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Conservatives scoffed at Clinton’s illness. Lauren Ashburn on the backlash—and the backtracking.
via The Daily Beast – Latest Articles http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/01/02/hillary-clinton-haters-hammered-for-mocking-her-illness.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thedailybeast%2Farticles+%28The+Daily+Beast+-+Latest+Articles%29
Plump people may have a lower risk of dying than folks of “normal†weight, according to a report by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers.
The arrest and 18-month imprisonment of Jacob Ostreicher has turned into an international affair that has drawn the attention of the State Department and the actor-director Sean Penn.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/02/nyregion/from-brooklyn-to-bolivian-rice-venture-prison-and-sean-penns-help.html
A private judge has tentatively decided in favor of Fox Searchlight in a case that alleged $10 million in underreported revenue from the hit 2004 comedy.
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via Hollywood Reporter – THR, Esq. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/napoleon-dynamite-lawsuit-fox-wins-397923
The photographer who shot the subway horror photo that appeared on yesterday’s New York Post cover says he’s “surprised at the anger over the pictures, of the people who are saying: Why didn’t he put the camera down and pull him out?â€
R. Umar Abbasi says he’s not going to let his “armchair critics†bother him.
They have no idea how very quickly it happened. People think I had time to set the camera and take photos, and that isn’t the case. I just ran toward that train. …The sad part is, there were people who were close to the victim, who watched and didn’t do anything. You can see it in the pictures. The truth is I could not reach that man; if I could have, I would have.
Abbasi says the victim never screamed for help. “It was one of the most horrible things I have ever seen,†he says, “to watch that man dying there. When it was over, I didn’t look at the pictures.â€
* Photographer who took subway photos recounts the horror he saw (nypost.com)
* Watch Abbasi’s “Today†interview with Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie (wptv.com)
* “Human being first, photographer second. But still try to get the picture†(chicagotribune.com)
* What Pulitzer-winning photographers say about Abbasi’s cover photo (gawker.com)
via JIMROMENESKO.COM http://jimromenesko.com/2012/12/05/photographer-all-i-can-hear-is-that-mans-head-against-that-train-boom-boom-boom/
NEW YORK (AP) — Thanks to the election, socialism and capitalism are forever wed as Merriam-Webster’s most looked-up words of 2012….
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via Vanity Fair | VF.com http://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2012/12/note-from-judd-apatow-comedy-issue
Though the potential 2013 mayoral field is littered with polarizing candidates and at least one promising entry–Bill de Blasio, Christine Quinn, Ray Kelly, et al–there’s no one big-name superstar in the running. But according to the New York Times, if Michael Bloomberg had his way, that wouldn’t be the case: the paper is reporting that the sitting mayor recently put in a phone call to none other than retiring Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, urging her to seek the New York City seat.
Representatives from Bloomberg’s and Clinton’s camps declined to comment, but sources said it’s unlikely Clinton would make a run. As for whether a politician who’d be a handed the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination on a silver platter should she choose to pursue it would even be interested in running NYC, party operative Robert Zimmerman had this zinger to offer. “If in fact [Bloomberg] did say that to Hillary Clinton,†he said, “it’s only because he holds the position and therefore regards it as a step up from being president.â€
(Photo: asterix611/Flickr)
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REVIEW: ‘HOBBIT’ THE HORRIBLE…
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When a person lies, he or she experiences a “Pinocchio effect”, which is an increase in the temperature around the nose and in the orbital muscle in the inner corner of the eye. In addition, when we perform a considerable mental effort our face temperature drops, and when we have an anxiety attack our face temperature rises, according to a pioneering study that has introduced new applications of thermography.
via ScienceDaily: Latest Science News http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/121203081834.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29