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INSERT INTO `articles` VALUES ('1', 'UK minister: Basra is \'transformed city\'', '1', '2012-10-23', 'Britain\'s defense secretary has declared that the once war-torn southern Iraqi city of Basra is now a \"transformed city.\"Des Browne, who made an unannounced visit<br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.check.afp.gi_806001748.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.check.afp.gi_806001748.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"UK minister Basra is transformed city\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>Britain\'s defense secretary has declared that the once war-torn southern Iraqi city of Basra is now a \"transformed city.\"<br><br>Des\r\n Browne, who made an unannounced visit to Basra on Thursday, comes two \r\nmonths after Iraq\'s government launched a recent offensive in the \r\nlargely Shiite city against what they call criminal elements.<br><br>A \r\nBritish military news release said Browne \"engaged with local residents\"\r\n as he talk a stroll in a neighborhood. He saw \"market stalls, craftsmen\r\n and shoppers\" in what was a \"previously hazardous area.\"<br><br>\"As I \r\nwalked through Basra\'s streets today, chatting to people, it was clear \r\nto everyone that Basra is a transformed city. I felt an enormous sense \r\nof pride in what the Iraqi forces have achieved with our help,\" Browne \r\nsaid, according to the news release.<br><br>\"Mid-afternoon I sat in a \r\nBasra street cafe and had a cup of tea with General Mohammed Juwad \r\nHuwaidi, commander of the Iraqi forces in Basra. All around us were the \r\nsigns of a city returning to normality -- shop keepers working away, \r\nwomen walking around wearing head scarves and children playing on their \r\nbikes.\"<br><br>Maj. Tom Holloway, the British military spokesman, told \r\nCNN on Friday that Browne discussed security plans with British \r\ncommanders and met with local Iraqi military officials during the \r\nthree-hour visit.<br><br>British troops had been based in Basra city \r\nsince the Iraq war began in 2003. The country handed over security \r\ncontrol to Iraqis late last year, but still maintains a presence in \r\nBasra province.<br><br>The defense ministry says there are 4,000 British\r\n troops in southern Iraq, and they are focused on training and mentoring\r\n and \"carry out tasks in support of the coalition.\"<br><br>Iraqi Prime \r\nMinister Nuri al-Maliki in late March launched the offensive targeting \r\nan outlaw element that had been holding sway in city neighborhoods.<br><br>Many\r\n observers believe the fighting reflected the country\'s intra-Shiite \r\nrivalries. Much of the fighting pitted Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr\'s \r\nMehdi Army militia against the government security forces dominated by \r\nmembers of a rival Shiite group, the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq.<br><br>The\r\n offensive sparked fighting in other Shiite towns and in Baghdad\'s \r\npredominantly Sadr City, where troops fought Shiite militants until a \r\ncease-fire was recently forged.<br><br>Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S.\r\n military official in Iraq, mentioned the Basra offensive during \r\ntestimony on Thursday at a hearing before the Senate Armed Services \r\nCommittee.<br><br>He said the operation -- which was criticized for its \r\nhasty planning and initially seen by some observers as a government \r\nfailure -- \"did have a shaky start.\" The Senate hearing was over his \r\nnomination to head U.S. Central Command.<br><br>Petraeus said the operation has since had \"enormous progress that has produced very positive tactical and strategic results.\"<br><br>\"The\r\n tactical results are the return of control to legitimate security \r\nforces in Basra, something for which the .... people of that city and \r\nprovince are quite grateful and they\'re pleased about.\"<br><br>Browne said it was his ninth visit to Basra over the past two years.<br><br>\"In that time there have been highs and there have been lows. I have seen progress and I have seen that progress stall.<br><br><br>\"But\r\n never have I seen the Iraqi army operating with such confidence and \r\nenjoying such support from the local people. This would not have been \r\npossible without the hard work of the British military,\" he said.</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('2', 'Imams in Iraq denounce Quran shooting', '1', '2012-10-23', 'Imams delivering their Friday sermons in Iraq are denouncing the shooting of a Quran, the holy book of Islam, by a U.S. soldier.\"If we were<br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.quran.kiss.cnn_842448355.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.quran.kiss.cnn_842448355.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"Imams in Iraq denounce Quran shooting\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>Imams delivering their Friday sermons in Iraq are denouncing the shooting of a Quran, the holy book of Islam, by a U.S. soldier.<br><br>\"If\r\n we were strongly united from the beginning, that silly-minded American \r\nsoldier wouldn\'t have used the Quran as a target,\" said Sheikh Ahmed \r\nAbdul-Ghafour al-Samarie, delivering a sermon at Um al-Qura Sunni Mosque\r\n in Baghdad.<br><br>The U.S. military and President Bush have \r\napologized, but it did not stem the violent protests in Afghanistan and \r\ncalls from both Sunni and Shiite Iraqis for the soldier to be severely \r\npunished.<br><br>Muslims around the world were angered when it came to \r\nlight last week that an American staff sergeant -- a sniper section \r\nleader -- had used a Quran for target practice in Iraq.<br><br>Imams at mosques in the largely Sunni cities of Falluja and Mosul, and in Baghdad, condemned the act.<br><br>The Baghdad mosque prayer was broadcast live on state TV.<br><br>\"This\r\n soldier put the head of his state in embarrassment that he had to \r\napologize to the prime minister. We call upon this soldier to be \r\npunished. This act, we reject and we stand against it,\" al-Samarie said.<br><br>He said if a similar incident happened again, \"the world will turn upside down and things will not go back to how they were.\"<br><br>Sayyed\r\n Muhanned al-Mossawi, a Shiite imam at al-Hakma mosque, said: \"We \r\ncondemn and denounce the criminal act by the American soldier in \r\nRadhwaniya in tearing the Holy Quran and using it as a shooting target.\"<br><br>Friday\'s prayer service is the most important Muslim event of the week.<br><br>The U.S. commander in Baghdad issued a formal apology Saturday and read a letter of apology from the shooter.<br><br>The\r\n sergeant has been relieved of duty as a section leader, officially \r\nreprimanded by his commanding general, dismissed from his regiment and \r\nreassigned to the United States, the U.S. military said.<br><br>Iraq\'s \r\nmost powerful Sunni Arab party, the Iraqi Islamic Party, has demanded \r\nthe \"severest of punishments\" for the American soldier.</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('3', 'Twisters sweep across nation\'s midsection, killing eight', '1', '2012-10-23', 'Tornadoes swept through the Midwest on Sunday, killing seven people in \r\nIowa and a toddler in Minnesota.A tornado touched down in the \r\nnorth-central Iowa town<br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.tornado.horse.ap_277419324.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.tornado.horse.ap_277419324.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"Twisters sweep across nations midsection killing eight\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>Tornadoes swept through the Midwest on Sunday, killing seven people in Iowa and a toddler in Minnesota.<br><br>A\r\n tornado touched down in the north-central Iowa town of Parkersburg at \r\nabout 6 p.m. (7 p.m. ET), killing five before moving 10 miles east to \r\nNew Hartford, where two others died in the storm, said Troy Price, a \r\nspokesman for Gov. Chet Culver.<br><br>Spotters also reported a tornado \r\nnear Dunkerton -- about 40 miles east of Parkersburg -- that they said \r\ncaused considerable damage and flung debris as the storm moved at 23 \r\nmiles per hour. Marble-sized hail fell over Waterloo, where authorities \r\nreported significant damage to homes, trees and power lines.<br><br>\"Early\r\n reports indicate that these communities have suffered severe and \r\nwidespread damage, and I plan to visit the region very soon to offer my \r\nsupport to those affected,\" Culver said in a prepared statement. He \r\ndeclared disaster areas in three counties.<br><br>Meanwhile, a Minnesota\r\n twister killed a 2-year-old child and seriously injured nine other \r\npeople -- including another child -- in suburban Minneapolis-St. Paul.<br><br>The\r\n tornado struck Hugo, about 25 miles north of the Twin Cities, \r\ndestroying 50 homes and damaging another 150, city manager Mike Ericson \r\ntold CNN.<br><br>The National Weather Service confirmed the tornado in \r\nHugo that touched down just after 5:30 p.m. (6:30 p.m. ET), and \r\nauthorities reported twisters in nearby Coon Rapids and Blain.<br><br>Video\r\n from the scene showed chairs, televisions, shingles and other debris \r\ntossed into the streets of the 11,500-population Hugo. Nickel-sized hail\r\n and larger pelted the suburb.<br><br>Sgt. Rick Boone of the Coon Rapids\r\n Police Department said a twister cut through the middle of town, \r\ndowning trees and causing minor damage to several homes. No fatalities \r\nor injuries were immediately reported.<br><br>Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty planned to meet with local authorities Monday afternoon and tour the affected areas.<br><br>Earlier\r\n in the day, authorities in Moore County, Texas, reported sightings of \r\nthree twisters, though details were not immediately available.<br><br>On\r\n Saturday, tornadoes formed over northern Oklahoma, skipping across the \r\nrural landscape and severely damaging a hog farm about an hour northwest\r\n of Oklahoma City. There were no reports of injuries, officials said.<br><br>However,\r\n two people were found dead in south-central Kansas on Saturday in a car\r\n accident that authorities said was caused by a tornado.</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('4', 'Probe lands on Mars, NASA says', '1', '2012-10-23', 'The first pictures from NASA\'s Mars Phoenix Lander, which successfully touched down near Mars\' north pole Sunday, showed a pattern of brown polygons as far<br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.mars.surface.nasa_351504358.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.mars.surface.nasa_351504358.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"Probe lands on Mars NASA says\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>The first pictures from NASA\'s Mars Phoenix Lander, which \r\nsuccessfully touched down near Mars\' north pole Sunday, showed a pattern\r\n of brown polygons as far as the camera could see.<br><br>\"It\'s \r\nsurprisingly close to what we expected and that\'s what surprises me \r\nmost,\" said Peter Smith, the mission\'s principal investigator. \"I \r\nexpected a bigger surprise.\"<br><br>The landing on the Red Planet\'s \r\narctic plains -- which ended a 296-day journey -- was right on target, a\r\n feat NASA\'s Ed Weiler compared to landing a hole-in-one with a golf \r\nball from 10,000 miles.<br><br>The landing -- dubbed the \"seven minutes \r\nof terror\" -- was a nerve-wracking experience for mission managers, who \r\nhave witnessed the failure of similar missions.<br><br>In mission \r\ncontrol at NASA\'s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, \r\nthey celebrated the lander\'s much-anticipated entry.<br><br>\"It was better than we could have imagined,\" Barry Goldstein, project manager for the Phoenix mission, told CNN.<br><br>The Phoenix\'s 90-day mission is to analyze the soils and permafrost of Mars\' arctic tundra for signs of past or present life.<br><br>The\r\n lander is equipped with a robotic arm capable of scooping up ice and \r\ndirt to look for organic evidence that life once existed there, or even \r\nexists now.<br><br>\"We are not going to be able to answer the final \r\nquestion of is there life on Mars,\" said principal investigator Peter \r\nSmith, an optical scientist with the University of Arizona. \"We will \r\ntake the next important step. We\'ll find out if there\'s organic material\r\n associated with this ice in the polar regions. Ice is a preserver, and \r\nif there ever were organics on Mars and they got into that ice, they \r\nwill still be there today.\"<br><br>The twin to the Mars Polar Lander \r\nspacecraft, Phoenix was supposed to travel to Mars in 2001 as the Mars \r\nSurveyor spacecraft. They were originally part of the \"better, faster, \r\ncheaper\" program, formulated by then-NASA Administrator Dan Goldin to \r\nbeef up planetary exploration on a lean budget.<br><br>But Polar \r\nmalfunctioned during its descent into Mars\' atmosphere in 1999 and \r\ncrashed. An investigation concluded that as many as a dozen design flaws\r\n or malfunctions doomed the spacecraft.<br><br>The failure of that \r\nmission, as well as another spacecraft called the Mars Climate Orbiter \r\nthe same year, led to NASA to put future missions on hold and rethink \r\nthe \"better, faster, cheaper\" approach. Mars Surveyor went to the \r\nwarehouse.<br><br>But all was not lost. In 2003, Smith proposed a plan \r\nto re-engineer the Mars Surveyor and fly it on a mission to look for \r\nsignatures of life in the ice and dirt of Mars far North. Mars Phoenix, \r\nliterally and figuratively, rose from the ashes of Surveyor.<br><br>Engineers\r\n set to work, testing and retesting the onboard system to ferret out and\r\n fix all the flaws they could find. iReport.com: Send your photos, video\r\n of space.<br><br>\"We always have to be scared to death,\" Goldstein \r\nsaid. \"The minute we lose fear is the minute that we stop looking for \r\nthe next problem.\"<br><br>The team was concerned about the Phoenix \r\nlanding system. NASA had not successfully landed a probe on Mars using \r\nlanding legs and stabilizing thrusters since the Viking missions in the \r\nlate 1970s. The other three successful Mars landings -- Pathfinder in \r\n1997 and the Spirit and Opportunity rovers in 2004 -- used massive \r\nairbags that inflated around the landing craft just before landing to \r\ncushion the impact.<br><br>The Phoenix doesn\'t have airbags because the lander is too big and heavy for them to work properly.<br><br>Its\r\n landing site was targeted for the far northern plains of Mars, near the\r\n northern polar ice cap. Data from the Mars Odyssey spacecraft indicate \r\nlarge quantities of ice there, likely in the form of permafrost, either \r\non the surface or just barely underground.<br><br>\"Follow the water\" has become the unifying theme of NASA\'s Mars exploration strategy.<br><br>In\r\n 2004, the rover Opportunity found evidence that a salty sea once lapped\r\n the shores of an area near Mars\' equator called Meridiani Planum. \r\nAstrobiologists generally agree that it\'s best to look for life in wet \r\nplaces.</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('5', 'Obama: Florida, Michigan are Clinton\'s \'last slender hope\'', '1', '2012-10-23', 'Sen. Barack Obama accused Sen. Hillary Clinton of stoking anger in \r\nFlorida and Michigan over the Democratic Party\'s decision not to \r\nrecognize the states\' primary <br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.obamaplane.ap_115644714.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.obamaplane.ap_115644714.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"Obama Florida Michigan are Clintons last slender hope\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>Sen. Barack Obama accused Sen. Hillary Clinton of stoking \r\nanger in Florida and Michigan over the Democratic Party\'s decision not \r\nto recognize the states\' primary votes.<br><br>\"They weren\'t stirring it\r\n up when they didn\'t need the delegates,\" he said. \"Let\'s not sort of \r\npretend that we don\'t know what\'s going on. This is, from their \r\nperspective, their last slender hope to make arguments about how they \r\ncan win.<br><br>Obama, speaking to reporters on his campaign plane late \r\nSaturday, also took on Sen. John McCain\'s suggestion that Obama\'s lack \r\nof military service makes him unqualified to criticize him on veterans \r\nissues.<br><br>\"I will cede to no one the ability to talk about veterans\r\n issues,\" Obama said. \"My grandfather was a veteran. Those veterans \r\nbenefits helped my grandparents to raise my mother. I have veterans \r\nthroughout the state of Illinois that I\'ve been fighting for since I \r\ncame into the United States Senate.\"<br><br>Obama returned to his home \r\nbase of Chicago, Illinois, Saturday night after a campaign swing through\r\n in Puerto Rico, which holds its primary June 1, and spending three days\r\n in Florida.<br><br>Obama said he wants a resolution of the controversy \r\nover the seating of the Florida and Michigan delegations so that they \r\n\"feel that they\'ve been treated fairly and they\'re seated.\"<br><br>\"I want to be looking at them when I\'m standing on the stage in Denver in August,\" Obama said.<br><br>He said the \"anger will go away once it\'s resolved\" and it will not be a deciding factor in the November general election.<br><br>\"I\r\n think the Democrats are going to be focused on who\'s going to stop the \r\nwar, who\'s going to be making Supreme Court appointments, who\'s going to\r\n have a serious energy policy, who\'s going to bring good jobs and good \r\nwages, who\'s going to continue the Bush tax cuts and who\'s going to give\r\n a middle class tax cut,\" Obama said.<br><br>\"The notion that the folks \r\nin Florida, who are trying to struggle with $4 gas and not being able to\r\n get property insurance for their house during hurricane season, are \r\ngoing to be making a decision based on a political tempest that occurred\r\n during a primary, I don\'t see it,\" he said.<br><br>Obama said he \r\npredicted a \"substantive debate\" with McCain during the general election\r\n over veterans issues, especially if McCain continues to oppose the \r\nexpansion of the GI Bill.<br><br>\"John McCain will have to decide \r\nwhether he thinks that the current level of benefits or the current \r\nperformance of the VA is sufficient,\" Obama said.<br><br>After Obama \r\ntook to the Senate floor last Thursday to criticize McCain\'s opposition \r\nto legislation, which passed by a 75-22 vote margin, McCain quickly \r\nresponded that Obama was taking \"cheap shots\" on an issue that \"he has \r\nless than zero understanding of.\"<br><br>\"I will not accept from Sen. \r\nObama, who did not feel it was his responsibility to serve our country \r\nin uniform, any lectures on my regard for those who did,\" McCain said in\r\n a written statement.<br><br>Asked to respond Saturday, Obama said \"the \r\nnotion that somehow I can\'t speak out on behalf of veterans because of \r\nthe fact that I didn\'t serve makes no sense whatsoever.\"<br><br>Obama \r\nsaid that he, and many others his age, did not serve in the military \r\nbecause the Vietnam War -- and the draft -- ended before he was of draft\r\n age.<br><br>\"Obviously, I revere our soldiers and want to make sure \r\nthey are treated with honor and respect,\" he said. \"I think the GI Bill \r\nis one way to do that. I hope that John McCain and George Bush decide \r\nthey believe the same thing.\"<br><br>The updated version of the GI Bill,\r\n which has now passed the Senate and House, proposes to essentially \r\nprovide a full scholarship to in-state public universities for members \r\nof the military who have served for at least three years.<br><br>McCain \r\nsupports enacting legislation to expand education benefits for veterans,\r\n but he, as well as President Bush and much of the military brass, \r\noppose this specific measure because they worry it will deplete \r\nretention rates among those currently serving in the military at a time \r\nwhen recruitment efforts are already struggling.</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('6', 'Nearly complete Pentagon memorial tells story of 9/11', '1', '2012-10-23', 'As president of the Pentagon Memorial Fund, Jim Laychak has been involved in nearly aspect of the project\'s planning.The only thing he has not done<br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.pentagon.cnn_700122187.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.pentagon.cnn_700122187.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"Nearly complete Pentagon memorial tells story of 911\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>As president of the Pentagon Memorial Fund, Jim Laychak has been involved in nearly aspect of the project\'s planning.<br><br>The\r\n only thing he has not done is visit the bench dedicated to his brother,\r\n Dave Laychak, who died on September 11, 2001, when a passenger airplane\r\n hit the Pentagon.<br><br>\"I want to hold off and go and see his bench \r\nand touch his bench that day,\" said Laychak. \"I wanted to save something\r\n special for me personally on September 11 when we dedicate the \r\nmemorial, so I can spend some time with it then.\"<br><br>Laychak is one \r\nof many looking forward to the dedication of the memorial, which is \r\nbeing built to honor the 184 people killed when American Airlines Flight\r\n 77 crashed into the Pentagon.<br><br>\"This is hallowed ground for a lot\r\n of the family members, and the essence of this place will be about \r\nthem, those that we lost,\" Laychak said.<br><br>After more than five \r\nyears of fundraising, the organizers are about $13 million short of \r\ntheir goal. They plan to have the memorial finished and dedicated on the\r\n seventh anniversary of the attacks.<br><br>The park, which cost $22 \r\nmillion to build, needs another $10 million in endowment funds to make \r\nsure it\'s always properly maintained. So far, the Pentagon Memorial Fund\r\n has raised $19 million from sources as diverse as former Defense \r\nSecretary Donald Rumsfeld, NBA star [and Navy veteran] David Robinson \r\nand the government of Taiwan.<br><br>The focus of the memorial is 184 \r\ncantilevered benches built over a pool of lighted water. Each bench is \r\nengraved on the end with the name of one of the 184 people who died on \r\nboard Flight 77 or in the Pentagon that day.<br><br>The benches are \r\narranged by age, with the bench of the youngest victim, 3-year-old Dana \r\nFalkenberg, in the far southeast corner and the bench honoring \r\n71-year-old John Yamnicky in the northwest corner.<br><br>For Wendy Ploger, whose father and stepmother died aboard Flight 77, the benches add special meaning to the memorial.<br><br>\"I\r\n don\'t know how to describe it, but it tells the story of what happened,\r\n which is sort of what helps me to heal,\" said Ploger, whose relatives \r\nwere on their honeymoon when they died.<br><br>The benches for the 59 \r\nvictims on board the plane are arranged so that someone reading the name\r\n on the end of the bench will face the sky where the plane came from. \r\nThe 125 benches for the victims inside the Pentagon face the opposite \r\ndirection, so someone reading the name will look up and see the south \r\nfacade of the Pentagon, where the jet hit that day.<br><br>\"The way the \r\nbench is facing, my father\'s bench, if you read his name on the end of \r\nit, you are facing the same direction that the plane was flying [from] \r\nas it impacted the Pentagon,\" said Ploger, whose parents were originally\r\n scheduled to take a different flight but changed their plans.<br><br>\"At\r\n first I felt a little strange sitting on it. But then, it\'s comfort and\r\n it feels good and I feel like I\'m close to my loved one,\" she said.<br><br>Some\r\n of the original plans have changed since construction started in June \r\n2006. Originally, the benches were to be made of aluminum. But aluminum \r\ncan oxidize, leaving pits and white residue. The builders chose to use \r\nmarine-grade stainless steel, which won\'t rust and can withstand the \r\nelements.<br><br>The benches are inlaid with black and gold granite \r\nmined in Spain and cut in Canada. A perimeter wall around the park is \r\nbuilt of the same Spanish granite.<br><br>Black granite was originally \r\nchosen for the top of a perimeter wall around the park, but builders \r\nlearned the hard way that on warm and sunny days, the black granite gets\r\n so hot \"it could burn your tuchis,\" one worker said.<br><br>Ploger and Laychak say they are not sure how others will respond to the memorial, but for them, it brings a sense of peace.<br><br>\"For me, it just makes it so real,\" Ploger said. \"This is sort of the closest I\'ve been to the event and to that day.\"</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('7', 'Weather helps firefighters get control of wildfire', '1', '2012-10-23', 'Days of moist, cool weather helped firefighters get a handle on a destructive wildfire in the Santa Cruz Mountains that scorched 3,900 acres and at<br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.wildfire.kgo_660932793.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.wildfire.kgo_660932793.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"Weather helps firefighters get control of wildfire\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>Days of moist, cool weather helped firefighters get a handle \r\non a destructive wildfire in the Santa Cruz Mountains that scorched \r\n3,900 acres and at least 29 homes.<br><br>Easing winds and lower \r\ntemperatures helped keep the blaze from spreading and fire crews had the\r\n blaze mostly contained early Monday, according to the California \r\nDepartment of Forestry and Fire Prevention.<br><br>\"It\'s really not moving at all,\" said David Coursey, a department spokesman.<br><br>The\r\n 6-square-mile fire was expected to be fully surrounded by Tuesday, fire\r\n officials said. The blaze still threatened 550 homes and 20 commercial \r\nbuildings.<br><br>While some evacuees were let in on an hour-by-hour \r\nbasis to survey the damage, hundreds of residents were told to stay away\r\n following the outbreak of the fire in the mountainous region about 15 \r\nmiles south of San Jose.<br><br>Five firefighters have suffered minor injuries.<br><br>In\r\n a community meeting at a church Sunday afternoon, residents eager to \r\nsleep in their own beds were given bad news. Officials said a quick turn\r\n in weather could re-ignite the blaze, and that they would have to wait \r\nuntil Tuesday to return home.<br><br>Meanwhile, nearly 3,000 personnel \r\nworked to cut fire lines through centuries-old redwood forests as a \r\nswarm of helicopters and air tankers doused flames from the sky.<br><br>Gov.\r\n Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency for Santa Cruz and \r\nSanta Clara counties to allow access to state funds. The firefighting \r\neffort has cost $6.1 million so far, Coursey said.<br><br>Smoke from the\r\n wildfire has left a haze over the San Francisco Bay area that was \r\nexpected to linger through the Memorial Day weekend.<br><br>Investigators\r\n are still probing the cause of the fire, which broke out just as the \r\nstate\'s unofficial fire season got under way in mid-May. The blaze \r\nerupted following the state\'s driest two-month period on record.</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('8', 'Midwest tornadoes kill 7, including toddler', '1', '2012-10-23', 'Seven people died in tornadoes that blew through the Midwestern United States on Sunday, with six reported dead in Iowa and a toddler in Minnesota<br>', '<div>\r\n								\r\n									<div>\r\n										\r\n                                                \r\n                                            \r\n										<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.storm.aerial.ap_609333893.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.storm.aerial.ap_609333893.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"Midwest tornadoes kill 7 including toddler\">\r\n										\r\n									</div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>Seven people died in tornadoes that blew through the \r\nMidwestern United States on Sunday, with six reported dead in Iowa and a\r\n toddler in Minnesota, authorities said Monday.<br><br>Authorities in \r\nIowa had reported that seven people died in Sunday\'s storm but lowered \r\nthat total to six on Monday, said Bret Voorhees, a spokesman for the \r\nIowa Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.<br><br>A \r\ntornado touched down at about 6 p.m. Sunday in the north-central Iowa \r\ntown of Parkersburg before moving 10 miles east to New Hartford, \r\nVoorhees said.<br><br>Spotters also reported a tornado near Dunkerton --\r\n about 40 miles east of Parkersburg -- that they said caused \r\nconsiderable damage and flung debris as the storm moved at 23 mph. \r\nMarble-size hail fell in Waterloo, where authorities reported \r\nsignificant damage to homes, trees and power lines.<br><br>\"Early \r\nreports indicate that these communities have suffered severe and \r\nwidespread damage, and I plan to visit the region very soon to offer my \r\nsupport to those affected,\" Iowa Gov. Chet Culver said in a statement. \r\nHe declared disaster areas in three counties.<br><br>Meanwhile, a \r\nMinnesota twister killed a 2-year-old and seriously injured nine others \r\n-- including another child -- in suburban Minneapolis-St. Paul.<br><br>The\r\n tornado struck Hugo, about 25 miles north of the Twin Cities, \r\ndestroying 50 homes and damaging another 150, city manager Mike Ericson \r\nsaid.<br><br>The National Weather Service confirmed the tornado in Hugo \r\nthat touched down just after 5:30 p.m. Sunday, and authorities reported \r\ntwisters in nearby Coon Rapids and Blaine.<br><br>Video footage from the\r\n scene showed chairs, televisions, shingles and other debris tossed into\r\n the streets of Hugo. Nickel-size hail and larger pelted the suburb.<br><br>Sgt.\r\n Rick Boone of the Coon Rapids Police Department said a twister cut \r\nthrough the middle of town, downing trees and causing minor damage to \r\nseveral homes. No fatalities or injuries were immediately reported.<br><br>Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty planned to meet with local authorities Monday afternoon and tour the affected areas.<br><br>Also Sunday, authorities in Moore County, Texas, reported sightings of three twisters.