Remove Clothing Wrinkles with a Water Spray Bottle [Clothes]

When your clothes for the day are wrinkled you must normally take out an ironing board, plug in your iron, and spend a few minutes pressing out the wrinkles. Household weblog Re-Nest suggests instead that you lightly mist the clothing with water from a spray bottle. A few minutes later the wrinkles will disappear as the garment dries.

Hang the clothing in an open area that will allow the garment to fully dry; your shower curtain rod is ideal for this). Make sure you use the finest possible mist setting on your spray bottle and spray the wrinkle in downward vertical strokes around 12-18 inches from the garment.

You can either do this the night before and have completely dry clothing, or do it 15 minutes before you get dressed and put up with slightly damp but non-wrinkled garments. Your choice. Photo by anneh632

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Turkey: funerals held after air strike (AP)

ISTANBUL ? Thousands of mourners gathered in southeast Turkey on Friday for the funerals of 35 Kurdish civilians who were killed in a botched raid by Turkish military jets that mistook the group for Kurdish rebels based in Iraq.

Turkish television footage showed people, many weeping and lamenting the dead, as they gathered after the air strikes Wednesday that killed a group of smugglers along the border, one of the deadliest episodes in the conflict between the Turkish state and Kurdish rebels who took up arms in 1984.

In a second day of civil unrest, demonstrators clashed with police in Diyarbakir and at least two other cities in the mostly Kurdish southeast. Trade unionists and other groups planned a protest in Istanbul later Friday. About 500 Iraqi Kurds denounced the airstrikes at a rally in the city of Irbil in the Kurdish-controlled region of northern Iraq.

Noncombatants have often been caught in the crossfire of Turkey's war, but one of the highest civilian tolls in a single day further soured relations between the government and ethnic Kurds who have long faced discrimination. A government campaign to reconcile with Kurds by granting them more rights has stalled amid a surge in fighting this year.

Dogan news agency video showed people digging graves on a hill near the southeast village of Gulyazi, home of some of the slain smugglers, and the funeral rites quickly took on a political tone. Thousands of people walked along a mountain path with coffins draped in red, yellow and green, the colors associated with Kurdish identity and the rebel group PKK.

In the crowd footage, one poster showed an image of Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed chief of the PKK, whose Kurdish acronym stands for Kurdistan Workers' Party. The government, which along with the West says the rebels are a terrorist group, has had secretive contact with Ocalan at his island prison as part of its effort to make peace with Kurdish opponents.

Families at the funerals urged rebels to take revenge and they accused Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of being a "murderer," according to Firat, a pro-Kurdish news agency.

A somber Erdogan described the attack near the border village of Ortasu in Sirnak province as "unfortunate" and "saddening," noting half the dead were under 20 years old. He said two F-16 planes bombed the area after images provided by drones showed a 40-person group approaching the border from the Iraqi side.

"It was revealed later that they were part of a group smuggling cigarettes, diesel fuel and such," he said.

Usually, according to Erdogan, such smuggling is done by groups of just three to five people. He said at least two recent deadly attacks on military outposts near the Iraq-Turkey border were carried out by guerrillas who smuggled guns across the border on mules.

Four hours of official video footage of the raid will be examined, he said.

The prime minister criticized Turkey's Taraf newspaper, which has published reports of alleged military schemes and misconduct in the past, for a headline that read: "The state bombed its own people."

"No state would intentionally bomb its people," he said. "In the past, such things may have occurred, but it is not possible for such a thing to occur during our administration."

The remarks touched on the complex power dynamics in modern Turkey, where Erdogan, a devout Muslim with a strong electoral mandate, has undercut the political clout of the military, a traditional guardian of secular ideals.

In an email statement, the PKK did not distinguish between the civilian government and the armed forces in its blame for what it called a "massacre," and referred to "technical and intelligence support" provided by the United States.

The U.S. recently deployed four Predator drones to Turkey from Iraq following the American troops' withdrawal from the country to assist Turkey in its fight against the rebels.

The Kurdish conflict is a drag on Turkey's efforts to burnish its image as a regional model and advocate for democratic change in neighboring countries such as Syria, where thousands have died since an uprising began in March.

Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, a chief architect of Turkey's rising profile, said the airstrikes would be thoroughly investigated and should not be exploited for political gain. Another top official, Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc, said the inquiry would not be a whitewash.

"If there is any negligence, any fault or any intention, those who are responsible will be found and will endure the consequences," Arinc said.

The military issued a message of condolence that was carried on the state-run Anadolu news agency. There was no apology, but such a public outreach is highly unusual in the Turkish armed forces, which are traditionally tightlipped about operations.

"We wish God's mercy and grace to those who lost their lives in the cross-border incident of Dec. 28, 2011, and extend our condolences to their family and friends," the statement said. Last week, the military reported the deaths of 48 suspected rebels in offensives backed by air power.

