosters.

Still, it's a sunny, balmy consolation prize to journey to Honolulu.

"It's a nice honor," Texans running back Arian Foster said. "People that love watching the game, people that love playing it and also coaches that have been around it for 20-some-odd years ... it's the highest compliment you can get in this league is when you're voted in by people who know the game. It's just fun."

Brady is one of seven starters from New England (12-3). The others are receiver Wes Welker, tight end Gronkowski, defensive tackle Vince Wilfork, defensive end Andre Carter, Waters and Logan Mankins. Special-teamer Matthew Slater is the other New England representative.

Linebacker Willis, defensive end Justin Smith, cornerback Carlos Rogers and tackle Joe Staley will start for the NFC from the 49ers (12-3), who had only Smith and Willis make the Pro Bowl last year.

Green Bay's Rodgers is the starting NFC quarterback, backed by record-setting Drew Brees of New Orleans (12-3).

"It does have special significance, because when I was voted in in 2009, I was the third guy and I was very thankful to be voted in, and got the opportunity to start because of some injuries and guys not going," Rodgers said. "It's great to be voted in as a starter, that means a lot to me and it's a special honor."

Four of the NFL's biggest headline makers this season did not get voted in by players, coaches and fans: Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh, Steelers linebacker James Harrison, Panthers rookie quarterback Cam Newton, and Denver quarterback Tim Tebow.

Suh might have lost support after drawing a two-game suspension for stomping an opponent, and Harrison's one-game suspension for his helmet-to-helmet hit on Browns quarterback Colt McCoy might have reduced his support.

Fifteen first-time Pro Bowl selections made the NFC squad, including Rogers, Staley and safety Dashon Goldson of the 49ers. Thirteen AFC players were first-time selections, including Gronkowski, Carter and Slater of New England. Carter is on injured reserve (left quadriceps) and won't play.

"If you look around the NFC, you see a ton of amazing and talented players at tight end," said the Saints' Graham, the starter at the position and a first-time Pro Bowl player. "And to be thought of in that company by my peers, the head coaches and the fans who follow the NFL is something I take seriously."

Fourteen teams from each conference were represented, with St. Louis (2-13) and Washington (5-10) drawing blanks in the NFC, Buffalo (6-9) and Tennessee (8-7) shut out in the AFC.

Pittsburgh (11-4), New Orleans and Chicago (7-8) each had five representatives.

Three rookies were chosen: Denver linebacker Von Miller, Cincinnati receiver A.J. Green, and Arizona cornerback Patrick Peterson, selected as a kick return specialist. He has tied an NFL record with four punt runbacks for TDs this season.

"As I've said before, A.J. is the best first-round draft pick that I've ever been around," Bengals coach Marvin Lewis said. "He has shown the other players in this league, and the fans, that he deserved this honor. I have not seen a receiver better than he is at getting to the ball."

NFC special-teamers included two 49ers: Lee and record-setting kicker David Akers; Peterson; and Corey Graham of Chicago.

For the AFC, the Raiders' Sebastian Janikowski is the kicker, Shane Lechler the punter. The kick return specialist is Pittsburgh WR Antonio Brown, and the special-teams player is Slater.

NFC starters will be Rodgers, Eagles running back LeSean McCoy, Packers fullback John Kuhn, Graham, Panthers center Ryan Kalil, Saints guards Jahri Evans and Carl Nicks, Eagles tackle Jason Peters and Staley, Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald and Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson on offense.

"I think it's the fact that I'm versatile at fullback," Kuhn said when asked why he was selected. "I can play the traditional fullback role and lead block, and the coaches also entrust the ball-carrying opportunities that I have. I think the combination of the two of those really gets my name out there."

On defense, it will be Vikings end Jared Allen and Eagles end Jason Babin, Cowboys tackle Jay Ratliff and Smith, Packers outside linebacker Clay Matthews and Cowboys outside linebacker DeMarcus Ware, inside linebacker Willis, Packers cornerback Charles Woodson and Rogers, Seahawks safety Earl Thomas and Cardinals safety Adrian Wilson.