<br><br>On\r\n Saturday, tornadoes formed over northern Oklahoma, skipping across the \r\nrural landscape and severely damaging a hog farm about an hour northwest\r\n of Oklahoma City. There were no reports of injuries, officials said.<br><br>However, two people were found dead Saturday in south-central Kansas in a car accident that authorities said a tornado caused.</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('9', 'First MLK grandchild born', '1', '2012-10-23', 'The first grandchild of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born Sunday in Atlanta.The girl, named Yolanda Renee King, is the daughter of Martin Luther<br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.king.ap_277500991.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.king.ap_277500991.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"First MLK grandchild born\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>The first grandchild of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born Sunday in Atlanta.<br><br>The\r\n girl, named Yolanda Renee King, is the daughter of Martin Luther King \r\nIII and his wife, Arndrea Waters King, the family said in a statement.<br><br>The newborn weighed in at 7.5 pounds. Her birth comes two years and two days after her parents were married.<br><br>\"We\r\n are excited about our precious gift from God and cannot express how \r\nfortunate we feel to have our beautiful baby girl. It is truly the \r\nhappiest day of our lives. I know my parents are smiling down from \r\nheaven,\" the new father said in the statement released by Matlock \r\nAdvertising and Public Relations, which works with the King family.<br><br>The girl carries the first name of her father\'s sister, the oldest of the four King children, who died last year.</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('10', 'Racial tensions brewing in Crown Heights', '1', '2012-10-23', 'Seventeen years after race riots left the streets of one New York City neighborhood bloodied, tensions are rising again there between Orthodox Jews and blacks.First<br>', '<div>\r\n								\r\n									<div>\r\n										\r\n                                                \r\n                                            \r\n										<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.crown.heights.ap_126889447.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.crown.heights.ap_126889447.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"Racial tensions brewing in Crown Heights\">\r\n										\r\n									</div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>Seventeen years after race riots left the streets of one New \r\nYork City neighborhood bloodied, tensions are rising again there between\r\n Orthodox Jews and blacks.<br><br>First, a black man was badly beaten. \r\nWeeks later, a Jewish teenager said he was attacked by two young blacks \r\nwhile riding his bicycle, and angry Jewish residents took to the streets\r\n with signs saying \"Jewish blood is not cheap!\" and \"Every Jew a .22.\"<br><br>And\r\n along the way, the district attorney accused an Orthodox Jewish street \r\npatrol of vigilantism and compared the group to street gangs like the \r\nBloods and Crips.<br><br>The strife has revived painful memories of the \r\n1991 riots in the Brooklyn neighborhood called Crown Heights, which is \r\nhome to about 15,000 Orthodox Jews and more than 130,000 blacks.<br><br>As summer approaches, leaders from both sides are braced for trouble.<br><br>\"One\r\n small incident could escalate into something beyond our grasp,\" warned \r\nRichard Green, head of the Crown Heights Youth Collective, a group he \r\nsaid inspires the races \"to interact instead of react.\"<br><br>The group\r\n was started after the 1991 riots that exploded after a black child was \r\naccidentally struck by a station wagon in the motorcade of a Jewish \r\nspiritual leader. The 7-year-old boy, who was pinned under the vehicle, \r\nlater died of his injuries. In the ensuing unrest, which lasted three \r\ndays, a rabbinical student was mortally stabbed by a black mob.<br><br>To\r\n quell fears of new unrest, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly visited \r\nCrown Heights earlier this month and stepped up police patrols. Officers\r\n also are perched atop a tower, keeping 24-hour watch over the world \r\nheadquarters of the ultra-Orthodox Lubavitch movement.<br><br>\"It\'s a very delicate situation in Crown Heights, a bubble of tension,\" said Geoffrey Davis, a longtime black resident.<br><br>District\r\n Attorney Charles Hynes has convened a grand jury to probe the April 14 \r\nassault on Andrew Charles, a 20-year-old son of a police detective. He \r\ntold police that a man on a bicycle sprayed him with mace while another \r\nman stepped out of an SUV, struck him with a wooden object and drove \r\noff.<br><br>Police have released a photograph of a 25-year-old member of\r\n the local street patrol group, the Shmira, who is wanted for \r\nquestioning in what Hynes calls \"an unprovoked attack.\"<br><br>Police \r\nsuspect the attack followed reports that black youths had pelted \r\nneighborhood homes with rocks. In May, residents say stones were hurled \r\nat a school bus carrying Jewish children.<br><br>Charles\' mother is \r\naccusing police of having \"a double standard,\" noting that they\'ve made \r\nno arrest in her son\'s case while two black teenagers were quickly \r\ncharged with beating and robbing a Jewish 16-year-old riding his bicycle\r\n several weeks ago.<br><br>\"My son\'s suspect is still at large almost a month after he was brutally assaulted!\" said Charles\' mother, Wendy Craigg.<br><br>The prosecutor\'s office said it could not discuss the details of a case under investigation.<br><br>Members of the Shmira, which means \"to watch\" in Hebrew, are quick to show that they protect both blacks and Jews.<br><br>In\r\n early May, a Jewish man standing in front of the Lubavitcher \r\nheadquarters was surrounded by four black men who confronted him, \r\ncutting his hand. The Shmira chased down the four and called police, \r\naccording to Yossi Stern, Shmira\'s director.<br><br>In another recent \r\nincident, Stern said, a young black woman leaving the subway was \r\nconfronted by a knife-wielding man who forced her into an apartment \r\nbuilding, where he tried to remove her clothing. Her screams were heard \r\nby a resident of the building -- a Shmira member who pursued the \r\nassailant and called 911.<br><br>But NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said \r\nthat the Shmira \"does not cooperate with police like other community \r\nwatch groups who are our eyes and ears.\" He said the group has not \r\nsupplied police officials with the names of its members, as do other \r\nsuch groups in the city.<br><br>Still, the current tensions don\'t even begin to approach 1991 levels.<br><br>Reported crimes in the precinct that includes Crown Heights have dropped steadily since then -- 77 percent in the past 15 years.<br><br>And\r\n Green says community residents now have an outlet: Various groups like \r\nhis formed after the riots to encourage common activities, from sports \r\nto the arts, while bridging differences to avert future clashes.<br><br>\"Race\r\n relations are absolutely better than in the \'90s, when we were like two\r\n ships passing in the night, picking up each other\'s radar,\" said Green,\r\n 60, a Crown Heights resident and history professor at the City \r\nUniversity of New York.</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('11', 'New London Mayor scraps Venezuela oil deal', '2', '2012-10-23', 'The British capital\'s new mayor, Boris Johnson is ending a controversial\r\n deal that has provided cheap Venezuelan fuel for London\'s transport \r\nnetwork.The agreement, signed last <br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.boris.johnson.gi_185574133.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.boris.johnson.gi_185574133.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"New London Mayor scraps Venezuela oil deal\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>The British capital\'s new mayor, Boris Johnson is ending a \r\ncontroversial deal that has provided cheap Venezuelan fuel for London\'s \r\ntransport network.<br><br>The agreement, signed last year by the \r\nConservative Johnson\'s predecessor and Labour Party rival, Ken \r\nLivingstone, provided discounted gas for London\'s iconic red buses in \r\nexchange for advice on urban planning in Caracas, the Venezuelan \r\ncapital.<br><br>Money saved on gas was put into a program providing \r\nhalf-rate bus fares for low-income Londoners. Livingstone said the \r\nanti-poverty initiative was the idea of Venezuela\'s left-wing leader, \r\nHugo Chavez, whom Livingstone said he has long admired.<br><br>Conservative\r\n critics said the deal allowed one of the world\'s richest cities to \r\nexploit a lesser developed country and handed a propaganda coup to a man\r\n they called \"a third-rate South American dictator.\"<br><br>Johnson echoed those criticisms in a statement announcing he would not renew the agreement when it expires in August.<br><br>\"I\r\n think many Londoners felt uncomfortable about the bus operation of one \r\nof the world\'s financial powerhouses being funded by the people of a \r\ncountry where many people live in extreme poverty,\" he said.<br>advertisement<br><br>The statement said poor Londoners could continue to take advantage of the reduced fares until the program ran its course.<br><br>A spokesman for the mayor said there were no plans to offer low-income residents advantageous bus fares beyond that point.</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('12', ' Boeing 747 splits in two on take off', '2', '2012-10-23', 'A large cargo plane crashed at the end of a runway and split in two \r\nwhile trying to take off Sunday at Brussels airport, authorities<br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art_772316968.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art_772316968.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"Boeing 747 splits in two on take off\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>A large cargo plane crashed at the end of a runway and split \r\nin two while trying to take off Sunday at Brussels airport, authorities \r\nsaid.<br><br>Four of the five crew members on board the Boeing 747 were \r\nslightly injured and were hospitalized, said Jan Van der Cruysse, \r\nspokesman at Brussels Airport.<br><br>\"The plane is very seriously \r\ndamaged,\" he said. The aircraft cracked in two after it crashed at the \r\nend of runway 220, which lies very close to a rail line and houses.<br><br>Rail\r\n services to and from the airport were suspended as a safety precaution,\r\n however the crash did not affect other flights at the airport, Van der \r\nCruysse said.<br><br>Francis Vermeiren, mayor of the nearby town of \r\nZaventem, said the plane did not catch on fire when it crashed after \r\nattempting to take off. Vermeiren was coordinating rescue efforts at the\r\n airport.<br><br>\"The plane is not on fire but it has split into two,\" he told VRT radio.<br><br>Firefighters\r\n coated the wings of the plane with special fire retardant foam as a \r\nprecaution because the plane was still full of jet fuel, the mayor said.<br><br>He said the plane was on a scheduled flight to Bahrain. It was not known what cargo the plane was carrying.<br><br>Vermeiren\r\n said the pilot told rescue authorities he heard a large noise while \r\ntrying to take off just after midday. It was not yet clear what caused \r\nthe crash.<br><br>The plane is owned by Kalitta Air, a cargo carrier \r\nbased at Willow Run Airport near Ypsilanti, Michigan, and makes regular \r\nflights from Brussels, officials said. A person who answered the \r\ntelephone at Kalitta Air said Sunday morning that no one was immediately\r\n available to comment.</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('13', 'North Sea oil platform evacuated over leak', '2', '2012-10-23', 'More than 150 people were evacuated from an oil platform in the North \r\nSea on Saturday because of an oil and gas leak that rescuers<br>', 'More than 150 people were evacuated from an oil platform in the North \r\nSea on Saturday because of an oil and gas leak that rescuers feared \r\ncould result in an explosion.<br><br>\"Oil is leaking from one of the \r\nshafts of the Statfjord A platform in the North Sea,\" operator \r\nStatoilHydro ASA said. \"The situation is serious and confused.\"<br><br>Two people were exposed to gas during the incident, but none was seriously injured, said company spokesman Ola Morten Aanestad.<br><br>Oil\r\n was being discharged into the sea from the platform for safety reasons \r\nand repair vessels were heading to the area to contain the spill, the \r\ncompany said.<br><br>Aanestad said there was a small risk that gas \r\nreleased during the oil leak would ignite, so 156 of the 217 people on \r\nthe platform were evacuated to nearby platforms Saturday morning. \r\nSixty-one emergency workers remained on Statfjord A, he said.<br><br>StatoilHydro\r\n said the oil leak occurred during maintenance work on a pipe in one of \r\nthe platform\'s three shafts and that oil was leaking from one or several\r\n storage cells. The storage cells hold 1.3 million barrels of oil, the \r\ncompany said.<br><br>Production was stopped immediately after the leak \r\nwas detected, Aanestad said, adding it was not clear how long the \r\nplatform would remain shut down. \"We\'re primarily focusing on staff and \r\nenvironment right now,\" he said.<br><br>The platform began production in\r\n 1979 and is one of three being operated by StatoilHydro in the \r\nStatfjord field, located about 125 miles (200 kilometers) west of the \r\ncoastal city of Bergen.<br><br>The company said Statfjord is one of the \r\noldest producing fields on the Norwegian continental shelf and the \r\nlargest oil discovery in the North Sea.<br>'), ('14', 'Violence breaks out over Italy trash crisis', '2', '2012-10-23', 'Tensions remained high Saturday after a night of clashes between police \r\nand protesters furious at Italian government plans to dump mountains of \r\nuncollected trash from<br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.naples.ap_184238061.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.naples.ap_184238061.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"Violence breaks out over Italy trash crisis\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>Tensions remained high Saturday after a night of clashes \r\nbetween police and protesters furious at Italian government plans to \r\ndump mountains of uncollected trash from Naples in their towns.<br><br>Police\r\n in riot gear watched but did not intervene Saturday when a protester \r\nthrew what appeared to be a firebomb near the town of Chiaiano, a suburb\r\n of Naples. Demonstrators also hurled cans and other garbage at police.<br><br>The\r\n site near Chiaiano is one of 10 selected by Premier Silvio Berlusconi\'s\r\n new government to receive some of the tons of stinking garbage piled up\r\n in Naples and surrounding areas.<br><br>Police and protesters clashed \r\novernight after authorities tried to move an empty bus that \r\ndemonstrators used to block a road leading to the planned dump site.<br><br>Several injuries were reported on both sides. Police arrested three people, the Italian news agency ANSA reported.<br><br>Earlier\r\n this week, Berlusconi led a Cabinet meeting in Naples to show that his \r\ngovernment was serious about tackling Naples\' garbage problem. He \r\npledged to deploy the military to protect the dump sites.<br><br>Naples\' latest garbage crisis began in December when trash collectors said they had run out of dump sites.<br><br>The\r\n recurring problem is blamed on decades of poor local government, \r\nresidents\' resistance to new dump sites or incinerators and what \r\nauthorities say is organized crime\'s infiltration of the trash business.<br><br>With\r\n summer approaching, the stench of garbage piled up on sidewalks and \r\npiazzas has become overpowering, and Italy\'s tourist industry is worried\r\n it will hurt business.<br><br>But local leaders vowed to thwart the national government\'s plans to move the rubbish to dumps in their areas.<br><br>\"I\r\n won\'t give up easily,\" ANSA quoted Marano mayor Salvatore Perrotta as \r\nsaying. Marano is situated next to the planned Chiaiano dump. Perrotta \r\nsaid he would wage a legal battle to try to prevent it opening.</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('15', 'Two fined for German fatal train crash', '2', '2012-10-23', 'Two train track managers were convicted Friday of involuntary \r\nmanslaughter and fined in connection with a 2006 high-speed train crash \r\nthat killed 23 people.The court<br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.train.file.gi_935574333.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.train.file.gi_935574333.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"Two fined for German fatal train crash\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>Two train track managers were convicted Friday of involuntary\r\n manslaughter and fined in connection with a 2006 high-speed train crash\r\n that killed 23 people.<br><br>The court ruled that the two managers \r\nfailed to take the necessary precautions to protect the test track and \r\ntrains in the northwestern town of Emsland against human error.<br><br>A\r\n high-speed magnetic levitation, or maglev, train struck a maintenance \r\nvehicle on an elevated stretch of the track on September 22, 2006. The \r\nimpact sliced open the train, which was traveling at 111 mph. Another 10\r\n people were injured.<br><br>The managers were charged with indirectly \r\ncausing the deaths by not having required that the maintenance vehicle \r\nbe blocked from the track while a train was on it.<br><br>The Osnabrueck\r\n state court ruled that Guenter Steinmetz, 67, and Joerg Metzner, 50, \r\nwere guilty of involuntary manslaughter and causing bodily harm through \r\nnegligence. But Judge Dieter Temming said the two were not criminals.<br><br>\"The accident was for them a professional catastrophe,\" Temming said.<br><br>The court imposed fines of $37,800 and $31,500 respectively -- a punishment in line with what prosecutors had sought.<br><br>The\r\n defense had sought the acquittal of the two men, who denied the \r\naccusations. Attorneys for both said they would appeal the verdict.<br><br>Prosecutors\r\n have said they consider a third man -- the traffic controller at the \r\ntime -- the chief suspect. However, proceedings against him were dropped\r\n because he has received psychological treatment since the accident, and\r\n is considered mentally unfit to stand trial.<br><br>High-speed maglev \r\ntrains ride on a cushion of magnetism instead of rails, which eliminates\r\n friction and helps make possible speeds of up to 270 mph.<br><br>The German train was made by Transrapid International, a joint company of Siemens AG and ThyssenKrupp AG.<br><br>Only\r\n one commercially operated Transrapid stretch has been built so far -- \r\nin Shanghai, linking the Chinese city\'s financial district with its \r\nairport. Efforts to put it into commercial service in Germany have been \r\nthwarted by cost concerns.</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('16', 'Sri Lanka: Bomb blast kills seven, injures 62', '2', '2012-10-23', 'A bomb exploded on a crowded commuter train in a southern suburb of Sri \r\nLanka\'s capital Monday, killing seven people and wounding at least 62<br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=arta_409360324.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=arta_409360324.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"Sri Lanka Bomb blast kills seven injures 62\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>A bomb exploded on a crowded commuter train in a southern \r\nsuburb of Sri Lanka\'s capital Monday, killing seven people and wounding \r\nat least 62 others, police said.<br><br>The parcel bomb had been placed \r\nin the luggage rack on the train, which was bound for the southern town \r\nof Panadura, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Colombo, police said. \r\nInvestigators blamed the country\'s Tamil Tiger separatist movement for \r\nthe attack, which occurred about 5:30pm in the southern suburb of \r\nDehiwala.<br><br>Many of those on the train were office workers headed home at the end of the workday, police said.<br><br>The\r\n bombing came amid a nationwide alert triggered by the discovery of at \r\nleast three packages, in three different towns, that contained bombs. \r\nAnd it follows allegations by the Tamil Tigers, who are fighting for an \r\nindependent Tamil homeland in northern Sri Lanka, that government forces\r\n had killed 16 civilians in an attack on rebel-held territory in the \r\nWanni region Friday.<br><br>The rebels also said the government killed an infant and a 17-year-old girl when warplanes bombed the area the same day.</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('17', ' Hundreds in Seoul protest U.S. beef', '2', '2012-10-23', 'Riot police beat and arrested several protesters early Monday during an \r\nillegal rally by hundreds of opponents of a beef import agreement with \r\nthe United<br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.protests.gi_560549899.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.protests.gi_560549899.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"Hundreds in Seoul protest US beef\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>Riot police beat and arrested several protesters early Monday\r\n during an illegal rally by hundreds of opponents of a beef import \r\nagreement with the United States that has raised fears of mad cow \r\ndisease in South Korea.<br><br>Several protesters were taken to nearby \r\nhospitals for treatment. A policeman \"shoved me and slammed his shield \r\ninto my right side, and the pain is killing me,\" Cho Ik-bi, a \r\n36-year-old businessman, told The Associated Press as he was taken to an\r\n ambulance.<br><br>Police detained 31 people for questioning, a police \r\nofficer at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said. He spoke on \r\ncondition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to \r\nreporters and declined to comment on the police violence.<br><br>Thousands\r\n of South Koreans have held candlelight vigils and other protests \r\nagainst the April 18 deal to resume U.S. beef imports. They say the \r\ngovernment of President Lee Myung-bak made too many concessions in the \r\naccord and that it does not include strict enough quarantine \r\nrestrictions to protect against mad cow disease.<br><br>The protest movement is among the biggest domestic challenges faced by Lee in his first months in office.<br><br>On Sunday, police detained 37 other protesters at a separate rally urging the government to scrap the import deal.<br><br>Lee\r\n last week sought to reassure the country on the safety of U.S. beef but\r\n failed to ease public anger, fanned in part by media reports \r\nquestioning the safety of the meat.<br><br>Lee has been criticized for \r\nmaking too many concessions on the beef issue to get the U.S. Congress \r\nto approve a free trade agreement. South Korea and the U.S. agreed to \r\nthe landmark accord last year to slash tariffs and other trade barriers,\r\n but the deal must be endorsed by legislatures in both capitals before \r\nit takes effect.<br><br>Prime Minister Han Seung-soo called on South Korea\'s legislature Monday to ratify the deal before its term ends this week.<br><br>Some\r\n 700 protesters marched through the capital until the early hours of the\r\n morning. Some of them called for Lee\'s impeachment, saying he was \r\nsacrificing public safety for political gain.<br><br>The April 18 \r\nagreement scrapped nearly all the quarantine restrictions imposed by the\r\n previous government to guard against mad cow disease.<br><br>The South \r\nKorean government was preparing to make an announcement on revised \r\nquarantine restrictions and the safety of American beef imports as early\r\n as Tuesday, clearing the way to put it back on Korean store shelves.<br><br>A\r\n government delegation was to return home later Monday after conducting \r\non-site inspections of beef industry facilities in the U.S., said Kim \r\nHyun-soo, an Agriculture Ministry spokesman. He did not give further \r\ndetails.<br><br>South Korea suspended U.S. beef imports after the first \r\nAmerican case of mad cow disease appeared in December 2003 in a \r\nCanadian-born cow in Washington state.<br><br>Restricted imports of U.S.\r\n beef reached South Korean supermarkets last year, but further shipments\r\n were canceled in October after banned parts, such as bones, were found.<br><br>Scientists\r\n believe mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy, spreads \r\nwhen farmers feed cattle with recycled meat and bones from infected \r\nanimals. In humans, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a rare and fatal malady, \r\nis linked to eating meat products contaminated with the cattle disease. <br></span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('18', 'Gangster faces death for shooting city mayor', '2', '2012-10-23', 'A court in Japan convicted an alleged gangster and sentenced him to \r\ndeath Monday for the fatal shooting of a popular mayor in a crime<br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.ito.ap_934699425.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.ito.ap_934699425.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"Gangster faces death for shooting city mayor\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>A court in Japan convicted an alleged gangster and sentenced \r\nhim to death Monday for the fatal shooting of a popular mayor in a crime\r\n that stunned a nation that takes pride in its rigid gun-control laws.<br><br>The\r\n defendant was convicted of murder and sentenced to death Monday in \r\nNagasaki District Court, court spokesman Hiroyuki Mano said.<br><br>Prosecutors had sought the death penalty, while the defense had argued that was too harsh.<br><br>Mayor\r\n Iccho Ito, 61, was shot twice in the back at close range outside a \r\ntrain station in April last year while campaigning for re-election for \r\nhis fourth term.<br><br>The crime was lambasted as an act of violence \r\nthat aimed to stifle democracy, and it also raised fears about guns on \r\nthe streets as well as about organized crime in a nation that has long \r\nboasted a relatively crime-free record.<br><br>Tetsuya Shiroo, 60, who \r\npolice say is a senior member of Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan\'s largest \r\norganized crime syndicate, was arrested on the scene. He told police he \r\nwas angry at the city for refusing to compensate him after his car was \r\ndamaged at a public works construction site.<br><br>The assassination \r\nwas the second attack in 20 years against a mayor of the southwestern \r\ncity, whose politicians historically have been outspoken pacifists.<br><br>In\r\n 1990, Mayor Hitoshi Motoshima was shot and seriously wounded after \r\nsaying that Japan\'s emperor bore some responsibility for World War II, \r\nenraging rightist-leaning nationalists. A right-wing terrorist was \r\narrested in that attack.<br><br>One of Ito\'s daughters, Yuko Yokoo, welcomed the punishment as what the family had wanted.<br><br>\"But\r\n even then, we the family are left with nothing,\" she said on nationally\r\n televised news. \"We can only hope that this sends a message that such a\r\n crime will never be repeated.\"<br><br>Known as yakuza, gangsters are \r\noften involved in construction businesses, corporate extortion, \r\ngambling, the sex trade and drug trafficking.<br><br>According to the \r\nlatest police report, gang members in Japan number about 84,200. They \r\nare behind two-thirds of Japan\'s reported shootings, which are still \r\nrare compared to in the United States and other nations at only 65 a \r\nyear.<br><br>\"We feel even stronger our determination to make Nagasaki a\r\n city free of gangsters,\" its current Mayor Tomohisa Taue said on NHK \r\nTV.<br><br>Ito was born in Nagasaki on August 23, 1945, just two weeks \r\nafter the U.S. atomic bombing of the city towards the end of World War \r\nII. The other city to suffer atomic bombing was nearby Hiroshima.</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('19', 'South Korea, Arab states to form group', '2', '2012-10-23', '<span>\r\n            	South Korea and states in the Middle East and Africa are \r\nmeeting to prepare for the launch of a new organization aimed at seeking\r\n closer </span><br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.seoul.ap_807847640.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.seoul.ap_807847640.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"South Korea Arab states to form group\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>South Korea and states in the Middle East and Africa are \r\nmeeting to prepare for the launch of a new organization aimed at seeking\r\n closer ties.<br><br>South Korea and governments, corporations and \r\norganizations from 22 governments or authorities met Monday at a \r\nconference in Seoul aimed at establishing the Korea-Arab Society.<br><br>Attending\r\n the opening ceremony of the conference was President Omar el-Bashir of \r\nSudan. Among other members of the group are Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Algeria,\r\n Somalia, Syria and Mauritania.<br><br>South Korea says that the move to\r\n form the group resulted from an agreement to \"expand and intensify\" \r\nexisting areas of cooperation.<br><br>Resource-poor South Korea is heavily dependent on oil imports and has been intensifying what it calls energy diplomacy.</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('20', ' Fire hits Myanmar embassy in Bangkok', '2', '2012-10-23', 'A fire destroyed a floor at Myanmar\'s embassy in the Thai capital on \r\nMonday.Four fire engines rushed to the embassy as plumes of smoke rose <br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.embassy.fire.irpt_216150042.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.embassy.fire.irpt_216150042.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"Fire hits Myanmar embassy in Bangkok\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>A fire destroyed a floor at Myanmar\'s embassy in the Thai capital on Monday.<br><br>Four\r\n fire engines rushed to the embassy as plumes of smoke rose from inside \r\nthe walled compound, located in a busy business district of Bangkok. The\r\n blaze was put out in about one hour. No injuries were reported.<br><br>A\r\n fire brigade official, Anupon Saengdara, said the cause was not known. \r\nBut a man at the embassy identifying himself only as a consular official\r\n said faulty wiring sparked the fire.<br><br>Pol. Lt. Thanapat Sirawong \r\nsaid the blaze engulfed the second floor of the embassy\'s main, \r\ncolonial-style building, totally damaging the floor and sections of the \r\nroof.<br><br>The area outside the compound is the site of frequent but \r\npeaceful demonstrations by Myanmar activists against the military regime\r\n in their neighboring homeland.<br><br>The visa section of the embassy \r\nis located in the building that caught fire. In the last three weeks, \r\naid workers and others often crowded into the section trying to obtain \r\nhard-to-get visas to isolationist Myanmar to help victims of a \r\ndevastating cyclone.</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('21', 'At funeral, opposition leader criticizes Zimbabwe\'s president', '2', '2012-10-23', 'Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai had harsh words for \r\nPresident Robert Mugabe on Sunday, as he stood near the casket of a man \r\nhe says<br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.zimbabwe.funeral_497821286.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.zimbabwe.funeral_497821286.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"At funeral opposition leader criticizes Zimbabwes president\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai had harsh \r\nwords for President Robert Mugabe on Sunday, as he stood near the casket\r\n of a man he says was killed by Mugabe\'s supporters.<br><br>\"This is a \r\nclear testimony of the callousness of this regime,\" Tsvangirai said to a\r\n funeral procession of hundreds gathered outside the capital city of \r\nHarare.<br><br>\"They can kill us. They can maim us. But we are going on \r\nthe 27th of June, our hearts dripping with blood, to vote him out of \r\noffice.\"<br><br>Tsvangirai was referring to the date of the runoff \r\nelection with Mugabe. On Sunday, Tsvangirai was at the funeral of \r\nTonderai Ndira, a senior member of Tsvangirai\'s Movement for Democratic \r\nChange party who was kidnapped and shot to death, according to MDC party\r\n members.<br><br>MDC members have accused Mugabe supporters of the attack, along with other election-related violence.<br><br>A\r\n Mugabe Cabinet member has denied that the government had any role in \r\nthe killing, and said the report was an effort by the MDC to gain \r\ninternational sympathy.<br><br>The fallout from the controversial March \r\n29 election has caused international concern. The Zimbabwe Electoral \r\nCommission, after a long delay, ruled that neither candidate won the \r\nrequired majority of votes, and scheduled a runoff election for June 27.<br><br>Tsvangirai,\r\n who claims he won the first election, wants international observers to \r\nmonitor the second round of voting, but Mugabe\'s government has turned \r\ndown the demand.<br><br>Since the March balloting, there have been \r\nnumerous reports from the MDC and church groups about kidnappings, \r\ntorture and other violence, including the deaths of opposition party \r\nmembers. They say the violence targets opponents of Mugabe and his \r\nZanu-PF party.<br><br>Mugabe has ruled the southern African country since it became independent 28 years ago.</span>\r\n							</div><br>');