Kurds make up around 20 percent of Turkey's 74 million people. While many have assimilated and are not politically active, a significant number feel marginalized and want autonomy in Kurdish-dominated southeast Turkey. The rebels have long used northern Iraq as a springboard for hit-and-run attacks on Turkish targets.

The government has taken conciliatory steps, allowing Kurdish-language institutes and private Kurdish courses as well as Kurdish television broadcasts. But Kurdish activists say far more needs to be done to heal scars dating from a time when the Kurdish language was banned, and cite police roundups of Kurdish politicians, journalists and others suspected of rebel links as a sign of intolerance for the minority.

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Associated Press writers Suzan Fraser in Ankara, Turkey, and Yahya Barzanji in Sulaimaniyah, Iraq, contributed.

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How to Turn Off 4G LTE Network Mode on the Galaxy Nexus and Save Battery

Who can resist browsing the Internet at lightning-fast speeds? Thanks to 4G LTE, you can download an app or a song within seconds. This excellent performance comes with a price, however.

Though many of today?s batteries have been designed to keep up with the demands of regular usage, some people may find their devices? battery power running out rather quickly. This could mean a variety of things, but for users of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, your device?s connection to Verizon?s 4G LTE network may be a factor for the power drain.

If you find your device losing power at a disappointing speed, then it is recommended to switch off your 4G network connection when not in use. The process is quite easy. You can just follow these steps to switch from 4G LTE network mode to 3G:

1. Slide the Notifications window open.
2. Tap the Settings button at the top.
3. Tap the ?More? button.
4. Select Mobile Networks.
5. Select Network Mode.
6. Select CDMA.

By choosing CDMA for your network mode, your device is kept from constantly searching and finding 4G networks in your area, thus resulting in battery savings. This also means your phone will be running on 3G until you change the settings again.

Planning to stream a few YouTube videos or watch a full movie without the hassle of buffering? Turn 4G LTE back on by going through the same path and selecting LTE/CDMA. Your device will now automatically connect to any available 4G LTE network in your vicinity. You?ll be able to surf the Internet at your preferred speed again, but it?s highly recommended to do so when you?re sure you can recharge easily. After all, you won?t need to surf the Internet while you?re driving, so switch over to 3G until you get home or until you really need it.

As an effect of 4G LTE?s blazingly fast download speeds, the Galaxy Nexus? battery drains faster. Though turning it off may mean having to browse the Internet at a slower speed than you like, speed is a small sacrifice especially if you?re looking to extend your battery life for a few more hours. This is certainly handy if you?re traveling or if you do not have your device?s charger or an outlet within easy reach. You can also opt to turn off 4G when you?re in locations with poor 4G signal. Whenever you need to squeeze out a couple more hours of juice from your battery, make sure to give your network settings a visit and temporarily turn of 4G LTE network mode.

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Quadrantids meteor shower will create brief, beautiful show on Jan. 4

ScienceDaily (Dec. 28, 2011) ? The 2012 Quadrantids, a little-known meteor shower named after an extinct constellation, will present an excellent chance for hardy souls to start the year off with some late-night meteor watching.

Peaking in the wee morning hours of Jan. 4, the Quadrantids have a maximum rate of about 100 per hour, varying between 60-200. The waxing gibbous moon will set around 3 a.m. local time, leaving about two hours of excellent meteor observing before dawn. It's a good thing, too, because unlike the more famous Perseid and Geminid meteor showers, the Quadrantids only last a few hours -- it's the morning of Jan. 4, or nothing.

Like the Geminids, the Quadrantids originate from an asteroid, called 2003 EH1. Dynamical studies suggest that this body could very well be a piece of a comet which broke apart several centuries ago, and that the meteors you will see before dawn on Jan. 4 are the small debris from this fragmentation. After hundreds of years orbiting the sun, they will enter our atmosphere at 90,000 mph, burning up 50 miles above Earth's surface -- a fiery end to a long journey!

The Quadrantids derive their name from the constellation of Quadrans Muralis (mural quadrant), which was created by the French astronomer Jerome Lalande in 1795. Located between the constellations of Bootes and Draco, Quadrans represents an early astronomical instrument used to observe and plot stars. Even though the constellation is no longer recognized by astronomers, it was around long enough to give the meteor shower -- first seen in 1825 -- its name.

Given the location of the radiant -- northern tip of Bootes the Herdsman -- only northern hemisphere observers will be able to see Quadrantids.

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Cranky croc steals Aussie zoo worker's lawn mower (AP)

SYDNEY ? A giant saltwater crocodile named Elvis with an apparent affinity for household machinery charged at an Australian reptile park worker Wednesday before stealing his lawn mower.

Tim Faulkner, operations manager at the Australian Reptile Park, north of Sydney, was one of three workers tending to the lawn in Elvis' enclosure when he heard reptile keeper Billy Collett let out a yelp. Faulkner looked up to see the 16-foot (5-meter), 1,100-pound (500-kilogram) crocodile lunging out of its lagoon at Collett, who warded the creature off with his mower.

