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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran President, Denies Terror Accusations
TEHRAN, Iran ? President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has denied allegations that Iranian government agents were involved in a plot to assassinate Saudi Arabia ambassador to Washington.
Ahmadinejad says the United States is accusing Iran of involvement in a "terror plot" to divert attention from its economic problems and to strengthen sanctions against Tehran.
Ahmadinejad made the comments in an interview with Al-Jazeera satellite TV channel on Monday.
Two men, including a member of the Iranian special foreign actions unit known as the Quds Force, have been charged in New York federal court with conspiring to kill the Saudi diplomat, Adel al-Jubeir.
The alleged plot raised tensions between Mideast's Sunni power, Saudi Arabia and Iran, the Shiite powerhouse.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) ? President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has denied allegations that Iranian government agents were involved in a plot to assassinate Saudi Arabia ambassador to Washington.
Ahmadinejad says the United States is accusing Iran of involvement in a "terror plot" to divert attention from its economic problems and to strengthen sanctions against Tehran.
Ahmadinejad made the comments in an interview with Al-Jazeera satellite TV channel on Monday.
Two men, including a member of the Iranian special foreign actions unit known as the Quds Force, have been charged in New York federal court with conspiring to kill the Saudi diplomat, Adel al-Jubeir.
The alleged plot raised tensions between Mideast's Sunni power, Saudi Arabia and Iran, the Shiite powerhouse.
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Monday, October 17, 2011
Woman Describes How Breast Cancer Changed Her Life (HealthDay)
FRIDAY, Oct. 14 (HealthDay News) -- For Diana Rowden, life changed in various ways when she was diagnosed with breast cancer 20 years ago.
During a routine gynecological exam when she was 38 years old, the doctor examining her breasts thought she felt something unusual.
"She didn't feel a lump," said Rowden, now 58 and living in Dallas. "She felt a thickening of the left breast. That was the first indication something might be wrong."
The doctor recommended that Rowden have a mammogram. She'd had a screening mammogram at age 35, so the technicians had a basis for comparison. "They could detect a change in the left breast," Rowden said. "From there, they recommended I have a biopsy."
Worry set in, she recalled.
"I had a friend who was diagnosed at age 36, so I was a little bit concerned," Rowden said. "But I wasn't freaked out. I just wanted to follow up and head off any problems."
This was back in the days before minimally invasive needle biopsies so Rowden had a surgical biopsy, during which they found no cancer but did find areas of abnormal cell growth that put her at high risk for developing breast cancer.
Rowden said she was given two courses of action: They could monitor her closely, performing quarterly breast examinations, or she could have a bilateral mastectomy to remove her left breast.
"I ended up opting for the surgery, based on a feeling that I needed to take care of it," she said. Her mother had died of uterine cancer four years earlier, and Rowden said she's certain that weighed in her decision.
Her instincts were more correct than she could have known.
During the surgery, doctors found a tumor in her left breast, in a different area than what had been biopsied.
"I was actually quite relieved," Rowden recalled of hearing the news that she did, in fact, have breast cancer. "I had basically felt like, well, at least I didn't have this surgery for nothing."
After the tumor was tested, Rowden said, an oncologist told her that she could have chemotherapy but it might not be of much use. "He said it wouldn't buy me much benefit because I had a particularly slow-growing tumor," she said. "He presented it as my choice. I decided not to have chemotherapy."
She has remained cancer-free. However, she explained, breast cancer altered the course of her life.
She had been a technical writer, working on software manuals that few people ever read. After her surgery, she became a breast cancer advocate and now works as the vice president of survivorship and outcomes for Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a nonprofit group focused on combating breast cancer .
Among the most important advice she gives to women diagnosed with the disease, she said, is to slow down and take your time.
"It's not an emergency in terms of making a decision today," she said. "I think it's helpful to give people permission to do a little homework and think about the decisions they have to make."