AFC starters will be Brady, Ravens running back Ray Rice and fullback Vonta Leach, Gronkowski, Steelers center Maurkice Pouncey, Mankins and Waters at guard, Browns tackles Joe Thomas and Dolphins tackle Jake Long, Welker and Steelers wide receiver Mike Wallace.

On defense, it will be Broncos end Elvis Dumervil replacing Carter, Colts end Dwight Freeney, Wilfork and Ravens tackle Haloti Ngata, Miller and Ravens outside linebacker Terrell Suggs, Lewis, Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis and Broncos cornerback Champ Bailey, Steelers safety Troy Polamalu and Reed.

"What makes it special to me now is I'm in my 13th year, and you don't see guys going to the Pro Bowl this late in their career," Bailey said. "For me to be able to do it, it feels good, and it feels like I've got a lot more left. It feels good that I'm still playing at a high level."

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Strangest Love: Britney Spears Leaks New-Old Song!

Perhaps taking a cute from Lady Gaga's "Stuck on F---in' You", Britney Spears has released an old song of hers entitled “Strangest Love." Old to her, new to us!

While it's rumored to be a holdover from the future Mrs. Jason Trawick’s In The Zone glory days of 2003, it was left off that album for a reason. It's fairly tame.

Still, it's a decent if not amazing ballad, and a nice addition to Britney’s catalog. Listen to Spears' leaked track and tell us what you think in the survey below:

Britney Spears - Strangest Love

What do you think of Britney Spears' "Strangest Love"?

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Communications school director announced: Noemi Marin ...

Noemi Marin ? director elect of the School of Communications

Three months after the director of the School of Communications announced she?d step down, the interim dean has chosen her successor.

The new director, now-associate professor Noemi Marin, has been with FAU since 1999 and has received various honors from the university. According to a press release announcing Marin?s directorship, she won the FAU 2009 Researcher/Creative Scholar of the Year Award, and the FAU 2010 Presidential Leadership Award.

As of press time, the UP has not been able to reach Marin.

In the fall semester of 2011, Marin was bringing in $58,290 a year. Susan Reilly, the outgoing director, who had served the position for 14 years, clocked in at $124,796 annually (source). As of press time, the UP has not obtained Marin?s contract to compare salaries.

Susan Reilly ? outgoing director of the School of Communications

Interim Dean Heather Coltman told the UP in October that she wanted someone new ? by the end of the fall semester ? to direct the school partly due to the upcoming Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) accreditation process, which evaluates a school?s standards based on research, academic integrity and other factors.

Using the same reason, Coltman has declined comment to the UP ?until January ? after the holiday break,? according to her assistant.

The other contenders for the director position were Eric Freedman, currently the associate director of the School of Communications, and David Williams, an associate professor in the school. As of press time, the UP has not been able to reach either.

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The Top Tech Quotes from 2011 Are Actually Entertaining [Quotes]

The New Yorker has a list of the top ten tech quotes of 2011. Instead of the usual boring quotes about how awesome a product is, they're insights into the dirty underbelly of the world of technology. More »

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Rev. Jesse Jackson: 'Jesus was an Occupier'

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Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks to Occupy activists outside of London's St. Paul's Cathedral on Thursday.

By F. Brinley Bruton, msnbc.com

LONDON -- Veteran activist the?Rev. Jesse Jackson?compared the global anti-capitalist movement to the U.S. civil rights struggle, the battle against apartheid in South Africa and the fight for Indian independence during a visit to an Occupy camp in London on Thursday.

"Jesus was an Occupier, born under a death warrant, a Jew by religion, born in poverty under Roman occupation," the two-time candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination told a crowd near Saint Paul?s Cathedral.?"Gandhi was an Occupier, Martin Luther King was an Occupier,?(Nelson) Mandela was an Occupier."

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A?man dressed in a well-tailored dark wool jacket and crisp checked shirt ? not your stereotypical Occupy protester ? cried as he watched Jackson. "He is my hero," he said.

While the crowd enthusiastically joined Jackson for a chant, not everybody was supportive and a few heckles punctuated his speech.?