"Before we knew it, the croc had the mower above his head," Faulkner said. "He got his jaws around the top of the mower and picked it up and took it underwater with him."

The workers quickly left the enclosure. Elvis, meanwhile, showed no signs of relinquishing his new toy and sat guarding it closely all morning.

Eventually, Faulkner realized he had no other choice but to go back in after the mower.

Collett lured Elvis to the opposite end of the lagoon with a heaping helping of kangaroo meat while Faulkner plunged, fully clothed, into the water. Before grabbing the mower, however, he had to search the bottom of the lagoon for two 3-inch (7-centimeter) teeth Elvis lost during the encounter. He quickly found them and escaped from the pool, unharmed and with mower in tow.

Though many may question the wisdom of going after a couple of teeth with a massive crocodile lurking just feet away, Faulkner said finding them was critical. "They clog up the filter systems," he said.

And, perhaps more important, he said, "They're a nice souvenir."

Elvis has a history of cranky behavior and has occasionally lunged at staff before, though this is the first time he has stolen something from one of the workers. The croc was initially captured in the northern Australian city of Darwin, where he had been attacking fishing boats. He was then moved to a crocodile farm, where he proceeded to kill his two crocodile girlfriends.

In 2008, he was moved to the reptile park, where he has enjoyed solitary confinement in his own enclosure.

"When they are the dominant croc, they're just full of testosterone," Faulkner said. "He's got his beautiful own yard, he wants to be a solitary creature. He's happy."

Despite having to give up the lawn mower, Elvis was clearly pleased with himself, Faulkner said.

"He's beaten us today ... he's kingpin," Faulkner said. "He's going to be walking around with his chest puffed out all day."

As for the staff at the reptile park?

"I can't lie, the bosses are not going to be happy about the cost of a new lawn mower," Faulkner said with a laugh. "(But) we love it. No one's injured ... and when you get scared and it all turns out to be good, it's actually quite enjoyable."

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Forrest Gump, Hannibal Lecter join film registry

FILE- In this Thursday, March 5, 2009 file photo the Library of Congress is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Library of Congress on Wednesday announced that 1994's smash hit ?Forrest Gump? starring Tom Hanks was one of 25 films chosen to be included this year in the National Film Registry. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

FILE- In this Thursday, March 5, 2009 file photo the Library of Congress is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Library of Congress on Wednesday announced that 1994's smash hit ?Forrest Gump? starring Tom Hanks was one of 25 films chosen to be included this year in the National Film Registry. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

This undated handout image provided by the Library of Congress shows a Danish poster for Walt Disney?s 1942 animated film ?Bambi." Bambi, Forrest Gump and Hannibal Lecter have at least one thing in common: Their cinematic adventures were chosen by the Library of Congress to be preserved in the world's largest archive of film, TV and sound recordings. (AP Photo/Library of Congress)

This undated handout photo provided byMGM Home Entertainment and the Library of Congress shows Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal ?The Cannibal? Lecter in the 1991 film ?Silence of the Lambs.? Bambi, Forrest Gump and Hannibal Lecter have at least one thing in common: Their cinematic adventures were chosen by the Library of Congress to be preserved in the world's largest archive of film, TV and sound recordings. (AP Photo/MGM Home Entertainment, Library of Congress)

This undated black-and-white handout photo provided by Paramount and the Library of Congress shows Tom Hanks staring as Forrest Gump. Bambi, Forrest Gump and Hannibal Lecter have at least one thing in common: Their cinematic adventures were chosen by the Library of Congress to be preserved in the world's largest archive of film, TV and sound recordings. (AP Photo/Paramount, Library if Congess)

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Bambi, Forrest Gump and Hannibal Lecter have at least one thing in common: Their cinematic adventures were chosen by the Library of Congress to be preserved in the world's largest archive of film, TV and sound recordings.

"The Silence of the Lambs" (1991), a harrowing psychological thriller about the cannibalistic serial killer Lecter, and "Forrest Gump" (1994), starring Tom Hanks as the guileless hero who thinks "life is like a box of chocolates," were critical and commercial successes that won the Academy Award for Best Picture. The animated Disney classic "Bambi" is among the most beloved movies ever made.

A majority of the 25 titles chosen this year for inclusion in the National Film Registry are lesser-known ? including silent films, documentaries, avant-garde cinema and even home movies. The Library of Congress announced the selections Tuesday.

The registry began in 1989 under an act of Congress and now includes 575 films. Its aim is not to identify the best movies ever made but to preserve films with artistic, cultural or historical significance. Previous titles chosen range from "The Birth of a Nation" to "National Lampoon's Animal House."

"Forrest Gump" has its critical detractors but was praised for its technical achievements, including the seamless incorporation of the title character into historical footage.

More than 2,200 films were nominated for the registry this year. The National Film Preservation Board pares them down before Librarian of Congress James H. Billington makes the final selections.