INSERT INTO `articles` VALUES ('22', 'Ex-VP of Congo arrested on war crime charges', '2', '2012-10-23', 'An ex-rebel leader who served as a vice president of Congo was arrested \r\nnear Brussels, Belgium on Saturday on charges of war crimes and crimes<br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.bemba.afp_636668882.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.bemba.afp_636668882.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"Ex-VP of Congo arrested on war crime charges\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>An ex-rebel leader who served as a vice president of Congo \r\nwas arrested near Brussels, Belgium on Saturday on charges of war crimes\r\n and crimes against humanity, according to International Criminal Court.<br><br>The independent high court -- based in The Hague, Netherlands -- issued an arrest warrant on Friday for Jean-Pierre Bemba.<br><br>The\r\n court alleges that between October 2002 and March 2003, Bemba\'s rebel \r\ngroup carried out a widespread attack against civilians using torture, \r\nrape, pillaging and \"outrages upon personal dignity,\" according to an \r\nICC statement.<br><br>Bemba, head of the rebellious Movement for the \r\nLiberation of Congo, was one of four vice presidents in the transitional\r\n government of the Democratic Republic of Congo from 2003 to 2006.<br><br>He\r\n was involved in a power-sharing government created in 2002, which \r\nallowed members from four rebel groups to fill each of the four vice \r\npresidential seats.<br>advertisement<br><br>The agreement was supposed \r\nto resolve a conflict that sucked in the armies of six nations, split \r\nthe vast country into rebel- and government-held regions and killed an \r\nestimated 2.5 million people, mainly through disease and hunger.<br><br>War\r\n broke out in Congo in August 1998 when Rwanda and Uganda backed \r\nCongolese rebels seeking to oust Congo President Laurent Kabila, \r\naccusing him of supporting groups, including the Hutu militia, which \r\nthreatened their security. Kabila was assassinated three years later.</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('23', ' Tsvangirai returns home despite plot fears', '2', '2012-10-23', 'Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai returned to Zimbabwe \r\nSaturday for the first time since leaving the country shortly after the \r\ncontroversial March 29 election.Tsvangirai <br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.tsvangirai.gi_890932285.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.tsvangirai.gi_890932285.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"Tsvangirai returns home despite plot fears\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai returned to \r\nZimbabwe Saturday for the first time since leaving the country shortly \r\nafter the controversial March 29 election.<br><br>Tsvangirai -- who \r\ncontends he won the presidential race against longtime Zimbabwe leader \r\nRobert Mugabe -- returned despite what his party said was a plot by the \r\ncountry\'s military to assassinate him and other party leaders.<br><br>The\r\n Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, after a long delay, ruled that neither \r\ncandidate won a necessary majority of the vote and set a date of June 27\r\n for Tsvangirai to again face Mugabe in a runoff vote.<br><br>Tsvangirai\r\n and his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) have called for \r\ninternational observers to be allowed to monitor the runoff election, \r\nbut Mugabe\'s government has refused the demand.<br><br>Tsvangirai is expected to tour hospitals in Harare to visit victims of post-election violence.<br><br>An\r\n MDC spokesman said two party members were found dead Wednesday night \r\nafter being abducted from their homes in the Zimbabwean capital of \r\nHarare.<br><br>Tsvangirai\'s spokesman George Sibotshiwe said Saturday \r\nthat the opposition leader and the entire MDC leadership are \"at risk \r\nfrom this brutal regime.\" When contacted by CNN, a Cabinet member denied\r\n that the government had any possible role in the alleged plot, and said\r\n the report was an effort by the MDC to gain international sympathy.<br><br>Chen\r\n Chimutengwende, Zimbabwe\'s minister of public and interactive affairs, \r\naccused Tsvangirai of \"trying to paint a false picture of what Zimbabwe \r\nand Zimbabwe authorities are like.\"<br><br>\"There is no plot against him\r\n and there has never been any plot against him and he knows that,\" \r\nChimutengwende said. He called the reports from Tsvangirai\'s party \"an \r\neffort to get sympathy from the international community.\"<br><br>There \r\nhave been numerous reports from the MDC and church groups since the \r\nMarch balloting about kidnappings, torture, and other violence, \r\nincluding the deaths of opposition party members. They say the violence \r\ntargets opponents of Mugabe and his Zanu-PF party.<br><br>Mugabe has ruled the southern African country since it became independent 28 years ago. <br></span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('24', 'Schwarzenegger urges new fees to boost firefighting', '2', '2012-10-23', 'California firefighters need more equipment and staff to handle \r\nwildfires that are increasingly a year-round problem, Gov. Arnold \r\nSchwarzenegger said Friday.He visited the scene of <br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.wildfires.ap_481805126.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.wildfires.ap_481805126.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"Schwarzenegger urges new fees to boost firefighting\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>California firefighters need more equipment and staff to \r\nhandle wildfires that are increasingly a year-round problem, Gov. Arnold\r\n Schwarzenegger said Friday.<br><br>He visited the scene of the \r\n3,100-acre Summit fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains of Northern \r\nCalifornia, where about 1,100 firefighters are working to contain the \r\nblaze. He praised them as \"the best-trained, the most courageous, the \r\nmost well-equipped and most selfless firefighters in the world,\" but \r\nsaid the state needs to be better prepared for such emergencies.<br><br>Schwarzenegger is pushing for an increase in homeowners\' insurance fees he said would raise $100 million for fire protection.<br><br>\"I\r\n think we need those extra engines. We need more manpower. We need more \r\naircraft. We need to update our aircraft that are outdated,\" he said. \r\n\"So there\'s a lot of work that needs to be done, but we are continuing \r\nto increase all those things, so our firefighters are very well \r\nprotected and that we are protected.\"<br><br>The fast-burning Summit \r\nfire grew to 3,100 acres Friday, leaving 12 burned structures in its \r\nwake and prompting rescues and evacuations in two counties, according to\r\n the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. But \r\nfirefighters were being helped by calmer conditions -- 30-mph winds that\r\n had fanned the blaze faded away.<br><br>Still, the fire was only 20 \r\npercent contained Friday afternoon, the agency reported. It has \r\nthreatened about 500 homes and 20 businesses, said Chris Morgan of the \r\nforestry and fire protection department, and more than 1,700 people have\r\n been evacuated.<br><br>Five planes and 10 helicopters have been used to\r\n drop water on the fire since it began early Thursday, including a \r\n\"supertanker\" -- a jumbo jet modified to battle fires from the air. The \r\nfire\'s cause is still under investigation.<br><br>Schwarzenegger said the state is grappling with fires that no longer seem limited to the typical spring period.<br><br>\"Now we have seen fires all year round,\" he said.</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('25', 'Wall Street borrows less from the Fed', '3', '2012-10-23', 'Investment firms are reducing the amount of money they borrow through \r\nthe Federal Reserve\'s emergency lending program.WASHINGTON (AP) -- Wall \r\nStreet investment companies are reducing<br>', 'Investment firms are reducing the amount of money they borrow through the Federal Reserve\'s emergency lending program.<br><br>WASHINGTON\r\n (AP) -- Wall Street investment companies are reducing their borrowing \r\nfrom the Federal Reserve\'s emergency lending program.<br><br>The Federal\r\n Reserve said in a report Thursday that those companies averaged $14.2 \r\nbillion in daily borrowing over the past week. That compares with $16.6 \r\nbillion in the previous week.<br><br>The program, which began March 17, \r\nis one of several steps the Fed has taken to help industry and the \r\neconomy overcome the fallout from housing, credit and financial \r\ntroubles.<br><br>After a run on Bear Stearns (BSC, Fortune 500) pushed \r\nthe nation\'s fifth-largest investment bank to the brink of bankruptcy in\r\n March, fears grew that others Wall Street firms might be in jeopardy.<br><br>Broad\r\n use of power: Scrambling to avert a market meltdown, Fed Chairman Ben \r\nBernanke and his colleagues invoked the broadest use of the central \r\nbank\'s lending power since the 1930s when they agreed in March to let \r\ninvestment houses obtain emergency financing from the Fed. That was a \r\nprivilege previously granted only to commercial banks.<br><br>The \r\nprogram, similar to one the Fed long has had for commercial banks, will \r\ncontinue for at least six months. It gives investment companies a place \r\nto go for overnight loans. Commercial banks and investment companies now\r\n pay 2.25% in interest for the loans.<br><br>Banks also reduced their \r\nborrowing, according to the report. They averaged $13.5 billion in daily\r\n borrowing for the week ending May 21, compared with $14.4 billion for \r\nthe previous week. The identities of commercial banks and investment \r\nhouses are not released.<br><br>Bernanke recently said turmoil in financial markets has eased somewhat, but the situation is still \"far from normal.\"<br><br>Fed\r\n auctions: As part of efforts to relieve credit strains, the Fed \r\nauctioned $46.1 billion in Treasury securities to investment companies \r\nThursday. <br><br>The ninth and latest auction drew bids for less than \r\nthe $75 billion available. That could be a sign of some improvement in \r\ncredit conditions.<br><br>In exchange for the 28-day loans of Treasury \r\nsecurities, bidding companies can put up as collateral more risky \r\ninvestments. These include certain mortgage-backed securities and bonds \r\nsecured by federally guaranteed student loans.<br><br>The auction \r\nprogram, which began March 27, is intended to make investment companies \r\nmore inclined to lend to each other. A second goal is providing relief \r\nto the distressed market for mortgage-linked securities and for student \r\nloans.<br>'), ('26', 'Is $130 oil a bubble?', '3', '2012-10-23', 'Some say no. They say unlike the tech and real estate bubbles, there\'s \r\nno overabundance of supply. Others say these high prices are not \r\nsustainable.NEW <br>', 'Some say no. They say unlike the tech and real estate bubbles, there\'s \r\nno overabundance of supply. Others say these high prices are not \r\nsustainable.<br><br>NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Oil prices have doubled \r\nin the past 12 months, surging nearly $8 a barrel in the past four days \r\nalone.<br><br>Big investment funds are putting money into oil futures as\r\n if Saudi Arabia\'s spigots will run dry tomorrow. At the same time, the \r\nsupply of oil and the demand for it hasn\'t changed much in the last \r\nyear.<br><br>So it raises the question: Is $130 oil nothing more than one big bubble?<br><br>The answer depends on who you ask.<br><br>\"A\r\n bubble is where supply overwhelms demand,\" said Stephen Leeb, an \r\ninvestment manager who has authored two books on oil scarcity.<br><br>Leeb\r\n pointed to previous bubbles - like the tech bubble in the late 1990s \r\nwhere companies with zero earnings issued massive amounts of stock, and \r\nthe real estate market a decade later where home builders went on a \r\nfrenzy, overshooting the number of homes the market could absorb.<br><br>\"But unless I\'m missing something here, I don\'t see any massive increase in the supply of oil,\" he said.<br><br>Like\r\n many in the not-a-bubble camp, Leeb pointed to surging demand from \r\nplaces like China - some estimates see auto ownership there surging \r\n30-fold in the next few decades - coupled with dwindling supplies as the\r\n main reasons behind pricey oil.<br><br>Thursday, the International \r\nEnergy Agency gave advance warning that its previous forecast for supply\r\n and demand remaining in pleasant equilibrium over the next two decades \r\nwas flawed. Its new projections, due in November, will say supplies may \r\nfall 10 percent short of demand, according to a report in the Wall \r\nStreet Journal.<br><br>Leeb said Russia was already seeing a drop in \r\nproduction, and there\'s little evidence Saudi Arabia could increase \r\nproduction even if it wanted to.<br><br>\"If the two biggest oil producers in the world can no longer increase production, that\'s a catastrophe, not a bubble,\" he said.<br><br>Others say there\'s no way $130 oil is justified.<br><br>\"This\r\n thing has to turn around, it\'s insanity,\" said Peter Beutel, an oil \r\nanalyst at the consultancy Cameron Hanover. \"Ultimately we\'ll see a huge\r\n collapse in prices.\"<br><br>Beutel doesn\'t know when that collapse would come, but he predicts it will be within weeks or months, not years.<br><br>But\r\n he doesn\'t know just what might bring it about - perhaps the Federal \r\nReserve increasing interest rates or a big drop in consumption as people\r\n worldwide can no longer afford to fuel their cars or heat their homes.<br><br>\"If\r\n these prices stick, you may see whole neighborhoods where people \r\nabandon their homes,\" he said predicting that in the Northeast U.S. it \r\nwill cost $5000 to heat a home unless prices fall.<br><br>Many analysts said supply and demand justifies expensive oil - maybe $90 or $100 a barrel - but $130 is just too much.<br><br>\"To\r\n see something run this far and this fast, you see it leveraged by \r\nfinancial players,\" said Neal Dingmann, senior energy analyst at Dahlman\r\n Rose &amp; Co., a New York-based energy investment boutique. \"The \r\ndirection is corect, the speed isn\'t.\"<br><br>Dingman said demand is \r\nslowing in the U.S., and the Chinese numbers are inflated because they \r\nassume the government will continue to subsidize fuel, which he feels \r\nthey won\'t do.<br><br>Over the next five or ten years, he said it would \r\nbe possible to see a return to $70 or $80 oil by gradually increasing \r\nsupply - both in OPEC countries and non-OPEC countries like Brazil, as \r\nwell as aggressive measures to limit demand like increasing fuel \r\nefficiency standards.<br><br>Robert Kaufmann, director of Boston \r\nUniversity\'s Center for Energy and Environmental Studies, also says oil \r\nis overpriced by about $30.<br><br>He says current markets are adequately supplied, and traders are pricing in future predictions of surging demand.<br><br>\"To me, that\'s a bubble,\" he said.<br><br>But\r\n Kaufmann still thinks oil should be priced at around $100. He says \r\nsupplies just aren\'t growing, and the only way to bring prices down to \r\nthe $100 range is to reduce consumption.<br><br>\"Even when that bubble pops, you\'re not looking at $60, $70 oil,\" he said.<br>'), ('27', 'French company to open U.S. nuclear fuel plant', '3', '2012-10-23', 'Subsidiary of French nuclear manufacturer Areva signs $2.7 billion deal \r\nto operate plant in South Carolina.PARIS (AP) -- French nuclear \r\nmanufacturer Areva says a subsidiary<br>', 'Subsidiary of French nuclear manufacturer Areva signs $2.7 billion deal to operate plant in South Carolina.<br><br>PARIS\r\n (AP) -- French nuclear manufacturer Areva says a subsidiary has signed a\r\n $2.7 billion (euro1.72 billion) deal with the U.S. Department of Energy\r\n to build and operate a nuclear fuel production facility in South \r\nCarolina.<br><br>Shaw Areva MOX Services has signed the deal to build a plant at the Savannah River site near Aiken, South Carolina.<br><br>The\r\n plant will mix leftover weapons-grade plutonium with uranium oxide to \r\nmake fuel pellets called MOX, or mixed-oxide, for commercial nuclear \r\nreactors.<br><br>Areva already makes MOX fuel at a facility in France. It announced the deal Friday.<br><br>Through the agreement, the Department of Energy is exercising the construction options included in a contract signed in 1999.<br>'), ('28', 'Dollar down against euro, yen', '3', '2012-10-23', 'The greenback reverses direction, sinking against foreign currencies as \r\noil continues its run.NEW YORK (AP) -- The dollar sank against most \r\nmajor currencies on Friday<br>', 'The greenback reverses direction, sinking against foreign currencies as oil continues its run.<br><br>NEW\r\n YORK (AP) -- The dollar sank against most major currencies on Friday, \r\nafter oil prices rebounded from a brief decline and a private realty \r\ngroup reported that existing-home sales dropped for the eighth time in \r\nnine months.<br><br>The 15-nation euro rose to $1.5775 in late New York trading from $1.5699 late Thursday.<br><br>Oil prices rose again Friday, after tumbling around $4 overnight from a record above $135 a barrel set Thursday.<br><br>The\r\n euro-dollar trade has tracked the rise and fall of oil prices. Surging \r\noil has weighed on the global economy, compounding inflation worries and\r\n fears that consumers will spend less as fuel takes up a larger part of \r\ntheir income. But the euro zone\'s economy is seen as more resilient to \r\nsky-high oil than the U.S. economy.<br><br>The British pound edged \r\nhigher, to $1.9794 from $1.9782, after the U.K. reported its gross \r\ndomestic product rose 0.4% in the first quarter of this year compared \r\nwith the last quarter of 2007.<br><br>The dollar slumped to 104.17 \r\nJapanese yen from 105.26 yen, as U.S. stocks fell amid surging oil fears\r\n and steadily dropping home sales.<br><br>The dollar-yen trade tends to \r\ncorrelate with the stock market, as slumping equities drive currency \r\ninvestors from risky \"carry trades.\"<br><br>Carry trades involve \r\nborrowing currencies from countries with low interest rates, such as \r\nJapan, and investing them in higher-yielding assets. When the market \r\nslides, traders tend to sell off those trades and pay back the yen loan.<br><br>Sales\r\n of existing U.S. homes fell by 1% in April to 4.89 million units, \r\nmatching a record low set in January. It is the eighth drop in nine \r\nmonths. The National Association of Realtors, which tracks the data, \r\nstarting collecting it in 1999. The median price for an existing home \r\ndropped 8% to $202,300, compared with the same time last year, and \r\nfurther price declines are expected.<br><br>In other New York trading, \r\nthe dollar fell to 1.0241 Swiss francs from 1.0339 francs, but edged \r\nhigher to 98.86 Canadian cents from 98.56 Canadian cents.<br>'), ('29', 'US Airways delays Philadelphia-Beijing route', '3', '2012-10-23', 'The airline says high fuel costs would increase costs by 80%. Company \r\nhopes to launch the route in 2010, a year later than planned.WASHINGTON \r\n(AP)<br>', 'The airline says high fuel costs would increase costs by 80%. Company \r\nhopes to launch the route in 2010, a year later than planned.<br><br>WASHINGTON\r\n (AP) -- US Airways said Thursday that high fuel prices are forcing the \r\nairline to seek a one-year delay in starting a route between \r\nPhiladelphia and Beijing.<br><br>In letters to members of Congress and \r\nemployees, the Tempe, Ariz.-based airline said the cost for fuel to run \r\nthe route would be more than $90 million a year - $40 million more than \r\nthe original estimate of about $50 million.<br><br>\"We\'re optimistic \r\nthat economic conditions will be on the upswing in 2010, giving us a \r\nbetter chance of success with our first route to China,\" Scott Kirby, \r\nthe company president, said in a letter to workers.<br><br>When the \r\nairline was given approval last year by the U.S. Transportation \r\nDepartment to create the route, it was announced with fanfare. The \r\nairline said it would start the service next year using Airbus A340 jets\r\n that would originate in Charlotte, N.C.<br><br>Air service between the \r\nUnited States and China is restricted by agreements between the \r\ngovernments, so U.S. airlines must apply for new routes. Kirby said it \r\nwould ask the agency for the delay.<br><br>Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., said \r\nin a statement that the China route is a priority for the Philadelphia \r\nregion, and that the delay was another example of how high gas prices \r\nare hurting the economy.<br><br>\"I hope this delay is only temporary \r\nbecause this route has the potential to be an economic boon to \r\nPhiladelphia and good business for US Airways,\" Casey said.<br>'), ('30', 'Dollar rebounds as oil prices ease', '3', '2012-10-23', 'Greenback rises against euro and yen but falls against the pound.NEW \r\nYORK (AP) -- The dollar recouped some of the week\'s losses against the \r\neuro<br>', 'Greenback rises against euro and yen but falls against the pound.<br><br>NEW\r\n YORK (AP) -- The dollar recouped some of the week\'s losses against the \r\neuro and yen as stocks advanced and oil prices retreated. However, the \r\ngreenback slid against the pound.<br><br>The 15-nation euro dropped to $1.5699 from $1.5780 late Wednesday.<br><br>Oil prices eased from their overnight record above $135 to settle at $130.81 in New York.<br><br>The\r\n euro-dollar trade has recently tracked the rise and fall of oil prices.\r\n Surging oil has weighed on the global economy, compounding inflation \r\nworries and fears that consumers will spend less as fuel takes up a \r\nlarger part of their income. But Europe\'s economy is seen as more \r\nresilient to sky-high oil than the United States.<br><br>The dollar also rose to 105.26 Japanese yen from 104.17 yen and 1.0339 Swiss francs from 1.0272 francs.<br><br>When\r\n stock markets rise, the dollar tends to rise against these two \"carry \r\ntrade\" currencies as investors are more willing to engage in risky \r\ntrading.<br><br>Carry trades involve borrowing a currency from a country\r\n with low interest rates, such as Japan, and using those funds to buy \r\nhigher-yielding assets. The possibility of sharp drops in exchange rates\r\n make this strategy risky.<br><br>The British pound, meanwhile, rose to $1.9782 from $1.9689 late Wednesday.<br><br>The\r\n Federal Reserve on Wednesday, in the release of minutes from its April \r\nmeeting, forecast a softening economy and rising unemployment and \r\ninflation in 2008, dampening expectations of a long-term dollar rally.<br><br>In other New York trading, the dollar edged up to 98.56 Canadian cents from 98.48 Canadian cents.<br>'), ('31', 'Kerkorian ups Ford bid financing to $600M', '3', '2012-10-23', 'The billionaire investor gets an additional $100M in an attempt increase\r\n his ownership to 5.5% of the automaker.WASHINGTON (AP) -- Billionaire \r\ninvestor Kirk Kerkorian has<br>', 'The billionaire investor gets an additional $100M in an attempt increase his ownership to 5.5% of the automaker.<br><br>WASHINGTON\r\n (AP) -- Billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian has added $100 million in \r\nfinancing as part of his bid to increase his stake in Ford Motor Co.<br><br>Kerkorian\'s\r\n Tracinda Corp. said in a regulatory filing Friday it may borrow as much\r\n as $600 million from Bank of America (BAC, Fortune 500). That\'s an \r\nincrease from $500 million.<br><br>Kerkorian has said he wants to buy up\r\n to 20 million shares of Ford (F, Fortune 500)\'s common stock in an \r\nattempt to increase his ownership of the automaker to 5.5%.<br><br>Ford\'s board has taken a neutral stance on Kerkorian\'s offer.<br>'), ('32', '\'Indiana Jones\' \" makes $311 million', '3', '2012-10-23', 'Memorial Day weekend sales for adventure sequel were about evenly split \r\nbetween domestic and overseas theaters.LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The most \r\nrecent Indiana Jones film<br>', 'Memorial Day weekend sales for adventure sequel were about evenly split between domestic and overseas theaters.<br><br>LOS\r\n ANGELES (AP) -- The most recent Indiana Jones film more than recouped \r\nits big budget with an estimated $311 million in global box office sales\r\n through the long weekend, according to studio estimates Monday.<br><br>Families\r\n went in droves to catch \"Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal \r\nSkull,\" a PG-13 adventure starring Harrison Ford as the whip-cracking \r\narchaeologist who took 19 years to return to the big screen.<br><br>Viacom\r\n Inc. (VIA)-owned Paramount Pictures estimated the action sequel made \r\n$151.1 million in the U.S. and Canada from Thursday to the holiday \r\nMonday and $160 million overseas, though not including Monday.<br><br>It\r\n marked the second biggest Memorial Day weekend opening ever, behind \r\nonly \"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World\'s End,\" which made $153 million\r\n domestically from Thursday to Monday last year.<br><br>Nearly a third \r\nof the domestic audience was made up of parents with their children, \r\nsaid Rob Moore, president of Paramount Worldwide Distribution.<br><br>\"Adults\r\n really drove this opening. This is one of their favorite franchises and\r\n they couldn\'t wait to take their kids with them,\" Moore said.<br><br>The\r\n film cost a reported $185 million to make, even with the principal \r\ntalent - Ford, director Steven Spielberg and writer George Lucas - \r\ndeferring their usual fees for a greater share of the profits.<br><br>The first three Indy movies raked in $1.2 billion worldwide.<br><br>Marketing\r\n costs were undisclosed, although the latest \"Indiana Jones\" received a \r\nmajor push from Paramount. DVDs of the first three movies were \r\nrereleased, they aired on TV days before the opening and huge billboards\r\n sprung up.<br><br>The final trailer for the movie rolled before the \r\nopening of Marvel Studios\' \"Iron Man,\" which was also distributed by \r\nParamount, three weeks earlier.<br><br>\"It\'s been a pretty good month,\" Moore said. \"We started the month with \'Iron Man\' and finished with \'Indiana Jones.\"\'<br><br>Other movies\' receipts over the long weekend paled by comparison.<br><br>The\r\n Walt Disney Co.\'s (DIS, Fortune 500) \"The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince \r\nCaspian\" slashed its way to $28.6 million, for a total $96.7 million \r\nover two weeks. \"Iron Man\" locked up third with $25.7 million in its \r\nthird week for a total of $257.8 million.<br><br>The Wachowski brothers \r\nflick \"Speed Racer,\" distributed by Warner Bros., crawled closer to the \r\nfinish line with $5.2 million for fifth, bringing its domestic total to \r\n$37.4 million. It brought in $30 million overseas, and had yet to be \r\nreleased in major markets France, Russia, Japan and Australia. Warner is\r\n a unit of CNNMoney.com parent Time Warner Inc. (TWX, Fortune 500)<br><br>The studio said it was not ready to wave the checkered flag on the film, which cost $120 million to make.