One?man?who shouted that the Occupy movement wasn't addressing the needs of the homeless was detained before he reached the podium where Jackson was standing.

F. Brinley Bruton / msnbc.com

John, 34, who has been camped next to London's Saint Paul's Cathedral since Oct. 15, waits for Rev. Jesse Jackson to address Occupy protesters on Thursday.

Another Occupier,?who said he's been camped out since the protest began on Oct. 15, said he welcomed Jackson. However, he?remained skeptical.

"I have mixed feelings ? someone told me he's quite a wealthy person," said John, 34, who declined to give a last name. "You don't know his agenda."

F. Brinley Bruton is a senior writer for msnbc.com based in London

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Japan declares Fukushima stable

16 December 2011 Last updated at 05:37 ET

Engineers have brought the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to a "cold shutdown condition", nine months after the earthquake and tsunami, Japan has confirmed.

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda made the announcement at a nuclear task-force meeting.

Declaring a cold shutdown condition is seen as a key milestone in efforts to bring the plant under control.

But the government says it will take decades to dismantle it completely.

The six-reactor Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant was badly damaged by the 11 March earthquake and tsunami. Blasts occurred at four of the reactors after waves knocked out vital cooling systems.

Workers at the plant, which is operated by Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), have been using sea water to cool the reactors. Waste water has built up and some contaminated liquid has been released into the sea.

A 20km (12m) exclusion zone remains in place around the plant.

'Battle not over'

The Japanese government said earlier this year that it was aiming to reach a "cold shutdown condition" at the plant by the end of the year.

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Analysis

Retired teachers Yuji and Tetsuko Takahashi are among the tens of thousands of people forced to abandon their homes around the Fukushima plant. They were planning to watch the prime minister's announcement on the television. The set was donated to them by wellwishers like everything else in their government-provided Tokyo apartment - even the clothes on their backs.

"Even when we are told it has been shut down I can't believe it," says Tetsuko. "From the start the government officials have lied to us. One of the top officials said on TV that there was no meltdown, but it happened. The actual situation is much, much worse than we were told from the beginning."

The couple's main goal now is to return home, to get out of the 26th floor apartment and back to the garden they love. The exclusion zone could remain in force for years, but they are willing to brave the contamination. "We are old, 67 and 61," says Tetsuko . "So maybe the radiation would make the risk of getting cancer higher, but it would take five or 10 years. We are going to die before we get seriously ill."

This is where water that cools nuclear fuel rods remains below boiling point, meaning that the fuel cannot reheat.

Tepco has also defined it as bringing the release of radioactive materials under control and reducing public radiation exposure to a level that does not exceed 1mSv/year at the site boundary.

Attending a meeting of the nuclear disaster task force, Mr Noda said that conditions for a cold shutdown had been met.

"Even if unforeseeable incidents happen, the situation is such that radiation levels on the boundary of the plant can now be maintained at a low level," he said.

At a news conference afterwards, Mr Noda said the "battle is not over."

He promised the government would "set a clear roadmap and will do its utmost to decommission the plant".

The next phase would focus on the clean up operation, including decontaminating the ground around the plant, he said.

With the reactors stable, Mr Noda said the government would review the evacuation zones established in the immediate aftermath of the incident.

Forty years

More than 80,000 people had to leave the area, but radiation levels in some places remain too high for them to return home.

Earlier this week, the government said it could take up to 40 years to fully decommission the plant and clean up surrounding areas.

Spent fuel rods and melted fuel inside the reactors must be removed. Waste water must also be safely stored.

Contamination has been found in foodstuffs from the region including rice, beef and fish, while radioactive soil has also been found in some areas.

Some experts have also warned that the plant could be further damaged if a powerful aftershock were to strike.

Engineers are also continuing to encounter new problems - last week Tepco officials confirmed that 45 cubic metres (1,590 cubic feet) of water had leaked into the sea from a crack in the foundation of a water treatment facility.

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Video: Home care workers get wage boost

President Obama is guaranteeing that nearly 2 million home care workers will earn minimum wage and overtime pay for caring for the elderly, sick, and disabled. It?s the latest Presidential ?We can?t wait? initiative as Congress continues to wrestle with tax cut and spending measures. NBC?s Kristen Welker reports.