More information
A companion article details advances in breast cancer treatment.
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Sunday, October 16, 2011
Texas right back in World Series with 2nd AL title (AP)
ARLINGTON, Texas ? After waiting until their 50th season to reach their first World Series, the Texas Rangers are going right back.
Nelson Cruz had one more big blast, Michael Young caught the final out long after hitting a pair of doubles in one of the highest-scoring postseason innings ever and the Rangers became the American League's first repeat champion in a decade.
The team that lost Cliff Lee in free agency and held onto Young after his offseason trade request finished off the Detroit Tigers with a 15-5 romp Saturday night to win the AL championship series in six games.
"This a great trophy, we're real proud of it," said Young, who walked off the field with the AL championship trophy in his hands. "But we're looking forward to the one with all the flags on it. ... Happy, but not satisfied."
Cruz was selected ALCS MVP after his postseason-record sixth home run of the series, and he also had a record 13 RBIs. Young hit a pair of two-run doubles in a nine-run third inning that sent the Rangers on their way to becoming the AL's first consecutive pennant winner since the New York Yankees won four in a row from 1998-01.
"We wanted to get to the World Series. But the bottom line is getting to the World Series and winning it. We feel pretty confident about ourselves," manager Ron Washington said. "More than anything else, the commitment they made in November after San Francisco sent us home, they held true to it."
Texas will open the World Series on Wednesday night at St. Louis or Milwaukee, seeking the first title in the history of a franchise that started play in 1961. The World Series returns deep in the heart of Texas with Game 3 next Saturday night.
Young, who also homered and had five RBIs in the finale, caught Brandon Inge's game-ending popout in short right field and pumped a right hand into the air signaling "No. 1" while fireworks and confetti filled the sky, then ran toward the middle of the field to celebrate with his teammates.
Cruz threw both hands in the air and briefly knelt to a knee in the outfield before running to the infield for the ginger ale-spraying celebration, and a banner was unfurled high over center field declaring the Rangers 2011 AL champions. The postgame celebration included Cruz getting the AL MVP trophy.
"It was fun to watch," last year's AL MVP Josh Hamilton said of Cruz. "It's one thing to be in the stands. But when you're down here on the field with him, you can see the intensity, see the focus. To watch him do that was incredible."
Ginger ale on the field has become a part of all Rangers celebrations in deference to the Hamilton's well-documented substance-abuse problems. The slugger doesn't participate in the clubhouse frenzy filled with champagne and beer.
Nearly every player inside wore goggles as booze was sprayed everywhere. Those same bottles and cans had been packed and brought home from Detroit after the Rangers failed to end the series there.
With former President George W. Bush seated in the front row alongside Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan, part of the ownership group that took over the team last year, Washington was at the edge of the dugout wildly waving his arms and shouting encouragement as the big inning unfolded.
All Tigers manager Jim Leyland could do was take off his cap and scratch his head as the Rangers kept reaching base off starter Max Scherzer and three relievers.
"He was out of whack for the most part all the way. His control was not good from the get go, really. And he had a tough time. And we just couldn't stop the bleeding," Leyland said. "As the game went on, obviously, it really wasn't fair."
A franchise that began as the expansion Washington Senators and moved to Texas in 1972 had failed to reach the World Series before last year, when Texas lost to the Giants in five games. The Rangers had never even won a postseason series before last season.
"As soon as the season began, we were hungry, we were hungry to get back," Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus said.
Texas overcame a 2-0 deficit by sending 14 batters to the plate against Scherzer (0-1) and three relievers in the highest-scoring postseason inning since 2002.
Alexi Ogando (2-0) pitched two scoreless innings for his second win in the series.
While Young became only the fourth player in postseason history with two extra-base hits in the same inning ? first a tying double into the left-field corner and then one down the right field line for a 9-2 lead ? every batter in the Texas lineup reached base at least once in the third. By the time all the fireworks was over, the Rangers scored the most runs ever in a postseason game against the Tigers.