<br><br>\"If\r\n I had my druthers I\'d have it in theaters for weeks and months to \r\ncome,\" said Jeff Goldstein, Warner Bros.\' executive vice president of \r\ndistribution.<br><br>For the year so far, domestic movie revenues are down more than 4 percent at $3.4 billion, with attendance off nearly 7 percent.<br><br>Estimated\r\n ticket sales for Friday through Monday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, \r\naccording to Media By Numbers LLC. Final figures will be released \r\nTuesday.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp; 1. \"Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,\" $126 million (plus $25.1 million on Thursday).<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; 2. \"The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian,\" $28.6 million.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; 3. \"Iron Man,\" $25.7 million.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; 4. \"What Happens in Vegas,\" $11.2 million.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; 5. \"Speed Racer,\" $5.2 million.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; 6. \"Made of Honor,\" $4.2 million.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; 7. \"Baby Mama,\" $4.2 million.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; 8. \"Forgetting Sarah Marshall,\" $2.2 million.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; 9. \"Harold &amp; Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay,\" $1.2 million.<br>&nbsp; 10. \"The Visitor,\" $917,000. <br>'), ('33', 'Stocks set for weak open', '3', '2012-10-23', 'Futures point to lower start ahead of readings on consumer confidence, \r\nnew home sales.LONDON (CNNMoney.com) -- U.S. stocks looked set for a \r\nweak open Tuesday<br>', 'Futures point to lower start ahead of readings on consumer confidence, new home sales.<br><br>LONDON\r\n (CNNMoney.com) -- U.S. stocks looked set for a weak open Tuesday as \r\ntraders headed back to work after the holiday weekend.<br><br>At 4:26 a.m. ET, Nasdaq and S&amp;P futures were narrowly higher and pointing to a flat to lower start for Wall Street.<br><br>Stocks\r\n sank Friday amid surging oil prices and another weak reading on the \r\nhousing market. U.S. markets were closed Monday for Memorial Day.<br><br>Crude\r\n prices remained near the $133 a barrel level Tuesday, supported by \r\nsupply concerns and worries about the health of the U.S. economy.<br><br>On the economic front, readings on consumer confidence and new home sales are both on tap.<br><br>In global trade, Asian stocks ended mostly higher. European shares fell in early trading. U.K. markets were closed Monday.<br>'), ('34', 'Vodafone CEO Sarin stepping down', '3', '2012-10-23', 'Mobile phone operator says Sarin will be replaced with his deputy, \r\nVittorio Colao.LONDON (AP) -- Mobile phone company Vodafone PLC on \r\nTuesday announced a return<br>', 'Mobile phone operator says Sarin will be replaced with his deputy, Vittorio Colao.<br><br>LONDON\r\n (AP) -- Mobile phone company Vodafone PLC on Tuesday announced a return\r\n to full-year net profit from a loss the previous year, and said chief \r\nexecutive Arun Sarin would step down at the end of July.<br><br>Sarin has held the top job for five years and will be replaced by his deputy, Vittorio Colao.<br><br>The\r\n departure of Indian-born Sarin, 53, came as a surprise to many. He \r\nfaced disquiet two years ago, when nearly 10% of Vodafone shareholders \r\nvoted against his re-election as chief executive.<br><br>But the company\r\n has since outperformed analysts\' forecasts and enjoyed revenue growth \r\nin fast-growing markets such as India and Turkey.<br><br>Under his tenure, Vodafone\'s (VOD) customer base from 120 million to 260 million around the world.<br><br>Sarin said he \"felt the timing was right to handover as the company is in a good position strategically.\"<br><br>\"I\'ve achieved what I set out to achieve when I took the position,\" Sarin said in a conference call.<br><br>Vodafone shares rose 2.1% on the London Stock Exchange.<br><br>Vodafone said net profit for the year to March 31 was $13.25 billion from a net loss of $9.69 billion a year earlier.<br><br>Impairment\r\n charges on Vodafone\'s Italian and German operations contributed to the \r\nloss last year. The move to net profit was driven by cost reduction and \r\noutsourcing programs in Western Europe.<br><br>Revenues increased 14% to $70.2 billion from $61.48 billion the year before.<br>'), ('35', 'Buffett sees U.S. in recession', '3', '2012-10-23', 'Berkshire Hathaway CEO tells German magazine he believes country is now \r\nin recession.BERLIN (AP) -- Warren Buffett, whose business and \r\ninvestment acumen has made him<br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=warren_buffett_new.03_607012521.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=warren_buffett_new.03_607012521.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"Buffett sees US in recession\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>Berkshire Hathaway CEO tells German magazine he believes country is now in recession.<br><br>BERLIN\r\n (AP) -- Warren Buffett, whose business and investment acumen has made \r\nhim one of the world\'s wealthiest men, was quoted in an interview \r\npublished Sunday as saying the U.S. economy is already in a recession.<br><br>Asked\r\n by Germany\'s Der Spiegel weekly whether he thinks the U.S. could still \r\navoid a recession, he said that as far as the average person is \r\nconcerned, it is already here.<br><br>\"I believe that we are already in a\r\n recession,\" Buffet was quoted as saying. \"Perhaps not in the sense as \r\ndefined by economists. ... But people are already feeling the effects of\r\n a recession.\"<br><br>\"It will be deeper and longer than what many think,\" he added.<br><br>The\r\n 77-year-old chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. \r\n(BRKB) gave the interview while he was in Europe for what he called a \r\n\"deferred shopping tour,\" looking for possible acquisitions.<br><br>Omaha-based\r\n Berkshire has about $35 billion in cash and is looking to invest. \r\nBerkshire\'s subsidiaries include insurance, clothing, furniture, natural\r\n gas, corporate jet and candy companies. Berkshire also has major \r\ninvestments in such companies as Coca-Cola Co. and Anheuser-Busch Cos.</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('36', 'Holiday travelers paying more for gas', '3', '2012-10-23', 'Gas prices rise again and force some holiday drivers to stay off the \r\nroads. Travel expected to lessen for first time since 2002.NEW YORK \r\n(CNNMoney.com) <br>', '<div>\r\n								\r\n									<div>\r\n										\r\n                                                \r\n                                            \r\n										<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=alabama_gas_3.03_588546442.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=alabama_gas_3.03_588546442.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"Holiday travelers paying more for gas\">\r\n										\r\n									</div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>Gas prices rise again and force some holiday drivers to stay off the roads. Travel expected to lessen for first time since 2002.<br><br>NEW\r\n YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Drivers marking the start of summer holiday \r\ntravel season this weekend are really paying for it at the pump.<br><br>The price of gasoline rose for the 20th straight day to less than a dime shy of $4, motorist organization AAA reported Monday.<br><br>According\r\n to AAA, the national average price for a gallon of regular gas rose to a\r\n record high of $3.936, up six-tenths of a cent from the previous high \r\nof $3.930.<br><br>What a difference a year makes: Last Memorial Day weekend, drivers paid an average of $3.23 a gallon.<br><br>Indeed, as gas prices have surged, some drivers have pulled back.<br><br>The\r\n U.S. Federal Highway Administration said Monday it estimates that \r\nAmericans drove 4.3% fewer miles on public roads in March. The change - \r\nthe first year-over-year March decline since 1979 - continues an overall\r\n drop in driving that began last November, the agency said.<br><br>According\r\n to AAA, for the first time since 2002, Americans said they were \r\nplanning to drive less over the Memorial Day weekend than they did the \r\nyear before.<br><br>The number of Americans traveling 50 or more miles \r\nfrom home this holiday weekend was expected to slip by 0.9% to 37.87 \r\nmillion, the motorist group forecast recently.<br><br>\"Most people are going to travel closer to home this year, and they\'re going to take fewer trips,\" said AAA spokesman Mike Pina.<br><br>&nbsp;<br><br>iReport.com: Share your stories from the pump<br><br>Among\r\n the estimated 12% of Americans who will be traveling this weekend, AAA \r\nsaid 31.7 million people, or 83%, are expected to drive. That\'s slightly\r\n fewer than the 32 million Memorial Day drivers a year ago.<br><br>The \r\nAAA survey was conducted during the last week of April, when gas was at \r\n$3.50 a gallon. Now, drivers in 11 states and the District of Columbia \r\nare paying an average above $4 per gallon.<br><br>A Deloitte &amp; \r\nTouche survey of more than 1,000 Americans conducted May 12-14 found \r\nthat, as a result of the rise in gas prices, 23% of Americans had \r\naltered their Memorial Day weekend travel plans.<br><br>Deloitte &amp; \r\nTouche found that 12% of would-be travelers had cancelled their vacation\r\n plans altogether, and 11% planned on traveling closer to home.<br><br>The\r\n average traveler is expected to drive 91 miles to and from home this \r\nweekend, according to the Deloitte &amp; Touche survey. The average car \r\ngets 20.2 miles per gallon, according to the U.S. Environmental \r\nProtection Agency, so that 91-mile trip will cost drivers $34.92. Last \r\nyear, that same trip would have cost $29.10.<br><br>Air travel will give\r\n vacationers no respite from high fuel costs: For the 11% of travelers \r\nwho planned on flying, the price of a ticket was expected to be 8% \r\nhigher than it was last year. Most U.S. air carriers have announced fuel\r\n surcharges this spring.<br><br>Much of the run-up in gasoline can be attributed to record crude oil prices, which have more than doubled over the past year.</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('37', 'Burger King doubles tomato pickers pay', '3', '2012-10-23', 'Fast-food chain agrees to deal paying 1.5 cents more per pound of \r\ntomatoes it buys from Florida growers with the money going to farm \r\nworkers.MIAMI <br>', 'Fast-food chain agrees to deal paying 1.5 cents more per pound of \r\ntomatoes it buys from Florida growers with the money going to farm \r\nworkers.<br><br>MIAMI (AP) -- A farm worker advocacy group and Burger \r\nKing are said to have agreed on a deal to help improve wages and \r\nconditions for Florida tomato pickers.<br><br>An aide to U.S. Senator \r\nBernie Sanders who held a hearing on the case announced the deal Friday.\r\n The aide, Michael Briggs, said the two sides planned to announce the \r\ndeal later today.<br><br>Briggs says the Miami-based fast-food chain \r\nwill pay 1.5 cents more per pound of tomatoes it buys from Florida \r\ngrowers, with the money passed to the workers.<br><br>He says the farm \r\nworker\'s group known as the Coalition of Immokalee Workers says that \r\nwould roughly double what workers earn while picking.<br><br>McDonald\'s \r\n(MCD, Fortune 500) and Taco Bell owner Yum Brands (YUM, Fortune 500) \r\nhave similar deals. But they have faced resistance from growers.<br>'), ('38', 'Stockport 3-2 Rochdale', '4', '2012-10-23', 'Stockport County manager Jim Gannon paid tribute to his young team after\r\n they defeated Rochdale 3-2 in the League Two play-off final.\r\n\"I hope that we <br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=_44690668_gannon_203_143106283.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=_44690668_gannon_203_143106283.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"Stockport 3-2 Rochdale\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								Stockport County manager Jim Gannon paid tribute to \r\nhis young team after they defeated Rochdale 3-2 in the League Two \r\nplay-off final.\r\n\"I hope that we become a role model for all clubs at this level,\" said Gannon.\r\n\"Over the past two years we have brought through a group of young \r\nplayers who in the right circumstances, play really good, effective \r\nfootball.\r\n\"It would be nice to keep them together but I think some of them are destined for great things.\"\r\nRory McArdle had put Rochdale ahead in Sunday\'s final at Wembley \r\nbefore Nathan Stanton diverted a cross into his own net to ensure \r\nStockport went into the break on level terms.\r\nBut Anthony Pilkington headed the Hatters ahead shortly after the \r\nrestart and Liam Dickinson extended their lead before a superb volley \r\nfrom Adam Rundle ensured a tight finish.\r\nIt was the Hatters first victory at Wembley in their fifth attempt - \r\nand boss Gannon had played in all of the previous four defeats.\r\nHowever, despite the defeats, Gannon was part of a Stockport team \r\nthat won promotion from the Football League\'s bottom division to the \r\nsecond tier of English football.\r\n\"We had the experience of the play-offs in the \'90s and defeat was \r\nhard to take but it was all part of growing as a club,\" added Gannon.\r\n\"I enjoyed my performances here as a player but to see the club go \r\nfrom the lower reaches of the fourth division to the top of the \r\nChampionship was a great experience.\r\n\"Why couldn\'t that happen again? It would be tougher now but this club is on the up.\r\n\"We play young players and that is what our level of football should be about.\r\n\"It should be a breeding ground for good footballers and good \r\nfootball, not full of journeymen playing out time on their careers.\"\r\nRochdale manager Keith Hill admitted that Stockport were the better team on the day.\r\n\"I think that Stockport deserved it,\" said Hill.\r\n\"It could have gone either way and we gave it what we could but the lion\'s share of possession went to Stockport.\r\n\"We went for it at 3-1 down but overall Stockport deserved to go up.\r\n\"The lads deserve great credit for the season they have had and will be stronger for the experience.\r\n<span>\"We have to learn from this and come back and get promotion next season.\" <br></span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('39', 'Iraq attempts to reverse Fifa ban', '4', '2012-10-23', 'The Iraqi government has moved to reverse Fifa\'s decision on Monday to \r\nsuspend the country from international football for one year.The ban \r\ncame after Iraq<br>', 'The Iraqi government has moved to reverse Fifa\'s decision on Monday to \r\nsuspend the country from international football for one year.<br><br>The\r\n ban came after Iraq disbanded its Olympic Committee and national sport \r\nfederations on 20 May, in breach of Fifa and Olympic regulations.<br><br>But government officials now claim the football association is not affected and hopes the ban will be lifted.<br><br>Iraq are due to play Australia in 2010 World Cup qualifiers on 1 and 8 June.<br><br>Fifa said that the suspension may be lifted if it receives by 29 May written confirmation that the decree has been anulled.<br><br>\"We\r\n received a letter from the secretary-general of the cabinet which \r\nclarifies that the decision does not include the sports federations, \r\nincluding the soccer federation,\" said the head of the Iraqi Football \r\nAssociation Hussein Saeed.<br><br>\"We sent a copy of the letter to Fifa. We don\'t know whether they will change their mind or not.\"<br><br>Sports\r\n Minister Jasem Mohammed Jaafar said the government had sent \r\nclarification to the football federation because the old decision was \r\nvague and misinterpreted.<br><br>\"We have done what we could. If Fifa \r\ndoesn\'t reverse its decision and Iraq doesn\'t play in the World Cup, we \r\nwon\'t be responsible,\" he said.<br><br>Fifa president Sepp Blatter said \r\nearlier that he hoped the ban would lead the Iraqi government to change \r\ntheir mind in time for Iraq to continue their qualification campaign.<br><br>Blatter\r\n told The Australian newspaper: \"Iraq are the Asian champions and \r\nbrought so much hope and joy to their country when they won the final in\r\n Malaysia last year.<br><br>\"I am confident there is enough pressure on the government to help them change their mind.\"<br><br>Iraq are set to play Australia in Brisbane on 1 June and in Dubai on 7 June.<br><br>The\r\n Socceroos are top of Group One of the Asia qualifying section with four\r\n points from two games. Iraq are bottom with one point from two games.<br>'), ('40', 'Yeung still keen on Blues buy-out', '4', '2012-10-23', '<span>\r\n            	Carson Yeung is still interested in taking full control of \r\nBirmingham City, according to his spokesman Sammy Yu.Yeung is the club\'s\r\n largest individual shareholder after</span><br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=_44689243_bc2_149354706.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=_44689243_bc2_149354706.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"Yeung still keen on Blues buy-out\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>Carson Yeung is still interested in taking full control of Birmingham City, according to his spokesman Sammy Yu.<br><br>Yeung is the club\'s largest individual shareholder after buying an initial 29.9% stake last summer.<br><br>The\r\n Hong Kong businessman was later heavily criticised for not completely \r\nbuying out chairman David Gold and co-owner David Sullivan.<br><br>But Yu said: \"Hopefully one day we can take the club over. All we have done is support the club.\"<br><br>Gold\r\n claimed the uncertainty over Yeung\'s long-term plans cost Birmingham \r\nthe services of manager Steve Bruce, who left St Andrews to take over at\r\n Wigan in November.<br><br>Bruce kept the Latics in the Premier League, \r\nwhile Birmingham were relegated to the Championship under his successor \r\nAlex McLeish.<br><br>\"We thought that if we got involved in the club at \r\nleast for some time, then we could take over and guarantee that nothing \r\nwill go wrong,\" added Yu, who is chief operating officer of Yeung\'s \r\ninvestment company Grandtop International Holdings.<br><br>\"But then \r\nwhen an article appeared in a Birmingham match programme saying that Mr \r\nSullivan would not deal with Mr Yeung, it made us feel disappointed \r\nbecause it was not even close to the so-called deadline to buy the club \r\noutright.<br><br>\"We have been very polite but they have been quite \r\nunreasonable. We didn\'t ask for anything nor have we done anything to \r\nhurt the club.\"<br><br>Yeung had been set a deadline of 21 December 2007\r\n to complete his buy-out, but the Blues released a statement to the \r\nStock Exchange on 20 December to announce that discussions had been \r\nterminated.</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('41', 'Lewes bidders to continue fight', '4', '2012-10-23', 'A consortium looking to take over Lewes say they are still keen to get \r\ninvolved despite having a bid rejected.The consortium say a cash offer<br>', 'A consortium looking to take over Lewes say they are still keen to get involved despite having a bid rejected.<br><br>The\r\n consortium say a cash offer to the current board has been made and they\r\n would fund ground improvements required to stay in the Blue Square \r\nPremier.<br><br>One of the bidders, Lee Cobb, told BBC Southern Counties\r\n Radio: \"We were told new backers were coming in - they haven\'t \r\nmaterialised.<br><br>\"We have a number of large backers who are prepared to say we have the money.\"<br><br>Cobb,\r\n assistant chair of the Lewes Supporters Club, is warning there is \r\nincreasing fan discontent after the departure of manager Steve King and \r\nthe squad that won the Blue Square South title.<br><br>He said: \"If I \r\nwas a potential sponsor I would not want to sponsor the club - the \r\ncalibre of players they are getting in at the moment are not up to Blue \r\nSquare Premier standard.<br><br>\"Quite prominent members of the supporters club are talking about boycotts of the games. We will organise a protest if needs be.<br><br>\"What they (the current board) are proposing is not in the best interests of the club - what we are proposing is.\" <br><br>'), ('42', 'Finn Harps v Derry City (Tues)', '4', '2012-10-23', 'Derry City boss Stephen Kenny expects a \"frenetic affair\" in Tuesday\'s \r\nEircom Premier League derby against Finn Harps at Ballybofey (2000 \r\nBST).The Candystripes impressed in<br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=_44681313_stephen_kenny_08_203_778511002.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=_44681313_stephen_kenny_08_203_778511002.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"Finn Harps v Derry City Tues\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>Derry City boss Stephen Kenny expects a \"frenetic affair\" in \r\nTuesday\'s Eircom Premier League derby against Finn Harps at Ballybofey \r\n(2000 BST).<br><br>The Candystripes impressed in Friday\'s 4-1 thumping \r\nof UCD but Harps claimed a fine 3-1 win at Cobh Ramblers and are \r\nunbeaten in their last three matches.<br><br>\"Both teams will be coming off something of a high on Friday,\" Kenny told BBC Sport.<br><br>\"The UCD game was quite open. I think this will be a different type of game.\"<br><br>The\r\n Derry squad is likely to be unchanged from the win over UCD with Sammy \r\nMorrow, Paddy McCourt and Sean Hargan all set to resume training in \r\nabout a week.<br><br>\"The League break is coming up and after the break we should have nearly everyone back.<br><br>\"But\r\n our players have been excellent so far this season. To get into third \r\nplace in the table, considering we have been missing quite a few players\r\n has been a good effort.\"<br><br>After being goal shy for a number of weeks, Kenny was delighted by his team\'s finishing against UCD.<br><br>\"The\r\n quality of the goals that the team scored on Friday was excellent. \r\nNiall McGinn\'s strike and Owen Morrison and Kevin McHugh and Mark Farren\r\n getting another goal.<br><br>\"Mark is joint-top scorer in the league now with five goals which says a lot about the tightness of the league.\"<br><br>Derry go into Tuesday\'s round of games six points behind leaders St Pat\'s, who play second placed Bohemians at Inchicore.<br><br>Bohemians are currently two points behind Pat\'s and four ahead of Derry. <br></span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('43', 'Queen of the South 2-3 Rangers', '4', '2012-10-23', '<span>\r\n            	Kris Boyd emerged from the shadows to become Rangers\' hero \r\nas they ended gutsy Queen of the South\'s hopes of winning their first \r\nScottish Cup</span><br>', 'Kris Boyd emerged from the shadows to become Rangers\' hero as they ended\r\n gutsy Queen of the South\'s hopes of winning their first Scottish Cup \r\nfinal.<br><br>Boyd fired home a superb free-kick and DaMarcus Beasley slotted in a second as Rangers eased ahead by half-time.<br><br>However,\r\n the biggest shock in cup final history looked on the cards when Stevie \r\nTosh forced the ball home and Jim Thomson headed in an equaliser.<br><br>But Boyd, so often left on the bench this season, rose to head the winner.<br><br>And\r\n Rangers, playing their 68th game of an arduous season, limped home to \r\nensure their 32nd Scottish Cup final triumph - their first in five \r\nyears.<br><br>Rangers manager Walter Smith had made four changes in an \r\nattempt to freshen up a side that were playing their fourth game in \r\neight days.<br><br>Boyd, Beasley, Sasa Papac and Lee McCulloch came in for Christian Dailly, Steven Davis, Daniel Cousin and Charlie Adam.<br><br>Queens were reduced to 10 men within minutes when midfielder Ryan McCann had to go off for a couple of stitches in a head wound.<br><br>But\r\n he quickly returned as the Dumfries outfit, playing their first \r\ncompetitive match in four weeks after finishing fourth in the First \r\nDivision, matched their more illustrious rivals for endevour and \r\npossession in the early stages.<br><br>Carlos Cuellar, who has been \r\nScotland\'s outstanding player this season, exemplified the tired legs \r\namong the Rangers players with a couple of loose passes.<br><br>But the \r\nGlasgow side - who won the CIS Cup earlier in the season - steadied \r\nthemselves and ought to have taken the lead with the first clear sight \r\nof goal after 24 minutes.<br><br>Boyd broke clear and clipped a neat \r\nball into the path of Beasley, who curled his shot into the wrong side \r\nof the netting behind the post from the edge of the penalty box.<br><br>The\r\n same two combined again moments later, with the unmarked Boyd \r\nsquandering a great opportunity by sending a diving header a few feet \r\nover from 10 yards.<br><br>However, he made no mistake and after 33 minutes, after Beasley won a foul following a Tosh challenge.<br><br>Barry Ferguson teed it up for Boyd to bullet his drive into the top corner from 22 yards and Rangers\' steps visibly quickened.<br><br>But,\r\n despite their growing stranglehold on possession, Tosh broke through \r\nonly for the diving Neil Alexander to save at the veteran midfielder\'s \r\nfeet.<br><br>There were shouts for a penalty when Steven Whittaker blocked the path of Sean O\'Connor.<br><br>But\r\n it was a collision between Queens players McCann and Jim Thomson inside\r\n the other box that enabled Rangers to stretch their lead.<br><br>It \r\nallowed Cuellar\'s header to the back post to fall for Beasley, whose \r\nside-footed effort from 12 yards slipped under goalkeeper Jamie \r\nMacDonald.<br><br>It looked like there would be no way back for Queens, \r\nbut two goals within eight minutes after the break turned a thrilling \r\ngame on its head.<br><br>O\'Connor slipped clear of Cuellar in the box \r\nand the striker\'s drive into the six-yard box was punched home off the \r\npelvis of Tosh.<br><br>A Boyd header was well held by MacDonald before \r\nQueens broke up the other end, where Thomson rose to head home a Bob \r\nHarris free-kick from 10 yards.<br><br>Rangers were looking nervous again and Cuellar\'s last-ditch tackle denied O\'Connor at the front post.<br><br>But Boyd came to the rescue, heading home in a crowded penalty box from a Beasley corner after 72 minutes.<br><br>That\r\n appeared to knock the wind out of Queens\' sails and Rangers went on to a\r\n victory that will go some way to making up for the disappointment of \r\nmissing out on the Scottish Premier League title less than 48 hours \r\nearlier and defeat in the Uefa Cup final.<br>'), ('44', 'Keita signs for Barcelona', '4', '2012-10-23', 'Barcelona have confirmed that they have signed Mali midfielder Seydou \r\nKeita on a four-year deal from their Spanish rivals Sevilla.\"Seydou \r\nKeita signed a contract committing <br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=_44690200_seydoukeita203_442993516.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=_44690200_seydoukeita203_442993516.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"Keita signs for Barcelona\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>Barcelona have confirmed that they have signed Mali \r\nmidfielder Seydou Keita on a four-year deal from their Spanish rivals \r\nSevilla.<br><br>\"Seydou Keita signed a contract committing him to \r\nBarcelona for the next four seasons, or until June 20, 2012,\" Barcelona \r\nsaid in a statement.<br><br>The club has not revealed the transfer fee, but Spanish news reports said it was around US$22 million.<br><br>\"I am very happy because Barcelona is a great club,\" he told the Barcelona website.<br><br>\"My decision is a big one because I had proposals from a lot of clubs, but I have liked Barcelona for a long time.<br><br>\"It\r\n has all been very easy as I wanted to play for Barcelona, so the most \r\ndifficult was the agreement between Sevilla and Barcelona.<br><br>\"When this was resolved, everything was done.\"<br><br>Keita enjoyed an impressive first season in Spain after arriving from Lens nearly a year ago.<br><br>Acting as a midfield lynchpin, he also scored several spectacular long-range goals.<br><br>The midfielder previously played for Marseille and Lorient, with which he won the French Cup.<br><br>He was voted the best player in the Under-20 World Cup in Nigeria in 1999.<br><br>\"I don\'t like talking because I think in soccer you don\'t need to talk off the field,\" he added.<br><br>\"All I want to say is that I hope to contribute a lot to Barcelona just as I have done to Sevilla.\"<br><br>The 28-year-old is expected to replace Portugal\'s Deco, who has announced he wants to leave the Nou Camp.<br><br>Keita\r\n would be Barcelona\'s first new signing since it announced this month \r\nthe replacement of coach Frank Rijkaard by reserve team coach Pep \r\nGuardiola in a reaction to its second straight season without a trophy.<br><br>Barcelona\r\n finished third in the league - its worst placing for five years - and \r\nwere knocked out in the Champions League semi-finals by eventual winner \r\nManchester United. <br></span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('45', 'Frankfurt 3-2 Umea (agg 4-3)', '4', '2012-10-23', 'Frankfurt\'s Conny Pohlers scored twice as they became the first team to \r\nwin the Women\'s Uefa Cup three times.Pohlers beat Johanna Frisk and \r\nslotted home<br>', '<img src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=_44686837_women203_601152782.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"Frankfurt 3-2 Umea agg 4-3\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>Frankfurt\'s Conny Pohlers scored twice as they became the first team to win the Women\'s Uefa Cup three times.<br><br>Pohlers beat Johanna Frisk and slotted home before firing a second past keeper Ulla-Karin RÃ¶nnlund at her near post.<br><br>Lisa\r\n Dahlqvist netted a penalty for Umea after Marta was fouled, but Petra \r\nWimbersky\'s 20-yard free-kick restored Frankfurt\'s two-goal advantage.<br><br>Frida Ã–stberg\'s low shot reduced the deficit and Umea\'s Ramona Bachmann hit the bar as Frankfurt held on.