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Putin faces second day of protest (Reuters)

MOSCOW (Reuters) ? Russians took to the streets of Moscow for the second successive day on Tuesday to demand an end to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule, but riot police blocked their way and hundreds of pro-Kremlin youths tried to spoil the protest.

Ignoring warnings of a police crackdown, about 500 protesters chanted "Russia without Putin!" and "Freedom!" after opposition leaders used social media such as Twitter and Facebook to swell their ranks, witnesses said.

But hundreds more pro-Putin youths in blue anoraks also turned up at the protest in central Moscow and tried to drown out their chants by shouting: "Russia, Putin!."

The crowd was held back by dozens of riot police and it appeared that opposition supporters were struggling to make it past police to the rally. Police said more than 100 people were detained as scuffles broke out.

Boris Nemtsov, a liberal opposition leader, told Reuters he had been detained and was being held at a police station.

The protests are the latest sign of pressure on Putin to make changes after his United Russia party lost ground in a parliamentary election on Sunday which showed growing unease with the 59-year-old leader as he plans to reclaim the presidency next year.

The vote pointed to a mood shift after years of political domination by the former KGB spy who has built up the image of a tough leader, partly by crushing a separatist rebellion in the Chechnya region but also by brooking little dissent and marginalizing the liberal opposition.

"We want fair elections. Look at what they have done to our country, our Russia," said a man who gave his name only as Alexei as he was detained by riot police.

"We pay your wages," he screamed as they threw him into a bus.

But Maxim Mishenko, 34, said he did not want Russia to follow the same path as Libya and Syria into violence.

"I don't want the same thing to happen here as in Libya or Syria. There will be no Slavic spring here in Russia if I have anything to do with it," he said.

Republican Senator John McCain wrote on Twitter that he believed Russia could now face a revolt, writing: "Dear Vlad, The Arab Spring is coming to a neighborhood near you."

But many Russian political experts have dismissed suggestions that Putin could face an uprising in a country which has little tradition of major street protests, despite the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, and where dissent has often been crushed.

PUTIN PROMISES CHANGES - BUT NOT NOW

Putin, meeting United Russia representatives, said he would reshuffle the government after the presidential election he is contesting next March but promised no immediate action.

It was not enough to appease opposition leaders emboldened by the decline in support for United Russia and angered by widespread reports that the ruling party's vote count was inflated by ballot-stuffing.

Even so, it won only a slim majority in the State Duma lower house. United Russia is set to have 238 of the 450 seats in the State Duma, 77 fewer than the 315 seats it won in 2007.

Putin's popularity ratings, although still high, have fallen this year and he upset many Russians by saying he planned to swap jobs with President Dmitry Medvedev after the presidential election, opening the way for him rule until 2024.

He was booed at a sports event last month and some voters fear his return to the presidency would herald a new era of economic and political stagnation in the world's biggest energy producer 20 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

"It's clear that on the whole the legitimacy of the authorities is on the decline," Mikhail Prokhorov, a metals tycoon who fell out with the Kremlin after a brief political career, wrote in his blog.

"If nothing changes, the whole (political) structure could collapse. This system will not last five years more."

BIGGEST OPPOSITION PROTEST IN YEARS

Monday's rally in Moscow attracted up to about 5,000 people and was widely described as the biggest opposition protest in the capital in years -- most are not allowed or the protesters are quickly carted away by police.

Police said about 300 people were detained after Monday's protest and a Moscow court sentenced Ilya Yashin, one of the organizers, to 15 days in jail. Another opposition figure, prominent blogger Alexei Navalny, also received a 15-day sentence as Tuesday's rally got under way.

"This is no doubt a political decision aimed at intimidating me and my colleagues," Yashin said of his verdict, which he said could cause more discontent. "We are not going to stop our struggle."

Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said sanctioned rallies could continue to go ahead but added: "The actions of those who hold unsanctioned demonstrations must be stopped in the appropriate way."

