Monday, December 31, 2012

2013: The Year Of The Literary Movie?

From 'The Great Gatsby' to 'Catching Fire,' movie producers seem to be raiding bookshelves more than ever before.
By Amy Wilkinson


Leonardo DiCaprio in "The Great Gatsby"
Photo: Warner Bros.

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Netflix 'Sharing' Coming Soon to Facebook Timelines


A bill amending the 1988 Video Privacy Protection Act is awaiting President Obama's signature.

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Papalo in the garden: A wild 'summer cilantro'

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Adam Sandler, Judd Apatow Spill Secrets From Roommate Days (Video)


The comedy icons open up to ?60 Minutes? about ?fancy? nights out at Red Lobster and Sandler's unusual sleeping arrangements.

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Bask in the Glory of LIPTON

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Sunday, December 30, 2012

Strict IVF restrictions to be eased in bid to lower rate of illegal at-home insemination among single women and same-sex couples

A new law being passed in California tomorrow will make fertility services more accessible for low-income women who want to start a family through nontraditional means.

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?August: Osage County? pic gets shiny new name: George Clooney

George Clooney is joining "August: Osage County" as a producer; Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts are already starring in the adaptation of the Broadway hit.

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Psy on Why President Obama Stopped Doing 'Gangnam Style'


The 34-year-old pop sensation, one of The Hollywood Reporter's 2012 Rule Breakers, tells THR "the ladies at his house are embarrassed when he's dancing."

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Individual mandate in healthcare was year's top consumer story

In a split decision, the Supreme Court this year upheld the individual mandate, the cornerstone of President Obama's healthcare reform law.

This was the year of the healthcare mandate. No other consumer story of 2012 comes close.

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Saturday, December 29, 2012

Review: 'Promised Land' begins well but never quite catches hold

Matt Damon is the compelling center of the film he co-wrote, but this tale about a fight over fracking turns too gimmicky to finish satisfyingly.

"Promised Land" certainly sounds promising. It's got a strong cast and an intriguing premise that has the added bonus of real-world relevance. But, good intentions and good work aside, the film flounders before it reaches its conclusion.

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TexMessage: Homemaker IRA renamed Kay Bailey Hutchison Spousal IRA in honor of the retiring senator

"Madam President, I have pending here legislation that would permanently change the name of that Homemaker IRA to the 'Kay Bailey Hutchison Spousal IRA,' because she really did lead the way. I was an able ally, and we made a difference," said Sen. Barbara Mikulski when proposing that Spousal IRA be named after Hutchison.

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Microsoft Research head Craig Mundie to retire in 2014

Microsoft Research head Craig Mundie to retire in 2014

Microsoft Research boss Craig Mundie will step down in 2014, after working over 20 years in both Microsoft's security and R&D departments. The research arm has been run by Mundie since 2008, where he's been responsible for some pretty interesting projects, from early glimpses of Redmond's future to real-time multilingual translation. The day-to-day running of the department will be transferred to former chief technical strategy officer Eric Rudder, while Mundie will continue to advise CEO Steve Ballmer. According to the Seattle Times, the move is line with Microsoft's plans to focus on mobile and web-based developments, while the new role might give the veteran Mundie a little more time to work on his Japanese.

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Anger as Google Music's scan-and-match feature swaps explicit songs with clean versions

Google is not alone in experiencing such an issue as rival cloud storage services – iTunes Match and Amazon Cloud player - have previously received complaints about storing incorrect versions of songs too.

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U.S. clears way for wider in-flight Internet deployment