"Each year, we do try to pick one of the titles that the public nominated the most, and 'Forrest Gump' was way up there on that list," said Stephen Leggett, program coordinator for the National Film Preservation Board. "Everything on the list is subject to dissenting opinion."

Staffers at the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation in Culpeper, Va., work to ensure that each title is preserved for future generations, packing away original negatives or unreleased prints into the facility's massive vault and collaborating with other preservationists, movie studios and independent filmmakers.

"These films are selected because of their enduring significance to American culture," Billington said in a statement. "Our film heritage must be protected because these cinematic treasures document our history and culture and reflect our hopes and dreams."

Leggett said he was pleased by the inclusion of "The Negro Soldier," a 1944 documentary produced by Frank Capra that was groundbreaking for its realistic and positive depiction of African-Americans. It became mandatory viewing for soldiers entering the army in the latter stages of the war and was shown in commercial theaters.

"It was kind of ironic because the official Army policy at the time was still segregation. You had a film which was implicitly if not explicitly promoting integration," he said.

Films must be at least 10 years old to be considered for the registry.

The oldest movies selected this year are both from 1912. "The Cry of the Children" is about the pre-World War I child labor reform movement, and "A Cure for Pokeritis" stars John Bunny, regarded as the American film industry's earliest comic superstar.

"A lot of people would argue that the humor is kind of dated," Leggett said of Bunny's films ? mostly short domestic comedies in which he played a henpecked husband. "He really was a major figure at the time. It doesn't help your reputation when people like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton come after you."

Chaplin's first feature, "The Kid" (1921), was also chosen for the registry.

It was a big year for actress Sally Field, who co-starred in "Forrest Gump." ''Norma Rae" (1979), featuring her Oscar-winning performance as a single mother who fought to unionize a Southern textile mill, also made this year's list.

Among the other titles chosen: "The Big Heat," a 1953 film noir starring Glenn Ford; "The Lost Weekend," Billy Wilder's Oscar-winning alcoholism drama; "Porgy and Bess," starring Sidney Poitier and Dorothy Dandridge; "Stand and Deliver," starring Edward James Olmos as an inspiring East Los Angeles math teacher; and John Ford's epic 1924 Western "The Iron Horse."

Among the lesser-known titles chosen this year, "A Computer Animated Hand" (1972) by Pixar Animation Studios co-founder Ed Catmull was one of the earliest examples of 3D computer-generated imagery. The one-minute film shows a hand turning, opening and closing.

Documentaries picked for the registry include "Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment," which focuses on Gov. George Wallace's attempt to prevent two African-American students from enrolling in the University of Alabama and the response of President John F. Kennedy. "Growing Up Female" from 1971 was one of the first films to document the women's liberation movement.

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Is Beverly Hills 'Housewife' Kim done with rehab?

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By Anna Chan

Has "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Kim Richards really left rehab?

Radar Online and People are reporting?yes, but a source close to the situation told us those stories aren't true. Richards is still at the facility and still seeking help, the source told us.

Bravo declined to comment.

Fans of the reality show have witnessed Kim's increasingly strange behavior this season, after sister and co-star Kyle Richards accused her of being an alcoholic during an emotional fight?during the season one finale. Kim's behavior in season two has seemed to lend weight to the accusation, as she?often appears to stumble, slur her speech and generally behave oddly.?

Fellow Beverly Hills "Housewife" Adrienne Maloof's plastic surgeon husband, Dr. Paul Nassif, said on the show?he thought Kim sounded intoxicated after a strange phone conversation with her. And during an epic fight during on the episode featuring a game night with the girls, new castmate Brandi Glanville?declared, "Kim is wasted out of her f------ mind!"?and accused her of doing "crystal meth in the bathroom all night long."

But Kim also revealed on the show that there was a good reason for her somewhat loopy on-screen behavior. Before having a minor procedure done by Paul, she explained that she was taking Trazadone, Topomax and Lexapro, medications that the doctor said coule make people appear drunk.

Earlier reports state that Kim entered rehab earlier this month.

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Report: Israel, US Discuss Excuses for Attacking Iran

A report today is claiming that the Obama Administration is in secret talks with the Israeli government to figure out exactly what would constitute a good excuse for launching an attack on Iran.

The talks came after Defense Secretary Leon Panetta made comments suggesting that attacking Iran is something that the US and Israel ?would regret,? apparently causing many top Israeli officials to react furiously and for Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren to file an official complaint with the Obama Administration.

Panetta followed up the speech with much more hawkish ones, apparently aimed at publicly placating Israel, but behind the scenes the administration has been seeking to clarify what exactly counts as a ?red line? that would give the US and Israel the excuse to launch an attack.

Officially, of course, both sides would insist such an attack was about Iran?s nuclear program. But since both nations have been claiming Iran is within striking distance of acquiring nuclear weapons since the mid-1980s, the excuse isn?t going to really fly internationally, so both nations are hoping to settle on something which could be the ?trigger? for the attack.

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The year in amateur sports

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One local pistol just smoked the junior football world with one of the most awesome performances ever seen on the amateur scene.