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reiterated U.S. suggestions that Sunday's election was neither free nor fair and European monitors also said the election had been slanted in United Russia's favour.

Russia's Foreign Ministry called Clinton's remarks and White House criticism of the election "unacceptable."

(Additional reporting by Gleb Bryanski and Alexei Anishchuk, Writing by Timothy Heritage, Editing by Steve Gutterman)

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Man dead at Occupy campsite on North Texas campus

DENTON, Texas (AP) ? An official at the University of North Texas says a man has been found dead at a campsite on the school's campus where Occupy Denton protesters have been gathering.

The Dallas Morning News reports (http://dallasne.ws/vMD2Qf ) that university spokesman Buddy Price says officers from the school's police department found the man's body Saturday after someone called authorities. Price says no one else was at the encampment when police arrived.

He told the newspaper the man is believed to have been a member of the Occupy Denton encampment.

The man's name and age have not been released. An autopsy is pending.

University police referred calls to Price on Saturday night. Price did not immediately return a phone call to The Associated Press.

Denton is about 40 miles northwest of Dallas.

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A natural dye obtained from lichens may combat Alzheimer's disease

ScienceDaily (Dec. 2, 2011) ? A red dye derived from lichens that has been used for centuries to color fabrics and food appears to reduce the abundance of small toxic protein aggregates in Alzheimer's disease. The dye, a compound called orcein, and a related substance, called O4, bind preferentially to small amyloid aggregates that are considered to be toxic and cause neuronal dysfunction and memory impairment in Alzheimer's disease. O4 binding to small aggregates promotes their conversion into large, mature plaques which researchers assume to be largely non-toxic for neuronal cells.

Further research with animal models is needed to determine whether this new approach by Dr. Jan Bieschke (Max Delbr?ck Center for Molecular Medicine, MDC, Berlin-Buch), Dr. Martin Herbst (Charit? -- Universit?tsmedizin Berlin) and Professor Erich Wanker (MDC) in Berlin, Germany, will be useful for therapy development.

Protein misfolding is considered to be the cause of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and also Huntington's disease. In a multistep process, proteins misfold and accumulate into large extra- or intracellular plaques. Researchers assume that small misfolded protein aggregates that are precursors of mature plaques are toxic for nerve cells and are the reason why they are eventually destroyed.

Dye from the Canary Islands

The dye orcein is isolated from lichens that grow on the Canary Islands, among other places. Lichens have been used for centuries to color fabrics and food. Eight years ago Professor Wanker screened hundreds of natural compounds to find potential candidate drug molecules for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. Among those substances he found orcein, a compound made up of about 14 small molecules. As these molecules might have different biological effects, the researchers in Berlin began to search for pure chemicals with similar properties. They identified the substance O4, a blue dye, which is structurally very similar to one of the 14 molecules. Moreover, they showed that O4 stimulates the formation of large, non-toxic protein plaques from small toxic protein assemblies.

New Mechanism

A few years ago Professor Wanker and his colleagues discovered that EGCG (Epigallocatechin-3-gallate), a natural chemical compound found in green tea, renders toxic protein assemblies non-toxic. With orcein and O4 the researchers have now found another mechanism to eliminate small toxic protein aggregates. However, instead of remodeling protein plaques, the dyes reduce the abundance of small, toxic precursor protein assemblies by accelerating the formation of large plaques, as the researchers could now show in their laboratory.

"This is a new mechanism," Professor Wanker explained. "Up to now it has been considered to be very difficult to stop the formation of small toxic protein assemblies. If our hypothesis is correct that the small aggregates, which are precursors of plaques, indeed cause neuronal death, with O4 we would have a new mechanism to attack the disease."

The synthetic dye methylene blue is currently being tested in clinical trials. This dye also seems to stimulate the formation of large plaques in a way similar to O4. Other therapeutic approaches tested in clinical trials which aim at eliminating small precursor aggregates have so far not led to a significant improvement of disease symptoms.