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Friday, December 28, 2012

Withywood anti-social neighbour is jailed after break in Spain

A NIGHTMARE neighbour who stayed in Spain instead of turning up for his trial has been arrested and is now in prison.
As previously reported, Barry Collins was convicted of contempt of court after repeatedly breaching injunctions by harassing people on his street – Bishport Avenue, Withywood.
The 68-year-old was sentenced at Bristol magistrates' court to two weeks' custody and a warrant was issued for his arrest.
The Post understands that last night he was arrested at Bristol International Airport returning from the continent, where he had been for more than a month. He is now serving his sentence at HMP Horfield.
Collins' primary victim, neighbour Timothy Wrigley, 50, told The Post: "I feel like I've finally got a little bit of justice now – at last.
"The police rang me and said he was arrested at the airport as he got back from Spain."
Collins' harassment of his neighbours came in a number of ways.
He burnt piles of meat in his garden, threw out-of-date food into neighbours' gardens, repeatedly phoned Mr Wrigley, stared at him through his window, threatened him and others and threatened to poison neighbours' pets.
Mr Wrigley, who has now been moved away from Withywood by the city council after his two-year ordeal, added: "He made living there impossible.
"I basically became a recluse – it's been very stressful."
Collins signed an acceptable behaviour contract in March, but he breached it within two days.
In the autumn, he was given notice of an injunction banning him from causing harassment, alarm or distress to anyone in Bishport Avenue and also the former estate manager for the council, Aggi Wise.
But within nine minutes he was on the phone to Mr Wrigley swearing and threatening: "I owe you one."
The next day he threw a tin of corned beef at Mr Wrigley's front door – an act which was caught on CCTV.
After the breaches racked up, Collins was summoned to the magistrates' court.
But a few days before he was due to contest a contempt of court charge he called Mr Wrigley from a Spanish phone number then failed to turn up for his trial.
On November 22, a district judge found him guilty of six breaches of the injunction and imposed a two-week jail sentence. He was also ordered to pay the council's costs of £1,025.
Collins is now likely to be evicted from his council flat as the local authority confirmed it will "take action against his tenancy".
Police spokeswoman Claire Stanley said: "I can confirm that Mr Collins was arrested by officers on Thursday and is now in Horfield prison."
The council's anti-social behavioural manager Stuart Pattison said previously: "Mr Collins behaviour was totally unacceptable and after making every effort to get him to change his behaviour we took action to protect the neighbours from further harassment."

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Criminals forced to pay back �1.2 million from proceeds of crime

Criminals across Avon and Somerset have been forced to pay back more than £1.2 million from the proceeds of their crimes since April.The money, which includes more than £600,000 compensation to victims of crime, has been recouped through the courts under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.Criminals jailed for a variety of drug, fraud and other offences have had confiscation orders imposed on them to ensure they pay the penalty for their illegal activities while also paying back money to charities, businesses and organisations they have swindled.In some cases criminals have funded lavish lifestyles using the proceeds of their crimes, including luxury cars, houses and holiday homes.If criminals fail to pay back the confiscation order in full by the time they have served their prison sentence they face a further term of imprisonment.Among those who have been ordered to pay back their ill-gotten gains are Stephen Parry who was employed by Bristol City Council as a team leader responsible for adapting the homes of disabled adults. He was convicted of stealing £117,782.05 worth of property he bought for himself with council money. In September the Wells man was sentenced to 20 months in prison and a confiscation order of £135,832.21 was made ordering him to pay within 6 months or serve a further 18 months in prison. The money will be used to compensate Bristol City Council, easing the burden on council tax payers. In September 2005 Lee Meredith was convicted of possession of drugs with intent to supply and in February 2006 a confiscation order was made after Bristol Crown Court found that he had benefited from crime to the tune of £41,291.36. He only had assets of £13,602.84 and so was ordered to pay  £13,000. In August this year police spoke to Meredith in connection with another matter and identified that he had paid a large sum of cash into his bank account. The Financial Investigation Unit obtained a restraint order to freeze his bank account and earlier this month Bristol Crown Court ordered that Meredith pay a further £11,676.73 within 56 days or serve another six months in prison. Avon and Somerset Police's Financial Investigation Unit has also been using powers to forfeit cash which was obtained through crime even if no-one is convicted. Since April Avon and Somerset Police has obtained 16 forfeiture orders totalling £194,269.05.Dr Kirstie Cogram, manager of the financial investigation unit said: "Compensation for victims remains the main drive of the financial investigators, reinforced by the desire to tackle crime at all levels. "Since the Proceeds of Crime Act was introduced Avon and Somerset has introduced financial investigators to each of its six policing districts. They provide specialist support and advice to all areas of frontline policing operations and ensure that crime does not pay across all levels of crime."Criminals have a negative impact on our communities and we will continue to work hard to ensure that they are not allowed to live off the proceeds of crime. We will ensure that criminals are not able to live in large houses, drive around in expensive cars and live luxurious lifestyles to the cost of hard working members of the public. We will also, where possible, work to ensure that victims of the crimes receive compensation."

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U.K. Critics Name 'Sherlock' Best TV Show of 2012


"Homeland" and Olympics mockumentary "Twenty Twelve" came in second and third in an annual survey, beating out "Downton Abbey" and "Doctor Who."

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