Winnipeg Rifles quarterback Ryan Marsch won the Peter Dalla Riva Award as the Canadian Junior Football League?s Offensive Player of the Year, was named All-Canadian quarterback, and was a unanimous choice as the Prairie Football Conference Most Valuable Player.

Marsch, who led the PFC in passing with a CJFL record 3,030 yards and tied a PFC record with 31 touchdown passes, is a strong candidate to win Manitoba Male Athlete of the Year.

Winnipeg?s Michael Schmidt is also a nominee for Manitoba?s top male after he qualified for the fifth time to represent Canada at the Qubica AMF Bowling World Cup.

Our women amateurs were impressive, too. Sarah-Anne Brault, for one, won the women?s Canadian Triathlon Championship in Kelowna, B.C., upsetting Edmonton?s Paula Findlay, ranked No. 3 in the world. Ste. Anne?s Jocelyne Larocque starred on defence for the national women?s hockey team, winning a silver medal in the 4 Nations Cup. Larocque, who plays for the University of Minnesota-Duluth, was a first team All-American and a finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award as the NCAA?s top women?s hockey player.

Former University of Manitoba Bisons midfielder Desiree Scott made her mark on the international soccer pitch. She helped Canada win the Cyprus Women?s Cup and the gold medal at the Pan Am Games in Mexico. Chantal Van Landeghem had yet another outstanding season as she won four individual and one relay medal at the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships.

The Winnipeg Thrashers were one of the most dominating amateur teams in history.

The Thrashers were the first Winnipeg team, and just the second from Manitoba, to win the Telus Cup Canadian Midget Hockey Championship in its 33-year history. The Thrashers also won the Manitoba AAA Midget crown and the Western regional. They are one of five finalists to become Manitoba Team of the Year.

Others who made their marks on the local amateur scene included Brandon Wheat Kings forward Mark Stone, golfers Jesse Skelton and Myles Sullivan, racquetballer Kurtis Cullen and diver Kevin Geyson.

Stone currently leads the WHL in scoring and just cracked the national junior hockey team roster. He also scored 106 points and was an East all-star last season. Skelton was named the Manitoba Amateur Golfer of the Year after winning both the Manitoba Amateur and Match Play titles. Sullivan won Manitoba junior men?s golf championship. Cullen was the Canadian Boys U18 singles and doubles racquetball champ. Geyson got a bronze at the Pan Am Games.

On the women?s side, rowers Meghan Montgomery and Janine Hanson, golfer Winnie Hyun, bowler Lynne Gauthier, lawn bowler Elaine Jones and fastpitch players Ashley Lanz and Krystal Hathaway had great years.

Montgomery won a silver medal in the adapted mixed four at the World Rowing Championship to qualify for the 2012 Paralympics in London, England. Hanson won silver in the women?s eight at the same Worlds to qualify her boat for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Hyun, who won the Manitoba junior women?s title, was a finalist for Manitoba Golfer of the Year. Gauthier qualified for the national 10-pin bowling team for the sixth time. Jones won gold medals in singles and triples at the Canadian senior championships. Lanz helped Canada win a silver medal at the Pan Am Games. Hathaway of Smitty?s was the all-star pitcher at the Canadian Senior Women?s Championship.

As for teams, the Portage Terriers won the MJHL championship and the ANAVET Cup. Marsch?s Rifles qualified for the PFC playoffs, losing to the eventual Canadian junior champion Saskatoon Hilltops.

THE 2011-12 SEASON AT THE HALF

The first half of the Winnipeg High School Hockey League?s 2011-12 season finished trying to recover from a black mark.

Almost an entire team of Sturgeon Heights Huskies were suspended for drinking while away on a tournament.

That spoiled an otherwise wonderful year on ice last winter.

The Oak Park Raiders avenged a loss in the city final by beating the St. Paul?s Crusaders 4-2 in the provincial final. St. Paul?s had shut out the Raiders 5-0 in the city final.

The Crusaders dominated most of the major high school sports. They also overwhelmed Oak Park 32-12 in the Winnipeg High School Football League final.

The Crusaders boys volleyball team also made it to the final, but lost to the Miles Mac Buckeyes. The St. Mary?s Academy Flames won the provincial girls volleyball title for the first time by downing Crocus Plains in the final. Championship MVP Alicia Ogoms also committed to the University of Southern California during the championships.

The Raiders were no slouches, either. They beat Garden City in the boys basketball final and the Oak Park girls lost the hoops final to River East.

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Venture meshes social media, fantasy football

PigskinBoss.com hopes to link social media and fantasy football.

A University of Arizona MBA graduate is hoping to mesh social media with fantasy football and baseball.

Evan Singer is a co-founder of Pigskin Boss, which launched in November.

?Pigskin Boss offers the first true community-style fantasy football website,? said Singer. ?The combination of interactive polling and users writing their own sports articles ... offers collective insight, rather than the bias of one writer?s opinion.?