However, it still remains to be seen whether the blue dye O4 can also be effective against small amounts of misfolded proteins in the brains of Alzheimer's patients and whether the accelerated formation of larger plaques can indeed reduce the signs and symptoms of Alzheimer's disease in humans. Further studies will be necessary to address the question whether the accelerated formation of large plaques can be a therapeutic approach. "We hope that our findings will stimulate research activities in this direction, especially in drug discovery," Professor Wanker said.

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CA-CANADA Summary (Reuters)

U.S., Canada to set security deal at White House

(Reuters) ? The United States and Canada are scheduled to announce a new security agreement next Wednesday designed to lower obstacles between the two nations while ensuring the perimeter around them is secure. President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Stephen Harper are set to unveil the agreement after a meeting at the White House on Wednesday afternoon.

Expanding oil exports top priority: Canadian minister

TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada believes the United States will ultimately approve TransCanada Corp's proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which Washington put on hold last month amid fierce environmental opposition, Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver said on Friday. The $7 billion oil pipeline to Texas from Alberta, as well as a new pipeline to Canada's West Coast, are crucial to preventing a costly bottleneck in export capacity over the next four to seven years as oil sands production jumps, Oliver said.

Enbridge gets first aboriginal partner for Gateway

CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - The Gitxsan First Nation said on Friday it has agreed to become the first aboriginal partner for Enbridge Inc's C$5.5 billion ($5.42 billion) Northern Gateway oil pipeline, one day after other native groups in British Columbia pledged to block the project. Elmer Derrick, a hereditary chief of the Gitxsan, said in a statement that the group had decided to take an equity stake in the line. Enbridge will finance the purchase.

Enbridge sees native support for Gateway pipeline

TORONTO (Reuters) - Enbridge Inc expects to win support for its C$5.5 billion ($5.4 billion) Northern Gateway oil pipeline from a majority of native communities along the proposed route based on current negotiations, an executive said on Friday. The company has signed deals with some aboriginal groups for an overall 10 percent equity stake in the project, which would carry oil sands-derived crude to the West Coast from Alberta, Enbridge Vice-President Janet Holder said during a conference call to discuss one agreement.

Jobless rate unexpectedly rises in November

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's economy unexpectedly lost jobs for a second straight month in November, raising concern that weakness in other countries may do lasting harm to an economy that has so far been surprisingly robust. Net job losses totaled 18,600 jobs in the month following a hefty 54,000 drop in October, Statistics Canada said on Friday, pointing to a poor economic performance in the final quarter of the year.

RIM caps dismal year with another profit warning

TORONTO (Reuters) - Research in Motion booked a huge charge to write down inventories of its unloved PlayBook tablet on Friday, capping a dismal year with a steep profit warning that sent its shares tumbling almost 10 percent. Waterloo, Ontario-based RIM, the company whose now ubiquitous BlackBerry created the concept of on-the-go email, said it no longer expects to meet its full-year earnings forecast due to weak sales, the PlayBook writedown and a charge related to a damaging service outage in October.

RIM is "national jewel" worthy of support: minister

NEW YORK (Reuters) - BlackBerry smartphone maker Research In Motion is a national "jewel" worthy of support, Canada's industry minister said on Friday, insisting that Canada is open to foreign investment even though it blocked a $39 billion potash deal last year. "RIM is a Canadian jewel," Christian Paradis told Reuters in an interview in New York on Friday, speaking in his native French. "I think we have to support companies like RIM."

Natives to oppose West Coast oil pipelines

(Reuters) - Aboriginal groups in the Canadian Pacific province of British Columbia said on Thursday they had formed a united front to oppose all exports of crude oil from the Alberta tar sands through their territories. The declaration is another political blow to the Canadian energy sector and Canada's right-of-center Conservative government after Washington decided last month to delay approving a pipeline carrying oil sands crude to the Gulf Coast.

RBC PMI shows slower manufacturing growth

TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian manufacturing growth slowed in November to the weakest level in four months as worsening global economic conditions took a toll on the domestic environment, data on Thursday showed. The RBC Canadian Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index came in at 53.31 in November, above the level of 50 that separates expansion from contraction.