A series that started with a 3-2 Rangers victory, included two 11-inning wins by Texas and was extended by a Detroit rally sparked by a likely double-play grounder ricocheting off third base, ended with the highest-scoring playoff game since the Yankees routed Boston 19-8 in Game 3 of the 2004 ALCS.
Also among the sellout crowd of 51,508 was Dirk Nowitzki, MVP of the NBA finals won by the Dallas Mavericks in June.
Now the Rangers get another chance to bring another championship to the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
In his 11th season in Texas, Young had played in 1,508 regular-season games before finally getting into the playoffs last year. He added a huge exclamation point to his already big night when he led off the seventh with a 416-foot homer to straightaway center.
His five RBIs matched the Rangers postseason record, set by Cruz in Game 2 when he had the first game-ending grand slam ever in the playoffs.
Last winter, Young had requested a trade after the Rangers signed Adrian Beltre and acquired Mike Napoli, moves that led to Young becoming primarily a designated hitter and first baseman, a position he had never played. He had already been a starting second baseman and an All-Star at shortstop and third base.
The Texas third was the highest-scoring inning in a postseason game since the Angels matched a playoff record with 10 runs in the seventh of Game 5 during the 2002 ALCS against Minnesota.
Scherzer was gone after Cruz fought back from an 0-2 count to load the bases. By time the third Detroit reliever finally induced Beltre into an inning-ending flyout with the Rangers up 9-2, fans roared in anticipation while wildly waving white rally towels ? and one fan behind the home dugout swayed a Texas state flag back and forth in the air.
Detroit had already avoided elimination twice this postseason, winning Game 5 of the AL division series at Yankee Stadium and then extending the ALCS with a 7-5 win at home Thursday. The Tigers, seeking their first Series title since 1984, quickly jumped ahead in Game 6 when Derek Holland allowed solo homers to Miguel Cabrera in the first and Jhonny Peralta in the second.
"I don't think I've ever been prouder of a team than I am of this team," Leyland said. "They gave everything they had."
NOTES: Holland, who didn't make it out of the third inning in Game 2, gave up four runs and seven hits in 4 2-3 innings. He left after Austin Jackson's two-run homer in the fifth. ... Cabrera added his second homer of the game, fourth of the postseason, in the eighth.
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Herman Cain???s 9-9-9 Tax Plan: Pros and Cons (ContributorNetwork)
COMMENTARY | Herman Cain is making waves in the GOP presidential race with his 9-9-9 tax plan. The radical proposal has helped to catapult the former CEO of Godfather's Pizza into the race's top tier. However, the plan also receives its share of criticisms. Some critics question whether it will generate enough tax revenues. Others criticize the plan for benefiting the wealthy at the expense of low-income Americans. Is the 9-9-9 tax plan the right solution for U.S. economic malaise?
In Herman Cain's proposal, there will be a 9 percent flat tax on personal income, business income and consumption. The biggest criticism against the plan is that it may create a revenue shortfall at a time of big federal deficits. According to Yahoo! News, the top 10 percent of income households pay more than 70 percent of all federal income taxes. By lowering the income tax rate, which is essentially a big tax cut for the rich, the proposal puts a serious damper on tax revenues.
Supporters of the plan may argue that the loss of revenue will be made up by the 9 percent national sales tax. However, the effectiveness of any consumption tax hinges on the strength of consumer spending. According to Fox Business, U.S. consumer spending in September was near 2011 lows continuing a declining trend. With American consumers already having to contend with state sales taxes, the added tax will drive even more of them away from stores.
The brightest spot in Cain's proposal is the 9 percent business tax, which will replace the current deductions-heavy system. According to the Cato Institute, the U.S. has the highest corporate tax rate among the OECD countries at 40 percent. The 9 percent tax will immediately make the U.S. one of the most attractive countries to do business. This will undoubtedly accelerate growth and create jobs. Most importantly, it will prevent big corporations like GE from avoiding paying their share of taxes with deductions and exemptions. Other than charitable donations, deductions will be completely removed in Cain's plan.