Singer, who also works in advertising in San Diego, has about 200 members signed up right now, but he sees great potential in fantasy football and other sports.

?To put the potential in perspective, 10 years ago, the site -- then known as CBS SportsLine -- took in $4.3 million in fantasy subscription revenue; this year, analysts expect it to surpass the $50 million mark,? said Singer, a 2010 UA grad who received some guidance from Arizona businessman and advertising executive Karl Eller..

The Hollywood Reporter earlier this year estimated there are 27 million fantasy football players and it?s a $1 billion annual business. That player total is double 2003 estimates.

Fantasy football involves individuals drafting teams of players from the National Football League? ? National Football League Latest from The Business Journals Fitzgerald, Peterson, Wilson in NFL Pro BowlTexans will host wild card game at ReliantTexans? loss to Indy clouds playoff seeding . Fantasy teams almost always include players from different NFL teams.

Participants then square off each week of the NFL season, with their players getting points for scores and yardage actually gained on the field. Some NFL players as well as other professional athletes have fantasy teams.

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Archos Budget Android Tablet Coming Soon

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Once our credit cards have cooled down, the shelves have been stripped bare and the January sale signs are gone, the first month of the year is time best spent saving. Most of us wouldn't dream of buying anything as flashy as a tablet computer, except for maybe the new Archos budget Android tab, of course.?

Sporting the not-too-shabby Android 3.2 Honeycomb operating system, the Archos 70b tablet goes on sale in January at a very reasonable ?180, which is extraordinary value for money, especially considering what's under the bonnet. Archos claims that it's the cheapest tablet on the market to run Honeycomb, and we can't say that we're in?a position to object.

The Archos 70b also features a 1.2 GHz processor, 512MB of RAM and 8GB of internal storage. We're also keen to see what the 7" multi-touch display looks like when running our favourite movie, games and video apps.

Almost identical to its predecessor - the Archos 70 internet tablet (pictured) - the 70b isn't anywhere near as attractive as rivals such as the?iPad, but that's to be expected considering the price. The only other drawback we've spotted is that it confusingly shares its name with the Archos 70b e-Reader?- how many people do you think will order one of those?

About Liam Martin I love gadgets, gizmos and games and look forward to a future where humans and robots can co-exist peacefully. My most wanted includes a Wii U, a Pac-Man heat changing mug and the impressively compact Yamaha YHT-S400 home cinema system.

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Detroit police say 3 deaths tied to dating services site (Reuters)

(Reuters) ? Three women discovered dead in Detroit over the past week, including two found burned beyond recognition early on Christmas, were linked to a website called Packages that advertises adult escort services, police said on Monday.

In two incidents over the last week, four women -- all African-Americans in their 20s -- have been found dead in the trunks of abandoned vehicles on Detroit's east side.

The latest incident occurred about 1 a.m. on Sunday, when the Detroit Fire Department responded to reports of a car fire.

After putting out the flames, firefighters discovered two dead women in the trunk of the 1997 Buick LaSabre.

Three of the four women, the police said in a statement, were linked with "prearranged adult dating services" advertised on Packages, police said.

In a statement posted on the department's Facebook page, Detroit Police Chief Ralph Godbee Jr. said "deciding to meet unknown persons via the Internet can be extremely dangerous."

The city's medical examiner has not determined how the four women died. But Godbee said that given "the way the females were found and the attempt to hide their bodies," homicide detectives were treating the cases as suspicious deaths.

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What to shop for in the post-Christmas sales

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Catch a breather while you can -- the after-Christmas sales are coming.

By Herb Weisbaum

Bargain hunters will find some great discounts in the days after Christmas. It won?t be hard to find sale signs boasting markdowns of 70 percent or more. But don?t expect retailers to slash the price of everything in the store, just the things they need to get out the door.

Dealnews.com, a popular website that tracks retail prices, compared last year?s after-Christmas deals to this year?s Black Friday sales and found that post-Christmas sales in 2010 were ?notably less exceptional? in terms of top offerings. In other words, while the prices will be good, they won?t always be great.

?You?ll see some of the best sales of the year on apparel,? says Dan de Grandpre, founder and CEO of Dealnews. ?Merchants want to clear out their winter merchandise to make room for the new spring items.?

The focus this year, de Grandpre says, will be on brick-and-mortar stores, not online sales. Many retailers, he says, will use their websites to drive shoppers to their stores.

?Sometimes it will be a coupon that you print and take to the store,? de Grandpre says. ?Other times it will be another discount on top of the lowest prices available at the store.?

For example, last year on Dec. 26 Gap gave an extra 50 percent off all sale items in the store until noon. Some of the items were already marked down 50 or 60 percent.

Video games also go on sale right after Christmas, even the most recent titles.

?Some of the video game prices we saw last year right after Christmas were the best prices all year, and we?re expecting that again this year,? de Grandpre says.