TSX ends lower but posts big weekly gain

TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index closed lower on Friday as investors booked some profits after the TSX notched its biggest weekly gain in more than two years on optimism that steps were being taken to resolve Europe's debt crisis. The mining-heavy materials sector dragged the index lower, as shares of gold miners slid despite spot gold edging higher to post its largest weekly gain in more than a month.

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Weekly Rewind: Spotify does apps, Facebook IPO may come this spring, and two iPhone 4s spontaneously combust (Digital Trends)

Didn?t have time to keep up with every ripple in the technology pond this week? We?ve got you covered. Here are some of the most noteworthy stories from the last week.

Two iPhones spontaneously combust, Siri turns out to be pro-life

On Monday of this week we reported about a passenger on a regional Australian flight whose iPhone 4 mysteriously exploded shortly after landing, apparently emitting smoke and a red light. In an even stranger twist, later in the week a Brazilian woman awoke in the middle of the night to see her iPhone 4 (which was charging overnight) emitting both sparks and smoke. In news for owners of the new iPhone 4S, it appears that when asked, Siri can?t help women find abortion clinics nearby, even in a place like Manhattan. Apple says that the problem is not intentional but it?s unclear whether they will fix the problem in a future version or not.?

Spotify delves into music apps

At an event on Wednesday, Spotify announced its new venture: music apps. The popular music service will now offer music apps within its platform like TuneWiki, Rolling Stone, and Last.fm, aiming to create a broader, more social experience for users.?

Microsoft ponders Office move to iPad

We also learned this week that Microsoft may finally be moving its Office software over to iOS for the iPad. Rumor has it that software for the iPad is in the works, as is an OS X Lion version of Office. This jump, whether it?s good for Microsoft or not, would make the iPad a much better tool for the corporate world when it comes to productivity.?

Facebook looking at spring IPO, discusses privacy policies with the FTC

While it first started as just a swirling rumor, it now seems that a Facebook IPO is inevitable, with Mark Zuckerberg commenting that it could indeed be possible. This week there are reports that the IPO (initial public offering) date could be as early as April of next year. If it happens, Facebook is reportedly hoping to raise $10 billion, which would make the IPO the biggest by an internet company since Google. In a resolution of the 2009 investigation into Facebook?s privacy practices, the FTC has reached an agreement with Facebook, including requiring that users opt-in to updates and changes in the social network?s privacy policies.?

HTC plans more 4G LTE phones for 2012

Despite recently reporting a significant revenue drop of 23 percent, HTC CFO Winston Yung appears to be unfazed. In the coming year, HTC plans to refocus and bring more 4G LTE phones to the US market. No details about such phones were released, but HTC seems confident as ever that they?ll be able to compete in the tough Android market.?

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David Beckham Talks Future: Galaxy Star Says He Has 'Big Decision To Make'

MANILA, Philippines -- David Beckham said he has a "big decision to make" after his contract with the Los Angeles Galaxy expires and reiterated his desire to play for the British team at the 2012 London Olympics.

The former England captain arrived in Manila on Thursday with his Galaxy teammates for the second leg of a series of exhibitions.

"I'm very proud of the time that I've spent with the Galaxy and it might continue," said Beckham, whose contract expires at the end of the tour. "I think at the end of the day I have a big decision to make, but I obviously haven't made one yet."

Beckham said he "would love to be part of the GB team" in the Olympics next year, especially since the games will be played in a part of London where he grew up.

"Hopefully, I'll be going back to London next summer," he said.

The Galaxy won 1-0 against Indonesia on Wednesday, play the Philippine national team on Saturday and head to Australia.

The exhibition on Saturday in Manila is expected to give a boost to soccer in a country where the national team is lowly ranked and basketball and boxing are the most popular sports in town.

Galaxy coach Bruce Arena encouraged Filipino soccer players to "work hard" and "chase the dream" of international competition.

The Philippine team is improving, reaching the semifinals this year at the Asean Football Federation Cup. Most of the players are half-Filipinos from European leagues who want to play for the country.

Before Saturday's game, Beckham and the Galaxy will hold a soccer clinic with children from poor communities in Manila.

"We always try to play diplomatic football ... but we want to win. It doesn't matter if its a friendly, we want to win the game," he said.

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