</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('46', 'Season not a failure - McAllister', '4', '2012-10-23', 'Leeds United boss Gary McAllister insists that their season has not been\r\n a \'failure\', despite Sunday\'s play-off final defeat to Doncaster \r\nRovers.Leeds battled through their<br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=_44691236_macca_at_final_203_594078515.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=_44691236_macca_at_final_203_594078515.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"Season not a failure - McAllister\">\r\n										\r\n									\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<br>Leeds United boss Gary McAllister insists that their season \r\nhas not been a \'failure\', despite Sunday\'s play-off final defeat to \r\nDoncaster Rovers.<br><br>Leeds battled through their pre-season 15-point\r\n deduction - and a change of manager - to reach the play-offs, winning \r\n27 games in the process.<br><br>\"The facts say we didn\'t win promotion,\" said McAllister.<br><br>\"But with 27 wins, just eight defeats and second highest scorers, it can\'t be described as a failure.\"<br><br>The\r\n West Yorkshire club would have been automatically promoted in second \r\nplace if they had not been docked the 15 points for breaking the \r\nFootball League\'s rules on insolvency.<br><br>But McAllister points out that is now history, telling BBC Radio Leeds: \"We go away and regroup.<br><br>\"We come back fighting and start next season on the same number of points as everyone else.\"<br><br>Leeds\' hoodoo in finals hit them once more at Wembley, as they failed to score for the third consecutive time in a final.<br><br>They\r\n lost 3-0 to Watford in the Championship play-off final at Cardiff in \r\n2006, having also gone down 3-0 to Aston Villa in the 1996 League Cup \r\nfinal at the old Wembley.<br><br>Excepting the 1992 Charity Shield \r\nvictory over Liverpool, Leeds\' last winner at Wembley was 36 years ago -\r\n from Allan Clarke in the 1972 FA Cup final win over Arsenal.<br>'), ('47', ' McGhee explains Hearts decision', '4', '2012-10-23', 'Motherwell manager Mark McGhee says a move to Hearts would have been \r\n\"premature\" after rejecting a move to Tynecastle to remain at Fir \r\nPark.McGhee was<br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=_44690218_boylemcghee_snsb203_798175756.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=_44690218_boylemcghee_snsb203_798175756.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"McGhee explains Hearts decision\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>Motherwell manager Mark McGhee says a move to Hearts would \r\nhave been \"premature\" after rejecting a move to Tynecastle to remain at \r\nFir Park.<br><br>McGhee was due to fly out to Vilnus on Monday for signing talks with Hearts majority shareholder Vladimir Romanov.<br><br>But he changed his mind, adding: \"It smacked of what I did earlier in my managerial career. When a bigger job came up, I went.<br><br>\"Hearts was a bigger job, but I would never say it was a better job.\"<br><br>McGhee revealed he had a change of heart at the airport and realised he wanted to remain at Fir Park.<br><br>\"I was at the door of the plane and would have been the last passenger on board, but I turned round and said \'I can\'t do this\'.<br><br>\"We\'re in Europe and I always wanted that on my C.V. It\'s certainly not about money either.<br><br>\"If it had been a financial decision I\'d be on my way to Vilnus right now.\"<br><br>McGhee\r\n said the prospect of becoming Hearts manager was a fantastic \r\nopportunity, but he added: \"I have to stick it out at Motherwell a \r\nlittle bit longer.\"<br><br>Motherwell said they were delighted McGhee would remain at the club to spearhead their Uefa Cup campaign next season. <br><br>\"The club are delighted that it has successfully concluded negotiations with Mark,\" said a statement on the club website.<br><br>\"He remains as manager and we are looking forward to next season.\"<br><br>After\r\n 15 years in management in England, the former Aberdeen and Celtic \r\nstriker arrived at Motherwell at the start of the season.<br><br>In his \r\nfirst campaign, McGhee received plaudits for his team\'s performances as \r\nhe steered the club to third spot in the Scottish Premier League.<br><br>Despite months of speculation over his future he had previously said he was focusing on next season\'s Uefa Cup campaign.<br><br>However, he did admit he would have a lot to think about if officially approached by another club.<br><br>McGhee was also interviewed for the vacant Scotland manager\'s position in January.<br><br>However, he stipulated he wanted to remain at Fir Park until the summer, following the death of skipper Phil O\'Donnell.</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('48', 'Injured Hunt out of Republic game', '4', '2012-10-23', 'Stephen Hunt is out of the Republic of Ireland\'s game against Colombia \r\nafter he aggravated an old hamstring injury in Saturday\'s 1-1 draw \r\nagainst Serbia.Hunt <br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=_44690838_stephenhunt203_389281834.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=_44690838_stephenhunt203_389281834.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"Injured Hunt out of Republic game\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>Stephen Hunt is out of the Republic of Ireland\'s game against\r\n Colombia after he aggravated an old hamstring injury in Saturday\'s 1-1 \r\ndraw against Serbia.<br><br>Hunt sat out both training sessions on \r\nMonday and was later released from the Republic squad after getting an \r\nexamination from the Irish team doctor.<br><br>The Reading player has been told that he requires two weeks rest.<br><br>Richard Dunne is also a minor fitness doubt for Thursday\'s Craven Cottage clash because of a foot injury.<br><br>Manager Giovanni Trapattoni said that Dunne \"has a 90 per cent chance of playing\".<br><br>Trapattoni\r\n has also told his Republic player to ignore criticism from pundits, \r\namid suggestions that the presence of former TV analyst Liam Brady in \r\nthe Italian\'s backroom team has annoyed some players.<br><br>Former \r\nRepublic manager Brian Kerr made the claim in a newspaper column over \r\nthe weekend while there have also been allegations that a number of \r\nIrish players broke a curfew during the recent training camp in \r\nPortugal.<br><br>Brady previously worked as a studio pundit for Irish \r\nnational broadcaster RTE and didn\'t pull his punches in his assessment \r\nof a number of Republic players during his time in that role.<br><br>\"Liam was a pundit and it is normal to be a critic,\" said Trapattoni.<br><br>\"He was a famous player, he was captain of Ireland.<br><br>\"In Italy there are 20, 30 ex-players who make their work in television.<br><br>\"Should we all stop playing because they are criticising us?<br><br>\"If these are the worries we have instead of thinking about going to qualify for the World Cup, it is better we stay at home.\"<br><br>Trapattoni\r\n was in relaxed mood when asked about the alleged curfew violation \r\nimmediately after Saturday\'s game, insisting he had given the players \r\npermission to have a night out after a sponsors\' dinner.</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('49', '\'Iron Man\' makes super-strong debut', '5', '2012-10-23', 'The Marvel Comics adaptation, starring Robert Downey Jr. as the guy in \r\nthe metal suit, hauled in $100.7 million over opening weekend and $104.2\r\n million since debuting Thursday night, the second-best premiere ever \r\nfor a non-sequel, according to studio estimates Sunday.<br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.iron.man_224957120.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.iron.man_224957120.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"Robert Downey Jr as Tony Stark in Iron Man\">\r\n										<br>Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark in Iron Man\r\n									<br>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n                                    The \r\nMarvel Comics adaptation, starring Robert Downey Jr. as the guy in the \r\nmetal suit, hauled in $100.7 million over opening weekend and $104.2 \r\nmillion since debuting Thursday night, the second-best premiere ever for\r\n a non-sequel, according to studio estimates Sunday.\r\n                                \r\n								\"Iron Man\" was pure gold at the box office.\r\nThe Marvel Comics adaptation, starring Robert Downey Jr. as the guy \r\nin the metal suit, hauled in $100.7 million over opening weekend and \r\n$104.2 million since debuting Thursday night, the second-best premiere \r\never for a non-sequel, according to studio estimates Sunday.\r\nThe film also scored overseas with $96.7 million in 57 countries \r\nwhere it began opening Wednesday, putting its worldwide total at $201 \r\nmillion.\r\nDistributed by Paramount, \"Iron Man\" was the first release by Marvel \r\nStudios, which has begun financing its own productions after such \r\nstudio-backed hits as the \"Spider-Man,\" \"X-Men\" and \"Fantastic Four\" \r\nflicks.\r\n\"We could not have hoped for a better way for Marvel Studios to blast\r\n off,\" said David Maisel, chairman of the unit, a division of Marvel \r\nEntertainment, which stands to pull in a greater share of box-office \r\nreceipts and merchandising money by financing movies itself.\r\n<div><b>Super-strong debut</b></div>\r\nDebuting in second-place with $15.5 million was Sony\'s romantic \r\ncomedy \"Made of Honor,\" starring \"Grey\'s Anatomy\" heartthrob Patrick \r\nDempsey as a man who tries to woo his best pal after she asks him to be \r\n\"maid of honor\" at her wedding.\r\nWith rave reviews from many critics, \"Iron Man\" features Downey as \r\nbillionaire arms designer Tony Stark, a boozy womanizer who builds a \r\nhigh-tech suit and becomes a superhero, mending his ways after he\'s \r\ntaken captive and sees firsthand the devastation his weapons cause.\r\nDirected by Jon Favreau, the film also stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges and Terrence Howard.\r\nDespite the huge \"Iron Man\" opening, Hollywood\'s overall business was\r\n down compared to the same weekend last year, when \"Spider-Man 3\" had a \r\nrecord debut of $151.1 million. The top-12 movies took in $154.1 \r\nmillion, off 15 percent from a year ago.\r\n\"Nonetheless, \'Iron Man\' did better than \r\nexpected,\" said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker \r\nMedia By Numbers. \"This is certainly the shot in the arm the marketplace\r\n has needed.\"\r\nAfter a sleepy few months, movie attendance this year is running 6 \r\npercent behind that of 2007, so the arrival of \"Iron Man\" may jump-start\r\n the box office as the busy summer season begins. iReport.com: What did \r\nyou think of \"Iron Man?\"\r\n\"If that first May movie is a big hit, it tends to lead to a big \r\nsummer,\" said Rob Moore, Paramount vice chairman. \"There hadn\'t been a \r\nbig event movie yet this year. So you have the first event movie of \r\nsummer, and people go, \'And I hear it\'s really good. All right, I\'m \r\nin.\'\"\r\n<span><br>\"Iron Man\" was the 10th-biggest opening of all-time and the \r\nfourth-biggest for a superhero movie. Among non-sequels, it came in \r\nbehind only the first \"Spider-Man,\" which premiered with $114.8 million.</span>\r\n\"If we have to, we\'re happy to come in second to another Marvel \r\nproperty,\" Maisel said. \"It emphasizes how lucky we are to have such a \r\npowerful brand that\'s not loved by just comic-book fans but also general\r\n movie fans.\"\r\nThe next Marvel production arrives in June with \"The Incredible Hulk,\" distributed by Universal and starring Edward Norton.\r\nIn limited release, David Mamet\'s martial-arts drama \"Redbelt\" opened\r\n solidly with $68,646 in six theaters. Released by Sony Pictures \r\nClassics, \"Redbelt\" stars Chiwetel Ejiofor as an honorable instructor \r\ncaught up in corruption in the world of mixed martial-arts competitions.\r\nParamount Vantage\'s \"Son of Rambow,\" a comic tale of two British boys\r\n making their own \"Rambo\" movie, also opened well with $52,549 in five \r\ntheaters.\r\n							<br>');
INSERT INTO `articles` VALUES ('50', 'Here they come, here come summer movies', '5', '2012-10-23', 'Studio executives hope they\'ve trained their audience well as the season\r\n of summer blockbusters arrives.From May through mid-August, Hollywood \r\nwill bank on the idea that <br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.summer.movies_315437101.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.summer.movies_315437101.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"Here they come here come summer movies\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>Studio executives hope they\'ve trained their audience well as the season of summer blockbusters arrives.<br><br>From\r\n May through mid-August, Hollywood will bank on the idea that there is \r\nat least one movie every week -- and sometimes two -- that you simply \r\nmust see.<br><br>Summer features such box-office staples as Will Smith, \r\nAdam Sandler, Ben Stiller and Jack Black, and brings back beloved \r\ncharacters such as Indiana Jones, Batman, Speed Racer, Carrie and her \r\n\"Sex and the City\" gal pals, the \"Narnia\" kids, the Incredible Hulk and \r\ntwo very different agent couples: paranormal troupers Mulder and Scully \r\nand comic spies Maxwell Smart and Agent 99.<br><br>A look at the lineup:<br><br>MAY\r\n 2: Heavy hitters like \"Spider-Man\" and \"Superman\" are established \r\nbig-screen figures, but the comic-book world has a deep bench.<br><br>Robert\r\n Downey Jr. takes the lead in \"Iron Man,\" playing a wealthy inventor who\r\n lacks superpowers but does have a nifty high-tech suit of armor that \r\nreally leaves an impression when he gives villains a knuckle sandwich.<br><br><br>Gwyneth\r\n Paltrow, Terrence Howard and Jeff Bridges co-star in the tale based on \r\nthe Marvel Comics hero, a man with a subversive sense of humor who \r\nstarts off as \"not the most likable fellow,\" said director Jon Favreau.<br><br>With\r\n \"Iron Man\" less familiar to audiences than Supe or Spidey, it took an \r\nactor of Downey\'s status to ease some worries Favreau had.<br><br>\"My \r\nbiggest concern was that it would slide into some B-hero wheeled out by \r\nMarvel, that this movie would be a poor man\'s \'Spider-Man,\' \" Favreau \r\nsaid. \"Hiring Robert, the challenge shifted from whether it was going to\r\n be good or bad to how far we were going to push things and bend the \r\ngenre.\"<br><br>MAY 9: Andy and Larry Wachowski turned virtual reality on\r\n its head with \"The Matrix.\" Now they follow their R-rated franchise \r\nwith the family-friendly adventure \"Speed Racer,\" an adaptation of the \r\nanimated show starring Emile Hirsch as the kid roaring along the \r\nroadways, Christina Ricci as his helicopter-flying girlfriend and \r\nMatthew Fox as mystery man Racer X. The film will also be released in \r\nIMAX.<br><br>A fan of \"Speed Racer\" growing up, Hirsch said he wanted in\r\n as soon as he heard the Wachowski brothers were writing and directing.<br><br>\"Seeing\r\n \'The Matrix\' for the first time when I was 13 to this day is one of my \r\nmost memorable experiences ever in a movie theater,\" Hirsch said. \"I \r\nalready loved the show, and for guys of that kind of caliber to get \r\ninvolved with it could only be something special.\"<br><br>MAY 16: Things\r\n sure can change in 1,300 years, as Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy \r\nPevensie learn when they go over the rainbow again in \"The Chronicles of\r\n Narnia: Prince Caspian,\" the second installment in the fantasy \r\nfranchise based on C.S. Lewis\' books.<br><br>Only a short time has \r\npassed for the siblings in England, but centuries have gone by in \r\nNarnia, which now is under the bootheel of the tyrannical Telmarines and\r\n mean King Miraz. The Pevensies encounter a new ally -- Caspian (Ben \r\nBarnes), the rightful heir to Narnia\'s throne -- and are reacquainted \r\nwith old buddy Aslan the lion, again voiced by Liam Neeson.<br><br>The \r\nthree years since the first movie, \"The Lion, the Witch and the \r\nWardrobe,\" have resulted in huge digital advancements in how director \r\nAndrew Adamson could depict computer-generated creatures such as Aslan.<br><br>\"It\'s\r\n little things like when Lucy first sees him this time, she runs up and \r\ngives him a hug. ... It\'s a great image to see a little girl hug a \r\nlion,\" Adamson said. \"And there\'s a great shot in this film where Aslan \r\nactually tackles someone off a horse and rolls around on the ground with\r\n them. The level of interactivity makes it so much more real.\"<br><br>MAY 22: Cue the Indy fanfare. Henry Jones Jr. is cracking his whip again.<br><br>\"Indiana\r\n Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull\" reunites the dream team of \r\nHarrison Ford as the archaeologist-adventurer, director Steven Spielberg\r\n and creator-producer George Lucas.<br><br>It\'s been 19 years since the \r\nlast movie, and the fourth film hurtles the aging Indy from his \r\nNazi-fighting days of the 1930s to the Cold War era of the \'50s, with \r\nCate Blanchett as a Soviet operative and Karen Allen returning as Marion\r\n Ravenwood, his love interest from 1981\'s \"Raiders of the Ark.\"<br><br>Unlike\r\n film franchises that crank up the action and effects with each sequel, \r\nSpielberg, Lucas and Ford are offering an old-school Indy.<br><br>\"We \r\ndid everything exactly the way we did it before, so if you expect F-14s \r\nflying into freeways, it ain\'t gonna happen,\" Lucas said. \"If you expect\r\n this to suddenly have bells and whistles and have 10 times more \r\nwhatever than the first ones, it\'s not. It\'s just like a continuation. \r\nIt\'s like sitting down on a cozy old sofa that you\'ve had for 20 years \r\nand having the same experience.\"<br><br>What sort of toll did the action\r\n take on 65-year-old Ford, who sustained knee and back injuries on some \r\nof the earlier \"Indiana Jones\" movies?<br><br>\"I broke a fingernail,\" Ford said. \"I walked away with a hangnail.\"<br><br>As\r\n for the big question fans have posed -- is co-star Shia LaBeouf the \r\nlove child of Indy and Marion? -- neither Ford nor Lucas will say.<br><br>\"I\r\n can\'t say that. I\'m not allowed. Steven would kill me. You\'ll have to \r\nget that out of Steven,\" Lucas said. \"If you get it out of him, then it \r\nmust be true.\" <br><br>JUNE 13: When we last saw Marvel Comics\' big \r\nangry green guy, he was hopping around in the desert in Ang Lee\'s \r\n\"Hulk,\" a critical and commercial disappointment. <br><br>The Marvel \r\ngang went back to the drawing board for \"The Incredible Hulk,\" starring \r\nEdward Norton in a new take that the filmmakers say will channel both \r\nthe comic books and the 1970s and \'80s TV show starring Bill Bixby.<br><br>The\r\n movie wastes no time explaining how Norton\'s Bruce Banner was \r\ntransformed into a man who mutates into the Hulk when angered, said \r\nproducer Kevin Feige, Marvel Studios\' head of production. The story \r\nhints at what happened to him then jumps into the action, he said.<br><br>\"This\r\n is not an origin story,\" Feige said. \"We are assuming everyone buying a\r\n ticket will know Bruce Banner is a scientist on the run who grows into a\r\n green hulk 9 feet tall. That\'s all people need to know. So the \r\nadventure is off and running right from the beginning.\"<br><br>JULY 18: \r\nBatman is back with \"The Dark Knight,\" reuniting star Christian Bale \r\nwith director Christopher Nolan and pitting the soul-searching \r\ncrimefighter against his greatest enemy, the Joker, played by the late \r\nHeath Ledger in his next-to-last role. The film will also be released in\r\n IMAX, and Nolan filmed some scenes in the large-form technology.<br><br>With\r\n great buzz on Ledger\'s frantic performance and his demonic makeup, the \r\nJoker is the corrupted flip-side of Batman, who lives by a strict code \r\ndespite raging inner turmoil.<br><br>\"It\'s a fine line, something which \r\nwe kind of toy with in the story, of this fine line, essentially both \r\nbeing freaks to most people, both being idealists,\" Bale said. \"The \r\nJoker trying to show the hypocrisy of society and trying to show Batman \r\nthat his way just ultimately can\'t work. These rules that he places on \r\nhimself are just a joke.\"</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('51', 'The Screening Room\'s top 10 movie heroes', '5', '2012-10-23', 'Heroes come in all shapes and sizes -- from the gun-packing maverick who\r\n shoots first and asks questions later to the unlikely hero, blinking \r\nwith<br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.bourne.up_798018693.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.bourne.up_798018693.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"The Screening Rooms top 10 movie heroes\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>Heroes come in all shapes and sizes -- from the gun-packing \r\nmaverick who shoots first and asks questions later to the unlikely hero,\r\n blinking with surprise at his newly found ass-kicking skills.<br><br>But\r\n what\'s common among all celluloid champions is that they are prepared \r\nto fight for what they believe in -- even if it means risking their \r\nlives.<br><br>We\'ve compiled a list of 10 of the best. Don\'t agree? \r\nThink we\'ve missed one? Share your views by using the Sound Off box \r\nbelow and we\'ll publish the best.<br><br>10. Neo (Keanu Reeves) \"The Matrix\"<br>(Andy &amp; Larry Wachowski, 1999)<br><br>In\r\n \"real life\" Neo is a reclusive computer hacker but when he lifts the \r\nvirtual reality cloak and enters the matrix he finds he is innately \r\ngifted. He can dodge bullets and has unimaginable strength but his true \r\nheroism stems from having the courage to fight the seemingly invincible \r\nMr Smith to try to free humanity from enslavement.<br><br>9. James Bond (Sean Connery) \"Dr No.\"<br>(Terence Young, 1962)<br><br>From\r\n the moment Connery\'s gentleman spy utters the words, \"The name\'s Bond, \r\nJames Bond,\" it\'s certain that for every pussy-stroking nemesis he \r\nencounters he will have just the right exploding pen, aquatic sports \r\ncar, or suave quip to prevail. Then he\'ll smooth down his tux and snog a\r\n babe safe in the knowledge he\'s saved the world once again.<br><br>8. Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) \"The Silence of the Lambs\"<br>(Jonathan Demme, 1991)<br><br>Starling,\r\n an ambitious FBI trainee, is in way over her head. She gets intimate \r\nwith Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist turned cannibal in the \r\nhopes he will give her clues in the hunt for mass murderer, Buffalo \r\nBill. When she inadvertently stumbles on Bill\'s underground lair, he \r\nblows the fuse and, terrifyingly, stalks her in night vision goggles. \r\nSome people might sit in a corner and whimper but not Starling -- with \r\nguts and determination she kills him and rescues his final victim.<br><br>7. Spartacus (Kirk Douglas) \"Spartacus\"<br>(Stanley Kubrick, 1960)<br><br>Spartacus\r\n has never been free. He is born a slave and trained to be a gladiator \r\nbut he revolts and leads a slave uprising in Italy. His rebellion is \r\nextraordinary successful -- the army numbers thousands and marches on \r\nRome. It is defeated in the end and Spartacus is crucified. But he dies \r\nunafraid because he knows it means his son will grow up a free man. In \r\nthe fight for his family\'s freedom he is a one man force for change.<br><br>6. Inspector \"Dirty\" Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood), \'\'Dirty Harry\'\'<br>(Don Siegel, 1971)<br><br>Rules\r\n don\'t mean much to this alienated San Francisco cop when he\'s out \r\nhunting dangerous criminals. His methods are edgy but his attitude just \r\nseems to highlight the failings of the legal system and the weakness of \r\nhis superiors. The only thing he trusts is his .44 Magnum revolver and \r\nwhen cocks it at an unlucky robber and asks: \"Do ya feel lucky. Well, do\r\n ya punk?\" it\'s clear why this laconic anti-hero has had such a strong \r\ninfluence on pop culture.<br><br>5. Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) \"The Bourne Ultimatum\"<br>(Paul Greengrass, 2007)<br><br>Bourne\r\n is a highly trained killer suffering amnesia who the CIA just can\'t get\r\n rid of. Not only does he fight off their best assassins better than \r\nBruce Lee could, he has an impressive knack for improvising weapons from\r\n whatever he can lay his hands on -- a hardback book, a brass \r\ncandlestick, even a biro. A David and Goliath for the 21st century.<br><br>4. Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) \"Raiders of the Lost Ark\"<br>(Stephen Spielberg, 1981)<br><br>Mostly\r\n he\'s a quiet-living archaeology professor but once in a while fate \r\nconspires to make Indy pick up his dented fedora and bullwhip and rescue\r\n a priceless relic from enemy hands. Not a nail-biting moment goes by \r\nwithout him getting into one scrape or another but aided by sardonic \r\none-liners and a great left hook he always triumphs in the end. Indy is \r\nno superhero -- just the hero we\'d all like to be.<br><br>3. Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) \"Aliens\"<br>(James Cameron, 1986)<br><br>\"Get\r\n away from her, you bitch!\" spits Ripley distracting the huge alien and \r\nallowing Newt, the child she has saved from the infested planet to \r\nescape. She\'s female but a she\'s a muscular warrior, soaked in sweat \r\nfrom from the gun-battle she\'s been waging on the terrible creatures. \r\nShe\'s like a furious lioness protecting her young -- and even the alien \r\nis no match for that.<br><br>2. Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck) \"To Kill a Mockingbird\"<br>(Robert Mulligan, 1962)<br><br>No\r\n fighting necessary for this quiet Southern lawyer who defends a black \r\nman accused of raping a white woman, despite calls from the community \r\nnot to. He is willing to do whatever it takes to uphold his values \r\nincluding standing up to a lynch mob who have come to kill his client. \r\nThe widower somehow also finds the time to be a solid, wise father \r\nfigure to his two children, Jem and Scout.<br><br>1. Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson) \"Schindler\'s List\"<br>(Stephen Spielberg, 1993)<br><br>Schindler\r\n is a hard-drinking, womanizing, fully paid-up member of the Nazi party \r\nwho wants nothing more than to make suitcases full of Reich marks out of\r\n the war. Yet his innate humanity shines through and -- despite \r\nimmediate risk to his own life -- he turns his factory into a haven for \r\nover 1,000 Jews who otherwise would probably have gone to their deaths \r\nat Auschwitz.</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('52', 'French film wins Cannes\' top prize', '5', '2012-10-23', 'The French film \"The Class,\" a frank tale about classroom life using \r\nreal students and teachers at a junior high school, won top honors \r\nSunday<br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.del.toro.ap_900784891.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.del.toro.ap_900784891.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"French film wins Cannes top prize\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>The French film \"The Class,\" a frank tale about classroom \r\nlife using real students and teachers at a junior high school, won top \r\nhonors Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival.<br><br>Directed by Laurent \r\nCantet, \"The Class\" (\"Entre les Murs\") was the first French film to win \r\nthe main prize, the Palme d\'Or, at Cannes since \"Under Satan\'s Sun\" in \r\n1987. The docudrama was shot in a raw, improvisational style to \r\nchronicle the drama that unfolds over one school year.<br><br>The win was a unanimous decision among the nine-member Cannes jury, said Sean Penn, who headed the panel.<br><br>\"The\r\n movie that we wanted to make had to resemble French society, had to be \r\nmultifaceted, a bit teeming, complex, and had to sometimes portray \r\nfrictions that the film didn\'t try to erase,\" Cantet said.<br><br>Italian\r\n films won the second-place grand prize and third-place jury prize. \r\nMatteo Garrone\'s \"Gomorrah,\" a study of the criminal underworld in \r\nNaples, took the grand prize, while Paolo Sorrentino\'s \"Il Divo,\" a \r\nlively portrait of former Premier Giulio Andreotti, won the jury award.<br><br>Benicio\r\n Del Toro won Cannes\' best-actor prize for \"Che,\" Steven Soderbergh\'s \r\nfour-hour-plus epic about Latin American revolutionary Che Guevara. \r\nPresented as two films, \"Che\" follows Guevara and Fidel Castro\'s \r\ntriumphant guerrilla campaign to overthrow Cuba\'s government in the late\r\n 1950s and Guevara\'s downfall and execution after trying to foment a \r\nsimilar rebellion in Bolivia in the 1960s.<br><br>Del Toro, who co-starred in Penn\'s \"21 Grams,\" also won in a unanimous jury vote, Penn said.<br>\"I\'d\r\n like to dedicate this to the man himself, Che Guevara,\" said Del Toro. \r\nHe also thanked Soderbergh, \"who got up every day, forced me to this. \r\n... He was there pushing it, and he pushed all of us.\"<br><br>Soderbergh directed Del Toro to the supporting-actor Oscar for 2000\'s \"Traffic.\"<br><br>Sandra\r\n Corveloni was chosen as best actress for \"Linha de Passe,\" in which she\r\n plays the mother of four brothers struggling to make better lives for \r\nthemselves in a Brazilian slum. It was her first role in a feature film.<br><br>Turkish\r\n filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan was named best director for \"Three \r\nMonkeys,\" which centers on a father who takes the rap for his employer\'s\r\n crime in exchange for financial support for his wife and son, only to \r\nhave the scheme backfire amid bitter repercussions.<br><br>Belgian \r\nsiblings Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, two-time winners of the Palme \r\nd\'Or, received the screenplay prize for \"Lorna\'s Silence,\" about an \r\nimmigrant woman who enters a sham marriage to gain Belgian citizenship.<br><br>The\r\n prize for a film by a first-time director went to British filmmaker \r\nSteve McQueen\'s \"Hunger,\" set at a Northern Ireland prison where IRA \r\nvolunteer Bobby Sands and other inmates seeking Irish independence \r\nstaged a hunger strike in 1981.<br><br>The Cannes jury awarded special \r\nprizes to Clint Eastwood, who directed the competition film \r\n\"Changeling,\" and Catherine Deneuve, who appeared in two films at Cannes\r\n this year.<br><br>Eastwood was shut out for key prizes with \"Changeling,\" his warmly received missing-child drama starring Angelina Jolie.