Is there anything you should avoid buying? You might want to wait on electronics. Dealnews says the markdowns on electronics tend to be so-so right after Christmas. Closeout prices on TVs, laptops and GPS units usually hit early in the new year.

You can also expect another round of clothing sales in January. That?s when you?ll find the biggest discounts on winter apparel.

ConsumerMan Tip: As always, it?s the final price -- not the ?percentage off? -- that matters. Take the time to use a price shopping website to find out if that sale price is really as good as it seems.

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Colorado couple suspected in crime-scene theft arrested in Washington state

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A couple from Craig suspected of pilfering the crime scene of the murder-suicide of a Denver father and son were arrested in a Spokane Valley, Wash., hotel Friday night.

Kimberly Mae McCaffery, 35, allegedly used a hacksaw to cut off two fingers of 62-year-old William Ahrold's dead, frozen hand in order to steal the pistol police believe Ahrold used to kill his 9-year-old son, Jackson.

Her boyfriend, Jerod Morris Reeves, 29, is also charged with stealing the pistol, as well as Ahrold's wallet, credit cards, iPhone and gasoline from the Ahrolds' van.

They were arrested in eastern Washington state, about 110 miles south of the Canadian border.

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Colorado. They were arrested together in Eagle County on possession of amphetamine, meth and drugmaking equipment in September. McCaffery had a court appearance scheduled last Wednesday, but she failed to appear, court records note.

On Dec. 13, the day the Ahrolds were reported missing, Reeves posted $5,000 bond in a Routt County case involving drugs and several traffic offenses.

In 2008, he lost custody of at least one child in Moffat County, records indicate. He was divorced there in 2002.

Court records also show that in 2001, Reeves was charged with kidnapping in relation to domestic violence.

The Ahrolds' bodies and van were discovered on Dec. 17 by a Bureau of Land Management employee off Grand County Road 1 near the end of Grand County Road 102, in the southwest part of the county.

The Ahrolds were last seen Dec. 9 and were reported missing to Denver police four days later.

Surveillance photos allegedly showing McCaffery and Reeves using Ahrold's credit cards put authorities on their cross-country trail last week.

Spokane Valley police said Saturday the FBI alerted their agency Friday afternoon that the couple was in the area, based on credit card use.

This eventually led officers to the Red Top Motel. Online reviews of the motel are consistently bleak, describing abandoned cars and cheap weekly rates. "All you see is prostitutes and meth users there 2 4/7," according to a review on Yahoo Travel.

KREM-TV reported Saturday afternoon that Reeves told officers he sold the gun that McCaffery cut from William Ahrold's hand.

Reeves and McCaffery face charges of tampering with physical evidence, criminal possession of a financial device for the credit-card theft, first-degree criminal trespass and abuse of a corpse and other charges.

They were being held without bail Saturday in the Spokane County Jail, awaiting extradition, according to jail records.

Their bail amounts in Grand County on their latest charges have been pre-set at $500,000, records show.

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The gift-giving season is winding down to a close, and we're all enjoying the time with our loved ones, warm holiday comfort foods, and maybe some cool Android goodies.  Did you get a new Android phone?  Or a tablet?  Maybe you got a Google TV unit of some sort or another, or your stocking was full of accessories.  Sound off and share with us (we're like your extended Android family) to let everyone know what great stuff you got this year. 

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The clash of the titans is just over a week away. When Brock Lesnar and Alistair Overeem lock horns at UFC 141 you'll be seeing 521 pounds of beef in the Octagon.

Overeem is huge, but Lesnar still questions whether anyone can avoid his takedown game.

"Honestly I feel comfortable on my feet and I don't feel threatened in any area by this guy at all," Lesnar told ESPN1100/98.9 FM in Las Vegas. "There hasn't been anybody in the UFC that I haven't been able to take down. The issue is we just have to be able to keep them there."

On Overeem's troubles with the Nevada State Athletic Commission and his tardy prefight drug test, Lesnar said he barely kept up with the story. He was ready to face Overeem, Frank Mir or anyone else the UFC put in front of him. He was determined to fight on Dec. 30 come hell or high water.

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ASTRONAUTS will soon be able to stay fit thanks to a body tracking camera system built into Microsoft's Kinect gaming sensor, which helps calculate their weight in zero gravity.

Even during missions that last just a few weeks spacefarers can lose up to 15 per cent of their body mass because their muscles atrophy due to lack of use. To prevent this physical decline, crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) typically spend 2 hours exercising per day.

Monitoring weight in space is not easy, though, since traditional scales don't work in orbit.

The problem was partially solved in 1965 by William Thornton, an American astronaut and doctor who came up with a way to measure objects using oscillating springs. Astronauts still use a similar device today, in which they have to mount a stool fitted with a spring that raises and lowers the stool at a frequency that depends on the mass it is acting against.

The trouble is that this system is bulky and a lot of energy is required to power the moving stool, using up two of the space station's most limited resources. Now Carmelo Velardo, a computer scientist at Eurecom in Alpes-Maritimes, France, says his new system could simply be integrated into the station itself.