The dynamic nature of Cain's 9-9-9 tax plan is both its greatest strength and biggest weakness. The proposal assumes the low tax rate on personal and corporate income will lead to economic expansion and robust job creation. It also assumes an improved economy will induce consumers to spend more despite the national sales tax. There are just too many assumptions in Cain's plan.
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Saturday, October 15, 2011
NY swindler called 'mini-Madoff' to be sentenced
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) ? A New York businessman called a "mini-Madoff" because he was arrested only weeks after the billion-dollar swindler, faces up to 40 years in prison when he is sentenced.
Nicholas Cosmo pleaded guilty last year to mail and wire fraud in a $413 million stock scheme. He was scheduled for sentencing Friday in U.S. District Court on Long Island.
Cosmo is the former head of the Long Island-based Agape (uh-GAH'-pay) World and Agape Merchant Advance in New York City.
Agape solicited investors to fund short loans to help companies get temporary financing. He promised up to 80 percent returns, but admitted using investors' money for his personal investments.
Unlike Bernard Madoff, who admitted cheating charities, celebrities and institutional investors out of billions, Cosmo's victims were largely blue-collar workers and veterans.
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Cobra Starship 'Go Big' During '90210' Cameo
'We were up for, like, 24 hours straight,' Gabe Saporta says of his band's appearance on Tuesday night's episode.
By James Montgomery, with reporting by Sway Calloway
Cobra Starship guest star on '90210'
Photo: Michael Desmond/ The CW
Cobra Starship made a guest appearance on Tuesday night's "90210," and while they may have been looking fresh, it turns out they were anything but.
At least that's what they told MTV News back in August, one day after filming their cameo, and one day before they took the stage during the Video Music Awards Pre-Show.
"We were up for, like, 24 hours straight," frontman Gabe Saporta laughed. "We woke up at 5 a.m. to go film '90210.' We got done at, like, 8, and yesterday was our only day off, so we were like, 'OK, we haven't slept, but it's our only day in L.A., so let's go big.' "
Though they were dragging, Cobra pushed on through, wowing the "90210" crowd — and, from the sound of things, quite a few of the actresses too — with their performance.
"We did 'One Night' and another song from the record called 'Anything for Love,' " Saporta said. "There were a lot of babes there who were like, 'We'll do anything for love.' Girls who were very sensitive. Also, I felt like people were looking at us weird."
They even got a chance to flex their acting muscles (the same ones on display in their late, lamented "CobraTV" Web series) and, in the process, learned a few tricks of the trade from guitarist Ryland Blackinton.
"We did some fake speaking. We got pulled into a scene, because nobody can actually talk [during the filming of musical performances]," Blackinton explained. "A lot of people maybe know that, but our fake manager in it goes up to us and goes [mouths fake words], and we're like [mouths even more fake words]. So we, like, kind of had lines, but we were just talking nonsense."
"Ryland went to acting school, and I overheard something that, I guess, actors do, when you have to do those kind of things, where you're not really speaking. You say, 'Watermelon,' " Saporta said.
"Yeah, you list fruits," Blackinton added. "It looks deep, actually. All the fruits."
And if they had one complaint about their whole "90210" experience, it would probably be the casting of a rather hirsute gentleman as their "manager." No matter how starstruck they were on set, Cobra had a difficult time not being mesmerized by his impressive chest plumage. Still, like all great actors, they managed to press on.
"The manager they chose for us had a lot of chest hair," Saporta laughed.
"It was like he was wearing a shirt underneath his opened-up shirt," bassist Alex Suarez added.
"It looked like a Cosby sweater," Blackinton chimed in. "Only all one color."
What did you think of Cobra's "90210" appearance? Let us know in the comments below!
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