<br><br>Eastwood,\r\n who delivered two best-picture and director Academy Award recipients \r\nwith \"Unforgiven\" and \"Million Dollar Baby,\" has never won top honors at\r\n Cannes after five times in competition there since 1985.<br><br>Jury \r\npresident Penn won the best-actor Oscar for Eastwood\'s \"Mystic River,\" \r\nwhich was shut out for prizes at Cannes five years ago.<br><br>\"There \r\nwas a field of such powerful, emotional, moving movies, performances. \r\nThere was so many times that we thought, it just can\'t get better,\" Penn\r\n said.<br><br>Critics judged the Cannes lineup more harshly, however. \r\nWhile Cannes presented few outright bombs this time, critics found the \r\nfilms a bit tepid.<br><br>Last year\'s competition included such films as\r\n Joel and Ethan Coen\'s \"No Country for Old Men,\" which went on to win \r\nthe best-picture Academy Award, and Marjane Satrapi and Vincent \r\nParonnaud\'s animated coming-of-age tale \"Persepolis,\" which was \r\nnominated for the animation Oscar.<br><br>A film from Kazakhstan, Sergey\r\n Dvortsevoy\'s \"Tulpan,\" won a secondary competition called \"Un Certain \r\nRegard.\" \"Tulpan\" is the story of an aspiring shepherd on the isolated \r\nKazakh steppes who must wed before he can enter his chosen trade but is \r\nrefused by the only prospective bride because she thinks his ears are \r\ntoo big.<br><br>Bosnian director Aida Begic\'s \"Snow,\" a drama about \r\nvillagers struggling with the decision to leave their war-ravaged town, \r\nwon top honors in another Cannes competition overseen by critics.<br><br>After\r\n the awards ceremony, the festival closed with the premiere of Barry \r\nLevinson\'s \"What Just Happened?\", starring Robert De Niro, Bruce Willis \r\nand Penn in the tale of a fading Hollywood producer trying to rejuvenate\r\n his career amid personal and professional crises.<br><br>\"What Just Happened?\" came full circle: A year ago, Levinson and his collaborators were at Cannes filming scenes for the movie.</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('53', 'Fur flies at \'Kung Fu Panda\' premiere', '5', '2012-10-23', 'Fur might be a politically incorrect fashion statement on the red carpet\r\n at the world\'s most-prestigious film festival. Not when you\'re the star\r\n of a <br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.panda_666282418.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.panda_666282418.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"Fur flies at Kung Fu Panda premiere\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>Fur might be a politically incorrect fashion statement on the\r\n red carpet at the world\'s most-prestigious film festival. Not when \r\nyou\'re the star of a movie called \"Kung Fu Panda,\" though.<br><br>DreamWorks\r\n Animation, whose past Cannes entries include the first two \"Shrek\" \r\nflicks and \"Over the Hedge,\" put its adorable martial-arts hero \r\nalongside the festival\'s highbrow cinema entries Thursday with the \r\npremiere of the action comedy whose voice cast includes Jack Black, \r\nAngelina Jolie and Dustin Hoffman.<br><br>\"Being an official selection \r\nof the Cannes Film Festival is the Good Housekeeping seal of approval,\" \r\nsaid Jeffrey Katzenberg, DreamWorks\' animation mastermind. \"And it\'s \r\nparticularly unique when it\'s a broad commercial movie as opposed to an \r\nart film. There\'s tremendous, tremendous value to that.\"<br><br>DreamWorks\r\n uses Cannes as a launch-point for its movies, through screenings and \r\nclever stunts to catch the fancy of hordes of reporters, photographers \r\nand camera crews.<br><br>Black, who joined \"Shark Tale\" co-stars Jolie \r\nand Will Smith for a ride in the Mediterranean aboard an inflatable \r\nshark at the 2004 festival, this time paraded on a pier among 40 people \r\nin giant panda suits the day before the movie\'s Cannes premiere.<br><br>While\r\n Black hammed it up with some kung fu poses, he wisecracked that the \r\nincessant camera flashes could go a long way to solving the energy \r\ncrunch.<br><br>\"If you harnessed all that electricity, it would probably\r\n be enough to take a small unmanned ship to the moon and back,\" Black \r\nsaid. \"It\'s got to be 1.21 gigawatts of light flashes. It\'s just going \r\nto be sick. Do we really need that many pictures? Where are all those \r\nphotos going?\"<br><br>Black provides the voice of Po, a panda in ancient\r\n China who idolizes his country\'s martial-arts heroes but is too slow \r\nand clumsy to emulate their moves, stuck instead toiling in his family\'s\r\n noodle shop. A twist of fate lands Po under the tutelage of a revered \r\nkung fu master (Hoffman), who must train the klutzy panda to battle an \r\nevil snow leopard (Ian McShane) intent on marauding and vengeance.<br><br>Po\'s\r\n allies include a tiger (Jolie), a viper (Lucy Liu) and a monkey (Jackie\r\n Chan), whose graceful martial-arts skills put the lumbering panda to \r\nshame.<br><br>\"There\'s a concept which everybody responds to, the idea \r\nof this sort of soft, cuddly thing having to do this extremely active, \r\nathletic thing,\" said John Stevenson, who co-directed \"Kung Fu Panda\" \r\nwith Mark Osborne.<br><br>\"We saw the potential of this being the \r\narchetypal hero\'s journey that has been done millions of times, but we \r\ncould actually do the most extreme hero\'s journey,\" Osborne said. \"Take \r\nthe most unlikely guy and bring him all the way to being a hero.\"<br><br>As\r\n cartoon heroes go, Katzenberg thinks Po can go toe-to-toe with the \r\nanimation world\'s box-office heavyweight, the irritable ogre Shrek.<br><br>\"I\r\n do think that Po the panda is going to give Shrek a run for his money, \r\nbecause I think that Po in a very different way is without question the \r\nmost lovable character we\'ve ever created,\" Katzenberg said. \"Shrek\'s an\r\n anti-hero hero. Po is an unlikely hero. He is more in tune with what we\r\n are ourselves. He actually has to find the hero within, and I think we \r\nall have a hero within us.<br><br>\"So it\'s just very relatable to find \r\nthis kind of average guy who\'s working in his dad\'s noodle restaurant \r\nsuddenly have an ambitious fantasy to be something great, only to learn \r\nthat being the best version of yourself is greatness.\"<br><br>\"Kung Fu Panda\" debuts in U.S. theaters June 6.</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('54', '\'Sex and the City\' tries to age gracefully', '5', '2012-10-23', 'Early on in the new \"Sex and the City\" film -- and don\'t worry, we\'re not spoiling the plot here -- Carrie and longtime love<br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.city.ap_245516754.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.city.ap_245516754.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"Sex and the City tries to age gracefully\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>Early on in the new \"Sex and the City\" film -- and don\'t \r\nworry, we\'re not spoiling the plot here -- Carrie and longtime love Mr. \r\nBig are in bed together.<br><br>A passionate interlude? Nah, they\'re just reading. Except they both need glasses, and there\'s only one pair.<br><br>Sharing reading glasses in bed? These two, who fogged up the small screen with their sexual chemistry during the TV series?<br><br>Yes, and that small moment is a sweet acknowledgment that they\'ve both aged.<br><br>As, of course, have we.<br><br>The\r\n series may be alive and well on TBS reruns. But it\'s been a full decade\r\n since \"Sex and the City\" premiered on HBO, bringing us sex columnist \r\nCarrie, her three gal pals, and their lustful urban quest for love, good\r\n sex and even better clothes.<br><br>That means these 30-somethings who \r\nspent six seasons drinking and trysting with abandon are now \r\n40-somethings, with a couple characters even flirting with 50. And \r\ncynics are asking: Can they pull this off? How does \"Sex and the City\" \r\nget around the age issue?<br><br>In interviews with The Associated Press\r\n over the weekend, the cast answered that question unanimously: It \r\ndoesn\'t. Age is not avoided here. It is embraced and even savored, like,\r\n well, a nice, cool Cosmopolitan.<br><br>\"When we started cobbling \r\ntogether the movie, we knew there was only one road we could take,\" said\r\n Sarah Jessica Parker, who stars as Carrie and co-produced the film.<br><br>\"You\r\n cannot pretend we\'re 32, still running around New York drinking with \r\nliberty and looking for interesting sexual partnerships. It would have \r\nbeen vulgar. None of us wanted to do that.\"<br><br>And so the film \r\nbegins not where the series left off four years ago, but in the present.\r\n Carrie, now in her early 40s, is now a contributing editor to Vogue and\r\n a best-selling author.<br><br>She\'s also got more money, and she\'s got \r\nBig, who, you may recall, flew to Paris in the series finale to rescue \r\nher from a bad relationship. Now they\'re in a happy place, and if you\'ve\r\n seen the trailer, you know there are wedding plans afoot and a pretty \r\namazing dress. InStyle: See Sex and the City fashions<br><br>But you can\r\n tell things are going to be difficult, even sad. It\'s a far cry from \r\nthe story producers originally planned to tell four years ago, when the \r\nproject stalled, at least partly because of reported demands by Kim \r\nCattrall, who plays Samantha, for more money and creative control.<br><br>\"The\r\n movie we were going to make was totally different,\" said Parker, 43. \r\n\"It was a romp, kind of like those Bob Hope and Bing Crosby road movies.\r\n But four years have passed, and there\'s just a lot more time invested \r\nin all these relationships.\"<br><br>That includes the ties between the \r\nwomen, said Cynthia Nixon, aka Miranda, the high-strung, hardworking \r\nlawyer who is at a breaking point when the movie begins.<br><br>\"We were\r\n all aware, partly because of the big screen but also because we\'re \r\nolder, that there has to be a maturity there with the way we confront \r\nproblems,\" Nixon said. \"So when Miranda and Carrie fight, they take a \r\nlittle distance and try and work it out.\"<br><br>Maturity can be seen in\r\n the clothes as well. \"Were we still wearing these crazy outfits from 10\r\n years ago, that would look wildly inappropriate,\" Nixon mused. But \r\nrelax, fashionistas: Fabulous clothes still have their place.<br><br>\"We\r\n do have fantastic clothes and shoes, that hasn\'t changed,\" noted \r\nKristin Davis, who plays Charlotte, the Park Avenue socialite who\'s \r\nfound domestic contentment with her good-natured husband, Harry, and \r\ntheir adopted Chinese daughter. \"But we couldn\'t pretend that time \r\ndidn\'t pass. Our point is to tell it like it is.\"<br><br>The best \r\nexample of that is Cattrall\'s Samantha Jones, whose frank expressions of\r\n her lusty desires always made her character seem larger than life. But \r\nSamantha also suffered the worst hardship of all the women: breast \r\ncancer, in the show\'s last season.<br><br>Cattrall is 51, and in the \r\nseries Samantha rarely spoke of her own age. In the film, her age is \r\nmentioned and even celebrated, in a poignant way.<br><br>\"For a \r\nHollywood movie that\'s extraordinary,\" said Cattrall. \"But I think it\'s \r\nthe way the show has always been. Whether it\'s aging or sex or dating or\r\n disease or 9/11, it\'s been met head on.\"<br><br>And Cattrall knows her \r\nperformance is influenced by her own aging process. \"A lot of things \r\nhave happened in the last four years, and they haven\'t all been great,\" \r\nshe said, referring to her divorce and her father\'s diagnosis of \r\ndementia. \"And it shades what you do. It shades who you are.\"<br><br>With\r\n nobody left to represent the younger set, Michael Patrick King, who \r\ndirected and wrote the film (and co-produced it with Parker), brought in\r\n Jennifer Hudson, the 26-year-old Oscar winner from \"Dreamgirls,\" to \r\nplay Carrie\'s tech-savvy assistant. Parker said the purpose of the new \r\nrole is \"to reflect what that time of life is all about, how you feel \r\nabout love, and how simple it is then.\"<br><br>To Hudson, that makes \r\nsense. \"Now there\'s another kind of character the audience can relate \r\nto,\" she said, also noting that she\'s the first major black character to\r\n figure in the story.<br><br>Aging is not just a female process, of \r\ncourse, and Mr. Big, played by Chris Noth, has a little added gravitas \r\nnow, perhaps a few gray hairs, and a more mature approach to romance (To\r\n a point. This is Big, after all.) Noth, 53, seems thrilled that the \r\nfilm is presenting a set of mature characters.<br><br>\"Where did the \r\nnotion come from that the lives of adults are less interesting than the \r\nlives of those under 30?\" he asked. \"I actually think the movie has MORE\r\n relevance. I think the girls look better. And I\'m just happy that we \r\nhave some adult entertainment here.<br><br>\"We\'ve strayed so far in our culture, it\'s like, you know, can kiddie time be over?\"</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('55', 'Gwyneth Paltrow is back -- and on her terms', '5', '2012-10-23', 'When Gwyneth Paltrow made the rounds to promote \"Iron Man,\" the buzz \r\nwasn\'t about the Oscar winner\'s return to the screen after an extended \r\nhiatus.<br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.iron.paltrow.ap_672363727.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.iron.paltrow.ap_672363727.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"Gwyneth Paltrow is back -- and on her terms\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>When Gwyneth Paltrow made the rounds to promote \"Iron Man,\" \r\nthe buzz wasn\'t about the Oscar winner\'s return to the screen after an \r\nextended hiatus. It wasn\'t about the curious casting of a serious \r\nactress as a superhero\'s secretary.<br><br>It was about her shoes.<br><br>Paltrow\'s\r\n sky-high stilettos, shoulder-length curls and up-to-there skirts were \r\nseen as a sign: She\'s shedding her stay-at-home mom sweat pants and is \r\nready to reclaim her throne in the celebrity pantheon.<br><br>\"In \r\nEngland, there were pages in the newspaper on my various footwear,\" she \r\nsays. \"I think there\'s some excitement that I\'m back in high heels and, \r\nyou know, being glamorous.\"<br><br>She says this while decked out in \r\nanother pair of killer pumps, with no sense of surprise that a change of\r\n clothing could set off a minor tempest of speculation about her life.<br><br>Paltrow\r\n has what might be called a conflicted relationship with Hollywood. Even\r\n when she\'s not working, she\'s tailed by paparazzi and scrutinized for \r\nher fashion, her mothering and her marriage to a famous rock star, \r\nColdplay frontman Chris Martin.<br><br>That union is one she works hard \r\nto keep private. She calls the latest gossip about the state of her \r\nmarriage, fueled by her daring outfits and the couple\'s refusal to \r\nappear on red carpets together, \"hilarious.\"<br><br>The fascination with\r\n her private life has been frustrating, but also meant she lost little \r\nluster in the few years that she\'s focused on her daughter Apple, 4, and\r\n son Moses, 2.<br><br>\"There were some days where I thought, after I had\r\n my son and I couldn\'t lose the weight and I was in sweat pants and I \r\nwas depressed and I was thinking, you know, will I ever be able to go \r\nback? Will they take me back?\" she said.<br><br>Those feelings were exacerbated by the postpartum depression she says she experienced after the birth of her son.<br><br>She\r\n left Hollywood a few years earlier following the death of her father, \r\ndirector Bruce Paltrow, with the feeling that she had already finished \r\nwhat she set out to accomplish. She\'d done star turns in critically \r\nacclaimed movies. She\'d won an Academy Award for \"Shakespeare in Love.\" \r\nShe\'d been the \"it\" girl on the arms of Brad Pitt and Ben Affleck.<br><br>It was time for her to focus on her family.<br><br>\"You\r\n know, they change so quickly and the idea of somebody else being there \r\nwhen they do their first this or say their first that is just like, it \r\nmakes me die,\" she says.<br><br>Her kids know her only as Mommy. \"They\'ve never seen me on-screen or anything. They have no idea.\"<br><br>But Hollywood years can be like dog years -- three of them offscreen can seem like a decade, enough to torpedo a star\'s career.<br><br>\"I\r\n think especially in my own business it confounded people that I was \r\nwilling to walk away from that and to lose my place on the A-list and \r\nsay, it\'s not important to me right now in my life,\" she says.<br><br>\"Iron\r\n Man\" marks her big comeback after small parts in \"Running With \r\nScissors\" and her brother\'s film, \"The Good Night.\" In the first of the \r\nsummer blockbusters, she joins an all-star cast of Robert Downey Jr., \r\nTerrence Howard, Jeff Bridges and director Jon Favreau. With a $100 \r\nmillion-plus opening weekend, it\'s become the first blockbuster of the \r\nsummer.<br><br>\"As soon as we heard she was interested, we put her in \r\nthe movie,\" Favreau says. \"Gwyneth is refined, classy, smart and mature.\r\n She seemed a good pairing for Robert (Downey Jr.). It was a very quick \r\ndecision.\"<br><br>For Paltrow, the supporting role of Pepper Potts, the \r\ndutiful assistant and possible love interest, was a good transition, \r\nallowing her to work two or three days a week while the rest of the cast\r\n went off to blow things up in the desert.<br><br>She spent time with \r\nher children at the family house in California that her mother, actress \r\nBlythe Danner, subsequently sold. \"It was just sort of reliving my own \r\nchildhood again but with them, and it was just kind of a magical time.\"<br><br>Working with Downey was also invigorating.<br><br>\"He\r\n would come into the trailer in the morning when we were going to read \r\nthe scene and he would literally ball up the script and throw it against\r\n the wall and say, \'This sucks, let\'s start over,\' \" she says. \"So it \r\nwas like, \'OK! Well! What are we going to do today?\'\"<br><br>Downey \r\ninsists there were no hurt feelings about the give-and-take: \"I don\'t \r\nthink \'genius\' and \'superhero script\' belong in the same sentence,\" he \r\nsays.<br><br>Both stars have indicated they are open to sequels -- and Marvel has already announced that \"Iron Man 2\" is slated for 2010.<br><br>So\r\n Paltrow is back, but on her terms. After shooting the upcoming \"Two \r\nLovers\" with Joaquin Phoenix, she\'s taking the rest of the spring and \r\nsummer off.<br><br>\"I don\'t think I could go back to ever doing three, \r\nfour, five movies a year. There\'s just no way. There\'s no way,\" she \r\nsays. \"Maybe when they\'re in college. But by that point no one will want\r\n me in a movie anymore, probably.\"</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('56', 'Report: McKellen to play Gandalf in \'Hobbit\'', '5', '2012-10-23', 'Ian McKellen will again take up the robes of Gandalf the Wizard in the \r\ncinematic adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien\'s fantasy classic \"The Hobbit,\" a\r\n British<br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.mckellen_348511265.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.mckellen_348511265.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"Report McKellen to play Gandalf in Hobbit\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>Ian McKellen will again take up the robes of Gandalf the \r\nWizard in the cinematic adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien\'s fantasy classic \r\n\"The Hobbit,\" a British film magazine reported Wednesday.<br><br>But McKellen\'s publicist warned that final arrangements were yet to be made.<br><br>\"Of course he wants to do it, but nothing\'s been agreed or signed,\" Clair Dobbs said.<br><br>Empire\r\n magazine\'s Web site quoted McKellen as saying that director Guillermo \r\ndel Toro told him he would again be playing the white-haired wizard.<br><br>\"He\r\n confirmed that I would be reprising the role,\" the magazine quoted \r\nMcKellen as saying. \"Obviously, it\'s not a part that you turn down, I \r\nloved playing Gandalf.\"<br><br>McKellen\'s sonorous interpretation of \r\nGandalf in the \"Lord of the Rings\" trilogy delighted fans and critics, \r\nearning him an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actor.<br><br>The 68-year-old British actor previously told The Associated Press that he would hate to see anyone else play the role.<br><br>The\r\n \"Lord of the Rings\" movies, based on the Tolkien book series of the \r\nsame name, were extremely lucrative, grossing some $2.8 billion at \r\ntheaters worldwide.<br><br>\"The Hobbit\" is being produced by Peter \r\nJackson, the director of the \"Rings\" movies, and is likely to be filmed \r\nin his home country of New Zealand next year.</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('57', 'Legendary director, actor Sidney Pollack dies of cancer', '5', '2012-10-23', 'Academy Award-winning director Sydney Pollack, who achieved critical \r\nacclaim with the period drama \"Out of Africa\" and the romantic comedy \r\n\"Tootsie,\" died of cancer Monday, <br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.pollack2.gi_603854965.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.pollack2.gi_603854965.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"Legendary director actor Sidney Pollack dies of cancer\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>Academy Award-winning director Sydney Pollack, who achieved \r\ncritical acclaim with the period drama \"Out of Africa\" and the romantic \r\ncomedy \"Tootsie,\" died of cancer Monday, his agent told CNN.<br><br>Pollack,\r\n 73, died at his home in Los Angeles. He was surrounded by his wife of \r\nnearly 50 years, Claire Griswold, their two daughters, Rebecca and \r\nRachel, and his brother, Bernie, agent Leslee Dart said. Their only son \r\nSteven died in a plane crash in 1993.<br><br>Pollack, who often appeared\r\n on the screen himself, worked with and gained the respect of \r\nHollywood\'s best actors in a long career that reached prominence in the \r\n1970s and 1980s, according to the Associated Press.<br><br>\"Sydney made \r\nthe world a little better, movies a little better and even dinner a \r\nlittle better. A tip of the hat to a class act,\" actor George Clooney \r\nsaid in a statement issued by his publicist, the Associated Press \r\nreported.<br><br>Last fall, Pollack played Marty Bach opposite Clooney \r\nin \"Michael Clayton,\" a drama that examines the life of a fixer for \r\nlawyers. The film, which Pollack co-produced, received seven Oscar \r\nnominations, including best picture and a best actor nod for Clooney, \r\naccording to the Associated Press.<br><br>Pollack was no stranger to the\r\n Academy Awards. In 1986, \"Out of Africa,\" a romantic epic of a woman\'s \r\npassion set against the landscape of colonial Kenya, captured seven \r\nOscars, including best director, The Associated Press reported.<br><br>In\r\n addition to directing \"Out of Africa,\" \"Tootsie,\" \"The Way We Were,\" \r\nand a host of other Oscar-nominated films, he appeared in Stanley \r\nKubrick\'s \"Eyes Wide Shut,\" Woody Allen\'s \"Husbands and Wives,\" and his \r\nown \"The Electric Horseman.\"<br><br>He also produced nearly 50 films, \r\nincluding 1981\'s \"Absence of Malice,\" which starred Paul Newman and \r\nSally Field, and 1999\'s \"The Talented Mr. Ripley,\" which starred Matt \r\nDamon.<br><br>Though he had been working until recently -- his show \r\n\"Recount\" premiered Sunday night on HBO -- he had been in a lot of pain \r\nand did not watch it, Dart said.<br><br>Doctors never were able to determine the primary source of the cancer, she said.<br><br>Services will be private, she said.</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('58', 'Indiana Jones works but doesn\'t shine', '5', '2012-10-23', 'CNN) -- It\'s been a long, long time since the last \"last\" time: When Dr. Henry \"Indiana\" Jones Jr. rode off into the sunset in<br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.indiana.jones.ap_651861977.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.indiana.jones.ap_651861977.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"Indiana Jones works but doesnt shine\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>(CNN) -- It\'s been a long, long time since the last \"last\" \r\ntime: When Dr. Henry \"Indiana\" Jones Jr. rode off into the sunset in May\r\n 1989, courtesy of \"Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,\" the Berlin Wall\r\n was still standing, George H.W. Bush was only four months into his \r\npresidency, and Harrison Ford was just a young whippersnapper of 46.<br><br>Quite\r\n why Ford, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas -- three of the wealthiest \r\nmen in Hollywood -- should feel the need to resurrect Indiana Jones at \r\nthis late stage of the game is anybody\'s guess. The three men have a \r\ncombined age of 191, but like many boomers, they\'re not ready for the \r\nrest home just yet, even if living in the past seems a strange way to \r\nshow it.<br><br>The first Indiana Jones film, \"Raiders of the Lost Ark,\"\r\n was already a nostalgia trip when it was released in 1981, a guileless \r\ncelebration of the old-fashioned Saturday morning adventure serials that\r\n were a staple for any kid growing up in the \'30s, \'40s and \'50s. That \r\nmakes the new film, \"Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal \r\nSkull,\" a throwback to a throwback.<br><br>But time is catching up with the series.<br><br>The\r\n new film is set in 1957, enabling Ford to act his age (or something \r\nlike it). But this is the outer edge of a time when America could still \r\nbelieve in the simple black-and-white morality Indiana represents. If \r\nthe Nazis and the Reds couldn\'t finish him off, the \'60s surely would.<br><br>Still,\r\n in some ways, the extra years suit Ford. Indiana has always been a \r\nsurly old sourpuss, a pragmatic, world-weary hero in the classic WWII \r\nmold. Indy\'s fondness for griping is part of what makes him human. And \r\nwhen it comes to trading punches, cracking heads or disinterring the \r\ndead, Ford can still get it done. If he can\'t, his stunt double can.<br><br>The\r\n movie opens in Nevada, where Dr. Jones is caught up in a daring raid on\r\n Area 51 led by Soviet agent Irina Spalko, played by a Cate Blanchett in\r\n a severe black bob, long black rubber gloves and a rapier. (It\'s a \r\nget-up so outrÃ©, even Joe Stalin would smile.) In a twist worthy of \"The\r\n Twilight Zone,\" Indy finds himself in an ersatz small town populated by\r\n cardboard figures watching \"Howdy Doody\" -- a test site for an imminent\r\n A-bomb explosion.<br><br>This bravura, breakneck opening immediately \r\nrekindles the old magic: the mixture of bravado and wit with action \r\nsequences that keep piling on layer upon layer of peril. Unfortunately, \r\nthis is also the high point of the movie, or close to it.<br><br>Indiana\'s\r\n brush with the Reds makes him a person of interest to the FBI just \r\nafter the height of the McCarthy period, a quick, passing nod toward a \r\npost-9/11 sensibility that the movie runs away from almost as \r\ndesperately as Indy scrambles from an army of man-eating ants. At this \r\npoint, screenwriter David Koepp in effect starts the story all over \r\nagain, this time with Brylcreemed biker Mutt Williams (Shia LaBeouf) \r\nmaking a clumsy pitch about rescuing his mom from kidnappers in South \r\nAmerica.<br><br>That, and something about a legendary crystal skull, get\r\n Indiana Jones\' juices churning, and suddenly the old professor and the \r\nyoung tough are off on an adventure.<br><br>This outlandish hokum \r\ndoesn\'t bear close scrutiny, so it\'s probably just as well Dr. Jones is \r\nnot one for introspection. He does his thinking on his feet, and so does\r\n Spielberg, who sometimes seems to be directing this with one eye on the\r\n exit signs.<br><br>It is good to see Karen Allen back as Marion \r\nRavenwood, easily the pick of Indiana\'s women. She lends the enterprise \r\nsome heart that is sorely lacking elsewhere. It\'s just a pity Koepp \r\ncan\'t find more for her to do. (Ray Winstone, as an Indy colleague, is \r\nalso poorly used.)<br><br>A long jungle chase is another bona fide \r\nhighlight, but Spielberg and Lucas misjudge the film\'s extravagant CGI \r\nclimax; I won\'t spoil it here, but it feels alien to Indy\'s world. Let\'s\r\n just say we have seen this before, from Spielberg himself, and done \r\nbetter, too.<br><br>\"Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull\"\r\n has enough going for it to secure the bronze medal in the series and \r\neven compete for the silver, but \"The Last Crusade\" was a more graceful \r\nfarewell. Indeed, the prospect of a revived series -- either with Ford \r\nor LaBeouf in the driver\'s seat -- isn\'t especially enticing. \"The \r\nAdventures of Mutt Williams,\" anyone?</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('59', 'The Incredible Hulk Movie', '5', '2012-10-23', '\"The Incredible Hulk\" kicks off an all-new, explosive and action-packed \r\nepic of one of the most popular super heroes of all time.In this new \r\nbeginning<br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=the_incredible_hulk_848449289.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=the_incredible_hulk_848449289.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"The Incredible Hulk Movie\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>\"The Incredible Hulk\" kicks off an all-new, explosive and \r\naction-packed epic of one of the most popular super heroes of all time.<br><br>In\r\n this new beginning, scientist Bruce Banner (Edward Norton) desperately \r\nhunts for a cure to the gamma radiation that poisoned his cells and \r\nunleashes the unbridled force of rage within him: The Hulk.<br><br>Living\r\n in the shadowsâ€”cut off from a life he knew and the woman he loves, \r\nBetty Ross (Liv Tyler)â€”Banner struggles to avoid the obsessive pursuit \r\nof his nemesis, General Thunderbolt Ross (William Hurt) and the military\r\n machinery that seeks to capture him and brutally exploit his power.<br><br>As\r\n all three grapple with the secrets that led to the Hulk\'s creation, \r\nthey are confronted with a monstrous new adversary known as the \r\nAbomination (Tim Roth), whose destructive strength exceeds even the \r\nHulk\'s own.