"Something that you could easily put inside the walls of the space station would free up the space for other equipment or experiments," Velardo says.

Along with colleagues at the Italian Institute of Technology's Center for Human Space Robotics in Torino, he used the Kinect's depth-sensing ability to create a 3D model of an astronaut. Then the team ran their calculation using a statistical model that links weight to body measurements based on a database of 28,000 people. Velardo's estimates are 97 per cent accurate, corresponding to an average error of just 2.7 kilograms, which is comparable to the current method used on board the ISS.

"This technique appears feasible, although not without some effort," says John Charles, chief scientist on NASA's human research programme in Houston, Texas. He says that microgravity shifts water around inside astronauts' bodies, which means their density may not match the assumptions in the model.

Charles adds that combining the idea with the existing weighing system might prove more beneficial, as the Kinect measures body volume while the stool measures mass. "The combination would provide insights into changes in body density that might be illuminating," Velardo agrees.

The Kinect system has yet to be tested in space, due to the high cost of launching new equipment. But Velardo hopes to try it out soon aboard a parabolic aircraft flight that simulates the microgravity found in orbit. He will present the research at the Emerging Signal Processing Applications conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, next month.

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Review: `War Horse' hammers home the emotions (AP)

Just in time for family-friendly holiday feel-goodery is Steven Spielberg's sweeping, historical epic "War Horse."

It's a story that began life as a children's book by Michael Morpurgo, then made its way to the London and New York stages to great acclaim featuring inventive puppetry, and now arrives in theaters with all the grandeur a master filmmaker can conjure. "War Horse" features a strong cast and the sort of impeccable production values you would expect from Spielberg ? that trademark, mystical lighting, the product of his longtime collaboration with Oscar-winning cinematographer Janusz Kaminski.

And yet it's overlong, painfully earnest and sometimes even hokey. Clearly, Spielberg intended "War Horse" as a throwback, an homage to good, old-fashioned, heartrending storytelling, full of recognizable types and uplifting themes. The skies are so impossibly colorful in such a retro way, they look like hand-painted backdrops on a soundstage. And the dialogue is so frequently on-the-nose and repetitive, it might just make you cringe.

Yes, the horse is remarkable ? of course he is ? that's why they made a movie about him. That should have been obvious to us through the action alone, yet the script (from Lee Hall and Richard Curtis) feels the need to tell us again and again that he is a "remarkable" horse.

The majestic Joey comes into the lives of a struggling British farming family just before World War I. The alcoholic father (Peter Mullan) buys him at auction, even though he knows he can't afford him; the long-suffering mother (Emily Watson) insists he return him and get the family's money back. But plucky teenager Albert (good-looking newcomer Jeremy Irvine) begs to keep him and promises to train him. Cue the montage.

Although Joey is clearly a spectacular creature, the father ends up selling him to the British cavalry because the family needs the money. Albert is devastated and swears they'll meet again; the conscientious captain (Tom Hiddleston), who immediately recognizes Joey's greatness and chooses him as his own mount, promises to take good care of him until then.

Joey, meanwhile, thrives once more in this new setting on the front lines. And these moments are some of the film's best ? the ones where the Spielberg of "Saving Private Ryan" comes shining through. An overhead shot of row after row of soldiers saddling up as one while hidden in a wheat field is especially stirring, as is their subsequent ambush on a German encampment. The battle scenes are reliably visceral and well-staged, albeit in a sanitized way. Even a race between Joey and the impressive horse belonging to the cocky major (Benedict Cumberbatch) provides a quick, thunderous thrill.

There's a reason so many movies get made about horses: They're beautiful, powerful creatures, and the pounding of hooves gets your heart pounding, as well.

But speaking of Joey and his new rival, their relationship represents one of the more cloying aspects of "War Horse": the incessant anthropomorphism of these animals. Would they really achieve a hard-won respect for each other and end up protecting one another in the thick of battle? Maybe. Maybe not. But the human assumption that they would just for the sake of furthering the narrative is sort of obnoxious.

Eventually, Joey changes hands again and ends up living on a farm with an adorable but sickly French girl (Cecile Buckens) and her doting grandfather (Niels Arestrup). But then he's captured once more ? this time by the Germans ? and forced to fight again. This sets up the film's best scene by far, in which a British soldier and a German soldier find Joey entangled in some barbed wire in no-man's land and work together to free him.

It's a tense, quiet exchange that ultimately reveals some much-needed humanity, and it could have ended on just the right note ? but then "War Horse" goes and ruins it by adding one line too many, just to remind us of how "remarkable" Joey is.

"War Horse," a Walt Disney Pictures release, is rated PG-13 for intense sequences of war violence. Running time: 146 minutes. Two stars out of four.

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PG-13 ? Special parental guidance strongly suggested for children under 13. Some material may be inappropriate for young children.

R ? Restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.

NC-17 ? No one under 17 admitted.

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