<br><br>And on June 13, 2008, one scientist must make an \r\nagonizing final choice: accept a peaceful life as Bruce Banner or find \r\nheroism in the creature he holds insideâ€”The Incredible Hulk.</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('60', 'Horton Hears A Who!', '5', '2012-10-23', 'Horton the Elephant struggles to protect a microscopic community from \r\nhis neighbors who refuse to believe it exists.If you want the short \r\nversion of my<br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=Horton_Hears_a_Who__1396_724205185.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=Horton_Hears_a_Who__1396_724205185.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"Horton Hears A Who\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>Horton the Elephant struggles to protect a microscopic community from his neighbors who refuse to believe it exists.<br><br>If\r\n you want the short version of my review of Horton Hears a Who!, the \r\nlatest Dr. Seuss book to be adapted for the big screen, it is as \r\nfollows: I loved this movie, my kids loved this movie, Mr. Wonderful \r\nloved this movie, and everyone else in the packed theater screening \r\nseemed to love this movie! If you are interested in hearing why we loved\r\n Horton, the story of an elephant determined to find a safe haven for a \r\ncommunity of tiny people (a.k.a, Whos) that live on a speck of dust and \r\nthat no one else believes exists, read on...<br><br>When I was young my \r\nolder brother enjoyed tormenting me in a number of ways. His favorite \r\nmethod involved coming into my room after I was asleep, late at night, \r\nturning on my overhead light and asking me, \"Hey, Sue, what if we are \r\nall tiny specks living on a tiny world contained in a giantâ€™s \r\nfingernail? What happens when the giant cuts his nails?\" When he was \r\nsure I was awake and his question had registered, he would leave. \r\nWithout turning the lights off. Watching Horton Hears a Who! forcibly \r\nreminded me of those late nights and allowed me to stop feeling quite so\r\n foolish for having pondered his questions.<br><br>The animation and \r\ncolor in this picture are wonderful. The colors are bright and the \r\ncharacters look like Dr. Seuss drawings, not like someone elseâ€™s \r\ninterpretation of Dr. Seuss characters. That visual integrity, \r\nparticularly when presenting a style so deeply ingrained in our \r\ncollective, cultural experience, is the key to hooking viewers from the \r\nvery first moments, and this film successfully meets that challenge. The\r\n only real departures from Seuss-vision, if you will, accompany Hortonâ€™s\r\n flights of imagination, the most memorable of which resembles Japanese \r\nanime, complete with lips moving out of synch with the dialogue, which \r\nmy kids found quite amusing.<br><br>Additionally, Horton (Jim Carrey, \r\nwhose talents are put to good use here) is one of the most delightful \r\ncharacters, animated or otherwise, I can think of in recent movie \r\nhistory. His motto, \"an elephant is faithful 100%\" dovetails nicely with\r\n his firm and oft-repeated conviction that \"a personâ€™s a person, no \r\nmatter how smallâ€ and it is this combination that both makes Horton a \r\ndependable friend and drives the film. It is, perhaps, a minor miracle \r\nthat despite Hortonâ€™s determination and devotion to his ideals, even in \r\nthe face of personal danger, intense social pressure and the threat of \r\nexpulsion from his jungle home, he never becomes preachy or \r\ninsufferable. Heâ€™s just doing what he does, and a big part of what he \r\ndoes involves using his imagination and retaining his sense of humor.<br><br>After\r\n a brow beating by the self-appointed jungle mayor, a \"sour kangaroo\" \r\n(excellently voiced by Carol Burnett) hell-bent on thwarting Horton and \r\nputting the kibosh on imagination in general, Horton moseys away \r\nwondering about her admonition to follow her instructions \"ASAP.\" His \r\nresolution of that expressionâ€™s meaning is likely, I think, to become \r\npart of our family vernacular; he decides it means \"act swiftly awesome \r\npachyderm.\" It is funny and accurate, because Horton is indeed \r\n\"awesome.\"<br><br>Last, but not least, (remember, \"a personâ€™s a person, \r\nno matter how smallâ€) we loved Whoville and its Mayor, Ned (Steve \r\nCarell, another perfect bit of casting). Ned and his wife Sally have 96 \r\ndaughters and one son named Jojo (perhaps the most interesting Who of \r\nall), \"who all share a bathroom.\" Talk about sympathetic characters! Ned\r\n loves his brood and makes sure they all get at least one minute of his \r\ntime each day. He loves his job; it has been in the family for \r\ngenerations. He loves Whoville, and on the surface it seems a pretty \r\nidyllic place, but he canâ€™t shake the feeling, or ignore the mounting \r\nevidence, that something is horribly wrong. Did I already mention heâ€™s a\r\n sympathetic character? Like Horton, Ned is faced with a constituency \r\nthat doesnâ€™t want to hear, and certainly doesnâ€™t believe, that, perhaps,\r\n all is not as it seems.<br><br>Because Horton Hears a Who! is a Dr. \r\nSeuss story, it has a moral and the good guys, Horton and Ned, prevail. \r\nBut this is also a movie version of Dr. Seuss, so getting there takes a \r\nwhile. Because it is a really good movie adaptation of a Dr. Seuss book,\r\n the experience is, like Horton, awesome.</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('61', 'Run Fatboy Run', '5', '2012-10-23', 'Never in a million years would have I imagined that what I saw tonight \r\nwould have sprung from the minds of those that brought it <br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=run_fat_boy_run_285187114.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=run_fat_boy_run_285187114.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"Run Fatboy Run\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>Never in a million years would have I imagined that what I \r\nsaw tonight would have sprung from the minds of those that brought it to\r\n me.<br><br>When one thinks of the off-kilter, sometimes very bizarre \r\ncomedy of Michael Ian Black (a writer and performer on the television \r\nshows The State and Viva Variety) and the geek-centric, genius-level \r\nparody of Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz), odds are youâ€™re \r\nnot thinking that the two would work together to create a heartwarming, \r\nadorable romantic comedy about a man trying to prove himself to his \r\nex-fiancee and his son by running and completing a marathon. But thatâ€™s \r\nexactly what Run Fatboy Run is. Neither weird nor coming within fifty \r\nmiles of making a direct reference to another film, this seems to play \r\noutside the safety zones of both Pegg and Black. And yet together, under\r\n the direction of TVâ€™s Ross (David Schwimmer â€“- donâ€™t pretend you didnâ€™t\r\n know which Ross I was talking about), the result is a delightfully \r\nendearing piece of modern, mainstream, even somewhat predictable, \r\ncomedy.<br><br>And I loved every minute.<br><br>It was no secret that \r\nSchwimmer was going to attempt to become the Jonathan Frakes of the \r\nFriends troupe, having directed a dozen different episodes of the \r\nlong-running series. But unlike Frakes (who went from starring on and \r\ndirecting episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation to directing \r\ngawd-awful childrenâ€™s fare like Clockstoppers and Thunderbirds), \r\nSchwimmer comes out swinging with one hell of a directorial debut. Sure,\r\n it isnâ€™t particularly cutting-edge or career redefining. Instead it \r\nplays to his strengths and to the audience most apt to seek out his \r\nwork. Friends, after all, was a weekly episodic romantic comedy that \r\nonly began to run out of steam once every permutation possible between \r\nthe cast members had been played out. So Schwimmer took everything he \r\nlearned on that long-running show and funneled that into a real \r\ncrowd-pleaser of a comedy.<br><br>Rather than focusing upon the standard\r\n boy-meets-girl/boy-loses-girl/boy-gets-girl back formula, Run Fatboy \r\nRun is entirely about the getting girl back portion of the film. As the \r\nfilm opens, Dennis (Simon Pegg) is leaving his pregnant fiancee at the \r\naltar. Cut to five years later and his life is in shambles. The love of \r\nhis life has found someone else and his son might find himself with a \r\nnew and more together father. So he envisions the only thing he can to \r\nwin his family back â€“ run in the same marathon as his ex-fianceeâ€™s new \r\nsuitor.<br><br>But as the film wears on, it becomes less about winning \r\nback the girl and more about winning her and their sonâ€™s respect. Even \r\nas it seems that he may never win her back, the film focuses upon the \r\ntransformation taking place within Dennis as he realizes what heâ€™s \r\nreally fighting for.<br><br>Sound like youâ€™ve heard it all before? Sure \r\nyou have. In fact, watch this long enough and you can even guess the \r\nending in a called shot that probably won\'t impress anyone you know. But\r\n romantic comedies arenâ€™t about where you end up. Theyâ€™re entirely about\r\n how you get there. And it is the how you get there that makes this \r\nsomething special. Here we have two comic talents (Black and Pegg) \r\ntrying their hand at mainstream comedy (including gross-out jokes, \r\nswearing granny/youngster jokes, and a whole bevy of Jerky New Boyfriend\r\n jokes) and in doing so shows you how theyâ€™re done. They donâ€™t try for \r\nthe joke-a-minute formula. Instead they focus on solid, laugh out loud \r\njokes that just plain work. And even if you donâ€™t laugh, they refuse to \r\nlet you roll your eyes. It is razor sharp wit that doesnâ€™t require a \r\nrazor sharp mind to enjoy it.<br><br>Thatâ€™s not to say that this movie \r\naims low. Sure, itâ€™s more accessible than either of the writers is \r\naccustomed to and more along the lines of what Schwimmer is good at, but\r\n it hits everything that it aims for. It is careful, well-crafted comedy\r\n that will appeal to a broad audience. But it doesnâ€™t reinvent the \r\nwheel. If youâ€™re the type of person looking for something new, you wonâ€™t\r\n find it here. But it had the crowd cheering as much as they were \r\nlaughing, and that\'s never a bad thing. About as solid as a film like \r\nthis can be, it comes pretty well recommended.</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('62', 'Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian', '5', '2012-10-23', 'A few things have changed since the first Chronicles of Narnia film \r\narrived on the scene. In the sequel, Prince Caspian, the principal \r\nactors are <br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=prince_caspian_559230294.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=prince_caspian_559230294.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"Chronicles of Narnia Prince Caspian\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>A few things have changed since the first Chronicles of \r\nNarnia film arrived on the scene. In the sequel, Prince Caspian, the \r\nprincipal actors are a little older and more proficient.<br><br>The \r\ndirector, Andrew Adamson, seems more confident; the action scenes are \r\nsmoother and more polished. The Christian allegories are not as awkward \r\nand heavy-handed.<br><br>It\'s a better movie all around, though still \r\nnot a great one. Like its predecessor, it is plot-heavy, with very \r\nlittle attention paid to characterization. You\'ll recall that there are \r\nfour siblings at the center -- and three of them come off as total \r\nciphers here. It wasn\'t until I re-read my review of the first film that\r\n I remembered that Edmund (Skandar Keynes) used to be rebellious. If he \r\nstill is, there\'s little sign of it. If he isn\'t anymore, then what is \r\nhe instead?<br><br>The Pevensie child who does not get the short shrift \r\nis the oldest, Peter (William Moseley), who returns to Narnia with his \r\nsiblings when they are summoned by a distress call. It\'s been a year for\r\n them, but several centuries in Narnia-time, and a usurping family has \r\nstolen the throne and forced all the Narnian magical creatures into \r\nhiding in the forest. The ruling family\'s teenage Prince Caspian (Ben \r\nBarnes) is now hiding, too, because his uncle, the evil King Miraz \r\n(Sergio Castellitto), having finally produced a male heir for himself, \r\nhas no reason to let Caspian keep living. Miraz is leading the army into\r\n the forest to find and kill Caspian (and any Narnians that get in the \r\nway); Caspian and the Pevensie kids must rally the troops, fight back, \r\nand at last reclaim the throne.<br><br>Peter, now more serious and \r\ngrown-up than the last time we saw him, readily adopts his previous \r\nposition as rightful king of Narnia and deeply considers the options \r\nthat lie before him. Caspian, meanwhile, is more hotheaded and emotional\r\n -- which is understandable, considering his uncle wants to kill him -- \r\nand this leads to recklessness. It also leads, inevitably, to Peter\'s \r\nsister Susan (Anna Popplewell) developing a crush on Caspian, in a \r\nsubplot so underdeveloped that it is an insult to subplots.<br><br>Meanwhile,\r\n young Lucy (Georgie Henley) insists that Aslan, the mighty Jesus-lion, \r\nwill yet return and save the day. Her siblings do not share her faith. \r\nLucy even claims to have glimpsed Aslan here and there. When Peter asks \r\nwhy he didn\'t see him, Lucy says, \"Maybe you weren\'t looking.\" This is \r\nfraught with spiritual import. In fact, everything with Lucy is fraught \r\nthat way.<br><br>Among the new characters the young people encounter are\r\n dwarfs named Trumpkin (Peter Dinklage) and Nikabrik (Warwick Davis), \r\nplus a mouse (voiced by Eddie Izzard) whose small stature has given him a\r\n persecution complex. No one takes a talking mouse seriously, even if he\r\n does have a sword.<br><br>Light touches like that abound in the film, \r\nbut there is ample darkness, too. Its PG rating represents an astounding\r\n lapse in judgment on the part of the MPAA, as the film is rife with \r\nstabbing, slicing, and death. Someone\'s head gets chopped off. Lots of \r\ngood creatures are slain while others look on, powerless to help. Very \r\nlittle blood is actually shown, but still, the slaughter is endless. (I \r\ndon\'t hold the faulty rating against the film itself, of course. I point\r\n it out merely as a reminder for parents with young children.)<br><br>The\r\n battle scenes are well orchestrated and often thrilling. There is also a\r\n chilling sequence where someone contemplates a turn to dark magic, and \r\ntwo horrific creatures, one wolflike and one resembling a ghastly \r\nbird-headed woman, appear. Moments like that give the film some weight, \r\nparticularly insofar as they give the characters something complicated \r\nto think about.<br><br>Predictably, the film\'s running time -- almost 2 \r\n1/2 hours -- feels too long, especially given the story\'s basic \r\nsimplicity. And ultimately, the only way the film makes sense is if it\'s\r\n read as a Christian allegory. Taken strictly at face value, it\'s \r\nnonsensical: If Aslan is all-powerful, why doesn\'t he arrive sooner and \r\ndefeat the bad guys single-handedly? What makes anyone think he\'s going \r\nto come back at all? Why does he come back when he does? What, exactly, \r\nis Aslan\'s connection to everyone? Is he their king? Their god? Their \r\nbuddy? These questions are easily answered if you replace \"Aslan\" with \r\n\"Jesus\" and fill in the biblical blanks, but that limits the movie\'s \r\npotential reach. Someone with no knowledge of Christian theology would \r\nbe baffled by the movie\'s strange narrative and leo ex machina ending.<br><br>Of\r\n course, the only people with no complex knowledge of Christian theology\r\n who are likely to see the film are young children, and they won\'t care \r\nabout the story\'s structural flaws. It\'s the grown-ups who might feel \r\nslightly underwhelmed by it all, though they\'ll likely be moderately \r\nentertained by the action and adventure.</span>\r\n							</div><br>');
INSERT INTO `articles` VALUES ('63', 'Speed Racer', '5', '2012-10-23', 'Speed Racer looks really good. I\'ll give them that. The story wasn\'t \r\nreally for me but there was nothing particularly wrong with it \r\neither.It\'s just<br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=speed_racer_poster24_495259532.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=speed_racer_poster24_495259532.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"Speed Racer\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>Speed Racer looks really good. I\'ll give them that. The story\r\n wasn\'t really for me but there was nothing particularly wrong with it \r\neither.<br><br>It\'s just a straightforward kid\'s movie with the best darned effects this side of Space Mountain.<br><br>Now\r\n for the caveats portion of our review. I\'ve seen a few episodes of \r\nSpeed Racer on Cartoon Network, but I remember about 45 seconds total of\r\n the show. The monkey stands out. So this puppy might have been laced \r\nwith in-jokes and homages all over the place that the \"true\" fans will \r\nlove in a big way. If so, I\'m happy for them; but that was not my \r\nexperience. The other caveat is that, by and large, PG films are not for\r\n me. Just the way I\'m wired, I suppose.<br><br>The Speed Racer is played\r\n capably by Emile Hirsch. The film starts with him as a wee lad hanging \r\nout with his big brother Rex Racer, a professional racer on the WRL \r\ncircuit. The film flashes forward and then back again quite a bit during\r\n the initial stages (the film is over two hours, by the way). \r\nEssentially, Speed Racer, along with Pops (John Goodman), Trixie \r\n(Christina Ricci), Mom (Susan Sarandon), the kid brother, and monkey, \r\ngets embroiled in a face-off against the corporate powers that be. Three\r\n major races break up the movie and provide a bit of adult relief from \r\nthe threadbare plot.<br><br>Logically, everything makes sense here. The \r\nvillains are clear and their motivations apparent -- the family and \r\nSpeed are gallant and determined in their efforts to make theirs the \r\nbest racing team on the circuit. Matthew Fox takes a spin as Racer X, \r\nthe man with shadowy intentions and phenomenal driving moves. The whole \r\nfilm feels a bit noir in terms of tone, but the blaring effects don\'t \r\nallow for much introspection overall. This would be a difficult film to \r\nhate but not a difficult film to be a bit bored by. Again, and it bears \r\nrepeating as this one carries the Wachowski brothers\' (The Matrix, V for\r\n Vendetta) signature; this is a film for those not looking for anything \r\ntoo intellectually challenging.<br><br>I would highly recommend Speed \r\nRacer for families seeking a visual treat. I\'m less than optimistic that\r\n this will appeal to adults who weren\'t big fans of the original. It \r\ndoesn\'t strike me as a date movie either: though Ricci and Hirsch have \r\nnice chemistry, the PG factor dulls it down a bit. However, I will say \r\nif your choices are between this and What Happens in Vegas... you \r\nshouldn\'t think twice because that film is putrid by comparison. Aw, who\r\n am I kidding? You should just see Iron Man again. That one has good \r\neffects and a few laughs.</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('64', 'Build your own iPod stereo system', '6', '2012-10-23', 'It just takes smart shopping to assemble a do-it-yourself speaker \r\nsystemiPod owners have an embarrassment of riches when it comes to \r\nchoosing a speaker system<br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=i600b_187894870.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=i600b_187894870.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"Build your own iPod stereo system\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>It just takes smart shopping to assemble a do-it-yourself speaker system<br><br>iPod\r\n owners have an embarrassment of riches when it comes to choosing a \r\nspeaker system for their music player. I should knowâ€”over the past few \r\nyears, Iâ€™ve reviewed many of these accessories, which typically combine \r\nan iPod dock, an amplifier, speakers, and a remote control. And while \r\nmany iPod speaker systems make considerable compromises between sound \r\nquality, size, and convenience, some are quite impressive. When Iâ€™ve \r\nreviewed the best of these productsâ€”take Klipschâ€™s $400 iFi or Jamoâ€™s \r\n$400 i300 as examplesâ€”I\'ve often noted that users would be hard-pressed \r\nto put together a system on their own that sounds better for the same \r\namount of money.<br><br>But that got me thinking: how difficult would \r\ndoing so be? With some smart shopping, could you create a systemâ€”an \r\namplifier, an iPod dock with remote, and speakersâ€”that competes on both \r\nprice and performance with the best systems specifically made for the \r\niPod?<br><br>I decided to find out. I searched for components to make my\r\n own iPod speaker system, with the ultimate goal being a noticeable \r\nupgrade in sound quality over good iPod speaker systems in the same \r\nprice range (which means connecting an iPod dock to a $300 â€œbookshelf \r\nstereoâ€ with mediocre sound quality wouldnâ€™t cut it).<br><br>Why go \r\nthrough the trouble? After all, if there are already good systems out \r\nthere for $300 to $400, why not just plunk down your money and start \r\nlistening instead of going to the trouble of rounding up the parts \r\nyourself? For starters, a system with separate speakers has the \r\npotential to sound better than an all-in-one box. Second, by buying the \r\ncomponents separately, youâ€™re future-proofing your system: you can later\r\n upgrade to a better amplifier, or a nice receiver, and even use the \r\nsystem for listening to CDs or radio. Apple could also make changes to \r\nfuture iPod models that render current iPod speaker systems obsolete; \r\nwith a custom stereo, you can just buy a new dock instead of having to \r\nreplace the whole thing. Finally, as an audio guy who also reviews iPod \r\nspeakers, I simply wanted to see what was possible.<br><br>The ground rules<br><br>To truly replace a dedicated iPod speaker system, my build-it-yourself stereo had to meet several requirements:<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\r\n * iPod dock: A cradle that connects to an iPodâ€™s dock-connector port is\r\n necessary for high-quality sound and the ability to control playback \r\nusing a wireless remote. (See the next item.)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * Remote control: A\r\n wireless remote for controlling basic iPod playback \r\n(play/pause/back/forward) is a must. The capability to control volume \r\nlevel is a bonus.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * Good sound quality: If my DIY system wasnâ€™t \r\ngoing to sound as good as, or better than, whatâ€™s already out there, \r\nthere was no point in pursuing this exercise. Thankfully, there are many\r\n inexpensive speakers on the market that sound great. And, as I noted \r\nabove, separate left/right speakers have some clear advantages over \r\none-box systems: separate speakers can provide much better stereo \r\nseparation and imaging than speakers confined to a one-piece box; you \r\noften get better-quality components; and you can place components where \r\nyou want them or where they sound the bestâ€”you donâ€™t need a single, \r\nlarge â€œfootprintâ€ on your desk or dresser.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Itâ€™s also worth \r\nnoting that a quality pair of standalone speakers will likely be with \r\nyou long after an iPod speaker system has found its way onto CraigsList \r\nor the electronics-recycling pile.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * Relatively-compact size and \r\ndecent appearance: With separate speakers, a DIY stereo is going to take\r\n up more room than a desktop system, but I wanted to keep it small \r\nenough to fit on a desk, dresser, or counter.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In terms of \r\nappearance, while there are some inexpensive amplifiers that perform \r\nsurprisingly well, including ones you can solder together yourself, many\r\n are bulky and ugly. I didnâ€™t expect to be able to put something \r\ntogether that looked like B&amp;Wâ€™s $600 Zeppelin, but I hoped to create\r\n a system that wouldnâ€™t look like something I built using parts from \r\nRadio Shack.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * Reasonable price: Although there are iPod speaker \r\nsystems out there that cost $4,000 (or more), many of our favoritesâ€”ones\r\n that offer excellent sound quality and a good feature setâ€”are in the \r\n$300 to $400 range. So â€œaround $400â€ was my rough target price.</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('65', 'Future Apple Devices May Be Solar-Powered', '6', '2012-10-23', 'Employees at Apple have filed a patent for integrating solar cells into \r\nportable devices by placing them underneath the layers of a \r\ntouch-sensitive display, according<br>', 'Employees at Apple have filed a patent for integrating solar \r\ncells into portable devices by placing them underneath the layers of a \r\ntouch-sensitive display, according to the filing.<br><div><span><br>Solar power could help make devices truly portable, freeing from the need for wires to connect them to a power supply.<br><br>When\r\n generating electricity from solar panels, the larger the panel the \r\nbetter -- but as the patent \"Solar cells on portable devices\" warns, \r\nafter allowing space for buttons, screens and a way to hold the device, \r\nonly a small area is left on most devices for solar cells.<br><br>One of\r\n the ways around that suggested in the patent is to stack a \r\ntouch-sensitive layer, a display and solar panel on top of one another. \r\nThat could make Apple\'s iPhone and iPod Touch good candidates for such a\r\n power supply, as the display occupies almost the entire face of those \r\ndevices.<br><br>The use of solar powered charging in portable devices is\r\n starting to get more attention, for more immediate consumer use as \r\nwell.<br><br>When Vodafone announced its plan in April to reduce its \r\nemissions of the greenhouse gase CO2 by 50 percent by 2020, it also \r\nannounced plans for solar-powered phone chargers and universal phone \r\nchargers for Vodafone-branded handsets.<br><br>At the recent ITU Telecom\r\n Africa 2008 conference, Ugandan Minister for Communications and \r\nInformation and Communication Technologies Ham-Mukasa Mulira talked \r\nabout trials of solar-powered charging conducted there, which had showed\r\n promise.</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('66', 'Samsung\'s Pebble-inspired S2 MP3 Player', '6', '2012-10-23', 'Samsung S2 \'Pebble\' MP3 Player is an ultra-compact player that is \r\nfully-functional not only as a portable music device, but also comes in a\r\n variety<br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=samsung_s2_s3_1_thumb_450x406_560769497.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=samsung_s2_s3_1_thumb_450x406_560769497.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"Samsungs Pebble-inspired S2 MP3 Player\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>Samsung S2 \'Pebble\' MP3 Player is an ultra-compact player \r\nthat is fully-functional not only as a portable music device, but also \r\ncomes in a variety of colors to match your dressing style.<br><br>All \r\ncontrols are placed along the back face including play/pause, volume, \r\nplayback options (standard, random, repeat), and DNSe 2.0 audio \r\nenhancements for a straightforward interface that is easy to navigate \r\neven without seeing the buttons. A hidden LED along the bottom edge \r\nflashes numerous colors and patterns based on the selected playback mode\r\n and EQ setting.<br><br>Here is a look at some quick facts:</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('67', 'LEGO MP3 Player', '6', '2012-10-23', 'This is a trend that needs no introduction. The art of turning \r\neverything Lego is something that needs appreciation rather than a \r\nclichÃ© appreciation.The studs<br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=lego_mp3_player_228291895.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=lego_mp3_player_228291895.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"LEGO MP3 Player\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>This is a trend that needs no introduction. The art of \r\nturning everything Lego is something that needs appreciation rather than\r\n a clichÃ© appreciation.<br><br>The studs on the oversized Lego brick act\r\n as controls for the player and you can also find a USB port and a \r\nheadphone jack. It supports both MP3 and WMA file formats. The colors \r\nare pretty realistic enough to represent overgrown Lego bricks. Imagine \r\nfitting the giant blocks together and having a giant music system (just \r\nhypothesis).<br><br>There still is a child in all of us.</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('68', 'Microsoft sees Windows Mobile unit sales up 50 pct', '6', '2012-10-23', 'Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) expects global unit sales of its Windows Mobile \r\nsoftware for cellphones to grow at least 50 percent per year in fiscal \r\nyears<br>', 'Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) expects global unit sales of its Windows Mobile \r\nsoftware for cellphones to grow at least 50 percent per year in fiscal \r\nyears 2008 and 2009 as demand for smartphones rises rapidly.<br><br>\"Fifty\r\n percent growth is the minimum,\" Eddie Wu, the software company\'s \r\nmanaging director of OEM embedded devices Asia, told Reuters on the \r\nsidelines of a news conference on Tuesday.<br><br>He said Microsoft \r\nexpects to sell 20 million units in its 2007/2008 fiscal year ending in \r\nJune, and expects to grow at least 50 percent annually over the next two\r\n years. It sold over 11 million units of its Windows Mobile software in \r\nits 2006/2007 fiscal year ended June.<br><br>\"We\'re actually still seeing very good growth (for our mobile software) in markets like Europe and the United States,\" said Wu.<br><br>Wu added that growth of Windows Mobile is seen fastest in Asia-Pacific, Middle East, Brazil, Russia and India.<br><br>Microsoft\'s\r\n mobile communications division provides operating systems for \r\nsmartphones and other mobile devices based on the Windows Mobile \r\nplatform. Its clients include South Korea\'s Samsung Electronics \r\n(005930.KS), Motorola (MOT.N), High Tech Computer (HTC) (2498.TW) and \r\nAsustek Computer (2357.TW).<br><br>Microsoft competes against \r\nSymbian-based operating systems which are used by vendors such as Nokia \r\n(NOK1V.HE) and LG Electronics (066570.KS).<br><br>It also faces stiff \r\ncompetition from other players such as Apple Inc (AAPL.O), Blackberry \r\nmaker Research in Motion (RIMM.O) (RIM.TO), and Palm Inc (PALM.O).<br><br>\"Even\r\n if Microsoft is growing at a rate of 50-60 percent, it doesn\'t mean \r\nthey can gain that much share since Microsoft and Apple\'s mobile \r\noperating system is still much smaller compared to the Symbian system,\" \r\nsaid Citigroup analyst Kevin Chang.<br><br>\"But they (Microsoft) are one\r\n of the few players which are offering touchscreen platforms so that is \r\nhelping them grow,\" said Chang, adding that vendors such as Sony \r\nEricsson may soon also launch touchscreen smartphones with Windows \r\nMobile.<br><br>Global smartphone unit shipments grew 52.5 percent from a\r\n year ago to hit around 12 million units in 2007, based on data by \r\nGartner, and the market is set to continue to increase in high \r\ndouble-digits in 2008 and in 2009, analysts said.<br><br>Microsoft also \r\nsaid earlier this year that it would offer full Web browsing \r\ncapabilities for mobile phones in the third quarter this year, following\r\n in the footsteps of Apple\'s iPhone, which has won praise for the way it\r\n displays Web sites as they would appear on a computer.<br>'), ('69', 'EU adds document formats to its Microsoft concerns', '6', '2012-10-23', 'BRUSSELS, Belgium - European Union regulators said Thursday they will \r\nconsider Microsoft Corp.\'s promise to make its Office productivity \r\nprograms work more seamlessly with competing <br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=microsoft_yahoo_192735924.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=microsoft_yahoo_192735924.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"EU adds document formats to its Microsoft concerns\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>BRUSSELS, Belgium - European Union regulators said Thursday \r\nthey will consider Microsoft Corp.\'s promise to make its Office \r\nproductivity programs work more seamlessly with competing software.<br><br>Microsoft\r\n said Wednesday it would update Office 2007 to allow users to save text,\r\n spreadsheets and other documents in the Portable Document Format â€” as \r\nPDF files â€” and other non-Microsoft file formats, in addition to its own\r\n Office Open XML format, known as OOXML.<br><br>The changes, due next \r\nyear, would add the formats â€” including a competing standard called \r\nOpenDocument Format created by open source developers and used by IBM \r\nCorp., Sun Microsystems Inc. and others â€” as defaults consumers could \r\nchoose from for saving all their documents.<br><br>Microsoft\'s \r\nannouncement was the latest in a series of moves meant to show it has \r\nchanged its ways and is no longer the same company whose anticompetitive\r\n behavior provoked more than $2.63 billion in fines in the E.U.<br><br>Critics\r\n have stayed skeptical of Microsoft\'s vows to make its software work \r\nbetter with rival programs, and European regulators opened two new \r\nMicrosoft antitrust investigations in January, one related to the OOXML \r\nformat.<br><br>\"In its ongoing antitrust investigation concerning \r\ninteroperability with Microsoft Office, the commission will investigate \r\nwhether the announced support of ODF in Office leads to better \r\ninteroperability,\" the European Union\'s executive arm said Thursday.<br><br>Critics\r\n who support ODF say Microsoft is trying to supplant ODF and with OOXML \r\nand lock users into buying Office programs forever, stemming the threat \r\nof open source software eating into its market share.<br><br>Despite a \r\nchorus of complaints, OOXML was approved last month as an international \r\nstandard, paving the way for it to be used by the IT departments of \r\ngovernments and large corporations.<br><br>Microsoft said Wednesday it continues to work with the open source community on an OOXML-ODF translator.<br><br>The\r\n Redmond, Wash.-based software maker said the changes will be made with \r\nOffice 2007 Service Pack 2, expected in the first half of 2009.</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('70', 'McAfee likes small, not big, deals', '6', '2012-10-23', 'NEW YORK (Reuters) - McAfee Inc, the No. 2 security software maker, \r\nlikes small and medium-sized acquisitions of up to about $350 million \r\nand sees<br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=summit_mcafee_868365864.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=summit_mcafee_868365864.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"McAfee likes small not big deals\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>NEW YORK (Reuters) - McAfee Inc, the No. 2 security software \r\nmaker, likes small and medium-sized acquisitions of up to about $350 \r\nmillion and sees no need for a transformative deal to challenge larger \r\nrival Symantec Corp.<br><br>McAfee Chief Executive Dave DeWalt said on \r\nWednesday he aims to accelerate revenue growth in 2009 and 2010 beyond \r\nthe company\'s target of mid-teens percentage growth for 2008.<br><br>Growth\r\n should come through a combination of new products, partnerships with \r\ntechnology companies, and acquisitions like the \r\n$50-million-to-$350-million deals McAfee has made in the past, DeWalt \r\nsaid at the Reuters Global Technology, Media and Telecoms Summit in New \r\nYork.<br><br>\"We don\'t necessarily need to acquire large to do this. \r\nThis is a strategy for us where acquiring technologies and building and \r\npartnering is clearly a path that we can create to grow the company to \r\nmuch more sizable than it is today,\" he said.<br><br>\"We tend to do two \r\nto three acquisitions a year. We\'ve been consistent with that,\" said \r\nDeWalt, a sports enthusiast who competes in triathlons. \"We continue to \r\nlike to do what we call small and medium-sized acquisitions.\"<br><br>The\r\n CEO, who has been with McAfee for about 14 months, said that security \r\nsoftware has so far proven to be recession-proof because customers need \r\nto protect against viruses and data theft in rough times as much as when\r\n the economy is strong.<br><br>But he cautioned that his company could see a fallout down the road from the economic slump in the United States.<br><br>\"Am I nervous? Do I read the headlines too? Yes,\" he said.<br><br>Still, DeWalt noted that the company has posted three accelerating growth quarters in a row.<br><br>\"We\r\n certainly see \'09 and 2010 as very strong growth years for the company \r\nwith a lot of the partnerships we set up, a lot of the model changes we \r\nhad,\" DeWalt said. \"Certainly, it\'s hard to forecast how the economy and\r\n things will be; but certainly we put a lot of growth drivers in the \r\nbusiness to really accelerate growth even more.\"<br><br>McAfee plans to introduce a variety of new products over the coming quarters to build new revenue streams.<br><br>One\r\n area with great potential is protecting data centers that use \r\nvirtualization technology to boost the efficiency of their servers and \r\nstorage equipment, he said.<br><br>Products in these areas are in the \r\nworks, including ones that will scan traffic before it is stored and \r\nscan data used by applications from giant German software company SAP \r\nAG.</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('71', 'Nokia eyes wider usage of Linux in cellphones', '6', '2012-10-23', 'PARIS (Reuters) - The world\'s top handset maker Nokia Oyj expects the \r\nrole of the Linux operating system in its product portfolio to increase \r\nas<br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=nokia_linux_223616632.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=nokia_linux_223616632.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"Nokia eyes wider usage of Linux in cellphones\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>PARIS (Reuters) - The world\'s top handset maker Nokia Oyj \r\nexpects the role of the Linux operating system in its product portfolio \r\nto increase as the role of its Internet-focused devices grows, company \r\nofficials said.<br><br>Linux has so far had little success on \r\ncellphones, but its role is increasing as more new Linux-based models \r\nreach the market, while Google Inc gave it a vote of confidence by using\r\n it to build its Android platform on.<br><br>Nokia itself has used Linux\r\n for years in its Internet tablets, large phone-like devices used to \r\naccess Internet on the go, but lacking calling functionality. \"We will \r\nexpand that range, and we believe that the role of Linux will grow,\" \r\nsaid Nokia spokesman Kari Tuutti.<br><br>Linux is the most popular type \r\nof open source operating system which is available to the public to be \r\nused, revised and shared -- meaning it has a large developer community \r\nwhich could result in more attractive programs and lower costs for the \r\nlikes of Nokia.<br><br>Nokia has used the tablets to target technology-savvy consumers or support emerging technologies like WiMAX.<br><br>\"It\'s\r\n going to be terribly important,\" Nokia\'s Chief Financial Officer Rick \r\nSimonson told an investor conference when asked about the role of \r\nLinux-based tablets.<br><br>He said the company has been developing the next generation of Linux-based products, which are starting to come to the market.<br><br>The\r\n market for software platforms on cellphones is led by Nokia\'s S60, \r\nbuilt on the Symbian operating system, well ahead of Microsoft\'s Windows\r\n Mobile.<br><br>However, many mobile industry heavyweights, including \r\nVodafone, Motorola, NTT DoCoMo, Samsung Electronics, Huawei and LG \r\nElectronics, have joined Linux alliances.<br><br>Linux suppliers earn \r\nmoney selling improvements and technical services and Linux competes \r\ndirectly with offerings from Microsoft, which charges for its Windows \r\nsoftware and opposes freely sharing its code.</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('72', 'Electronic Arts extends Take-Two offer deadline', '6', '2012-10-23', 'PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Electronic Arts Inc (ERTS.O) said on Monday it \r\nextended by one month its $2 billion hostile offer to acquire rival \r\nvideo game<br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=taketwo_electronicarts_750532433.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=taketwo_electronicarts_750532433.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"Electronic Arts extends Take-Two offer deadline\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Electronic Arts Inc (ERTS.O) said on\r\n Monday it extended by one month its $2 billion hostile offer to acquire\r\n rival video game maker Take-Two Interactive Software Inc (TTWO.O).<br><br>EA,\r\n whose unsolicited bid for the publisher of last month\'s blockbuster \r\n\"Grand Theft Auto IV\" video game expired at 11:59 p.m. on Friday, said \r\nthe offer would expire on June 16, extended from the previous deadline \r\nof May 16.<br><br>EA said about 6.2 million shares, or about 8 percent, \r\nof Take-Two had been tendered in the offer. Take-Two has rejected the \r\nbid, saying it undervalues the company.<br><br>The U.S. Federal Trade \r\nCommission previously asked for more information about the proposed \r\nbuyout. Extending the tender deadline will allow the FTC\'s review of the\r\n proposed deal to continue, EA\'s senior vice president of EA corporate \r\ndevelopment, Owen Mahoney, said in a statement.<br><br>Additional details were not immediately available.<br><br>Take-Two shares closed Friday at $27.10 on Nasdaq, some 5.2 percent above the $25.74 per share offered by Electronic Arts.</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('73', 'Sybase iPhone software ready \"soon\"', '6', '2012-10-23', 'NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sybase Inc (SY.N) plans to soon start selling \r\nsoftware that lets businesses securely distribute e-mail to the iPhone, \r\nwhich could help<br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=sybase_iphone_578533716.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=sybase_iphone_578533716.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"Sybase iPhone software ready soon\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sybase Inc (SY.N) plans to soon start \r\nselling software that lets businesses securely distribute e-mail to the \r\niPhone, which could help the popular device gain use among business \r\nclients.<br><br>The program for Apple Inc\'s (AAPL.O) iPhone will be \r\nreleased before the end of this year, John Chen said on Monday at the \r\nReuters Global Technology, Media and Telecoms Summit in New York. When \r\nasked to be more specific, he said, \"It will be soon.\"<br><br>The new \r\nprogram lets workers use the iPhone to access their e-mail with the same\r\n security safeguards that are currently available in products for use on\r\n Treo smartphones from Palm Inc (PALM.O) and Research in Motion\'s \r\n(RIM.TO) BlackBerry, Chen said.<br><br>He said that Sybase is also \r\nworking on similar software for Android, a new smartphone platform that \r\nGoogle Inc (GOOG.O) is developing with dozens of other companies.<br><br>The\r\n new Sybase software programs will allow businesses to deliver e-mail to\r\n several different types of phones, depending on which device a user \r\ncarries, Chen said.<br><br>\"It will be secure enterprise grade,\" Chen said. \"It will let the IT guys manage it.\"<br><br>The\r\n business software maker already sells software that companies can use \r\nto send e-mail using the BlackBerry, Treo and smartphones running on the\r\n Symbian operating system as well as one for mobile devices from \r\nMicrosoft Corp (MSFT.O).</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('74', 'Developers: Facebook redesign risky but needed', '6', '2012-10-23', 'New tab design will help organize average Facebook member\'s profile \r\ninterface to minimize clutter, but there will likely be speed bumps \r\nalong the wayFacebook\'s major <br>', 'New tab design will help organize average Facebook member\'s profile \r\ninterface to minimize clutter, but there will likely be speed bumps \r\nalong the way<br><br>Facebook\'s major overhaul of its core member \r\nprofile pages is a risky but necessary move for the world\'s \r\nsecond-largest online social network, according to several developers of\r\n popular applications for the site.<br><br>The move is risky because \r\nFacebook will alter the user interface significantly, which can clash \r\nagainst people\'s natural resistance to change and prompt them to \r\ncomplain.<br><br>In addition, for some developers, particularly those \r\nnew to the platform, the new profile design may limit the visibility of \r\ntheir applications, affecting their ability to build a user base.<br><br>\"The\r\n redesign seems an overall step forward, but it will definitely have \r\nspeed bumps from an actual implementation standpoint,\" said Tim \r\nO\'Shaughnessy, co-founder and CEO of Hungry Machine.<br><br>However, \r\nwith the explosive growth in members and in applications on Facebook, \r\nthe average member profile interface has become very cluttered, a \r\nsituation that harms end-users and developers alike.<br><br>\"Facebook is\r\n a social [networking] operating system, and the profile is your entry \r\npoint and your desktop. The utility of that [desktop] interface becomes \r\nless and less useful to the end-user as it gets more and more \r\ncluttered,\" said Shervin Pishevar, co-founder and CEO of Social Gaming \r\nNetwork (SGN). Thus, taking a bold step to clean up the member profile \r\ninterface is a logical and natural enhancement for Facebook to make, he \r\nsaid.<br><br>Facebook has been talking about its redesign for a while, \r\nbut this week provided concrete details about its plans, which are aimed\r\n at retaining the layout\'s orderly and clean look, a differentiator from\r\n competitors like MySpace.<br><br>At the heart of the redesign is the \r\nredistribution of profile content into different tabs so that users can \r\nbetter organize components such as the activity feed, photos, personal \r\ninformation, and applications. In addition, the activity feed tab will \r\nfeature a new authoring control panel for creating and posting content \r\ncalled the Publisher Box. Moreover, the profile will have at the top a \r\nnew horizontal navigation line with drop-down menus for its core \r\nfeatures.<br><br>\"The three main goals we have for this are: to make the\r\n profiles simple and clean; to give users control; and to let them \r\nemphasize the most recent and relevant content. This is what we\'ve come \r\nup with as the best way to accomplish those goals,\" said Facebook\'s Mark\r\n Slee, the product manager of the new design.<br><br>Of course, any user\r\n interface change of this magnitude entails dangers, especially when it \r\nwill affect about 70 million end-users and thousands of application \r\ndevelopers. Facebook has experienced backlash from changes in the past, \r\nsuch as the initial versions of its activity feed feature and Beacon \r\nadvertising program, both of which were criticized for being too \r\nintrusive on people\'s privacy.<br><br>\"It\'s a pretty significant \r\nredesign, so users will definitely have an adjustment period,\" \r\nO\'Shaughnessy said. \"People are generally opposed to change, so there\'ll\r\n be a pretty reasonable amount of consternation from users just because \r\nit\'s different.\"<br><br>This is why O\'Shaughnessy has been surprised \r\nthat Facebook is opting to roll out all the changes at once, as opposed \r\nto doing it more gradually, since the latter approach might lessen the \r\nimpact on end-users. \"It\'s always a risk to roll out a really big change\r\n all at once,\" he said.<br><br>Yet, Slee is confident that the change \r\nwon\'t be traumatic for end-users, since Facebook has been actively \r\ncommunicating the changes and plans via a Facebook group. Facebook also \r\nplans to have a time during which end-users will be able to toggle back \r\nand forth between the old and new layout, before the change is finalized\r\n at some point in June, Slee said.<br><br>From the application developer\r\n perspective, the redesign will also have significant effects, \r\nO\'Shaughnessy said. \"The applications aren\'t present nearly as much as \r\nthey were before,\" he said, alluding to the fact that the new design \r\ngroups applications into a separate tab.<br><br>Although users will be \r\nable to create tabs for individual applications and the new top-level \r\nnavigation includes a drop-down list of applications, \"there\'s \r\ndefinitely the capability for apps to be less discoverable,\" \r\nO\'Shaughnessy said. \"For newer developers especially, that\'ll be really \r\nhard.\"<br><br>Not that O\'Shaughnessy worries about being affected by \r\nthis. Hungry Machine began launching its applications in mid-2007, \r\nshortly after Facebook opened its platform to external developers, and \r\nthey have gained very good traction and popularity, and are generating a\r\n healthy revenue stream.<br><br>However, Facebook argues that the new \r\ndesign will be good for developers, not only because applications can \r\nget their own tabs, but because users will be able to add application \r\ncontrols to the Publisher Box. \"All applications will be able to tie \r\nright into that. We think that\'s a huge opportunity for developers,\" \r\nSlee said.<br><br>Meanwhile, having an entire tab devoted to \r\napplications will let developers \"build a rich and deep experience that \r\ncan take advantage of more space than has ever been provided in the \r\nprofile,\" Slee said, adding that Facebook is opening a \"sandbox\" for \r\ndevelopers to get acquainted with the profile changes.<br><br>Boris \r\nSilver, co-founder and CEO of Sport Interactiva, a developer of \r\nsport-themed games, also believes that end-users are likely to recoil at\r\n first and that visibility for applications in general will be \r\ndiminished, but believes the changes will ultimately be for the better, \r\nparticularly for companies like his whose applications are firmly \r\nestablished on Facebook. \"It\'ll give room to high-quality and useful \r\napplications that people value most to rise up,\" Silver said.<br><br>Pishevar\r\n holds a similar view, saying that the changes will benefit applications\r\n that are genuinely engaging and of high quality, and not those that try\r\n to succeed via in-your-face, aggressive self-promotion tactics, \r\nsomething Facebook has been trying to discourage among developers.<br><br>\"The\r\n apps shouldn\'t be reliant on real estate on a profile page to thrive. \r\nThere was tremendous benefits early on in the platform from having that \r\nreal estate, but it also made it probably too easy to get users without \r\nactually investing real resources into making quality, highly engaging \r\napplications,\" Pishevar said.<br><br>Despite the possible bumps in the \r\nroad, the developers interviewed agreed that, as far as the actual \r\nredesign is concerned, Facebook is hitting the right notes. \"I\'m pretty \r\nhigh on the design itself. It\'s smoother, more efficient, more clear,\" \r\nO\'Shaughnessy said.<br>'), ('75', 'YouTube suit called threat to online communication', '6', '2012-10-23', 'NEW YORK - A $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit challenging \r\nYouTube\'s ability to keep copyrighted material off its popular \r\nvideo-sharing site threatens how hundreds of<br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=youtube_scripps_356494922.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=youtube_scripps_356494922.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"YouTube suit called threat to online communication\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>NEW YORK - A $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit \r\nchallenging YouTube\'s ability to keep copyrighted material off its \r\npopular video-sharing site threatens how hundreds of millions of people \r\nexchange all kinds of information on the Internet, YouTube owner Google \r\nInc. said.<br><br>Google\'s lawyers made the claim in papers filed in \r\nU.S. District Court in Manhattan as the company responded to Viacom \r\nInc.\'s latest lawsuit alleging that the Internet has led to \"an \r\nexplosion of copyright infringement\" by YouTube and others.<br><br>The \r\nback-and-forth between the companies has intensified since Viacom \r\nbrought its lawsuit last year, saying it was owed damages for the \r\nunauthorized viewing of its programming from MTV, Comedy Central and \r\nother networks, including such hits as \"The Daily Show with Jon \r\nStewart.\"<br><br>In papers submitted to a judge late Friday, Google said\r\n YouTube \"goes far beyond its legal obligations in assisting content \r\nowners to protect their works.\"<br><br>It said that by seeking to make \r\ncarriers and hosting providers liable for Internet communications, \r\nViacom \"threatens the way hundreds of millions of people legitimately \r\nexchange information, news, entertainment and political and artistic \r\nexpression.\"<br><br>Google said YouTube was faithful to the requirements\r\n of the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act, saying the federal law \r\nwas intended to protect companies like YouTube as long as they responded\r\n properly to content owners\' claims of infringement.<br><br>On that score, Viacom says Google has set a terrible example.<br><br>In\r\n a rewritten lawsuit filed last month, Viacom said YouTube consistently \r\nallows unauthorized copies of popular television programming and movies \r\nto be posted on its Web site and viewed tens of thousands of times.<br><br>Viacom\r\n said it had identified more than 150,000 unauthorized clips of \r\ncopyrighted programming â€” including \"SpongeBob SquarePants,\" \"South \r\nPark\" and \"MTV Unplugged\" episodes and the documentary \"An Inconvenient \r\nTruth\" â€” that had been viewed \"an astounding 1.5 billion times.\"<br><br>The\r\n company said its count of unauthorized clips represents only a fraction\r\n of the content on YouTube that violates its copyrights.<br><br>It said Google and YouTube had done \"little or nothing\" to stop infringement.<br><br>\"To\r\n the contrary, the availability on the YouTube site of a vast library of\r\n the copyrighted works of plaintiffs and others is the cornerstone of \r\ndefendants\' business plan,\" Viacom said.</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('76', 'ABC soups up online video player', '6', '2012-10-23', 'LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - ABC.com is souping up its \r\nfull-episode broadband player with new features for the fall.Among the \r\nbells and whistles set for <br>', '<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=abc_809145243.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=abc_809145243.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"ABC soups up online video player\">\r\n										\r\n									<div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - ABC.com is souping up its full-episode broadband player with new features for the fall.<br><br>Among\r\n the bells and whistles set for the broadcaster\'s online destination are\r\n full-screen viewing, closed captioning and the ability to send video \r\nlinks that can be embedded on blogs and social networks.<br><br>\"Having \r\ncome out of the gate with the first player in the space, we\'re \r\ncontinually looking at how we expand and provide a better experience \r\nfrom our users,\" said Alexis Rapo, vp digital media at ABC \r\nEntertainment.<br><br>ABC.com was the first full-episode player online \r\nwhen it launched in 2006, and as of April, it is the dominant one: Its \r\n8.9 million unique users was tops for the month among broadcasters, \r\naccording to Nielsen Online. ABC.com also leads in minutes spent per \r\nuser.<br><br>The user interface has been redesigned with new navigation \r\nand search features that allow users to comb series offerings \r\ngraphically, alphabetically, by genre or popularity. Also added: content\r\n recommendation technology that suggests programs based on a viewer\'s \r\nchoices.<br><br>Although ABC.com previously contained the video to a \r\nbrowser window, the improved player will allow the image to take up the \r\nentire monitor. The viewer also will have the option of choosing from a \r\nvariety of screen sizes, as well as picking standard or high definition.<br><br>Users\r\n also can send links that can be posted elsewhere online, where they can\r\n launch cued to a particular scene mid-episode. Video on ABC.com also \r\nwill be more easy to sift through, with thumbnail images that offer a \r\nglimpse of the story line progression in each episode.<br><br>The new \r\nplayer will be tested in a closed beta over the summer before launching \r\nahead of ABC\'s premiere week in the fall. ABC.com uses technology from \r\nMove Networks for its player.</span>\r\n							</div><br>'), ('77', 'Verizon Wireless joins LiMo Foundation', '6', '2012-10-23', 'NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless said on Wednesday it joined a \r\nconsortium working on a Linux-based mobile operating system expected to \r\nrival a mobile<br>', '<div><div>\r\n										\r\n                                                \r\n                                            \r\n										<img title=\"Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=verizon_linux_388322182.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" src=\"http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=verizon_linux_388322182.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" alt=\"Verizon Wireless joins LiMo Foundation\">\r\n										\r\n									</div>\r\n	</div>\r\n\r\n							<div>\r\n								\r\n									<div>\r\n										\r\n                                                \r\n                                            \r\n										\r\n										\r\n									</div>\r\n								\r\n                                \r\n								<span>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless said on Wednesday it \r\njoined a consortium working on a Linux-based mobile operating system \r\nexpected to rival a mobile system being developed by a group headed by \r\nGoogle Inc (GOOG.O).<br><br>The announcement that the No. 2 U.S. mobile \r\nservice joined the LiMo Foundation follows signals last month that \r\nAT&amp;T Inc (T.N) would support Android, the Linux operating system \r\nbeing developed by Google and about 30 partners.<br><br>Verizon \r\nWireless, a venture of Verizon Communications Inc (VZ.N) and Vodafone \r\nGroup Plc (VOD.L), said it would take a seat on the foundation\'s board \r\nand expects to sell its first phones based on the LiMo operating system \r\nin 2009.<br><br>\"We\'ll start with a few simpler devices and work our way\r\n up,\" Verizon Wireless Network Vice President Kyle Malady said on a \r\nconference call with reporters.<br><br>Malady said that while Verizon \r\nwould continue to support other operating systems such as that used in \r\nResearch In Motion Ltd\'s (RIM.TO) BlackBerry, the LiMo system would be \r\nthe company\'s operating system of choice.<br><br>Malady said the \r\ncompany, which is putting financial and personnel resources into the \r\nsystem, expects to eventually have an array of LiMo devices ranging from\r\n the high end to the low end. He did not say how much Verizon was \r\nspending on developing the LiMo system.<br><br>He said the company is \r\nputting its weight behind LiMo rather than Android because of LiMo\'s \r\ninclusive governing structure as well as its diverse set of members. But\r\n he would not rule out selling phones based on Android.<br><br>\"If \r\ndevices come along that are interesting to us and our customers we\'d \r\nabsolutely look at that,\" said Malady, who also noted that third-parties\r\n could sell Android devices to Verizon Wireless customers if they can \r\nwork on its network.<br><br>The LiMo Foundation said it has about 40 \r\nmembers including Verizon Wireless handset suppliers Samsung Electronics\r\n Co Ltd (005930.KS) and LG Electronics Inc (066570.KS). It said that \r\nKorea\'s SK Telecom Co Ltd (017670.KS) has also joined the consortium.</span>\r\n							</div><br><br>');
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